Chaobaby Trafford in Trafford

Amazing. Tried so many dishes and it was all great

Food was lukewarm which was really off putting. Also the selection wasn't great. The chicken was very dry in the green curry and the starters were rubbish. The desert selection was really poor too. Super expensive for the quality of food.

[READ THIS IF YOU DON'T WANT TO WASTE MONEY) You definitely feel thirsty after the meal as the food are oily and salty. Food quality are bad, not traditional Thai food. No service at all. The staff just ignore my desk as we finished our dish, no one come and clear our table. Poor Service! One more note, make sure to check the bill as they include "service charge" in the bill. The all you can eat just cost £19.9 per each but they input £1 additional service charge per head in the bill, which is £20.9. When we questioned the staff what is happening, they said this is a optional service charge and we have a choice to not pay the £1 per head. This made me consider the waitress is untruthfulness which mandatory the guest to pay for it. Very very disappointed experience. I definitely won't eat this shop as there are lots of choice in Trafford Centre.

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Fantastic food and service. Great value for money

I recently dined here in Trafford centre, and had an outstanding experience. YANISA & NUCH 2 of the servers, were exceptionally friendly and helpful. They not only provided excellent service but also gave me some fantastic advice for my upcoming trip to Thailand. Both their warm demeanor and genuine interest in my plans truly enhanced my visit. The customer service overall was impeccable, making my meal enjoyable and memorable. Highly recommended! THANK YOU TO BOTH. They definitely need a recognition. Such friendly faces that will be memorable.

Big range of food just a shame there’s a serious lack of vegetarian/ vegan options, largely due to the use of fish sauce / crustaceans.

Been to this one and the Sheffield one now. Very nice Thai food and one of the best buffets around

Very high CP rate thai buffet. Waitress Apple very nice and helpful. Foods quality so delicious.

I enjoyed the food here and loved the Thai flavours. It can be a bit too busy and cramped in there though. It is a bit expensive for a buffet but if you eat three or four little plates then perhaps you get your money's worth. I loved the retro table editions such as the vintage style bottle carriers for the cutlery and the Thai domed covers for them.

Some of the food was very sweet and a bit dry. There was only chicken, pork and duck but no fish in sight.

We was only nipping through the T.C when we decided to have a quick lunch. Because the Chinese restaurant had shut down we settled for this place. If I'm honest I'm not a thai food fan. Quite pricey for all you can eat. I think l had less than £5 worth of food because l didn't like the food at all. The meat selection was pretty skimpy. I ate some chicken wings which wasn't brilliant and a small plate of the melon selection. I tried 3 out of 3 soups and only liked one. My friend spent over £50 for 2 with a pint of larger and a soft drink was a complete waste of money. Never again. Personally the food isn't nice for all you can eat. The staff are miserable and lack the smile ability.

After shopping alone I fancied a treat. That wasn’t what I got. The place was an awful mess. I was given a table in the worst little cramped corner, which felt like I had been put in the naughty corner. Probably because I was dinning on my own ? Then the food was the worst Thai food I have ever had. Phad Thai is usually a go too for me, but this was rank 🤮 no cashews, just soggy noodles with some soggy carrots. So ok I thought I’d try the wings. Nope they wasn’t good either, nor was the spring rolls, chilli beef or fried noodles, which I usually love. At that point I thought ok I quit. Still hungry but enough was enough. Worst treat meal I have ever treated myself to ever. Do not bother. I ended up spending another 10 quid at prey because I was still hungry ?

I am a Malaysian. We ordered Malaysian nasi goreng, Malaysian chilli chicken and a noodle dish... The Malaysian dishes are misrepresented !!....I was thoroughly disappointed. The Malaysian dishes are somewhat cooked in spicy chilli sauce....and nasi goreng is not nasi goreng at all!! I suggest please change your Malaysian dishes and cook something else as you are misrepresenting the authenticity of our nasi goreng and chili chicken. I hope you take this constructively and not offended in anyway ..as I mean well... Service was good though! Tq.

food was terrible most of it was dry and rice and noodles where over cooked the drinks taste like pure chlorine too not happy with this place anymore food used to be better untill new managment came into place 100% would not recomend wasting your money here

Good variety of food in the form of a buffet. Reasonable prices.

