Chang Thai in County Durham

It was our first visit to this gem of a restaurant. The food was absolutely delicious and the staff were very attentive. The overall experience was first class. We will definitely visit again soon.

We had lunch there today and the food was absolutely delicious. The food was authentic and fresh. We have eaten Thai food in Australia and Singapore and this food was as good if not better than what we have had before. The service was outstanding and friendly. We definitely recommend and will go back again.

What can I say this place is lovely. The staff were lovely and the food was amazing. I had Thia fish cakes & Beef fried rice with a large bottle of Shingha for only £19.90 . I’d totally recommend you pay a visit.

Food was very good and up there with the best Thai food I've had

Nice interior, nice atmosphere, the food was painstakingly prepared and served so politely. The meal was gorgeous and the service second to none. I will go back in the future and would recommend it to anyone. It would be nice to take a family outing, or for singles who like good food. I love Thai Food and Thai culture. Try a Thai massage when you can, its wonderful.

Visited chang thai after they had been closed for holidays and the food was absolutely beautiful. Beef Thai red curry was packed full of flavour and nice spicy heat coming through. Portion sizes are good with reasonable prices. Service was great and didn't have to wait long for meals to be served. Beautiful Thai restaurant in the heart of bishop auckland

Ordered a collection takeaway! You can smell the amazing food when you walk in. Service was friendly and professional. Best Asian takeaway in the area. Will certainly become a regular

We had green curry and pad Thai. The food was excellent, well presented and delicious and the service was friendly and helpful.

Nice greeting on arrival Lovely food Good value for money Perhaps the young waitress could smile a bit more ?

I have literally never had a dish that I don't enjoy. The staff are lovely and friendly and always accommodate. Cannot recommend enough!

Very lovely food ' friendly staff and food arrived in great time too.

Food was excellent as usual. All freshly made and piping hot. Had a couple of lagers as well. Definitely worth a visit, book a table so you won't be disappointed

Very big portions, and beautiful food. I ordered the Pad Thai and it was lovely.

First time experience was great ordering pad kee mow and pad krik. Portions are large. Good place for a quiet weekend evening. Will visit again.

Been a good few times never been disappointed lovely food at a reasonable price

Love this place - although twice now my dish has been wrong! Which impacts the shared eating experience.

Great full body massage deep tissue does the job for your akes and pain

Fantastic food and fantastic staff 👌

We went on Valentine Day,Fantastic place in Bishop Auckland . Love the Valentine decor, Service was excellent Really generous portions. Delicious food. Will definitely be back!

This used to be the best Thai food in the area but today I have to comment on appalling service. As it was Valentine’s Day I really wanted to do something special with my other half, Having tried the restaurant before the food Was really good that we wanted to try it out again. However such to our disappointment The service was very poor. Having reserved a table at 7:30 We got our starters at 7:45, We were waiting for well over an hour for our main courses, Where to our shock we were seeing other people Came much later than we had have their starters and main course delivered to the table. We waited until 8:50, And we had given up waiting, I also must point out nobody came up to us to say why There was such a long wait. I shall not be returning to this restaurant ever again after this appalling service. They ruined our first Valentines Day, I am still seething with rage.

Food good but not as good as it used to be

Sadly this was a let down. Certainly not the quality I expected based on the reviews or the price. We had 6 dishes between us and only one of them was good, the rest were below standard for Thai restaurants we've been to before. The childrens portions are ridiculous, we ordered a fried chicken egg noodle dish, and as well as the chicken and egg in the noodles there was then a whole portion of chicken nuggets on top too. Sadly the battered and fried elements were too heavy and stodgy and tasted like old oil was being used. Everything else lacked flavour and presentation. Service was OK at times but seemed short staffed as the bar and kitchen are on different floors. Had to chase to get the bill. Wouldn't recommend it to anyone who has had any thai food before.

lovely food, very good customer service

Food was amazing! Service was bit slow but really happy with the food.

Great meal with the fireworks as well awesome 4/11/2023

What a little gem of a place. Proper Thai spicy food, the Larb was hot and fresh, my partners squid and prawns cooked to perfection. Spice levels equal to local Thailand dishes. 💜

Horrendously slow service. Tempura nothing special and Pla Rad Prik was a soggy deep fried chippy style batter smothered in sickly sweet n sour sauce, served with dry, rubbery rice - nothing like the fresh Seafood flavours expected of Thailand.

Lovely staff nice meal, sera little slow.

The food here is phenomenal and the staff are lovely. Its also reasonably priced. Hands down the best Thai food iv had in many years, if not ever.

Phenomenal food. Great friendly service in a family run restaurant. Would highly recommend.

Food was great and service was fine.

Food is absolutely fantastic. Service can be a little bit slow when busy but it's worth the wait.

Absolutely beautiful food here, the green curry is amazing. 5 stars from me.

The food was very good. The restaurant is on the second floor of the building, located in the centre of Bishop. The staff is from Thailand and the food tastes very similar to the food you can eat in Thailand. I spent a month in Thailand and I was missing some Thai food and I would recommend this place. Prices are reasonable, and the portions are big.

