Paya - Hertsmere

Never ordered from this place before but our local chinese is closed in these current times and this was the nearest one we could find. Placed the order over the phone of what we would usually order from our local (that would normally cost around £50 was told over the phone that it was £72.45 which we thought was extreme but thought it would be worth it if it was nice! (wish I'd looked at the reviews before we ordered! was firstly disappointed to hear that they had NO prawn crackers so we didnt even get anything complimentary for the amount we were spending! We couldnt believe it when it arrived, to say minimal for the money was an understatement none of the dishes were filled up, the mixed starter tray consisted of minimal amount compared to what we'd get from our usual chinese and nothing had much taste! They did deliver within the hour that they had stated but got lost en route so the food was barely warm. When the driver called for directions to our house he was extremely rude! Would definitely not order from these people again ... absolute daylight robbery to charge £72.45 for what we had!!

Ordered from here on Just Eat. The food was cold, very oily, left feeling very sick. Waited for the food for over an hour and half, not to mention the quality of the food was appalling. The crispy noodles were literally crispy pretty much exactly how it looks uncooked but browner. All the sides, shredded chicken, beef, squid was just completely soaked in batter and unbelievably chewy. Even the special rice had minimal amount of actual meat and was very bland. The pricing isn't fair for the quality. Payed £70 to be left feeling sick and hungry. Very disappointed. I want compensation for this experience.

There’s another restaurant that sells Thai food and that’s 10 times better. I accidentally ordered over the phone to these guys, half way through the call I realised it was the wrong place as they didn’t have certain things on the menu. My Thai red curry is like brown orange colour doesn’t taste that nice, ordered sticky rice and they delivered plain boiled rice. The dumplings are lovely and I also had salt n pepper ribs which were lovely. The moral of the story, stick with Chinese and don’t order Thai until they change their ingredients.

I used to love this place until the new management took over and raised the prices ridiculously high. This was my order: Crispy Seaweed 4.25 Smoked Crispy Chicken 6.45 1. Crispy Seaweed £4.25 2. Smoked Crispy Chicken £6.45 3. Black Bean Sauce, B. Beef £7.45 4. Crispy Shredded Szechuan, B. Beef £7.95 5.Singapore Noodles, A. Vegetarian (Noodles) £6.45 6. Egg Fried Rice £3.45 It came to £38 (including £1.50 delivery and a 50p card charge). That’s 6 dishes for almost £40, 3 of which are a vegetable rice dish, vegetable noodle dish, and vegetable seaweed dish! Such a shame as I really liked this place but cannot justify those prices

Fairs fair...! I previously slated this restaurant a long time ago, but it’s only fair to rectify that and say they have won me back and then some! The food I’ve ordered the last couple times (dim sum and ho fan noodles) has been absolutely delicious best food I’ve had for a while in fact...my favourite restaurant, again!!!