Jintana Thai Restaurant, Kendal in South Lakeland

Not much I can say really the stars say it all. Can't wait to return and try something else, was absolutely top notch nosh and service to match, thanks so much 🙌

Best Chicken Satay Starter I’ve had in ages. We ate here a few days ago. We had the Satay to start which was delicious and I highly recommend it! I had the massamun curry and sticky rice, my companion had the ginger chicken stir fry. Both were delicious - though it is important you order one rice per person as the portions are not big enough to share. Some other reviews critique the service but we were very happy. (I suspect the critiques come from American guests - take note that it is not American style service and it is all the better for it! Left us alone for the most part but brought things quickly) Everything we ate was excellent. Would eat here again. 10/10 best Thai I’ve had in ages.

So disappointed. I've been a regular customer for over 15 years but I've lost trust in the quality of the food. Never do I leave my favourite dish but the last two visits the food has been a sloppy overcooked mess and the veg and tofu is far from even edable. My favourite pad Thai tastes disgusting. For this reason a few years ago I vowed not to get another meal from here but a year on I thought it was worth a try just incase it was a one off. Sadly it wasn't. My meal has gone in the bin. The sadest thing is jintans was the place that awoke my tastbuds to the fantastic Thai food I even organised a work events there and many family visits to show off the yummy food to family and friends but alas not anymore at one point I even new the staff by there names and they new us well. But since staff changes and lockdown the food is disgusting! £45 for 2 mains and 2 side! What a wasit of money. Such a shame

The service was good and the Thai duck red curry with jasmine rice was tasty and the sticky rice with mango and vanilla ice cream for dessert was great.

Good food, chair was a bit uncomfortable, The portion of the seafood platter was a bit small. Nice service from a young gentleman.

Went here as a family of four last night. The food was actually lovely. The starter platter was immense and the mains pretty good as well. My issue was.... Which is an enormous issue.... I found two pieces of metal in my beef red Thai. The restaurant didn't manage this well at all and seemed more interested in getting the metal from me. They then offered me 20 percent off my meal which to be honest I was appalled at. The eventually removed my meal from the bill. Stuff happens. But this should and could have been managed better by the restaurant. I'll be honest it's totally put me off ever returning as I think it could have been a real problem if I ate these pieces of metal and again it was taken overally seriously by them in my opinion. Will obviously never return to this place again

This was an odd one as no Thai people appeared to be up front in the restaurant. Maybe they were cooking??!! The food was ok but not brilliant. A smile from the food servers wouldn't go amiss.

Ordered at 1835, not delivered until 2125. Rang several times and unable to get through, when I eventually got through was told it had been collected by the delivery company at 2115, 2.5 hours after we ordered. When we ordered we were told it would be delivered by 1945. When it finally arrived we were missing prawn crackers and pork toast, which cost £14. Tried calling back, wouldn’t pick up the phone, so we were left with 2 mains and 2 rice for over £50, 3 hours after we had ordered… Food itself was fine, we’d never tried Jintana so thought we’d give it a go, but in future will stick to making our own from the kits available at supermarkets, was about the same quality, and certainly not worth the cost. Won’t be ordering again, for Thai food in Kendal I’d much further recommend Bangkok 7

Ordered at 1835, not delivered until 2125. Rang several times and unable to get through, when I eventually got through was told it had been collected by the delivery company at 2115, 2.5 hours after we ordered. When we ordered we were told it would be delivered by 1945. When it finally arrived we were missing prawn crackers and pork toast, which cost £14. Tried calling back, wouldn’t pick up the phone, so we were left with 2 mains and 2 rice for over £50, 3 hours after we had ordered… Food itself was fine, we’d never tried Jintana so thought we’d give it a go, but in future will stick to making our own from the kits available at supermarkets, was about the same quality, and certainly not worth the cost. Won’t be ordering again, for Thai food in Kendal I’d much further recommend Bangkok 7.

