Patara, South Kensington in Kensington and Chelsea

I am a massive fan of Patara in South Kensington and Soho . The food is always amazing and the service is immaculate . Massive thanks to Alice . She is in charge and so professional . She is so good with customers with a beautiful smile but she is so good with her staff too . Which is so important as no team work , chaos on the floor . Special lady she is . See you soon for sure xx

Amazing food. I've been visiting London regularly for 20+ years. This is the best Thai I've had. We had the scallops (appetizer), green curry with chicken, coconut braised beef, and broccoli (side), plus desserts. All were excellent.

Staff were very helpful and attentive. Food was cold, some items a bit over cooked and it seems the restaurant (group) has marketed themselves to more upscale, going a little more fancy but the level and quality of the food is not justifying the increase in price.

My first visit to Patara. Very impressed with the quality and authentic taste of food and the reasonable price of the set lunch . I had spring rolls followed by a Thai red duck curry . Very nicely presented and amazing taste

As before this Patara is my favourite - excellent food and service

Having been a regular visitor to Chang mai I know my favourite dish is khao Soi.This restaurant does a completely different recipe but it works.Its has a far more peanuty taiste,but is quite delicious.Well done,I’ll be back!

We went to Patara South Ken for dinner last Saturday 31st Aug. We always try to go when in London. Food and service were excellent (as usual). We wanted to go to restaurant earlier vs booking and we called and there was no problem about it. Staff really nice

Loved Patara- delicious food and drinks and great service!

We arrived early but it was no problem to seat early, we had a nice table by the window. The waiter took out drinks and food orders in our own time. Starters can quickly and were really good. Service was good throughout regularly topping up the water, but subtle so not feeling pressured at any point. The waiters were very polite too, For mains we had a salad and a pad Thai and it was all surprisingly filling so we ordered just the right amount. The pad Thai was quite big compared to the salad. Overall the food was really nice and would recommend anyone to visit, two starters two mains and two glasses of wine, plus water came to just under £100.

Food was amazing, a little pricier but the taste warranted the cost. Charlie the waiter was so lovely and helpful and very attentive. The mocktails were great too!

Upteenth time — still nice for an informal dinner for my wife and I

Great location in South Kensington. Authentic decor. Great menu. Food presented well with excellent service. Good tasted superb. A good selection of set meals and individual dishes. Good cocktails as well.

Continues to be great! Excellent menu and great service.

Love the food and service - a bit on the pricey side but overall very delicious and would recommend

Great atmosphere, food and service. Highly recommended.

Great meal at this very authentic Thai restaurant. I shared the Signature set meal and it was DELICIOUS… a wide variety of dishes. Service was fantastic and the evening was rounded off with a delicious lychee iced cocktail 🍸… highly recommended…

Food was great but service very slow and they didn’t bring what we ordered.

So difficult to get really good soft shell crab in London……but not here. Wonderful! As is just about everything else Patara produce with admiral consistency.

It’s a really good and authentic local thai restaurant. The service is outstanding and the food delicious:-)

Another excellent meal at Patara. We enjoyed a nice Malbec and excellent Thai food. My wife ordered the whole fried fish, which was excellent. I ordered vegetable spring rolls and chicken satay, both were excellent.

Wonderful staff and great food. They were very attentive to our 7yo as well

Really polite and attentive staff. Food was good quality.

A past favourite of mine has plummeted in standards, cooking and food quality. I can see now why the venue was only a quarter full.

Ordered the sharing set menu for two, was absolutely delicious & had enough left over for a little lunch the next day! Restaurant is quite small but lovely atmosphere & service.

Patara South Kensington offers an exquisite dining lunch and dinner with its impeccable Thai cuisine, combining authentic flavors with elegant ambiance. From traditional dishes to modern interpretations, every bite is a culinary delight. A must-visit for anyone seeking a taste of Thailand in the heart of London.

We were celebrating an anniversary the food service and ambience were all excellent.

