Nahm

Nahm was a very big disappointment - as big as the bill we received.

The service was poor. The food was bland.

We were not impressed. Would we go back? NAW!!!
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David
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Food 3 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 1 | Value for money 0
Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Really beautiful food and presentation. My boyfriend who is Thai was also highly complimentary of the food.

Service very attentive but not over bearing.

The only down side was the lack of atmosphere. Found the place a little bit stiff.

We were just there to try the food, and were really pleased with the experience.
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Food 9 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 5
Thursday, August 20, 2009

We visited Nahm on a Tuesday night; it had been our list of desirable venues for a long time but somehow always got relegated to the side. Not this time!

The restaurant was quite empty and never filled up to more than half its capacity. Clientele was not homogeneous, very elegant Louboutin shoed French lady on our left, ugly baseball cap + ugly T-shirt guy further away. The room is not particularly nice but not as unwelcoming as other people say. That on the scenery. Concerning the food, amuse-bouches made us to have high expectations and one of the starters, a salad of squid and braised pork, certainly fulfilled them. Absolutely gorgeous. Unfortunately, the other starter, a mussel-based soup was little more than a (very) hot lemon juice with basil. Horrible. Mains were a John Dory green curry (excellent) and a guinea fowl red curry (very very hot). We had the bad idea of having desserts, staggeringly priced at £9.50, and, honestly, they were almost revolting. Babyfood textured coconut something. Very disappointing.

Overall, a very mixed experience. Some outstanding dishes and some rather awful ones. A bit like the Louboutins and the baseball cap mixture!!!

Service was pleasant, informative and most attentive.
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Susana - View all reviews by this user
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Food 7 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 6
Thursday, July 30, 2009

We did the restaurant week special as it was the only way that we were going to be able to afford a restaurant of this calibre. All the food was very nice and tasty and well presented, but however I did feel a slight letdown. I had gone there expecting to get my socks knocked off and that didn't quite happen for a Michelin starred restaurant. I have eaten a lot of Thai in Sydney and found tastewise it was on a par with that.

Staff were very nice and friendly.

Glad I had the experience though and would encourage other people to try it.
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Gayle and Greg Joyce
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Food 7 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 8
Sunday, March 29, 2009

Excellent meal here for lunch on a londonrestaurant week deal. Sometimes on these deals you feel you are not really getting the real deal and can't form a view. That wasn't the case here, everything we had the flavours were clear, the herbs and spices were fresh and vibrant, all elements were in balance, and portions were generous. This was a very clear big step up from local Thais, and for me the deal acheived its aim, I have seen the high prices on the regular menu, but based on my impressions of the abilities in the kitchen and the quality of the sourcing, I would now be prepared to pay them.

The only downside was the room, they've made an effort with the decor but you still know you're in a hotel, especially if you need the toilet at any point which entails a bit of a trek into the bowels of the hotel. Service was very friendly throughout, tap water was offered alongside still and sparkling and we never felt like second class citizens.

One other downside to mention is the wine list, its a nice list but as so often in top hotel restaurants, the markups are obscene.

Nevertheless, I am keen to return.
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Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 7
Sunday, March 29, 2009

as a chef who really loves thai food and eats it regularly i was most unimpressed.

Went there for our anniversary looking for a michelin star experience and left not getting one. However nahm did charge me for a michelin star experience. I may as well eaten at our local thai at least they garnish their mains and starters,

the food was average and had no garnish we had a thai share platter for two all served at once on a small table for two that clearly couldnt accomodate all the plates and waitstaff had to rearrange it like a game of tetris to cram it all on? when i made the booking i was told that we had to be out by 9pm so the table can be turned around, waitstaff seemed unsure of what eaxctly was on the menu and kind of awkward with it, does this sound like michelin star service? i dont think so nahm you should pick your game up if your going to charge what you charge fror the food you serve.

The atmosphere in the rest. is dull.
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Food 5 | Service 3 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 0
Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Thai? yeah, right. Will not be going there again. Overpriced for what it is and disappointing.
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Food 0 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 0
Thursday, October 30, 2008

Went there on Friday night, had the most amazing time. The food was fantastic, I have never experienced Thai food quite like it, the flavours were unbelievable and the restaurant was buzzy - completely full. Service from our waiter was perfect, he recommended the quail and scallops which were out of this world. I will definitely be going back and would highly recommend this restaurant to everyone.
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Charlotte
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Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Monday, July 21, 2008

Being fans of Thai food, we went to Nahm last Friday for lunch to have a 'special' experience. Our first surprise was that the restaurant was virtually empty the whole time we were there (four other tables were occupied at the 'peak' time) which contributed to the lack of atmosphere. The style of lunch would have been a surprise but I'd already checked it out as it seemed odd for Thai food: entree, main course and desert 'Western style' instead of the usual Thai and East Asian shared plates. This seemed to be a bit of a mistake (partly the reason for the empty restaurant?) as it meant that most people, including my husband and I, switched our plates half-way through - not a very dignified way to eat.

The food was so-so -- my entree (a mixture of tasty morsels in two small palm leaves) was tasty; my husband's chive cakes (chopped up chives in a 'doughy' covering) were fairly tasteless. My husbands main course (stir-fried prawn in curry spies with coconuty rice and salad - all on one plate) was tasty, but my crab fried rice was very bland: basically a place of fried rice with hard-to-find slivers of crab (though there was also a bowl of tasty duck soup). We had a fruit dessert which was very pleasant - we weren't given a dessert menu and couldn't quite work out what the other quickly mumbled dishes were.

Not quite your average Thai restaurant - either in the variety of interesting food or the price (the fixed price lunch of £26 added up to £100+ for two which included a half-bottle - I don't drink alcohol - of very expensive white wine, water and coffee). A pleasant - though far from memorable - experience. And where was everybody?
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Food 6 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 4
Monday, February 18, 2008

I am amazed at the variety of comments about the food at Nahm. What most of the 'reviewers' are really saying is that they do not understand Thai food and how to order/eat it.

Unless you are having a Pad Thai, etc. for lunch alone you do not order individual dishes. You are supposed to order a range of dishes [all served at the same time], ideally a soup, one sweet dish, one hot, one sour, maybe one salty, etc. Then you taste ONE spoonful of a dish, take a spoon of cleansing rice, then One spoonful of a different dish or a sip of soup, slowly rotating around the table. Most Asian cuisines are best enjoyed in a similar fashion but no cuisine on earth has the range of contrasting explosive flavours as Thai.

To confuse matters, small local Asian restaurants [usually family run and desparate to make a good living], quickly adjust to providing the customer with what they feel most comfortable with, a much blander version of everything. Just ask them if you can sit down with them when their family eats and see/taste the difference!
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Kevin Bell
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Food 9 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 8
Sunday, January 27, 2008