Royal Siam - Paris

We have served twice during a 5-day stay at the fantastic Hotel Eiffel Kennedy. Welcome to the Royal Siam was warm and friendly, the menu wide and interesting and the food was great. We had pork in Ste Maxime 40 years ago and sought Nems to rival her since the Royal Siams were the best. It was (understood) busy at both visits, but we never felt crowded or rushed. Can't recommend it too much!

With food so good in France why go to a non-French restaurant? I wanted something different and not so hard for lunch before an art exhibition at Marmottan nearby. I found this place on the map and decided to try it. I'm glad. Although I had no time or hunger to try one of the lunch menus, I had a delicious but expensive chicken curry dish. When I took the first bite, I forgot the price. It was a very delicious dish, full of taste. The owners are also very friendly. I'd go back if I needed a nice non-French meal.

I don't know much about Thai food but had some spicy and tangy instead of the Bland look for and Bland tasting dishes served chickens, shrimps and vegetables with piecey rice and tiny samples of watery sauces. I would have liked to ask the owner/head waiter for advice, but he was so abrupt that he did not give us the opportunity to do so even if we were the first customers.

Dinner for two, we ordered the seafood spring rolls and the vegetable spring rolls (we like spring rolls a lot! both dishes were good, fragrant and crispy. For the main course we ordered green sea food curry, a beef curry and the chef's noodles. We drank some Thai beers. There is nothing wrong with this restaurant, the service is friendly and the food is overall quite tasty. I could say that there is nothing special about it, but if you are looking for a quiet night out in this neighbourhood I definitely recommend the Royal Siam.

We fell upon this little Thai restaurant by lucky accident. We'd lost our direction on the Passy Auteuil walk about 12:45. Time to eat reorient. The restaurant was nearly full of business clientele at lunch but they made room for us. We ordered the Royal Siam menu for two at 48 euros. First came the appetizer with crispy nems chicken satay skewers, and the most delightful salad I've eaten. The chef has a deft hand with herbs! Carpaccio of beef with mixed greens and slivered veggies with hints of coriander, lemongrass and something reminiscent of tarragon. The main course arrived with a wonderful rice containing shrimp, egg, tiny slivers of veggies; a dish of fabulous grilled chicken pieces with a very tasty piquant dipping sauce; and another dish over brimming with a mixture of seafood, fresh and perfectly prepared. The scallops were large and succulent, the prawns grilled to perfection, and a selection of other goodies including squid. Too often Thai restaurants resort to the curries and mixed vegetable dishes but Royal Siam is truly Gastronomie Thaïlandaise ! Flavours were subtle but persuasive. Service was attentive but we did have to wait for our first course as we were late in arriving and the restaurant was full. If only we had this restaurant at home, we'd be there every other week!