King prawn Pangang red curry is fabulous. A great Thai restaurant, good food, good service and reasonable prices

Staff are an absolute delight and can't do enough for you. Six of us all thoroughly enjoyed our starters and mains and I'm looking forward to returning.

Surpassed our expectations and beyond. Tasted really authentic, with right amount of spicy kick that we were looking for.

Always a wonderful service and good meal. Sri is so lovely. I like the food here very much

Very good food Very reasonable and large serving

Our Favourite restaurant 😋 absolutely love this place, great service again this evening, my wife is filipino and loves her Asain food, we always really enjoy the food here; would come everyday if we could, in our opinion the best Tai restaurant we've been in,myself and my wife have been vegetarian for 2.5 years and can't praise this place enough, we sometimes bring friends or family who eat the meat dishes and they also love the meat choices equally as much as we do.

OK place Good food Reasonable price

Excellent food and staff were great.

Me and my best friend went to try it out a couple weeks ago. Both our meals were outstanding, service was very good by a waitress speaking English as a second language, she was very friendly and looked after us. Very reasonably priced, very good food. I recommend it to anyone who loves Asian food like me.

Superb Thai food! Love Pad Thai there and the weekday lunch is good value of money.

Literally the best restaurant in town, and one of the best I've had in the county! Everything fresh and absolutely delicious, couldn't resist having desert at the end. Make a special trip to come here, you absolutely deserve it!

Absolutely fantastic 3 course meal, the calamari was cooked to perfection. The Seafood Pad Kee Mow was stunning and Had an excellent kick. One of, if not the best restaurant in Co. Durham. The staff are exceptional, very friendly and helpful.

Very good food and service and fresh ingredients. Would have liked much more Thai 'fragrance' from basil etc as per menu.

It seems on Sunday evenings the North of England is closed for food, so we were most pleased to come across this Thai restaurant hidden away after driving from Stanhope (yes, really!). A little quiet, but friendly service, good food and quick too. A nice window seat looking over the nice bit of Bishop Auckland.

The food is superb. Real Thai food, staff were really nice and accommodating as well

First class Thai food , highly recommend,

I've been to Thailand before and know well what the food tastes like there. Every time I eat here (yes I'm now a regular) it bring the memories back of my visit. Absolutely fantastic food and staff. Will continue to eat here as there just is no comparison anywhere nearby for quality and experience. Amazing.

Lovely place. Had the Tom Yam Goong soup, Pad Thai and Pangang curry. It all tasted amazing. It will be my go to place now for Thai food.

Everytime I visit the food is fantastic same level as what you get in Thailand itself. Staff are so lovely and kind they love it when you speak thai to them best restaurant in bishop Auckland by a long shot

Fantastic food.. we had I take away on New Year’s Eve and it was perfect 👍

Only used the take away service. Meals have been fine and ready for pick-up as soon as I arrived.

Great meal, will definitely be back!

LOVELY RESTARANT HAD 2 COURSE £9.95..WAITRESS VERY POLITE..AND EFFICIENT..MEAL OK DISSAPPOINTED WITH STARTER TINY THAI FISH CAKES LITTLE BIT SALAD..CURRY OK BUT SOME CHICKEN CHEWY..ONIONS CHEWY..

Fantastic place to eat, excellent food, very pleasant staff, great value for money.

Great place, friendly staff and the food is very delicious.

Amazing service. Amazing food. Been here quite a few times and never been disappointed. Simply come here if your craving Thai food.

Booked to eat here before going to see Kynren. Excellent service, great food and a very nice restaurant and location.

Excellent food - long lasting Thai restaurant that is highly recommended by all locals.

Well presented food that was delisious and the service was very good indeed! I will go back very soon.

Good and very tasty food. Good service

We were a party of four and had no problems getting a table upstairs. Service was friendly and after receiving our beers, starters soon came out. There was a bit of a wait for the main dishes, but they were well presented and delicious, though one main dish was wrong, but we didn't want to wait for it to be changed. A very enjoyable meal, nice ambience and looking forward to a return visit.

Good authentic thai food , never had a bad meal here , whether it be take away or to eat in.

Absolutely superb food for a great price! We had to order takeaway as not fully open yet, but quality wasn't compromised. Highly recommend. 5 star!

Excellent meal again love this place.

Excellent service, very attentive. Great authentic flavours. We'll be back

Friendly but under-staffed (Covid issues perhaps). Flavours average for Thai food.

Friendly welcome. Quite a long time, for drink order to be taken. We ordered a sharing platter and it took an eternity to arrive and it was an Iceland frozen platter. We are still here now, well over an hour since we arrived and still waiting for our main meal to arrive! Dreadful service and adequate quality. So disappointed xxx

My fiancé brought me to this Thai restaurant for a date afternoon, food was delicious..staff were very down to earth really friendly. Prices are very affordable. Lovely setting. Clean and tidy will definitely be returning in the near future.

