ZAAP Thai Street Food in Leeds

One of my favourite restaurants in Leeds, honestly so great! Unique decoration and fantastic service and beautiful food!

Luckily although it was very busy we got a table straight away, great choice on the menu and our order was taken quite quickly. However, only one drink came out and we had to ask for the other after waiting another 10 mins for a bottle of coke. Sipping away we waited for our starters.....after 40 mins waiting for steamed buns and dumplings we asked how long it would be, and we then had them on the table within 5 mins. A similar delay for the main course definitely tainted the experience. The food was most definitely fabulous and perhaps they just hadn't anticipated how busy it would be, but the annoyance of the delay could have been mitigated by someone actually explaining there was a delay and it not taking us to ask someone to prompt this!

Vibrant restaurant warmly greeted and sat quickly even though busy. This was my first visit and the menu was a bit daunting as the choice is huge. I opted for a red curry.... hands down the best I have tried, full of chicken and could taste every individual item on the plate. If you want to add a little difference to your dish you can order the Zaap sauce as an accompaniment which I highly recommend.

Amazing food, excellent customer service, reasonably priced, street food at its best! Cocktails are a crummy as well. Good variety on menu.

The food here is outstanding. Big portions, excellent value.The staff were lovely, the service was perfect. We didn’t have to wait long for our meal.The only feedback I can give on a less positive note, is the toilets. The ladies toilets weren’t clean, quite smelly. The large sink was very grubby, looked like it hadn’t been cleaned for a long time.I would definitely return as the food is amazing, but shame about the toilets.

The starters were amazing and the pancake with custard for dessert! The decor is fun and creates an enjoyable dining experience.The mains weren’t much to talk about as lacked in flavour. The mains didn’t come at the same time therefore, to eat together we had to get the other warmed up. We knew it was street food but with creating a sit down restaurant environment you imagine eating together at the same time.

Reasonable price and really good tasty foods, clean and reasonable potion recommanded to try here. We all love it. Definitely going back .

Visited here on a busy Friday night, we were seated quickly. The food was amazing, service was brilliant and the design abd decor of the restaurant was so creative. It felt like you were in a bustling street in Thailand!

Great food, good service, quirky surroundings. Just off the centre of town and close to the theatres.

My partner and I visit Leeds a few times a year to watch bands, and usually just go McDonald's or wetherspoons. We decided to venture out and eat closer to the venue of Santiagos and picked Zaap as it was really busy and we like Asian food. He was not impressed with his quite bland tofu, cabbage and flat noodle dish 46. I tried it and finished it, found it acceptable but not amazing, not enough flavour. I on the other hand was impressed with 50, a spicy mixed meat ramen broth with a boiled egg in it. We liked the singha beer and didn't have room for pudding.

Food tastes good and uses real Thai ingredients (unlike many ‘thai’ places claim in UK) and place does a good job of recreating typical street establishment you can find in Thailand. A touch expensive, but gotten too used to paying 40 baht (£1) for pad krapow with my wife at our home in Saraburi, so everything in England seems pricey.

A repeat visit to Newcastle, we have also been to the Leeds branch. We dropped in for my birthday. No wait, straight to a table. We ordered some appetizers first before we ordered our mains. Fish cakes, crackers and spring rolls, all very nice. Main courses were all very tasty. Service is very swift. My only issue is the tightness of all the tables, not much space behind your chair with diners behind you. Less than a 300mm gap to the table next door.

Amazing Thai food & atmosphere in the restaurant, cheap prices, staff are friendly and helped friends understand what some of the dishes are! Only reason I didn't give it a five star (I really wanted to) is because the service was slower than previous times I went but they were busy (they usually handle busy spells better so I'm guessing they have a few new staff who are learning).

I thought I would pop in here for a little lunch, the place was busy, but a table was found for us fairly fast, two beers were ordered, followed by a starter and two mains, the food arrived quickly and is was hot and tastily, nice place to eat, service was good,

The atmosphere is buzzing and the setting is amazing. Service was superb and the staff are so friendly. The menu was varied with something for everyone, the food was absolutely fantastic and very good value for money. I’d highly recommend.

Un dîner avec mon fils un samedi soir peu après son voyage en Thaïlande.

