Thai Sawaddee - Calderdale

Group of 6, only us in the restaurant when we arrived. No issues with starters. We then waiting far to long for our mains. When they eventually arrived they all came out at different times so we was unable to eat together. Our food was served before cutlery so just stood going cold while again we waited (waiter was on the phone). Had to them ask for food to be warmed up in microwave!!! Sides came out after another wait so ate our curry and rice separately!! Last straw I found a really long brown hair in my curry. Constant takeaway orders were 100% taking priority over the poor people on the restaurant. Such a shame cause the food was really nice. We won’t be returning.

Really poor experience when ordering take out- food was late- phoned 3 times to see where my food was (on the app it said that the delivery driver had set off over 45 mins ago). Was told they would contact the driver and ring me back/ they didn’t. The 3rd time I was told it has been delivered !! It clearly had not! When the food arrived it was cold- so had to reheat in the microwave. It’s a shame to have such poor service- I have regularly ordered over the last few weeks and always enjoyed the food.

We had dinner here on Friday night and it was really good. If Thai West and Thai Sakon are your 5/5 benchmarks, this is a comfortable 4/5. It’s a small cafe layout rather than a restaurant (wipe clean table tops, no alcohol license , with attentive service and pretty fast food arrival. We were the only ones there at 7:30pm and there are only four tables, so I recommend it to others who are hard of hearing like we are, because you won’t struggle to hear! Clean and comfortable, no gorgeous surroundings but the prices are low so my expectations were more than met. The food was great. Good quality chicken and duck meat, lovely king prawns. Light and crispy tempura batter and crisp fried bread in the starters these things that are easy to do badly were done very well. The Jasmine rice was absolutely delicious, sticky and fragrant, I could eat it all day and all night! We had a set meal for two people; £40 buys you a mixed starter and three mains of your choice with Jasmine rice and egg fried rice on the side. Mixed starters were tasty and fresh, a good range of food perfect if you want to sample a range of dishes. The Tom Yum (I know that’s not quite right but can’t remember the name soup was mildly spicy and *very* tasty. Other reviewers have commented that it’s made to Western tastes and I agree. The green curry was delicious with what I can tell is excellent quality coconut milk (makes all the difference! but definitely on the sweeter and milder end of the spectrum as opposed to the firecracker that I understand it would be in Thailand. I feel like they might benefit from offering a curry with a more traditional heat/sugar level as an option; that would be so great as a lot of us know and respect a traditionally spicy one. The Pad Thai is the dish people will judge you by, and it was fabulous. The beansprout:noodle ratio was dialled too far into beansprout territory in my opinion, but what do I know? I just love rice noodles : All in all it was a very pleasant experience and I look forward to getting a takeaway from here soon. When compared to the other Thai takeaway in Brighouse (chaiyo , there’s really no comparison. Thai Sawadhee is a thousand times better in terms of flavour and ingredient quality.

We used to come to this restaurant often for its delicious and authentic Thai cuisine. We returned over the weekend to try it with the new owners in place. The food was still good, but it seemed to have been toned down to cater to a more Western palate. My spicy duck salad had some heat, but it should have been much spicier. The red curry, green curry, and massaman curry we tried were tasty, but they lacked the level of chili and fish sauce needed to be truly authentic. I may return because it is affordable and has a cheerful atmosphere, but I will definitely make sure to request more spice next time.

I've had many a good meal here, but this time was a little disappointing. The red curry was really lacking sauce great veggies, plenty of of them, but where was all the sauce? That's the only thing that let it down, and as mentioned, it's usually pretty good, so more sauce in future, folks!