Ootoya | 大戸屋

Ootoya is a Japanese restaurant chain, which is quite popular among Thais. We ate at this one, in Siam Paragon department store, for lunch. My friend said: "It's often so busy here at night...there is a huge line of people waiting!" I always eat lunch quite early, so we could enter without waiting. ^_^

We started with Japanese tea and water... (the tea was free!)


My friend ordered eggplant with chicken. This set included miso soup, rice and a side dish....(Sorry, I forgot the name of this dish in Japanese (black things). Can my Japanese readers help? My friend wanted to know what she was eating...)


I decided to order something that most Japanese enjoy in the summer -- cold soba! My set came with a マグロ丼 (Tuna rice bowl). Yum!


Both sets, with water, came to about 300 baht (=¥900 / $9 per set). It's a little pricey, but the taste was pretty good. My friend really enjoyed the service here, as the waitress was very polite and spoke only in Thai to us. ^_^ Hurray!

There are many Ootoya restaurants around Bangkok. 日本人の方：大戸屋バンコク Prices range from 100 Baht +.