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Yentafo Krueng Songe
“For those who love thai noodle”
Open everyday 10:30am – 10:00pm
Website: http://www.yentafo.com
Call: (02) 690-5870-3
Address: I visited the Ratchada Esplanade branch, but there are 16 locations in Bangkok, you can see a list of all their locations here.

Yentafo

The Menu:
What I Ate: We ordered the main Yentafo thai noodles, it’s similar to the roadside type of kuay teaw noodles that most thai’s love to eat. Also some fried fish cakes with sweet sauce, and some dessert consisting of fresh baked Yentafo bread covered in some super sweet shaved ice and sugars
The Staff: quick service
The Bathroom: You must use the Esplanade public bathrooms, usually very clean and big

Conclusion:

Extras: none

Paula Pop Thai Restaurant Esplanade
“Great Thai food in Ratchada”
Open everyday 10:00am – 9:00pm
Website: none
Call: 02-660-9399
Address: I visited the Esplanade Ratchada Branch. I am not sure if there are more branches.

Paula Pop thai restaurant is a nice little restaurant in the downstairs food and restaurant area in Esplanada. If you are in Esplanade for whatever reason and you are interested in Thai food, PP is a good choice, and actually there are not many other thai restaurants inside Esplenade, they have mostly suki and japanese restaurants. But to be completely honest, I doubt I will have a go at PP again, unless I’m in the mood for nam prik. In my opinion, thai foods are not best when served inside big high class shopping malls.

The Menu: They have all the basic thai foods you can think of
What I Ate: I ordered the panang moo, it’s a spicy dark curry with pieces of pork, it was not the best. I also ordered the kai jeaw moo saap, that is the thai style omelette with pieces of minced pork, it’s delicious to eat with the nam prik kapi, that is the salso-looking dip in the small bowl, but beware, it tastes nothing like salsa! It’s spicy, and very unique flavorite. It’s not really farang-friendly type of food.
The Staff: All speak mostly only thai language, but very nice and friendly at Paula Pop.
The Bathroom: The bathrooms are very near, the public bathrooms in Esplanade, same level, have 2 locations, very clean and big

Conclusion:

Extras: none

CoCo Ichibanya Esplanade
“Bangkok’s best Japanese curry house“ and “good smell, good curry”
Open everyday 10:00am – 10:00pm
Website: http://www.cocothailand.com
Call: 02 660 9283
Address: I visited the Ratchada Branch in Esplanade shopping mall. CoCo Ichibanya, located at ground floor, when entering the front of Esplanade you’ll see it there on the left hand side. There are 10 CoCo locations in Thailand, in The Esplanade, Central Plaza Chaeng Wattana, MBK Center, Siam Paragon, K Village Sukhumvit 26, La Villa Phaholyothin, Central Festival Pattaya Beach, Paradise Park, Central World, Siam Center 4th floor, and Central Plaza Rama 3. You can see each location and address here.

CoCoICHIBANYA is a very famous curry house from Japan. This highly popular chain restaurant has been around for 30+ years so that says a lot! Also CoCoICHIBANYA is the largest curry chain restaurant in the world, with over 1,200 branches in Japan, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand and South Korea. I consider those of us here in Thailand totally lucky to have this restaurant. ANd it’s in 10 locations, mostly in Bangkok, and in Pattaya. So be sure to check out this wonderful restaurant. If you love curry, you will love CoCo Ichibanya! Aroi mak!

The Menu: The menu is filled with various types of japanese curry. And the most popular is to create-your-own-curry. You can choose which curry base, what hotness level you want, and any/all additions you order will come in a little cup, for you to dump into the curry. They have pork, beef, vegetable, seafoods, and many more to choose from! If you love curry, then you will love CoCo! The complete CoCo Ichibanya menu can be seen here.
What I Ate: I eat the hot vegetable curry, #3 level hot curry sauce, with a side of tuna to put into the curry and rice. It’s 1 of my favorite dishes in all of Thailand! I have cravings for it regularly!
The Staff: They speak very little English, but are very friendly
The Bathroom: The bathrooms are located downstairs in Esplanade, they are very clean and big

Extras: You can now order Cocoichibanya delivery via Food Panda http://www.foodpanda.co.th (Edit, they removed Coco from FoodPanda, no delivery anymore)

Somboon Seafood Ratchada
“Bangkok’s best fried crab curry”
Open everyday 4:00pm – 11:30pm
Website: http://www.somboonseafood.com
Call: 02-692-6850-3
Address: I visited the Ratchada Branch Somboon Seafood, located at 167/9-12 Huay Kwang Intersection, Ratchadapisek Rd., Din Deang, Bangkok 10320. There are 5 Somboon locations , in Bantadthong, Surawong, Ratchada, Udom Suk, and Sam Yan. You can see each location and address here.

