Giggling Squid - Harborne in Birmingham

Okay for vegans, however limited options for starters (2). Food was otherwise quite nice.

I've passed this place so many times while going for breakfast I knew we just had to try here. We made reservations mid day so was reeeeeally quiet. We were seated at the 'bird cage' table which I LOVED!!!! The food was very, very tasty and reasonably priced. The staff were exactly what I expect when being served, they were perfect. Thus venue was warm, clean and comfortable. Absolutely recommend!!!!

Our first visit here, we loved it, food was delicious and service was great

Amazing. Food was unreal. Will be back for sure

The food here is phenomenal, love, love, love it.

Found this place by mistake but so glad I did . Beautifully decorated wonderful atmosphere, staff really friendly and the food , just wow , delicious. Will most definitely be going back

Beautiful food, can’t fault it but as it was a Wednesday evening, a bit quiet and service was a bit relaxed. Overall, very good

Had the 10 pound lunch deal which was excellent value for money. Included a soft drink, prawn crackers and a choice of red curry/green curry or pad Thai. Ordered some lunch tapas dishes but the portions were very disappointing. The flavour was great though. Will return

Had a late lunch with a friend. My first time here. It is on the corner of Harbone High Street and Albany Road. You can park on the road or park in the carpark behind Sainsbury's. Lovely bright interior, decorated with flowers. I had the sticky chicken from the taco menu with jasmine 🍚 rice. I had lychee ice cream. They were all delicious. Lovely service from the staff and nicely presented food. I will definitely be going back to try some of the other food on their menu.

It’s okay, there are better restaurants. Faux flowers and lights make the setting pleasant.

The food was absolutely lovely, the decor was also lovely which added to the experience. The staff were polite and welcoming. My only negative was that I went specifically for the lunchtime set menu deal, and you have to go out your way to ask for the deal. But other than that it was really nice.

Amazing food, loved the decor. The only issue was getting to the toliets! So many stairs to get to the womens. Would definitely visit again. I wouldn't say it is wheelchair accessible from the front unless they have another entrance.

Delicious food and a really nicely decorated interior but fairly expensive - for us it is special occasion only price otherwise we would visit much more often.

This is my favourite restaurant. Jess was super helpful and checked in on us to ensure everything was perfect. Food is always incredible as are the staff. Been coming here for a while now and will.be for the foreseeable future. Great place

Great food, staff were friendly and Jess was always on hand to check our night was going well. Cocktails are class, all round fantastic evening and would highly recommend.

Great service and the food was on point, nice a Thai Spicy 👌

Lovely time at Giggling Squid, food was amazing as always. The staff were attentive and service was great!! Thank you for a lovely time.

From the moment we entered the restaurant to leaving the service was impeccable. Food is beautiful, decor and atmosphere are lovely.

Very nice food, worth every penny. Lovely atmosphere. Super friendly staff

Atmosphere is very loud. Service was great. Food. Ordered two green Thai curries with chicken which had little chicken it was more like a vegetable curry

Giggling Squid is a delight! We kicked off with Golden Bags, Veggie Spring Rolls, Giggling Chicken Wings, and Crispy Squid Bites all simply delicious. For mains, I had the Honey Crisp Seafood, my wife loved her Chicken Penang Curry, and our friend Jack raved about the Thai Green Hake. The food was fresh, flavorful, and beautifully presented. The service was top notch, with super friendly and attentive staff. We had a fantastic time and can't wait to return to Giggling Squid for another delicious meal!

We went there today as a family with teenagers and primary school age children and the atmosphere was calming and very family oriented. Place was clean and so pretty and its beyond what I was imagined. The service was exceptional and both ladies were very professional and similing and very very polite. I hope the company treat the staff well because they did an amazing job. The food was delicious. The desert was divine. I think we bought a bit pricy dishes so the bill was a bit high but that was on us celebrating a birthday, but next time we will go through the menu properly and we already planned on what to order next. Love the pandan cake, mango pudding and chocolate lava ❤️ cake. The crunchy squid and crackling beef was so tasty. All in all, we had a wonderful time and will be visiting them again. **** oh, I think they have parking too, we parked on the road not knowing they have parking *****

It's amazing place with deliciuos food and service .

