American in Paris here! This is my fourth trip and I literally came to Paris solo to go to muséums,…read moreeat, and frolic in the gardens. Stayed in Issy and this was down the street. Originally for the pizza but saw everyone ordering the mussels and got that too. Pizza was cool but the mussels.... The broth at the bottom was legit sip worthy. Wine also had me feeling that special Parisian drunk I only feel here. Wait staff was super sweet and spoke to me in English cause my French is super chopped. Also brought spicy olives which made me happy. Definitely come here. They have a godfather theme inside too haha

I had such high hopes for this place. We went to do our laundry down the street because I messed up…read morethe address of our washing machine delivery and ended up having to use a laundromat and i was so excited to take my big pregnant belly to have some delicious italian food. Unfortunately the food was highly disappointing. We had a pizza and a seafood pasta and the pasta was so bland i had to add a ton of salt and pepper to make it tasty. It's really not hard to make seafood pasta - garlic, salt, white wine, fresh parsley - If they didnt add enough seafood that could have explained the tastelessness but there were a ton of shrimps, mussels, and some tiny fishy clams. To make it so tasteless is a feat on its own. I had seen pictures and was practically drooling for them and was so sad! The restaurant is really cute though, with your gimmicky checkered table cloth and pretty decor. The service was decent. I have walked by this place since and it's pretty popular at lunch time. Unfortunately, the food really leave you wanting.

Le Banyan is the best Thai food in Paris. The staff is great and the food is excellent. Tres bien…read more We have good Thai food in California and Le Banyan would definitely fit in just fine. The spare ribs are a must. Tom Ka Gai is maybe the best I've had anywhere. Curries and Sate are also good. Even the rice is cooked perfectly. Nice atmosphere. Busy but comfortable. Service is fast and efficient. And Munay (spelling?) made us feel like family. If you want a change of pace from French, Italian, sandwiches or kebabs, check out Le Banyan. Lots of locals were eating here. It's legit.

My friend and I wanted Thai for our last night in Paris, and this place was close to our hotel. We…read morehad been travelling for 3 months and didn't want anything overly expensive so we alerted our waitress to this. She suggested that we split a $35 meal between the two of us. It consisted of small portions of Chinese entrees, a small mixed meat main and a flavourless "traditional thai" dessert. The plating was pleasant throughout but the taste was very plain - maybe the chef knew this as he presented us with mountains of sauces to cover the dull taste. Due to the nice presentation, we called over our waitress just to confirm that this was just one meal split between two, and that we would only be paying $35 total for the meal, rather than $35 each. She confirmed that this was the case, but when our bill was brought out to us, we had been charged twice. Never one to make a scene, my friend calmly called over the waiter that had relieved our previous waitress of her shift and explained the situation. The waiter then told us he would bring out the owner. The owner must have had something against english mother tongues because the he was immediately offensive as my friend started to explain our situation. He told her that it was our mistake for eating the food and that it was impossible that our waitress had told us that the dish could be split between two people. I tried to ask if i could explain the situation and was immediately shushed - YES, actually SHUSHED, he put his finger to his mouth and told me to shush - by the owner. We explained that we did not want an expensive dinner and the waitress suggested this split meal because of that. We were told by the waiter that if we wanted something inexpensive we should have gone to McDonalds. I tried to convey that there must have been a misunderstanding and that it was not our error, but he spat a rude reply of "Two words. Cash or Credit." Due to our shock and distress we fumbled around for a few seconds trying to work out how much the bill would be split between two, and the owner pulled out his phone and said he was calling the police. We ended up having to pay over 50 euro each including wine, for average food and very very disgusting customer service. For anyone that does not want their entire night to be ruined by horrible, arrogant people - do not go here. Would not return even if I was being paid to do so.