The Piecrust
Café
Family style Thai food · since 1984
Four decades of the same recipes, the same wok, the same family. A neighbourhood Thai joint with all the hum and clatter of a Bangkok shophouse, plonked on Stratford High Street.
The story
Forty years on the High Street.
We opened in 1984, back when the only Thai food in East London was the bag of rice in our pantry. The neon out front has been fixed, the menu has grown a little, and Pad Kaprow is still saucy — just the way we like it.
Generations of Stratford families have eaten here. So have the cabbies, the market traders, the late-shift nurses. The kitchen doesn't move. The recipes don't move. That's kind of the point.
40+
Years cooking
60+
Dishes on the menu
1
Wok, well loved
The house favourites
What we cook best.
Pad khing
Stir-fry with ginger
£9.50
Pad gratiem
Stir-fry with garlic
£9.50
Pad priew wan
Sweet and sour stir-fry
£9.50
Pie Crust's Pad kaprow
Stir fry with chilli and holy basil — it's saucy, just the way we like it!
£9.75
Opening hours
When the wok is on.
Collection ready in ~20–25 minutes. No delivery — just give us a ring.
Reserve · Collect
Pick up the phone.
We're a one-line operation — call the café to book a table or place a collection order. Easier that way. More human.
020 8534 2873Tue–Sat · during opening hours
