Siam Square

Occupying the space where 9 cellars used to be, Siam Square advertises a mix of Thai food, bar and karaoke. With wild splashes of colour the website portrays the image of a hip party location, so how does it stack up for Friday lunch?

The restaurant did not get off to good start, as it appeared to be closed on arrival. After confirming on the door the opening time was indeed 12:00 (by now it was 12:10) and knocking for a couple of minutes, an apologetic waiter came and opened up for us. We then descended several levels into a maze like basement (it was certainly as cold as one), we were then seated and ordered a round of Singha beers on draught.

We were handed the lunch menus which had a reasonable sounding lunch deal of two courses for £9.95. The menu was dominated with Thai classics including tom yum soup, green curry and pad thai. I decided to go on the safe side with a tom yum soup and green chicken curry.

We then had to wait an extraordinary long time for our two courses to arrive. The waiter was friendly however the entire operation seemed disorganised. When the food did arrive it was very average. The ingredients seemed a bit sparse with just a couple of slices of veg in both my soup and curry. The flavours were not very strong and the sauces were on the watery side.

The best thing one could say about Siam Square is they had Singha beer on draught which is a bit rare in a Thai restaurant. You could give the benefit of doubt that the they are still a bit new and finding their feet on the ground, however there would have to be a lot of improvements before I would consider a revisit.

Quality Food                      5.17       

Quality Drinks                    6.17

Value                                 6.67

Service                              3.17

Ambience                          4.17

Overall                               4.67

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Bill - Tom Yum soup, green chicken curry and pint Singha beer:   £14

Comments:

- Food was tasty - but ingredients were cheap, presentation was basic, room was cold, restaurant was locked when we arrived, service was slow and appologetic, restaurant

was a maze... but the beer was good

- There is way better Thai food in Edinburgh. Service was a total shambles.

- Not great, and very slow.

- Cold and slow dishing up poor quality food. Draft Singha was its only saving grace. Not recommended.

- Good value but the service was too slow for lunchtime. The food was good but not great.