Giggling Squid Farnham in Waverley - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

So incredibly disappointed with Giggling Squid’s customer service regarding our take away we received today. We regularly visit the restaurant and decided to order lunch today via Deliveroo; I wish we saw the reviews on the app first before placing our order which was over £45 for a Friday lunch time treat. The take away was so bad that we didn’t eat it for multiple reasons: my chicken pad Thai had bizarre large tofu chunks in it as though it had been squeezed through a tube (see photo) and had absolutely no flavour, the coconut rice and the “New Loaded Sticky Chicken” my husband ordered was just pure salt. We weren’t confident that it was safe to eat given how badly it had been cooked so decided to call the restaurant to ask what our options were. When I called to ask what can be done, perhaps get a replacement, the most uninterested and rude member of staff said to just ask for a refund on Deliveroo and couldn’t put the phone down any quicker. Such a shame that this once delicious, friendly and unique restaurant has gone downhill and become just any other sub-par take away chain.

Excellent meal, warm service, Wanida was amazing. Thank you so much Giggling Squid Farnham!

Not the place for takeaway. Food tasted like plastic and the crackers were chewy, clearly from the day before. Once you are home you are left to just accept this. Given it’s an expensive takeaway frankly unacceptable. Certainly won’t be ordering again.

This was such a disappointment after an encouraging visit a few months ago. It was by far the worst Thai meal I’ve ever had. All the dishes looked and tasted dull and tired - none of the zingy flavours and interesting textures which should make Thai food such an exciting experience. Service was alright but again failed to match up to the cheerful friendliness one hopes for. After we had finished our meal, my friend revealed that he had been disappointed that I had chosen this as a venue for our meeting due to his poor past experiences. Needless to say, neither of us will waste our money here again!

Very average food again. I went 4 weeks ago and had poor to average food. Was offered a £20 discount if I came back. This was a mistake, as it was no better. The slow cooked beef was over-cooked, dry and not good. Chiken wings - good. One bite salmon - didn't work at all. Actually unpleasant. Sweetcorn & cocnut fritter - pretty decent. Squid skewer - under-cooked and served luke warm. The service was efficient but the staff do not seem happy at all - not sure what is going on here but I suspect the food is shipped in partly cooked, and reheated rather than cooked fresh in house - maybe just another over-extended chain which has lost the essence of good Thai food, and instead become an inauthentic canteen. For the cost - very poor value.

First time visit, very enjoyable, food was excellent and good quality. After our meal the Birthday plate was a lovely touch and much appreciated. Thank you for a lovely evening, we will definitely be back!😄

Really excellent meal at The Giggling Squid, Farnham. This was our first visit to the restaurant and we all thoroughly enjoyed our meal. Staff were all very friendly, polite and welcoming, food quality was first class. Will be returning again soon to sample other wonderful dishes and flavours. Would most certainly recommend The Giggling Squid.

Excellent food, good service and value for money

Tried today for first time & food was very tasty, well presented. Staff were very friendly & attentive..restaurant was very cosy..so impressed we bought a cook book & will return.

Lovely food, great service, completely recommended

This is a regular treat for us and we look forward to eating here most Sundays. In a beautiful historic building in the lovely historic town of Farnham we always have a nice time here and the staff are always friendly. By the way the food is wonderful too.

Lovely food and attentive service-never in your face, just relaxed and welcoming.

Wonderful food. Lovely staff. Decent price. 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

Very tasty dishes, friendly service good value

I just love their massaman curry. Seems every time I have it it tastes better. Even our toddlers liked their dishes (btw kids meals are quite large, but a four year old ate most of it, so maybe it's a good size!). Good service. Very kind. We forgot to order enough rice and got it pretty much immediately.

Absolutely loved the place, food and service!

Great food, friendly welcoming staff. Will be back.

Fantastic Thai food. Lovely surrounds too.

Giggling Squid in Farnham is the best restaurant in town! The food is consistently delicious, with a special shoutout to their amazing cocktails and delightful desserts. The staff are always welcoming and attentive, making every visit a pleasure. I highly recommend this restaurant to anyone looking for a great dining experience. It’s become my go-to spot for dinner dates every week. Whether you’re looking for a casual meal or a special night out, Giggling Squid Farnham never disappoints.