We dint like food very much. Mocktails were really good. Atmosphere was nice and the service was good

Food was lovely, as was the service and the atmosphere. The only negative for us was that the portions could be bigger

Let's start with atmosphere and ambiance. The place is small but cozy. Chairs were a little uncomfortable but manageable. The swan napkins were a hit with Childers. The bathroom was neat and tidy. Bit take a way menu sticks on walls of toilet is the last things you can imagine there. Let's come to food and drinks. Starter hot and sour soup was good 👍Chicken satay was good too. But the chicken wings were disappointing. They was no different taste. Actually, they were taking like fish oil or crab, and they must be fried in the same oil. Fish cake also has a similar story, chewy, tasteless. In the main course, Mussammen curry was best with all thai flavors, but the green curry was simply blunt, less flavor. Phad Thai was ok to eat when they were warm, but immediately in 2 mins of time span they become unbeatable. I still don't understand how come someone fails at Phad Thai. Overall, drinks were good. Service was above average, and it must be a busy day for them. But I mentioned to them that out of 3 orders of Phad Thai, one came with less quantity. They refused. We just mentioned that it was not evan a complaint.

We went out for dinner with family on New year's eve,arrived 6:30 to find the restaurant full and the waiting staff already struggling to keep up. Ordered drinks which arrived quickly,but waited over an hour for our starters which were wrong but by this time we were too hungry to care, another long wait for our mains to arrive which were cold, asked for some cocktails,to be told there wasn't any tonight "as we haven't got any ice" The staff were great but just couldn't cope with the tables and orders, a real missed opportunity for this restaurant to shine when the other Thai restaurant in Kendal was closed.

Came on New Years Eve and even though it was busy the service was lovely and atmosphere was welcoming. The waiters were working incredibly hard to ensure everyone was catered for. The food was delicious and would come back again, highly recommend.

Chaotic service by some very inexperienced staff who have obviously had little training in customer service, one waiter in particular was verging on aggressive. We like Thai food and have visited many Thai restaurants, the food at Jintana was substandard and not very authentic in flavour. Both courses were not very warm. I think all of the above are the bare minimum we can expect when paying nearly £90 for two courses. It is a shame that the other Thai restaurant in town was closed until February. I visited this the last time I visited Kendal and it is on a different level, food and service-wise. All for a similar price.

Chaotic service by some very inexperienced staff who have obviously had little training in customer service, one waiter in particular was verging on aggressive. We like Thai food and have visited many Thai restaurants, the food at Jintana was substandard and not very authentic in flavour. Both courses were not very warm. I think all of the above are the bare minimum we can expect when paying nearly £90 for two courses. It is a shame that the other Thai restaurant in town was closed until February. I visited this the last time I visited Kendal and it is on a different level, food and service-wise. All for a similar price.

I arrived with not much expectation. Left the place with my full tummy and a very full heart! The staff were so attentive and friendly we felt so welcomed. The food transported us back to Bangkok and their แกงป่า (Jungle curry) was so good and full of กระชาย. I was so impressed with their drunken noodles too 🔥 Highly recommended for everyone to try. We are Thai and we loved it!!!

Ate here with a group of friends before attending a concert at the Brewery Arts centre we all enjoyed it. The restaurant has a nice atmosphere with great staff. We ordered a selection of starters to share which were lovely the mains were nice and overall it was good value for money.

We were out for a birthday dinner, Saturday evening. Booked online - a seamless process - and arrived a bit early. No problem; we were seated immediately. Prompt but not rushed service; warm and friendly staff; excellent food (all 3 courses). It was an excellent evening. The only downside - and this is a small thing and not an issue in the end, was that on booking the conditions said that our table would need to be vacated 90 minutes after the booking time. When we were there it wasn't too busy so probably wouldn't have mattered if we hadn't finished within that time, but I did feel a little as though we had to watch the time.

Really tasty food and excellent service. Lots of great flavours and a nice vegetarian platter as a starter was a good shout too

Although extremely busy the service and food were excellent

starter stone cold , starter cutlery taking of my dirty starter plate and relayed for main course ! poor service poor food would avoid like the plague

Good evening with an exceptional waitress worth her weight in gold! Food well presented and perfectly prepared!

A really nice dining experiance, with good food and atmosphere

We had a takeaway and the reviewer below is spot on. The food tastes OK but the portions are tiny and the prices are steep. For £12.50 I had a beef curry, maybe six small strips of beef in a watery sauce, and the rice portion was small too. If they addressed the portion sizes and cut the prices, I might want to go back. But for £16 you don't want to feel like you've not had a meal!

