A Thai Restaurant
worth the drive from Maltby

Maltby sits about ten miles south of our kitchen on Copley Road, in Rotherham borough. Junction 1 of the M18 is right on the edge of town - Maltby forms a continuous urban area with Hellaby, split from the rest of Rotherham by the motorway itself. From junction 1 it is a straightforward run north, past junction 2 at the Wadworth interchange with the A1(M), then off at junction 4 onto the A630 into Doncaster town centre. The drive takes around fifteen to twenty minutes depending on traffic through the town centre approach. Trafford Way multi-storey is the closest car park to us, two minutes' walk from the front door on Copley Road.

Whether you are setting off from around the town centre and the old Grammar School building on Rotherham Road, the Model Village estate to the east, the newer housing toward Flanderwell and Sunnyside, or the Hellaby side closest to the motorway junction itself, the M18 is the obvious way in. Being this close to a motorway junction is genuinely useful for an evening booking - there is no threading through Rotherham traffic first, just the M18 north and a few minutes of town centre streets at the end.

If you would rather not drive, First South Yorkshire run an hourly direct bus between Maltby and Doncaster, taking around half an hour each way. Maltby itself has no working train station - the original station closed back in 1929 - so for anyone without a car, the bus is the realistic option rather than rail. The drive home in the evening is quieter still, since the motorway has emptied out by the time we close.

• Five tables, intimate by design
• BYO with no corkage, no service charge added
• Every dish cooked to order, taste-adjusted as Rin cooks
• Authentic Thai pastes from Thailand, the same ones used in Bangkok kitchens
• Around fifteen to twenty minute drive from Maltby via the M18

Maltby is a town of around sixteen and a half thousand people in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, sitting roughly six miles east of Rotherham itself and close to the Nottinghamshire border. Like much of this part of South Yorkshire, the town grew up around coal - Maltby Main Colliery opened in 1910 and was the last working pit in the borough before it closed in 2013. The Model Village, built to house colliery workers, still forms a distinct part of the town's east side today.

On the edge of Maltby stands Roche Abbey, a Cistercian abbey founded in 1147 and suppressed under Henry VIII - the ruins and the valley setting are a genuine draw for anyone in the area, and a reasonable stop before or after a drive in for dinner. The old Grammar School building on Rotherham Road, built in 1931, still anchors the town centre as a business hub today.

What sets Maltby apart from some of our other outlying pages is the motorway. Junction 1 of the M18 sits right at the edge of town, which is why the drive into Doncaster is a clean motorway run rather than a cross-town one. It is also why Maltby has good links south to Sheffield and Rotherham as well as north to us - the town was never purely a satellite of Rotherham centre in the way some of its neighbours are.

For collection orders, we send a secure card link by text so you can pay before setting off from Maltby - the food is boxed and ready when you arrive at 67 Copley Road.

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. Five tables mean Friday and Saturday evenings fill up by midweek, so book a day or two ahead if either night matters to you. Midweek tables can usually be booked the same day, and walk-ins are often possible if you call ahead from the M18.

Book a table online through our booking system, or phone 01302 210408 directly. The phone is the better route if you want to confirm spice levels or flag a dietary requirement before you set off.

Parking is closest at the Trafford Way multi-storey, two minutes' walk from us. The Wool Market car park sits a similar distance away. Street parking on the roads around Copley Road is free after 6pm once restrictions lift. Parking once and walking for the rest of the evening is the easiest approach for anyone driving in.