I regularly visit this restaurant and use it on Deliveroo too. The food is always good and I have no problems with their pricing - my problem is the portion sizes are SMALL. At those prices they should be larger. Even the rice portion is small and we know how much rice costs, right? I’m always hungry after a meal here.

The area is ideal for a nice and quiet lunch away from the busy crowded area of London.

Authentic Thai food for both new to the cuisine or know Thai food. Good selection of dishes with friendly staff ready to help if you do not know what to order. Prices are reasonable for the good food standards you get.

Great service, delicious food, attentive staff. Recommend the place.

Server was nice, presentation of food and food itself was very good.

The chicken in the pad Thai was very rubbery, we sent it back but I felt like the manager should come check on everything a bit more. We were also at the corner away from the main dining hall so didn’t have any atmosphere and it was difficult to get someone’s attention for service

We've come here since many years - the quality is consistent at good level - prices are OK (they do seem to have gone up over the past 15 years). It appears to be a family run restaurant. We will come back !

I have been to this Restaurant before and it was good to see that the quality of food has remained the same. Excellent service and very friendly staff.

Friendly staff, delicious food, surprisingly not as busy as expected.

Loved the food, as good as in Asia, very authentic. Had fish cakes and lamb shank, both cooked superbly Service is very professional in interaction and friendly. Bit of service delay after receiving hot eating plates whilst food was delivered - more than 5 minutes Downside of no draft beer, and Singapore at £5.50/bottle is expensive. Despite the downsides, would definitely use Petara again. Tip - request window seat when booking, can be a bit tucked away otherwise.

Really nice food and really good portion sizes. The mango salad with crab was just amazing. Really nice evening.

Excellent cocktails and good food. Not so good for gluten free but they tried hard. Overall great

Ristorante tailandese con un vasto menù che non dovrebbe deludere gli amanti di questa cucina. L'ambiente è piacevole, il servizio buono, anche se non tutto il personale padroneggia l'inglese, le birre locali. Meglio prenotare.

Delicious as always. Really recommend the crab curry

I have been to this restaurant many times, but this time several of the dishes were bland and lacking in flavour. Service was very slow even though the restaurant wasn't crowded. We didn't choose the set lunch and given the quality of the food and service, I thought the bill was expensive.

I have been eating at Patara for over 20 years. Food is consisently good, the atmosphere (at lunchtime) quiet and relaxed and the service friendly.

Ordered beer choice of 2 and the one we ordered not cold enough, so had the other 1! Ordered starters and mains, offered prawn crackers while we waited - they never arrived nor did an explanation Starters - good Mains - duck red curry, very good and kept warm on burner. Beef cheek - cold serving dish, cheek too chewy and food only luke warm Disappointed

Great spot! Food and staff were 5 star! I highly recommend this restaurant!

The food was excellent. Service was efficient, pleasing and helpful. We are sold on this restaurant and will return again…Soon.

Excellent food and service. Fresh ingredients. Well balanced flavours.

Superb and authentic Thai food, delicious and delicious. 10 stars and definitely recommend

This was my first time here and it was for my friends birthday. It was so beautiful. Amazing staff and amazing food and mocktails. And because I had mentioned that is was my friends birthday, they sang happy birthday and treated her/us to a beautiful dessert with a candle. DEFIANTLY will go again

Great food! Pleasant and patient staff!! Looking forward to our next visit.

This used to be one of our our favorite dinner places. It was at the top of our list to return to for a long overdue visit to London. While we appreciated the accommodation of 5 people, a large group for this restaurant, the food was just not the same quality as in the past. We were disappointed by this. We were also seated back by the serving area which was busy and noisy so hard to enjoy the conversation of friends we'd not seen in some time.

Great little restaurant, amazing food and quantity. Couldn’t fault anything.

Relatively nice environment, kind and helpful waiters and very tasty food. We were quite satisfied with our experience at Patara South Kensington.

Relatively expensive unless you drink water. Not enough staff service was polite but slow.

