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A renovated 2-story 1940s shop house. Serving Thai and Western vegetarian meals using rice & olive oil, germinated brown rice, organic tofu, and mushroom direct from farm owner. Has Wi-Fi internet access. Secondary number: +66-2-2824979. Reported closed, June '23.
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175 Samsen Rd, PhraNakorn, Banglamphu (at btwn Soi 3 & Soi 5), Bangkok, Thailand, 10200
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Last update on 13 Jun 2023 by chiangzp
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25 Reviews
First Review by kool_kitchen
SophieO14
Points +111
Delicious food! - Edit
I got to try some new Thai dishes that I thought I would miss out on being vegetarian, such as the vegetarian balls on a stick and larb.
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otter4200
Points +150
Lovely spot - Edit
Quite a nice spot located close to Khaosan rd. The food is good though a bit expensive
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Vitxo
Points +490
Good option in Bangkok - Edit
We dined at this establishment, the atmosphere was nice and the staff very friendly. The Tom Yam soup was very tasty, the black rice with vegetables too, the chips were a perfect accompaniment to the vegetable sausages.
Read morePros: Staff, tasty
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DALAHFR
Points +19
Good - Edit
Good vegetarian food
Read moreDifférents option for a normal price
Water not provided
The waitress is not so welcoming
Cons: The waitress is not so welcoming, Water not provided
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DavidGottlieb
Points +58
Still really tasty. - Edit
I had not been here in at least 5 years and found myself wanting food at night (All the normal great value buffet Jay restaurants tend to close early), this place is close to a hotel I have frequented for years so decided to drop in. Great ambience and wait staff. Clean healthy tasting Thai dishes. A modest dinner for two was 350BHT (About 11usd at time of writing). I feel the price for a night place with good service reasonable (sure the Thia vegan buffets are great value but close at two PM and honestly can be hit or miss).
Read morePros: Can and will make everything as vegan., Open at night, Charming ambience and friendly wait staff.
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FelixPerrella
Points +76
Scelto piatto sbagliato - Edit
Il locale è bello, piccolo e ben arredato. La qualità degli ingredienti è buona, il menù non è economico, ma non caro, il curry 170 bath. Ahimè ho sbagliato a scegliere, ho preso queste verdure di cui non so il nome che le detesto. Non è la prima volta che le trovo a Bangkok, sarà che non sono abituato ma le trovo troppo amare e mo disgustano. Ma dalla presentazione del piatto e delle bevande penso sia tutto buono.
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ell3naao
Points +103
Really nice! - Edit
Asked the waitress which dishes were vegan and she kindly pointed them out to me. Had the tofu and vegetable green curry with rice, and can honestly say it was one of the nicest curries I have had in a long time. Super fresh and homecooked. Great cosy little place.
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TheVeganParisian
Points +162
Un peu déçu - Edit
Pas la peine de traverser la ville pour venir jusqu’ici. Le service est plutôt sympa. La nourriture est ok, plats préparés vite fait, parfois mal fait. Ma noix de coco n’est dit pas très fraîche, les espèces de l’anis de riz sont servis chauds et ne sont vraiment pas faits minute. Pratique cependant si vous êtes végétarien.
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GigiWho
Points +98
Amazing - Edit
This was the most delicious dish I ate the entire vacation! I had the mushroom curry and black rice which tasted amazing! The curry wasn’t too spicy, it was perfect.
Read moreThe place looked cozy and chic. It was kind of small. I would recommend this place to everyone.
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Beetroot
Points +33
delicious clean organic food - Edit
My favourite place in Bangkok near samsen Khao San. No msg, makes it one of the very few places where I want to eat.
Read moreBesides some of the Thai classic curries, a few less known delicious Thai dishes to try, absolutely! The western food is also nice, defo good value for money. Everything very freshly made by people who don't just do vegan cause it sells (like so often in Thailand).
Beautiful decor in the small place. Decent AC and decent music in the background, I appreciate in every sense.
Pros: yummie, classic and unusual dishes, clean - no msg, fresh, beautiful and friendly
Cons: none
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SkimJot
Points +15
Delicious healthy and fresh - Edit
I've eaten here several times and tried a lot of different dishes. It's always been excellent. The food is really tasty and it's clearly been created with health in mind as each meal is very well balanced and uses very fresh ingredients. The prices are very reasonable (just a little above the standard food court style veggie places you'll find in most malls) and the service is very friendly and quick. I can't recommend this place enough. Probably my favourite veggie place in Bangkok.
