The Thai Restaurant for Doncaster Races

First race at Doncaster usually goes off between 1pm and 2pm, which leaves a clean window for a proper lunch beforehand. We open at midday Monday and Wednesday to Saturday, so 12 to 1pm is when the pre-race tables fill up. Today's Doncaster racecard on At The Races has the declared runners and exact off-times for every fixture.

If time is tight, the dishes that come out fastest are the handmade starters prepared in our kitchen, the stir fries, and Pad Thai with its 5mm rice noodles. Order to share, eat at a sensible pace, drive to the course with time to spare.

• Open 12pm Mon, Wed-Sat - covers the standard 1pm to 2pm first race
• A short drive from the restaurant to Doncaster Racecourse
• Card payment by phone if you want to pre-order before driving over
• Booking advised on big race days, essential during St Leger

Last race at Doncaster usually wraps between 5pm and 6pm. By the time you have walked back to the car, made it out of the racecourse traffic and arrived at Copley Road, it is the start of the proper dinner window. We are open until 9pm, so there is no need to rush.

Post-race is for sitting down and unwinding. The curries with jasmine rice work after a day on your feet, particularly the panang and the slow-cooked massaman. Rin's signature dark noodle soup is another favourite at this end of the day, the broth deep and warming.

If you would rather take it home and eat in your hotel or back on the sofa, takeaway is straightforward - phone ahead, food ready in 10 to 15 minutes.

St Leger Festival is the biggest fixture in the British flat racing calendar, four days of racing including the world's oldest Classic. Doncaster fills up. Hotels book out months ahead, the racecourse hospitality is fully reserved, the town centre is busier than any other week of the year. The four-day programme with declared runners and off-times publishes on the At The Races Doncaster fixture page in the lead-up to the meeting.

A quiet independent Thai restaurant on Copley Road is not the obvious choice for the racing crowd, but every year a portion of the festival regulars find their way here. Some come for lunch before Ladies Day, some come back for dinner after the St Leger itself, some bring a group from out of town who want something other than another hotel restaurant.

If you are planning around the festival, book well ahead. The restaurant offers a relaxed dine-in setting, and St Leger week is the one week of the year it books out across the whole run. St Leger is only part of the picture too - see our guide to dining during Doncaster's annual events across the rest of the year.