18th February 2007
Small Thai in North London
I was in the same group who's been -on a Saturday- to this Thai restaurant as Walid and I would say that, at first glance, the Thai Pepper does indeed look small from the outside. The venue's main dinning room however is downstairs, where plants, wooden frames, comfortable sofas and nicely decorated tables create a cosy, Thai-like decor.
The restaurant seemed to be nearly full, which normally is a good sign, I thought. We booked a table for 5 people and needed a quick, pre-cinema dinner. So, we all ordered only a main course (no starter or dessert). Like 2 of the guys, I went for an all-time favourite in the shape of Green Thai Chicken Curry. To put things into perspective, I have to say that I was starving and ate it like a Grizzly bear coming out of a long bout of hibernation. In other words, the dish was reasonably good. Having said that, it did not tickle the curiosity of my taste buds.
The staff was friendly but, like Walid said, our coconut rice was forgotten for a little while (a handful of minutes, I would say), whilst the other two people had already their dish.
So, overall, not bad if you like Thai and you are very hungry but nothing special. I wonder if my opinion would have changed (one way or the other) had we sampled a starter and a dessert?
Advantage: just opposite Swiss Cottage tube station.
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