Review: Thai Thai (Victoria Island)

Restaurants

Aug 10

Thai Thai

Flat 3, 16 Kofo Abayomi Street, Victoria Island | Instagram | 0909 117 2906

Hopes were had and hopes were high for my Thai Thai experience.

The day I visited, I had planned a full solo date day — from getting my nails done, to going to the movies (P.S. I saw Thor: Love and Thunder, and despite what the haters say, I highly recommend it if you love Marvel). Naturally, I wanted to end my day with food, and although I hadn’t made a reservation, which is a requirement here, they were kind enough to let me in any way and find me a spot.

That being said, I do recommend you make a reservation because it’s a small space and you don’t want to get there just to be turned away. Fortunately, when I got it in, the waiters were very helpful and kind.

In terms of the restaurant space, it was giving the vibe of going to visit a relative or a close friend — it felt very homey. It feels like you never really left your dining room. I liked that I was surrounded by plants and the lights were dim, which maybe doesn’t work great for taking photos, but it was nice in its own way.

(Ed Note: We had to “borrow” pictures from the Thai Thai instagram)

I had already been through their menu on Instagram (who doesn’t do that, these days?) and had a pretty good idea of what I wanted. For my starter, I ordered the Bao Buns with BBQ pork ribs because that’s always a delicious combo, and this took about 25 minutes to get to me.

The outcome was a little disappointing though and I didn’t enjoy it as much as I thought I would. Even though the bun itself was fresh and quite well done, the BBQ pork filling didn’t taste up to scratch, and I was left wanting more flavour. I felt chicken or prawn might have been a better option in the long run.

To drink, I got the OG Goji, which is made out of fresh pineapple juice, Goji berries, cane juice and lemongrass, with honey and lime. It reminded me of the fruit punch a lot of us had as kids — this was really good.

For my main, I had asked the waiter what their best-selling noodles were and he recommended the Drunken Noodels. It’s basically flat rice noodles in a sweet soy and hot basil-based sauce, with veggies. I’ve had this before and I knew what to expect, but again, expectations fell short. It’s time for my signature line 🤣: It just didn’t spark joy in me.

For me, the meal was about a 6/10, and that bothered me because if that’s their best seller, then hmmm 👀 In my opinion, the chefs overdid it on the soy sauce and that affected the dish as a whole. It would have been really nice to see what it tasted like with a bit less of it.

Something that did get me excited, though, was what I had for dessert — Thai Thai’s deep fried ice cream. Yup, it’s a thing.

I’d had it once in London, but I’ve been on the lookout for it in Lagos. When it came, it didn’t exactly look like what I was expecting, but it was good 👌🏾 The ice cream tasted homemade and was super creamy, with the sprinkle of cashew nuts on top, just to give it that extra crunch/bite. This was, by far, the best thing I had.

Safe to say my overall experience at Thai Thai wasn’t the best. Their prices are very fair and their portions are decent, but I wasn’t close to being blown away by the food. Aside from that deep fried ice cream though 🔥