Theres no difference in price between going for lunch or dinner like most all you can eats, so we found it a bit pricey just for lunch. The food dishes are very limited for the price also and this place is definitely not for fussy eaters. Refillable drinks are also £4.99 again pricey if you only have 1. The spicy chicken soup was very nice and its the only thing I'd go back for, which is a shame because we won't be back, theres much better value places to eat near by. You also eat outside so the world and his wife can watch you eating as they pass by, this was so uncomfortable for me 😅

Pretty soulless and no atmosphere. It looks like on the first view there’s lots of dishes but really for the size of the actual restaurant it’s quite limited. Soup was nice, a real positive, but only 4 ‘starters’ chicken wings, spring rolls, chips and onion rings, this is where it started to lose me. The sent up is wrong too, they ask you to go left to right, do you come to main dishes before the rice/ noodles etc, so you have to put the food on first then rice/ noodles on top, only a little thing but for me was a issue I didn’t like that. The dishes ran out quickly and quality was average at best. Noodles were over cooked and limp and stuck together. Seafood basil nearly blew my head off it was so hot. I’ve tried it I won’t go again. If you like good Thai food you’ll be disappointed.

Disappointed by the deserts, lack of variety and quality

Called in after a busy shopping day very busy at weekends but went again on a Wednesday and was much more relaxed and accessible. Host very professional food plentiful and replenished frequently . Drinks a little on the pricey side and need more of a dessert menu . As a last note the toilets are not very clean and need updating All in all a very pleasant experience and we will.revisit

Terrible service. Rude staff. Food is average, with same ladles rotating between dishes so everything tastes of everything

Always great when visiting here staff are super friendly and food is extremely nice

Very disappointed went last Sunday very busy like a cattle market food just average nothing special

we sat on the outer part of the buffet. most of the hot food got cold and there wasn’t a big selection to pick from. lacking flavour and truly disappointing

Great place to eat, especially when my daughter can eat for free. Staff are really friendly and very beautiful. Unfortunately there's no Papaya Salad, which is the best Thai food. Wish you can bring it back. Thanks and I look forward to coming again soon!

Has enjoyed the food, staff working fast said we had one hour but this enough time for eating it

I visited here before going to the cinema on a busy Friday night. Would definitely go again 👍 Upon arrival I had to wait in a queue for 5 minutes as the restaurant itself was at full capacity. In a group of more than 4 I could imagine it being a long wait to get seated during busy times. The food itself as great, so many tasty dishes and competitive pricing at 18.95 per person. Each table has a 90 minute period upon arrival for their meal which is an ample amount of time to experience many different dishes without rushing. The service wasn't the best, but this is to be expected at such a busy establishment and when the serving team are predominantly cleaning and clearing table to ensure turnaround is as quick as possible so that customers can be welcomed and seated promptly upon arrival. The buffet itself consisted of many options: salads, prawn crackers, soups, chips, rices, noodles, curries, and sweets. I had a great time trying many different dishes. Considering how busy it was all the chefs and waiting staff did a great job. Hope they can keep on smiling and provide even better service next time I'm back. Thanks for the great food, it was much appreciated ❤️

The food was good, they have a variety of soups, casseroles, and stir fried, I had the orange soup I can’t remember the name and it was good, and also I had the spicy mince meat with vegetable also good. The reason why I am giving it 3 stars is for the Time Limitation policy of staying up to maximum 1 hour and half, for me buffet is for eating and relax but then you have barely the time fit for finish and you can’t relax you have to go. The price it was good, 23£ per person

Great variety and quality, with dishes being topped up all the time. Great to have fresh fruit on offer too

Have visited here a few times for tea. Staff are friendly and helpful throughout, and are efficient at clearing plates and stocking the buffet. For an all you can eat buffet in the Trafford Centre, the prices are reasonable. The offer of a refill drink is good value too! The food selection is pretty good. Not as big as some other buffet restaurants, but still good! The interior decor and design of the restaurant is nice, and makes the restaurant feel more unique.