Lovely food. Intuitive customer service. Every staff member goes out of their way with customer service. Special mention Athuliya, Olivia, Govind and Zsuzanna. Thank you for such a lovely experience. We were so full and didn’t get to try the desserts. Next visit will be a dessert focussed one :o) PS: wish it wasn’t so expensive ☺️

Had an excellent meal here with my girlfriend, the food was absolutely delicious and large portions and the staff were efficient and provided great service. We will definitely be returning here.

What a lovely find, friendly atmosphere with staff that want to please their customers. Fantastic menu with a wide selection of Thai food and vast drinks menu including cocktails. A really nice place to visit also perfect for a special occasion. But book if you can gets very busy!!!!!

Staff went above and beyond to make sure our evening out was extra special, celebrating our wedding anniversary. Food and drink was exceptional (salt and pepper squid, chicken satay, green Thai curry, mini puddings, cocktails and jasmine tea). We look forward to returning to the Giggling Squid in Farnham.

Lovely food and friendly staff, appreciate that they added special touch on celebration occasion!

First time visiting. Wonderful experience. Can highly recommend!!

Quality food and service with a smile

So disappointed with our experience. Was looking forward to celebrating my 50th here but was completely underwhelmed. The waitress was rude, most of the items we wanted were not available and the toilets were covered in wee. The restraunt then emails you for feedback and when supplied negative feedback they reply that my feedback was wrong. I have never left a negative review on Google as do not think it is fair but sadly in this instance truly deserved. Only plus I can give is that it has a lovely location and should have the potential to be a lovely restraunt.

We had a late lunch, from their lunchtime tapas menu. I had the "Royal Set", that was four small portions of lamb massaman curry, duck spring rolls, prawns, and jasmine rice. It was a perfect size for me, and tasted delicious, I would have given it 5 stars, if the food had been served a little bit hotter. We shared a basket of prawn crackers with a nice sweet chilli sauce.

We went there for our parent's 60th anniversary meal. Food and service were absolutely wonderful. Lovely team and would highly recommend. We will be back again.

Fantastic food, fast service and great vibe. Reasonably priced with a good selection of wine. Highly recommend.

Excellent, brilliant, really tasty will return.

Went there for our anniversary treat and as usual it did not disappoint. Delicious food, impeccable service and beautiful building. This place never disappoints 👍👍

Fabulous little restaurant; I've been wanting to go here for a while now and it didn't disappoint. The atmosphere is lovely with some beautiful nooks and crannies (even a listed step!) allowing for small groups to gather. The staff were helpful and attentive, but not to the point of annoyance. The food is delicious and beautifully presented - a feast for eyes and belly!

Everything you’d expect from a Giggling squid, food was delicious

lots of food on the menu not available. rest of what we ordered was so sweet. personally don't like my food sweet so the reason for my low review. maybe if we got what we wanted might have been a lot different? also spent £100 for a family of 4. kinda expensive for what it was at lunch time . kids just had a fried rice

Always a great place for a Thai meal. Will be there this week too X highly recommend

Food was good, service great, relaxed atmosphere.

Had a wonderful vegetable green curry. Really tasty. Staff were lovely.

Would have warranted 5 stars if everything we wanted from the menu was available. Great service and the food we had was very good and well presented. Worth a return visit- when the whole menu is available!

Food fantastic! Great vibe and decor

Absolutely love Giggling Squid Farnham - visited on Tuesday just gone for my partner's birthday and thoroughly enjoyed the food. Service was top notch as ever. Need to come in more frequently than just special occasions!

Pleasant Thai tapas lunch. Good food, decent service and goof value. Restaurant is situated in pretty town centre, plentiful parking nearby.

A brilliant works Christmas do last night in this popular farnham eatery. Yummy food, prompt friendly service and a really buzzing atmosphere.

Finally found a good Thai restaurant in UK. Glad to know it is a chain restaurant. The staff are nice and efficient. Food taste is close to those in Asia. Lunch set is at good price The restaurant is clean and well decorated.

Excellent lunch, mixed street food.

An excellent restaurant, lo ely food, great staff.

Scrumptious food and brilliant hospitality overall!

My wife says that my mother in law wouldn't have liked this because the food was amazing and she definitely missed out by not coming :D

The food’s delicious- we had a wonderful time

Although an expanding chain with each location having its own character, the food is consistently good wherever you go. For me the winning dish is the Giggling Set (also called the One Giggling) on the lunch menu - a complete meal on one dish. All very reasonably priced.

