Royal Thai Kitchen — Restaurant in Salem

Late post: However, Best Thai restaurant in town so far to celebrate our Valentines day night out. Love our waitress, she was very attentive, kind, and friendly. She always had a smile. She pointed out and recommended that our choice was one of her favorite (Papaya shrimp salad). The chef sauces and entrees were made wonderfully great and delicious to me and my husband’s taste as it wasn’t too spicy or too hot to our taste buds. As a person who can’t eat spicy food, this place understands me. We love the food that we’ve chosen to order and the ambiance was comfortingly sweet and nice. (Total dinner with tips for two: $130).

“We plan to return as we had a wonderful and pleasant experience.”

The drinks, food, and desserts that we ordered and enjoyed immensely were:

1.) Martini-Lychee with garnished lychee on a skewer stick

2.) Martini-Coconut Vodka, & cream with shredded coconut 🥥rim

3.) Thai iced tea with cream

4.) Husband-Basil Fried Rice: Thai style spicy fried rice with egg, red and green bell peppers, onions, chile and basil. Spicy.

5.) Wife-Papaya salad shrimp: Shredded green papaya, carrots, green beans, with lemon lime dressing, chili, tomatoes with steamed shrimps, (5), peanuts comes with purple sticky rice.

6.) Wife-Half Duck: Half roasted duck with steamed vegetables and chilli tamarind sauce on the side and rice

7.) Wife-Tom Yum Soup/choice of seafood meat: Sweet, spicy, sour with lime juice, fresh chili, carrots, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, mushrooms, and tomatoes. (Seafood-calamari, mussels, shrimp, & scallops) Spicy.

8.) Husband-Deep fried bananas Deep fried golden spring roll bananas with chocolate covered syrup vanilla ice cream:

9.) Wife-Deep fried bananas Deep fried golden spring roll bananas with chocolate covered syrup vanilla ice cream:

10.) Husband-Sweet Sticky Rice With Mango: Sweet sticky rice with coconut and fresh Mango

11.) Wife-Sweet Sticky Rice With Mango: Sweet sticky rice with coconut...

Great food and great vibes. I absolutely love Thai food and being gluten free can limit some of the noodle options.

FOOD: Their food can be made gluten free, while they don’t have a gf menu, there are many options. I was really happy to head their pad kee mao was gf AND tasted so good. They have a vegan menu and I expect I will be trying more things. Every dish I’ve seen come out has looked very tasty.

SERVICE: I have been a few times now and people have been consistently kind. The service is great and the food comes out in a timely manner and hot.

ATMOSPHERE: Pretty low key vibes, the space is clean, cozy, and there are different seating options.

OTHER: There is parking, a bar, they have take out options, conveniently located, and just overall a great experience. Will absolutely return and will continue...

This restaurant was new to us. It turned out to be a very pleasant surprise in all respects. Super attentive and friendly waitress.

We tried the yellow curry with sweet potato and veggie lovers stir fry, both with chicken. I know it sounds like hyperbole, but it was definitely the best Thai food I'd ever had, by far.

I ordered the yellow curry medium spicy and it was perfect for me--- I like spicy, but I don't think I'd want it any hotter. They had a large order on the drink menu, including mixed drinks. We didn't try any. They also had many vegan and vegetarian options.

It's a modest little Thai restaurant, with inexpensive but tasteful decor. Soft, quiet minimalist ambient music playing in the background. And the final surprise? It was really inexpensive. Two full meals with a pot of tea was...