La Villa Thai - Paris

Context Diner with friends on a tuesday evening Location atmosphere Thai lounge restaurant. Very cosy and not too fancy. There is enough space between tables and the luminosity of the place makes it very intimate and relaxing. Not reference to Thailand though (no pictures, no specific decoration) Service I arrived first and waited for my friends. No drinks or snack were offered, I had to ask to get a drink. The waiter was nice but except saying everything was good, let 's say his advices were not very usefull. There were only 2 waiters this evening so the service was pretty slow Food I had a chicken curry soup, which was good. I tried the crying tiger and I was expecting better. The quantity and quality of the meat was great, however it was a little tasteless. The rice was served first so it was cold when I got the dish. Price Expensive in the evening, crying tiger is 25€ (the most expensive dish on the menu) and not worth its price. The rice is 3,5, which is a little expensive too. However, we reserved through the webiste lafourchette and had a 50% discount so in our case it was acceptable

First they do not have a set menu at dinner, in spite of it being posted outside. We dined early and there was only one other table. Yet the head waiter couldn't give us his attention. Based on this, we dined light. The bottle of wine was fair. We ordered the appetizer sampler and nothing stood out. The chicken entree was just a piece of fried chicken with red sauce on the side. The pad Thai was the most disappointing; very bland and flavorless. Just a sad and overpriced dinner. Wish we had tried the Blue Elephant instead. IF you plan to dine here, only go for the reasonable lunch special.