Patara (Greek St)

The best Thai food I've ever had in London. Delicate, fragrant flavours, and well cooked food. Good service, and not too expensive (£55 for two, including service).
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Kate
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Food 10 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 10
Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Lovely food, however inauthentic (lamb shanks, wild boar). The spicing was just right and there weren't any over-powering flavours, and it was all very well presented. Highlights were the Thai Beef Salad and the Black Cod. Service was inobtrusive and pleasant.
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Food 8 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 8
Friday, July 04, 2008

I booked this for my partners birthday and was not disappointed. The food, presentation, service and restaurant ambience were perfect. I paid £110 for two so you might think it's a bit pricey but we had the best of everything, including liqueurs with coffee. It was worth every penny.
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Jennie
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Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 7
Friday, March 14, 2008

We celebrated my wife's birthday at the Patara, on Saturday evening 6th October. Despite being extremely busy, there was a nice ambience, the staff were very attentive, and the food flowed at the right pace, without either feeling rushed, or with lengthy breaks. The food was superb, excellent flavours, with the right amount of spicing, fresh vegetables and fruit platter to end the meal. Overall it was a thoroughly enjoyable evening and one that we will be repeating next time we are in London.
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Jim & Wendy Roberts
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Thursday, October 18, 2007

My partner and I really enjoyed our first visit to Patara this week. Everything we ordered was delicious – starters of pork cheek and duck breast; mains of curried halibut and lamb. Fresh, flavoursome, interesting food, cooked to perfection. We also very much enjoyed a bottle of St Clair NZ Sauvignon Blanc – wonderful gooseberry flavours. My partner wisely called a halt after two courses, but I ordered the crêpe with fresh fruit, mandarin liqueur and ice cream for pudding. Excellent, but I could hardly move after all that food! Still, I think it's much better to leave a restaurant over-fed than under-fed.

I notice that a few reviewers have commented on poor service, but this was not our experience. Throughout the evening the service was prompt, attentive and polite, without being obtrusive. In fact the only minor quibble I had was that it would have been good to have had a slightly longer pause between our starters and mains.

The food is not cheap – expect to part with about £50 per head for three courses including water, wine and service – but we were happy to pay this for the quality of food and wine we received. Overall, we were very impressed with Patara. Hopefully, we'll be able to make a return visit before too long.
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David
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Food 9 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 7
Friday, August 10, 2007

My boyfriend and I went last night (Wednesday) and it was lovely. Perfect service wasnt rushed at all. Gorgeous atmosphere with intimate lighting. Food was presented excellantly and had lots of flavour.

Will definately be returning.
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Nikola Sullivan - View all reviews by this user
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Food 8 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 8
Thursday, August 09, 2007

Food was excellent but the service could be improved. It seemed to take them ages between courses.
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Alan McBride - View all reviews by this user
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Food 9 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 3
Thursday, June 14, 2007

A splendid place, full of good things. The food is inventive and unusual and strays well beyond the usual Thai canon. It pays to go a bit left-field here, because they really seem to know what they are doing. Wild boar and beef cheeks are not standard Thai fare in London, and they are superb, as are the whotsit-starters wrapped in basil leaves. The flavours are subtle, and everything tastes - and looks - intensely fresh, with crisp vegetables, tangy spices and firm, moist meat. The restaurant is plush, and the service I have actually found to be unusually good - although some other reviewers have been disappointed on this score. A pretty good winelist for Thai as well.

Not cheap by any means, but good value nonetheless, especially considering where you are. Budget realistically for £50 a head with wine and maybe a cocktail with your food.
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mike
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 9
Monday, May 21, 2007

My Boyfriend took me to this amazing Thai resturant for our 1 year anniversary, after his boss recommended it. As we entered the resturant we were greeted warmly by a waitress who took our coats and took us to our seat. After a few moments menus were promtly infront of us and we were asked for drinks, however we had changed waiters now a gentleman and been given no time to even see a wine list. We ordered our food and drinks, for me an amazingly simple champagne, orange juice and some sort of liqueur which was amazing, i couldnt stop at one i think i ended the night with at least 3. They have an amazing choice of food, and i believe eveything would have been delicious, i had the beef salad, which although there was not much salad the marinated mushrooms and succlant beef was to die for. my boyfriend had the lamb and raved just as much about it, he even tried to make his own version of it at home. I must say this resturant was fantastic the only dissapointment was the service at times, especially with the waitresses seemingly preoccupied talking, looking as if they had nothing to actually do.
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Letitia Sharpe
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Food 10 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 8
Friday, April 13, 2007

Beautiful interesting food rather than a traditional list of thai curries, very relaxing atmosphere, a perfct venue for most events.
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kirsty
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Food 9 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 6
Wednesday, January 03, 2007