A fantastic addition to the Harborne area. We tried a variety of dishes including their zingy prawns and chicken satay. For mains we had the chicken stir fry and noodles. Food was outstanding! The restaurant is very spacious and has beautiful decor.

Went for Jazz and blues in busy Thai restaurant.

Came here for my anniversary dinner with my partner. The food was amazing, and the service was impeccable. The waitress Amara was particularly great - very smiley and polite. Will definitely come here again!

Attentive and courteous staff, with good hot food. A great lunchtime treat, thanks.

Visited for the first time. Great food would visit again, although they did feel a little rushed to finish by the staff.

Beautiful restaurant, with amazing food and service

I booked a table online very quick and easy I had 2 request when I did it online. 1st was I was bringing my 3-week old son, and would they be able to add an extra chair so he could sit in his car seat at table 2nd was it was a surprise 37th birthday treat for my misses, and did they do a birthday plate Both requests were done for us. we arrived 20 mins early, and they were fine to accommodate us at this time, too Staff couldn't do enough for us always on had when needed drinks The place was really clean and tidy. I couldn't fault it Food OMG the presention and the flavour were out of this world our party of 6 all had starters mains and deserts and we couldn't find anything to complain about were spent around £51 per head and bill came to 257.00 this would normally of shocked me but for the service and food we were given I was so pleased to pay this and I even left a tip on top I even went over to thank the chefs personally for the amzing food and bday plate they had made for us didn't know if I was aloud but chefs that cook like this need the positive feed back too and the best way is to thank them is in person witch I just had to do I would really and highly recommend this place for the amazing food and standards the staff have Would like to just thank all staff and the chefs once again for the amazing time we had there. we will most definitely be returning for more

We have been here today for a meal. This is the fourth time we have visited. Every time we come we order different food from the menu. We have visited as 2 people and also as parties of several people. The size of party and how busy the restaurant is makes no difference the food is always outstanding, delicious, with beautiful flavours that make your mouth water. The service is exceptional. It really is a special meal and I am proud to take friends and family here for celebrations. Would highly recommend.

A beautifully decorated venue with quirky floral designs and lovely atmosphere 🪷💮🌸🌼

Amazing service. The lady who served me took time to explain the food and a little bit behind the food and making of it. Even some of her favourite on the menu as well. Amazing food. Again, the server was great in mentioning what goes best with what sauces and they never bother you much and leave you to enjoy the food that is in front of you. And just an amazing experience again going to a place that obviously shows love in serving and in the food they cook and serve. Do I want to leave a review? Not really, I want to really keep this place a secret to myself, but I really want to say just how good they really are here. Just awesome, thank you.

Truly one of the best Thai restaurants we have ever tried. Our minds were well and truly blown by this place. Every single aspect of this meal was perfect. We ordered the showstopper set and the giggling set. Every dish was even more flavoursome and tasty than the last. We wiped our dishes clean. I didn’t think at this price point we would be ordering such incredible food but here we are.

Lovely restaurant lovely staffs but honestly Giggling Squid isn’t Thai food! A very whitewashed version of Thai. I would NEVER visit another branch, ashamed that this is what Asian food in the UK has become and I hope British don’t compare to this the REAL Thai dishes!! A big disappointment :(

Got sent to the back of restaurant due to being Asian despite pre booking. Food was good.

We ordered street food starter to share: sticky wings, spring rolls, squid - it was really nice and I have my chubby cheek pork, it was very tender and delicious. And dessert was mango cake, I was expecting the mango is fresh mango, but it comes in baked version, not my favourite but my hubby likes that so much, and of course with his favourite vanilla ice cream. Service is good too, highly recommended!

A beautifully decorated place matched by the presentation and authentic taste of the food. Would definitely go back!

I have been to Giggling squid quite a few times now,and the experience just gets nicer and nicer each time. I'm working my way around the menu just nicely! I sat with family last night and we had an awesome time and the service was exceptional...can't wait to return in a couple of week's!!! P.s the decor is still just as lovely and the staff so Beautiful, and I love their new uniform!💜✅💯

Would highly recommend eating here, the food was incredible and the service was exceptional. We didn't get out server's name but she was so kind and patient with us. Would love to come back.

