Panang in Glasgow City

I wanted to love it here, but almost every dish was sickly-sweet and close to identical in flavour despite having ordered a variety of dishes with various meats.

This is not great, unfortunately pad thai is very gloopy, Lacking flavour. A million miles away from what thai food should taste like.

Popped in for dinner last night with a pal and loved it really good quality and will defo be back loved the dynamite chicken

Nothing wrong with the food or service, but the prices are excessive. For being small plates, they’re quite expensive (£7-£10 each) and the staff recommend you have three each…..! So that’s you well over £20, maybe approaching £30, and you’ve not even ordered rice yet! The only bottle of red wine on the menu was £27 too, so we didn’t bother with that. We’ll go to a proper Thai next time, this place has its small plate/price balance all wrong.

Beautiful food. Loved the bang bang king prawns that was the favourite. Also had the bao buns, both pork and chicken katsu delishious. Will be back ❤️

Great food, all male servers looked miserable, only checked if everything was OK when meal was virtually finished, didn't offer more drinks, which on its own wouldn't be a big issue, except anything you asked a male staff member (female was smiley and friendly when taking bill) was met with body language that screamed miserable and couldn't be bothered as if you were putting them out! Defo put off going back.

Food was spectacular. Yes they say small plates but the portions are great. Everything tastes fresh, authentic and just delicious. Highly recommend. Will definitely be back!

Have been here a few times,menu looks great and the decor but the food Isn't authentic and is well over priced as well as the cocktails. The service is even worse.They just don't want to be there, wouldn't recommend .

Just book a table. You won’t regret it.

Not authentic at all the som tam salad doesn’t have papaya I am from Thailand. I’m trying to eat Thai food in your restaurant. you put sugar. And The chilli this is not the way Thai people cooking like this. It’s not very very nice when you eat it and don’t try to copy Thai if you’re not Thai thank you very much. Misleading and shouldn’t be considered a fusion restaurant just British the cook can’t be Thai.

the food came out lukewarm to the point where we were confused if it was supposed to be this cold?, the place looked so cute its sad the food was mid. However the place was so dirty...my chair had dirt on it and my plate had old crusty food on it aswell, and make katsu curry right i beg🙏

My food was served cold . I sent it back . All the dishes where tepid and inedible. Nice atmosphere, but it was exceedingly cold. I was offered a replacement meal. I worked in the food industry whilst at college, saw rather a lot of bad practice. So, I never eat from the place, if I have sent food back. I had ordered a glass of wine , I was very kindly served this free of charge . I wanted to pay but they said it's fine. The chap serving was very friendly It was a pity , the menu looked great . There wasn't even many people in , I think about 2/3 tables where occupied So, come a busy day, how do they cope ? If they cannot not get hot food out of the kitchen to serve so few. I was dining alone . Hopefully, your experience is better than mine . I wouldn't return.

A must visit restaurant with very aesthetic ambience and the most delicious food The staff is really nice and had the best suggestions based on the number of people and our specific taste. Even though the food size is a bit small it was so delicious you would not be disappointed.

Great atmosphere. Option for small plates or big bowls. Bangin' food (for what I had). Worth a visit.

food was burned, very small portions for the prices, you’d save money and get a bigger portion if you just went to chopstix, the workers are nice though. almost £4 for a coke is insane prices though

Food is never disappointing. We always order to share as portions are perfect for this. Katsu chicken boa buns are a fav with a mix of the small plate items. Lots of flavour and lots of different dishes to try.

Ordered takeaway this evening, spent £40 on food.. one whole meal didn't arrive, I called the restaurant & neither the restaurant or deliveroo will take responsibility for the missing meal (either to deliver the missing food or to refund) so I paid for food that I didn't receive, I'm hungry and now have to go spend more money to buy another meal ?? Ridiculous

1st visit & it won't be our last. Staff (incl. Magda) were excellent, explaining menu options. Food was superb. Overall first class experience.

