I am a huge fan of Teppanyaki restaurants. The idea is pretty simple; you sit around a iron griddle and watch the chef prepare and cook your ordered food right in front of you. The first Teppanyaki restaurant opened in Japan in 1945, so the food does have a slight Japanese feel to it. Items that can be cooked on the grill normally include meat, poultry, seafood and vegetables.
I have regularly dine at 2 Teppanyaki restaurants here in Bangkok and wanted to let you know my thoughts on both, along with suggesting another Teppanyaki restaurant that I have yet to try.
Oishi Teppanyaki (฿฿)
The first Teppanyaki restaurant I come across in Bangkok is located on the 6th floor of the MBK shopping center, called Oishi Teppanyaki. The menu features the usual items you would normally find at a Teppanyaki restaurant, including steak sets, veggies, mushrooms and prawns. I highly recommend trying this place out if you get hungry while shopping at MBK as the food is inexpensive and is very good, although this does mean that it’s gets very busy during peak hours. If this restaurant wasn’t located in MBK, I would eat here weekly.
Hachi Teppanyaki (฿฿฿)
Next up is Hachi which is located on Naratiwas Road, soi 9 – a 10 minute walk from Chong Nonsi BTS station. I have eaten here a few times because it’s local, although it is slightly more up-market that Oishi. The resturnant is set up in a lovely wooden house. It’s also more expensive than Oishi, but the menu does feature a wide range of steak sets from local beef to Kobe beef (around 1,800b)… saying that, I normally opt for the steak fillet set (which comes with rice, salad, vegetables and soup) along with the king prawn set which myself and the missus share. The bill comes in at 900b for both sets with water – Not bad considering the nice surrounding, great service and friendly chefs that like to show off juggling their spatulas in the air while cooking your food.
Nami Japanese Teppanyaki Steakhouse (฿฿฿฿฿)
I haven’t tried this place yet, located in the JW Marriot hotel in Suckhemvit road, but I hear it’s very good with many items on the menu imported from abroad, including Canadian lobster. Expect lush furnishings, top notch service, great food and a check-bin to match!
Have you dinned at a Teppanyaki restaurant before? If not, I highly recommend checking one out as it’s a lot of fun watching the chefs prepare the food right in front of you.
Great review. I got to check Hachi out.
I’ve eaten at Nami several times – very good food, very expensive. Actually I used to eat there quite a lot when my former company was paying for my stays at the JW and my expenses :-)
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Would love to check it out… need to win a poker game before I can though ;)
These restaurants look top notch. Thanks for the heads up.
900 baht? Sounds like good value. Have rarely been to Japanese establishments in Chiang Mai, not even sure if there’s a Teppanyaki one there. It’s about fifteen years since I last ate at one in Birmingham England, and it was many times that cost even back then!
Must try one out again soon, it’s worth it not only for the food but also to see the chefs juggling with razor sharp knives that they sheathe without so much as a glance. Keep expecting them to cut something vital off.
Still it’ll be a few months yet, I’m stuck in Provence until June sadly…
Oishi – we have just returned from Bangkok. My kids who had veges and are very fussy absolutely loved Oishi as did me and my husband. We made this our lunchtime venue. Excellant food – great prices and healthy to boot!! wht more could I ask for.
Does Hachi Teppanyaki have any hompage I can visit? How much does it cost eating there?
Thanks!
Hachi has a 400 Baht all you can eat Teppanyaki buffet, time limit is 90 minutes and you can order anything from their Teppanyaki menu plus hotpots and appetizers. They also have a 200 Baht beer buffet too :). I ate there couple weeks ago and the food was surprisingly good and fresh. You have to try the imported beef (forgot NZ or Australia) which is included with the buffet. I am taking my company employees to eat there again tonight!
Couldn’t find their home page. This one tells the contact info and location (incorrect location on the map, correct one is the house between soi 9 and soi 11):
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:AqRmkjWrWDsJ:www.soidb.com/en/bangkok/dine/restaurant/hachi.html+hachi+bangkok&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=th
another Tepanyaki you should try is located in the Marriott Hotel called Benihana. The food is quite expensive (probably the same standard as Hachi) but worth the pay. Each station can serve up to 7 pax but if there’s at least 4 of you, you should get a station of your own. Any less than 4 people you might have to share the station with other customers.
When you enter the restaurant, you will see chefs with different hat color. Ask for the one with red hat. Each color indicate the level of the chef and red is ranking the top in the restaurant.
I recommend the set menu (B 2,xxx ++) for 2. Include fish, beef or pork, plenty of veggies, scallops, chicken and fried rice. Though all ingredients are local, but the quality is good enough for its price.
http://www.marriottdining.com/benihana.html