Pat´s Place

The story

Crafted with passion, served with love

Thai Tapas with a Twist

Pat Prommeenate set out to bring authentic Thai culture to Stockholm — not the waving cats and overflowing pad thai of the usual shorthand, but something more considered. The concept at Pat's Place is "Thai tapas": small plates built around the flavours of Thailand, designed for the whole table to share. As Stockholm Direkt noted when the restaurant opened, this was a vision of Thai food on its own terms.

The White Guide sums it up well: the right amount of authenticity, moderate heat, and a kitchen that clearly understands how to balance salt, spice, and acid across a spread of dishes. Around three plates per person is the kitchen's own suggestion, and the variation in flavour, texture, and composition across the menu makes sharing feel natural rather than forced.

The Menu

Dish names lean into pop culture with affection — the Hulk, Donald Duck, and the Spice Girls appear on the same menu, alongside Deep Impact, Tear of the Tiger, and Nana in my Heart. Behind the playfulness is serious cooking. Nana in my Heart is a massaman curry made from ox cheek slow-cooked for 12 hours using Pat's grandmother's recipe. Tear of the Tiger is a Thai-marinated entrecôte with dipping sauce. The Spice Girl — or "Laab" in Thai — is a chopped halloumi dish with fresh herbs. Jaws brings salmon ceviche with Thai herbs; Forest Gump hand-peeled prawns in a classic seafood sauce with celery and grapes.

The Asian kitchen also does strong work on the vegetarian and vegan side: the Fifth Element features vegan spring rolls filled with wood-ear mushroom, glass noodles and white cabbage, seasoned with coriander root. Purple Rain is grilled aubergine in a spiced Thai sauce topped with fried garlic and mint.

Lunch brings its own menu of Thai street-food classics — Kao Soi (a northern Thai curry noodle dish made famous by the Netflix series Somebody Feed Phil), Pad Thai, and duck rice among them.

Cocktails and Desserts

The cocktail list is as thoughtfully constructed as the food. The Bohemian Rhapsody uses butterfly pea flower ice that shifts colour as it melts into lime leaf syrup and gin. Little Miss Sunshine is a pandan leaf spritz with bergamot liqueur and prosecco. The Lemongrass Mojito swaps standard sugar syrup for one made from lemongrass.

Desserts include a Thai pancake filled with banana served with vanilla ice cream, classic sticky rice with mango, and the I-Tim — sweet coconut sticky rice with vanilla ice cream, peanuts, and coconut sauce. The White Guide notes it as a surprise worth knowing about in advance: those not keen on rice pudding in warm milk should approach I-Tim with caution.

The Experience

The room is sober and inviting, with a few kitschy movie posters the only hint of the kitchen's Southeast Asian focus. Service is efficient. Prices are affordable. The guest mix skews toward women of all ages, according to the White Guide's own observation. It is, as the guide puts it plainly, a winner — and it is always full. Book ahead.