Great atmosphere, fantastic service. Most dishes were delicious. We had vegetarian dishes, but one was a little too oily. Otherwise, great place to eat 😋

Absolutely delicious flavours. A lovely place run by lovely people. A gem.

We had a fantastic meal, the food was spicy and very flavoursome.

Thank you , Grace and Tik excellent service Would recommend one bite salmon!

Was ok, dumplings were kind of bland. But the curry saved the day. No real atmosphere as we were the only ones there. Second time there but will probs looks elsewhere next time

Food was okay can't complain. However service not so much. We explicitly told them to remove the service charge yet they charged us. I called them to explain the situation. The person who received the call was so rude saying that I should have read the receipt and asked them to remove. I explained that we did tolf them they still charged us. However, she continued to keep repeating that we should have read the receipt and took no accountability at all and just speaking with such a rude tone. Never going back, can find better food and service elsewhere.

Reasonable price Tasty food Friendly service

Very very disappointed. The menu looks amazing whereas it is too sweet and not authentic. We ended up leaving this restaurant and going straight to Sabai Sabai where we had an excellent meal.

Lovely atmosphere and beautiful food.

Love Giggling Squid, Harborne. Great food, great service, great atmosphere. Tik our server was excellent, lovely and friendly and very knowledgeable! Thank you Tik for helping make it a great occasion xxx

Giggling Squid is great. Cocktails are very nice, food is decent, atmosphere, service and decor are lovely. It's not 100% authentic Thai and some things are too Western - the pad thai is too saucy, for example. But it's not trying to be authentic thai, so I can't really fault it. If you're looking to be whisked back to Chiang Mai, you won't be. But if you want some tasty food and drinks in a lovely place, head to Giggling Squid.

Amazing food and beautiful atmosphere

Best Thai food I've had (i had the hawker set from the lunch menu), highly recommended.

Sheer bliss. This is the prettiest place to have a meal, and the food is delicious. The calamari starter is a must, and it's a large starter. The curry with jasmine rice was excellent, too. Bought some takeaway for my kids. The takeaway meal was packaged in pretty boxes in a lovely printed bag. The attention to detail is impressive. The staff were friendly and, best of all, they didn't hover and continuously interrupt. Definitely have dinner here. You won't be disappointed

This is by far my most favourite restaurant, even if they have removed the phuket mussels off the menu 😆. We have visited multiple times and everytime the food has been exceptional. We create our own thai tapas here and skip the mains. We order the street food sharer along with other starters including the samuai prawns, which are just full of flavour and cooked to perfection. We must look really greedy as our table is usually full of food, but ordering lots of different starters makes it such an enjoyable experience. One of my favourites is the salt and pepper squid. I've never had squid cooked so perfectly. The staff are always attentive and nothing is too much trouble. The restaurant itself is clean and kept clean as the night goes on. There hasn't been a time where our meal was just mediocre, it always to a high standard and cooked to perfection. I will not go anywhere else for thai food as this really is the best place. If I had the money I would be there every week.

Special birthday dinner - the staff were fantastic, allowing me to drop off balloons in the afternoon and they chose a table for us with a great floral background for photos. Service was a bit slow as it was a busy Saturday night with a full restaurant, staff were so friendly, polite and helpful. They surprised the birthday girl with a dessert with candles and a rendition of happy birthday which was unexpected and much appreciated. Would highly recommend for a celebration meal.

5 stars for the lovely waitress Best, who made our night with her quite frankly unbelievable service! Even with our food coming out late and being average, she just made the experience for us. Do everything to keep her!

I had an extremely unpleasant experience with the customer service at the restaurant received by Jessica. My order was mixed up, due to errors from both the restaurant and Deliveroo. When I called the restaurant to report the issue, Jessica was exceedingly rude and unkind over the phone. She didn't allow me to speak, spoke at me, and made me feel insignificant by mentioning she had over 250 orders, invalidating my experience. Due to this terrible customer service, I will never use this restaurant again.

