This 24-hour "examination ramen" restaurant's Sathorn branch follows far-flung openings in Rama 9, Bangna and Ratchada. Given your own cubicle, you fill in an order form and slide it under a bamboo curtain. The order comes back without you seeing the server. Basic bowls are B150 before extras.

The huge success of this cheap steak specialist’s original Narathiwas branch has triggered a new venue in Suan Phlu. Here, Arno’s bolder and bigger space is divided between Arno’s Wine Bar and Arno’s Steak, Burgers & Beers. Besides its famously pocket-friendly, 75-day dry-aged tomahawk (B1,400/kg) and 300g, bacon-laden Carnivore burger (B330), you will find the most expensive pad kaprow on this soi, made using Hokkaido sea scallops for B600.

 

 

 

Fatty’s Bar and Diner has long been the go-to spot to get your grease fix. Now, owner and barbecue purist Matthew Fischer brings his deliciously calorific menu to Ekkamai with The Fat Tap—half-barbecue joint, half-craft beer bar, this spot is the real American Dream. The main event is the ribs (B450/half-rack), which are fall-off-the-bone tender and coated in a sticky, smoky glaze. Pair them with one of 12 beers on tap. 

 

 

This fifth location by the Bangkok-based burger company sees it partner with San Diego-based Stone Brewing to bring us American food’s favorite duo: burgers and beer. Cold beer pours from eight taps, three of which rotate weekly. On the permanent draft menu are Stone staples: Delicious IPA (B185/B330), Ripper Pale Ale (B180/B320), IPA (B185/B325) and Go to IPA (B180/B320). There are also new burgers, like Cheese Secrets, in which a patty of premium fried pork or beef comes stuffed with cheese and mustard cream (B255/B275), and Three Musketeers, which replaces the bun with waffle fries. 

 

Mikkeller, the Danish microbrewery that opened a bar in Ekkamai in 2014, follows it up with a new Ari bar and restaurant specializing in tacos. Fun and playful, with rainbow-colored chairs and brightly painted window frames contrasting with the exposed white brick. The laidback beanbags from the lawn of Mikkeller Ekkamai also make a return, albeit in a smaller outdoor space. As for the tacos, go with the fried barracuda (B280) coated in a crispy thin batter and drizzled in spicy mayo, or the beef steak (B220) with herby chimichurri sauce.