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LillyUrbat
Points +29
Very relaxed and ambitious - Edit
At Thamna local people at their lunch break as well as tourists meet. The menu is interesting and full of ideas. You find thai food as well as western adaptions or other asian inspirations. The staff is very friendly and the location is on a comforting moderate A/C.
Read morePros: tourists & locals mix there, different cuisines to choose from, small inexpensive portions so you can order a lot
Cons: you can not sit outside , small place with only a few tables
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ShannonTran
Points +202
interesting menu! - Edit
Thamna is nestled only a stones throw away from the hustle and bustle of Khao San Rd but seems like another world compared! Lovely minimal and modern interior with vintage crockery to go alongside an interesting menu. There’s a mix of Asian and western influenced food. We had the shiitake and cheese bread (120b), a coconut sour soup(100b) with vegetable balls and a Siamese curry. The black rice was hearty and the soups chocked with veggies. The mushroom and cheese was great as it’s very rare to find good real cheese in Asia, the shiitake was to die for! Huge fan and would definitely return! May be a bit pricey compared to street food but alright in terms of restaurant prices.
Read morePros: lots of options, farm fresh veggies, creative menu
Cons: a bit pricey , not open very long
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goldenchopsticks
Points +142
Exceptional - Edit
Cozy restaurant, my guess is that it is family owned. It has a variety of vegan options. The food is Thai and Western fusion. I recommend trying the grilled salad, very yummy juicy fresh vegetables grilled served with many herbs and spices.
Read morePros: cozy, jazz music
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Cowgirl Annie
Points +25
Great tasty, healthy, exotic vegetarian food - Edit
I love this restaurant. It is near my office so I eat lunch here often. The food is always tasty, and I love the dense brown/purple rice which they serve with curries. I have tried several of the curries - they are all good. The thai salads are also very good. I've even tried a pasta with thai-style toppings of Asian mushrooms and chilli, and it was surprisingly good as well. It's refreshing to find a range of Thai dishes on the menu which are beyond the usual tourist restaurant offerings. My favourite dish may be the tofu salad - uncooked soft tofu topped with seaweed and in a tasty soy-based sauce. Very good and very healthy! Highly recommended.
Read morePros: Healthy tasty food, Quick and friendly service, Great variety of thai food options
Cons: Small restaurant space - limited seats
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jeroenkusters
Points +831
Something different - Edit
Cozy restaurant and very good food. The Thai food is definitely not the regular stuff. I tried both curries and both were superb. I love the black rice.
Read morePros: No regular curries, All organic
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petemac7112
Points +85
Excellent Meal - Edit
Can not comprehend how "eatinggreen" in the last review could come up with the review they did. My experience was the opposite. A great imaginative menu and well put together. Compared to the usual Bankok standard vegetarian fare this menu is streets ahead.
Read morePros: Imaginative Menu, Nice Atmosphere, Good Value
Cons: Moderate Price
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eatinggreen
Points +608
Not so impressed really - Edit
We really wanted to like this place, especially because of the health focus, which fits with our philosophy on eating/food. The store looks very modern in a Western way from the outside - glass front with cool minimalist font near the door telling us about the integrity of the ingredients - not a bad start really, except that we could tell we were in for a menu full of eggs and dairy (which apparently are all organic and free range). I was also a little nervous about the reference to olive oil but was willing to go with it in the hope we may find a happy fusion between health and tradition.
Read moreThe restaurant interior is lovely in a Western European kind of way. Bright and cheerful, artsy, clean and comfortable.
And then the menu. Happycow lists this place as serving "Thai and Western" food, in that order, so we expected to find some decent local fare. Unfortunately though the menu is mostly pasta, salads and sandwiches. We know better than to expect high quality Western food in Asia so prefer to avoid it - nothing here suggested a different approach would be justified.
We ended up ordering 2 curries - a hot and spicy one from Southern Thailand and another called Siamese Cassia Curry, which sounded different enough to feel quite interesting. We then got a tom yum soup, some deep fried angel mushrooms with tamarind sauce and another appetiser that involved veges being wrapped in leaves. In terms of local offerings, that was almost it.