Sombood Seafood is a famous Chinese / Thai crab curry and seafood restaurant in Bangkok. The business began in 1969 at Sam Yan location and became well known with it’s specialty, the fried curry crab. With over 40 years in business you can already understand that Somboon and company know how to make quality food and satisfy their customers. And now with 5 branches, you can find Sombood Seafood all over Bangkok, in Bantadthong, Surawong, Ratchada, Udom Suk, and Sam Yan

The Menu: Somboon menu has every seafood you could imagine, from seabass, to grouper, shrimps, oysters, cockles, frog, and of course their specialty, fried crab curry!
What I Ate: Fried morning glory (pad pak boong fai dang), some crab in yellow curry sauce, stir fried fresh water prawns with garlic and chili, steamed sea bass in lemon sauce and a few more dishes you can see in the pics below
The Staff: Somboon staff was very friendly and helpful
The Bathroom: The bathrooms here are very clean and on the 3rd floor

Conclusion:

Extras: none

Cow Tom Ooh Tong
“great food at late night in Bangkok”
Open everyday 5:00pm – 4:00am
Website: none
Call: none
Address: Ratchadapisek Soi 10, Bangkok (Huay Kwang MRT station)

Cow Tom Ooh Tong is a great restaurant for hanging out with your friends, for eating great authentic thai food and drinking beers, especially a night time thing. They have my favorite Tom Yum Goong in Bangkok. The food here is great and you will be shocked once you get the bill, the prices are amazingly cheap! The scene here is very nice, nice vibes as you can sit there eating and watching the Ratchada traffic go by. There are a few friendly dogs that live there and always running around the tables and playing to give a nice home feeling. I would highly recommend this restaurant for those of you living in the Ratchadapisek area, and it’s late night, great for 1 last stop after the night clubs on the weekends! 🙂

The Menu: They have a menu full of great choices of Thai foods. Many fish platters, soup platters, and a very delicious Tom Yum Kung, probably my favorite Tom Yum in Bangkok. Also the garlic shrimps and goong sha nam pla is wonderful too, that is the raw shrimp in a lemon sauce that you dip into seafood sauce
What I Ate: I always get the shrimp dishes, Tom Yum Goong, my favorite in Bangkok, garlic shrimps, morning glory in oyster sauce, pad kra pao
The Staff: Always very friendly with a welcoming smile everytime I go here
The Bathroom: The restrooms here are decent, but not the best

Conclusion:

Extras: none

Ko Khun
“Kohkhun Kunthong Heaven for the Beef Lover”
Open everyday 4pm – 12:00am midnight
Website: http://www.ko-khun.com (website currently offline)
Call:
Address:

Ko Khun beef restaurant

The Menu: The menu is filled with soups, salads, and plenty of Ko Khun beef options, rib eye, thin sliced beef, bacon, marinated beef, and beef teriyaki. The fish with spicy seafood sauce was delicious, ALL the beef grilled (fried) on the skillet on top of coals right in front of you was delicious, the sizzling meats cooked and even popped little oil sizzles onto the table and sometimes onto your arms. The food is top notch! The menu is 100% in Thai language only.
What I Ate:
The Staff: The staff appeared very friendly and helpful, but mostly do not speak English, this restaurant is great, but definitely not targetted for foreigners
The Bathroom: The toilet here is clean and does have tissue (for you girls)

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Huay Kwang Terrace
“Perfect place for a great night in Bangkok”
Open everyday 8:00pm – 5:00am
Website: none
Call:
Address: On the corner of Thanon Pracharat Bamphen and Soi 2 (also called Khet Din Daeng). (near Huai Khwang MRT Exit 3)

My friends and I were shopping around Huay Kwang night market and we heard a band from upstairs in the Huay Khwang Terrace. So we decided to go take a look, and to our surprise this place was jam packed at 3am, with live band playing popular Thai rock and pop songs, people enjoying their Heineken, Singha, and San Miguel beer towers, and eating plenty of the famous Thai cuisines like pa-nang moo, pad kra paw gai, kai jiaw moo sap, tom yum goong, and plenty others. We sat down, ordered a beer tower and some thai seafood dishes and talked the night away. This place is not too loud, so you can speak to each other at a good comfort level. I will become a regular customer here at this wonderful place! LOVE IT!