Surprised at some of the negative reviews on here. First visit, yes it was busy, yes we had to queue but it was well worth the wait. Efficient service, great atmosphere, smiley faces and the food was excellent.............street food at it's best. Well done Zaap.

We visit Zaap Thai as regularly as possible and the food is always amazing. Try the Thai Green Curry and the pork belly bao.

I have got to say I don't get what all the fuss is about with this place. Was recommended by a friend and was impressed by the reviews.

Got to Zapp about 7:20 on a saturday evening and it was already buzzing. One of my friends had posted how good this olace was on Facebook so it was on my list of to do's. Just amazing - the food was to die for and the atmosphere was fab. Staff very friendly, always available for drinks orders and they do some fabulous cocktails - I really can't fault this place, when we left after our food they were queuing to the door, always a good sign.

Food was ok but nothing special. The Belly pork ordered was mild at best despite being advertised as spicy. I ordered prawn crackers 3 times and 3 times it got added to the bill.....however I never recieved any of them. Bill took forever to come and whilst they are friendly enough, the prices are now much higher than other local Thai restaurants. Been twice and 2 bad experiences. Wont be returning.

Zaap Thai is always busy which must be a good sign so we decided to try for ourselves. Not at all disappointed, great food, excellent price and a great atmosphere that other places like trinity kitchen can't seem to replicate. Deep fried sweetcorn starter is a must try.

Wonderful Thai food and service. One of the best Panaeng curries I have had, very creamy. My husband had the Pad Thai, which he enjoyed. We had a starter platter which was great.

Had an impromptu meal one evening on a cold and rainy day. Lovely warm welcome here. Felt like we were sitting in a street in Thailand. Really quite authentic. Great waitress who took our order promptly and food arrived fairly quickly. Nice house red wine and food was great. Chilies were available on table so you could pep it up to your hearts desire. We even got to sit and eat in a TukTuk! Recommend this place with pleasure.

Having just returned from holiday, we wanted to replicate some food which we’d been eating for last three weeks in Malaysia and we were not disappointed.

Firstly, in their defence, I think we got a very inexperienced waitress, as we were told that we could not change ingredients on the menu (even though they had the ingred, so for example, a prawn salad could not become a chicken one and so on). Although when it came to the salad order we asked for the shrimp salad to be changed to fresh prawn and were told ok and the order was repeated back. The order was then sent out to our table wrong, with steamed vegetables turning up, that we didn't order and my soup came with the dried shrimp (all three of them interlaced in a limp salad served only in a tiny cereal bowl - so hardly any shrimps and was a poor presentation effort anyway). We of course asked for the salad to be returned but were met with block after block from all of the staff that were whispering and colluding in play sight - it was embarrassing. We had to endure speaking with 4 different people inc managers + waitresses and even her auntie's friend, it seemed, in the end, such was the level of forensic investigation. "Just take the salad for goodness sake" ...apologise and move on and retain a customer. Do not question if your customers even asked for prawn. It was all very awkward and the passing of blame should never be labelled with the customer. They seemed intent on diminished responsibility for a tiny misdemeanour. So all in all our order was wrong and we were questioned and questionbed repeatedly, it made us feel unwelcome and as such we will never come back again. Big shame as we were fairly regular. Although 2 years ago when we first came to Zaap it was so much better...salads were better presented and tasted better, starters did not appear like quick frozen solutions and soups were not so sour and creamier. Bad experience and need to work on what is important to them, one salad missed payment or a long term customer. In my opinion not a patch on Chaoprayha, Sukhothai or Jino's in Headingely - appreciate this is a cafe but still...not good and gone downhill. Decor sitll pretty cool though and menu reads well. Staff and food is a big X

We visited as a group of four on Friday. We were seated immediately at 19:00 and provided with our drinks within minutes. The Menu is extensive, we ordered and were quickly served with starters which were delicious. Mains quickly followed and were just as nice and well presented.

Friendly staff, great atmosphere, great flavours in the food. Big drinks menu.

Visited this amazing restaurant today. It’s wonderful decor, amazing food, friendly staff, I can’t praise this place enough. It’s the best Thai restaurant I have eat in outside of Thailand. My only complaint is there Manchester does not have one.

I’m a huge fan of Green Curry! It was amazing! Even was able to get tofu added! Cute little Restaurant.

