Tucked away in the Wyndham Grand Royale Hotel, Sawadee has a low-key façade, and if you don't look for it, you'll probably miss it. In fact, it's one of the few authentic Thai restaurants in Hangzhou, with Thai chef Uthan Choonetr as executive chef, bringing the local Thai flair to life.

After ordering, the restaurant will give a pre-dinner snack, a circle full of ginger, shredded coconut, chili, peanuts, lemon, dried shrimp, onion seven kinds of ingredients, and then wrapped in Thai fresh leaves, dipped in the middle of the sweet and sour sauce to eat, the smell of the leaves is spicy, has the effect of stimulating the oral mucosa and refreshing, with some offensive taste of the ingredients, the taste is more violent, many diners are not used to eating, it is recommended to stop at a shallow taste.

The curry and tom yum in the main course are the signature dishes. Southeast Asian cuisine itself is more cumbersome and heavy, and does not pay attention to the original presentation of the ingredients, and no matter how good the seafood is, it is always covered with a lot of spices, and transformed into another food that only retains the taste. Savwadi's crab curry sacrifices some of the rich and spicy flavor of the curry to highlight the freshness and sweetness of the crab meat while ensuring the flavor. Choose the fresh, delicate and plump blue crab into the dish, you can choose yellow curry or red curry to stir-fry together, the former is sweet and the latter is slightly spicy, and a single order is very good for rice. You can also choose the curry fried Dungeness crab, which is best tasted from October to March, and is large and meaty, with a firm meat and a pure and slightly sweet taste, but it is more than 3 times more expensive. In addition to seafood, beef, chicken, and pork can also be cooked with curries, and it is important to note that the beef is sliced and may be slightly thin on the palate.

Sawadi's hot and sour shrimp soup is Tom Yum Soup, the soup base is a perfect balance between authenticity and improvement, the first taste is sweet, followed by sour and spicy, and then sweet after a while in the mouth, the addition of coconut milk only provides a smooth taste, without excessive sweet pretentiousness, and the tomato makes the sourness more light and soft, even with a high level of spiciness, it will not make people sobble and smack their tongues. It's a pity that there are not many shrimp floating in the soup, and they are all very small, which can't help but make people feel cold.

From November to January, Savadi will have tiger prawns special, one by one, beautifully presented. Stir-fried Thai chili paste is the most flavorful, and with straw mushrooms, basil leaves and fried vermicelli, a shrimp can also be accompanied by a bowl of rice; The tiger shrimp salad needs to be shelled and ribbed with the shrimp first, and then served with crispy green apple shreds, onion shreds and bacon, which can better taste the sweetness of the shrimp itself; Yellow curry is the most common, and it is a perfect match for shrimp; The pesto tiger prawns are fried and then poured with a thick layer of minced garlic and green and red pepper grains, which has an extremely strong taste and leaves a fragrant taste on your fingers.

In addition, the sweet and sour sea bass is fried and then mixed into a sauce with angelica, chili, fish sauce and coconut milk, which is most refreshing to eat in summer. The fly in the ointment is that the lime steamed sea bass can better highlight the original flavor of the ingredients, occasionally eat a little earthy, and the meat quality is also unstable, sometimes soft and sometimes hard, so it is not recommended to order. Shrimp cakes made by hand-mashing fresh shrimp, fish, and pork fat are fried until crispy, and the filling feels springy between the teeth, but the skin is thick, and occasionally the bite is tough.

Sawadee is located on the edge of the West Lake, with an elegant and beautiful landscape. The overall decoration is modern and generous, spacious and bright, with no obvious deficiencies. Surprisingly, despite the 15% service charge and the location of a five-star hotel, Savwadi is really sloppy in the service details, such as mango sticky rice stained with coconut milk, and the fork and spoon will be placed against the food when plating, resulting in soiled dishes; Missed orders, slow serving, not timely replacement of bone plates and removal of empty stove embarrassment from time to time, although the hall is a typical waiter than guests configuration, two tables stand a waiter, good attitude, response to demand is also timely, but it is not professional enough. In addition, an additional 6% service charge is added to the bill, which is quite rare even in five-star hotels. There are two set menus for 288 yuan and 388 yuan, which include many popular dishes, but do not include taxes and service charges. The restaurant offers 3 hours of free parking, but the underground garage is hard to find, so it is recommended to use other modes of transportation to eat.