Don't come here for dinner, although the place was nice and cosy, the food was bad...bad...bad. We had the French onion soup, the cheese on top was very under baked and gluey, the soup itself was very slaty. I had the salmon dinner, the fish was ok, but the steam vegetable had no flavor, and the brown rice was soggy. My husband's dish was a little better than mine, but still, it's just not a place to go out for...
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At 9pm on a Friday there was a queue going out the door for Ting Thai Caravan. Being fairly new to the block, we speculated whether this might always be the case or whether it's because everyone wants a try of this hot little urban wonder. The line moved slowly, it took about 20 minutes to get a table for six. However, they had a menu in the doorway so we'd all decided what to gorge our faces with long before we sat down. This meant that we could order straight away. The smells wafting out of the restaurant while we were waiting reassured us that there were no wrong choices! We ordered the Thai beef jerky (warm, succulent and deeelish), sweet potato crispies (tempura style sweet potato) and the squid (chewy, dry and tasted a bit like anchovy) to start with. The two former dishes were lovely but the way the squid was prepared was definitely an acquired taste... only one person at our table could stomach it. Then the main dishes came out and they were LOVELY. The servings were huge but not a scrap was left on any of the plates. The noodle dishes came in mammoth sized cardboard boxes while everything else was served in big bowls. The food did take quite some time to arrive, but they were exceptionally busy and they made sure all our food came out at more or less the same time. With two Singha beers, a main and a share in the three side dishes, it came to just over 15 a head. Ting Thai Caravan might not have the best Thai food in all of Edinburgh, but the portions, prices, choice and atmosphere really make it worth a try.
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We made reservations here for our anniversary. First of all, it is not intimate at all. I felt like I was seating at Denny's or ihop with people 2 feet to my side in the booth. We couldn't even focus on our conversation because you couldn't help but have the tables conversation next to you interrupting you. It is right off the casino and not a separate restaurant so it is smoky. Here's a recap: SERVICE- VERY slow. Wait staff not very knowledgeable. I asked for carrots and they didn't bring them out to me until 40 minutes later when I asked for the 3rd time. FOOD- Meat very bland. Side dishes, ok. Chimichurri sauce was very good. LOCATION - Bad. OVERALL VALUE- Horrible.
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Great prices, average to terrible food. You get what you pay for. Avoid the Pho, it's not even close to real Pho!
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