What a wonderful place. Terrific atmosphere and decor, excellent customer service even though they were really busy and a menu that met the needs of everyone in our group. Great value for money and we all wish we lived nearer.

Wonderful food and wonderful staff. I have been numerous times to Zaap and it never disappoints, the staff cannot do enough for you.

I'd like to give a 4.5, but I can't, so I've had to give a 4. As a Thai food lover, I've been wanting to go here for years, and it was worth the wait. We've tried most of the Thai in Leeds over the years, and this is one of the best by far. We went on a weeknight and it was busy, but we got a table right away. The starters were amazing-best Moo Yang anywhere, chicken satay was juicy and delicious (a bit stingy on the peanut sauce, but that was ok), chicken gyoza and spring rolls were delicious.

You can call a one day visit to Thailand, you can taste the original thai food and drinks,and I guess all the cooks and staff are from there. A definite must go!!

We visited Zaap on Good Friday.The restaurant was busy but we managed to get a table straight away.The menu is extensive with plenty of options.

Delicious, fresh food served promptly. Visited for a friend’s birthday and will definitely return- the dim sum was delicious!

Great atmosphere in this authentic and busy restaurant. We were Thailand two years ago and this brought the memories flooding back. Would definitely return.

Me and my friend visited around 9pm last night, it was fairly busy but were seated straight away. It took a while to have our order taken, where we ordered drinks, starters and mains all at the same time. The starters came before the drinks. After our starters it had then quietened down, however me and my friend found ourselves waiting 30-45 minutes for the mains to come out, we then had to tell the staff because they had clearly forgotten about us as people who had just come in were getting food way sooner. Then had to wait another 10 minutes or so. They were very apologetic and offered a free drink but shouldn’t be happening when the place had quietened down by then. The food itself was just average, just a lot of rice, a lot of veg and a few prawns, I think the dishes are very overpriced. I’ve had much cheaper and better Thai food in Leeds. When calling in somewhere for street food, you shouldn’t expect to wait as long as what we did last night. The air con was also blowing stupidly cold and was probably warmer outside than it was in there.

We’ve been here several times and the food has always been great. On our most recent visit the food was still excellent but the service was poor, almost as if they were rushing people through so they could close (we sat down to eat at around 8:30).

We had an excellent meal, excellent service and a very good and varied menu as well, which has excellent choices on it’s menu on it as well. I would highly recommend eating here. Good Value for money as well.

Had a great meal here last night. Superb food, excellently priced and great service. Many thanks to our server for taking the time to explain a few menu items to us. Would highly recommend!!

Visited here last night for a pre theatre meal and so pleased we did. Despite being really busy we were seated and served quickly. This is based on a fast food concept which is explained when seated. There is a good selection of drinks and the food is really good and reasonably priced. it is a quirky little place and I will definitely visit again.

7 años a la semana en que tuve la auténtica comida tailandesa en Bangkok y este lugar me hizo sentir como si estuviera allí, viviendo el sueño. La comida es increíble, el personal es perfectamente amable y el lugar es divertido y ofrece un gran ambiente. Realmente no puedo recomendar a Zaap lo suficiente.

Good food served by excellent waiting staff. May have to wait in line but if you do, try and find a server and make your presence known as they create a waiting list based on names they have collected.

Primera visita aquí y estuvo a la altura de las expectativas. El lugar estaba lleno, como de costumbre. El servicio es un poco descuidado e impersonal a veces, pero la comida llegó rápidamente y fue buena. Hay muchas opciones para elegir y puedes encontrar algo que te guste, incluso si no te gusta la comida tailandesa de una manera importante. Como concepto es sin duda una idea brillante.

这家餐厅在墙上悬挂了工作日优惠套餐只需要10磅两个菜，已经明确的和服务员说要点这个优惠套餐了，但是服务员让我们从一张大的菜单上确认菜的名字，结账的时候和我们说只有小菜单上的菜才可以按优惠价结算，虽然在我们看来这两个菜单上的东西是一样的。

Fui por la almohadilla vegetariana y, para ser sincero, aunque el sabor estaba bien, encontré los fideos bastante grasientos y algunos de los tofu no estaban particularmente calientes (no estoy seguro de si fueron agregados después). Llenó la brecha y era barato, pero no estoy seguro de que regrese.

