Patpong Restaurants

There are numerous fine eateries in the Patpong area, from French, to Italian, to Mexican, to of course, Thai.

One of the landmarks of the Patpong area is Caffe Di Roma. This is a classy Italian restaurant and features huge glass windows allowing diners a view of life outside (as well as outsiders a view of just what everyone is having for dinner!)

A favourite is Cafe De Paris located on Patpong Soi 2, just a few metres from Caffe Di Roma.  The owner Bobby is a Patpong institution and always makes sure there is a real French chef in the kitchen.  How he manages to do so for such a pittance, is beyond us.  You can get a very pleasant pepper steak for a mere 250 baht.

Also in the area are a number of British style bars including the Irish Xchange and O'Reilly's.  These two Irish pubs both serve good food.  The Roadhouse BBQ on the corner of Suriwong Road and Rama IV Road is just a 3 minute walk from Patpong and also serves good, honest, US BBQ style fare.  Bobby's Arms in Silom Soi 4, a predominantly gay soi has reasonable Western style food at affordable prices.  For those on a real budget, the Toby Jug is the cheapest of the Western style pubs in the Patpong area.  On the main Silom Road it has what is called in Bangkok, an English teacher-friendly menu, meaning low prices for everything!

There are a few other interesting restaurants in the area, within a few minutes walk of Patpong including the ever popular Somboon Seafood which is a favourite with many, including some visiting dignitaries, such as, I believe, the Prime Minister of Japan who once sneaked away from a congregation to eat there.  On Soi Sala Daeng is Anna's Cafe, which offers a slightly Europeanised version of Thai food - this spot is always popular and inexpensive.  The best eatery in the area is arguably Zanotti's, the fine dining, though very reasonably priced Italian restaurant on Soi Sala Daeng.  It is about an 8 minute walk from Patpong.

And if you really crave a taste of the West, all of the popular Western fast food outlets are well represented.  In the immediate area there are two McDonalds branches, Burger King, Subway, KFC, Pizza Hut, Swenson's, Haagen Daz, Baskin And Robbins as well as a number of Thai fast food outlets too.  Don't worry, you won't go hungry at Patpong.

There used to be a dearth of good coffee houses in Bangkok but now you can get reasonable to very good coffee on almost every corner.  Starbucks has opened branches up all over town and there are a couple in the Patpong area, as well as various other small coffee houses and cafes where a coffee generally tastes as coffee should.  Every good hotel has a cafe or a la carte restaurant with good coffee available.