Thai Marina in Eastbourne

We drove out to the Marina for lunch and chose from the set menu. Shrimp and pork wanton soup (me) and squid with wasabi mayo (better half) to start; we had forgotten just how fabulous the food was! Terrifically generous, meaty wantons in a gently spiced rich clear vegetable broth; BH enjoyed the squid too. We chose yellow curry with chicken and potatoes, and salmon fillet with red Penang spicy sauce as mains. The yellow curry took me straight back to Thailand, delicious, fragrant and gently punchy with generous chicken and potatoes, this dish alone was worth the trip, I'd even go as far as saying it was the best yellow curry I've ever eaten in the UK or Thailand! The salmon fillet was generous and perfectly cooked; the Penang red sauce was beautifully balanced with just enough heat to allow you to taste the fish as well. We've never been disappointed with The Thai Marina, and today proved why; well executed and authentic Thai food served by friendly staff. A gem amongst Eastbourne restaurants.

Absolutely magnificent red curry with jasmine rice, fantastic service and a perfect atmosphere - highly recommended!

Food here is always really good, very authentic but quite expensive. Last few times service has been pretty poor, very impatient with ordering and not particularly friendly. Takes away from the enjoyment of the meal. Will come back for the food, but hope the service improves?

Food all passable, wine….£23 for a glass of Sauvignon, we were absolutely gobsmaked, be aware if you order Sav blanc check prices!!

Best Thai restaurant in Eastbourne! My husband took me here for my birthday and it was wonderful, with lovely servers and delicious food.

Delivery was poorly packaged and had leaked over everything. Main curry was incredibly oily and unable to eat - very disappointing- never again.

Love it, love it, love it! And the food is to die for! The staff is lovely too! I live 6 min away by car, so walking distance from me (and my wheelchair) is fairly close, so that's great!

Excellent, quick service which was good as we have a baby and toddler! High chairs provided. Very attentive staff. Food excellent. Will definitely come back.

Great little find by my aunt and uncle. Good food and great location. Will be back soon.

The harbour has a collection of restaurants and for us the Thai is probably the best in terms of quality of the food, efficient service and value for money. We have tried a variety of dishes there during our stay in Eastbourne and they have always been excellent.

The staff were friendly, however, the woman who greeted us at the door and went to check our table was ready was open coughing into her hand the whole night. I watched to see if she would clean her hands or use hand sanitiser, but she went straight onto another task. It made me feel really grossed out, especially when she bought over our drinks and was touching the glasses and everything. We had to ask another server to bring clean cups. Unfortunately, there's no comfortable way to bring it up to the server at the time and I didn't want to be mean, but it completely ruined the night and I barely ate anything because it made me feel grossed out. She continued coughing right onto her palm the whole night whilst walking around and serving tables. I don't know why her colleagues didn't say anything to her (especially when we told one of them why we wanted different glasses), but I'm even more surprised why someone would think it's okay to cough directly into their hand? And then not immediately wash them? It just felt like there was a little lack of hygiene and I was uncomfortable eating there. I've worked in restaurants for 6+ years and I'm always conscious whenever I sneeze or cough (always into my elbow) and I *still* make sure I wash my hands straight away. I think maybe just a bit more self-awareness and self-observation is needed regarding it, and perhaps better encouragement to sanitise hands frequently during service.

First time here and to be honest wasn't expecting too much but it was local and within walking distance. Turned out to be superb. We were there on a Friday. Very tasty, good value, great service and busy. Have been several times over the last year with different friends. Remains consistently good. Appear to retain staff which is a good sign

Fresh food, good value for money and very pleasant atmosphere 👌 😊

I really liked the oriental decor and the excellent food. The staff were numerous and the service rapid as a consequence.

Booked Saturday lunch for a family member. Plenty of room inside as quite empty at this time. Staff very friendly and helpful. Even added extra decoration to the birthday cake which we had brought in. Set lunch menu good value for money considering it contained a free drink. The food was fine but I have had better Thai food in several other restaurants. I ordered a green Thai Curry for my main course which I expected to be a bit hotter and didn't leave any tingle in my mouth which I was expecting.

I would say food good, but sultry/ rude service from a waitress put us off restaurant..maybe they need to update their staff / customer awareness approach

Food was delish although it could have been priced a little less for its serving size.

Best Thai restaurant around. It also has a very reasonable lunchtime menu. Highly recommended. The chilli oil is homemade and absolutely delicious!

DOG FRIENDLY!!! ( Only outside) This place is just incredible!!! The service is just the best they literally wait on you. Anything you need they are on it even keep your water glass filled up. I've been here a few times now with my partner on date nights and you get the same service every time!! The staff are always friendly and welcoming. Food is just amazing!!! Always super fresh all the meat just melts in your mouth 😘 highly recommend!!! 🤩

Food is always amazing here. Our favourite restaurant.

