Paragon Thai Restaurant Menu (Update 2025)
Welcome to Paragon Thai Restaurant, a delightful culinary destination located in the heart of Washington, DC. This restaurant truly embodies the essence of Thai cuisine, offering a menu brimming with authentic flavors and fresh ingredients.
As you dive into the appetizer selection, don’t miss the crispy Spring Rolls or the rich Chicken Satay, grilled to perfection. For those seeking something heartier, the array of soups and salads shines, featuring the fragrant Tom Yum and the crunchy Papaya Salad.
The true stars of the menu are the entrees, where classic dishes like Panang Curry and the delectable Bangkok Seafood showcase the vibrant spices that define Thai cuisine. Each dish reflects a perfect balance of heat, sweetness, and aromatic complexity.
Whether you're dining in their classy outdoor seating area or ordering takeout for a cozy night in, Paragon Thai Restaurant promises a memorable experience filled with culinary delights that are sure to tantalize your taste buds.
Appetizers
Spring Rolls
Crispy veggie spring rolls stuffed with cellophane noodles and vegetables served with sweet and sour sauce.
Steamed Dumplings
Steamed or Fried dumpling. Crabmeat, shrimp, chicken, water chestnuts wrapped in wonton skin, steamed or fried and served with sweet soy sauce.
Chicken Satay
Skewers of chicken marinated in Thai herbs grilled and served with peanut sauce and cucumber relish sauce.
Shrimp Cakes
Tod mun goong. Deep-fried shrimp cakes served with a sauce of red onions, cucumber and crushed peanuts.
Fish Cakes
Tod mun pla. Thai fish cake deep-fried and served with a sauce of red onion, cucumber and crushed peanuts.
Garden Rolls
Fresh green combination of vegetables, egg noodles, and tofu wrapped with soft rice wrapper served with plum sauce.
Fried Tofu
Deep-fried tofu served with sweet and sour sauce and crushed peanuts.
Fried Calamari
Deep-fried calamari with crispy garlic and scallions served with sweet and sour sauce.
SHRIMP Rolls
Deep fried shrimp wrapped in spring roll pastry served with sweet and sour sauce.
Veggie Tempura
Fried assortment of veggies served with sweet and sour sauce.
Crab Wonton
Fresh crabmeat stuffed inside wonton skin, deep-fried served with creamy dipping sauce. (5 pieces)
Curry Puffs
Curried minced chicken, potatoes and onions in a pastry puff fried until golden brown served with cucumber sauce
Coconut Shrimp
Deep-fried shrimp coated with coconut flakes, served with our sweet and sour sauce.
Vegetable Gyoza
Vegetable dumplings steamed or fried and served with our chefs special sauce.
Duck Rolls
Crispy rolls stuffed with duck and mixed vegetables served with sweet hoi-sin sauce.
Fried Shrimp Wonton
Crispy fried shrimp wontons served with our chef's special sauce.
Chicken Potsticker
Pan-Fried Chicken and Vegetable Potstickers
Chicken Wings NEW
Lemon Pepper Chicken Wings with Thai Sweet Chili Sauce on the side
Crispy Fried Chive Cake
Stuff with chive only
French Fries
Tom Yum
Slightly spicy. Traditional Thai hot and sour lemongrass soup with mushrooms, tomato and cilantro.
Tom Kha
Slightly spicy. Traditional Thai galangal soup with mushrooms, and cilantro in coconut milk.
Glass Noodle Soup
A flavorful broth with cellophane noodles, black mushrooms, green onion and soft tofu.
Vegetable Soup
A flavorful broth with assorted vegetables.
House Salad
Fresh green salad served with traditional peanut dressing.
Papaya Salad
Slightly spicy. Julienned green papaya, string beans, tomato and peanuts in spicy lime juice.
Papaya Salad with Shrimps
Slightly spicy. 3 shrimp. Julienned green papaya, grilled shrimp, string beans, tomato and peanuts in spicy lime juice.
Beef Salad
Slightly spicy. Beef salad. Grilled steak sliced thin, tossed with spicy lime vinaigrette mixed with red onion, cucumber, tomato and cilantro.
Shrimp Salad
Slightly spicy. Shrimp salad. Whole shrimps grilled with lemongrass, tomato, celery, scallions cilantro, red onion and chili in lime juice.
Duck Salad
Slightly spicy. Duck salad. Honey roasted duck tossed with ginger, scallion, red onion, cilantro and tomato with chili in fresh lime juice.
Laab Gai
Slightly spicy. Minced chicken salad. Chopped cooked chicken, scallion, cilantro, red onion, roasted ground rice with chili powder in fresh lime juice.
Seafood Salad
Slightly spicy. Spicy seafood salad. Combination of seafood in spicy lime juice with red onion, tomato, celery, scallions and cilantro.