Great food, very busy place but the staff were friendly and the food was really nice, it was a good atmosphere. Would go again

I called up this restaurant asked if could make any of the dishes vegan. Was told yes no problem. Turned up the booking, asked for the allergen menu. Placed the order flagging 'NO EGG' twice. Meal came with egg. This was really frustrating and didn't feel like the restaurant cared.

Had an evening meal here, service was good. Food however, not so great. The starter was cold, sesame prawn toast seemed as though it had been reheated. Meat was of very poor quality. On a more positive note the Thai green curry was lovely. Probably wouldn’t go back.

Spare ribs,chicken wings 🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮very friendly staff but food terrible

Staff were kind and attentive and we felt our experience was exceptional. The food was presented well and tasted delicious. All staff were welcoming and helpful. Definitely authentic and we thoroughly enjoyed our dining experience.

Delicious starters !!! Great red curry and pad Thai. Definitely need to work on better desserts 😞 Ice cream were absolutely horrible- tasteless unfortunately. Staff friendly but very slow.

We often look for Thai restaurants when we are away from home. This place looks the real deal but beware it's frankly a rip off. The food tastes OK but the portion sizes are an absolute joke for the higher than average prices. As an example, for £15 you can get all of 8 prawns in a Penang curry - that's it! The massaman sauce is good but the beef is restricted to a few small prices. All in all not a good experience and I'd suggest you look elsewhere.

Awesome food definatly will go again

Lovely stop off for early evening meal Great service Excellent food, green curry was sooo good Our host was just a dream, smiles and fun 😀

Friendly staff, fabulous food, nice atmosphere, sat near the door as it was a bit cooler there and a bit quieter, would recommend

We stopped over for night stay at Kendal before proceeding to hike Scafell peak. The Resturant was just so authentic and food was awesome. Must go place for meal before or after hiking. Post hiking we returned back for early meal and it didn’t disappoint. Good service and helpful staff!!

We went here for a meal and left after 45 mins without having received any food We ordered food after we received our drinks and lo and behold - the man who took our order who said that he didn’t normally take orders had forgotten to pass the order to the kitchen 3 groups of people who entered and ordered after us were served their starters within 10 minutes We were told there was a problem with the technology and I responded no the problem is with the man who took the order . She said the food would take some time to come out so we left A waste of our time, unable to find anywhere else to eat on a Sunday at 8.50pm so thanks a lot for nothing Don’t waste your time eating here, their are far better Thai restaurants in Kendal and this isn't one of them When the tablecloth has a massive burn in it - it hardly helps set the scene for a nice meal

We came for our first wedding anniversary meal as we were staying nearby in Kendal. The service was fantastic,and although we had to wait a little while it was definitely worth it when we got our food!We ordered a set menu for tow.The food was exquisite,all definitely cooked fresh and was lightly spiced and light. Really loved the authenticity of the restaurant too!!

Absolutely brilliant Thai food at this restaurant, we opted for the spicer dishes and Jitana did not disappoint.

Very disappointing meal, what there was tasted great but the portions were really small and overpriced. We all left feeling hungry despite having paid a massive bill. The person serving us was polite and pleasant but we were forgotten about, over an hour waiting between...

Having read some of the other reviews I was a bit apprehensive about coming here - but I needn’t have worried. The food was delicious - beautifully balanced, and packed with flavour. The portions were very generous, and the service was great - the team...

It's very expensiv. The food was good but very small Portion and very small amount of Rice.

It's not Thai food. There's no egg in the egg fried rice. The tom kha soup is way too sour and only a hint of coconut milk. Disappointed with the food.

carry out order, waited 20 minutes past the collection time, apologies for the delay and offered a glass of water!!!! The food arrived was wrong order then advised to cancel first order and reorder. Staff were friendly but inept. went five minutes down road and got a Chinese for half the price and took 10 minutes. These guys need to seriously up thier game.