Extremely busy It had a funny way with getting your food made no sense to me waiting in the front of the line and only getting your main meals at the very end people pushing in to get there main waiters spilling drinks made me a little ill the next day not worth the price avoid if you can desert was poor aswell only nice thing was the pancakes

Buffet was good. More than enough of something for everyone. Very good food spread. Variety of different sorts of dishes. What I had was very nice and tasty. Had some starters and a main. Was more than enough so skipped the deserts. Will definitely go back if not rushed to eat.

A big big disappointment, I try absolutely all dishes but the food quality is literally just “Tesco” level. Don’t get me wrong, all the staff is very nice tho.

Oh I loved every bit of it, there was a little wait due to the queue but apart from that, the food was superb

Was super excited to try the Thai buffet and picked a special occasion to be there. but was disappointed. Was a Sunday and we were about 3pm and I was hoping it to be quiet but was quite busy. We were greeted at the entrance taken to the table. Salad was missing the green papaya salad which I was looking forward to and was replaced by cucumber salad. Fresh cut salad, along with fruit salad and a cold spicy chicken salad was ok. The tom kha chicken soup was missing chicken. Spotted the kitchen help throw in some chicken after quite some time. The soups however were tasty. Onion rings were heavily coated with the batter and had no taste. The chicken BBQ wings kept disappearing so I had to wait for them. All the different coconut milk based curries very tasty however they seemed more sweeter than usual as though there was added sugar in some form. Ended up scraping some rice off the bottom of the pans as the rest noodles and combinations were empty. When I checked with kitchen they said it be at least 10 minutes wait to get at least 1 of them. Was expecting Thai dessert but had to settle for pancakes, muffins, ice cream, cut fruits again, popcorn. We picked buffet as we didn't want to be waiting for food to arrive but that didn't work to plan. We wanted to have a good Thai food experience and that we didn't quite have. Overall not value for money. They charge you £18.95 per adult. And drinks extra. Don't think I would be going there again soon.

A Thai Restaurant with a lot of choices for buffet . Good enough for the cost

Went for a meal on friday! Lovely staff and food was flavourful and there was variety! Prices have increased however.

I went to Manchester for the day, didn't know this Thai Buffet Restaurant was open for a while. Reasonable price. The food was enough good. Many varieties. The staff was excellent. I will definitely back in my next visit.

Food was great quality, not a massive selection for an all you can eat buffet though. The food was fresh though. Worth what you pay

An absolute FANTASTIC place. The food and staff are AMAZING.

Food replacement is very very slow. Egg fried rice was good. Meat and mince was rather boiled and far away from stir fry.

Amazing food fresh and affordable , very friendly staff

Went here today for lunch with my Mum and Dad. Great location in the heart of The Trafford Centre with friendly and professional staff and lovely food (especially the foam bananas)! Highly recommended!! :)

Dont come to this place! The staff are quite rude and the food is getting worse and worse. They charge 11 pound for 4 years old but the ice cream machine is not even working! Raised this to the staff who replied the machine was a machine, if it's broken then it's broken nd there was nothing they could do, and he claimed it wasn't a big deal that kids couldn't get ice cream. They cant justify the price they overcharge to customers with the level of service and the low quality of food they served. No next time visit never ever.

If your at the Trafford shopping centre and fancy Chinese/Thai food go here £18.95 each mon/ Fri. A nice choice of food and all you can drink pop £4.95

What a nightmare!! I would not go even near this place again. I had to leave the food half eaten, it was so tasteless ,unwashed and old dishes, if you want to move and serve yourself other people have to get up of their chair to let you go.Stay away and enjoy your food somewhere else.

I've only recently 'found' Thai food after visiting a rather swish restaurant in Cheshire, so when looking for a place to eat in the TC, I thought I would try the Thakhun Street. Great decision as it happened. Really enjoyable all you can eat banquet with hot fresh food and colourful salads. Something for everyone. I look forward to returning here again. Full marks and good value.