Great atmosphere, delicious food. No complaints! Loved the layout and decor, really enjoyed my noodle dish and starters. Quick, friends service! No complaints at all.

Really great vibe and great food and service. The restaurant was packed on a Thursday at 7pm which tells me that the it’s good and popular. Service was perfect and the food was really good.

My partner and I visited the Leeds restaurant this past weekend when we were on a weekend away for my birthday. We found this place in a guide book, and being massive fans of Thailand and Thai food we couldn’t give this place a miss. We weren’t disappointed! In fact, we were so impressed that we went back the following day! The service was brilliant even in a busy Saturday afternoon, and the food truly was authentic Thai street food, without a doubt, the best we have had outside of Thailand. We will definitely be back and we’re so pleased to find out that they’ve also got a restaurant in Nottingham which is even closer to us. Do not miss this place, you won’t be disappointed. Oh, and don’t forget to try the Thai iced milk green teas it’s my favourite drink ever.

Had a great Thai meal here. Got seated quite quickly and did not feel any pressure to leave. The food was delicious and the atmosphere very lively. We will return

A day trip to visit my daughter in Leeds, I'd done some research of where to go and so had she, and Zaap Thai was the chosen venue! Very very impressed, love the decor and the obvious imagine you are in Thailand experience! Very friendly greeting and table for 2 provided straight away, despite a lot of diners. Great atmosphere! Well priced for prawn crackers, chicken satay and King Prawn starters, resisted Massamam curry for my usual Thai main and chose one of the many stir fry dishes! So tasty! Excellent menu, can't wait to visit again! Glad I've found you!

Sure it looks nice, but the decor is getting tired and dirty. The food was, to put it simply, the worst approximation of Thai I've ever had. Sweet curries, flavourless starters. Thai A Roy Dee across the street has so much better food for less money.

Went with family! Great food and had rather large queues showing how popular it was! I thoroughly recommend the spring rolls!

Very tasty food, although not as good as the food in Thailand - but close. The staff are extremely friendly, and the service is quick. Great place for pre-theatre meal.

My favorite place in Leeds for lunch. Food is delicious and service is nice & quick! People visiting need to remember its a street food restaurant so food is out nice and quick with short time between courses.

Some of the best food I've tasted! If you like Thai food this place is a must! Nice casual restaraunt very quirky with the option of sorting in tuk tuks to eat. The food was amazing really fresh and was served quickly to say the restaraunt was so busy. Will definitely back! Reasonable prices too. We got 2 starters 2 mains glass of wine and a bottle of lager for £38

Giving three stars because I’ve been twice before and really enjoyed the food but on this visit the food was really poor. We came in late after the theatre after 10pm so perhaps that’s why. I had spring rolls which were hard and chewy, not crispy and flakey like you would expect. Then I had tofu pad Thai. The tofu was very dry. Like chewing a sponge so I had to leave it and the noodles were a bit under cooked. They also didn’t really taste of anything. I was really disappointed. But, like I said I’ve been before and loved it so hopefully this was just an off day. The restaurant is really great, very authentic Thai and the staff were great. I’m sure I’ll be back.

Authentic Thai food in unusual vibrant surroundings, our table and seating resembled a tuk tuk! Very popular, it was packed at 5pm on a Thursday. Excellent efficient service, quality food. and very good value for Leeds. Would definitely return.

I was visiting the area for work with a couple of colleagues and wanted something a bit different to the usual choice we go for. This restaurant was recommended to me by the Hotel staff so we gave it a try.

What a great place! great food, atmosphere and service. its a vibrant place and would go there again. we had 6 starters between us as we were pre theatre, very satisfied.

Highly recommend this place loved the authenticity of the decor with lovely staff helpful. The food tasted amazing and reasonably priced too. I would say it is far by the best Thai food I’ve had in the UK so give it a go 👍🏽

1st time visit to this restaurant and will be making it a regular go to for inexpensive good food ! We had the Bangkok sharing platter and it was delicious followed by Thai red curry and rice very authentic ! The cost of the meals were very reasonably priced and the whole meal for 2 with drinks and starters came to £45

We visited with friends on a Saturday evening, it was packed out and we had to wait about twenty minutes for a table while we had a drink at the bar. The atmosphere is really good you feel like you are in Thailand. The restaurant is packed with neon signs and has the feel of a street market.

