There were many things wrong with our experience at Thai Talay. We went there because sometimes you just want a meal NOW, and it happened to be close to where we had been for the afternoon. Its a case of first time equals last time. As others have said, the atmosphere is non existent... it was surprisingly noisy which we initially put down to the concrete ceiling but later realised it was due to the incredibly inappropriate loud thumping electronic music that not only didn't suit a Thai restaurant, but certainly wasn't what the majority of the customers wanted either. I am surprised nobody ever complained as most customers were well over 50 and judging by their body language, were struggling to hear each other talk. Not that the (probably under 20 year old) staff would notice since they spent most of their time clustered each side of the main counter talking among themselves rather than tending to the customers. Simple things like serving drinks took ages. And about the drinks... in a country where nearly half the population has diabetes and many are sugar conscious, it was very annoying that the only sugar free drink was diet Coke. Thats not good enough these days. The food was O.K. I'm certainly not raving about any of it. Mine was meant to be Lemongrass flavoured stir-fry chicken. It arrived smothered with so much soy sauce that no-one would know if there was any lemongrass... it had zero taste of it. When I went to pay and leave... I could hardly wait to get out... the staff asked about my meal and had I enjoyed it. I mentioned I thought it bad that they only served diet coke and as a diabetic I wasn't happy. She smiled and said..."Oh my mum's diabetic too." So in my opinion... they should have known better and sorted this one out. I'm not going back.