Chaophraya

Excellent food

I attended at lunchtime, the restaurant was far from full and therefore the atmosphere was flat. It's a very agreeable room with nice Thai decor. The food was good but not in my view exceptional, I chose the set lunch menu, which was reasonably priced for such a nice city centre venue. I would definitely go again.

Extremely good food!

Really great! Brilliant atmosphere! They had a limited menu though and everything on there was very spicy. Wouldn't recommend if your not good with spicy food but apart from that it is brilliant! Really professional and really fancy! Drinks were top notch!

Started poorly when I ordered a glass of picpoul for £14 to be given what I can only assume was a jack rabbit Pinot Grigio it was vile, but they took it back and knocked off the bill. Starters were great, mains were very lacklustre. We are big fans of spice and asked for dishes to be hot however everything was very mild, even pad krapow which is known to be hot. There was hardly any meat in any of the main dishes and don’t even get me started on the khao soi, it was absolutely nothing like a khao soi, the lady who served my the dish even called it another name which was very confusing and it was impossible to eat with a comically massive nest of fried rice noodles and chicken around the edge of the bowl. Basically if you’re a fan of Thai food go to one of Leeds’ many small canteen style restaurants to get the real deal for a fraction of the price.

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!

Was here Easter Monday lunch. Set menu was good value £16.95 2 courses. Paid £4 extra for the prawns. Service rushed, we were the only ones in, starter plate taken whilst I was putting my cutlery down. The bill came & seemed a bit higher than we thought. A GLASS OF RED WINE £18 day light robbery. It spoilt a lovely lunch. I guess it was Aprils Fools Day. Disappointing.

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.

Stylish and friendly, great lofi soundtrack and sensational food with reasonable prices. If you’re local and haven’t experienced this gem you’ll wonder why once you’ve tasted it