Paul's Fusion Kitchen

Great locally owned restaurant.The fusion part made the menu funny to us. It means I could definitely come here with my husband. He'd get the French Onion Soup and Steak and I'd get the Thai food. However, since I was with four of my girlfriends, we stuck with the Thai dishes.Here's what we got and what I thought:Sweet N Sour Grouper - it's a house made sauce and it was absolutely delicious. The grouper was huge, lightly fried and I would 100% get this again. It was my favorite dish.Red Curry Duck - This dish had a kick to it. I found the duck very tender though and I really enjoyed it.Thai Drunken Noodles with Chicken - This was a good portion size. It's good, but I would get the two dishes above before this one.Shrimp Asparagus - Also good, but it was closer to the average side for me. Chicken Satay - This is your standard chicken satay dish. I liked the peanut sauce that it came with and it's a good size for an appetizer.They do have a limited wine list and $20 corkage fee if you bring your own. No liquor. It's a small restaurant, but it was only about half full on a Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. I hope more people are doing takeout, because this restaurant deserves to survive. The decor is modern and you'd feel comfortable in both jeans and a dress here. I think our server was also one of the owners and she was very nice. They bring out bread and butter to start the meal, again more of a French influence. She never rushed us and let us happily chat away.Parking is abundant, since the stores around aren't open in the evenings. Makes it easy to come here for dinner.

Jazzy atmosphere. Not for large parties. But they can fit you. Parties of 4 or 2 are great. Parking in the back. The front parking can get full quick. The food is very authentic and not spicy if you cannot handle it. Ask for the Thai chili and that can spice things up a lot. Paul is the actual cook back there. He is awesome and will chat with you if he has time. Great service and excellent wine choices.

Don't judge this book by its cover. This modest restaurant situated in a random shopping plaza on Kennedy Blvd has mouthwatering entrees and excellent service. It's quite small inside so there is an intimate feeling. Jarunee was our server and she was both pleasant and helpful with the menu. We ordered the sweet and sour grouper as well as the sweet potato crusted salmon. Both fish were great portion sizes, cooked well, creative, very flavorful and the meal was balanced with jasmine rice and a veggie. We cleared the plate! It was so delicious. Both meals totaled $60, which is reasonable considering the portion sizes for a seafood dish. I would definitely recommend trying Paul's!

Checked out Paul's Fusion Kitchen while visiting Tampa, and had a fantastic time dining at this restaurant! We ordered the Oyster Rockefeller, Ahi Tuna, French Onion Soup, Thai Drunken Noodles with Shrimp, and Thai Tea.The good: All of the dishes tasted amazing! Can't go wrong with any of the food items.French Onion Soup had such great flavors in the broth, and love the cheesiness of it.The Oyster Rockefeller was delicious, and the oyster was a good portion with 5 oysters, and it came out hot and fresh.Ahi Tuna tasted fresh, and went great with the fusion sauce.Thai Drunken Noodles with Shrimp was terrific, and the noodles were not soggy or hard to chew, and it had a great consistency.Thai Tea was so good, that I ordered another one.The bad: Nothing!Overall, would definitely come back again and try the other dishes!

Food was good but a little overpriced imo. I had it as take out and went into the restaurant. Crab fried rice, red curry duck, and shrimp pad thai were all good flavors but I wish for just a little more protein with ~ $25 for each plate. Service was nice and the restaurant is small but clean. Parking in the little plaza can be challenging as they share the limited space with all the shops in the plaza.

