Gerrards Cross, Thai Restaurant Guide

Acclaimed Chef Carlo Scotto is set to launch BEAR by Carlo Scotto, bringing a new slant to the restaurant offering at the Crazy Bear Hotel in Beaconsfield. It will offer an ambitious tasting menu with a farm-to-plate philosophy, highlighting foraged ingredients and seasonal vegetables. The restaurant is open in Spring 2025 alongside renovations at Crazy Bear's UK properties in Beaconsfield and Stadhampton.

“Very good Thai food” remains the order of the day at this “cramped” fixture of the local scene, whose extensive menu (wok dishes, curries, fresh papaya salads) represents excellent value for money. From Tuesday to Saturday there’s a lunchtime noodle bar, and they also do a swift trade as a takeaway.

2021 Review: The “lovely Thai food” at these reliable cafés is “impressively authentic given that they are a chain” – “excellent value” and “fast”, if occasionally let down by “iffy service”. Founded in 2008 by Saiphin and Alex Moore, who inherited the name of their first East End site, the group has 18 branches in London and expanded to Liverpool, Manchester, Reading (delivery only) and Leeds following the sale of a majority stake to US investors. The couple also have two spin-offs, Lao Café in Covent Garden and the new Chinese noodle bar Hoh Sek in St Katharine Docks.

2024 Review: This “exciting local gem” near Stamford Brook serves “excellent Thai cuisine in a no-nonsense setting”, attracting aficionados from far and wide who warm to an “authenticity” that makes it “almost an ‘in-country’ experience”. The uninitiated may miss the point other than the good prices. Top Tip – “if they say something is hot, believe them!”