Nice Thai food in Farnham - lunch set meau is good

Only our 2nd visit but same really high standard as our first.

Food is amazing! Love the Roti, Pork and Squid

Good food, nice place, but quite pricy

Hard to review, we love Giggling Squid but the food just wasn't as good as it used to be. Not sure if it was an off day or not but we didn't walk away feeling like we'd had a lovely meal like we used to. The atmosphere and the staff are lovely and we had a really lovely evening, just the food not being as good as usual marks this down!

I only had a couple of starters as I was meeting a friend for a drink but it was very nice, the staff were really friendly and the prices were reasonable. I’d like to go back and next time I’ll get pics to share.

I ordered noodles with chicken and the food was from yesterday or the day before. Almost dangerous

We've eaten here many times, and chose to visit this time for a GCSE results celebration. Food was good as usual, although we felt the starters were very overpriced. Service was haphazard with some of the mains arriving quite a long time before the rest of the mains and the side dishes. We only had water for drinks, but were told we couldn't have a jug on the table, even though they have jugs, so had to keep trying to catch someone to fill our small glasses up. This was a silly nonsense that meant we were often without a drink, and caused hassle for the busy waiters and waitresses. Two of the English waitresses seemed to have an issue with each other, which wasn't professional. Overall, a lovely meal in a lovely restaurant, but with a high price tag.

A lovely meal in a lovely restaurant. Different, 'out of the usual' dishes, too. Well worth visiting.

Lovely food, very busy. Friendly staff. Just don't like 12.5% service charge, makes it expensive when you have rounds of drinks on the bill

great little chain of Thai food with some wider Asian delights too. Interesting bar too. Specials are always worth trying.

Food was great, service was good.

Food as usual was god, although couldn’t order a tea as didn’t have oat milk. But love their food anyway. Service seemed a bit grumpy at first but other servers were nice.

Really nice food. Great choice. Service very good. Nice lay out. Going back this week.

We visited for lunch, and although the lunch menu wasn't particularly big, i had the lamb curry with pork dumplings, which was plentiful and very delicious. Atmosphere was pleasent also, Would dine here again.

Been many times, great for romantic couples and groups seem to be separate, food is fantastic, staff are so welcoming

The food was delicious. I had pad Thai (I know how vanilla) but also samples several of the tapas bits. All were amazing and it was fabulous

Really enjoyed our first giggling squid experience. Excellent food and service and very relaxed. Recommend the shared platter started and the squid was the best I’ve tasted for ages.

Friendly staff and atmosphere. Great food.

Visited for and evening meal, was busy and food took about 40 minutes to come. Was a really nice meal but given the 1hr 45 deadline when booking only time felt a bit squished.

Absolutely abismal if you are vegetarian.

We had the lunchtime tapas selection and the food was amazing. It's a definite stop whenever we visit Farnham.

If didn’t want to be rich i would come here every day and eat my heart out. food was quick and exceptional. 10/10 will never eat at any other thai restaurant ever again.

Excellent food. The best red curry I've ever had. The king prawn Pad Thai is also excellent.

Really good food and plenty of choice for vegetarian as well as meat and fish choices. A lovely atmosphere, very relaxed and the service is friendly and professional.

Be sure to visit if you are in the area

We were a group of 7 and staff couldn't have been more helpful. We had a fabulous time and the food and the whole experience was great.

Family meal out and all I can says well done to the staff it was busy but we had the best night and was well taken care off by the staff

Food was ok, but we were sat next to a massive group who were pretty loud even before the karaoke session started. Spoilt a nice meal

I never normally write a review, let alone give a bad one, but due to my very bad experience, I felt it was necessary to write a review. I visited giggling squid a couple of years back and enjoyed my meal, so for my birthday my partner took me to the giggling squid on Friday 28th of April 2023. I ordered the Pad Kee Mao meal, unfortunately my second visit this time left me suffering from extremely bad food poisoning in the early hours of the following morning. I contacted the restaurant later that day, and spoke with the manager, who was apologetic, took my contact details and informed me that head office would be in touch that week. I've had no contact since. After posting a review on google. The manage at Farnham restaurant, replied confirming that such cases (Food Poisoning) are taken seriously and that their head-office will be contacting me that month in April. Two weeks into May 2023 and still no contact from the so called Head office. I am appalled that the restaurant feels the best way to deal with Food Poisoning is to ignore it.

