Thai Thai
Prince Sultan Street beside SABB
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Tel: 02 6913808
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There are plenty of the so called “Asian” or “Chinese” restaurants in Jeddah. But somehow the “Thai’s” are left out. There is one restaurant though near to Sari street, but its not that which I am going to pay a visit today.
“Thai Thai” has arrived and opened its door’s recently. It’s interesting to note that in the Singapore slang “Singlish” the word “Tai tai”refers to a woman, usually wealthy, who does not work but spends her time shopping, meeting friends, dining out etc.; a lady of leisure so to speak! But back to the Restaurant:
A typical Asian themed restaurant, with an original Thai interior and a design that almost teleports you to Thailand. The designers made a good effort to remain authentic. Big ornaments on the walls, original copper bells and detailed cushions on the lounge sofas. Dim lighting with tall standing lamps. Pay attention to the small turquoise Elephants on the tables, they are actually Salt and Pepper shakers.
A friendly waiter greeted me and showed me to a table. The tables have a nice setting with earthy colors and Thai style porcellain and silverware.After I looked through the menu it was easy to place the order. There is not a huge selection, but what you can find on the menu is all very tempting. I decided to order a Tom Yum Soup with Prawns, Thai Green Chicken Curry, Steamed Rice and Jasmine Tea. That is pretty basic stuff and if it comes right you can be sure that other dishes are good too.
Soon after I was served a complimentary appetizer of pickled shallots, cucumbers and white cabbage, a good change to the so common prawn crackers in other restaurants. The Tom Yum Soup came in a big bowl with lid, which the waiter removed before serving. Hot, orange reddish soup with lots of vegetables, tomatoes, lime leaves, prawns , lemon grass, ginger and other herbs inside. It was just right, not too spicy and not too mild, a little sour, and the prawns cooked perfectly and fresh. It was also great to see more than the usual ‘token’ prawn, an entire prawn family was in that bowl! and all of them really tasty.
The Jasmine Tea came in a cute pot, a green elephant, an excellent eye for details! The Green Curry was served on a little stove, (a good idea so the food doesn’t cool too quickly) along with fragrant Jasmine Rice. The rice was a little fluffy but not too sticky, Thai rice shouldnt stick like Chinese Rice and shouldnt be too loose like Arabic or Indian Rice. A big heap of rice on my plate smoothered with the green curry sauce and the chunks of chicken filets. Everything you would expect in a Thai Green Curry was there… The green peppers, the chilies, garlic and ginger, lemongrass, lime peel etc. It was delicious! Oh, and for the uninformed, a Thai green curry is a mild one, so for those who like food spicy should probably order the red curry. The serving is good for 1 1/2 people, perfect if you share more dishes with your friends or family.
I had a brief chat with the waiter about the place and found out that the restaurant belongs to the “Gulf Royal” chain, so no newbies to the local food scene, but its not visible at all that they are related. He also mentioned that they opened in April, so they had been around for the past four months.
I wanted to order a classic Thai dessert, Sago pearls in coconut milk and jack fruit, this is a great thirst quencher and extremely refreshing, unfortunatley they didnt have the Sago pearls, so I had to leave the restaurant without getting my sweet kick! I spent SAR 80.00 for my dinner, considering the ambience, quality and service, was very good value. I will be back to try more and next time I am going to get my Sago pearls.
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Thai Thai was my favourite restaurant the best thai food but recently they have changed chef and the food was so bad i would never go there again.I would go once a week before but i tried it twice and both times i could not eat the food.so sad
I went there this afternoon, ate perfectly steamed rice, delicious tom yum gong (no compromise on the chili, which I highly appreciate, for me it’s just right. Not for my husband tho…he thinks it was really hot…LOL..). The shrimp pie was chewy & savory. The prawn in superior sauce was very nice, with few surprise veggies like asparagus & mangetout. Duck in red curry sauce was also good,meat was tender, although the gravy was a bit too sweet to my palate.
Some dishes are the exact replica of many chinese resto’s dish, but, nevertheless…the new papaya salad/som tam and the use of thai herbs in many dishes could make up for the lack of authenticity.
Ambience is nice, this place is definitely a keeper.
when i first read the review about the restaurant i thought it was exaggerated, but I have the to admit, the food is awesome, the atmosphere is great. as the previous reviewer said: don’t think twice.
