Akshaya- A friend's review

Akshaya Restaurant [South Indian, pure vegetarian], off Surawong Road, Bangkok

A new arrival [late January 2014] is Akshaya Restaurant, tucked away between Silom Road and Surawong Road. 

It is fairly close to the Holiday Inn Silom.  It is behind the former Central department store – around Silom 30.  If you approach it from Silom Road, walk through to Tops Supermarket and keep going towards Surawong Road, you’ll spot it on your right-hand side, after about 3 or 4 minutes.  It is opposite another Indian restaurant which has been there for some time – one called simply Thali Restaurant.  These restaurants are just off Surawong Road. 

[The blue asterisk marks the location.]

The restaurant looks clean and fresh, and is decorated in a simple style.  The friendly, welcoming man in the restaurant [I presume the owner] said it had been open for 15 days.  It was quiet when we visited, but that isn't surprising as it was around 4.00PM.  One other table was occupied.  

The menu is fairly short [one A4 side, English only], and features South Indian food. 

To me it seemed more like South Indian snacks.  I spotted rice nowhere on the menu, for example.  The prices seem reasonable, though not as cheap as some of the other Indian places in the area.  For dosa, pesara, and poori it came to 245 Baht.  The food was fresh and hot, and tasty.

Water was included.  The only drinks on the menu are tea, coffee and water.  There is free WiFi for diners - and that is always useful.

The sign on the door says that is open from 7.30AM to 9.30PM.  What long hours!

Akshaya South Indian Restaurant

293/11 Soi Kamchai Iamsuri

Surawong Road

Bangkok 10500

Tel: 02 236 3733

Mobiles

English: 0847354783 & 0944286168

Thai: 0898290428