Thai Corner Cafe in Southwark

Yesterday we ordered a deliveroo delivery from Thai corner cafe in east dulwich as we have done for years. Food is always great but yesterday the food arrived two hours to late. When we rang to ask the line was disconnected and from thereon an answering service replied. Please get your act together this was disastrous service.

Consistently delicious and piping hot, even via delivery services. My go to!

Really good Thai food, a very friendly waitress and pretty inexpensive. You have to bring your own wine.

Easy, very tasty and good value

Excellent food at a good price.

Great little place to visit, food is always nice and vibrant.. I had gone here for a sit in meal on a busy Friday which the staff still did their very best to serve on time. I would recommend locals to try if they haven’t..

Great service and delicious food

I’ve not eaten in but the takeaways I get from here are soo much better than my local Thai restaurants. Absolutely love their food.

This has been here almost as long as we’ve been in East Dulwich and now offers online booking so we finally got here. Starters range from £5-£8 and mains from £12-£18. It’s BYOB with a corkage charge or tea and soft drinks are on the menu. Tea was a reasonable £2 a pot, a small bottle of water - chilled and with ice £3 so more spent on drinks than expected in the warm weather. Service was friendly and the whole feel of the place was a café not a restaurant - that’s no surprise as it’s what it is. Food was ok but nothing special for us. Spring rolls were crispy and the filling hot (temperature) with a slight chilli kick. We prefer a more stew like Massaman curry. The menu was large and all the food was well cooked. If we return we’ll try some of their stir fried dishes - given the limitations of the kitchen these might be a better option. Note this is cash only.

This has been here almost as long as we’ve been in East Dulwich and now offers online booking so we finally got here. Starters range from £5-£8 and mains from £12-£18. It’s BYOB with a corkage charge or tea and soft drinks are on the menu. Tea was a reasonable £2 a pot, a small bottle of water - chilled and with ice £3 so more spent on drinks than expected in the warm weather. Service was friendly and the whole feel of the place was a café not a restaurant - that’s no surprise as it’s what it is. Food was ok but nothing special for us. Spring rolls were crispy and the filling hot (temperature) with a slight chilli kick. We prefer a more stew like Massaman curry. The menu was large and all the food was well cooked. If we return we’ll try some of their stir fried dishes - given the limitations of the kitchen these might be a better option. Note this is cash only.

Food - not authentic at all. The taste just has a standard of take away Chinese food; definitely need to maintain the quality of food. The place is small and they take all reservations in so it is incredibly crowded. Need to pay with cash which is also not comfortable for customers. Quite disappointed.

Really fancied some fresh and nicely spicy food tonight. And that is what we got. My son thought his massamam was the best he ever had. High praise. But actually was good. And you can’t but be happy with the cheap corkage fees. Only cash but no prob with cash points nearby.

Tasty Thai dishes with a good choice among meat, fish or veggie options. My aubergine & prawn stir fry was flavourful, and starters of spring rolls and fish cakes were very tasty. Reasonably priced and BYOB (with a small corkage fee). Cash only.

Absolutely love the food here the fried fish is amazing !

Amazing food No frills small cafe Great place for evening with friends

Nice small restaurant, food is very tasty and price is good, good portions and friendly service.

Great food and amazing service! Highly recommend

I’ve always had a good experience when dining at this restaurant but on this occasion the service was just terrible! From the moment my friend and I arrived the person was not welcoming and shouted out across the restaurant for the booking name. Once we had sat down she couldn’t tell us quick enough that she need the table back by 8:30pm. We had literally just sat down! Our server was unfriendly, miserable and had zero customer service skills. The food was still of a good standard and tasty but the bad service and fact we couldn’t pay by card has completely put me off dining there again. What a shame as it used to be a very good place :-(

We booked for 8 of us but when one of us got there they had recorded our booking properly. She insisted that we were in the wrong so one of us showed her our booking online to show it wasn't our mistake. The owner begrudgingly then made space for us without even apologising or making me feel welcome. The service was quite slow after that, and the owner bought the food out she curtly announced the dishes without a smile and got impatient when one of us didn't remember the name of the dish we had had ordered. All in all the customer service was terrible and I wouldn't return here. It's a shame as I like to support local business but we were not made to feel welcome.

