Giggling Squid レビュー 

I wanted to review giggling squid takeaway service. I've just read some dire reviews. I am very surprised. I can honestly say this is the best presented and delicious takeaway from deliveroo, that Ive ever had.
I was also appreciative of the wide range of vegan dishes. ( Note to giggling squid -my daughter said that the vegan dishes weren't always easy to note)
Id give the restaurant 7 stats if I could

Absolutely beautiful food and outstanding service . Wonder pretty place to eat . But then always has been in Cardiff town and Cardiff Bay
We ordered the green curry and rice
It’s was perfect . We were Down Cardiff bay on the 14 th Feb . The service was outstanding and friendly . They cant do enough for you .
The curry was cooked to perfection
Would highly recommend and can’t Waite to go back . Thank you for a wonderful evening

I’ve eaten at many Thai restaurants around the world, and in my experience it’s actually quite difficult to find truly bad Thai food. Unfortunately, our visit to Giggling Squid in Oxford was very disappointing.

We ordered a Thai green chicken curry and a Thai red beef curry. The flavours were acceptable, but entirely unremarkable. The real issue, however, was the portion size. Each curry contained just four small pieces of meat and was made up predominantly of potato and sauce. The lack of protein was striking and left the dishes feeling unbalanced and unsatisfying.

When our server asked whether we had enjoyed the meal, we explained our concerns about the minimal amount of meat. To his credit, he appeared concerned and said he would check with the kitchen. He later returned to inform us that four pieces of meat per curry was the standard portion. That response was disappointing, as it confirmed that what we received was not an anomaly but normal practice.

Given that the curries were priced at £18 and £19 respectively, with rice costing an additional £4.25, the meal represented extremely poor value for money. For those prices, one would reasonably expect more generous and better-balanced portions. The only thing tasty thing about the meal was the price of the drinks, i.e., £8.25 for a 620 ml bottle of Chang beer.

I’m genuinely surprised that reviews of this restaurant are generally so favourable. After our experience, I can’t help but feel like the child pointing out that the emperor has no clothes.

Been twice in last week to York restaurant for Lunch and evening meal, both times, service excellent, great ambience, food was superb, absolutely delicious, well cooked & presented, will definitely be back & would recommend, Thanks to all

Rubbish food and worst stomach experience after visit in Jan.

Smelly Thain hake fish, boring chicken thai curry, tom yung rice (sorry for the spelling) worst. Both Bracknell and Wokingham branches have this issue.
But to be honest, Bracknell branch did server good food last year and was the reason for me to travel along to Bracnell on a rainy day but in vain. Stay away..

Had a lovely meal in Shrewsbury for my daughter’s birthday today. Food was great and service was better with the young legend Owen looking after us.

So stingy on the chicken in the green Thai, ideally you need to order 4 to get a normal amount of meat that you’d expect. They pad it out with rubbish veggies and spank you over the price, I took a piccy as it’s actually appalling! Shocker

We took our family to the Giggling squid for our sons birthday.Once sat down we were given menus .We then waited 15 minutes for someone to ask if we wanted a drink .The restaurant was half full .Eventually I had to ask for drinks which then took another 10 minutes to arrive .1 bottle of wine and a pint .I now realised that the staff had no intention of upping their game .We had to ask again after a further 15 mins to order food .Our starters arrived and the food was good as to be expected.The empty dishes once finished lay there for another 15mins I asked if they could clear the table ,she apologised then directly brought ours in courses up and half of them were cold.1 was sent back and the rest were just tepid .They had obviously been prepared and left to get cold.They food eventually was good.To finish I just was tired of looking at empty dishes and asked for the bill that arrived like lightning .I refused to pay the service charge.So in summary our experience was not a good one .The same as a lot of businesses you have earned a good name for yourselves and have taken your eyes away from good service.I have seen this happen so many times you need a manager looking out for this but you havnt .So we as a family will not return as dining out has become more often a bad experience as this happens quiet frequently in other restaurants also.More emphasis was being given on rolling out the just eat bags than looking after customers

Decent food n v comfortable but 12.5% automatically added to the bill - Why ? If i want to tip i will, so many chains now doing this.
If it's really worth 12.5% more, just put it on the menu.
Sorry won't very back.....

Had dinner for 2 in the Cardiff branch. Best satays I've ever tasted. Welcoming and knowledgeable manager and good service. No branches in Scotland yet. but will revisit when back down south.

We paid the bill by card - the amount shown. As we left the restaurant we were called back in saying the payment was wrong.
They cancelled our payment and asked us to pay again. we were apologetic even though it wasn't our fault. it was only later that evening I realised what had happened. The waiter hadn't added the service charge - so they cancelled the payment, they never explained to us and we weren't asked if we wanted to add the service charge, it was just done for us. I am so unhappy about this and think it's really bad customer service and also feel like we were forced to pay the service charge - we normally always pay it but hadn't noticed it wasn't added. Bad form Giggling squid, I won't go again
this was the cardiff branch

The food was served cold and wasn’t enjoyable. Although the staff were friendly, the service felt rushed — we were given the bill very quickly, and a service charge was added without being disclosed beforehand, even though we were only a table of two. The door was also locked right behind us as we left, which felt unwelcoming.

Service good
Place lovely
Food awful
Never coming back
Friends told me food was ok / dont understand it’s terrible

I’m a regular customer at the Harborne Giggling Squid and I’ve always had consistently good service and what I now realise were more generous portions.

I visited the Shrewsbury branch today (28 December) as part of a trip out, and sadly I left feeling disappointed. The service was fine and the venue itself was clean and pleasant, but the main course portion size for the money was genuinely poor. For a dish priced around £16, the portion felt meagre and simply didn’t represent good value.

It’s a shame because I like the brand and I’m happy to pay for quality, but the balance between price and portion at Shrewsbury felt off. If you’re used to the Harborne branch, just be aware the experience here may be very different.

My friend and I just had a lovely lunch in Giggling Squid Farnham. We enjoyed our meal and cozy and friendly atmosphere. The staff were very attentive and friendly.

In Cobham Surrey Giggling Squid have taken over a large restaurant space for over a year. On their web site it says it is to open in 2025, it isn’t. The front had been covered in boards and is a blight on our lovely High Street.
The website also says work is on going and describes what is happening. This is also untrue. All is dark and no sign of any activity taking place at any time.

This was our first time at Giggling Squid and we chose Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth.
Fabulous food, great beer, and excellent service throughout a long unhurried lunch,

We had a delivery. It tasted absolutely wonderful but presentation was appalling. They've crammed whole main courses into smallish boxes & of course, by the time it reached us, it had been thrown about a bit. It was delicious but those pink, silver-lined boxes are far too small. The duck was probably cooked as well as usual but in the box, the 'gravy' had slopped everywhere & so the skin was no longer crispy. That meal was not so pleasant.
Come on Giggling Squid, your food is fabulous but I'm not sure I'll be getting another meal delivered.

Visited the restaurant yesterday and was very disappointed The food was well below par ,we ordered the shared starter with battered squid which was rubbery and greasy ,spring rolls were mushy in the middle ,chicken wings were flabby and the skewers had cartridge in ,for the main I had crispy sweet chicken it had no sauce with it and was cold no vegetables in it ,we had egg fried rice which was also greasy my husbands meal was a beef dish which he said was tender but the sauce was very watery

As two people on a quiet (five occupied tables) Thursday lunchtime we waited over 45 minutes for our order. The food was tasty but nowhere near warm enough, meaning had to eat quickly. The vegetarian option chosen was unpleasant with slimey vegetables.
The decor is pseudo Ivy with lots of plastic flowers.
Won't rush back.