Yum Woon Sen
Slightly spicy. Cellophane noodles with shrimp, minced chicken, red onions, tomato, celery, scallions in fresh lime juice.
Brussels Sprout Salad
Slightly spicy. Deep-fried brussels sprouts topped with mixed cashew nuts, red onions, tomato and cilantro in fresh lime dressing.
Wonton Soup
Shrimp wontons, napa cabbage, scallions & fried garlic in clean broth.
Soups and Salad
Entres
Panang Curry
Medium spicy. Savory curry peanut sauce combined with coconut milk and a julienne of kaffir lime leaves.
Red Curry
Medium spicy. Thai red curry paste with bamboo shoots, bell pepper, eggplant and basil leaves in coconut milk.
Green Curry
Medium spicy. Thai green curry paste with bamboo shoots, bell pepper, eggplant and basil leaves in coconut milk.
Yellow Curry
Medium spicy. Thai yellow curry paste with potato, carrot and bell pepper.
Red Curry Duck
Medium spicy. Roasted duck curry. Sliced roasted duck in red curry sauce and coconut milk with bell pepper, tomato, pineapple and basil leaves.
Tasty Ginger
Fresh ginger, scallions, celery, onion, black mushrooms and bell pepper in black bean sauce.
Ka Pow
Medium spicy. Onion, bell pepper and basil in Thai chili and garlic sauce.
Pad Prik Khing
Medium spicy. With string beans and bell pepper in special red curry paste.
Pad Mixed Veggies
Medium spicy. With garlic, and mixed vegetables in special brown sauce.
Pad Cashew
With cashew nuts, onion, scallions, and bell pepper in our signature brown sauce.
Spicy Eggplant
Medium spicy. With Chinese eggplant, bell pepper and fresh basil leaves in chili black bean sauce.
Pad Broccoli
With broccoli in light brown and garlic sauce.
Gai Ra Yong
Medium spicy. Crispy chicken breast topped with Thai chili and garlic sauce served with steamed vegetables.
Chicken Lemongrass
Sauted chicken with garlic lemongrass, bell pepper with fresh basil leaves in paragon chef's special sauce.
Shrimp Snow Pea
Fresh shrimp and snow peas sauted with celery, mushrooms, bell pepper in signature brown sauce.
Bangkok Seafood
Combination of shrimp, scallops, squid, New Zealand mussels sauted with egg, mushrooms and bell pepper in special yellow sauce.
Soft Shell Crab
Crispy battered jumbo soft shell crabs served with choice of chili garlic sauce or yellow curry sauce.
Garlic Pepper Chicken (Gai Pad Gratiem) NEW
Stir fried chicken with brown garlic sauce topped with black pepper, chopped scallion and cilantro
HEAVENLY PORK New
Marinated pork slices served with your choice of Jasmine rice or Sticky rice
Massaman Curry New
A rich, flavorful, and mildly spicy Thai Massaman Curry includes onions, carrots, potatoes, and peanuts simmered in massaman curry sauce
Moo Ping New
Thai-style grilled marinated pork skewer served with sticky rice
Pad Thai
With thin rice noodles, egg, bean sprouts, scallions and crushed peanuts.
Pad See Ew
With wide rice noodles, egg and broccoli in sweet soy sauce.
Drunken Noodles
Medium spicy. Pad Kee Mao. With wide rice noodles, chili, garlic, basil leaves, onion, tomato and bell pepper.
Lad Na
With broccoli in gravy sauce over pan-fried wide rice noodles.
Mai Pha
With cellophane noodles, egg, onion, celery, carrot, black mushrooms and scallions.
Pad Mee
With egg noodles, egg, onion, celery, carrot, mushrooms and scallions.
Tom Yum Noodle Bowl
Slightly spicy. With thin rice noodle, bean sprouts, crushed peanuts, cilantro and spring onion in Thai spicy lemongrass soup.
Fried Rice
With jasmine rice in delicious Thai sauce, egg, garlic, onion, scallions, carrot, and tomato.
Basil Fried Rice
Medium spicy. With jasmine rice in chili and garlic sauce with fresh basil leaves, onions and bell pepper.
Spicy Lo Mein
Lo mein noodles stir-fried with shrimp, chicken, onion, basil, and bell pepper in spicy sauce (Medium Spicy)
Bang Bang Shrimp
Lightly breaded and fried shrimps coated in a sweet and spicy flavorful sauce.
Bang Bang Chicken
Lightly breaded and fried chicken coated in a sweet and spicy flavorful sauce.
Noodles and Rice
Chef's Specialties
Bang Bang Chicken New
Lightly breaded and fried chicken coated in a sweet and spicy flavorful sauce.
Soft Shell Crab Pad Thai
Battered jumbo soft shell crab with our signature pad Thai.
Nua Ka Ting
Spicy. Sliced flank steak marinated in wine sauce stir-fried in Thai garlic chili sauce.
