Art Thai

I grew up in Birkenhead and only moved away a couple of years ago. This place has been a Thai restaurant for years, but has only been Art Thai for the past few. I regularly used to drive past and see only a couple of diners in there, and assume isn’t was fine, but not great (there’s three other thai places within a kilometre, so it’s got some competition!) .
However, it seems to have gotten more and more popular, and was basically full the night we went (here was me thinking we wouldn’t need to worry about booking!).
The food was really good, so obviously its popularity has increased for a reason. I had a basil chicken dish, which was just the right amount of spicy, and so fresh tasting. The others were well-​pleased with their curry choices also — they came in generous sizes with rice on the side.
It’s BYO, and I think it’s something crazy cheap like $ 2 a person corkage, so that’s a nice feature.
We stayed and chatted so long that we got serious food envy seeing lots of plates of deep fried icecream come out of the kitchen, so decided to get on that bandwagon. A great choice. Definitely only a sometimes food, and definitely cancels out what was otherwise a fairly healthy dinner, but so worth it.
The staff were friendly, though we did have to wait sometime before they took our order, and they perhaps could have a been a touch more attentive with water/​asking if we wanted dessert, but overall we had a great time. Would definitely return.

This name is quite ironic I thought. Art Thai. Ironic, I thought, because the food came out looking like art. I came along with my boyfriend and we were very undecided about what we felt like eating. We were tossing up between Thai, Indian, Italian or a good old steak… and they were all in very close vicinity, so the choice was tough. We decided on Thai knowing that if the food was in any way disappointing we would regret our decision and our night would be ruined. Yes… big life-​changing meal decisions! We stepped foot in here and my immediate thought was that I loved the ambience. I feel like saying it must have been Valentines Day or a special occasion because the tables were so beautifully dressed. I felt extremely happy chattering away in this restaurant right on the corner waiting for our meals to come. When they did, the thing I was most pleased with was the carrots, which were crafted and molded into flowers on our plates. I felt bad eating it but when I did… it was a damn tasty carrot. Moist and crispy and delicious. As was all our food that night! Well done Art Thai… very impressed!