Phone: +33494620349
Address: 10 boulevard de Tesse, 83000 Toulon, France
City: Toulon
Dishes: 14
Reviews: 222
Website: http://www.ban-thai.fr
"This is an update of my original review from June 2011. Had dinner at Banthai last night and the food is even better than we remembered. We eat there every time we're in Toulon and it's no wonder why as the food is amazing and...the service is friendly. The restaurant is located in the Barbès area of Toulon, which is not right downtown. The decor is typical of most Thai restaurants: photos and statues of Buddha and wooden ornaments. There is outdoor seating available, consisting of a couple tables, but the restaurant is on a busy street. We usually sit indoors. You can order typical Thai dishes such as red, green or yellow curries, pad thai, tom yum soup, etc. but why not ask the server to help you chose a new dish. This is a family-owned and operated restaurant. They take the time to explain the ingredients of each dish and you can be sure that all ingredients are fresh. They will also prepare all dishes to your liking: spicy or not. To start off, we had the salade de papaye (papaya salad) for €8 and the salade de mangue (mango salad) for €7. Both were light and tasty. Portions are large and we could have shared one salad between the two of us but we were feeling greedy for authentic Thai food last night. We ordered two main courses: poulet au basilic, which was not on the menu but they prepared it for us anyway (finely diced chicken with coriander, sweet red peppers sautéed in a wok, served on a bed of fragrant, white rice and with a fried egg on the side) and a sizzling, hot plate of poulet aux aubergines 46 on the menu: wok-fried chicken and slices of eggplant). The latter had a very savoury sauce and I had to stop myself from licking the hotplate. The vegetables in the mains were crispy and cooked just right. For dessert, we had the riz au banane (sweet, sticky rice with a coconut sauce served in a banana leaf) and nems au chocolat (chocolate-filled spring rolls) served with a scoop of ice cream. Both desserts were €5 each. Dinner for two with 2 beers and a large bottle of sparkling water came to €60 with tax and tip. There are two small parking lots near the restaurant. We reserved a table as the restaurant is small and fills up quickly."
All prices are estimates.