Sawadika Fine Thai Restaurant serves traditional and contemporary Thai cooking at 71 Red Lion Street in Holborn. Its central location is within walking distance of both Holborn and Chancery Lane stations, making the restaurant convenient for lunch and dinner. The menu emphasises freshness, fragrance and the balance of sweet, sour, salty and spicy flavours.
Starters include chicken satay with peanut sauce, Thai fish cakes, vegetable spring rolls, crisp calamari and golden pastry bags filled with chicken and prawns. Grilled pork neck, marinated chicken and lamb rack introduce smoky flavours and aromatic Thai herbs. These smaller plates can be shared across the table or combined through one of the set menus.
Green, red, yellow and Panang curries combine coconut milk with vegetables, herbs, chilli and a choice of protein. Duck red curry adds pineapple, lychee and tomato for a richer sweet and savoury contrast, while massaman lamb offers a gently spiced slow cooked centrepiece. Stir fried seafood, meat and vegetables provide alternatives to the curry selection.
Pad Thai, fragrant rice and noodle dishes complete the main menu, supported by vegetarian, vegan and gluten free choices. Desserts and drinks provide a cooling finish after stronger spices, while the set menus bring starters, curries and accompaniments together for groups. Sawadika's broad selection allows diners to shape anything from a quick midday meal to a generous shared dinner.
Address: 71 Red Lion Street, Holborn, London WC1R 4NA, United Kingdom
Most loved here
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- Appetizers Satay Chicken £10.35
- Noodle Pad Thai Goong £19.95
- Noodle Drunken Noodles (Spicy Hot) £21.75
- Rice Khao Pad Supparrod (Pineapple Fried Rice) £24.65
- Curry Green Curry (Medium Spicy) £12.95
Sawadika Fine Thai Restaurant Menu
Appetizers
Spring Roll (V)
Crispy fried spring rolls filled with julienned of vegetable and glass noodles.
Satay Chicken Loved
Grilled marinated chicken skewers served with peanut sauce.
Thai Fish Cake (Mild Spicy)
Traditional Thai spicy fishcake with Thai sweet chilli sauce.
Specialty
Pad Hoi Lai (Medium Spicy)
Stir fried clams with Thai herb, chilli paste and sweet basil.
Goong Makram
Grilled jumbo prawn serve with tamarind sauce and cashew nut on hot plate.
Prawn Pad Pong Karee (Mild Spicy)
Jumbo prawns cooked with curry powder, egg and a dash of milk.
Soft Shell Crab Pad Cha (Medium Spicy)
Crispy soft shell crab topped with spicy on-house sauce.
Red Curry with Duck in Pineapple (Medium Spicy)
Red curry cooked in coconut milk with duck, pineapple, lychee, cherry tomato, green pepper, red pepper and sweet basil.
Tamarind Duck
Roast duck breast with tamarind sauce.
Salad
Som Tum (V) (Medium Spicy)
Thai famous green papaya salads with fine beans, carrot, tomatoes, roasted peanuts and dry shrimps in chilli and lime dressing.
Larb Gai (Medium Spicy)
Minced chicken salad with toasted ground sticky rice, fresh Thai herbs in lime and chilli powder dressing.
Mango and Papaya Salad (Mild Spicy)
Vietnamese famous Mango and Papaya salad with Mint, Carrot, Homemade Fish Sauce, coriander and peanut
Vegetable
Stir Fried Mixed Vegetables in Oyster Sauce
Stir Fried Chinese Cabbage with Ginger
Stir Fried Broccoli with Garlic and Oyster Sauce
Stir Fried Morning Glory with Garlic, Oyster Sauce and Yellow Bean Sauce
Stir Fried Chinese Choi Sum in Garlic Sauce
Stir fried Morning Glory with Shrimp Paste
Curry
All curries contain: coconut milk, shrimp paste 5%.
Green Curry (Medium Spicy) Loved
Green curry paste cooked with coconut milk, bamboo, green pepper, red pepper, aubergine and sweet basil.
Red Curry (Medium Spicy)
Red curry paste cooked with bamboo, aubergine, green pepper, red pepper, sweet basil and coconut milk.
Stir Fried
Cashew Nuts Stir Fried
Stir fried with pineapple, cashew nuts and straw mushroom, red pepper and green pepper.
Drunken Duck (Medium Spicy)
Stir fried duck breast with chilli, fine beans, sweet basil leaves, krachai, red pepper and green pepper.
Sweet and sour Chicken
Stir fried crispy chicken with sweet and sour sauce, onion, spring onion, pineapple, red pepper and green pepper
Noodle
Singapore Noodle with Chicken (Mild Spicy)
Stir fried vermicelli with chicken, onion, spring onion, bean sprout, egg, Turmeric powder, red pepper and green pepper
Drunken Noodles (Spicy Hot) Loved
Stir fried hofun noodles with fresh chillies, mixed Seafood, red pepper, green pepper, fragrant with sweet basil and krachai.
Pad Thai Goong Loved
Stir fried rice noodles with Prawns, egg, bean sprouts, tamarind sauce and ground nuts on side.
Rice
Khao Pad Supparrod (Pineapple Fried Rice) Loved
Pineapple fried rice with prawns, egg, curry powder and topped with roasted cashew nuts.
Khao Pad Prik (Spicy Hot)
Fried rice cooked with fresh chillies, red pepper, green pepper, fine beans and oyster sauce.
Steamed Jasmine Rice
Khao Pad with Chicken
Traditional Thai fried rice with Chicken.
Egg Fried Rice
Coconut Rice
Sticky Rice
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