Thai at the Palace — Restaurant in Belvidere

After reading the highly rated reviews for this only sit down restaurant left in Belvidere, NJ, my wife and I travel in from PA to experience Thai cuisine. We arrived at 4:45pm on Friday 6/9/2023, a few minutes after it opened for evening business. The building is for sure very old but inside the dimly lit lights and old dark wood with booths along the walls though a small area, added a peaceful charm to the ambiance. Kat, one of the two owners is a one person show with her chef behind the scenes kitchen. If you do not prepare yourself to wait quite a long time, you maybe disappointed. I ordered an appetizer called - Curry PUFFS. Light pastry covering vegetables, mild spices and potatoes. Came with a vinegar dipping sauce. Really quit good! I ordered the Tofu soup with cabbage. Great earthy taste and I only wanted more (portion size was perfect). Some of the reviewers mentioned the food is very spicy, even a #1 low out of 5 high. They are mistaken in my definition. I ordered Drukken Noodles with pork @ #1 spice level. I for sure could have ordered #2 or #3 level. Meal was so very good. Wife would have ordered Drunkin noodle dish but because she was afraid of a #1 spice rating she ordered Pad Kra Prow noodle dish. She was Not disappointed. Ordered coffee & banana type pastry with honey. To die for. Kat was so polite and calmnying and very informative about anything you spoke to her about. I would definitely suggest you plan to go.

Be sure to Google the hours of operation, as they are shortened and NOT...

I would say this restaurant is the best Thai place I have ever been too, but I think it is legitimately one of the best restaurants I have ever been to….

My girlfriend and I came here for the first time in summer 2024. We came for dinner, and we were so blown away, that we came back again for dinner the next day. Fast forward to this evening, in summer 2025, and the food has remained constant from last year, if not better.

The food is incredible. Some highlights include the Chicken Satay, Pad Thai, Penang Curry, Papaya Salad, and the Mango Sticky rice for dessert.

Kat truly cares about every little detail of her restaurant, and it shows. From the very limited seating, the imported ingredients, and attentive service, the level of detail is akin to what you would find in a restaurant listed on the Michelin guide.

While this all sounds too good to be true for a restaurant in the middle of a small town in rural Jersey, do yourself a favor and try this restaurant for yourself. Easily worth a...

GLUTEN FREE? We love us some Thai food and many Thai places we've been to use Tamari instead of Soy sauce. When we told the server of our gluten restriction, she was so cool and kindly explained that their proprietary seasoning, which was in nearly every dish, contained soy sauce, and they only had two gluten free items. Thai Salad and Phra Ram, both peanut sauce dishes (though some cross-contamination was still possible). The absolutely lovely woman who served us (who's also one of the owners) said that they'd tried using gluten-free soy sauce alternatives for their house seasoning but just couldn't get the same results and she gave us the history of their building, the town and river. Very personable and engaging. Some people are simply built to make people happy. This is what customer service is supposed to look like. I had my heart set on Drunken Noodles, but those peanut dishes, which we might not have tried otherwise, were exceptional. Outstanding people....