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Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Bangkok's top-rated restaurants for 50% off: the ultimate guide

All right, y'all, for basically the entire time I've been in Thailand, I've been trying to find a guide to the best fine-dining (and regular-dining) restaurants in Bangkok that are on Eatigo. What's Eatigo? It's a Groupon-like website (and app) where restaurants offer 10-50% off all food if you make a reservation for an off time. So if you can grab an early dinner at 5 PM or an early breakfast at 9 AM, you can get 50% off everything you order (except drinks). This is really awesome and because it gets the restaurants filled at times they normally wouldn't (unlike Groupon, when you can come any time), it's good for the restaurants, and it means that some of the best fine-dining restaurants in the country are 50% off if you're flexible. There are so many food-related blogs and magazines here in Bangkok, I just couldn't believe that there's no "Best of Eatigo" list, but there isn't, so I made one. This is made from cross-referencing the reputable BK Magazine's "Top Tables" lists of 2016 and 2017 and the current Eatigo offerings.

9:30 AM: Scalini (Italian; Phrom Pong)
11:30 AM: Indus (Indian; Phrom Pong)
1 PM: Joushitsu Sushi (Sushi; Ekkamai. Sometimes it's only 30%, so check in advance and try to book a couple days early.)
1:30 PM: Indus again
2 PM: Madison (Ultra-lux steakhouse; Siam). Scalini again
3 PM, 3:30 PM: 1881 by Water Library (Chit Lom; The flagship is recommended, but this is by the same people, so it makes the list.)
4 PM, 4:30 PM, 5 PM, 5:30 PM: Uno Mas (Tapas; Chit Lom)
5 PM, 5:30 PM: Lady Brett (International; Chong Nonsi)
6 PM, 6:30 PM: Marcel (French; Sathorn)
9-10 PM: Joushitsu Sushi again, Prime (Ultra-lux steakhouse; Thon Buri), L'appart (French; Nana), Madison again, Uno Mas again.

I've listed out the times that the restaurants are 50% off; if you can't make it at those times, you can go at other times of day and still get 10-40% off. (Note that restaurants do come and go from Eatigo, so you should book as soon as possible to avoid losing the deal.)

I'm trying to make my way through all of these places, but so far I've only been to Madison. It was crazy luxurious and very good, which makes me excited to try the rest!