Thai Thai is a sure winner among all those Asian restaurants. Ever since my first visit and review I return and were never disappointed. Their menu became more and more extensive during the past years and always some special dish is on offer which is shown on the tent card on each table. The popularity of this restaurant among jeddahfood.com followers can be clearly seen by the number of replies to my review…
I love the stir fried Kang Kong with garlic. It makes me drool thinking about it.
We were doing some shopping in the area (Hera street and Sultan) when I see a sign saying THAI THAI, and I love Thai food and did not have any since |I moved here.
So here we go, hoping to have a good lunch as we were starving.
We walk in and love the decor, it is beautiful. You feel like you are in Thailand and forget the outside world. We go up to the family section and are seating to a big table (for 4 but seems one for 6). The decor of the table is very unique and pretty and the dining room has vey nice thai decor and lighting as well. I was hoping that the food was a great as the decor. The menu has a lot of variety and has everything a Thai restaurant should offer.
For appetizer, we had spring rolls and Thai rolls. I have to say I had better spring rolls, they were only stuffed with cabbage and carrots, no bean sprouts which makes a big difference, so i was a bit disappointed. The crust however was really good. The Thai rolls were good, it comes along with an excellent peanut sauce and it is very healthy. I was disappointed that they did not have the golden moon (minced chicken and potatoes with a touch of spices wrapped with egg paper and deep fried).
Then we had one duck with green curry, very vey good, nothing to say, may be missing a little spice. I do not like spicy food but that one needed a little kick. My Thai noddle were excellent. On the picture the noddle were a bit thicker and I love thick noddles but the one they brought were like fettucini, so not as thick as I would have like it but it was still very tasty. My baby has Thai fried rice, good but not excellent. The taste was there but something was missing, may be a little bit too dry but overall good.
Then we had the fried banana with ice cream, could have been better as the bananas were not fried enough, so it was not crispy or cooked enough.
To compliment our lunch, we had jasmine tea served in a beautiful Thai service set.
Overall we had a very good experience, service is quick and great. Price wise it is a good value. Out total bill was around SAR 190
Their menu is extensive, however, there are no dishes with chicken but plenty with beef, duck, seafood or fish. I will definitely go back to try their other curries and noddles.
I often see this whenever we go to Extra mall. We often eat at the Thai restaurant in Sari street and I would want to visit this one. It looks expensive from the outside…but according to your review, it seems worth the try. Thanks for this one. =)
We celebrated my father s birthday at Thai Thai restaurant,and i want to take this opportunity to thank all the stuff in Thai,it was Fantastic! the food was delicious,on time.I loved the decoration!
It s a beautiful place to try! DONT think twice!
Great job.
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Hi to all…
we would like to thank you for all your comments, both positive and negative.
we are doing our best to present to you the thai tradition of cooking and quality service.
although we are only a year old (our first anniversary was last April 2009), we are pushing for more authentic and special asian and thai foods which we believe will make you come back for more.
any suggestions, complaints, and comments are gladly accepted.
thank you very much for your kind patronage.
The management, Thai-Thai
hi everyone.
had a funny experience last week at thai-thai restaurant… not that it was bad, but funny.
as we were enjoying our appetizers and soup, just before the main course will be served, the electricity of the restaurant went out!
one dining staff came to us with a candle and informed us that it was the entire residential area had a power black out.
they however managed to serve the food and kept em cold using their cute burners.
how we ate our food? candle dinner…
i wanted to complain but i thought to myself that i can’t blame the restaurant for not having back-up generators as black-outs are rare in jeddah, or at least i thought.
even in candle lights only we enjoyed our dinner coz the waiters in thai-thai are one of the friendliest, most hospitable, and caring to customers we’ve encountered so far, willing to go extra miles just to please the customers, considering the uncontrollable situation.
we’ll certainly come back to dine in thai-thai… hopefully with full lights on… lols
I Love this place..and everytime ive visited, I have loved the food all the more.
