Matoom - Thai Bistro in Lewisham

Popped in with my son and it was fantasic. Great staff, fresh food and good value. Will be back!

Matoom is the best! Our number 1, we get it all the time & best Thai food around

Ordered a takeaway today for the first time from the restaurant. Ordered a crispy duck salad by itself. I’ll be honest the duck was dry and flavourless and I really didn’t enjoy the food. There was an odour to the food and it didn’t smell fresh.I was absolutely starving and I’ve decided to have toast instead of finishing this meal. The salad was really disappointing and I’m honestly really annoyed that I’ve spent £12.50 on such a disaster.

Very friendly service, cosy place and very tasty and authentic food. Enjoyed a lot! Khob khun ka

As with most places, the food here is at its best when dining in but rating here for its takeaway. We are regular takeaway customers and love the food. Clearly, if you order something like Pak Tord for delivery it’s not going to be crispy so choose wisely. The Pad Thai is great and the portion is really generous. The ribs can be a bit hit and miss but that’s the luck of the draw with ribs really. Oh, and it is usually ready/delivered in super quick time.

Literally always order the same things: green curry with chicken, Thai team and coconut rice. Because it’s always sooo good!!nice customer service and cosy easy going atmosphere

Lovely little place with authentic Thai food. Very good value and super tasty 🤤.

Best Thai food in this corner of South East London. I get takeaway from here all the time and it’s always excellent

Quiet and had plenty of space for lunch on a rainy day. Brought visiting family with young kids - staff were friendly to assist getting them comfortable and fed. Food was excellent overall and good portion sizes

Wow! The food was delicious! It was a takeaway and yet it came piping hot. The spring rolls were heavenly and fresh. I had salmon which was in a red thai curry sauce. Coconut rice which was sticky and delightful. I'm looking forward to another chance to explore the menu. Update: this time I dined in..delicious as ever! See pictures. The staff were really friendly and we were completely satisfied with every single dish and drink. Dessert was also tasty, light and sweet.

Delicious food and really friendly and welcoming staff. Will definitely be revisiting.

I obviously ordered the wrong thing because everyone else seems to rave about the place. In Thailand, if you order Tom Yum soup its a dish in itself, filled with herbs, onions and lemongrass - I could not believe it when they brought me a tiny little bowl of liquid with 3 pieces of chicken and a few mushrooms. And then had the cheek to charge me 12 quid with rice for what was essentially not even a snack. Absolutely would NOT go again.

Have only ordered take away from here so far but it’s consistently delicious every time! Always a warm interaction with staff when collecting also.

Had take out tonight. Delicious food!! Brought us back to our Thailand trip. Not oily like often find with takeout. My boyfriends fave was three seasons chicken and beef salad. He liked the generous portions of meat. My favourite was the coconut rice with green curry. Thank you, we'll be ordering again!

Staff was kind and helpful. Food came incredibly fast and was delicious. Good value for money. Would try again. Had the street food set with wings and green curry.

Good food and good service. The coconut crepe dessert was fabulous!

A small restaurant with friendly staff. Ordered Pas Thai. Taste is fine and served hot. 10% service charge.

My first time having takeaway it came so fast and hot I love it and the Thai ice tea was the best ice tea in London I could say😍😍😍 thank you for your wonderful service and food ka🙏❤️

Had a take away. Able to call or use their website. Much cheaper / better than through third party app. Food arrived quickly and fresh. Delivery guy friendly. The Penang curry was amazing with generous portion and lots of chicken. Sticky rice also good size and delicious. The chicken satay wasn’t as good so wouldn’t get that again but otherwise I’m looking forward to using again.

The snack bar setting doesn't give you any hint as to the superb food. Stylishly presented, delicious flavours, and taking account of a request for a fat free diet to not add any oil. Charming and efficient service too.

Nice cozy Thai restaurant in Forest Hill.

A great bistro. Would recommend but is small so recommend booking.

Generally nice Thai food but it would be much better to not shred the duck, maybe they take some for another sigh, seems to be less than when shredding myself and also it gets cold. Not classically thai but we fancied it for a change. Pad see ew was disappointing, I ordered it by accident as wasnt keen last time, quite dry and just not like the dish I had in Thailand repeatedly and enjoyed. Salt and pepper squid was in far too much batter, wasn't like this before so disappointing. Quick delivery.

Delicious 'clean' food served by friendly and passionate staff. Would have given a 5 star but for constant take away flow making the place cold and less relaxing.