I visited this restaurant with high hopes as i absolutely love Thai food. However, the buffet had a good number of dishes but lacked the Thai touch. Who serves onion rings and chips in a Thai Buffet? The famous raw papaya salad was changed with cucumber salad. The chicken soup and Thai red curry were the only 2 dishes that tasted authentic. The dessert section was alright, no regional Thai desserts except for sago pudding and banana in caramel. Pad Thai had no vegetables at all, just rice noodles in some sauce. The charges are different for weekdays, weekends and bank holidays. Being a bank holiday they charged £18.9 plus additional £1 for serving charge so that total bill for one person came up to £19.9 Another thing to keep in mind is they offer you seating only for 1.5 hours, so you need to make sure you finish your meal at that specific time. With buffets, I feel you need a good time so that you can relax and get an opportunity to taste more variety of food. I have had better buffets in around the same or lesser price with better taste so I would rate this restaurant a 3/5. The ambience is good, the staff are welcoming, all they need to improve is taste and variety. I have lived in Thailand for quite some time, hence coming to this conclusion. I understand we can't compare or demand the food to be exactly the way it is there, but at least try reaching closer.

Really nice buffet, awesome atmosphere especially 👌🏾

This time, I was a little disappointed to be fair, not as much variety as it used to have, and flavour just seemed the same in some of the dishes, chilli beef was the best seasoned one. Fell like the food quality is not the same anymore. Overall, it's still nice but does not justify the 50 quid we paid this time.

DO NOT GO HERE!!! Definitely not to the trafford centre store in Manchester anyway. I have never left a bad review anywhere in my life but i’m warning people don’t go here. Yes okay, the staff are very friendly and welcoming. However, the food is rushed, not prepared throughly and the plates and cutlery are NOT CLEAN. They do not wash the plates and cutlery properly at all, there is obvious food stains and crusty left overs that you can feel if you touch the plate, and same for the cutlery, very unhygienic. The food was NOT pleasant, I feel like the chicken meat was undercooked and just rushed, and for the desserts - they were terrible. The bill paid when leaving was absolutely not worth it at all, wished I went to a different restaurant I instantly regretted it. Very disappointing. That’s not even the worst part. The worst part is 24 hours later I recognised i felt very unwell and soon realised that I have food poisoning!!! 3 days later here i am still feeling very, very unwell thanks to this place. Absolutely fuming, 3/10 rating and would never recommend to anybody, especially after now getting food poisoning. I love east Asian food and this experience has really put me off now. Disgraceful, never again.

Food was great for the price my 3 year old ate for free!! And Yanisa was prompt and not over powering with check ins if our food was ok. Just a nice balance. Thanks will come again.

Staff work extremely hard. They're constantly tidying up after customers and running around to remove endless amounts of used plates from the buffet .Cannot fault the staff at all. Food on the other hand was less great. I'm a huge fan of the Thaikhun restaurants and hoped this would be a buffet-style of the same food, but the quality of food in this all-you-can eat was not up to the same standard. You'd be better going to the main Thaikhun restaurants if you want quality over quantity.

As soon as I saw the bowl of ketchup and fish fingers I knew I’d made a mistake.

Absolutely love the food here and the staff are always friendly especially Toon, she always remembers us and gives us a warm welcome when we visit

Absolutely loved this place. Went for lunch today. Can't understand any of the reviews that say limited choices. The choices are endless. The food was so flavourful, and the 'hot' dishes had an amazing spice level and taste. It's probably one of the best places I have eaten at for years. Endless choices and variety of dishes. We always struggle to choose where to get something to eat when going to the Trafford Centre, but struggle no more. We will always eat here when visiting. Amazing. Just absolutely loved it, and would most definitely recommend.

Honestly some of the worst food I’ve eaten. Choices were limited, cold and gave me stomach ache. Service was also terrible. Eating here made me wish I stayed home and cooked. Avoid!

Excellent food with reasonable price.

