The best restaurants serving Thai food in Bridport South and Bothenhampton West Dorset South West

Nice to see a Thai family set up a small restaurant in Bridport, and to read some good reviews below. However we did not enjoy our experience here. The restaurant area is pleasant, with 20 table settings and pleasant shabby-chic furnishings, but the kitchen divided off within the same room takes up too much of the available space. The plastic tablecloths were sticky, and polishable cutlery was unpolished, tarnished. There were no soups on the menu whatsoever, including the Thai classic, Tom Yum. How can any self-respecting Thai restaurant not serve Tom Yum? I was underwhelmed by my stir fried noodles with duck (£12.50), and my wife's lamb dish was too spicy for her taste. The owner unhesitatingly brought out a soup spoon of yoghurt on request, and laid it on her plate. Why not bring it in a small dish? Friendly people, but very amateurish. The least good Thai restaurant I have eaten at, by a wide margin. And take-away prices are the same as eat-in prices, and are not as inexpensive as one would expect from a family-run place. My opinion is of course subjective, and I am glad that this restaurant has a popular following. I am glad we tried it, but we shall not be returning.