Thai Lotus Flower in Taunton Deane

Good food. A warm welcome. Good value for money. Highly recommended.

Warm ,friendly welcome by owners. Served delicious, fresh Thai food. As if you were in their own home, being well looked after. Would recommend…

Very nice as every time ive visited. Lovely people, lovely food.

Excellent is hardly good enough to describe the Lotus Flower. I've been going there since it opened as a take-away many, many years ago. Always get looked after well, it's a true pleasure to dine here.

Great food, lovely staff, makes a great place for a meal. We have been going there for over 20 years and still love it 🥰

What a find beautiful couple really enjoyed talking to them both the food was gorgeous wish i lived closer would be here all the time

I had duck red curry and we all shared starters and main courses. Such an enjoyable evening! We were made so welcome and the food tasted so delicious. Definitely going back!

Stopped in this place while cycling through and it was really excellent. Service from the owners was really attentive and personal. Good was fresh and super tasty. I also left my coat and they were super helpful the next day. Great place!

Such a homely vibe and the people there are lovely! Made me and my friends feel like we were back in our aunties house

Probably the most delicious pad thai noodle I ever had. Realy small restaurant but huge tastes! Portions are huge and prices are really reasonable. Their vine selection is really nice as well

Last weekend our son organised a take away from the Lotus Flower as a treat for my husband and I. The thai food was delicious, my husband has been talking about the soup all week. The delicate flavours were mouth watering and the portions very generous, giving us leftovers for Sunday. A lovely treat for us.

The most authentic Thai I have visited in the west, gorgeous service and the food was so fresh and delicious. Would highly recommend for authenticity!

As a huge foodie, passionate about good, fresh high quality food I have to review lotus flower. To the recent reviewers rating low, I can't imagine what expectations you have, but having eaten here I'm blown away!! Stunning fresh out of this world food and absolutely authentically friend service from the most beautiful lady. Highly recommend. Will be back I love Thai food and this place is great food!!

Had such a lovely meal here tonight. Food was fresh and delicious and the owners are an absolute delight

The atmosphere of the restaurant feels like the Thai countryside. The food has many of the flavors you would expect from authentic Thai dishes. The ladies and gentleman who were running the restaurant were very welcoming and kind!

Really fantastic and sweet staff. Food was delicious and service was fantastic. They managed to cater very well to my onion/garlic/etc intolerance and it was exquisite. The interior is really cool, done up to look like a Thai hut. Totally unexpected! Then came the bill, and tbh we were surprised by how good value it was. Really fantastic time overall.

Massive disappointment. I could hardly start let alone finish. I've given it to the dog, and I'm never coming back. The duck tastes off. I'm not alleging it *is* off, but it tastes off, like it's on the turn. It has literally got a grey sheen to it. Maybe it's the way it was cooked. It tastes a bit like bad breath, to be honest. The curry sauce tastes *nothing* like any Thai curry sauce I've had in Thailand or England in my life. It tastes like nothing, like flour and water. This place used to be really good. Either it's changed hands or the chef has stopped bothering to taste the food before sending it out

Husband ordered a take away for tonight Green chicken and chicken Massaman. We’ve had great food at the Lotus Flower previously, but tonight’s food was really disappointing. Thin sauce, pretty tasteless and generally very unexciting. Not like any Thai I’ve had before. Maybe it was an off night?

Lovely lovely lovely. Stopped for a super quick bite - only had 20 mins before a train. The wonderful couple who own and run it were so sweet, got me fed quickly with just a delicious and fresh pad Thai. Tried to overpay for their troubles considering how busy they were, and she insisted on sending me on my way with snacks for my journey. Delightful experience, will return if I’m ever in Taunton!

One of my favourite restaurants in Taunton! Lotus Flower is a truly authentic thai restaurant. The food is tasty, the portions are quite generous and the hosts are lovely. I always have a great time there!

Thank you so much for an amazing evening. It was great to meet you all and be able to speak a little Thai with you whilst eating your amazing food! Keep doing what you're doing, great friendly customer service with amazing food, looking forward to seeing you again for my Pad Krapow!

Been here twice, the food is fantastic, service lovely and great value, can't wait to go again

Had a really lovely meal here with my partner today. The staff are so friendly and go above and beyond to ensure you have everything you need (even went to the shop to source a drink they’d run out of!). Food was delicious and authentic, I really recommend the pad Thai. We will be back :)

Came here for a valentine's meal and it was Delicious. Proper authentic Thai food that's obviously made with love, super friendly lady too, we'll be returning!

