Lovely little restaurant great food great service ! Short staffed but still managed to deliver good service. Highly recommend and will deffo be back

If you are in the Area of West cliff or surrounding and you haven’t been to Sopa you are missing a lot. What a lovely business Thai restaurant. I been many times but never disappointed, I should reviewed it long time but I keep missing...it. Every friend or family we take there they feel that the best food ever had. The service excellent,the lady owner and her partner treat you like you are at home. I can’t explain enough and if you visit and I was wrong I will be happy to apologised to anyone won’t enjoy the food or the service.More

Took a team of 35 here for a Christmas meal. Really couldn’t have been better. Food was excellent. Owen and Sopa were so attentive to ensure everything was just right. All 35 left very very happy. Thanks to all at Sopa

Hate to leave this review as i really enjoyed the food the first time we came here but the 2nd time i pre ordered for 8.40 - 8.50. The guy rings me at 7.50 and says the food is ready and i can come and...collect it when i want. I explained i requested it for 8.50 its an hour early unsure why they had cooked it, they said they would put it in a hot bag and it would be warm by the time we get it - i said i wanted it cooked fresh for when i requested. The manager/owner said hes not willing to cook it fresh as hes already had to pay someone to do it and i can either have this one or cancel the order. Disgraceful customer service why take orders for certain times if your going to cook it immediately and argue with the customerMore

We were looking for an authentic Thai meal and saw excellent reviews on this restaurant. We have experienced delicious meals in Thailand. Our meal lived up to our expectations. We asked the owner for his recommendations and our whole meal was delicious, tasty and spiced...perfectly for us. It was reasonably priced for the quality. We are looking forward to going there again.More

We’ll went to sopa Thai last night With friends our first visit. And wow what a great experience The food was amazing fresh tasty and plentiful the ambiance in the restaurant was great the staff friendly helpful and very generous I can’t say enough good...things about this restaurant looking forward to our next visit ps thanks for all the free drinks and my extra Brandy 🥃👍More

Some of the most well balanced food I've ever had, really full of flavour and cooked perfectly, the squid was incredible. Had a delivery, but will definitely go for a meal in their restaurant at some point. Highly recommend.

I visited this restaurant last Saturday A friend of mine, who is quite the foodie, told me the story of his visit a couple of months previously. When ordering, he was approached by the Lady Owner, who asked him whether he wanted his food cooked...'Western Style' , or alternatively 'Thai Style, (like my Mother cooks it, she said). He of course went for the latter and had a very nice experience. So I had high hopes. Oh well. The first thing I should point out is that the pricing to sit down is anywhere between £7 and £10 more expensive PER DISH than the prices for delivery on for example Just Eats. I really can't understand how SoPa can justify this, but hey ho, lets get stuck in to the wonderful food! Except that it wasn't. I ordered the starter platter, what they call 'Laughing Tiger' and the Tamarind Duck. The starter platter was adequate. Nothing remotely Thai about it (Chicken Wings and deep fried squid, both I am certain bought frozen and simply fried in-house. What they called 'Thai Dim Sum', also store bought, and some rather insipid chicken satay.) Chicken on a stick with a bit of yellow colouring does not a satay make. It came with four dipping sauces, all from out of bottles. If you are going to charge me £17 for this, at least bother to make your own sauces. Nam Jim Jaew, Saeng Wa, Prik Nam Pla, Prik Nam Som. Pretty straightforward. Ok so now onto the mains. Tamarind Duck - dry, way too sweet, served with a mini bowl of rice that had been heated in a microwave (it's pretty obvious when the bowl is red hot and the rice only warm), and cold mushrooms??? Now for the star of the show. Laughing Tiger. This is I assume their take on Weeping Tiger, and the 'laughing' bit is the chefs laughing at you having forked out £20 for this. I ordered it medium rare, and it arrived on a sizzling hot plate, who's sizzle stopped after 15 seconds. Accompanied by the same microwaved rice and cold mushrooms/uncooked carrot. It was barely warm. At this point I was getting somewhat fed up, and asked the gentleman who identified himself as the 'Owner, Boss, Guvner' why he was serving me a warm sliced steak He told me it was because I had ordered it medium rare. If I wanted it hot, he said, I should have requested medium well! My firm offer to go into the kitchen and show him and his 'chefs' how to cook a @%$£&*^ medium rare Weeping Tiger which was actually hot was, I'm sad to say, rejected. So I left. £70 poorer ( I had two nice bottles of Singha - at least they couldn't stuff that up.) Felt like an absolute idiot. The only positive was the service of the waitress, who was attentive and always smiling. I doubt the chefs in that kitchen have even been out of Essex, never mind to Thailand. I would also suggest that those on this forum who rated this place highly were either 1. Incredibly lucky or 2. have never eaten real Thai food. Avoid at all costs, or at least until the Lady Owner comes back and cleans house. I'm signing off.More

Pad Thai Beef ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Light taste, small portion Mass Chicken & Jasmine Rice ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Yummy, authentic, nearly perfect Service Good

Visited with friends and we had an excellent meal. The food was tasty and well presented. Good friendly service.

We popped in on Saturday evening before going to The Cliffs Pavilion. The waitress asked if we had booked, sorry no we hadn’t. Hold on she said, luckily she had a table for two but needed it back by 7.30. This suited us as the...show started at 8. We ordered crackers, beef massaman which came with rice & morning glory. Two Singha beers & tap water Everything was excellent. We got nhs discount after asking the owner & it all came to £34 with the tip. Bargain Will definitely return & highly recommend.More

Waitress was charming and helpful - food was gorgeous … would 100% recommend We had seafood pad Thai , chicken massaman curry and dim sum ….. all presented beautifully 👌