Turned up without a reservation but happy to find me a quiet corner. Ordered a Chang beer and it arrived in an instant. Flicked through the menu and decided to go straight to the mains and chose a Pad Kee Mao which was delicious, spicy and plenty of it. It arrived in good time and looked so wonderfully fresh!

The atmosphere, food and service were all excellent, and they made a birthday meal extra special. We will definitely visit again.

I never normally write a review, let alone give a bad one, but due to my very bad experience, I felt it was necessary to write a review. I visited giggling squid a couple of years back and enjoyed my meal, so for my birthday my partner took me to the giggling squid on Friday 28th of April. I ordered the Pad Kee Mao meal, unfortunately my second visit this time left me suffering from extremely bad food poisoning in the early hours of the following morning. I contacted the restaurant later that day, and spoke with the manager, who was apologetic, took my contact details and informed me that head office would be in touch. I've had no contact since. I am appalled that the restaurant feels the best way to deal with food poisoning is to ignore it. I won't be returning.

Love the Giggling Squid. Lovely atmosphere and we love the delicious tastes of the food. The servers are always very attentive yet not obtrusive. We sat in the quiet room at the back in Farnham which we prefer as it is less noisy than the front part but you still get the nice atmosphere.

Very good experience , it was vibrant , food was delicious and we used our discount voucher from a previous bad experience they really stepped it up which was nice to see! The staff were attentive and we would return again.

I have just visited the giggling squid in Farnham , a beautiful restaurant on castle street … straight to the point , I had a wonderful experience , it has a great atmosphere and especially the staff , they are very helpful , I would specifically like to show my appreciation to our waitress Duang , she was so kind and attentive , also made sure everything was perfect for our lovely meal. She was so welcoming and didn’t rush us out the door like most restaurants she let us take our time eating and nothing was too much too ask.

Duang made our evening amazing, she was the best waitress I’ve ever had at any restaurant. Was so attentive and kind.

Had a lovely meal to celebrate my birthday. As usual the food and service was amazing!

We had a really disappointing experience here on Saturday night. Despite booking a table for 8 o’clock when we we arrived we were asked to wait for 20-25 minutes for a table to come free or accept a table in a real small ante room next to the kitchen with a delightful view of the dishwasher being loaded ! We declined both options and left without eating. We have eaten in GS in Farnham before and have previously found it a very enjoyable experience. To me it looks as if they have tried to cram more tables into the restaurant and possibly do not have enough staff to manage the number of diners. I hope they sort out their problems. I am not sure we will be planning to return any time soon.

Lovely dinner, friendly team and the most delicious cocktails. We watched CK making our third and final one - a delicious expresso martini beautifully presented with flaked and toasted coconut. He's got a talent. Thank you for a great birthday evening.

Absolutely delicious food and great service. My favourite restaurant!

Inconsistent food, sometimes superb, other times really average, obviously depends on the chef. Wouldn't go back after the last visit

It was my birthday so my daughter treated me to dinner at one of her favourite restaurants as she knew I liked Thai food and hadn’t had any for some time. Our meal was delicious, the staff friendly and welcoming, the restaurant decor was attractive and comfortable. The chef decorated a dessert for me as a surprise and staff and customers sang Happy Birthday!

Great food but not cheap. £120 for a takeaway for 5 is expensive compared to the better Indian or Chinese restaurants in Farnham.

Thoughtfully decorated, friendly and well timed service and some wonderful tapas selections beautifully presented. Highly recommended as the food was excellent and the team made it feel like a single restaurant rather than part of a chain.

Delicious lunch and reasonably priced

AMAZING food. Friendly, knowledgeable and happy staff. Extensive menu choices. Can't wait to visit again! Yummy!

We went back to Farnham in March this time (last time was november), and had to have our birthday dinner at the Giggling Squid (both my son's and mine). Guaranteed to be a completely satisfying and enjoyable experience, fresh dishes, excellent flavours, great atmosphere, beautiful deco and giggly waiters.... what more can one want? Again we had a perfect evening and regret 1. that we do not live in the vicinity, 2 that there are not more stars to give!! See you next time we are in Farnham!!

Loved it here, food is great. Really friendly staff. Consistently good everytime I've returned

Delicious food, they swapped out my rice for noodles without a problem. Excellent value for lunch time tapas. Thoroughly recommend if you like Thai!