Truly a hidden gem. Authentic Thai dishes at a great price in a wonderfully atmospheric location. Staff are incredibly welcoming and are absolute delights. Thak you so much for such a wonderful meal, we hope to return again soon :)

Charming service. Family friendly. Great food.

Beautiful warm welcome as always . The four of us had a lovely time on a wet February evening at this fabulous long running established Thai restaurant. Excellent meals all fresh and home cooked traditional food. Well deserved 5* from us. Thank you. We will come again soon :))

The Lotus Flower Thai Restaurant is really nice! We've been there a bunch of times, and it's always great. The food is delicious, like real Thai food. The couple who run it are super nice and always make sure you're having a good time. They're really friendly and like to talk, it's like hanging out with Thai grandparents! And the prices are very reasonable, so you can enjoy yummy food without breaking the bank.

Delicious food, great atmosphere, warm and friendly service, we will definitely go back to eat there again. 🥰

To simply describe the experience: “some Thai-like food at grand-mother’s”. The host and chef were welcoming, and we didn’t mind the interior as we hoped the food would be great. However, the food left us disappointed as it was way below the average. Customers are too shy to give genuine feedback as the hosts are nice. But they do need a good re-assessment of the quality of their food. Would not go back, would not get a takeaway.

Amazing food and amazing friendly service

Lovely food again on our second visit. Fantastic friendly owners and a great stop for food before a show at The Brewhouse

What a great place. Excellent food. Lovely staff and not expensive. Will be back again. Highly recommend.

We had a excellent Thai meal on Monday evening and very authentic. We were made welcome by the family and look forward to many other visits. See you again soon, JeanieStevens

I went with a group of friends after the crcket on a Wednesday night in September. We had a wonderful time. The food is all freshly cooked and tastes great. Brilliant friendly service from the owners. Also a very good value meal and Thai wine which matches the food. What I liked especially was the freshness of the tastes: it was so much more interesting than Thai Square (even though that is a pretty good chain). In summary, I would totally recommend this excellent well run restauarnt and plan to visit after each Somerset game next season.

A thoroughly good, authentic, Thai restaurant. Food and service very good, with the option to spice your dish your own way. Cannot wait to go back.

Have been to the lotus flower a few times now if you want a hop trendy atmosphere then go somewhere else, if you want great food cooked and served by lovely people along with, a different experience it’s the place for you,

Been many times and have truly enjoyed the experience every time.

Best Thai food around, lovely friendly staff, amazing food.

Great food. Everything is made and cooked to order. Individual plates tailored to everyone spiciness. Owners very welcoming to their restaurant.

Incredible! Best soup I’ve had from a Thai takeaway and the stickiest rice ever. Perfect. Really lovely people serving too. Would recommend!

Such a nice place with a truly warm and welcoming staff. Super good food prepared by a woman who is obviously concerned with the quality of the food and the enjoyment of her guests. This isn’t in our neck of the woods, but we’d visit again. The owner was amazingly helpful and gave us a full briefing of the town centre parking on the phone. Great service across the board!! Recommend highly.

Absolutely the best Thai food I have ever had. Whilst the restaurant is basic with functional furniture it's the food that sets it apart. The food is what sets the Lotus Flower's bar high for others to follow.

Amazing! We had our first takeaway tonight and it was super delicious. Very authentic flavours. Lady cooking was lovely and took such care over our food. We will be back!

Great Thai food - the right balance of sweet, sour, salty, creamy and umami. It was also great how the dishes could be adjusted regarding content - beef and prawn massaman, when only chicken massaman is on the menu, and tom ka gai when only tom yum soups are on the menu. They also go the spiciness just right for my family’s varied requests that ranges form medium to Thai hot. The shrimp skewers was an item I never had before and was really good. I particularly like how well it was fried, the quality of the shrimp, and the choice of a savory chili sauce in addition to the typical Thai restaurant sweet chilli sauce, which was also really good.

Had for a takeaway tonight. Really good food, great service, highly recommend

Great food, fantastic staff! What more do you want?

Small but perfectly formed. Amazing food.

Excellent food. Really good variety on the menu. Angry Duck is an amazing fish - really enjoyable. Will be back. The service is also really kind and considerate. If you're in town you can do much worse.

We've just had a fabulous meal at this Thai restaurant...was lovely and tasty. The customer service was brilliant as we rung to book a table but couldn't get through. The owner rang us back when she didn't have to. She was a total delight :) And had a lengthy chat after our meal with a free drink :) Ansum job!