Very similar to Thai street style food in Thailand. Some of the best prawn crackers we have had with the added spice!

The food is very good, especially the panganami curry which was delicate and flavoursome. Everything is obviously cooked to order but the problem for us was the speed of proceedings! We had gone for a lazy sunday lunch, but got raced through each course with the mains arriving while we were still eating the starters! Always a bad sign. However, the place was really busy with a high turnover from the tables so if you want a quick bite with super quick service, you will love it. The decor is fantastic and a trip to the loos is not to be missed!

Great atmosphere, great staff, great food, you must visit Zaap. Bookings are not taken, but service is fast.

This was the third or fourth time I've been to Zaap. I love it. It's bustling atmosphere, decorations, food and service make it one of the best Thai places in Leeds. And there's plenty of great competition! It's a place to go with a potential partner or with visiting friends. You won't be disappointed.

Best value, tastiest Thai street food restaurant I have been to outside Thailand. Cant beat a selection of starters to share and and my go to steamed fish, never dissappoints!

Visited Leeds for the night and after googling Thai restaurants to eat at we wanted to try this one. We visited Friday night. Was the busiest restaurant I’ve ever seen with people constantly walking in the door for a table. They don’t take bookings so me and my partner had to wait about 20 minutes. No problem at all as they have a nice little bar for you to get some drinks. It did not disappoint. Nicest Thai food ever!!!! Everything was 10/10 the drinks, food, service and atmosphere. Was that nice we visited again the day after for lunch. Will definitely be coming back.

Never fails to deliver. Service quick and efficient and food delicious as always. Very busy as usual but never have to wait long

I’m sorry to say that I had a terrible dish with belly pork. I was beyond disappointed when a bland/ plain plate of grey pork arrived on a bed of lettuce. It was the worst Thai meal that I have ever had and I have eaten here many times and enjoyed my visits. My friends also noticed that the stir fried portions were very small in comparison to my thai!

Exciting place to enter - feels like stepping into a street in Thailand. With an open kitchen

The food is really good...and served up quickly in an open kitchen. It’s a place to go with friends on a relaxed outing. Fully recommend this place!

Visited on a Sunday afternoon as my son who lives in Leeds recommended. Great atmosphere and staff, food and drinks arrived quickly and all at a very reasonable price. 3 of us had the crispy pork and we all agreed it was the best we’ve ever had. 2 cocktails for £10 which were also delicious. Highly recommended 5*

We visited Zaap with friends on a Saturday evening. It was my first visit, when we arrived it was very busy but the staff soon found us a table. We all had two courses and a drink, I had Thai fish cakes and a Thai red curry. Both dishes were really nicely presented and were very tasty.

Leeds’e heyecanla gelmemi sağlayan,menajeri,garsonları,mekanın tarzı,lezzetleriyle harika mekan🌸✨🌺❤️

We love quirky places and this was quirky and relaxed. The menu was suprisingly good and value for money. Always love it when their own community eat in a place like this you know the food must be good. The decor was full of home made lampshades etc and there was tuk tuks made into seating tables. The staff explained the menu and nothing was too much trouble. A great place to have amazing food on a budget.

Absolutely love Thai food and have tried lots of places in Leeds, but Zaap is THE BEST in Leeds.

Popped in for a late afternoon bite to eat with the parents. They (and I) love this place Fun, quick service, tasty food and enjoyable. Always a hit

Amazing food with a friendly environment. During rush hour, it can be a bit busy sometimes and is notable that the waiters and waitresses are doing their best. Food can be spicy but hey..you are in a Thai restaurant right? You wouldn't walk into an Ice-Cream store and expect a hot Burger, would you? Also, as a frequent customer, I use my cognitive ability granted to me as a human being to alway enquire about how spicy the food can be before confirming my order. Similarly, if you are thinking of visiting Zaap Thai, use that organ embedded in your skull, dust those cob-webs away and ask yourself: how spicy this food can be? If you don't have the answer, just ask. That's simple. Food taste? Amazing. I was born and bred in South East Asia and the food at Zaap Thai always brings me back home. The place can be a bit cram but is alright. It creates a street food atmosphere and I love it. Highly recommended to those who wants great Thai food and atmosphere.

