Paolina's Thai Cafe - Islington

We have heard of this great Thai café, just around the corner of the office, so five of us went after the work. it is a cozy little place torn away from the hectic of the kings. we have a nice table and ordered. I have the chicken tom yam and gai med mamuang with sticky rice. the food was good. Everone liked her and so I think we will be regular, as the prices are really good for kings.

Great authentic thai!. this is a small hole in the (underground) wall, a hunting to SOAS students, but they know thai and annually after home for the new year wonderful, authentic, cheap thai not to miss!

I highly recommend this place. The food is lovely, excellent service and above all the owners and staff are some of the nicest folk I know. I have been going for at least 15 years. Whenever I go it is like going to see my favorite aunt and uncle.

LoOks like a fcking dump from outside set in a rubbish location, you look at the menu an you think fck why am I here. Trust me. It's great thai food and it's ultra cheap. 29 bucks and I was fasting. That's for 2. No service charge no alcohol. Byo. Quaff in a place like this seems a bit weird but hey ho. FYI they have lots of stuff off the menu so ask

I can't speak for all food bloggers but a welcome side effect of my hobby is the number of requests I receive from friends to check out different eateries. One such request was from the Mysterious Mrs A to try the Paolina Thai Cafà . Also joining us was El Greco, and as Paolina does BYO so did a welcome fourth guest, a bottle of Oyster Bay Sauvignon Blanc . I wasn't over enamoured with the deep-fried starters of wontons and corn cakes , especially as the latter consisted mainly of batter. The garlicky steamed kanom jeep dumplings were better but the pick of the starters was a particularly spicy poh tak soup that came with plenty of seafood. I much prefer this cleaner hot and sour soup...read more