Restaurant is gorgeous and was very busy, but I didn’t rate the food. The food in my opinion was not made fresh it did not come out piping hot. I ordered chicken bao buns and the chicken was dry and not warm at all like it had been lying and just heated up and my friends prawn and monkfish Thai curry came out lukewarm! Rice was cold These dishes should be pipping hot and came out too fast to be made freshly. It was not cheap either and the taste wasn’t anything outstanding. Unfortunately I won’t be back unless it changes 😔

Fantastic spot for good food!! The staff were so friendly and overall a really great atmosphere. We popped in for a midweek dinner and it was delicious. Perfect for couples or to start off a girls night out.

Fantastic food, very reasonably priced for the exceptional quality, great service and super fast turnaround at lunchtime. Definitely going back!

Friendly staff and nice vibe.. Gave 4 stars as for the price I just felt it wasn't quite there on some bits.. Momo sauce is best I have ever had but you couldn't pick the momos up without them breaking (we tried most ways hands, chopsticks but 5 out of 6 lost the nice soup inside).. all the chicken dishes like dragon chicken were really nice.. felt a little disappointed in the pork belly as i am a fan of anything with pork belly - just flavour wasnt for me but this is a personal point as it was cooked fine.... overall a nice meal..

The food was very delicious. We ordered the lunch meal and for the price it is very worth it.

The restaurant looks very beautiful but their food tastes just normal (not authentic if you try real Thai cuisine). One truly bad thing is they don’t even use real papayas although sold it as papaya salad. Anyway, a lot of westerners enjoyed it here due to the vibe or food which they assume good .

Great staff good vibes lovely food

Amazing food. Tapas style Thai food. Wish I lived closer to Glasgow so I could eat here more often

Enjoyed the experience. Food quite spicy

Slow for food to appear and small portions. Service charge automatically applied. Food was OK, just more needed for the price point.

The staff are very friendly, atmosphere is fantastic and the food is delicious. However, it would be great if the portions of mezze are bigger.

They used to be gluten free friendly with thier menu but now made it difficult with a folder. It’s not in order of the menu. Servers don’t know what’s gluten free and what’s not. Wouldn’t recommend it. They were rude about it when I asked is this the gluten free dish.

Extremely loud and cramped environment. Food was mixed - some was okay and some was below standard. The Pad Thai didn’t taste like any other pad Thai - basically pure vinegar. Service was fast though.

Brilliant tapas restaurant! The food was delicious, would recommend the panang special fried rice, bang bang prawns and dragon chicken. Very welcoming and friendly staff too!

Ordered the moobin back ribs , fried rice and vegetables rolls . Moobin back ribs were very good . Vegetable rolls was sourish . Changed it but still tasted the same . Could have be mass produced. Fillings of vegetables definitely had turned bad . Would suggest the restaurant to check their products regularly. Fried rice was a little over too sweet to my liking. Reminded me of Jamie Oliver who adds chilli jam into his fried rice

Great food , a good range of small plates to choose from and everything was excellent. Service was great couldn't fault the staff.

Delightful lunch with friendly service. Will come back next time. Convenient location nearby the train station. Lunch menu not available during December.

Delicious food, very friendly staff and quick service. Definitely be back and highly recommend

My wife and myself were here on Friday night past . Thought the place was amazing and that was just arriving. Walking through the door , the smells , atmosphere and friendliness of staff said to us it was going to be good . The menu has plenty to choose from and packed with flavours no matter what you get . Me and my wife both got 3 diffrent dishes each to share along with the Boa buns each . By the end of eating all them it was more than enough. The flavours were amazing and we were more than full by the end of it all . Totally would recommend Panang to people to eat at . Everything from atmosphere and food was 10 out of 10 . Well done 👏

Only chicken and Lamb is Halal, with 1 dish for lamb and rest chicken. Beef is not Halal. Food is tasty but portions are very small, yet over priced. Menu has no spice level indicator to show how spicy the food is. Overall, our experience was disappointing hence 2 star.

Nice and cozy restaurant, exceptional service!

It's probably the best Thai restaurant. Amazing flavours

Good service, friendly staff and food was very good

I came with many friends, and we had a really bad experience with the food. First of all, the portion sizes were not adequate, and the taste of everything we ordered was strange and unpleasant. We ordered egg fried rice, but the rice was undercooked, which left us feeling very disappointed. Sorry to say, but I don't recommend going there – the food was extremely bad.

portion sizes are too small, we were served uncooked rice, the curries lacked flavor

Great staff! Didn’t charged us for a dish we couldn’t finish due to our own fault! Sorry for wasting the food

Wow.... What a place! Great food, great service and atmosphere is perfect! Definitely worth the visit.