Visit 3/12/23 at 1 pm! By being THAI we ask for extra chilli sauce get rejected stright away! Wow !! Thai res no have chili sauce!! from the woman chef who cooking noodle (at 1 pm) but so happy to serve chili to the other table and smile, food was ok but not great, will never ever go back

I had a fantastic experience at this restaurant. It's a great place, especially considering the reasonable prices. The food was excellent and well worth the cost. I highly recommend the mushroom soup and seafood – my favorites!

Rzadko chodzę do bufetów, bo to prosta droga do objadania się, ale tym razem zrobiłem wyjątek. Jedzenie przepyszne, może nie ma aż takiego wyboru jak w Taipan (Liverpool), ale to co było - świetnej jakości. Moim faworytem była słodko-ostra zupa z kawałkami kurczaka (zapomniałem nazwę, ale z trzech zup, które były tam do wyboru to ta z lewej strony). Doliczają £1 do rachunku za obsługę od osoby. Polecam gorąco!

Taste good and reasonable price

Tasteless food. Not great. Cleanliness wasn't great either. Deserts were nothing special and they messed up our table after we told them in the beginning what we wanted. Overall, paid almost £40 for 2. Not worth it at all. My advice is to eat somewhere else.

I found this place to be okay. There are definitely better places with nicer options and better quality of food. Service could have been marginally better. For me the Jasmine rice and BBQ chicken were the best rest felt below expectations.

Great food and very tasty. Really liked it and I think I ate too much 😆

It's was great fun ,the food was limited choices but good quality 👌 would definitely recommend a try

Disappointing selection missing many of the staple Thai dishes we would expect to see and also most Thai dishes are made with pork not beef so was a little surprised by the minced beef dish. It was edible but not great. I also had a mocktail pina colada which just tasted like pineapple juice. Service was good and friendly though.

Lovely, quiet place where to enjoy fantastic food. I'm definitely going there again.

Staff is very nice and helpful. Food is ok, not a lot of choices but good enough to fill happy tummy.

Food was cold service was not the best choice of food really limited ended up having chips … cold chips to be fair

To naprawdę fajne miejsce. Obsługa Tajska - bardzo miła. Jedzenie dobre , wybór mógł by być większy ale i tak 4+ . Jest to restauracja typu płacisz raz i jesz ile chcesz. Jedzenie od przystawek po desery w formie szwedzkiego stołu. It's a really cool place. Thai service - very nice. The food was good, the selection could be bigger, but still 4+. This is a pay-once-and-eat-as-you-want restaurant. Food from appetizers to desserts in the form of a buffet.

First time eating out at the Thsikhin street buffet. The was a little 5 to 10 minutes wait although it didn't really both me as that comes with a visit it the Trafford Centre at prime time. I was greeted very plesently by a member of staff who showed me to my table and explained how to, what to do and how long I had. At the buffet area the salads are first then the mains which was hard work for me personally as I had all my salad and sauces were under my mains. There was a good selection I can't lie. All the food looked fresh and hot and did too. Most mains were at the bottom of the pan which was a bit annoying as I couldn't really be bothered going back up again. The deserts were quite standard nothing special tbf. But all in all, it was filling, tasty and a good atmosphere. Bit dusty here and there but I have OCD, some people aren't fussed.

i’ve just had food poisoning from here threw up an hour later and my friend feels sick too unfortunate as the service was good

I am currently in bed with food poisoning after my visit. I am crippled with the worst stomach pain. Nausea and can’t keep off the toilet. My head feels like it could expose. I will never eat here again. My partner has a sore stomach also. I should have read the reviews before going. I would never expect the Trafford center to allow such a bad restaurant under their roof!

Nice food, nice atmosphere. Good music playing. The only downside is that the tables didn’t have knives so have to cut with fork and they only have the buffet so if you’re not hungry don’t go.

Fabulous food staff and atmosphere can't wait to go again.

