Today on the blog, I’m sharing a little selection of Thai restaurants in Paris. This is a small pick of the spots I’ve had the chance to test out in the capital, as it’s a cuisine I find truly flavorful and exotic. The Parisian addresses I’m introducing below are quite different from one another. Yaai Thaï, Im Thaï Gourmet, and My Pum Pui offer a quite traditional take on Thai gastronomy with decor that inspires travel, while Moom Mam is bathed in a chicer atmosphere with a more bistronomic Thai cuisine, I’d say. Tuk Tuk Thaï offers a street food version of Thai cuisine, and finally, Thaï at Home is a bit like the Thai fast-food chain of the capital.
For your information, the Thai Select label certifies the origin of Thai ingredients, the expertise, and the service of restaurants offering Thai cuisine. So, if you want to be sure and certain that you’re eating in a traditional Thai restaurant, you can rely on this label issued by the Thai government.
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Faaï
Chef Anne Coppin, a lover of Thai cuisine since childhood, has set up shop at Bastille with this new address, Faaï (which means “fire” in Thai). This restaurant is a more contemporary take on her Thai cuisine, dedicated to flame cooking, where clay pots (small terracotta braziers unearthed in Bangkok) take center stage. We were thrilled by this passionate spot that offered us a sensory, aromatic, and intense journey through regional Thai cuisine.
Tested in 2026 - Invitation
Faaï
15 rue Trousseau 75011 Paris
Price: tasting menu for 2 people 59 € per person (vegetarian version available)
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L’Echappée Thaï
L’Échappée is an iconic Thai bistro in the Ménilmontant neighborhood, as it has existed for over 20 years. This institution is recognized for its authentic flavors and for its cuisine that blends a French bistro style with Thai gastronomy.
On the menu are traditional Thai dishes, but also, for a short while now, the address has offered a 100% vegetarian option with a choice of 4 different starters and 5 main courses.
We tasted, for example, the crispy mushroom balls, which were super good, and that surprising crispy green papaya salad. For the vegetarian main course, there’s a bao burger with crispy mushrooms. On the classic menu, we also tasted the house signature dish: spaghetti with squid ink sautéed with shrimp, squid, and mussels. For my part, my favorite was the vegetable and mushroom stew in red curry—a real treat. For dessert, I wasn’t a huge fan of the exotic fruit soup with coconut milk, and I preferred the Thai taro flan.
Tested in 2025 - Invitation
L’Échappée Thaï
38 rue Boyer 75020 Paris
Price: 24€ set menu with starter + main or main + dessert and 29€ with starter + main + dessert
The tip: lunch set menu at 15€ with starter + main or main + dessert and 19€ with starter + main + dessert
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La Brasserie Thaï
La Brasserie Thaï – “Chez Thanatcha” is located in the Montmartre neighborhood, right at the top of the hill. The strength of this place, halfway between a French brasserie and a Thai dive bar in a refined and cozy setting, is its selection of wines and fine vintages that pair perfectly with the Thai cuisine offered at the restaurant. The address was founded by Thanatcha, a cuisine enthusiast originally from the lush region of Phichit in Thailand, and her husband Didier. Both are aware of the importance of subtle pairings between wine and food, and they have developed a wine list that does justice to Thai cuisine.
Tested in 2025 - Invitation
La Brasserie Thaï
5 rue Poulbot, 75018 Paris
Price: assortment of starters to share 25€ / main courses between 19.50€ and 32€ / desserts between 10€ and 13.50€ / wine by the glass between 6.50€ and 9.50€
The tip: lunch set menu from Monday to Friday with starter + main or main + dessert 19.50€ and starter + main + dessert 27.50€
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Canal Thaï
This restaurant is located on the Quai de Jemmapes opposite the Canal Saint-Martin (hence its name), not far from the Place de la République. It is a family-run canteen with very cool decor that offers authentic dishes straight from Thai street food. The products are fresh and delivered every day by the start-up Califrais, specialists in quality ingredients. The lettuce, eggs, and lemons are organic, short supply chains are prioritized whenever possible, and the meats are of French origin. Local products like chives, Thai basil, or green papaya come directly from Thailand.
