Chachawan

Fantastic food and service

Food is really really good
Service needs to be worked on a bit

Lovely food, happening place with great vibe. Busy even on a Monday evening.

Food is good, not the greatest but real Thai style, but really overpriced for some dishes and the environment. For example crab omelette is all egg but around 5-8% 🦀 but it charges around $150.

Seating area is not comfortable, $600 for two people dinner but you sit really close (less than 0.5m) with the 2 couples next to you. If the price is 80% of what it is now I’d come again.

The food is always so awesome whenever I eat here. Never disappointed. It’s got that authentic Thai feel but also a modern twist

Great food, decent price, quantity for the price is maybe off a little.
The flavors were consistently wonderful throughout five different dishes our group ordered. From fresh crisp lettuce to the sinfully fluffy coconut rice the textures were just as good as the flavors.
No meal being perfect, the only flaw I see at Chachawan would be the comparison between the quantity of food vice the price. I understand many fine restaurants charge a premium, however most of them provide some superior level of experience. Being a small quaint locale burrowed within street after street of random dining establishments they just don’t deliver enough of that intangible to justify the price.

Food is legit. I’m Thai and I approve. The price is premium for the great service and how real to Isan they keep it.

Decent Thai food; really enjoy eating here

Limited menu. Some traditional thai dishes not available.

Not the typical thai food one gets in Kowloon City, yet very nice ad refreshing

Excellent Thai food and service.

My friend and I had wanted to try out Chachawan before the third wave of COVID-19 hit, and finally we got our chance after the social gathering ban was slightly lifted.

One thing I like about trying out different restaurant is that, I got to learn about the food culture in different part of the world. This time it’s about Isaan food. I know what Thai food is like, but this is the first time I heard about Isaan food, and I fell in love with it after having a lunch in Chachawan.

We ordered three dishes to share. Seasonal offer always catches our attention. And that’s why this Seafood Tom Yum Soup Noodles was the first dish we ordered.

The Tom Yum soup base was a legit sour and spicy one, so delicious! And the toppings definitely gave us a nice surprise! The egg was a soft boiled egg with runny egg yolk! There were generous amount of shrimp, crab, squid, and fish balls. The piece of crunch was superb too! The noodles were quite grassy yet sticky though.

We were craving for some meat, and thought a chicken skewer would be nice. And this Gai Yung — chicken thigh marinated for 24 hours in garlic, pepper, coriander and served with jhim jeaw — seemed to be the right choice. However, we were genuinely taken aback when the dish was served. The two chicken thigh pieces were enormous!!! And what fascinated us most was that, these pieces of thick and huge chicken thigh were perfectly grilled with a crispy skin! How amazing is that! The jhim jeaw on the side made a great dressing for the skewer. A surprising, filling and delicious dish.

We almost passed this tasty Kai Jiaw, as we were quite full after the bowl of Tom Yum Soup Noodles and (gigantic) chicken skewer. Luckily we did not, as this dish was a gem. Kai Jiaw — Thai omelet of crab, spring onions and sriracha sauce — was a pancake like omelet stuffed with lots of crab meat. It made a really delicious and filling dish without making you feeling stuffed. Highly recommend this dish to you!

We were too full for dessert this time. Definitely visiting again for more great dishes and desserts!

I came here last month for the first time in a while and found that they had changed the menu and possibly the chef. Whatever was special about chachawan before is gone now. The price is still sky high though, so they’ve still got that. Everything I tried on the new menu was depressingly bland, including the “Thai milk tea”, which was basically just regular HK milk tea with a marked up price. Don’t bother.

This is a casual restaurant and I suppose it serves its purpose if you are in the neighborhood. Doesn’t call for a special trip at all.
Frankly, it is near impossible to find a great Thai place in Hong Kong, let along ones that would specialize in some regional cooking and does it well.
Still, a cheerful place if you must come to this area.