Exelente ambiente. Gran atención la comida muy deliciosa gran presentación Se los recomiendo tiene. Un menú amplio y variado

First of all, I am surprised at some of the poor reviews people have written about this place...this restaurant is amazing. It has been a while since we last went to Thailand bur this restaurant is by far the closest we've got to feeling like we was back there. The food was so tasty, and so authentic. Plenty amount of food - we left full. Yes this restaurant has high prices but its pretty obvious as to why they charge the prices they do, such as: the high quality of the meals, the beautiful decor, you are in the lake district, this is not an english gastropub (far too many people comparing prices of this restaurant to pub grub, nonsense reviews!). The staff here were so welcoming and friendly, even ensured our toddler was having a nice time. We had the Jintana sharing platter starter, so tasty and a lovely variety. Then we both had a chicken massaman with coconut rice - huge depth in flavour of the curry sauce, simply heaven. Plenty of food for sure. You will not be disappointed if you come to this restaurant, I could not find any faults whatsoever with it. We was happy with our whole experience here, food, staff, price, ambience was 10/10 for us. Look forward to returning here when we next up in the lakes. Thanks so much for a great meal to end our weekend in the lakes.

The food was delicious and seemed to be cooked to a high standard. Cannot fault the service it was very prompt. I saw the poor/mediocre reviews but thought I’d take a pint anyway, and amazingly, it paid off! I had the Thai green curry with...

Great surprise, find whilst visiting Kendal.

This is no longer the best Thai in Kendal. It lacked flavour, was expensive and small portions. Very disappointing and for that price we will not be going back. The food did not seem that fresh, ingredients were sparse. Massive shame.

The 'better' half and I skipped into this strange place, situated on Kendal High Street, having, alas, been unable to book at the highly recommended, tapas joint opposite, serving fresh, homemade, cooked to order small bites of deliciousness. Thus, as Morpheus once wisely informed a...

First stop on my quest to try every thai restaurant in kendal, we got take out and it was amazing. Staff were really lovely and helpful, menu was really accomodation for vegetarians and vegans, food was served super fast. We got the pad thai with yellow noodles and sticky rice, and the thai green curry with sticky rice, both dishes were amazing

Good value food, serving error quickly rectified, pleasant atmosphere

We chose the set meal for 2, some of it was fresh, of the starters the Larb Wontons were good, everything else out of a freezer. The Stir fried veg was good for the mains but the other two dishes were mediocre at best. The...

Really disappointing! Waited far to long for drinks. Starters arrived and were very nice. But then we left waiting for nearly an hour for our main courses….. after asking where our mains were they were then brought out to us. By this time. I was...

Booked v last minute and was excellent. Satay starter and lemongrass chicken & Pad Thai were all really tasty. Wine was a little dear. Service excellent too. 5/5

The food is absolutely delicious but the service is possibly the worst I have ever had in my entire life :( this meal was booked for a birthday and 2 guests had to watch the other 2 eating. Leaving parched as drinks take so long too :( such a shame because the food is delicious

Awful takeaway. The chicken sweet and sour was tasteless and the chicken was as tough as an old boot. The red curry was so watery and even the rice was very bland. I really can't say I would recommend this place as I won't be going there again. Very pricey for poor quality food.

A lovely place super tasty food ideal for groups for a night out

A one day trip to Lake District turned out to be a disaster. After visiting cave Rydal,We turned here without booking but we’re given a table and the dining experience was good. Everything was fine until next morning all three of us including my 11year old is sick with food poisoning. We had thai green curry veg and chicken, pad thai noodle for my son, prawn sesame toast, veg spring roll, tofu satay with some wine and mocktail.Something is definitely wrong with the kitchen as we are a great outside eater and dine almost every week. This is the first time it has ever happened to us. All three of us are still in bed with my child’s room needing a deep clean. Whoever is running the restaurant please check your kitchen and the way food are prepared. Something is definitely not right. Both me and my husband couldn’t go to work for the second day today and have sick child as well. I hope no one else has to go through that!

Just fantastic. The best Thai in town 🥗🍜🍝🍤🥂🍷🍽

Staff are brilliant. Cocktails are delish. Be warned there is no children's menu.

If you're looking for a fantastic Thai dining experience in Windermere, look no further than Jintana Thai restaurant. From the moment we arrived, we were impressed by the extremely polite and friendly staff. But it was the food that really stole the show. In fact, we would go as far as to say that it was the best Thai cuisine we have ever had. The flavours were simply amazing, and everything we tried was cooked to perfection. The restaurant also set the perfect preamble for our movie night, where we went on to watch John Wick 4. If you're looking for a delicious meal before a night out, we highly recommend Jintana Thai restaurant

not happy at all. many times I ordered food for take away from Jintana, but they didn't let me do this again last night. I called yesterday at 9.25pm ​​(I always call at this time) and a young guy answered, very amused, and told me...

