A Thai Restaurant
for Barnsley diners

Copley Road sits roughly sixteen miles south east of Barnsley, and the A635 is the road that gets you there - out through Cudworth first, then skirting the South Kirkby and South Elmsall area before the run down toward Carcroft, Adwick le Street and into Doncaster town centre itself. Traffic depending, budget twenty-five to thirty minutes, more at rush hour. Once you're in, Trafford Way multi-storey is a two minute walk from the door.

Whether you're setting off from the town centre near the Market, from Cudworth, or from one of the villages strung along the A635, it's the same road most of the way. The last stretch will already look familiar if you've been through South Kirkby or South Elmsall, or come down via Carcroft and Adwick le Street.

It is a proper drive rather than a quick hop, and we would rather say that plainly than round the distance down. For an evening out, plenty of Barnsley diners treat it as part of the plan - set off in good time, park at Trafford Way, and the meal itself is the destination.

• Five tables, intimate by design
• BYO with no corkage, no service charge added
• Every dish cooked to order
• Authentic Thai pastes shipped direct from Thailand
• Twenty-five to thirty minute drive from Barnsley via the A635

Barnsley is a market town of around ninety-seven thousand people, the main settlement of the wider Barnsley borough and long known for its historic outdoor market and its coal mining heritage. The old pit villages around the town, from Cudworth to Wombwell, still shape the character of the area even where the collieries themselves are long closed.

The town centre has changed a good deal in recent years. Barnsley Town Hall on Church Street, a striking 1930s building, now houses the Experience Barnsley museum, and The Glass Works development nearby has brought a cinema, a food hall and new public space into the centre. Further out, Cannon Hall near Cawthorne and Wentworth Castle at Stainborough give the borough two proper stately homes within easy reach, Elsecar Heritage Centre is worth the detour for the old ironworks buildings and the shops built into them, and Oakwell - Barnsley FC's home ground and one of the oldest still in use in English football - sits a short walk from the centre itself.

For specialist Thai food, Barnsley's own scene runs mostly to daytime cafes and weekend street food rather than an evening sit-down restaurant - Rin's own Khao Niew was part of that picture until it closed. Diners who valued that cooking have largely shifted their routine over to Doncaster, where Rin is now back at the kitchen.

For collection orders, we send a secure card link by text - you enter the details before you set off from Barnsley and the food is boxed and ready when you arrive. Cash and card in person are fine too. Halal chicken and beef run across all the mains, the full vegan menu sits alongside the standard one, and most mains adapt as gluten free when you flag it.

We are open Monday and Wednesday through Saturday, twelve noon until nine in the evening, with the kitchen typically taking last orders around eight-forty. Tuesdays and Sundays we are closed. Friday and Saturday evenings are our busiest sittings, and the five tables fill up - book a day or two ahead for either night. Midweek bookings are usually fine the same day. Walk-ins midweek are often possible.

Book a table online or phone 01302 210408. The phone tends to be quicker for confirming spice levels, dietary needs and timing - Rin or one of the team will pick up. If you know Rin from Khao Niew days, mention it on the call - she will recognise the name.

Parking is straightforward in central Doncaster. Trafford Way multi-storey sits two minutes walk from us. Markets Car Park is a similar distance, with Chappell Drive East Car Park a good backup on busier evenings. Street parking on the surrounding roads is free after 6pm. Most of our Barnsley regulars park at Trafford Way and walk in - the route from the car park to the door is a short flat walk past the Wool Market.