Had a nice lunch here with colleagues. We opted for the different lunch deals and the thalis. I took the Kosha Mangsho, Pork Belly, and the fries. Which were pretty good. The thalis looked very good, and are enough to fill your tummy. Pretty reasonably priced as well. I was very happy to see tons of dishes from different parts of Asia, and not just from one particular place. The cusine of Asia is vast and diverse, and a good showcasing is always nice. The ambience is nice, the service is very good, and it's a short walk from the Queen St Station / George Square. A winning combination. Would return and try out other dishes.

Expensive for basic quality of food. The service was nice until I decided not to pay the tips and the metres make me feel awkward about it. I definitely will not come back.

Service was superb, waitress was very helpful with the menu and could recommend several dishes. The food came quickly and was very tasty! We ordered cocktails from their menu which were great! Atmosphere was good and the venue was lively and clean.

I had always considered Panang to be a favourite safe and tasty go to restaurant for meals with family and friends or takeaway as a coeliac person but after visiting this weekend, I'm afraid to say it's not somewhere I will frequent anymore. At first when seeing the new menu I was excited but then I noticed they had removed the allergen markers completely. When asked what was safe for me to eat on this new menu, I was handed the dreaded "allergen booklet". It feels like having to do homework before your meal which just sucks if I'm honest. It takes all the pleasure out of it - the tick confirming all the things you can't enjoy. The inclusivity of this restaurant was so unlike a lot of others with the old menu clearly catering well to coeliacs, vegans and veggies alike. So going from half the menu being safe for us coeliacs to now only being able to choose from about 4 or 5 items (one of which is a dessert) is disappointing and a huge step back in a world where allergens are so prevalent now. For anyone who isn't cursed with the inability to ingest gluten, it's an amazing and tasty place to eat. My friends really loved their meal! Otherwise, if you want to decipher an allergen booklet that tells you all the things you can't enjoy, maybe wait for the next menu change. 🤞

The best Thai food I’ve ever had. Lovely small plates menu, spoilt for choice! Friendly staff and a great atmosphere

One of the best asian restaurants in Glasgow! We will be coming back a lot! We ordered few dishes, but the Chicken 65 is a must especially with the special fried rice 👌🏻. The chicken curry was great with the jasmine rice 👌🏻 The spring rolls and satay were okay, and finally, the bang bang prawns and it was the best prawn dish in here. Thanks a lot for the great service 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Panang is such a lovely restaurant with beautiful interiors. Staff were friendly and menu had a good selection to choose from. The Thai food that we ordered was delicious and authentic. Loved the tapas concept of small plates!

Loved it. Found as we wandered past for a late lunch and really enjoyed. Excellent service and delicious food. Looking forward to coming back for dinner!

All halal which is awesome. Great tasting food with decent portion sizes however it was a bit expensive for lunch for 2 people. However would definitely go back to try the pad thai.

We were recommended Panang so while in Glasgow for weekend with friends we booked a table . Our experience is almost all positive service is great staff friendly & knowledgeable the manager a lovely chap 👍 as we were with friends who also hadn’t been before we all ordered different things so we could share the food is beautiful & tasty we had no complaints about anything we ordered cocktails were beautiful 👍 couple of little niggles is one the state of ladies toilets I’ve no seen such a sticky floor like that since some dodgy nightclub back in the 80’s and second is I prefer to tip staff accordingly but as I found out this weekend it now seems it’s all automatically added on to your bill so does it actually go to the staff ? Or greedy companies? But we will eat there again food was fab 👍

We visited in a Monday evening as a couple, it was busy but a great atmosphere, we ordered a starter each followed by mains and a rice to share, the staff were friendly and knowledgeable, catering for my coeliac partner, the food was wonderful, very tasty and good portion size.... we' d return for sure!

It was really very very good. Small plates were brilliant. Bringing water to the table without us asking was a cool and should happen everywhere. Beautiful inside, lovely staff and Katsu Bau Buns were so good. Excellent. Highly recommended from me.