Recommended by our hotel but the food was just about ok but it really was overpriced and the portion sizes were smaller for the price we paid.

I think this is the best Thai restaurant in Kendal. Great food, good atmosphere, friendly service. I would definitely recommend the soft shell crab!

I used to go here often and was great food, but recently the quality has got much worse and the cost much higher. Not worth it, I can get a DIY takeaway from M&S for half the price and much tastier (as good as this place used to be). The only time I've had leftovers from a takeaway and binned it instead of saving it for later.

The chef is a real Thai master making top of the art dishes which we enjoyed immensely. Green Thai curry and mango desert is highly recommended.

We had take away, the 2 lots of Thai crackers were soft and the portions were small. All the food (except crackers)tasted ok but for the price we were disappointed overall.

Bit of a wait and a mix up with our drinks but the food was lovely

Delicious food, lovely and clean and the staff are so friendly

The restraint looks fine and has friendly staff, table service was disjointed courses not being served at the same time to all members of the party to the point food served first was cold by the time the last arrived at the table. Now for...

Very average food for the rather expensive price . Not very authentic Thai food at all . The staff were friendly enough but the service was very disjointed and slow , had to ask three times for the bill . It was very very busy,...

Great tasting food, friendly and fast service.

Very average food, only just warm had to send it back, and very little taste. Very disappointed as this was a special family meal and it was a lot of money for what we ate. Wouldn’t go back

Where do I start. I hate to put down restaurants, especially in these hard times, but this has to be shared. From the moment we walked in, there was a tense atmosphere between the staff. The manager and another member of staff seemed to be having 'words'. We were shown to our table only to discover that there was a 'New Year's Eve' menu. This was £35 for two courses, starters and mains. To be fair, there was a cheaper option of £23 but of little interest to us.If we'd know this before we booked, we'd have gone elsewhere. We waited at least half an hour before anyone took our drinks order and a little after this our food order was taken. While we waited, I could clearly hear people complaining and on a couple of occasions people approached to bar area to complain directly to staff. Fair enough, the prices may have been inflated to to the fact that it was New Year's eve but when our starter arrived, one of which was crab cakes, it was cold inside.....seafood.....dangerous! So I had to wait on my starter while my partner had hers. After my crab cakes arrived, they'd been microwaved and were like little firm sponges, devoid of flavour or perhaps crab even. For my main I ordered Jasmine rice and Masaman curry which duly arrived, I noticed that my rice was not jasmine rice in that it totally and utterly lacked aroma or taste of jasmine, I asked the water if he could smell it and he too agreed that it wasn't jasmine rice. He offered to replace it and the second offering was exactly the same.....it just wasn't jasmine rice. After the second attempt I just gave up and went with the bolied rice pretending to be jasmine rice. My partner asked how my food was and I replied, 'if you'd served this at home, I would have expected it to have been an Asda microwave meal'. I'm appalled that the chef was happy to serve less than satisfactory food and personally would have been ashamed to send it. Overall, we paid just short of £100 for a meal for two, including wine, far too much for the quality of food presented. Perhaps we were unlucky and other diners had a better experience but I'm not sure I'd ever return to this place before they replace the chef or ownership. Next time we'll stick with Bangkok 7.

Where do I start. I hate to put down restaurants, especially in these hard times, but this has to be shared. From the moment we walked in, there was a tense atmosphere between the staff. The manager and another member of staff seemed to be...

Very expensive take away for what it is. Small portions, one dish at £13 didn't even come with rice or noodles, that was extra. Delivery nearly an hour late and food was cold. I will not be ordering a take away from this place again.

Delicious Thai food and great service

Had an amazing family meal here to celebrate a birthday. The staff were friendly and attentive, excellent service. Having lived in Thailand for 5 years, the food was as good as any I ate in Thailand - completely authentic... Cannot find fault in anything (not...

Staff do. Although there were lots of us and we ordered off wrong menu the banquet they served us was lovely.