Been twice now, first when it’d just opened so assumed the terrible food was just because they were so busy and still getting the hang of things, decided to give them a second chance and the food is still awful, poor selection, nothing is warm (which I’m sure is a health and safety concern in itself) and way overpriced, also the server wouldn’t apply student discount despite me showing her their own website that clearly states they do 20% off the food bill for students. Really terrible, waste of money

Food taste really bad.the worst Thai food I never had

Very nice restaurant, delicious food, excelent service

Amazing food, Im pescatarian and there was plenty to choose from. Staff were all friendly and helpful. Immaculately clean. Will definitely be back, amazing value for money.

Avoid this place, we thought the reviews were exaggerated but as soon as we got seated and started to eat the staffs attitude was disgusting. You were constantly being watched like a hawk, if you would accidentally drop a grain of rice they would moan and groan and mutter in thaiwanese. The choice was poor and flavourless which did not represent Thai food. They then had the audacity to add a staff tip automatically to the bill. I kindly asked them to remove this which didn't go down well. No thank you for custom after that etc. Avoid this and just go to Tru street, much better food and service

Good variety of food. More than I expected to pay as we don't eat a lot. Staff are lovely and polite. The cushioned booths have ripped seats and need replacing.

The taste of ASEAN foods. Indonesian, Malaysian, and perhaps Cambodian and Vietnamese will also be familiar with these kinds of food offered. They are also some variety of halal chicken and vegetables, and there are also "Nasi Goreng", some variety of "Kolak", "Krupuk" and "Tuk-Tuk". A bit pricy though but the food is super nyummy.

It’s a Saturday visit, extremely crowded. I went in with my infant. Long wait to receive a high chair. Understandable. Buffet service. Variety is great for a buffet. The menu is catered towards Thai cuisine, but lacked authentic taste. Quality of food was good. Freshly prepared station for rice , noodles and pancakes was decadent.

Food and the staff are amazing.

I have no complaints, everything was fresh and tasty, I’d definitely come back if I’m in the area. The buffet is definitely worth the £18.95 asking price in my opinion. Get a pint of Singha to wash it down, goes hand in hand with the food.

Always come away very satisfied :)

First time trying a Thai Buffet and it was worth it. I a meat-lover but would like to cut down, so I loved the fact that fewer meats and more vegs were on display. I would say it's good value for money. Service was also super!

Food ok. Resupply slow. Need to keep eyes open on the queue.

Food was nice, not a lot to choose from, but what I ate, I enjoyed. Service could be improved when getting your first drink we had eaten a plate of food before we got a drink and I had to track some one down to ask, a bit annoying when staff are chatting at the till area and it's clear you are wanting their attention.

Amazing restaurant. Buffet was amazing.

Well frist time coming today and probably will now be the last although I never tried Thai food before never again Although the food was pretty good and the service is good and the price Not alot to choose from Me and my partner have had really bad belly ache and coming out the other end not saying this was food posinging but maybe the food hasn't agreed with us Sorry

We were really looking forward to this Thai buffet experience but got super disappointed by what it has to offer.. Food is cold and there's not much you can have considering the price you pay for (19£ pp). Cosmo will be way better option if you fancy an asian buffet cuz it'll have some Thai and globe cuisines where as here..

Great staff, amazing food, refillable soft drink... Thoroughly impressed with this place.

I suggest that you go to another restaurant. The food is well below standard for the price. The taste of food is not bad but the choice is so few. No satay and most of the famous Thai food are missing. We love Thai food and have it every week. This restaurant is the most disappointing one. And the service is bad. We are told that there are no empty tables but actually there are at least 4!

We visited the restaurant this afternoon and was greeted by Andrew who is simply wonderful! He was very attentive and had a lovely manner. Food wise I would give a 4, other guests loved their meaty options and choices. It lacks vegan and vegetarian options for the main meals as many contain fish sauce. Need to add vegetarian chow mein without fish sauce and a few other dishes, that would really tick the boxes ✅✅👍👍

Low quality and small selection, average food, nothing to die for, dessert was not fresh

Average at best. Very small selection. Nothing to die for. Won't go back

Friendly staff, very welcoming, food is lovely

Wow.. Lovely food and Good Quantity to choose.