Chaophraya Leeds

We visited Chaophraya after seeing it had won the Yorkshire 'Best World Restaurant' awards 2023, so were eager to give it a try! We booked our table for 6:30 but were running late. We called the restaurant to let them know, which was no problem at all and our table remained reserved. Upon arrival we were greeted by friendly staff that showed us to our table and gave us the food and drinks menu. There is so much choice on the food menu, something for everyone, there is even a vegetarian section which you don’t always see. To start, we decided to go for the vegetable spring rolls and the chicken spring rolls to share, these came with a sweet chilli sauce which and were so tasty, and we're packed with fillings! For the mains, we both had the sweet and sour papaya chicken. Again the mains were so tasty and were presented beautifully. At first I was a little hesitant about the papaya being in the sweet and sour chicken but actually it went really well! The chicken was also cooked to perfection, full of flavour and coated in a really crispy but light batter. The sticky rice was also perfect! Although we were offered the desserts menu, we were so full from the starter and mains that we decided not to have a dessert, although there are some really good options! Overall, we were really impressed with this experience and can appreciate why it is an award winning restaurant, we would definitely return again!

The decor is impressive and we had high expectations as we walked in (having been to Chaopraya in Edinburgh). Service was good to begin with but that slowly deteriorated. We ordered cocktails which were weak but tasted good. The portion sizes were much smaller than the Edinburgh branch but tasted just as good. It was quite cold in the restaurant and unfortunately the management couldn’t care less about it.

Stuck in Leeds for a few days with work, and my birthday today, so thought I'd try here for dinner. Absolutely blown away by the service and atmosphere, as well as the food and drink. Very pleasant and will definitely be back, albeit to the Newcastle location. Many thanks to Will for the great hospitality :)