Simply Thai

If you want authentic Thai food, lovingly made with fresh ingredients delivered weekly from Thailand, you need travel no further than Buxton. This spacious restaurant, spread across two floors, boasts beautiful Thai-inspired decor and a traditional Thai welcome. Allow plenty of time to study the impressive menu, which offers 16 starters plus nine vegetarian choices. Main courses include salads, curries, grilled meat and steamed fish - with the degree of heat clearly demarcated. There is an excellent lunch menu served from noon until 2.30pm and the full menu is served all day. There are also five set menus if you fancy a real banquet.

I sipped a tangy lemongrass and ginger Mojito and nibbled homemade prawn crackers while we deliberated. We then shared a perfectly cooked mixed starter, nestled on a bed of salad decorated with intricately carved carrots in the shape of flowers and birds. The beef in peanut sauce came next - highly recommended and rightly so, as it was exquisite. Sea bream in coconut milk and kaffir lime leaves, bathed in a red curry sauce, was similarly divine and equally satisfying to the eye, nose and palate. Side dishes of crisp stir-fried vegetables, rice and noodles left us wanting for nothing. Simply Thai pushes the dining experience into another dimension, creatively and harmoniously blending unique flavours and textures. There are even jazz nights twice a month. As we concluded our meal we overheard a fellow diner on a nearby table declare it the best Thai restaurant in the area - and we totally agree