Coconut Garden in Central Bedfordshire

We went for the Christmas Eve festive set menu. The food was delicious and plentiful, even for a fussy eater like me. Really good value for money too. Lily was a great host, as were her other staff. Very attentive and nothing too much trouble. Overall a wonderful evening.

This was a big surprise, the outside gives very little about this place and you almost think is closed or not very welcoming. After first time walking in and telling me I needed to book, I booked for a Friday night. Staff was very welcoming and food was lovely. I was afraid about huge portion but they were just good size. Definitely coming back for more 🥳

Excellent food and friendly service as ever. Great flexibility for people with allergies too.

Amazing food. Amazing atmosphere great family run restaurant. Very tasty authentic food. Well presented and very good price.

A welcoming and humble little restaurant. They do what they stand by. Food was quick, delicious, hot and fresh. Waitress was friendly and attentive. Would 100% reccomend and go back. Had a nice time

Food was great; went with a big group so had a set meal but it was all lovely and fresh with a great variety. Staff were friendly and welcoming.

GET THE CRISPY LAMB in plum sauce then come back to me and thank me. Also very cheap for amazing quality food. Very restaurant and excellent customer service12/10

Such an amazing place with great atmosphere food drinks and superb service.

feel very safe, food is amazing, they support any dietary needs. Like Vegan etc Can't recommend them enough!

Excellent food and friendly and good service

Stunning food, the most authentic I’ve ever had and the service is 5 star, they go above and beyond, what a little gem!

A very special evening was made by the staff for my 60th Birthday with a group of friends. Food atmosphere and service fantastic as always. Thank you.

Always a warm welcome and the food is excellent. I can highly recommend this restaurant if you like Asian food.

This is 100% my favourite restaurant, the food was great and the staff was lovely.Highly recommend.

Fantastic food, friendly service & great atmosphere. We opted for set menu B and there was plenty of delicious dishes. We will be back soon!

A wonderful meal in an exceptional restaurant. Thank you to Lily and Ken and the team

This is by far my favourite restaurant I've been to. I have been going here since I was a child and every time the food and service has been amazing. I've always feel welcome, and even after moving away, Lily still remembers me when I visit, and asks about the family. We are a vegetarian/vegan family and there are exceptional options for us across the menu. I cannot recommend this restaurant enough!

The best Thai place I’ve ever been to! Family atmosphere, the friendliest service! Amazing food! Loads and loads of choices. Highly recommend to everyone. I will definitely go back there. I would give ten stars if I only could. Loved everything about this restaurant!!! And they gave me Elmo chopsticks’s training kit. How cool is that. You can’t get it anywhere else!

Food was delicious, perfectly sized portions. Tasted fresh and authentic, no unessacary MSG or seasoning. Fantastic friendly service, beautiful authentic decor and menus.

From the minute we walked in we were made to feel welcome. Staff were very friendly and happy to chat away to us. Then there is the food, great tastes and good portion sizes. Definitely recommend and will be returning.

We eat here quite often. Food is always lovely and the staff are very friendly, service is always good. They do always ask for a deposit when you book but that's in case you don't turn up!

Very overpriced for the size of the portions

Excellent food every time we go there or whenever we have a takeaway.

Superb. The food and service from Lily and the team is second to none. Highly recommended, especially if you have a food intolerance as they really understand. 5⭐+

Really pleasant environment. Staff were fantastic as was our beautifully presented meal. Found parking a little way along the road in a small car park.

Fantastic restaurant. Amazing food and brilliant service from Lily and her welcoming staff. Excellent catering for dietary requirements. Would definitely recommend!

Delicious food, fantastic service, brilliant staff, such a welcoming friendly restaurant, we thoroughly enjoyed our meal here for Chinese New Year, we will be back.

Very welcoming and clean restaurant with a varied menu. We visited for a friends birthday and were not disappointed. The meals came out in a timely manner and everyone in our party said how much they enjoyed the food. Looking forward to our next visit.

Had a fab Christmas 🤶 party here. Food excellent, great company. Fantastic service

Fantastic Thai/Malay food with very friendly service. And they have a Durian pudding! A must try and very hard to find.