For a starter, we tasted the lemongrass soup with shrimp (€8) and the crispy chicken and shrimp ravioli with Thai chives, soy sauce, and cilantro (€7). As for the main course, we had the stir-fried chicken with Thai basil (€15) and the pad thai (wok-fried rice noodles with tamarind sauce, cilantro, peanuts, and fresh soy) in the shrimp version, which was very good (€15). For dessert, we had the classic mango sticky rice and also banana in coconut milk with sesame seeds.
Tested in 2024 - Invitation
Canal Thaï
36 Quai de Jemmapes, 75010 Paris
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Thai Market
This Thai restaurant is located on Rue Saint-Honoré in Paris. It’s the ideal spot for a chic and cozy dinner in a venue that offers refined Thai cuisine. The setting is intimate and classy, perfect for a romantic evening. For once, we tried 2 mocktails from the house, and I must say we were pleasantly surprised because they were very well crafted. To start, we had a plate with an assortment of appetizers to taste several things. Then, I couldn’t resist the pad thai, which is perhaps my favorite Thai dish. We also tested a dish we didn’t know, the massaman, a shredded chicken with red curry in coconut milk, and it was really super good! For dessert, we had the traditional sticky rice, coconut milk, and mango—a safe bet.
Tested in 2024 - Invitation
Thaï Market Caffè House
280 rue Saint-Honoré 75001 Paris
Price: starters between €5 and €22 / mains between €20 and €25 / desserts between €9 and €12 / mocktails between €9 and €11
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Moom Mam, Thai Bistronomy
Located in the 9th arrondissement, a stone’s throw from the Mogador Theater, the Moommam Thai restaurant in Paris offers Thai gastronomy in a chic, contemporary, and design setting. At the heart of the restaurant, the mirror-finish bar makes quite an impression, and bottles of sake and Asian whiskies set the tone and pair well with the Thai dishes served in the dining room. In addition to its lunch menu and its tapas and cocktail offering for dinner, the chef now offers a 6-step tasting menu that we went to test during a dinner with our favorite photographer (obviously, this was before the lockdown). It was an opportunity to explore the restaurant’s creative and refined recipes while letting ourselves be guided by the Moom Mam chef.
As always with this type of menu, you are asked at the beginning of the meal if you have any allergies or dietary restrictions, and then you just let yourself be lulled by the parade of dishes… In any case, we, for our part, always love it just as much—being surprised and not really knowing what we are going to eat. With the menu, you can also opt for a wine pairing with 2 or 3 glasses (€25 or €35) of wines selected from the restaurant’s list.
Tested in 2020 - Thanks to Moom Mam for this invitation.
Moom Mam
19 rue Mogador 75009 Paris
Open Monday to Saturday from 12 PM to 11 PM continuously
Tom Jai 6-step discovery menu at €59 (for 2 people minimum)
The good deal: lunch menus with starter/main or main/dessert at €17.90 and
starter/main/dessert at €22.90
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Thai brunch at Yaai Thaï
We headed to the location in the 14th arrondissement near Denfert Rochereau, but there is also another Yaai Thaï location on the Grands Boulevards. At Yaai Thaï, you’ll find traditional Thai cuisine, but you’ll be completely transported by the decor of these restaurants! As soon as you step inside, it feels like you’ve traveled to Bangkok in just one stride. For our part, we went on a weekend to test their recent Thai-flavored brunch offer. This formula is presented in the very famous Thai pinto, the workers’ lunch box, and is available on Saturdays and Sundays. We sat in the back room of the restaurant, which is quite quiet and where you can see the chefs working, as the kitchen is partially open.