It's the Pearl of the Marina! The food is excellent, and served by friendly staff. The place was packed with many nationalities, which is a good indicator of the quality of food. It isn't the cheapest restaurant but it's a firm favourite, and an ideal way to spoil yourself!

It was lovely to be back outside, enjoying the sunshine, the boats, and the food 😀

Cozy place, relaxing view, and great food! "khàawp Khun" to Thai Marina 🙏💕

Delicious food and more served with a smile 😃

Had a lovely lunch , first time here will certainly be going back

This is definitely the worst green curry I've ever tasted in my entire life. Super spicy, 1 litre of oil, no creamy at all, 5 prawns which also taste off. Congrats guys, I'm not sure who is your chef but definitely not one. Never again

Today was our first visit, and we were pretty impressed. We had a set lunch menu at £18.50 per head for two courses with a glass of wine. Choosing from a good selection of dishes wasn't difficult, and service was very quick, ideal if you're in a hurry. A nice clean restaurant with plenty of seating. We'll be going back soon

5 star ⭐️ Food is just delicious . No long wait for your food. 🙃 Service could be better , no real welcome and not with a smile , just ask us how many of you .Don't ask you if your food is ok , No goodbye or thank you when we left. They almost look like they are not happy to be there , may be there not. Service is not bad ,only a 3 star but had so much better service at other restaurants.

Enjoyed a delightful lunch of Dim Sum and shared Pad Thai. Excellent service and quality well presented food, very enjoyable. Will certainly visit again.

Our first visit and we shall definatley return.

The food is excellent and the service too. 2 course lunch is good value and includes a drink.

After my wife and i were both ill in December after eating tamerind seabass i was suprised that there was no response or apology from yourselves !!! I sent a review two days later!!!

Outstanding food and service. My partner invited me there for our valentines meal. Cosy and friendly atmosphere.

No one to greet you at door. No one knew where to seat us even though booked table. Met by surly waitress. Waited 1 hour for starter. Another 3/4 hour and still no main course. 2 tables near us who had arrived later than us were served and one table had actually finished and gone. Still no main!! Disgusting. Would not return and do not recommend. No sincere apologies and had to pay for drinks. Be warned.

Very disappointing. Waited an hour for our starter. Another 45 minutes and no main. Cancelled meal after being in the restaurant for two hours. Other tables who were seated after us, had their starter, main and left by the time we decided to cancel. Would take a lot to get us to go back again!

Fantastic meal and great friendly service.

Food was decent, got a pad Thai from here, it was decent but a bit pricey, have had better and cheaper elsewhere, have also tried the 5 spice cooked pork in the past, that wasn't good and very pricey.

Over priced and very mediocre food served by unfriendly and sullen waitresses. I won’t be returning.

if you have to choose one thai restaurant to eat at in your entire life make it this one. The restaurant is tastefully decorated and beautifully lit, the staff are friendly and welcoming, the food arrives mere minutes after being ordered. I make no exaggeration when I say it is the best thai food I have ever eaten and I have eaten in a LOT of thai restaurants. I had the green curry and I would recommend it more than I recommend breathing.

First time here, and I loved it. Delicious food.

A party of 4, we turned up without a reservation. The welcome was warm and the food and service were first rate. Thanks

With the downside aside of being contacted by this restaurant after you've made a reservation God knows how many times (once would be ample!), to confirm whether or not you will arrive, the food, staff, restaurant and location is a winning combination. A deserved 5 stars.

We were here several times and always enjoy the foods , nice waiters and waitresses and beautiful views 🥰🥰

It seems to have gone downhill in a year, as last year it was much nicer than today. Very rude about not ordering from the lunch menu and wanting something from the normal menu. Satay chicken was good but the pad Thai was horrible. It’s covered in a horrible sauce which made it inedible. Lemonade was flat. Staff rude, no atmosphere and no one asks if your food is ok to provide feedback. Would avoid, there’s better Thai’ in the area.

Great food, great atmosphere and service. We went with some friends and really enjoyed our time at Thai Marina. The cleanliness was good, they served us good portions and the dishes were well prepared. Not my first time and should be the last one. The prices are not the best for Thai food in town, but they have a different selection of dishes.