I expected the take out to be like the dining in quality it was completely different if I was sat dining in I would of sent it back the chicken in my dish I ordered today was completely dry to the it was chewy I know it isn’t the usual quality as I’ve dined in many times. I hope quality control for takeout improves

Pretty place, disappointing food. They didn't have my first choice of salmon bites (even though Waitrose over the road was still open), and the duck spring rolls I ended up with were pretty poor mush. The small amount of main course hake disappeared amongst an overbearing sauce and cheap veg. My friends' soft shelled prawns were not soft shelled, and he picked shell out of his mouth for quite a while. Prawn crackers were nearly £8.00! Not recommended.

Update from today's visit 2nd February 2024. We visited Giggling squid Harborne more than a few times since the opening back in 2021. Always enjoyed the food and service in fact we celebrated my birthday in the past and received acknowledgement and a little cake from the staff. However today despite informing the restaurant that this wss a special birthday lunch, it was disappointing to find that there was no birthday acknowledgement or any little cake which we found very disappointing as it is this kind of attention to details which makes restaurant stand out from the competition. No longer special venue for special celebration hence the overall low score. Excellent Evening, Delicious Food. Great Service by Chai and Sam

Love this place, great food, friendly and helpful staff. Great decor. Worth the visit, definitely going again.

Amazing food at a good price point and lots of choose from. Staff are friendly and accommodating. Would highly recommend as a restaurant for all occasions.

Reasonable portions and menu options, staff are very friendly; nothing is too much for them. The food was delicious and priced well; worth a visit!

Quite disappointed as been to other locations and enjoyed, staff were very friendly but food wasn't great and after being served our meals we weren't checked up on or asked if we wanted any more drinks, they even took the empty glasses off the table without asking if we wanted anything else or a dessert menu felt like they just wanted us to leave. Not a great experience after spending over £300 between us.

Very friendly place - had a lovely evening will definitely go again

Went for lunchtime tapas with a friend, and the food was absolutely delicious as always, and had especially friendly and efficient service from Lia. Would highly recommend!

Really nice restaurant in a former bank, the service is excellent. Some really nice drinks such as pineapple banana coconut smoothie and mango passion smoothie, which are so delicious. And the pandan cake is truly fantastic.

Visited here randomly on a Saturday afternoon as colleagues spoke very highly. Beautiful decor, well presented and clean with a chilled atmosphere until the screaming child was seated next to us. We were seated quickly and had plenty of time to view the menu and order. The food was lovely, especially the starters, we ordered the satay four ways which was lovely. I ordered the green Thai curry which turned out to be extremely spicy for me and I struggled to finish it. My partner had the pork ribs. We ordered a portion of coconut rice each which was too much, next time we’ll order one and share. Overall, clean, beautiful decor, good quality food - tasty.

Quaint Thai restaurant on Harborne high street with lots of character and friendly staff. The food is delicious Thai food with its own unique twist! We tried an array of different starters and mains including the weeping tiger steak. Highly recommended! Prices were also surprisingly fair and decent especially for the quality!

Excellent. Amazing food, incredibly consistent regardless of the restaurant. The biggest challenge is deciding on what to order!

Fantastic meal, lovely service (seemed to be a few new team that were fab?) Hot, fresh and quick

Great food something different to the usual you get on the high street

Excellent food and service but 3 flights of stairs to reach the bathroom is quite inconvenient.

Massive disappointment tonight. Noisy and echo, making it difficult to hear. Service was very slow to start and when the food arrived. Green Thai curry was watery and tasteless. No bite at all and 6 prawns was just a joke. Coconut rice was just plain rice in a tiny bowl with some coconut milk poured in the centre for £4.50!!! What a ripoff! Partner had some muscles as part of her fish dish and they were stone cold as if straight out of fridge! Weird but wrong! Sadly to say we will not be back. Lovely venue but let down by bland food ripoff prices and poor service. We did complian when asked and the reply was... I'm sorry it wasn't to your liking. When the bill for £136 arrived we asked for the service charge to be removed and it was then £113. Still not value for money. Stay at home and cook is my answer if you like Thai and live in Harbourne.

Lovely bright and comfortable atmosphere. Excellent food and service. Staff is very polite and attentive. I have many allergies, and they made me feel comfortable and helped me with my choice from the menu.

food is so good, everyone in our group loved their food. Lovely staff friendly and professional , they were able to give us a calorie free menu when requested. A fab evening , thankyou.