The Menu: The choices on the menu here is endless, tons of Thai foods, nam prik kapi, seafoods, french fries, and steak dishes, you will be satisfied with your choices here for sure!
What I Ate: I ordered a plate of spicy thai fried meatballs called “Lab moo tod” and they are very delicious! I highly recommend them, especially good for beer drinking
The Staff: There is plenty of staff, just raise your hand and they are there to help you, and always there to refill your beers and drinks
The Bathroom: The bathrooms here are nice, big, and clean, there is no tissue, but there is a dispenser machine on the wall you can buy tissue for 2 baht

Conclusion:

Extras: When you first arrive and walk upstairs there is also video games, 2 basketball machines, live band, karaoke rooms, billiards, this place is packed with things to do

Triple R Cafe
“Cute little coffee shop in Bangkok”
Open everyday 10:00am – 10:00pm
Website: none
Call:
Address: Suttisan

Triple R Cafe, I WILL GET MORE INFO ASAP

The Menu:
What I Ate: I didn’t eat anything, only sat down drinking a hot coffee
The Staff:
The Bathroom: 1 bathroom is clean and taken care of

Conclusion:

Extras: They advertise as having free wifi internet but when I was there the internet was broken, so I don’t know the reliability of Triple R Cafe so far

Beirut Lebanese Restaurant
“Best lebanese food in Bangkok”
Open everyday 10:00am – 12:00am
Website: none
Call: 02 632-7448, 02 632-7054 (Silom Branch)
Address: Silom Branch, Silom 64 Building, 1 Floor, Silom Road, Bangkok 10500 (there are 2 more branches in Ploenchit and Bumrungrad Hospital)

Beirut is definitely 1 of my favorite restaurants in Bangkok. I have to admit, when I arrived to Beirut restaurant my friend and I were totally hiw kaw (hungry) but when you see this menu, it’s massive filled with tons of great middle eastern options. The service is great, the food is wonderful and the location couldn’t be better, very convenient in the heart of the Bangkok tourism area Silom road and Patpong area.

The Menu: The Beirut menu is just crazy awesome! We took about 20 minutes just trying to decide what to get, there are too many GREAT options. We ended up going nuts, ordering a lot of foods! The menu has everything from lebanese foods, burgers and fries, fish and chips and many sales, soups, dips, and others! You will be awe’d with their size of menu
What I Ate: There were too many great choices to choose from, but we ended up ordering the Motabel aka Baba ghanouj, Muhummara, Fatouche, Falafel Sandwich, Pita breads, Shich Taouk with rice, and Shawarma Chicken with french fries. We ate it ALL! Beirut will get my vote as top 5 restaurants in Bangkok that I’ve tried so far
The Staff: The staff was nice and took our large order with only memory, no pen and paper, he got everything correct 100%
The Bathroom: I didn’t see any restrooms here, but there is a hand washing area in this Silom branch

Conclusion: In conclusion, Beirut is now amongst my top 5 favorite restaurants in Bangkok, and I’ll be going back there on a regular basis, I can see why Beirut is the top seller on the popular Bangkok food delivery website Food By Phone

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Soi 8 Pub and Restaurant
“Bangkoks most successful family pub and restaurant”
Open everyday 8:00am – 1:00am
Website: http://www.soi8.net
Call: 02 6533144
Address: Soi 8 Sukhumvit (Nana BTS Station)

Thailand has some of the best ethnic food in the world, so living in Bangkok is such a treat! But sometimes being a farang living in Thailand, you wake up with a feeling to have one of those HUGE breakfasts from back home, like English or American style breakfast, well Soi 8 Pub and Restaurant is the perfect place to go if you have a sudden urge like I had this morning! You will get a big breakfast that you most likely cannot even finish! Not only do they have breakfast but also sandwiches, steaks, burgers, pastas, some seafood, meat pies, soups and salads and even quite a few good thai dishes. Soi 8 Pub has the longest happy hour in all of Thailand, from 8am til 7pm, buy 1 get 1 free. And every weekend have an awesome blues band playing. You’ll really enjoy Soi 8 Pub and Restaurant if you’re looking for a nice breakfast, lunch, or dinner, or for a nice night out with the buddies.

The Menu: Big hearty breakfasts, awesome sandwiches and burgers for lunch, and seafoods and steaks for dinner
What I Ate: I had their famous English Breakfast, with 2 eggs any style, toast and butter, baked beans, grilled tomato, thick slices of bacon, 2 huge sausages, and yummy potatoes. This breakfast is too large for any normal person to finish alone, you will see, and it’s very delicioius!
The Staff: Friendly staff that speaks English very well
The Bathroom: +1 vote for clean bathrooms

Conclusion: Soi 8 Pub and Restaurant is fun for any occasion, for weekend out drinking beers, or for big massive meals, you will enjoy this great location and great bar and restaurant in the heart of Bangkok and Sukhumvit

Extras: Live Music at Soi 8 Friday & Saturday 9.30pm – 12.30am, Groove Rich Blues with ‘Blue on Blues’. Soi 8 Pub also has the longest happy hour from 8am til 7pm every single day!!! Buy one get one FREE!