Historical version 3 of Boonchoo, WC1B 4ET (view current version)
- 020 7580 7843
- 75 Southampton Row, WC1B 4ET (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview)
- boonchoo.co.uk
- noon-2:30pm, 5:30pm-10:30pm Mon-Fri; 12:30pm-2:30pm, 5pm-10:30pm Sat-Sun
Thai restaurant and takeaway on Southampton Row in Holborn. They also do deliverym and you can order online from Hungry House.
secretlondon visited on a Monday evening in April 2009. I started with golden tofu puffs, which the menu claimed were served with ground peanut in sweet and sour plum sauce. This turned out to be six deep-fried tofu cubes, not marinaded, with a syrupy dip with a few peanuts in. I followed this with chicken pad Thai (£6.75), which was described as sweet and fruity sour. It was pretty tasteless, but I could identify the tamarind if not anything else. To drink, I had black goddess tea (£1.50) which was served in something a bit like a cafetiere.
It felt average in a kind of anglicized way. I suspect they don't make their own sauces.
Accessibility: No step to enter but entrance may be too tight. Some seating on a stage but some on level. Toilets not checked.
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