This place has been on my list for years and I happened to be around the area so gotta give it a try. Turned out it did not disappoint at all. Ordered the Gai Yung, Khao Pad and the Kanom Dtom. The Gai Yung are 2 big pieces of tender & juicy chicken marinated for 24 hours in garlic, pepper and coriander; the spicy sauce that came with it was heavenly that you can’t miss it. The Khao Pad (wok fried rice of crab meat, egg & spring onions) was packed with a generous portion of crab meat and flavorful but the sauce on the side was overly salty for my taste which I just left it pretty much untouched. The Kanom Dtom is a traditional Thai dessert and I never thought the salted coconut cream would mix so well with the sweetness; the shredded coconut filling was a bit too sweet for me but maybe because I had 4 of them; probably best to share this awesome dessert with more people. Lastly the complementary mango that was served with a lemon grass and spicy salt. A interesting and refreshing combo which went well along with the mango.

Very delicious Thai dishes. We tried their pomelo salad, grilled chicken thigh and coconut ice cream. All of them were done well. The coconut ice cream was especially refreshing. Price is on the high side.

Chachawan 喺香港首間泰國東北依善菜嘅餐廳，主打烤肉同泰式沙律。餐廳樓高兩層，帶泰國風情，都坐得幾舒服~
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▪️𝙂𝘼𝙄 𝙔𝘼𝙉𝙂 $158
𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 24 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴
手掌咁大塊嘅雞肉！食肉獸見到都流晒口水！雞肉外皮香脆，燒得好香口，食落有啲位幾滑 有啲位就比較紮實同乾身。雖然經蒜蓉，胡椒等香料醃製廿四小時，但感覺上唔太入味。沾上旁邊嘅泰式辣醬，酸甜微辣較為惹味。呢道菜式食落就冇想像中咁有驚喜，較為普通~

▪️𝙎𝘼𝙈 𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙉 𝙏𝙊𝙍𝙏 𝙂𝙇𝙐𝘼 $168
𝘋𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘶𝘤𝘦
豬頸肉爽彈帶油脂香~ 邊邊位焦香脆卜卜，食得多都幾膩吓，點返啲酸酸地帶微辣嘅泰式辣醬會較為開胃解膩。

▪️𝙆𝘼𝙄 𝙅𝙄𝘼𝙒 $148
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘪 𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘣, 𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 & 𝘴𝘳𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘶𝘤𝘦
厚身嘅蟹肉奄列，質地有小小似蠔餅，切開毫無蛋汁，好嚡好乾仲有啲油膩。蟹肉份量少之餘，仲冇乜鮮味。

▪️𝙆𝘼𝙉𝙊𝙈 𝘿𝙏𝙊𝙈 $78
𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮
估唔到甜品最有驚喜最好食！湯圓外皮軟糯，包滿香甜椰絲。特別鍾意嗰salted coconut cream，濃厚微稠。椰醬嘅鹹香剛好可以平衝椰絲嘅香甜，甜膩感很低呢~

整體嚟講，菜式定價較高，味道中規中矩，不過都算幾有泰式風味~ 如果去食嘅朋友仔，不妨試下𝙆𝘼𝙉𝙊𝙈 𝘿𝙏𝙊𝙈！

Favourite Thai place coming from someone who lived in Bangkok for 15 years. Love the Thai sausage Chiangmai style and moo ping & sticky rice!

Quite authentic Thai street food!

Good Thai food!!!!!, but previously food choice better…

Great food and good service. Will definitely come back again.

A cool place to chill out with extraordinary food

Hands down my favorite Thai restaurant in town. Service and food are both consistent and good. Highly recommend.

Come slightly earlier to avoid lines. Although I do think the tables turn quite quickly, so other than dinner times, the wait isn’t long.

Excellent food. The crab fried rice and chicken thighs on skewers are amazing! The crab omelette was okay. No Set Lunches available right now, only A La Carte. Worth the hype.

Amazing Thai food, always fresh and delicious with that typical Thai umami balance of salty, sweet, sour and spicy. The staff are always friendly, a must visit whenever I am in the neighborhood.