The best restaurants serving Thai food in Crouch End Haringey London

Good flavourful food at an affordable price. Server was nice and polite.

Pandan Leaf is a traditional southern Thai restaurant that seems to be (Thai) family run - and indeed on the evening that we visited was full of families. Good to see that they're family friendly though it got pretty noisy. The food was really enjoyable. We ordered pretty traditional dishes such as fish cakes, phad thai and tom kha. The fish cakes were plump and succulent, the phad thai was tasty and the tom kha was on point. Perhaps the green chicken curry that we ordered was a little disappointing - not quite as good as elsewhere - and once again it contained bamboo shoot - which you don't really find in authentic Thai food. Everything could, however, been a little spicier. We were a little disappointed with the desserts. Though it wasn't on the menu we were excited to learn that they offered mango & sticky rice. Unfortunately the rice wasn't the right rice and wasn't warm enough. The coconut cream/milk added wasn't quite right and they added sesame seeds instead of lentils. The mango wasn't Thai either - so all in all it didn't quite work though it was a brave attempt. Equally, the kluay tod was a brave attempt at a Thai version of toffee bananas that are common in Chinese restaurants. It didn't quite work for me as the batter was a bit mushy, providing no foil to the innate mushiness of the banana inside. Having said all that there were enough good points to warrant a good rating. The service was friendly and efficient and it was surprisingly easy to get parking nearby.