LOVELY! Fully recommended. Came in on a quiet Thursday evening and were greeted with warm and friendly restaurant and waiter who stuck perfectly between attentive and withdrawn. Food was made to order and brought each of us a smile and filled our belly’s. Had a lovely chat with one of the chefs after dinner - she felt like an aunty we’d come to visit. If I’m ever in Taunton I will be returning. WE LOVE YOU xxx

The absolute best Thai meal outside of Thailand! Enjoyed delightful starters of battered prawns and vegetable spring rolls, all of which were perfectly cooked and full of flavour. Main courses were Phad Thai (chicken) and Massaman Curry (chicken), each of which were simply the most flavourful dishes we have had since holidaying in Thailand. Superb! Will be back.

Excellent authentic Thai food! The hosts were friendly and welcoming.

Staff were so kind and welcoming. Beautiful venue too!

Terrible, nothing like genuine Thai food

Very friendly and helpful staff. Food is excellent for a reasonable price. Gets very busy weekends so booking a table is a mast.

I love this place, good food and very nice owners 😀

An unexpected gem. Food was made fresh with spice to our taste and attentive staff and chef would highly recommend thank you

Really disappointing. Food was jut incredibly mediocre. Tasteless to the point we threw it away. Spring rolls: primarily noodles with the odd bit of carrot in Pad Thai: noodles mushy, practically no veg and prawns when asked for chicken Green curry. Watery, barely a hint of flavor and tough over cooked chicken Drunken squid: inedible squid.

Have been here now four times taking different friends each time. All of us say the same thing, this feels like you have been invited into the family home and asked what you would like to eat and how flavoursome you like your Thai food. The food is prepared and served to perfection, the best Thai we have ever had. The whole place is family run and the Chef comes to your table to check that you are happy with the food. Even their house red wine is a choice of a good Malbec or Bordeaux. This is such a friendly place, two dining rooms with about 6 tables in each room makes this a great place for a Romantic meal or a group of people, make sure you book!

Absolutely delicious food & good service

Please come and support this small local restaurant! 2 brilliant owners and homemade authentic Thai food. Amazing every time, cater for all dietary requirements (I always have duck red curry without duck!)

This restaurant was amazing. Completely don’t understand any previous negative reviews. The food was very tasty and authentic. We had lovely friendly service.

Delicious food and friendly people!

We visited here with another couple last weekend and honestly had the best meal out. The food was well cooked, really delicious and in perfect portion sizes (if anything generous). Amazing food aside, the service was absolutely unbelievable…the owners who served us worked incredibly hard but with a real passion for their work and welcomed us as though we had known them for years. These days you just don’t get that level of customer service - nothing was too much trouble. We had a really lovely evening and will definitely come back. Thank you so much 😊

Delicious food and the kindest staff. We will definitely be returning next time we are in the area.

The food was delicious and the service matched. We throughly enjoyed our unique experience and we definitely be returning to sample more of the fantastic menu. I would highly recommend a visit for some authentic thai food

Found a gem. Food is so good and service and welcome were second to none. A great restaurant that we'll visit many times in the future.

We have just had the most fabulous meal - all freshly prepared so you can be a little 'spice' shy of like me you like flavour without blowing your head off. Spring rolls, best I have ever had. 5/5 food safety, and reasonably priced too. Thoroughly recommended.

This Thai restaurant is great, I have visited many times due to work trips to Taunton. The owner and the chef are so friendly, the decor in the restaurant is apt. The food is so tasty and full of fresh veg and is perfectly cooked. Portion sizes are also good. I wish the place was open every night of the week as I've had to go elsewhere some nights when they've been closed. So if you like the Thai flavours, and meals cooked from scratch by a Thai chef, you won't be disappointed.

Kind friendly and great food. Thanks. Love you 😊

8 of us went here and we all thoroughly enjoyed our experience. The owner had to cook for us due to their chef visiting family is Thailand, so couldn't host us for the most of the evening. My food was very authentic and tasted fantastic. I asked the rest of my party and they were very satisfied with their food. The owner was able to come out of the kitchen and delivered amazing customer service by thanking us for coming, making us all laugh and was overall a sweet woman. After paying, she asked if it was anyone's birthday where someone in my group jokingly said it was my birthday! She scurried back to the kitchen, then swiftly appeared singing "Happy Birthday" holding an apple with birthday candles on a plate decorated with Celebrations sweets. Definitely contemplating coming again for a meal in September when the main chef is back and the owner is able to give us all of her attention with her incredible hosting.

8 of us went here and we all thoroughly enjoyed our experience. The owner had to cook for us due to their chef visiting family is Thailand, so couldn't host us for the most of the evening. My food was very authentic and tasted fantastic....

Visiting my friend in Taunton and got recommended this Thai place. Really charming restaurant, amazing food and personal and friendly service. Have a smile on my face!