Great food, could use with abit of a modernisation. Very tight seating but great food 🙏

I love this restaurant wonderful and tasty food. Bring your own wine. The staff are friendly and helpful.

Excellent food and nice service! Red curry was the best I've had. Small cozy space.

So good. Took my dad here for his 60th and he'd never had Thai food before, and he loved it. Place doesn't look special but the staff are nice, the place is ALWAYS full (so make sure to reserve a table) and the food is just brilliant. I had the Tom Kha vegetable soup (9/10) and the tofu pad Thai (8.5/10).

By hook or by crook, the threat of the loom in the thunder of the doom. One an eve so scare we ventured somewhere, we approached the corner, and there was Thai Corner, unpronouned. It felt like we were in a hospital with strip lighting but it was not hospital food I received. The lights would not be dimmed but our experience was nevertheless floodlit. The noodles were exrtroodles, the tofu was a strike and the num tuk hit it out the park. Her elegant necklace not to be neglected. My quend fried, do hurry with the Thai green curry. Excellent.

Food was alright but too salty. Soy sauce is not a substitute for flavour, chef. We both had Pad Kee Mao, and it's the first time I go in a Thai restaurant and the noodles are curly like from out of the packet. Not fresh egg ones. Sad. Starters were too small for the price and not tasty enough. Ambient is too lit. Should dim it down to create an atmosphere. Service was good, but as soon as you put a thing down, they remove it... A bit too present. I need a bit more space in a restaurant. And being cash only in 2022? It's sign of one thing only...

Very good Thai restaurant cafe in dulwich authentic and tasty Nice cozy environment service quick and polite Tom kha Kai was excellent and coconut rice too

The noodles here are fabulous a bit pricey however very tasty

I called before ordering to ask if they could make a green curry NOT spicy and was told emphatically that yes, that would be fine if I left the instructions on Deliveroo. The curry arrives... spicy (around 6/10). This is what happens when I call back: 1. He tells me I didn't put instructions on delivery (I definitely did). 2. He says there's nothing he can do about chilli being in the paste. Fair enough, but that's why I called in the first place to find out if the dish could be made without the chilli/spice. 3. He tells me "how am I supposed to know if you're going to find the food spicy". Surely if you know there is chilli in the ingredients, it's probably going to be spicy! 4. He says he can't do anything about it. I ask if he can send something not spicy, like Pad Thai. He says no because he has no drivers (I live 3 mins bike ride away). At no point was any apology offered. In fact, he made out it was my fault for finding the food spicier than he does. To be fair, the food was actually quite tasty and I probably would have given a 3 star rating, but the attitude, lack of communication and poor customer service left a sour (and spicy) taste in my mouth.

We had to wait quite a while to actually sit down despite pre booking as the lady had not realised we were there. So wasn’t a great start. So in terms of food; starters are really good Especially the prawn toast. I would say my main was not great it was a Thai green curry. Normally these are very mild and whilst I enjoy spicy food it wasn’t what I was going for. This was incredibly spicy and not very nice as the spice overpowered everything. Should be more clear in the description that it isn’t a cocounty dish. Also the curries don’t come with rice which is an additional £3 and not very nice either. Definitely wish I got another dish. Whilst I was ordering I asked the lady quite a lot of questions and she found them really hard to answer and really didn’t understand me. So I think communication needs some improvement. I asked about the fact that it said cash only on the menu and we hadn’t brought cash. She said it was cash only so we went to take out cash. However she said to another table that it wasn’t cash only and ended up having a card machine, which was very bizzare. I asked about the corkage charge and was told it was a charge for literally corking the bottle etc. so we bought a bottle and opened it ourselves however we were charged for this on the receipt. Overall I was disappointed in service and there was quite a lot of extra charges and the issue of cash which let the restaurant down. The food is of very good quality but the difficultly of communication and lack of clear guidance was not great. There was also quite a high service charge, which after all the communication issues I didn’t really want to pay. However that is extremely rude so I didn’t ask to take it off. Like I said, the food is of high quality and the restaurant isn’t bad there just needs to be more consistent regulations and communication.

Lovely food, helpful staff. Updated to three for service delays, delivering wrong order and price increases.