Nice service and delicious food. I recommend

Fantastic service and excellent food

This has to be one of our favourite local restaurants. The food is always fresh and tasty. The chicken masaman curry is delicious and the Pak Tord is top notch too. Great service and BYOB. Highly recommend.

place only had one group of four, not busy, I entered and the host did not acknowledge me at all, to preoccupied on her phone to bother seat us, sat down and was still ignored until I went up to the registered. Handed a menu and she walked off. We placed our order, food was decent, would have enjoyed more if we weren't gawked by the women behind the register, staring, whispering and laughing. Interestingly enough when another group entered all genuine hosting etiquette suddenly manifested. We couldn't wait to leave this place, asked for the bill and the lady just looked between myself and my partner and said 'hopefully it's not too expensive for you' - ? odd, unnecessary and disrespectful thing to say - she quickly corrected herself stating she meant ' hopefully it was good' - will not be returning, they clearly only like a certain demographic here

Best Thai I’ve had in a while and at a decent price! A lovely Thai restaurant in Forest Hill. Highly Recommend the wonton soup, egg fried rice and sea bass 😊

Take out order - excellent! Tom Yum soup travelled well and was delicious! We had noodles for mains… beef and chicken… so good. Will be ordering regularly!

I’ve just moved to the area and had a delicious meal at the restaurant. we had the mixed appetisers, Panang Curry and Jasmine rice. It was so tasty, the staff are super friendly and the food is hot and so quick to come out. We enjoyed it so much that 4 days later we have just enjoyed a delicious meal that we had as a take away. I think this will now be my go to takeaway/dinner out!!!!

It's not often I disagree with Google reviews but this certainly doesn't live up to a 4.4 - the beef was very dry and chewy, the pad Thai pretty average and the sea bass fishy and lacking the lovely normal sweet /salty combo you associate with the dish - definitely better Thai options out there

Finally a Thai restaurant that can cook! Prawn crackers crispy and tasty, not the bland Chinese version.......ribs fell off the bone and tasty, weren't many but was meat on them so was good, salt n pepper squid was OK, I guess better eaten in the restaurant so will go soon. The beef penang curry was very tasty, bit chewy and runny but its the nest I've had in London so next time would try the red curry. Will use again definitely. The flavour is just as I had in Thailand, I lived there for 2 years.

The waitress girl during lunch was brilliant. But there was a make person he was on the phone all the time. Never lifted a finger to help the poor girl.

Sunday afternoon eats. Very quite. Service was excellent , as we would expect with no one else in, sadly, hot weather and Dulwich festival on. We had the starters, and mains, and even topped up with a single ice cream. We thought its slightly on the expensive side for the mains and starters, and mains portions again slightly small to even share , however BYO booze is a plus, small shop down on the right before the lights, enjoy 🍺😎🍺🥘🥘

We went for ice cream on Saturday afternoon. Durian and taro for me and coconut and mango for the miss. Delicious and super friendly. The place is also impeccable. Will be back for dinner for sure

Tried this restaurant for the first time with friends visiting from abroad who love Thai food. We were not disappointed. The food was fresh and delicious! Thoroughly enjoyed it and highly recommend.

Amazing place with amazing people serving amazing Thai food.

Small, cosy, friendly place 2 mins from Forest Hill station. Very tasty and good value.

My absolute favourite local Thai, either to eat in or take out. Better than all the other Thai restaurants in the area. Their curries are delicious and I’d even recommend their rice! Incredible quality, presentation and speed of delivery.

Absolutely amazing food + lovely staff !!

Good food and service. The quantity of food was perfect for me.

Great place to dine. Fantastic food and friendly staff

A lovely restaurant - a bit small but a decent place for a relaxed weeknight meal. I would recommend going for something on the specialties list, and starters were delicious, especially the fish cakes!

Small but delivery's in a big way, yum

This was my go-to Thai. But unfortunately service and quality has been a miss recently 😔

So yummy don’t usually do reviews but we were blown away ! The massam lamb and beef panang were so tender. Spring rolls and satay were gorgeous too. Tastes super authentic , can’t fault the meal. We are definitely going to dine in next time as the restaurant had a lovely atmosphere.

got a takeaway from here & it was just really bad, dry chicken, basic noodles and boiled vegetables. Expensive as well

The service was very quick and the staff are very friendly. The stay chicken was really nice although I maybe would have preferred if they were a little thinner ! The noodles were perfect and my friends stir fry was equally as good ! Overall we had a very nice experience eating here

Delicious! Fresh/loads of flavour/super tasty!!!

A delight! We had fish dishes, totally delicious. You can tell they really care about their food. Don't miss it!

Lovely restaurant and great atmosphere

Amazing place and amazing food With amazing service and brilliant chef

The most delicious Ti restaurant in forest hill. Get a seat there if you can. Very popular

Small restaurant with excellent food. You can BYOB.

Delicious authentic Thai food- delivered last night and arrived fresh and tasty!