Great food, small plates to share so it is not the cheapest option around.

Went with my daughter on Friday night. We were excited when we saw the interior which has lots of coloured paper lanterns and neon light, pretty cool vibe. Cocktails good too. We ordered food and waited. Since we'd ordered shrimp crackers we expected these to come quickly and other tables got them but not us. The waitress was apologetic and offered free drinks but we just wanted to eat. The food eventually came one hour after we sat down and the shrimp crackers came at that point too. I'd say the food was OK - cauliflower popcorn was soggy not crispy as described, sweetcorn fritters relatively tasteless but the veggie spring roll and bao buns were good. I am sure you can find better in Glasgow and maybe this place trades on its location and look rather than quality of food.

Good cocktails good food and service I’d go again. Next time il order something different my noodle dish was a little too spicy for me.

Amazing food but hate restraunts adding tip onto your bill

Excellent food. Will definitely be back.

Really exciting Asian tapas. Fast and tasty.

Excellent food and drinks! All flavoursome and cooked well. Slight drawback that some of the tables are quite small - we were a group of 4 and squished in the corner and was quite hard to get in/out, but wasn’t a massive dealbreaker! Would return ☺️

Loved the ambience and food. Top class

Delicious food in a lovely wee restaurant. Staff and service are great.

We stopped by here on a whim before heading to Kings Theatre and we're absolutely blown away. Everything we tried clearly had someone who was trying to give you a culinary experience. Plus a gorgeous atmosphere that reminded me of Thailand! Would absolutely recommend.

A very fun place to eat. Worth travelling for. Tapas style Thai food in the centre of Glasgow. Delightful staff and delicious food.

Beautiful Panang Restaurant, Glasgow did not let us down on our umpteenth visit. We spent a very pleasant birthday celebration here, and as always loved the delicious food, the warm welcome and the special feature of multiple colourful ceiling lanterns.

Amazing food. Popped in for lunch and had a Mama Bangkok cocktail with the Royal Thali option. Simply delicious

The food was delicious. I would recommend the beef masaman curry and the sweet and sour chicken. The waiters were really nice and attentive. It was one of our nicest meals in Glasgow.

I eat a lot of Thai food and this is one of the most abysmal Thai foods I've ever had. The mango sticky rice was an obscenely small portion. The staff told me the chefs would visit Thailand sometimes but like are they visiting red light districts or restaurants? Can't tell. I guess it's ok if you don't know what Thai food is, I don't trust ratings in UK because I don't think Brits know what food is.

Ordered online, terrible portion size complained to Deliveroo they didn’t care… Lived in thailand for years but the take away was not good wouldn’t recommend

We loved all our chosen dishes . Lovely food with a wee kick .

We bought a Thai feast on itison. They asked for the voucher before we'd even sat down, experience didn't improve much after that. We were stuck beside a table of drunk women, who had a table full of glasses. We had frozen cocktails included but they served them in really small glasses so some of it ended up on the floor & the table before it was actually served. The sweet & sticky ribs were dry & overly spicy, the sunshine beef was similar, it had definitely lost its shine. Pretty much everything had chilli seeds sprinkled on it or a side of sweet chilli sauce, surely you have other sauces to give some variety. Surprisingly the sweet chilli chicken was lovely. As was the crab & prawn spring rolls & the pad Thai. Luckily, they put the chilli flakes on the side so we could enjoy that without them. There are much better Thai restaurants in Glasgow so I wouldn't recommend it.

Good food, plenty selection and good flavours. Thai inspired dishes served in smaller portions to try new things.

Great food, nice atmosphere and lovely staff. Second time we have been there.

Very exciting to eat Thai tapas. We love sharing food and trying it everywhere. We really liked that. Everything tasted very good and the service was very friendly. The atmosphere is really lovingly designed.

Terrible meal - lowlights being the sticky rice, obliterated rice in an amorphous mass, the pork with a poached egg - the egg was actually the best thing we had and the pad Thai which I'm actually struggling to describe. We went here as we had a voucher which my wife had received for her birthday, so disappointing, 60 quid plus on rubbish food.

Good lunch time menu. For a quick, casual bite. Love Thai food, concept of the small plates was good to try different things. Thought the food was ok, would give it another go and try different things.