Me and my partner had been wanting to try this place for ages, so we thought we would have a date night here. The restaurant was empty on arrival, I ordered a starter and the green tofu curry. When my curry arrived, we found a hair swimming in the sauce- my boyfriend took it back to the lady serving us who apologised and got a replacement. (The staff were NOT wearing hairnets) I had already started dishing out my curry before we found the hair and no replacement plate/rice/cutlery was offered so we asked for a new plate. When the bill arrived we expected the curry to be taken off the bill due to hygiene, it wasn't so we asked if it could be, and she said rudely 'we brought out a replacement' eventually, she turned around and went deduct it from the bill. When we got the revised bill, she had taken off the curry but charged us more for corkage!!! Unbelievable!!!! at this point we just wanted to leave- will not be returning which is a shame as we love thai :( aside from this, the food was average for the price- bit more on the expensive side for the quality you receive.

Food varied and flavoursome. Unlicenced so take own wine etc. Toilet could be better!

The best Thai that I have found in London. I discovered it during lockdown and have since moved away from the area but still come back here for Thai food. Great service and a homely feel.

You couldn't fault this place if you tried. It has a homely atmosphere, friendly service and the foods delicious! It's always been a consistently great place to go to. Love it here!

Our go to Thai takeaway, great portion sizes and reasonably priced

Great food, friendly staff. Thank you

It's a time waste place do not go there

Infelizmente o pior atendimento que tive, pessoas merecem respeito. Não recomendo!!!

Ive been coming here for years and it never fails to amaze me, easily the best thai food ive ever had. would recommend everyone to eat here. very sweet intimate restaurant and service is always great

Cash only and no booze. Bring your own booze though.

Excellent meal very reasonably priced, with good customer service

Great quality, taste, and flavour at a good price. Quick service and fast delivery. Not too fancy, they keep things simple and do it right. Will keep eating here over and over and over again!

The food is ok. The spicy salad was a bit underwhelming at £9 quid and my green chicken curry was more like a soup than a curry in consistency. A bit of a wait for everything but I guess that’s a Saturday night for you. Oh and they don’t tell you anywhere it’s cash only until you get the actual bill.

Good quality Thai food at a good price. Service is quick and friendly.

Ordered through Deliveroo, food came very quickly, but the Prawn Pad Thai was very fishy smelling, made me worry the prawns weren't fresh.

Love this place, ordered takeaway a lot, and had meals in. Quality is great, the curries taste very authentic, as does the pad Thai. Staff will be flexible for you if you have any dietary needs.

Amazing take away and really fast delivery. Red curry was delicious.

Excellent food, best in the area!

I been there few times. Staff was very rude. Food was ok.

Ordered the Tom Yum Soup which is a favourite of mine to cook. Came very promptly, but the soup lacked flavour, it lacked that beautiful balance of sweet and sour and it was pretty lifeless. The soup needed a heartier stock or broth to give it some character and bring it to life. Perhaps I’ll come in next time and try it. Peace out ✌🏻

I love supporting our local restaurants, but at some point logic must take over. The starter of crispy tung ngern was only luke warm, and almost tasteless. One main course was so salty it was impossible to eat, and the other had a pale watery tasteless sauce. In my book, Thai can be so much more than just handfuls of salt and chilly. We won't be back.

I have always had tasty currys from here. I refer the red curry which is not as hot as the green curry. Service propmt and friendly.

Best Thai restaurant in south London!

Service is the best I've had for a long while. Food good. The family environment and ambience comes through and makes it a place I will come to again and again. Just the sort of place to come, eat and relax during these trying times.

. Possibly the worst Thai food I have ever tasted.

Best Thai gaff going. Lovely staff and ace munch. Recommend: Mixed starter Masssaman curry Pad Thai #winning

Made a special trip here from Penge as it's too far for them to deliver. Had a pad thai craving and the pitiful offer from a local place bore no resemblance to one. Everything was fresh, fragrant and authentic. Also, having lost most of my sense of taste and smell after being run over months ago, I could still taste all of the dishes. Beyond contented now :-)

Always great for eating in and for takeaway.

Surprisingly our food didn't live up to the good reviews. We ordered a deliveroo, food (Pad Thai and Massaman) came quickly but it had no flavour and was very greasy - an insult to our taste buds.

Ordered through Deliveroo. Food came quickly and was hot enough, but the Pad Thai was very oily, sweet and very, very fishy smelling. An absolute ton of noodles and not much else. Won't be ordering from here again.