Garlic Shrimp
Stir-fried shrimp with garlic and white pepper in light brown sauce and surrounded with steamed broccoli.
Seafood Prik Pao
Slightly spicy. Great combination of shrimp, scallops, squid and New Zealand mussels sauteed with bell pepper, onion and scallions in Thai red chili paste.
Spicy Crispy Duck
Medium spicy. Deep fried battered grilled duck sauteed with our special chili and garlic sauce topped with crispy basil leaves.
Param Rong Song
Sliced boneless chicken breast sauteed with light yellow curry sauce surrounded with broccoli and topped with peanut sauce and fried red onion.
Chicken Pineapple
Marinated chicken sauteed with fresh ginger, pineapple, onion, bell pepper and cashew nuts in sweet and sour sauce.
Pottery Shrimp
Shrimp, cellophane noodles, napa cabbage, celery, ginger stir-fried in oyster sauce served with chili sauce on the side.
Seafood Combo
Combination of shrimp, scallops, squid and mussels sauteed with bell pepper, bamboo shoots, basil leaves in choice of chili and garlic sauce (medium spicy) or black bean sauce.
Angel Eggplant
Medium spicy. Sauteed minced chicken, fresh basil leaves, and bell pepper in chili and garlic sauce on top of batter-fried fresh eggplant and fried tofu.
Panang Salmon (8 oz)
Medium spicy. Grilled fillet salmon over signature panang curry and steamed mixed vegetables served with jasmine rice.
Fillet Flounder
Medium spicy. Battered deep fried fillet flounder served with chili and garlic sauce.
Three Flavor Tilapia
Medium spicy. Light battered slices of tilapia fish fillet deep fried and topped with our chefs special three flavor sauce.
Chicken Mango
Crispy fried chicken breast topped with stir-fried fresh mango, bell pepper and onion in our chefs special mango sauce.
Pineapple Fried Rice
Thai jasmine rice stir-fried with shrimp, chicken, pineapple, raisins, cashew nuts, egg, tomato and scallions.
Tofu Lover
Medium spicy. Deep fried battered tofu sauteed with our special chili and garlic sauce topped with crispy basil leaves.
Spicy Herb Tilapia
Medium spicy. Fresh tilapia fillets lightly breaded stirred over heat with string beans, basil leaves, bell pepper, Thai herbs and spices.
Preaw Wan Salmon (8 oz)
Battered deep fried salmon topped with tomato, pineapple, onion, bell pepper, and green onion in sweet and sour sauce.
Pattaya Noodles
Slightly spicy. Shrimp and chicken stir-fried with wide rice noodle and string beans in spicy roasted chili sauce, topped with scallions.
Salmon Green Curry (8 oz)
Medium spicy. Grilled salmon over green curry sauce, eggplant, bell pepper and basil leaves with steamed vegetables.
Steamed Tilapia
Tilapia fish steamed to perfection topped with ginger and scallion sauce.
Kapow Goong Gai Sub
Medium spicy. Shrimp, minced chicken, onion, bell pepper and basil leaves in Thai chili and garlic sauce.
Pla Neung Ma Now
Fillet tilapia steamed with lime, chili garlic sauce served with steamed vegetables.
Bang Bang Shrimp NEW
Lightly breaded and fried shrimps coated in a sweet and spicy flavorful sauce.
Pad Green Beans
String beans and bell pepper sauteed with light brown garlic sauce.
Pad Veggies Tofu
Stir-fried mixed vegetables and fried tofu in light brown garlic sauce.
Eggplant Jae
Medium spicy. Sauteed Chinese eggplant in chili and garlic sauce with fresh basil leaves and bell pepper.
Ka Pow Jae
Medium spicy. Sauteed fresh basil leaves, onion, green pepper, mixed vegetables, mushrooms, and fried tofu in chili and garlic sauce.
Pad Bean Sprouts
Stir-fried bean sprouts, fried tofu, mushrooms, scallions, and bell pepper in light brown garlic sauce.
Tofu Nueng
Steamed soft tofu with fresh ginger, spring onions, cilantro, carrot and broccoli in ginger black bean sauce.
Panang Tofu
Medium spicy. Fried tofu in panang curry with coconut milk and a julienne kaffir lime leaves.
Tofu Snow Pea
Deep fried tofu sauteed with snow peas, mushrooms, celery and tomato in light garlic sauce.
Prik Khing Tofu
Medium spicy. Deep fried tofu stir-fried with string beans, bell pepper and Thai chili paste.
