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Lacto
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Thai
Beer/Wine
Delivery
Take-out
Asian
Non-veg
Serves meat, vegan options available. Thai food restaurant with multiple branches. Labels vegan items with 'VG' and offers starters, stir fries, noodles, sides, rice, curries and tapas dishes. Also offers vegan wines. Open Mon-Thu 12:00-22:00, Fri-Sat 12:00-22:30, Sun 12:00-21:00.
6 Reviews
First Review by Veganladybird1
Apandey30
Points +6
100% Stay Away for Vegetarians - Edit
I would strongly advise any vegetarians—or anyone with dietary restrictions—to think very carefully before dining here.
Read moreI visited today for lunch with my family, I ordered a vegetarian Thai green curry, clearly marked as vegetarian with a prominent green sticker. This wasn’t a vague assumption or menu confusion—the dish was explicitly labelled as suitable for vegetarians. Despite this, the curry contained chicken.
This is not a minor mistake. For vegetarians, this represents a fundamental breach of trust. When a restaurant labels food as vegetarian, there is a clear expectation that proper preparation standards, ingredient separation, and verification procedures are in place. Serving meat in such a dish suggests either:
• a serious breakdown in kitchen processes, or
• a lack of care in handling dietary requirements.
Either scenario is concerning.
What makes this worse is that Giggling Squid - Chislehurst actively promotes itself as offering vegetarian and vegan options. If a restaurant markets itself this way, the expectation of accuracy and food safety is even higher.
To be clear: this is not about taste or service quality—it is about food integrity and customer safety. For some people, dietary requirements are not just preferences but ethical commitments or even medical necessities. Mistakes like this can have serious consequences.
While reviews of the restaurant are generally mixed, with some customers praising the food and others criticising declining quality or inconsistency, an incident like this goes beyond subjective opinion—it raises real concerns about reliability.
Bottom line
If you are vegetarian, vegan, or have any strict dietary requirements, I would not recommend taking the risk here. A clearly labelled vegetarian dish containing meat is not an acceptable error—it’s a failure in basic food handling standards.
Guest
mariana87
Points +354
fantastic - Edit
Fantastic vegan options and the food is absolutely delicious.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2025-02-28
Pros: Food, decor , price point
Guest
PlantbasedQueen🩷
Points +699
Lots of options - Edit
Enough options for even picky vegans or those that avoid gluten
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2024-08-30
Pros: Flavorsome, Price, Options
Guest
Hermalink
Points +208
Good Thai food but was served chicken instead of vegetable dish - Edit
Clearly labelled vegan options and very tasty food, but was served chicken instead of a vegetable cashew stir fry.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2023-06-27
Guest
OtisVegan
Points +1441
Tasty Thai food - Edit
Lovely dinner out with my family, great atmosphere and scrumptious Thai food
Read moreGuest
Veganladybird1
Points +109
Nice but expensive - Edit
Ate here a few weeks as ‘vegan options’ were advertised on the board outside. Whole separate vegan menu was offered. The food was lovely but it was expensive.
Read morePros: Lots of vegan options , Very tasty
Cons: Expensive
Guest
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