The food was great. Our server Mew was lovely and very accommodating.

Im sad to be writing this but we went in today for a birthday lunch and I was served raw chicken in my pad Thai and it’s made me feel so sick. There was only 4/5 tables in the restaurant so not busy at all and serving raw chicken is just unacceptable in any circumstance. My sister (pregnant) and mum who I went with were both very concerned as they had chicken in their meals in different forms but I only noticed towards the end of the meal. I was given my meal and my cokes for free and made to fill in a food complaint form. I think the way it was handled was ok, but in all honestly I believe the entire meal should have been free or discounted for the other two meals as they were knocked sick after seeing the raw chicken. I’d never normally write a review for a bit of a meh experience, but raw chicken is just another level of poor standards. I can’t recommend this restaurant, despite having once nice meal here before

Nice ambience and service. Staff was very attentive that added to the experience.

First time I've been , pleasent suprise, it was lovely, staff are lovely. There were 6 of us having a variety of food and drink .

The Giggling Squid was recommended to us today at 4.30pm. We were sat at our table by 6pm and were served straight away by friendly staff. They were efficient and professional. By 8pm we were all full of the most delicious food we've eaten in a long time. Brilliant recommendation. Thank you.

I ordered pork (Roasted pork hock with roti) but I believe I was served lamb meat. The sauce is perfect but the meat is bland and could do some marinating. Roti and egg fried rice is spot on. The still water which was served in an opened fancy bottle tastes like rubber. Service and place is excellent. I could easliy rate 5 stars if not because of the above.

We are Indonesian tourist in Birmingham, and Giggling Squid has the best Thai food we've ever tasted 👍👍. The pork cheek, pad thai, the fried squid, all excellent. Love love the ambience, the waitresses, the speed of the food preparation and the plating too... keep up the excellent work, and will visit again in the future.

Amazing service and super delicious food! 😍

The decoration gave the restaurant a unique character and a good atmosphere. The service was great and the food was amazing

We ate here for my daughter's birthday. The restaurant is beautifully decorated and had a very chilled atmosphere. The service was great and the food was amazing.

The waitress was so nice, and the pork dumplings and massaman were so good I didn't get to take a picture before I finished them. The chocolate cake was a 12 out of 10.

First time visiting excellent food both had startes pork skewers and duck spring rolls masaman currys beef and pork for mains lovely food. Had a sharing desert. Very nice will return

Would recommend meals are excellent service great

Loved the food, just a shame it didn't have WiFi. However we went for the food not Internet access.

Been here a couple of times including today for our wedding anniversary, both times really looked after, lovely food and service really friendly and fast, top notch and would highly recommend.

Delicious good quality food and friendly staff. Good portion size . We had lunch . Thank you to Tik and Jessica for looking after us and nice birthday surprise for my daughter.

Just came back from lunch.Firstly the food was delicious and the staff were very nice. However the lunch was ruined by the seating arrangements. They have 3 tables for 4 that are quite close to one another at the front of the restaurant. One table at one end was occupied and we were given a table at the other end with an empty table in between. Fair enough. However another couple came in and they were placed on the table in between. So there we were in a virtually empty restaurant all jumbled together and able to hear one another's business. We were seated by a lady whom I believe to be the manager. This spoilt the experience for me. The restaurant has got the food right, now they need to consider customers’ feelings and environment.

We had a wonderful meal. The food was beautifully cooked from a very interesting menu. The atmosphere was brilliant as were all of the staff.

Thai food absolutely delicious 😋 beautiful calm relaxing restaurant very attentive staff member Nicole was very keen just finished my drink she was there "haveyou finished that", but I get it I was once a waitress very clean friendly I will definitely recommend and return

Really nice place to eat, atmosphere is good and staff are friendly. 4 starts as I feel the mains aren't quite as good, starters are fantastic though.

Good food nice and hot do fresh. Will go again.

Amazing food . Nice and friendly staff also

Really enjoyable and everything tasted great! Good portions depending on what you get (spring rolls and giggling Thai prawn and chicken noodles for me). Would definitely go again :)