My husband and I had a meal here the first day they reopened for seated service after lockdown. There was hand sanitiser at the entry, the waitress took our details wearing a protective face mask, we sat at a table that was well distanced from others...and then had a two course feast for lunch! Most delicious Tom Kha Gai I have had outside of Thailand. So tasty. So fresh. Highly recommend.

Great food and service, and by far the best Thai restaurant I've been to. The Masaman curry was superb; and would definitely recommend. Also excellent value for money.

Great food at a good price very friendly will be going again

Lovely restaurant with even more lovely staff. The menu is comprehensive, the food is absolutely delicious and very reasonably priced. The restaurant often hosts all-you-can-eat buffet nights which are a great addition to the classic made to order menu. There are also great multi-course discounts during lunch, and occasionally evenings.

Been a few times ,foods really nice fresh and tasty .the building and views are beautiful and very reasonable with great friendly service

Highly recommend Chang Thai Restaurant. Food was lovely and very well priced.

Genuine Thai chef that’s cooks delicious authentic Thai food. The service is top notch too

New chef and menu but still delicious. Decent prices and friendly service, well worth visiting.

So pleased to have found this place, best Thai restaurant near to Darlington I've been to. Food is utterly delicious, staff are lovely, and prices are very reasonable. One of my favourite places to go.

Very nice food at reasonable prices

Food was fresh and tasty as always. Love eating here

Serving is a bit slow but tasted great

Went last night, never had a bad meal, everything piping hot abd fresh, nothing more to say apart from, although radiator was on and hot, room was cold.

Great food in pleasant surroundings

Impressed first time we went but this time food especially fish was very over cooked.

A nice restaurant to visit for authentic Thai food, great service and only too pleased to help. Not the best Thai cuisine I’ve tasted but totally acceptable and tasty. We’ll definitely visit again.

Loved it, had a set menu and we tried so many things we would not usually order, will definelty be back x

Don't go through the week weekends are better but limited menu

The ambience is zero and service appalling. Chicken was dry in both dishes I ordered. Chicken satay and Thai green curry which was really watery and tasteless. We definitely won't be going back to be overcharged for basically a average Chinese takeaway.

Lovely friendly service, great advice on what to order for a milder palette, starters and mains were gorgeous, looking forward to our next visit.

Having visited this restaurant on a number of occassions previously we were disappointed with both the food and service. I had heard that since the refurbishment things had slipped but chose to go anyway. We had the set menu. The chicken in the soup and mains was overcooked and dry. Not sure the prawns were fully cooked through. There was no coffee available as the cafe downstairs was shut?? Given that there were only 3-4 tables occupied we hardly saw anything of the waiting staff and had to seek them out for our bill.Very disappointed and torn as to whether we will return.

How anyone can run a restaurant with staff not having a clue to english is beyond me, We went for a birthday celebration which turned out to be a disaster, the food came now and again and we didnt eat together, trying to get a drink was impossible, the whole evening was a joke i can only think they muddle through cos most people who were in were drunk

went here with a friend on a Wednesday night we had starter of sharing platter which was ok but very fishy taste I had stir fry beef which came with far too many vegetables and again a fishy taste too much fish sauce in the food I suspect

first time ordering, food was fantastic and we will definitely order again. only comments would be that I would have preferred it a little hotter, we were early to collect and were back home 5 mins after picking it up and food was slightly less warm than ideal. but other than that it was great

first time ordering, food was fantastic and we will definitely order again. only comments would be that I would have preferred it a little hotter, we were early to collect and were back home 5 mins after picking it up and food was slightly less warm than ideal. but other than that it was great

first time ordering, food was fantastic and we will definitely order again. only comments would be that I would have preferred it a little hotter, we were early to collect and were back home 5 mins after picking it up and food was slightly less warm than ideal. but other than that it was great

By day this place has a lovely tea shop on the ground floor with a range of seating in this lovely old building.Waitress takes your order and on arrival she was advised there would be a little wait which was about 5-10mins but once ordered it came quickly.Had beef sarnie with salad for £3.00 great value. Vast range of coffee too.

Two starters, mussels and spring rolls were tasty and hot and a salad also good. Prior to our mains arriving we were given warmed plates but it was then about ten minutes before the food arrived so by then they had cooled. Two of the mains, duck and pork were tepid as was the steamed rice, not great. The third main was fish. There were four to choose from, sea bass, red snapper, cod and salmon. Snapper was chosen but what was served was not snapper but a very soft white fillet which I'd hazard a guess was maybe plaice or basa but I'm pretty sure not one of those listed on the menu. Rather than wait for another meal to be cooked it was accepted but brought to the attention of the waitress.When I asked for the bill I asked for a reduction due to the fish and the chef appeared and apologised taking something off as requested and offering by way of explanation the excuse that the kitchen was busy. Sorry, but to serve something other than what was ordered is an attempt to hoodwink the customer. If the snapper was unavailable an alternative should have been offered and not served assuming the customer wouldn't notice or care. I'm afraid the smiles don't compensate for the average, at best, food and service. I wanted it to be good but doubt I'll hurry back.