Restaurants

[saf]

Which restaurants would you recommend in BKK for visiting farang who want lunch and dinner? My knowledge of BKK is limited and my favourite Steak Lao restaurant is now a fish only place. Somewhere around Sukumvit would be handy.

[The1]

There so many restaurants in BKK that it would be best to tell us what kind of food your looking for and what kind of atmosphere.
If your looking around the lower soi's of Sukhumvit, you will usually get a dose of what goes on around there in your restaurant, to some degree or another.
If you can handle alot of freelancers (I can ) one of my favorites is the Beergarten on soi 7 and Sukhumvit. Very good food.
For a little more upscale but not to pricey and not many ladies on the plate. Try the Hunter. Bottom floor of the landmark hotel. Excellent English food and normal food as well. Soi 6 I believe. Tony Roma's around soi 9 for beef steaks
Soi 5 Seafood center - very good and cheap, for BKK. Right on the corner.
The list can go on and on.

[saf]

Thanks The1. The people that I have in mind are a married retired couple on vacation. I don't think they want raunchy - or she doesn't. Westernised Thai food, nothing truly Isaan, with a 'Oh look at the lovely Thai decor' atmosphere is probably what is needed. I might be paying check bin so nothing expensive.

[The1]

Well then, your SOL
There are some nice places on the river, Thai food. If your interested in directions let me know and Mrs.The1 can call your Mrs.
If raunchy is a problem then the restaurants in the nicer hotels are good bet but you WILL pay.

Come to think of it. I took a night time river diner cruise and it was very nice. However I took 2 bar-girls I booked it at the hotel Grand President
but can be found elsewhere.
Ah, those were the days...........

[saf]

An evening by the river would be good. Please let me have directions if you can.

Ta.

On the other hand, in case they want to see raunchy, where could we take them for good food too? As you know, I've never been to any raunchy places in BKK so I have no idea where to go.

[The1]

Like I said, I highly recommend the Beergarten soi 7 for good food and just the right amount of raunch.
The ladies are not pushy and you can get a booth.
They have 4 bars inside, I recommend the far back smaller bar.
Evenings, the bartenders name is Yok. Tell her The1 says hi.

I'll have her call her.

[Alfie]

Saf, if your guests are feeling homesick and want some real British food, there are a couple of Indian restaurants on Sukhumvit Road not far from the Asoke/Nana BTS stops. I tried out one place and it was OK. Can't remember the name though.

[stop the bus]

I must agree with The1, soi 7 beer garden is great. I have spent many a night there and have allways been well satisfied. I also recommend the Londoner on soi 33, good food and excellent beer, but no freelancers.

http://www.the-londoner.com/

[saf]

Thanks guys. I think that we can sort out the evening from that.

[saf]

We got to the Bier Garten for the evening. I thought that we might be early but it was in full swing. We found at table at the back as suggested and I settled down to some people watching over a beer and spagh.

As is well known now, I have not ventured into any of the Sukumvit sois previously so I didn't know what to expect. The girls left us alone, perhaps because we had our wives with us, but eyes looked our way from the back bar where the spares sat. The farang clientele seemed to fall into 4 main categories:

1. Smart and decent looking chaps of the type you would find in Korat.

2. Mates out for a beer together - but their objectives may have changed later.

3. Chaps in, I would guess, their 30's, overweight and leaning with a lear over the luckless lady on the next stool. Most of these ladies were leaning away from their suitors but I noticed a few leave together later.

4. Willie Nelson lookalikes who sat patiently alone with a smug, knowing, world weary expression on their faces. They were probably regulars. Each one had company join him eventually.

I likes the place but, as expected, it's not for taking your wife to.

We spent an hour or so in the afternoon on the terrace of the Oriental. I expected an old timber traditional building and was sadly disappointed to see a modern concrete block just like all of the others around there. As evening approached, the place slowly filled up with people. It's a posers paradise. They could have been having drinky poos and din dins anywhere in the world. Somewhere to be seen and to say you have been, I guess. The waiter service was excellent and the prices were a joke. I won't be rushing back.