Very nice food and fast service

The best Thai Iv had in some time. Every bite was so delicious and couldn't help going back for more. Very well presented, staff where also incredible and even helped keep my little boy entertained while I ate my food. Beautiful atmosphere looking at the boats go by on the harbour . I highly recommend 👌 ☺️

Lovely food bit pricey but nice. Would go again

What a disappointment have eaten in before but first takeaway . Usually excellent but this time very poor. I had the special lamb dish . It was like a runny soup and meat was very tough. I did want to email to give them a chance to explain. But no email address available

The best Thai restaurant around here! Even my friend who is from Thailand said this is real Thai food restaurant ❣️ Always Lovely staff and amazing foods!

What I ordered didn't say, it had hot chili in ... when I told one of the staff, he just looked at the plate and said nothing! It wasn't very enjoyable 😞 it also said it had mango in it... didn't really see much of it, however I did see a couple of supermarkets tomatoes and plenty of unions. 🧐 not good for the prices on this occasion 😕 I had to get ice cream to cool my mouth!

Wonderful place. Great flavoursome food. Well presented . Fantastic service all round polite and attentive . Would give 6 stars if I could . Thankyou to all the staff for a very authentic environment and meal.

Lovely food...and staff..too much food .. share a meal for two delicious.

First reat food served in pleasant surroundings

Fabulous Thai restaurant Amazing flavours, the best Thai around!

The Tai staff were very nice. We will eat there next time. Peter Morrell

Food was really nice, and a big choice in the menu. However the service was very unpleasant, no smile, no small talk, the staff looked like they were forced to work there. Shame as it would of added to the experience.

Red & Green curry are delicious

Nice little restaurant excellent service & food

Food good although quite pricey - the takeaway service is way too slow and there were missing items.

Just love this restaurant. Have been several times and have never been disappointed. The service is great, as is the food. Plenty of choice and the chef will adjust spices to taste. The staff are friendly and the atmosphere very good.

Chai, the chef here, really knows his stuff and the food here is excellent, authentic Thai. The service was great, really friendly, and the setting is lovely. But the stand-out thing is, the best Thai food for miles. (If you're a chilli fan, when they say hot they really mean it, and you can ask the kitchen to turn it up if you're brave, or down if that's not for you). The Tom Yam rocks! Now that Seeracha's closed, Eastbourne's finest.

Amazing food. Amazing service. A very calming place. We got the cheaper lunch menu even though we were 40 minutes too late. Delicious wine.

AMAZING - Lovely restaurant and interior. Staff brilliant and food outstanding ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

ABSOLUTELY elite when it comes to Thai food. As a Londoner I travel to Eastbourne for Thai Marina, and always leave with takeaway. The level of culinary excellence the chefs at this restaurant commands is one rarely seen in modern Thai restaurants. The service is attentive, yet not too overbearing, and the location allows for a nice stroll around the harbour after a satisfying meal. Thai Marina is in-fact very reminiscent of 2nd generation Thai restaurants in the UK (circa 80s+90s), which focuses on high quality ingredients, combined with delectable flavours, and beautiful presentations. While many of these long forgotten gems have faded to the passage of time, and the pressure of marketing from newer players, Thai Marina still remains a bastion of classical Thai cuisine.

Excellent food excellent service no bad points at all 5 star's

I honestly have never been so disgusted with the customer service provided by a restaurant before. The service they provided was appalling, I would have given 0 star for the review if I could. I went to this restaurant with 7 other adults plus a 20-month child. All staff’s facial expressions were clearly not welcoming when we walked in. We asked for a high chair for the child and the staff seemed so annoyed. When the staff brought us the chair, she was so impatient and kept asking one of us (father of the child) to move our chairs when he was holding the child. She even tried to just push the high chair into the narrow space when there was not enough space. We needed to move our two tables to fit the chair in. After the child is settled, my friend went to talk to the staff about the service she provided and he also talked to the man who claimed he was the one in charge. However, it did not help as the staff started talking about us in Thai. It was absolutely horrible as one of us could actually speak Thai. It was such a horrendous experience and we will never come back to this place.

We live locally and often stop here for lunch. We visit Thailand most years for a few weeks a year - and finding good Thai food is a challenge in the UK. We had friends down for the day and they fitted us in for dinner at very short notice. Always friendly and fun service, and we rate the food too. Great location by the water. Five stars all the way! Simon and Sansan. X

Had been meaning to try this place as heard "rave"reviews about it but got to say i wasn't overly impressed with it,food was mediocre and highly priced for what it was.Service was fairly good tho but I wouldnt rush back.

Best Thai Restaurant in Eastbourne. We have been going here annually for nearly 20 years when we are in the location. Never fails to please. Good service, great food. Tip, take a taxi there and back. Sa es parking in the Marina car park, unless you want to make an afternoon and evening of it.

