1. Getting Here
How to get to us from Maltby
Maltby sits 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. Drive time depends on traffic through the town centre approach. Markets Car Park is the closest, a short walk from 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 short stretch 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.
- Booking recommended for popular dining times
- BYO with no corkage, no service charge added
- Every dish cooked to order and checked under Rin's direction
- Authentic Thai pastes from Thailand, authentic Thai products selected by Rin
- A drive from Maltby via the M18, depending on traffic
2. About the Restaurant
What kind of Thai restaurant Charm Thai Cafe actually is
Charm Thai Cafe is a specialist Thai restaurant in Doncaster town centre with a relaxed dine-in setting, chalkboard specials and a kitchen led by Rin. Dishes are cooked to order across dine-in, takeaway and local delivery, including during busy services.
Rin cooked Thai food professionally across South Yorkshire for over ten years before opening here - the longest stretch at Thai Garden Cafe in Manvers, then briefly at Khao Niew in Barnsley and Happy Cha Bubble Tea. She now leads a kitchen organised to handle dine-in, takeaway and local delivery orders, including during busy services.
The pricing is straightforward too. No service charge gets added to the bill, bringing your own bottle carries no corkage fee, and the number on the menu is the number you pay. For a table that has made the drive in, that transparency tends to land well.
4. About the Town
About Maltby and the M18 corridor
Maltby is a town of around sixteen and a half thousand people in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, sitting 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.
5. Booking and Visiting
Booking, parking and arriving
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 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 Markets Car Park, a short walk from us. Frenchgate multi-storey is a popular alternative for visitors to the town centre, with Chappell Drive East Car Park a good backup on busier evenings. 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.
6. Delivery
What about delivery to Maltby?
Maltby is outside our standard delivery footprint. Our regular delivery range tops out at around eight miles from Copley Road - hot Thai cooking does not always travel well past that point. Maltby sits well beyond that, past where the food would arrive at its best, so we do not run a routine Maltby delivery service.
If you phone early in the day, an occasional delivery to Maltby may be possible depending on the route and service conditions - phone 01302 210408 and ask. Honest answer either way. For most of our Maltby guests, dining in is the natural fit anyway, since the M18 makes the drive in straightforward.
Maltby is one part of the wider Rotherham borough, and many of our diners travel in from across South Yorkshire more broadly. Our Doncaster restaurant page has the full story of the kitchen on Copley Road.
7. Frequently Asked
Maltby to Charm Thai, Answered
Book or Visit
Charm Thai Cafe
Charm Thai Cafe
67 Copley Road, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN1 2QP
๐ 01302 210408
๐ charmthaicafe.co.uk
Junction 1 to Copley Road
cooking to order under Rin's leadership, BYO no corkage, a clean run up the M18. Phone to book ahead or take a chance on a midweek table.
๐ Call 01302 210408 View Full Menu