chantek means beautiful in bahasa malaysia, and pouring or serving in thai. the restaurant is the outcome of a unique heritage: co-owner, ruth phillips, grew up in asia and her father, a cornishman and a seafaring man, worked in asia all his life. bringing the exotic part of her childhood back to cornwall with her was perhaps a mission she had to accomplish!

chantek is an award-winning restaurant, gaining the restaurant of the year bronze award in the prestigious cornwall tourism awards 2007 and 2009. we were also voted ‘best thai restaurant’ in cornwall by the cornwall social group awards 2007 and 2008.

our dishes come from many asian and pacific rim countries: thailand, malaysia, japan, singapore, indonesia, china, vietnam and laos. chantek‘s chefs are all from south east asia.

collectively, our chefs’ experience spans many years working at some of the best hotels and resorts across south east asia, including bangkok, shanghai and beijing, during which their passion for innovation and the fusion of thai and southeast asian cuisine evolved.