Terrible meal, raised a concern that the chilli in the meal was too hot ! I was told the police would be called for if I took the complaint further, dreadful experience !!!!!

Really tasty food! The service was quick and the staff were really friendly. The place was busy but the atmosphere was lovely

We visit Leeds theatre quite often and this has become one of our regular places that we visit for dinner beforehand. I visit with my mum who generally isn't particularly adventurous with her food choices but she likes it here because of the atmosphere - she will never visit the far east but loves how the restaurant is set out like an authentic street food place and there is always a really buzzing atmosphere.

Zaap Thai is clearly popular. The queue at 7pm ok a Friday was long despite the huge number of tables crammed into the faux-Thai market style interior. And it’s all quite charming. You can squeeze into a pretend tuktuk to drink your pre-dinner drinks. And the noise and excitement in the room is fairly infectious. Beer is decent - Chang lager or something more western if you fancy. Food, when you reach your table is served fast and is decent enough. The mixed starter Bankok Plates - served in veggie and meat variants were tasty if not sophisticated. The Pad Thai and Pad Mei acceptable if not stellar, and rather heavy on the msg, salt and sugar. But they washed down well with a Chang, and at less than £60 for starters and mains for three people, including a bottle of beer each, whose complaining. Event/experience dining on the cheap, served fast and without fuss. As chains go, it’s not a bad one.

Visited here before attending snow patrol concert, the place was packed at 5.30 but got seated quickly, the poor waitress was rushed off her feet taking orders, so the drinks took a while to come, but the food arrived quickly. The starters and mains were first class, we will definitely eat there again.

Zaap Thai is yet another restaurant that makes me long for another grade between 4 and 5. I could just use 4 for this and bump all my 4s down to 3s and so on, but then I think I'd be deviating from the distribution that's normal on this site and just unduly dragging down the score of anywhere I visited and didn't love. Oh well - read the reviews not just the scores, I guess.

Great place, high energy, invades all your sences, smell, taste, viual and auditory.... What a great place and very busy. Food is excellent, would not hesitate to go back.

The Pad Se Ew is amazing!! absolutely love this place. Dont live in Leeds but cant wait to return. The wine is reasonable too.

A group of nine of us visited Zaap on a cold Thursday in January at about 7pm. We were amazed to see how busy it was, but soon found out why. The smiling waiting staff gave us great service, and unexpectedly quickly given the number of people eating. The food was excellent and the atmosphere was buzzing. Definitely will be back.

I visited with two children on Sunday, there was no queue and we were offered a Tut tut straight away. The kids thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience, they could see the kitchen from the tut tuts and were facinated. The service was quick and friendly, I ordered a few starters and mains for us all to share and loved each meal.

Busy, bustling no booking, walk up restaurant with a feel of a Bangkok Street & good selection of Street type food & beers

The closest thing to thai food I have found in the UK, great authentic experience made us feel like we were on holiday for a couple of hours! Absolutely loved it, will be my first stop every time I visit Leeds now.

This place is great! You'll have to queue to get in most of the time but it's well worth the wait. The food is amazing and there is so much choice! There are also some great veggie and vegan options on the menu too!

Wow, this place absolutely blew me away! I went to Thailand a few years ago, this is hands down the best Thai food I have had since then! Can’t wait to return!

As close to authentic Thai as you're gonna get in the UK! A really good selection of dishes with plentiful drinks on offer. Tasty, fragrant and decent portion sizes. I can highly recommend.

Sono una cliente abituale di Zaap. L'ultima volta sono stata lo scorso Novembre e deve dire che la qualità è sempre eccellente e l'ambiente è fantastico.Sembra di essere in Thailandia. Da provare assolutamente.

Visited here after not being allowed in cars pyjamas at 10:30 (said 11:00pm close on door).... This place was superb as usual !

I can tell you without a doubt that this is the best Thai restaurant in Leeds. I have been to My Thai, Thai Edge, Mays Thai Cafe, Thai Aroy Dee and Sukothai, and although all the others were good, Zaap has been better every time. The setting, how quick the service is, and the quality of the food just win it for me every time. I’ve read a few reviews that the food here isn’t authentic Thai? I think that’s non sense, I’ve travelled Thailand twice and can confirm that Zaap food tastes exactly like what I had in Thailand.

We ordered the 3 chili zaap seafood soup at £13.95 to share.