My Favorite Restaurant by far, Best Thai food, really friendly service

A beautiful meal tonight. We had the set menu B and this provided us with more than enough food and some great choices. The food was piping hot and was delivered with a smile from the waitress Alicia. Great customer service and excellent value for money.

Service was 10/10 so friendly and welcoming. Food was amazing, we will definitely be returning.

Came on recommendation and was not disappointed at all.Amazing food,even more amazing customer service.Informative about the dishes , respectful of space and time to eat and really reasonable prices.set menu had the perfect portion sizes too.Cant wait to go back🖤

Brilliant. Lovely staff, helpful, professional, very clean and authentic. Food first class.

Really enjoyable. Great food and service.

Curry container half full, chicken sateh tiny and the sauce was very sweet. Will not use again.

The best food I have had in a long time. Amazing!

Me and some friends went to Coconut garden for the first time last week, why we have left it so long to try it I don’t know. Food was amazing and Lily was a great help when I could decide what to choose. Will definitely be back! 5*

The food and service were both fantastic- the staff took time to advise us on our menu choices and when the food arrived it was amazing! Highly Recommended

Very friendly service. Really delicious food (my personal favourite being the crispy, honey lamb😋). I highly recommend this restaurant and can't wait to go back.

Went there with friends. To be honest, I thought it was avrage with small portions of meals, a bit expensive in my opinion.

So last night I went to coconut garden with friends,on one of the friends suggestions and was certainly NOT disappointed,service was fantastic food superb,would highly recommend people to try this,thankyou for an all round lovely evening.

Quiet and homely place. The food was excellent, cooked fresh. None of the pre cooked stuff. The service was spot on. We will definitely go back there!

This place is top dollar, staff attentive gave you space to chose your meal took care that your choice like noodles was correct the food was quick to the table once ordered, it was a delight to eat in a unhurried inviroment and reasonably priced too. A return visit to this restaurant is a must.

Food was fabulous and the service was great

Have been in several times. Must say outstanding service and great food. Well looked after even on a busy night.

Fantastic food, and really welcoming staff. I have been here a few times over the last 3 to 4 years, and its consistently great, with very friendly service.

The starters were the best part by far, and the rest of the food was okay but nothing special. Kind of rude service I thought as we weren't 'regulars', they didn't seem to bother with us at all compared to the other tables. Was looking forward to coming here but could have been worse.

Food is fabulous, i would recomend it to anyone, staff are fantastic, place is very smart and homely

Fantastic food as usual. Lovely atmosphere and very friendly service

Fantastic meal / food, great atmosphere and the staff are really attentive. Thank you Lily for a wonderful evening, we will be back!

Quality delicious food - lovely friendly service I would recommend this restaurant for a great night out

Had a great dinner with my husband. Definitely felt really safe in terms of Covis as they are super careful about everything. The food was amazing. Had half duck pancakes as a starter which was delicious. Duck with Honey and plum sauce was amazing! Jungle curry was very hot and very nice. Definitely we’ll be back and recommend anyone lives around.

We had a wonderful evening. I felt so safe as the COVID policies are very well thought through. The food was great and such good value. Wish I could pick this up and put it in my village!

Everything was perfect! They made us feel safe - temperature taken at entrance and sanitiser. Very distanced tables. Staff and food were amazing!

If you like Thai food you will love this place. Such lovely staff and amazing food. We have been in the restaurant and also had two lockdown takeaways, both so delicious! Highly recommend.

We rang and ordered food from their extensive take away menu on their website. We have eaten in restaurant on many occasions and it's always been lovely. Considering this place does not normally do take away, the standard of food was amazing. Plentiful, tasty & hot and all labelled and packaged beautifully with fresh herbs separate. Social distancing measures all in place. The Malaysian lamb pancakes are a real treat. We'll defo be ordering again.

Lovely place and staff but food a bit to hot for me.my partner loved it.

Not that authentic,really small portions of food and food was fresh but overpriced as the portions were barely even to fill my stomachs a bit Through 10 pounds for something i could make myself for under 2 pounds Not

Have eaten here many times and it never fails to disappoint.The service is good,food amazing and it is always a really pleasant experience.Thank you lilly and ken for another lovely evening.