The food is stunning and the owners are just amazing, so friendly can't recommend this place enough.

Came here with a group of 6 on short notice. The staff are so friendly and the food is absolutely delicious. Loads of good options for vegans and vegetarians!

What an incredible find! Amazing, authentic Thai food served by two of the friendliest (and funniest) people. Delicious vegan options with everything made fresh to order. Will be back!

Have given average rating on reading ratings , but never got the chance to try their food out... when I arrived two tables being catered for one with 4 people other with 2... asking for a table for 1.. was told we are too busy......

You can taste delicious and friendly Thai food. The wife was also very kind.

I love this place, and its owners and ambience. I went there with a big group this time having also gone as just 2 people many times. They were terrific, and of course cook everything absolutely fresh. It's such great value, most of my guests hadn't been there before and couldn't believe how great it was. I thoroughly recommend.

Went here after reading reviews. Was excellent, beautiful freshly cooked food. Great service and Wasana is a delight. Also the young man helping her with serving. So interesting to talk with them both after such a reasonably priced evening. Will return when next in Taunton.

Great welcome some of the best Thai food I've had and made some beautiful changes to have proper authentic thai. Cannot recommend enough

This is such an amazing find! The food is so good and when asked to make jungle curry “Thai hot” it was not problem at all! Everyone is so friendly and lovely. Had a really good night. Thank you

Few words can describe our experience here, other than exquisitely authentic with a very friendly (and often humorous) service from Wasana and her husband. The ingredients were fresh and dishes were very tasty. The menu is enough for a varied selection but not so much...

Fantastic takeaway last night, food so tasty and perfectly cooked. The lovely owner rang me straight back as I rang when she was in the car, great service. Can't wait to eat in the restaurant soon 😊

Absolutely fantastic little place, delicios food and brilliant service. The lovely host was incredibly friendly and was confident and clued up on cooking for Coeliac. Made us feel very welcome. And very reasonably priced too! Definitely will return soon. Thank you!

Amazing and authentic! We come every week now after our Muay Thai kickboxing classes For some well earned and incredible food. I have a stomach disorder and can't eat a majority of foods, but the talented chef is happy to make me a custom meal every week. I feel rough after most meals but eating here I feel rejuvenated and happy. Thank you so much Thai Lotus

We just got back from the most beautiful meal at Lotus Flower, so very impressed. My partner has some complicated dietary requirements, which often prevents us from going out for food, but here, we were welcomed wholeheartedly and he was made such a delicious, unique...

Had such a fun time here tonight, excellent home-made Thai food and wonderfully hosted!

Friendly staff but disappointed with quality of food. Very bland and not exciting. To sum up taste like a ready meal. Will not return due to this experience and bland and tasteless food.

The food is simple, authentic Thai. Everything is cooked fresh from scratch. The owners are the best! The main chef (I'm not sure of her name but she's a Thai lady) is so incredibly friendly and inviting. We could keep going back just for the...

Best Thai restaurant around! Delicious food! Lovely people! Great service!

I used to walk past the Lotus Flower for years, wondering whether it was any good. Since moving to Taunton 5 years ago I have been a fairly regular visitor. It is a real gem of Taunton, since not only is the food mostly very...

The owner is amazing and cooks all the food herself. Really authentic Thai food..100% recommend to anyone!

Amazing find, walking up Taunton highstreet while visiting a friend. The hosts were very engaging, & the food was excellent. Not being very adventurous with food, ai was glad I stepped out of my comfort zone this 1 time! Will definitely visit again, if I can book a table- I understand walk-ins are quite uncommon.

Loverly food and owners. Can’t wait to go back.

Had two fabulous visits to Lotus Flower while visiting Taunton. Exceptional customer service from the waiter and the lovely owner. The food is incredibly fresh and we particularly enjoyed the fish cake and spring rolls. Our mains were delicious, particularly the Duck Red Curry. My only recommendation would be to have a broader menu particularly for starters but there's still lots of choice. Will be back again soon!!

Very helpful. Have a Takeaway meal.

Went for my birthday and was very disappointed. I only booked because of all the positive reviews and thought it would be similar to Wagamama’s or at least from the reviews it sounded authentic and traditional. But the food was extremely basic and hardly fragrant at all. I ordered the Pad Thai which is one of my favourites and unfortunately it was very disappointing, all the dishes were. It’s shame, won’t be going again.

Went for dinner last night based on a recommendation by2 friends and the Lotus Flower did not disappoint. Truly authentic Thai food at it's best. Lovely hosts who made us feel very welcome. We will be regulars I'm sure.