Bambou

About Bambou

Lemongrass and charcoal smoke drifting through a courtyard draped in green, the sound of cocktail shakers competing with low conversation. Bambou is Thai cooking taken seriously in a colonial-era setting on Rue des Jeuneurs in the 2nd, all high ceilings and tropical plants and plates that hit harder than the decor would suggest. The terrace is the obvious draw, a leafy escape from the Sentier bustle. But here is what you need to know: ask to go to the boudoir in the basement. Down there it is dark, intimate, and a completely different restaurant, the kind of room where the night takes a turn. The food is the same but the mood shifts to something conspiratorial. Book for the terrace, then ask for the boudoir downstairs. That is the move.