What a shame ! When they first opened flavour and quality was Great ! But now food , has really gone downhill ! Pad Thai was stale, ribs tough laced with sugar ! sad to see it fail!

The cheapest and most delicious Pad Thai in the area! Will definitely be ordering again, thank you!

Lovely tasty food, friendly staff, nice casual cosy atmosphere. Made to feel really welcome.

Lovely good and calm atmosphere with a great hostess

We have had several orders but unfortunately the most recent one was so spicy that it ruined the experience. The green curry was painful to eat due to its intensity.

Lovely costumer service and delicious food, new favorite spot!

Really lovely and helpful waitress. Thanks for a great meal.

Delicious food for a good price. Small but cosy.

This is my new favourite Thai restaurant. The food is amazing, service very friendly and great value. Must try their Gyoza 🥟 and veg kao Pad 💯 Can’t wait to try more!

This is a great little place - it's tiny inside (which is why only 4 stars) but the food and the service was super. It's BYOB, and there's the Sainsbury's across the road where you can get your beer - great!

Visited this lovely restaurant twice and loved it even more!

My husband and I were pleasantly surprised with the tasty food served. We had a platter for two, Tom yum soup, red curry, green curry and Jasmine rice. Every single dish was tasty and served to perfection.

Omg! The restaurant so good . I've been here with my husband and I got a really really good service especially the food so delicious I really love it . I would come again

Very disappointing food. It wasn’t spoiled but was way below average. The tempura vegetable appetiser was actually disgusting, I had to spit it out. The Mee Goreng was yucky - could not eat it. My husband’s glass noodles with prawn was ok but not delicious, same with his vegetable gyoza. All in all - half of the food was a throw-away, and the other half was just passable. I am shocked by the good reviews. I would never throw away my money again for this mediocre disappointment. Wrecked our evening.

I ordered through deliveroo Steamed Glass Noodles (V) and Moo Wan and the dishes were disappointing, very poorly seasoned and with few vegetables.

Truly authentic Thai food. Amazing staff.Will definitely be ordering from matoom at least once a week..

The food is unbelievable but in case the owner is reading this, you've GOT to do something about your online ordering system as it's full of bugs and issues I can't even list here, it's atrocious. It needs fixing

Great local Thai. BYOB which makes it a great value local place to have dinner.

Honestly one if the best Thai food places I’ve eaten from in a very long time Absolutely delicious

That Thai green curry was just coconut milk and sugar. Awful

Had this for this first time and was lovely. Very refreshing thai chicken curry n jasmine rice.

great thai food and friendly staff

Delicious food, reasonably priced. I've never sat in, only ever had takeaway. There's free delivery over £15 and it arrives hot and quickly.

What an excellent Thai place! Really lovely atmosphere, friendly service and delicious food. Absolutely recommend!

Always excellent. Recommended the Tofu Panang.

really tasty and authentic food. Friendly service. very modern and clean decor as well.

I have a duck curry addiction thanks to these guys

The food is excellent staff are very friendly too

Great food but service can be slow.

first time when I try thai food,excellent place .

Love this Thai place. Food is phenomenal

Really tasty Thai food and good service. Well priced and comfortable little place. Def coming back!

Visited for lunch and we were all very happy with the food and service. I wouldn't hesitate to go back again or recommend anyone to stop by one day and taste their menu. Loved it!

Delicious Thai food and pretty authentic flavours too. The Som Tum is really tasty and crunchy - always a sign of a great Thai restaurant. We’ll be back!

Delicious food but book to avoid disappointment. BYO!

Definitely a local gem! The food is amazing, very reasonably priced and staff are always helpful. All the dishes are very well made but the honey lamb ribs are a MUST try.

Delicious, authentic food at fair prices, we'll definitely be back.

Usually good food, but have had to wait far too long for delivery/takeaway on the last few occasions. Poor communication and ordering systems seem to be the fault here.

Very slow delivery service - I fact it never arrived. Rubbish

Had pad thai takeaway and it was very oily and tasteless...

I ordered GIEW GROB £4.20 crispy wonton snacks stuffed w/ minced prawn + chicken. It was disgraceful!!!! Inedible. Just awful. I have contacted Deliveroo and provided photos and requested a refund. The other dish I ordered was tasted ok but was too oily. KEE MAO flat rice noodles stir-fried in chilli paste + soy sauce w/ chinese leaf, carrot, bean sprouts + peppers I would not recommend this restaurant at all based on food I got today. If I could 0 stars I would.

Delicious authentic Thai cuisine. Go!

Great food in a tiny independent restaurant. BYOB so don't get caught out (though there is a big Sainsbury's across the road for last minute purchases/top-ups). My cousin also reliably informs me the takeaway is top notch too!

Have been waiting 1.5 hours for our order and not expected for at least 15 min more. Really not impressed!