Bangkok Restaurants

Chote Chitr

#718 of 718 things to do in Bangkok

#6831 of 6835 restaurants in Asia

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Good for: Canine scat shows, Nothing, food, Food is fine, not sure what!!

Not good for: Filling an empty stomach, Violence, Behavior of the owner, Ambience, Bad Service

  • Address
    • 146 Th Phraeng Phuton
  • Transport
    • air-con 508, ordinary 5, 35 & 56
  • Phone
    • 0 2221 4082
  • Price
    • mains 60-150B
  • Hours
    • 11am-10pm

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Lonely Planet review for Chote Chitr

A Bangkok foodie landmark renowned for its delicious mèe gròrp (sweet-and-spicy crispy fried noodles). If you require a sit-down meal at this point, this is a good place to do it.

 

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    Was good when I went

    thousandrobots recommends this,

    Must depend on who is working -- the crazy lady must be the sister of the pleasant woman running the show when I was there. The food was good, and the owner was very pleasant. Skinny lady was making the food.

    I have to say the comment in an earlier review that "The food was bad...But what do you expect for USD$3 a dish" doesn't make much sense in Thailand. Some very good food can be had for $3 there.

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    Rude manager and underwhelming food

    danny_fitz does not recommend this,

    The glowing reviews in the Lonely Planet guide sadly did not reflect the reality on the ground. This small side street restaurant is certainly basic, an unpretentious open fronted venue with simple furniture, obligatory royal family photos on the wall and a small kitchen out the back, but I imagine like most people we were not too fussed by appearances as after a busy morning of sightseeing around Bangkok we were looking forward to the highly recommended food.

    Sadly the early signs were not encouraging, a disinterested rude manager running the show treated you almost like an inconvenience the moment you walked in. We ordered about four dishes to share between the two of us and they ranged from adequate at best to inedible at worse.

    Glancing around at the other diners you could sense a collective feeling of being totally underwhelmed by the dining experience. As if almost scripted by John Cleese himself, the managers old mangy dog decided it was time for a cameo appearance and proceeded to waddle from under one of the tables to the restaurant doorway and curl out a smelly turd, a few feet away from our table, as said turd was technically on the pavement and not in the restaurant the manager felt no need for any action, so it was left there to bake in the sun.

    There were no locals eating here, usually an ominous sign that we perhaps should have taken more notice of when we arrived. We also noticed displayed on the wall cuttings from various five star reviews from travel guides and magazines which only added to the confusion as to quite how this place had achieved such acclaim given what we were experiencing.

    One can’t escape the feeling that this place is trading off former glories and now it has its name in ‘the book’ it can sit easy and churn out so-so food safe in the knowledge that they do not have to worry about repeat custom as another fresh plane load of Lonely Planet clutching backpackers will be marching through the door the next day.

    One thing Bangkok is not short of and that is tasty cheap eats, personally I would not bother with this place, get yourself to Chinatown or the myriad of vibrant atmospheric street food cafes where you will get fantastic great value Thai food served by genuinely enthusiastic friendly staff.

    Good for: Canine scat shows

    Not good for: Filling an empty stomach

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    Lunch with a beating

    massaa007 does not recommend this,

    The first time we went to this restaurant was April 2010. It was as the guide books say, a cute hole in the wall restaurant with authentic Thai food. A lovely young girl served us, the food was good and the whole experience left us feeling good.

    This time, however was very different. We were served by an older, very gruff larger woman who took our order. The meals were brought out by a slimmer woman. The food was bad, the meat was all fat and gristle. But what do you expect for USD$3 a dish.

    During our lunch there was yelling and banging coming from the kitchen, which is in full view of the restaurant. To cut to the chase, the gruff woman had the much smaller woman by her hair, slapping her in the face and was bashing her head against the edge of the fridge until she was bleeding. The smaller woman was so scared she urinated herself.

    Completely shocked, we didn't know what to do. We paid our bill, no tip,and left. We felt that if we intervened it may have sparked more beatings after we left. No matter what the smaller woman had done, it did not deserve such a beating.

    Cultural differences aside, this does not fit with "The land of smiles"

    Good for: Nothing

    Not good for: Violence

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    good food, dreadful owner

    esther8 does not recommend this,

    We have been here a couple of times. The food is very nice, but the owner is terrible. First time she was shouting at the waitress all the time we were there. Second time, we ordered the food and two bottles of water. The waitress brought 2 beers. After that the owner started to treat her as if she was her slave. It was terrible, I had never seen anything like that before. It lasted all the time we stayed there. The atmosphere was so tense...not an experience to repeat ever again.

    Good for: food, Food is fine

    Not good for: Ambience, Behavior of the owner

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    Come here to meet the most unfriendly person in Bangkok

    psychotoffee does not recommend this,

    Came to the restaurant whilst following the Lonely planet walking food tour of Thanon Tanao. Everything was going great until we got to this place!!!

    Woman running the restaurant was a right grumpy cow, shouted at us (when we ordered one dish to start and said we were still trying to pick the 2nd), another customer (who tried to remove the rice from her bill as she had neither ordered nor touched it) and at her assistant (not sure why!!!).

    Truly unpleasant experience here, worst of our stay in Bangkok, especially since everybody else we'd met was really friendly

    Food was nothing to shout about either, and we'd ordered the recommended crispy noodles...

    Good for: not sure what!!

    Not good for: Bad Service, bad attitude

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