Enjoyed one of the best Thai meals I have tasted outside of Thailand. Delicious takeaway and at a decent price too. Good service from the front of house team.

The Thai curries were amazing and the Jasmine rice steamed perfectly. Very friendly staff and great service

Arrived here on spec while travelling south from Scotland, located via Google Maps. We picked a set menu for 2 which was nicely varied with a good quantity of food, well presented and attentively served.

Good food and friendly staff. But I have now ordered the meals by phone on four occasions, arrived at the planned time, but been told there will be a wait. A couple of times it was 15 mins, but it has been as long as 60. It feels as though they don’t actually start cooking the meal until you arrive and pay - in which case why not accept payment over the phone?

Food was OK but very poor service.

I had a really enjoyable experience at Jintana. The food was really tasty and the noodles were cooked perfectly. The staff were all really friendly and made me feel very welcome. Overall, I would definitely recommend this restaurant.

Staff helpful and paid attention to customers needs and ask if everything was good and ok with the meal. Arrived before 6pm to get the happy hour banquet meal deal at £17 (2 courses). Enjoy TTT tummy touching table this time we were beaten and regrettably the extra This soup and spare ribs were too much. Portion size of port toast, Red/Green curry n rice was good value. But down side of restaurant drinks were expensive. Food lovely and service quick.

Good atmosphere even though only two other tables taken when we visited. Had the two course set meal which was good value. Jungle curry was very ‘hot’ which was fine for me. All food was very fresh and tasty. Service was attentive and friendly. Will...

Lovely meal here it was very quiet when last time we came it was extremely busy, probably a sign of the times sadly. We had three courses and a bottle of wine for £80 which we felt was good value for money. We shared a...

I have been here before but didnt try too many meals. On this trip my Fiance and I tried a few dishes. We had the satay mixed starter. This is a mixed platter and provided a great variety of dishes and flavours, I loved the chilli beef salad. We then tried chicken sweet and sour, jungle chicken curry and Larb. All of the dishes were very fresh And packed with flavour. The service was friendly but professional.

Good service attentive staff, food could be spicier for me

Used this restaurant on Saturday evening and underwhelmed is probably an understatement. Party of ten we booked and pre ordered our food a few days in advance. Arrived at 7pm and were shown straight to our table and ordered drinks (good start). What followed was something of a pantomime unfortunately. By 7.40, only half of our drinks had arrived and the first starters began appearing. Staff were curt, dismissive and unsympathetic, probably a training issue rather than a conscious effort at ignorance and when the remainder of the drinks arrived we were asked if we'd like any more. Once the starters were cleared the mains started arriving quickly enough although when it became apparent that not all the rice had been delivered to the table, we made the staff aware. The absent rice eventually arrived but only after we'd effectively finished our meal. I could go on but at the end of the evening we were presented with our bill and offered neither apology nor discount. I certainly wouldn't use this restaurant again, nor would I recommend to anyone else, disappointing doesn't come close and given that there appears to be no response from the restaurant to most of the poor reviews on this site, they don't appear to particularly care either. Hope this review saves someone from a similar experience.

We booked for a late lunch on Saturday. We ordered the mixed starter, larb (which I first tried in London in the 90s and loved it - not had it since!) Jungle Chicken and Sweet and Sour Chicken with Fragrant and Egg Fried Rice respectively....

We had looked forward all week to our meal at Jintana Thai restaurant in Kendal where we booked a table for two people, to have a lovely starter, excellent main course and then ordered our sweets , 10 minutes later we were informed that because...

Advertising vegetarian options that somehow aren't vegetarian unless you ask for them to be?!!! Not at all reassuring if you choose a specific diet. The food itself was over priced and a rice dish could have come directly from Uncle Ben. Staff very friendly but...

The food lacked authentic taste

We ordered the house platter . The starters were ok nothing special. The mains were bland and uninspiring. I would expect thai food to be full of spices flavours and some heat, these certainly weren't. Combined with no accessible ground floor toilet, indifferent cocktails? Background music from a 1980s Atari game a totally underwhelming night out. No wonder we were the only customers.

Took a long time for the food to come 40min not happy 😒

Amazing Thai food! Much better than any I have had in my hometown of Miami. The presentation was also very detailed. Highly recommend.

Amazing staff, amazing food, lovely decor.