In addition to the wonderful Thai ambiance, minor attention to details like minibells for waiters etc make the experience worthwhile. We love Thai food and would recommend this restaurant to all.
i love spicy foods therefore i would say that this thai thai restaurant is a nice place to fill my appetite for spicy foods.
i tried their tom yam prawns soup (no mixed seafood tom yam???), and it makes your ears smoke!!! amazing!
other foods i tried and enjoyed are their pumpkin curry beef (displayed inside their elevator, a clever way to entice customers like me to try), the curry was stronger than regular curries i tried. i guess it’s the pumpkin’s texture that made the curry thick and added with spicy curry it played in my mouth… yummy!
and guess what? i tried their sago pearls… hehehe… it was very good.
yes, their menu is quite few, but the quality of their food, may i say, is excellent. i would easily recommend this restaurant to my friends.
cozy is how i would describe this place
i’m really amazed by their interior designs. they have these hanging gongs, artificial coconut tree with lights.
their food i should say was different from other restaurants’ we dined before, so it’s a nice place to try other dishes.
the only downside is their few number of dishes to choose from. i hope they would add more thai foods and really make the effort to bring in the thai tradition in cooking.
i agree, thai thai is a great place to dine.
we will come back again to dine at Thai-Thai restaurant… interesting place.
i will invite my relative coming to jeddah next month to dinner & this place is on my list.
keep up the good work.
we held my son’s birthday at thai thai restaurant and i would say it was fantastic. the food came on time despite our number (we were about 15 persons).
their staff were friendly and hospitable.
very nice place to consider if you have a big party coming…
nice food, good service.
the ambiance is amazing with its hanging dim lights. the music complements to the restaurant’s beauty.
if you want a place to dine in peace and quiet, this is the place to go.
Looking for authentic Thai cuisine? Well, Gulf Royal Chinese Restaurant has expanded their business. Recently they opened one branch called “Thai-Thai”. It has a variety of authentic Thai cuisine like Thai curries, Thai salads, & their frontliner, the special “Tom Yam Kon Soup… spicy!”
For those on the go, they offer Special Combo lunch menu at an affordable price.
I’ve been wanting to try this place and finally i got the chance last week with a couple of friends. This is the second place I’ve been to where one has to take an elevator to the family dining area. Lo and behold as soon as the elevator doors parted, it was quite a sight. Warmly lit, spacious and cosy Asian interiors with teak wood furniture, thai silk table runners, exquisite accents and decor. For one, it was quiet with relaxing harp music (or was it a japanese koto) playing softly in the background. A far cry from the usual loud shouting of waiters and clatter of utensils and furniture in the “other thai restaurants” (Oriental, Pattaya, Asia Food) in the Sary/Hai Salama area).
The food menu was short but selected and prices were reasonable. We ordered the lobster and pumpkin soup, mixed fried rice, sliced fried beef with pepper and garlic, and their baked fish served with anchovy paste. We weren’t disappointed -the food was great! Pumpkin and lobster soup was smooth-textured and served at just the right temperature. The beef was tender, reasonably spicy with red chilis and fresh peppercorns (still green on the vine). For dessert we had the fried bananas with vanilla ice cream.
Altogether a different Thai dining experience with the ambiance!
Hi!
Went to Thai Thai yesterday and it was a nice place … NO PARTITIONS (sorry but I have a phobia with these things!). Food was ok and, like Yaser, I agree who would HATE pricy TOKI! We ( my hussband and I) got the 2 choices of lunch special-too hungry to scan and choose-:Beef was so tender. Shrimps was tricky, Hubby ate the tails not knowing the other 2 “things” were the shrimp (uneatable) heads! intresting “make your own” vietnam springrolls.
Price was very affordable. I wish I read these previous comments to try those Sago pearls.
In any case, I was sad when ZeeNoodles closed and there was no other affordable Asian food restaurant.Gulf Royal use to be good but now you go in and you come out not sure what you ate but smelling exactly that!.
P.S. good shisha terrace next door top floor “Jeddah Jeddah”
I tried the place last night. i liked it a lot. to me it out did the other Gulf royal places. and its also a bit cheaper than them.
the fact that we were the only customers (me and my wife) in both the singles and families sections scares me. you know what happens to places in saudi when they have no walk-ins; they usually start taking short cuts on the food quality.
after 6 years of marriage finally i found a south asian restaurant that my wife likes and we can go to again (other than TOKI). who hates TOKI? but come on, the bill breaks your back there.
P.S. to the article writer; I got my Sago pearls.
well i a really sorry but i dont agree with your judgement at all ok sevices yes it great!
We went to the thai thai today for iftar welcomed every thing was good! got our menus! I have to say for a Thai Restaurant it has very limited menu. Their beverage list is longer than the food menu, and it is very expensive!! without any offense to anyone! i didnt like the thai thai restaurant!!
Excellent! I’ve been looking for a good Thai restaurant in Jeddah, and had thought none existed. Most of of the Thai restaurants we have right now are Chinese food restaurants that serve Tom Yum. Thanks for the review.