A lovely Thai experience in a small very friendly Bistro style restaurant. Book in advance if you want a specific date or weekend, it gets booked up for a very good reason but the online booking system is excellent. We visited mid week, it was our first visit and first impression was Excellent. It is small but has a great atmosphere, there was the buzz of people enjoying their evening always a good sign. Goya the owner/chef showed us to our table and offered help if we needed any advice on the menu. You are not rushed, evening bookings mean you have the table for the evening, but you can book for 1700hrs and may need to vacate your table before the evening bookings but 90 mins/2 hours is good for a meal. The menu offers Vegetarian option, GF, and NO MSG!. There is a licensed bar and the wine menu albeit limited was not an issue we were there for the Thai experience. Excellent menu, check online and get an idea, we had starters of "Heavenly Beef" Wow!! and fresh papaya salad both brilliant!. The "king prawn red curry" was delicious full of flavour as was the pan fried "Pad Khing". If you are regular visitors to Thailand and love your food "Thai" hot then let Goya know, I am sure she will be more than happy to boost the chilli level, however, we found the chilli level & flavour in our dishes perfect. This is a genuine Thai food experience using all the ingredients you would get in Thailand. 100% on our revisit list, although we don't live in the area we are more than happy to make the journey to enjoy quality Thai food.
Goya Bistro – St. Helens