Such a lovely warm, friendly atmosphere. Very tasty food with something for everyone. A good variety of drinks. I'm really looking forward to returning. Highly recommended.

A lovely family run business that want to make your experience perfect! I’ve been a few times with my family and the food is amazing. If you’d never tried Thai before this is the best place to try it because of their 4 course set menu where you can try a range of dishes. Having a gluten intolerance it can be hard to find places to eat that cater for you but this restaurant does. They make everything fresh so they can make the food without wheat flour and they will give you lettuce instead of pancake for your duck wraps. If you’ve not been you must try Coconut garden, there’s something for everyone!

Might have been what I ordered.

Great food great customer service

Good food and fantastic service. Lily is a character!

It was both my daughters and husband’s birthday celebrations. Food as always was excellent and they got a birthday cocktail on the house. Highly recommended this little restaurant, but you will need to book in advance 😀.

We have just enjoyed a lovely meal at Coconut Garden. The food is amazing and service attentive. We were made to feel like part of the family and welcomed by Lily and the gang. We had the set meal which is really good value for money; under £20 for four courses of authentic Thai dishes, with an additional dish just for being a table of five. Our diet is on hold for another week but worth it. Thanks Coconut Garden x

Fabulous food, great atmosphere and Lily is a great host.

Strongly recommend booking as it's quite small and does get busy. Great range of food, all lovely. Good service.

We've been meaning to return for ages having visited over a year ago. We really should have come back sooner.Everything was spot on, from booking the table through to leaving the restaurant nothing was too much trouble.The food was excellent, we had 4 set menus and added 3 more dishes because we're greedy little pigs but they really aren't needed. The jungle curry and the Thai prawn salad are both worth a try and they will also open your sinuses as there was no holding the heat.Try for yourselves, hidden gem this one.

Just love CG, not just because the food is exceptional, it’s not just the authenticity of the interior, what makes this the amazing place it is, simply the welcome, Ken & Lilly and of course the girls are superb hosts.

Truly amazing food and service at this family run restaurant. The vegan menu chef prepared was two days in the making. An absolute gem.

For our 10th wedding anniversary we chose coconut garden. It's a small and intimate Thai restaurant with excellent food. But some how something in the service was missing. I was enchanted with the offer of a chopstick trainor which I accepted as this tonight a smile and laugh to the meal. But left slightly underwealmed.

The malaysian/Indonesian beef Rendang and thai lamb penang (supposedly spicy) as well as the nasi goreng were all exceedingly bland. There was no taste to the dishes and though presentation was great, the portion sizes were minute. The best thing there was the plain boiled rice. Was disappointed as i wanted a tasty meal which this did not deliver.

The food was excellent, cooked fresh as per each order for our small group and you can easily tell it was. None of the pre cooked stuff. The service was spot on, couldn't fault it. Have 🐝 before, it still is as good as the first time and we will definitely go again.

The owner who seemed in charge was rude came across as hostile and like an old head mistress! Was ordering us around and we were unable to order starters even though we were hungry because we had to order the whole meal at the same time. Also told they dont have chilli oil which seemed strange for a thai restaurant. Portions were tiny and we were still hungry after starters and main meal. My 6 year old wanted more food so we tried to order more dishes but were told the owner would need to check if this was possible! We got a kebab and chips after as we were all hungry. What a disappointment as this was a celebratory meal. This is the worst restaurant I have been to in 20 years! If you want thai food locally and a better service go to lumpini thai for sure!

We booked a meal for 10.15pm but the theatre show over run. We finally arrived just after 10.30. We had pre ordered due to the size of our table. I have to say the food was excellent as was the service. I’m looking forward to returning again soon. Many thanks.

Excellent food and service - first time back for many years and it's still as good as ever!