Vegetarian Entres
Side Order
Steamed Rice
Brown Rice
Steamed Noodles
Fried Egg
Thai Style Fried Egg
Plain Sticky Rice
Steamed Mixed Vegetables
Sweet Sticky Rice with Coconut Cream
Chocolate Mousse Cake
Lemon Layer Cake
Lemon-flavored limoncello cake with a creamy mascarpone cheese
Mango with Sticky Rice
Key Lime Pie
Taro Custard
Fried Banana
Chocolate Brownie
Chocolate Cake
Carrot Cake
Taro Pearls in Coconut Cream
New York Cheesecake
Mango Mousse Cake
Desserts
Beverages
Half Tea & Half Lemonade
Cranberry Juice
Thai Iced Tea
Thai Iced Coffee
Strawberry Lemonade
Shirley Temple
Lemonade
Young Coconut Juice
Apple Juice
Bottle Water
Sparkling Water
Perrier
Club Soda
Iced Tea
Coke Can
Diet Coke Can
Ginger Ale Can
Sprite Can
Orange Juice
Milk Green Tea NEW
Miller Lite
DC Brau The Public
Sapporo (Japan)
12 fl oz Can
Chang (Thailand)
Blue Moon
Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA
Coors Banquet Lager
Singha (Thailand)
Muay Thai IPA (Thailand)
Yuengling
Sam Adams
Leo (Thailand)
Sapporo Premium Beer 12 fl oz
Sapporo Premium Beer Tall Can 22 fl oz
Beer
White Wine
Stella Pinot Grigio
Emerald Bay White Zinfandel
La Terre Chardonnay White Wine
Nobilo Sauvignon Blanc
Franciscan Chardonnay
Emerald Bay Merlot
Mind & Body Cabernet Sauvignon
Fat Bastard Shiraz
Mark West Pinot Noir
Canyon Road Cabernet Sauvignon
Red Wine
Mixed Drinks
Phuket Sunrise
Malibu Rum, Amaretto, Pineapple juice, Grenadine, Sour mixed
Dark N Stormy
Kraken Dark Rum, Ginger Beer and Lime juice
Margarita
Gold Tequila, Cointreau, Lime juice mixed (Syrup and Lime juice)
Sex on the Beach
Chambord, Midori, Vodka, Cranberry Juice and Pineapple Juice
Moscow Mule
Absolute Vodka, Ginger beer, Lime juice
White Russian
Absolut Vodka, Kahlua topped with half and half cream
Long Island Iced Tea
Light Rum, Vodka, Gin, Triple Sec, Tequila, Sour Mixed, Splash of coke
Ocean Pearl
Malibu Rum, Blue Curacao, Pineapple juice, Colada mixed
Tom Collins
Beefeater Gin, Sour mixed, Club soda, Lemon wedge
Bangkok Sidecar
Courvoisier VS Cognac Brandy, Cointreau and our homemade sour mixed
Pineapple Ginger Mojito
Captain Morgan light Rum, Fresh Ginger, Pineapple juice, Lime juice, Club soda
Negroni
Beefeater, Luxardo Bitters, Sweet Vermouth
Mint Mojito
Captain Morgan light Rum, Lime juice mixed (Syrup and Lime juice), Club soda
Ruby Iced Tea
Light Rum, Vodka, Gin, Triple Sec, Tequila, Sour Mixed, Cranberry juice
Mai Tai
Dark rum, Light rum, Mai Tai mixed, Orange juice, Sour mixed
Thai Iced Tea Malibu
Malibu Rum, Thai iced tea, Half and half
Bangkok Sunset
Light Rum and our own Mai Tai mixed blended with Colada mixed
Honeydew Drink
GREY GOOSE Vodka, Fresh Lemonade, and Chambord
Cosmopolitan
Absolut Citron, Cointreau, Sour mixed and Cranberry Juice
Ginger Martini
Absolut Vodka and a splash of sour mixed shaken well with fresh ginger
Pineapple Cosmo
Stolichnaya Vodka, Cointreau, Pineapple Juice, Sour mixed and Cranberry Juice
Apple Martini
Absolut Citron, Sour Apple Liquor and Sour mixed
Pineapple Martini
Ketel One Vodka and Pineapple Juice
Melon Martini
Tanqueray Gin, Sour mixed and a splash of Midori
The Darkness
Beefeater Gin, Grand Marnier, Chambord, Sour mixed, Pineapple Juice and Cranberry Juice
The blue Martini
Tanqueray Gin, Blue Curacao
Mango Martini
Stolichnaya Vodka, Mango Liquor, Peach Schnapps and Sour mixed
Chocolate Martini
Ketel One Vodka, Godiva Chocolate Liquor, Dark Cocoa Liquor and Light Cocoa liquor
Vanilla Martini
Stolichnaya Vanilla and Light Cocoa Liquor
Orange Martini
Absolut Mandarin Vodka, Cointreau and a splash of orange juice
Raspberry Martini
Stolichnaya Raspberry Vodka, Chambord and Cranberry Juice
Sunken Ruby
Ketel One Vodka, Malibu Rum and Blue Curacao shaken and maraschino cherry juice dropped