Giggling Squid - Cheltenham

Great find whilst on a breath work retreat in Cheltenham. Food was so lovely we went there 3 times! Staff were welcoming and friendly and the service was top notch. Would definitely recommend.

A nicely decorated, modern Thai restaurant. The food is good, if a little expensive. The service was excellent.

I was excited to try this place, but left very disappointed, unconvinced.

The dishes came out lukewarm (like they had been microwaved for not long enough, no sign of the food having been prepared fresh either).

Minced chicken dish was UNBELIEVABLY salty. I don’t like to waste food, but on this occasion I had to.

The rice was very mushy.

An order for an iced tea came as a hot tea. It was also very difficult to get a waiter’s attention for another drink after… (Despite there only being two other tables with guests seated.)

I had booked a table for 7pm on 5th Oct. When we arrived the lady said I'd chosen to sit outside. I hadn't at all. There is nowhere on the booking form to choose to sit outside and nowhere on my confirmation email stated we would sit outside. She refused to change our table and answered all my queries with laughs and smirks which I did not appreciate. I said why would I choose to sit outside in October and she laughed and said, 'I know, I thought that'! We couldn't go elsewhere as it was a busy Saturday night with the literature festival on, which I think had contributed to us being sat outside - the lady had likely overbooked the restaurant. My friends enjoyed their food however my beef was chewy and fatty. Really disappointed. The waiting staff were great, but overall a really disappointing experience and I won't be returning.

Made us sit outside on a cold October evening, even though we'd booked weeks before. Showed booking confirmation which did not say outside, but waitress laughed about it. Avoid in Winter!

Love this restaurant, food is amazing quality

Always an amazing experience. Delicious food, drinks and service second to none!

Be very careful if you have a preference that isn't an allergy, as this restaurant is paternalistic to the extreme. I took my friend out for her birthday and she prefers gluten free and is vegetarian. The restaurant messed up her order, bringing her something with tiny shrimp on it, then told her she wasn't allowed to order something with gluten in it as she'd said she's allergic. She repeatedly said she wasn't allergic, that she was fine with some gluten and was happy to have the spring rolls. THEY WOULD NOT LET A GROWN WOMAN ON HER BIRTHDAY MAKE HER OWN CHOICE! Because it took them so long to figure out there was nothing she could eat, she had to sit there while we all ate our food. Horrible experience, happy birthday huh? Then then brought her out two tiny scoops of ice cream and suggested she share it with us, put the price on the receipt (£5.25!!!) and then took it off.

And that was all the acknowledgement we got for a totally ruined and awkward evening.

Enjoyed a lovely lunch. The food was exquisite and the wine was tasty. I also enjoyed the ambience and wait staff as well.

The Drunken ribs were amazing!!! I would say to get it without the garnishing - i removed that part, it was a very strong herb.

We also had the pork belly and wings as starters. The pork belly was soooo tender! Very delicious and sweet!

For drinks I had a strawberry virgin mocktail and my spouse had a mango smoothie. Both drinks were great!

Ate at the restaurant last night, good service, lots of effort put into the food prep with some authentic ingredients, so much potential....but the salt levels were absolutely off the scale bad. I'm talking almost inedible curries; we had to fish out the ingredients and leave all the sauce behind, the opposite of an authentic Thai food experience for me. FTR I lived in Thailand for nearly 2 years, speak the language and cook Thai food myself. This level of saltiness in the dishes in totally unnecessary. Chichester was the same when we ate there last year but we thought we'd give it another go. Not sure I can go back to the giggling squid anymore after this. Something needs to change please

Non was our waiter and he was brilliant will definitely go back to try everything else on the menu

The food at giggling squid is always good but never knockout great and I can get better at different independents in Cheltenham for a similar or lower price. Painfully slow service when I went last week although we were a large table and it was a week night.

We had a lovely lunch today. A warm welcome, great service, nice surroundings and delicious food - best satay we've ever had. We will definitely be back soon.

Great food, amazing service. 10/10 ✨