Great food, great location and good portions too! The only thing that lets the restaurant down slightly is the service as the food itself took a while to come. I had the same issue when I came the previous time. Nevertheless would recommend this restaurant to anyone looking for a high quality Thai meal that doesn’t break the bank. Highly recommend the Crab Curry - this was delicious.

Perfectly serviceable Thai food. Portions are a bit small for the price tho.

The concierge at our hotel recommended this location which js a true neighborhood gem not an over priced tourist restaurant. The space was beautiful and the staff very attentive and friendly. Food was amazing and would go back again if lived here. Highly recommend going here if you are a fan of quality, fresh Thai food.

I have been going to Patara on the Fulham Road for at least 25 years . It's always had excellent food and service but it's even better now with the new and expanded menu.

Great food and great service, the beef cheek penang was excellent

I am returning customer of Patara, personal favourites are lamb and chicken massaman, also curry dishes. Staff is very friendly and accommodating 🤗😋

We had such a lovely meal here. 6:30pm, with our 2 kids, and both the service as well as the presentation of food was perfect! Love this place.

London is overpopulated with mediocre restaurants and that’s probably the customers’ fault. This is a good example of standards in the kitchen sliding from good to poor and prices rising. So many 4 star equivalent ratings for Patara sums up the trend. We should demand more for 4 stars, even at a higher price.

The dishes were all well done across the board, and tasted authentically Thai. I highly recommend the Tom Yum Goong (nam sai/clear), which you may specially request from the staff. Everyone is also extremely friendly and service is fast and efficient. Easily the best Thai cuisine in London!!! Aroy mak!

Outstanding food as usual. Prawn and chicken satay and Massaman lamb shank were divine. We were with friends very critical of most restaurants and they were delighted with the food and experience. Best Thai food in London in my view.

I’ve been eating here for years - but in the last 12 months the prices have gone up and the portion sizes have gone down. Customers aren’t dumb - eventually they go elsewhere.

Great. The pineapple seafood rice is wonderful and delicious

The best Thai food in London. Good vegetarian/vegan options. Very polite and smiley stuff. We will come back.

Food not spicy enough and a but bland, but still pretty good

Terrific. Keeps getting better. Attentive and engaging staff. Food was very flavourful and well presented. So much on the menu looked great.

Excellent food! All of the usual Thai favourites are on the menu, plus a few more different dishes, and there are specials as well. This is part of a chain but the food all looked to be made fresh to order, apart from maybe the spring rolls. Calamari is great, with Panko breadcrumbs, and the mixed seafood special was fabulous - fish in a light batter, prawns, squid and scallops, in a great sauce. Came to just under £50 a head with starters, mains, drinks and service.

Honestly, the food here was very good, but I am dropping it from the top rating because of the incredible quality that can be found in London restaurants. It's just a notch below that, in food and in service. That said, I had one of the best cocktails here, after a week in London, and the presentation of the Sea Bass was outstanding.

Easily the best Thai restaurant I’ve ever been to, just wish they had Patara branches more local to where I live!

An amazing experience lovely venue staff attentive but not intrusive. Food was outstanding. Highly recommend

Very good food and value !! Thai food very well cooked

Delicious food and lovely staff! Thank you. We will be back again soon.

Food was not tasty and overpriced. Staff were good but not so much the food

We had booked in for lunch. The restaurant is not far from the tube, it’s light, the tables were not too close, the service was great and the food was beautifully presented. We’ll definitely be back.

Sehr gutes Restaurant . Wir waren vor einigen Jahren mal dort und es war schon damals sehr gut. Letztes Jahr waren wir im Patara beim Oxford Circus, leider war das gar nicht gut und ich überlegte wirklich nochmals ins Patara zu gehen. Zum Glück wurden wir in South Kensington nicht enttäuscht. Kann diese Filiale mit gutem Gewissen empfehlen. Netter, aufmerksamer und schneller Service und wirklich leckeres Essen.

