Joy Thai Food in Broadland

This restaurant is in a time warp going back to when this style was considered fashionable. Let’s start with the greeting when we walked in, actually there was none, not normal in Thai hospitality. After living in Thailand for 18 years, the food was not in anyway authentic or tasteful, my only guess is the kitchen staff have become lazy or management have lost the plot. Our server was nice, but seemed to be the only person serving all the tables, it looked like the owner just sat behind the bar with his antiquated bow tie, not caring or showing any interest in anything, The food is overpriced for what is being served and the quality is very lacking, this place certainly needs new owners to bring it back to the future. We will never return.

Can't claim to be a staunch regular, but I have used Ali Spice as a takeaway about once every 2 months since it opened in 2010. Food and feeling of being a valued customer has always been exemplary. Up to my last two dishes, my go to was always a chicken balti, a 2 chilli spice rating, the last one I had from Ali's was so spicy it was on the verge of being inedible, ah well just a one off, i fancied a curry last night and found I could not face ordering my old faithful balti, i ordered a tikka massala and was told 20 mins to collect, i arrived in the prescribed time and drove 10 minutes home to find the dishes i ordered were just about warm, fine i could heat up in a microwave, but i have never had to do this before, something has changed lately at Ali spice, and i don't just mean the prices! Unfortunately I will be going elsewhere for my curry from now on.