Lovely Thai Food, the Pad Krawpow was exceptional :)

BYO. Laminated menu book. Super friendly. Good prices. Great flavours. Proper Thai. Only missing cheesy music and the stifling heat, so that's a bonus.

We had a very disappointing delivery from this restaurant. The Pad Thai was so sickly sweet that it was inedible. We felt very misled by the reviews.

This is such an East Dulwich institution. We used to go there 20 years ago when we lived in the area. Just went back to celebrate an 18th birthday and they still serve the crispiest prawns in batter. Turns out they do a great job at hosting a lunchtime group. We had the whole place to ourselves and were never rushed along. Friendly and solid.

Food was lovely and service was great. We all enjoyed the food and service was spot on. Restaurant is cash only and no alcohol but you can bring your own they charge a small corkage fee. I definitely recommend.

Been looking for a good Thai food and finally found it. Taste delicious and it is what I am expecting the taste of original Thai food. The staffs all are nice too. For sure will continuously come back.

Never actually went to the place itself but have had countless takeaways from deliveroo. The pad thai, red and green curries, and mixed starter (the prawn toast especially) is to die for. If I had to pick where to have my last meal on earth, Thai Corner Cafe definitely made it to the list. The portion size is amazing. Simply excellent. I’m salivating whilst writing this review!

This place is well worth a visit for a quick bite. Lovely food

Fantatic Pad cha. Very friendly staff and consistant kitchen. BYO make it quite cheap.

O restaurante fica distante do centro de Londres. Mas serve uma comida bem diversificada. Éramos três e cada um pediu um prato diferente para dividir. Estava tudo bem gostoso. O restaurante é pequeno em Peckhan. Mas serve uma comida muito boa.

I love this restaurant. I go as often as I can. The food is so tasty you wouldn't believe. I tend to always get the choo chee because I had it the first time I went and it blew my lid off. But the other dishes also look great

I had a wonderful evening once again last night at the Thai Corner cafe. The food is always super tasty and fresh. What more could ya want! The Choo Chee will blow your damn mind! trust me, go and slap your lips round that sucker.

Absolutely poor. Ordered on Deliveroo and spent £30 On food from a restaurant that is too lazy to take the end off prawns then dump it in a stir fry. Also the Kam Pop Tod was supposed to be deep fried crab claw but all they did was dumped unpeeled prawns in tubes of batter. Avoid this place. I will never, ever eat here again. How it's got the rating it has is beyond me. Clearly a lot of drunk people about.

Sorry the food was really dissapointing. Pepper everywhere, the beef salad was overcooked the worst one I've ever had in a Thai restaurant. All the staff is Thai how is it possible the cuisine is not better!?

Service isn't amazing but food was worth the wait

It’s a small very low key no frills restaurant but the staff are lovely and attentive. It’s take your own booze, not sure about the below mentioned high corkage fees as we didn’t take any. We had the platter starter to share for around £11 between the two of us which is decent portion size, two Satay sticks, two spring rolls, two wontons and then two filo wrapped prawns - but I think they should pop the prawn toast on too and then it would feel such a great deal (You get that starter platter if you order any of the set menus for 2). The Chicken Satay on the starter was especially good. We then went for a Massaman Beef and a Prawn Penang with a fragrant rice to share. Absolutely delicious, really couldn’t fault the flavours in the curry’s and the rice was really good too and that felt plenty of food for two good appetites. The Penang has 8 prawns in, they are good sized and tasty prawns - so perfect if you are a fierce sharer - which I am. Bill came to £33 for all the above and we left feeling super satisfied!

Good Thai food with friendly staff. The only odd thing was the noodles they used, they appeared to be the dried type you get in instant noodle packets. The flavours were still great

We tried a set menu, and we enjoyed it. Some of the plates were too spiced for me, but I was mentally prepared for that. Abundant food for a more than reasonable price, variated and well sized portions, and the nice members ot the staff were happy to pack the leftovers for us to take home. You can take your own wine or beer if you want, as they don't sell alcohol. I couldn't eat more but I looked for desserts in the menu and I didn't find any, luckily.

Great atmosphere, great food should be able to pay with cards though.