Food was excellent. Service was very cheerful. Enjoyed the evening very much.

Fantastic service all the staff are very welcoming and great . The food is well presented and amazing The menu has something for everyone I would totally recommend that you go there . Excellent ❤️ A real gem in the heart of Chelsea

The food was incredible but when we walked in we felt a bit judged by one of the servers who kept giving us weird off cold looks. Not sure what it was tbh!

Patara offers very delicious and filling Thai food. Everything is very well presented and enjoyable. It's a very conveniently situated, near to South Kensington underground station (about a 7 minute walk) and has a nice ambience. If you are yearning for some Thai cocnut rice or other such goodies, this is a good restaurant to try!

Excellent food and service. Absolute bang for the buck! We ordered the sharing appetiser platter, green curry and rice, and coconut ice cream. Definitely going to visit again!

Lovely authentic food and decent albeit limited wine list. Service and atmosphere excellent. Well worth a visit!

Staff was really polite and welcoming.Service was fast .Unfortunately calamar wasn’t so tasty and prawn crakers weren’t fresh.Green and red curry was tasty but a bit watery.Coconut rice didn’t have enough coconut flavour so I wouldn’t try another branch so far.

Lunch deal is very competitively priced. Service was fine however food was below my expectations. Thai curry was average at best. Pad thai was better than the curry although still fell short of expectation. Chicken skewers were bland. Overall the food lacked authenticity and flavour. Cleanliness was good and service was also good and with a smile.Not the worst place.. but far from the best! Just seemed like standard chain restaurant food!

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JJ was extremely helpful and remember our pre ordered menu on arrival.

Really good food, good service and cosy atmosphere

Food was amazing a very tasty! Staff were friendly and service was fast. Would definitely visit again

Food - especially mains and desert was delicious. The wine by the glass selection wasn’t so great. We ended up picking a rose we didn’t like. Overall great experience

Patara offers a very good value 2 course lunch, Mon to Fri for £14.95. It is beautifully served. The restaurant is small and very cosy. A truelly authentic Thai restaurant

It's a very nice restaurant. We ate very well!!!!

We had one of the 3 special menus. Enjoyable but small portions

Excellent food and wonderful staff. Great choice for a nice NYE dinner. Was able to reserve a table that morning

Stunning from start to finish. The soft shell crab salad was delicious, as was the squid and the cocktails the perfect accompaniment (lovely twist on the traditional long island iced tea). The green curry was beautiful, very well rounded with multiple flavours none of which overpowered the others, honestly one of the best I've ever tasted. The star of the show however, was the lamb shank massaman curry; the lamb was cooked to perfection, falling off the bone, wasn't fatty and tasty in itself but when accompanied with the curry an absolute delight. The potato was also amazing, I could've just eaten them to be honest but when paired with the lamb and shallot - heavenly. A quick mention of the staff, thank you! You were attentive without being intrusive and added to our experience, helping us have a lovely time after a long day of shopping. Look forward to joining them in the new year, bit of a trek now I've retired to Brighton but worth it.

Amazing experience!! Visited Patara before the Christmas carol concert at Royal Albert Hall. It was Perfect! Service was amazing from start to finish and the dishes were incredible. Prawn Thai Green curry was one of the best I have ever tasted! I would definitely recommend. Viognier was a fab choice too!

Food was good, as was the service and good value for money.

I thought the set lunch we had was minute portion -wise. I am used to going to Patara and you used to get prawn crackers for free whilst consulting the menu and the helpings were fine. Yesterday the starter I had was two mouthfuls and the main course possibly four. and they were brought all together which meant that the meal was finished in no time. Luckily the restaurant was half empty so there was no feeling that we were being rushed out. But I would certainly not be tempted to have the set meal again

Mediocre food, we have had much better cuisine in just about every Thai restaurant we’ve been to. Not very accommodating for kids either. Cocktails were good however.

Lovely service and interior, but I didn't think the food was that great. For the price I'd expect a lot more and the portion sizes were also fairly small.