Fantastic Thai food on the marina, great views

I wanted to surprise my daughter for her special birthday with half aromatic duck and a shared platter starter. Paid £35 for a single starter (not shared) and only a quarter aromatic duck with 12 packcakes and 2 x plum sauce containers! We had to get othee food to eat as was not enough food for 2 snall eaters! Absolutely shocking! Total rip off ans ruined my daughters birthday!. Very dissapointed and had to spend more money due to going to another restaurant!!!

Fabulous can't wait to go back

It is really a lamentable service, we waited 1 hour before being served. 4 different people insist on knowing if we have booked correctly, I am not understood why The food was like the disastrous service and welcome, I will no longer return to this restaurant which does not respect its customers To be honest I eat badly and I was very very very badly received, I do not recommend it at all

We bought a take away this evening and it was absolutely delicious. One of the best Thai meals we have had. The duck rolls were amazing. I had the red Thai chicken curry with coconut rice and my husband had the lamb massaman with sticky rice. Both were awesome. The staff were lovely and so polite when we arrived to collect. Thoroughly impressed with the quality and quantity of the food. A real gem at Eastbourne Marina.

Amazing food, so so tasty!! Staff were also very friendly 100% recommended

Not bad, but there is a lot of space for improvement. My biggest disappointment was the wings and it’s most of the reason for the 3 stars. Wings were fried form frozen and were not tossed in any sauce. I would recommend to take it off the menu or make some changes.

Amazing food, lovely views outside, but very rude staff. You expect a smile with service, and that was not given. Would return for good standard of food but the staff really need to work on manners!

Presentation of food is good. Quality is good but, as with all the Thai restaurants in Eastbourne, the menu is just a bastardised take on Chinese cuisine. Not enough real Thai food, but I suppose the real stuff is not for everyone. So overall it's alright, but not Thai enough for me

It’s the most delicious Pat-Thai what I’ve ever had it in my life!!

Lovely food, let me say that again lovely food, staff good and atmosphere, never really looked at the prices though surprised when the bill came how reasonably priced it was, highly reccomend

Another good meal at Thai Marina, will be back soon.

Good Thai food, great service, reasonable prices last time visoted , very busy on weekends. All good Thanks

Absolutely incredible Thai food. Service was friendly and food came out quickly. We visited on Good Friday - the restaurant was very busy but that didn’t affect food quality or service.

We went to the lunch set menu fpr £17.50 starter main and a drink yummy. Which meant i couldn't change what veg went into my dishes so i ended up with a plate of mushrooms from my soup. When filling up my drink insted of me moving my glass to them they leaned over my food this is the 1st time i have given anything less then 5* to the thai marina i will not be coming back for lunch again.

We used to be regular customers up until about 2 years ago. Standards of staff service have definitely gone down. It was always beautifully run by very polite staff who were all in traditional Thai dress. The food was always lovely too. I have to be honest & say our visit last Wednesday was a bit of a disappointment. None of the original staff seem to be there. They're all quite young & dressed more like they're working for Domino's Pizza than a Thai restaurant. Also, our waitress was quite rude, firstly when I requested a jug of water & secondly, when I asked for extra onion with my crispy chilli beef. Despite my asking her for that twice, she didn't write it down & seemed to dismiss what I'd said. Consequently, when I received my meal, there was no extra onion. This never used to be a problem when it was being run by the other staff. They always accommodated simple requests such as this. Disappointed, I'm afraid & probably won't be returning.

Great customer service food also came out really quick after ordering (around 15mins) even tho there was 8 of us. All the food tasted amazing could not fault it

Food is so lovely, staff are friendly, nice environment. Would recommend

We have been here a few times and it is always very good, attentive staff, good food and a lovely atmosphere...It feels like being abroad looking at the boats in the Marina. Thank you Thai Marina

Only our second time here! But great food both times, very relaxed friendly atmosphere, tasty/good priced food 🙏🤙

The first Thai dish I've enjoyed. 25 years after everyone else in Britain!

Another lovely meal there with my daughter and sensibly priced.

Very good service and delicious food. A perfect experience.

First time here. My wife and I had a sharing meal for two, and all the dishes were delicious

First time at this Restaurant, we hadn't booked but on a busy Sunday Lunchtime they managed to squeeze 4 of us in. We had the set menu £17.50p for 2 courses and a drink,service was quick ,food perfect and pleasant surroundings,and staff. Certainly will go again, but will book.

Simply the best Thai that I have ever had outside of Thailand!

Staff was brilliant we had a nice lunch me and my son.

Lovely meal staff very friendly would defiantly recommend

This was my first visit. Very warm welcome and the food was excellent WOW!!

Definitely a must experience while in Eastbourne. Excellent Thai restaurant with outstanding service & atmosphere and an array of awesome authentic dishes