Delicious, great value, friendly staff. People below need to get out of London and get into taking themselves less seriously

Starters were pretty poor quality tbh and the mains were just average. Service was slow and the corkage prices are slightly on the steep side. As a very local option it’s ok but in London there is better to be found very easily. It’s also not actually that cheap, pretty standard pricing.

Had a green curry and drunken noodles. Overall food was ok. What was infuriating is that the curry does not come with rice! I would've preferr noodles if I had known because you don't get charged extra for noodles! The reason given was that some customers like to have a lot carb meal, but this is a rice dish. It should come with rice.

Tonight the Pad Thai was pretty, as were the rice crackers. The coconut rice was made with shortcuts, but the squid curry was just awful. It tasted like we were eating spoonfuls of raw salt. Not just a little bit salty, but like it was made just using salt! Never again. And, it is now expensive to eat here, we expected it to be so much better.

This had been a regular haunt for years and years. We booked a table in advance but then ended up being made to wait for more than half an hour. This was outside in the cold with a motley gaggle of Uber Eats drivers. There appeared to be no control of the chaotic huddle of diners. Everyone brings their own wine or beer and pays corkage. On this evening all the diners seemed to continue opening bottles long after they had finished eating. Finally when our table became available, a sour faced beta male claimed it as his and refused to move. Waiters completely ineffectual. We left hungry and disappointed. TCC you need to put your booking and front of house service in order or you will continue to lose business from once loyal customers. It will be a long time before we return again, maybe never. Considering the competition from the many restaurants on Lordship Lane and surrounding area TCC's approach appears to be commercial suicide. Very, very disappointing.

Wonderful relaxing Easter Day with great food

Excellent as always and great value for money

The food here is quite poor - i'm surprised to see many good reviews. The green curry was empty - just sauce. I doubt some of these reviews are even accurate.

Vine con algunos amigos para una comida y todos disfrutamos muchísimo. Hemos comido una gran cantidad de comida tailandesa y este es sin duda uno de los mejores restaurantes que hemos encontrado. Un buen ambiente y los platos eran fantásticos, además de ser una buena relación calidad-precio. Nos encantó toda la experiencia y sin duda volveremos!

This small Thai is nice and cosy.The food is excellent.If you want alcoholic drinks have to bring you own 😊

Great atmosphere, authentic taste and exceptional value!

A little jewel of delicous food. The food seems to be made quite carefully and with love, even if they have so many customers. The food stays consistent every time I visit (which is often as it's quite delicous!) and the option to have take-out or delivery is quite useful, as I enjoy having a movie night with my family sometimes whilst eating good cuisine. The staff aren't always very cheerful (perhaps because they are tired, which I understand) but they still manage to spot when you are finished with a dish or want a drink. However, the food can sometimes be a little different to traditional Thai, with tastes being not so strong (maybe to suit Londoner's tastes). Would still recommend.

Inexpensive, cheerful, modest, unsurprising, perhaps typical London Thai resto and takeaway.

Solía ser el lugar para ir a comer tailandés. No podías conseguir un asiento. Utilice para ir al menos una vez a la semana hasta finales de 2016.

Spent over £35 on a very small and disappointing takeaway. The Tom Kha soup was a watery flavourless mess, massaman was just about passable but nowhere near the texture and flavour it should have. Absolutely no chilli spice in any of it. Really wanted to enjoy this meal but sadly wish I’d just made my own

Was a bit unsure due to bad comments but was pleasantly suprised. Food arrived 5mins after expected so no problems. Chicken paneng was good, pad krapow was not what was expected (minced pork with thai basil leaf and chilli with fried egg) but instead pork pieces with vegetables...weird. Tasted fine but not what we wanted...and mixed starter was good again the usual. Wouldnt say its amazing or mindblowing but enjoyable.

A little gem of good food in this area. Staff very efficient. Reservations encouraged but you can always take away which is nice. You can bring your own booze.

Awesome food. Very unreasonable on the per drink BYOB. Other than that worth a punt (especially for non drinkers)

This is probably one of the best Thai restaurants I have been to in London! It is very busy, I truly advise to book in advance but you can always get take away: just don't miss it!

Awesome food, nice staff. Plus BYOB, small corkage fee though.

I ordered through deliveroo, and I was kind of enjoying my food until I found A DEAD BUG/FLY in it!!! Horrible experience. I feel nauseous now.