UPDATE: I have called and asked both the restaurant and deliveroo for some sort of refund or voucher and both have refused so be warned!! I specifically called ahead to let them know I had a nut allergy to make sure that was OK before placing my order. They said I had to place my order first then call back with my order number. I did this and no one answered for 10 mins. By the time someone answered my food was already on its way (both dishes with nuts in it). They refused to refund me knowing full well that I had informed them of my allergy before placing my order (as it tells you to do on the site) and spent £20 on food I couldn't eat. Terrible customer service and would not recommend them. The least they could have done is offer a replacement or voucher but they didn't. They just said sorry they were really busy and I had to see it from their side. Fair enough but a voucher or replacement offer would have been the right way to handle it.

Delicious meal, grass service and lovely atmosphere.

Very pleasant, great culinary discovery.

Very good food especially the Thai yellow curry and their 12-4 meal

Only had cocktails, very good pleasant staff.

The staff is friendly, the food is not bad, but the Pad Thai chicken was too sweet, the spring rolls were not fresh. We also were in doubt if the cooking oil gets to be refreshed on time. The beer was expensive. We wondered how the kitchen would look like. The chairs were hard and the music too loud. One wonders if people still talk to each other. All in all, there was no good cost/quality ratio. We would not advise it to friends or family.

Lovely food and a great menu to choose from. Prompt and friendly service not much to fault tbh. Would recommend it and will be back for sure

Everything was amazing but the curry was to die for

I've been to Panang a few times and really enjoyed it, so I expected to be giving the food a 5-star review. Have actually meant to review for a while. But restraunts are only as good as the last visit, and my last visit wasn't as good as usual. The massaman curry had what looked like a large piece of bark in it, as well as a couple of star anise seeds to pick out, I'm assuming the wood type thing was some sort of flavour enhancer for the whole curry pot...I'd hope, but it still makes me feel a bit green thinking about it, in case it wasn't. It also meant my plate actually only had two pieces of meat and no potato, and it made me pick at the dish rather than just enjoy it. I didn't complain, I couldn't be bothered, but I did put these things onto a side plate, and nothing was said or noticed by the waitress when the plates were collected. Which means I'd have to take points off for service too. If I had written this review prior to this last visit, I'd have said great wee lunch spot, good value for money. I'm not so sure I'd be so quick to go back after this last visit.

Best food quality & experience I've had in a long time!

Beautiful restaurant, the decorations and arrangements caught our attention from the other side of the road, staff is very nice and professional, although the food could have been better since is a bit expensive, but is nice. If you're looking for a Beautiful place this is a good choice, butbif you fancy real Thai food you may want to look somewhere else.

Great food, good prices/affordable , great atmosphere and customer service, overall would recommend this place, left full and there were no dishes we did not like

Amazing food, polite and attentive staff and great atmosphere.

Hidden gem! First visit and will be back. Thai Tapas - food was top notch. Staff helpful, decor and ambience lovely. Great wine and cocktail list!

Everything superb. Service, food, ambience. Tastiest food ever. The deep fried apple Gyosas with coconut ice cream were stunning.

Ribs, beef massaman and pineapple rice 10/10

The most uninterested and bored of life host ever, sour faced and unresponsive. Food mediocre at the very best, reheated and unauthentic. Just meh at the very best.

Very tasty food, nice decor and great central Glasgow location. Lamb special curry was lovely as was the bbq spare ribs, many dishes were all very good.

real let down in terms of food. ordered the monkfish and prawn curry (had about 4 times before and loved it) but it was tasteless this time. prawns tasted as if they had just been thrown in and cold eww. the jasmine rice was over cooked and tasteless. they add a service charge in at the end god knows why as I had to go up and ask to pay. would love to be refunded for this as it’s left a bad taste in my mouth. used to love here and y it to everyone. not anymore

I really like the tapas twist on the Thai dishes, currys and corn cakes have enough authentic Thai holy basil giving it the genuine taste of Thailand, couldn't fault any of the dishes, if you're really hungry would recommend 3-4 dishes (including a rice) per person, service was nice enough but nothing over the top, would definitely recommend to anyone in the mood for Thai food 🇹🇭👌🏼