I went in to the restaurant last night to order a takeaway, we were celebrating. I was told they don't offer a takeaway service anymore because people were phoning orders through and not collecting which was obviously costing them. Fair enough.I was standing there with a £60.00 order and a card to pay for it, the restaurant not busy. The girl picked up the phone held it to her stomach, paced up and down and asked my name, which I gave.She paced some more, let me stand there wondering what on earth was going on then repeated that they don't offer takeaway anymore.I admit I was not happy, but left the restaurant did a Google search and found a lovely new Thai called Roymai only two minutes down the road.I want to thank CG for pointing me in their direction, the food was outstanding and is also a restaurant as well as takeaway so we will be dining there in future.It's great that CG's business is booming to such an extent that they can turn away custom and give it to other local businesses. Thank you Roymai for saving the day, we are very grateful, loved your food and will be back soon for takeaway and to eat at the restaurant.

Great restaurant, so friendly and with wonderful food. Very vegetarian friendly!

Always good food, and pleasant atmosphere

A small but welcoming restaurant offering a wide range of oriental cuisine at low prices. Service can be variable though.

My wife and I are avid lovers of Thai food, we were recommended to Coconut Garden and it’s th3 first Thai in Dunstable. It was amazing from start to finish, they had a special on giant queen prawns imported from Chittagong in Thailand, wow amazing, Jasmin rice, Tom yum soup, chilli beef, Singapore ha beer, lovely family owned restaurant, cozy and authentic. Very reasonable pricing, attentive staff a sheer delight

Lilly and the team were so welcoming food was amazing. Thank you

Beautiful resturant great service and great food

Suggest you ignore the previous "disappointed" review and look at the others. We ate here on 9/3/2019. The meal was excellent, the quantities large, the service superb, the price competitive. A decent bottle of Pinot Noir cost just £16!

As a couple we really enjoy Thai food. Having not had any for a while we where througly excited for a takeaway from coconut garden, unfortunately what we received was well below expectations.

They created a mock duck which dried bean curd. Amazing. Most things on the menu can be made Vegan, with either tofu, wheat gluten, or veg. And the staff are fun and lovely. Perfect evening

Had a delicious meal and wonderful night here last Saturday! The friendliness and customer service skills were first class. The food was amazing and a great selection from the set menu. Great atmosphere and can’t wait to visit again. Thank you Lily and Staff!

Visited this place just prior to New Year's Eve 2018 for a friend's birthday.

The service was good, the lady who served us was friendly, well spoken and a great host. She was also good at recommending dishes and ensuring that we did not order food that wouldn’t go well together.

Delicious food and great service. Have driven past so many times before, wished I'd had tried it sooner. Will definitely come back

Lovely service and great for vegetarian alternatives.

Excellent food served with panache!

Traditional Thai restaurant which offered authentic dishes of great quality at very reasonable price! Staff were very welcoming and food was delicious (watch out for the spice!). Would highly recommend to all, and was a lovely treat for us passing through Dunstable.

Fantastic food and good company! Lily and Ken run a family restaurant with fresh tasty Thai/ Malaysian food, and a friendly welcome!

The quality of the food is absolutely fantastic! This small family restaurant is one of the best meals out you can have in Dunstable and worth the money. If you’re unfamiliar with Thai or Malaysian cuisine, they are more than happy to help find something on the menu that you’ll enjoy.

Went to the cocunut garden last night the 3rd visit on the 2 years I've lived in Houghton regis. Family run to the highest standard.my self and my better half had the most authentic delicious Thai food .I've been to Thailand so no the score.every couurse is a treat and to be honest a lot better than going to Thailand. The owner and her girls are just amaze balls they make your dinning experience fantastic, and to my surprise they have a superb cafe in dunstable town centre that do the most amazing bubble waffle with ice cream that myself and if a share with the kids ,they love.hats off to the lady who is smashing both markets will definitely recommend and make sure you book, a lot of repeat customers so getting a table can be hard on any day of the week.best thai food this side of pataya.you will not be disappointed

I visited this place over the weekend and can't recommend it highly enough. Fantastic restaurant, amazing food, staff can't do enough for you - so attentive. Guaranteed to go home happy from here! Try their speciality, Duck waffles - absolutely awesome! Dont forget, duck waffles, I've never seen them anywhere else.