Fitzrovia, London · Modern Thai wok kitchen

Baan Sabai

บ้านสบาย — the house of ease

Cooked at a roar.
Served at ease.

Fired to order on a live wok line · grilled over charcoal · curry pastes pounded each morning

The Baan Sabai dining room — sand-plaster walls, aged brass lamps, trailing greenery and the open wok line glowing at the back
Inside the room · the open wok line

The Signature — walk the wok’s day

The Wok Walk.

The whole kitchen laid out sideways — from the roar of the wok, over the coals, into the coconut, and home to rice & noodles. It drifts on its own; swipe to take over.

Drifting sideways swipe or tap a station
01From the Wok
Pad krapow — minced pork and beef with charred holy basil, red chillies and a crispy fried egg on jasmine rice

Pad Krapow Moo

£14

Minced pork & beef fired hard with holy basil and bird’s-eye chilli, crispy fried egg, jasmine rice.

The one at a roar
02Over the Coals
Moo ping — coconut-glazed grilled pork skewers with charred edges over glowing charcoal, a brass bowl of tamarind sauce

Moo Ping

£11

Coconut-marinated pork skewers grilled over charcoal, lemongrass smoke, tamarind dip.

Charcoal-grilled
03Curry & Coconut
Gaeng keow wan — green curry in a turmeric-brass bowl, emerald coconut broth with chicken, pea aubergines, sweet basil and kaffir lime

Gaeng Keow Wan

£16

Green curry from this morning’s paste — coconut, chicken thigh, pea aubergine, kaffir lime.

Paste pounded today
04Rice & Noodles
Goong pad thai — tamarind-glazed rice noodles with charred prawns, bean sprouts, chives, crushed peanuts and lime, smoke rising

Goong Pad Thai

£15

Tamarind rice noodles from the wok, charred tiger prawns, chives, peanuts, lime.

Wok-hei finish
Come taste the walk → Reserve Every dish is on the full menu below — real prices, no PDF.

The Idea — two forces, one room

The breath of the wok, the ease of the house.

Every plate here is that argument, resolved: fierce heat met with an easy welcome.

The Wok · wok hei

Cooked at a roar.

A high-flame line where everything is fired to order — char in seconds, smoke, the fast half of the meal. The roar you can only get at heat.

The House · sabai

Served at ease.

The Thai ease of being looked after — an unhurried room, and a live thread where the house always answers, before you book and after.

“The wok does the shouting. The house does the rest.”

620 °CPeak flame on the wok line — the heat wok hei needs
7 pastesCurry pastes pounded fresh every morning — nothing from a jar
1 growerOne Thai-market grower for our holy basil & aromatics

The Ease — sabai

Someone from the house always answers.

A real thread, bottom-right of every page, where the house replies about dietaries, groups and tonight’s tables — before you book, and long after.

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Ask before you book

Gluten-free, a birthday, a table of twelve — message first, and the house sorts it.

02

We hold the table

Tell us the night and the number; we’ll hold it and confirm, usually within the hour.

03

Still here after

Running late, changed the count, need the quiet corner? The same thread stays open.

The Baan Sabai dining room — sand-plaster walls, aged brass lamps, trailing greenery and pale oak tables, the open wok line glowing at the back

Love your space

The fire is in the room, not behind a wall.

Sand-plaster walls, aged brass lamps, holy basil on the sill — and the open wok line roaring at the back where you can see it. Stand in it before you ever book.

Reserve

Pull up a chair.

Pick a moment — we’ll hold the table on the drawer that follows. Always one tap away, from anywhere on this page.

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Free to cancel up to 24h · or just message the house, bottom-right.

HoursTue–Thu 17:30–22:30Fri–Sat 12:00–23:00 · Sun 12:00–21:00 · Mon closed
Find us27 Charlotte Street, FitzroviaLondon W1T · 5 min from Goodge Street
MessageThe house replies in minutesBottom-right — dietaries, groups, tonight’s tables
Good to knowMost wok dishes go gluten-freeGroups of 8–20 welcome · walk-ins at the wok counter
Pull up a chairTables from 17:30 Reserve