Brunch set menu: 1 starter of your choice, 1 main dish of your choice, 1 side dish of your choice, and 1 dessert of your choice + a hot drink (coffee, tea, or hot chocolate) + a fruit juice (mango, lychee, or orange juice).
Must-try: Kaï Satay (marinated chicken skewers); Goong Thod (shrimp tempura); Po Pia Thaï (vegetable and vermicelli spring rolls); Kai Takrai (crispy lemongrass chicken); Gaeng Daeng Curry (a super tasty red curry with coconut milk!); Khanom Mo Keng (a Thai custard).
Thanks to Yaai Thaï for this invitation.
Yaai Thaï
22 rue Daguerre 75014 ParisYaai Thaï brunch on Saturdays and Sundays at both locations: 29 €
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Im Thaï GourmET
This traditional Thai restaurant has obtained the famous Thai Select label that I mentioned at the beginning of the article. It offers many Thai specialties in a setting that refers to the Chinese-decorated restaurants that are very popular and numerous in Thailand, from what I’ve understood. We met there with my favorite photographer on a Saturday lunch with a cheerful troop of Parisian influencers. It was the perfect opportunity to have a great time but also to travel to this country I’ve never visited before, all thanks to my taste buds!
Must-try: Papaya salad (we even learned how to make it); shrimp with chucheekung red curry; tofu and vegetables with green curry; deep-fried sea bass plaradprik; “crying tiger” tamarind rib-eye steak (20 €); sticky rice for dessert; try the Singha Thai beer (5 €) which is the most consumed in Thailand!
Tested in 2020 - Thanks to Thai Select for this invitation.
Im Thaï Gourmet
8 Rue de Port-Mahon, 75002 ParisOpen Monday to Saturday
The good deal: if you come on my behalf you will get a free appetizer (valued at 8€)
per person!
THAI SELECT LABEL
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Thaï at Home
This friendly chain, which owns several restaurants in Paris, democratizes Thai cuisine with simple and quick formulas. There is a location not far from my work near Rue de Rivoli. I go there from time to time when I want to eat quickly with some colleagues or friends during my lunch break on weekdays.
Must-try:
- For a starter, I really liked the spicy lemongrass salad (8.90 €): you can get it with grilled beef, shrimp, or, like me, with chicken.
- The Pad Thai (10 €) or traditional Thai noodles: you can get them with shrimp like me, or with beef, chicken, or in a vegetarian version.
- We also tested (and approved) the Tom Kha coconut milk soup (7.50 €): here again, you have a choice between the chicken version (our choice), shrimp, or a vegetarian version.
Tested in 2020 - Invitation
Thaï at Home Rivoli
22 Rue des Bourdonnais, 75001 ParisThe good deal for children up to 10 years old : the kids menu at 8 €
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Tuk Tuk Thaï
This location situated in the heart of Paris in the 8th arrondissement normally offers Thai street food. For our part, we tested this address in a specific context with the Thai Select label and we discovered, for the occasion, extremely rare Thai dishes that are not usually on the restaurant’s menu. So, don’t rely on my photos to judge the type of dishes usually served at Tuk Tuk Thaï.
During this very special lunch, the chef wanted to create a meal in the style of 19th-century Thai royal feasts. Among these rare delicacies was Khao Chae, or rice soaked in cool water, based on a recipe from one of the king’s concubines at the time. This dish alone required 2 days of preparation; that should give you an idea of the caliber of this lunch!
Tested in 2020 - Thanks to Thai Select for this invitation
Tuk Tuk Thaï
47 Rue de Laborde, 75008 Paris
Daily menu from 12.90 €
THAI SELECT LABEL
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My Pum Pui
This Thai restaurant is located in Levallois-Perret, but it is very easily accessible by metro via line 3. It’s a wonderful spot where you can enjoy perfectly executed traditional Thai dishes. Moreover, the place is run by a passionate couple: Poo, who is the head chef of the establishment, and Gilles, a Burgundy wine lover with a well-stocked cellar.