I think I possibly could have been at the restaurant on an off-day, maybe, maybe not. I visited Paul's Fusion Kitchen for my selection for October from my Offline membership. I hadn't heard of it until then, but knew it was newer the TB area as I have been in the same plaza before for other establishments and hadn't seen it before. Walking in the place is small but cute, nicely decorated, modern but I have to admit that I was really glad to see that only 1 other table of 3 customers were there as the tables are close together with booth seating on the one side so a little too close for my comfort when trying to enjoy a meal and not feel like your neighbors are in your coversation as well or when the person getting up from the booth slides uncomfortably close on your table or even food. I'd suggest to them to lose even 1 two person table to make it more spaced out. Thankfully, it was not my problem during my visit, but I could see it turning people away. Just an observation. The service was quick and friendly, offering just the right amount of time to review the menu before asking if I was ready. I decided to go with the go-to Chicken Pad Thai. This dish will tell me everything I need to know, personally about a Thai place. I asked about the spice levels as I don't care for too much spice and was advised that they give the spice on the side to add as we please. Perfect. The food came out very quickly and, at first sight, looked great. When presented, I actually thought, "shit, I forgot to ask for extra bean sprouts," which is a thing of mine in almost all dishes that have them, but oh well, my fault. In the side dishes were nicely chopped peanuts to be able to top at your desired levels and then red pepper flakes. Though I don't care for too much spice, I was surprised to see this was the only spice option. Flakes wouldn't exactly evenly spread the desired spice level across the dish. It's more like if your bite has flakes in it. My first bite was not what I was expecting at all. As mentioned, I LOVE bean sprouts and normally order extra, but that was literally the only taste I got from the bite. I make sure that my bites generally always have every element of the dish within the fork full to get the full experience. Needless to say, I was taken aback immediately. I forked through the dish and noticed that the bean sprouts were not only extremely fresh, with many parts still being young and green, larger in size than many restaurants, so I believe all these components actually made them too over powering even for someone who orders extra normally. I started to pull off the bean from the sprout to try to tone down the overpowering taste in the dish as much as possible other than completely removing them, which would be ludicrous! I stopped eating because I really just couldn't get past that with all the other ingredients in this dish that the main focus were the bean sprouts. I asked for it to go so that I could take it home to Ben to give his opinion. On my way home, I chatted with Ben about my experience, and his response was "it takes a special place/recipe to take the one ingredient someone loves the most and make it the one ingredient they hate the most in a dish". I 100% know that those are harsh words, but I wouldn't be truthful if I didn't admit to the conversation and hope that the restaurant owner or chef is reading this as constructive criticism and tweak their recipe. I have to admit that all the other reviews are giving praises, so maybe I was there on an off night when the chef wasn't there and recipes weren't followed correctly but I also have to admit that if you make me dislike a dish for over usage of one of my favorite ingredients, I most likely won't be back. I know, sounds crazy, bean sprouts, but whatever!

Paul's was fantastic through and through. The service was fantastic, the food was delicious and the atmosphere was great. It's not a huge spot but they were still able to accommodate our group of 6 easily. I ordered seared tuna that was fantastic, the crab cake that was basically a giant cake of pure crabmeat and a Thai tea. My friend ordered the crab rice which was also super tasty. I can't wait to go back to Paul's soon!

This is what I love about Yelp! Need a good place to eat quick and impromptu to reward ourselves with after running around all day. Where is someplace new to me with great food , great atmosphere , unique menu ... patron photos that look yum. I can always find a great new place with Yelp. This place was very small but very good vibe and atmosphere , the shopping center it's in is not impressive and you'll be surprised when you drive up ... but once inside you'll realize. Service was great ... prices good in my opinion for these dishes Most of the tables are 2 seaters ( 2 people sitting across from each other at a very small table ) ... although they had a few bigger tables for larger parties , they prob wouldn't be sitting only 2 at those. They also take reservations on Open Table which is nice. I would def recommend this place

4 stars for a nice place for some Thai food! From the outside you don't think the restaurant will look as nice but when you walk in it's decorated so nicely. It's a smaller space but the tables are all placed along a long booth with pretty green velvet.We ordered the vegetable spring rolls to start, $10.95. I think it was a little small of a portion but they were tasty. The drunken noodles was what we ordered for our entree, $17. It comes with 4 larger shrimp. I didn't really love that the noodles were thin but the dish was tasty otherwise. It would have been nice to have more veggies, it just had different peppers with basil.Nice pretty space, quick food and friendly service!

We've tried a few dishes here and they were mostly very tasty. The first time we were here we tried the chicken satay, the beef Thai salad and the sweet and sour grouper. I definitely think the chef was holding back on adding spice to the food, perhaps out of fear that it may be too spicy, but in doing so the flavors were a bit unbalanced with sweetness predominating the dish. The chicken satay was kinda bland, but the beef salad was good. On a separate occasion we tried the Thai soup as well as pad Thai and the duck curry dish. All three were very good and this time the spice level was right on point. We had a Thai iced tea which was really good and perfect to tame the heat. I wish they'd offer some traditional Thai desserts, instead they have a few pie selections. They don't serve alcohol but you can bring your own wine for a small corkage fee. Service is very friendly and attentive.