Jinja Asian Kitchen in South Ayrshire

Superb fast service. We did not eat in the restaurant. Ordered at 7.23pm on a bank holiday Monday and received the food at 7.51pm. The food was delivered so quickly, that the steam was still rising from the rice, as we ate at the table. The food was delicious. The tempura vegetable starters and fish cakes had a delicious sweet chilli sauce. We had a selection of mains, including Pad Thai and green curry. All great. Portions very large. Highly recommended.

Visited while on a weekend trip to Ayr. Fancied Thai food so thought we'd give it a bash. My fiancée and I were both really impressed with the food. The service was great too - really friendly; apologised for the delay even though it had only been about 15 minutes; and offered us a complimentary drink while we were waiting. Can't fault the place at all, and will certainly return next time I'm in the area.

We are always up for trying somewhere new and we have walked past this many time on the outskirts of Ayr town centre. Knowing it to be accessible through Rupee Room - an Indian restaurant we used to enjoy years ago before more popular and better have arisen - I’m afraid all I can rate their attempt at Thai takeaway is ‘1 star’. We are proud to have @Home nearby and have always enjoyed it - it’s number 1 in Ayr for good reason! - so I did think it strange when Jinja was suggested. Only two reviews on TripAdvisor from two months ago (one good and one bad from May 2021), no reviews on Google… oh dear, maybe we should have checked this before ordering. We went with it and the menu on their website looks and reads well but the food was a disappointment. The honey pork starter was well cooked and spicy but you just know you’ll be drinking for the rest of the night. A more than reasonable amount of food was left in each of the other takeaway dishes; two full sticky rice of three, a vegetable platter, my chicken satay starter and my pork Penang, an Asian Chilli chicken, a red Thai curry (an “urg” was let out on first taste!) and a veg and tofu Pad Thai (bland). It makes sense that someone else try to do Thai food in Ayr given the popularity of @Home, but I can’t see Jinja lasting long.

Not what I would expect from a Thai restaurant (definitely not authentic) overpriced and underwhelming no real Thai flavour. Had the mixed stater for 2 seriously over priced for what you got. For main had the Thai green (judge every Thai restaurant on this dish) it was at best a poor example of something that you could get from Aldi or Lidl. Very stodgy to much cream (creamed coconut) no real flavour. I had to add some fish sauce and a squeeze of lime just to lift it. If you want a Thai green or any other Thai in Ayr do yourself a favour and go to @home end of story, tasty and genuine made by Thai people.

The coconut tofu starter was sticky and delicious, and delivery was speedy. Some nice veggie options too