Fantastic spot. Food is great. Went with a large party and food wasn't so good on one occasion. Generally, very nice though. Watch out for the Jungle Curry - its uber-hot!!

My hubby and I like to visit Sabai regularly enough when we go out for a meal...this is my first review though having just joined the site. Have to say, i have never had bad food here, it's always pretty great, in fact gorgeous! But i do think there are a couple of areas they could improve on - the service experience from all of our visits is quite inconsistent... this visit, we couldn't fault it, but on previous visits, it's definitely been below par - food taking ages, can't catch the waiting staff's attention, staff not being friendly. I also have a gripe about the drinks menu. I'm not a wine drinker or a beer drinker, but LOVE a nice cocktail with a meal... i'm a bit of a cocktail buff and Sabai obviously has a liquor license but the cocktail menu is the most boring and unimaginative menu I've ever seen.... so much so that i don't even bother and they are awful value... the most expensive on the list is €10.50... Those prices have also held hard and fast all through the recession too. I just think they need to add a little more imagination and variety to their cocktail menu and reconsider their pricing point too... no-one will pay €10 for a cocktail anymore. Foodwise, it's exquisite but as another reviewer has mentioned, it is a bit overpriced.

This is a simple review with a simple grievance. I have eaten in Sabai several times. The restaurant is comfortable and stylishly decorated both internally and externally. On the date mentioned the place was full and there seemed to be a good general atmosphere, if somewhat noisy. On this occasion I was there to collect a takeaway having rang it in 20 mins beforehand. I was given the takeaway immediately on arrival by the manager which was good. It consisted of a Beef Green Curry and a Chicken Yellow Curry which were very good without being spectacular, a Duck Curry which was mediocre due to the duck being tough from overcooking and a Pad Thai which was above average. The problem was that after spending 44 euros on a takeaway there was no sign of prawn crackers or anything added. When I tried to shame the manager into giving them to me by asking if the order came with them he just said "nah, they don't". Spending money on a good meal doesn't bother me in the slightest and it's not a case of trying to get something for nothing. It's a case of measuring how willing a restaurant is regarding value i.e. quality and to a lesser extent quantity for your money. I consider 44 euros to be a large amount spent on 4 takeaway meals and considering what competing restaurants are giving you when you spend that amount then Sabai needs to get its act together. If it was astounding you could possibly forgive them. Advertising it as cooking Vietnamese dishes is also incorrect. They do not cook authentic Vietnamese dishes. Calling the Yellow Curry, Ho Chi Minh Yellow Curry does not suffice.