During our lunch, we discovered the importance of the quality and age of rice for Asian people. Indeed, Thailand is renowned for producing some of the best rice in the world, and there, this cereal is considered sacred. In France, we tend to think all rice is the same, whereas, like all consumable products, there are many varieties with very different qualities. We specifically tasted an exceptional rice from the Naga-Gold brand, the “Man pou” or whole grain red rice, which is grown in the mountains of the northern part of the country.
Must-try on the restaurant menu: the My PumPui platter with a selection of starters to share (20 € for 2 people and 30 € for 3 people); Khung Mongkorn, fresh blue lobster salad with Thai herbs (25 €); Talay Kling, stir-fried and crispy shrimp and calamari with garlic and fragrant Thai spices; Khung Phad Eryngii, wok-fried shrimp with Asian mushrooms; for dessert, the Khao Niao Mamuang, mango accompanied by sticky rice (11.50 €).
The little extra: this year, the restaurant inaugurated a new small terrace for sunny days that extends onto parking spaces and is quite pleasant!
Tested in 2020 - Thanks to Thai Select for this invitation
My Pum Pui
11 Rue Louise Michel, 92300 Levallois-PerretOpen every day for lunch and dinner except Sunday
THAI SELECT LABEL
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N̂ản̂ả Bistro Thaï
This new Thai bistro is located at the foot of the Bassin de la Villette, right next to the mk2 Quai de Loire cinema (it even has a door that leads directly into the cinema). It is the perfect address to have a drink and grab a bite before or after a movie. You’ll find well-balanced cocktails with Franco-Thai influences (priced between 9 € and 12 €) and tapas to share with Thai fusion flavors, which are super well done! Regarding the decor, N̂ản̂ả is a very colorful address with a warm and exotic-chic atmosphere, featuring rattan pendant lights, leather benches, lush greenery, and a mix of colors and materials. I really loved the place!
Must-try: the mini Thai hot dog (a lovely surprise) with lemongrass pork sausage, aged cheddar, cilantro, Thai chives, sriracha sauce, fried onions (8 €); the sea bream ceviche, mango, cilantro, lime, scallions (11 €); satay fries (5.50 €); garlic-marinated prawn tempura (10 €); the black sesame chocolate molten cake (9 €); the matcha french toast, brioche-style, served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and seasonal fruits (10 €).
Tested in 2022 - Invitation
N̂ản̂ả Bistro Thaï
5 Quai de la Loire, 75019 ParisOpen every day of the week from 9:00 AM to 12:30 AM
Good Deal: happy hour from 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM
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Street BKK (Bangkok)
This famous Parisian Thai chain has several locations in the capital, and actually opened its latest one in Pigalle during lockdown (Street BKK Roast & Beer). Unfortunately, I haven’t had the chance to test this chain in person yet, but during the lockdown, they sent me a Hot Box to my home so I could recreate their famous homemade red curry smoked sausage, and I must say, it was a little killer—nice and spicy! So, I’ll definitely have to go test this place in one of their Parisian restaurants very soon to verify the quality (though I don’t doubt it at all, given their reputation)!
Street Bangkok
Street BKK Pigalle
28 Rue de Douai, 75009 Paris
Find all my restaurant reviews in Paris below:
⇒ My restaurant reviews in Paris
⇒ My Asian restaurants in Paris
⇒ My Thai restaurants in Paris
MY THAI RESTAURANTS IN PARIS
⇒ HolyBol
⇒ Thaï at Home
⇒ Yaai Thaï
⇒ Moom Mam
MAP OF MY FAVORITE FOOD SPOTS IN PARIS AND THE ILE-DE-FRANCE REGION
Photo credits: Nicolas Diolez and Melle Bon Plan with the Nikon Z7 (for Moom Mam and Yaai Thaï) Photos are not royalty-free, photographer's authorization required before any use