The result... well, not great really. The cassia curry was burnt and tasted like charcoal, to the point where I couldn't bring myself to eat it [edit by staff]. If it wasn't for that it could have been nice, but hard to tell really. The hot & spicy curry tasted like tom yum soup without all the lovely spices, so not particularly enjoyable either. The upside was that it had lots of veges in it, so we ate those up and left most of the soup. The tom yum soup was nice but contained mock meat. Still, probably the best of the bunch. The mushroom appetiser was more like potato croquettes - in fact we think they got the order wrong, since the sauce didn't even remotely taste like tamarind and we were having trouble locating any mushrooms amidst the fried blobs of potato mush. They wouldn't admit any mix-up though, so we ate a few and left the rest. The leaf wraps were ok, but nothing to write home about.
We left puzzled why this place has such a fervent fanbase. Perhaps it's the ambience and the pasta..?
Pros: lovely atmosphere, healthy ingredients, organics - always great to see!
Cons: mock meat, eggs, dairy, the menu and food, very little english
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killianH
Points +122
the best in the area - Edit
ethos is good for your standard international fare. this is good vegan/veg food for people who enjoy thinking. its the best veg place in kosahn/banglampu, the price is totally reasonable and the atmosphere is great.
Read morePros: quality, price, atmosphere
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sbszine
Points +250
Refreshing - Edit
Really nice food, especially the pomelo and wonton skins, and the papaya salad (spicy). 500 baht (about $17 Aussie dollars) for a large dinner and drinks for two. Nice jazz music and a clean environment. Recommended.
Read morePros: English menu, Easy to find, Friendly staff
Cons: Vegan items not marked
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enRoute
Points +1413
This is really, really good food - Edit
Found this place almost on accident while looking for May Kai Dee's, but was not disappointed. It was a great lunch and it's easy to see that this is just a special place... very friendly owner and family and just a nice, almost San Francisco cafe vibe. Loved it and would recommend it, just a quick walk over the bridge and down a few streets on the left hand side.
Read morePros: scrumptious, friendly, cheap
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dimitri
Points +129
gourmet food in a good price,unique dishes - Edit
very good relax enviroment,wine bar,oeganic products and very very nice staff and the owner is super friendly and cozy..the menu is small but have unique dishes a mix thai-europian style, you can ask to make anything you like into your own way,vegan friendly wifi for free,quiet, music was jazz,english speaking, gourmet food,nice coffee, fresh juices, and some dishes are excellent for this price! reall gourmet food. only point is that in my opinion must add more green fresh salads^^ 15 minutes walking from khaosan rd
Read morePros: gourmet food, good enviroment, cozy friendly english speaking owner
Cons: need more green salads in my opinion, close at mondays
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rdavout
Points +35
Innovative thai cuisine with lots of mushrooms - Edit
A charming address, with innovative thai cuisine with an abuntant use of mushrooms. Limited menu, especially outside of the mushroom range. Large portions. No free water.
Read moreReview based on: 1 shared meal (2009-10).
Cons: no free water
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chillin
Points +83
Mushrooms every which way! Mmmm! - Edit
A friend and I visited Tham Na last night for dinner. It wasn't the easiest of restaurants to find as it was someway from the centre and not close to any BTS or MRT, so we took a taxi. The staff at Tham Na were more than happy to direct the taxi driver - it took us about 30 minutes to arrive from the centre of Bangkok. When you enter the restaurant it feels a bit like a French cafe/bistro, with small tables, background music and small groups of customers chatting away and enjoying their food. The tiles on the floor are also beautiful! We sat down close to the counter and the staff were very attentive - she apologised for only having 1 spare menu, but that was OK, we could share. All the menu is vegetarian but we were unsure which things were vegan as it wasn't indicated on the menu. The staff went through the menu with us explaining which items were either vegan or could be made vegan - really helpful! The first of our starters arrived not long after our fresh drinks. Angel fried mushrooms were good (if a little oily) and the tofu topped with 3 mushrooms was delicious! We also ate a fab pasta dish which included apple and chestnuts! Mmmm! Overall a good meal and we left feeling very full! Would have been great if there had been some vegan desserts on the menu ... maybe next time! Total cost for dinner and drinks for two was 450THB which is about $15 USD.
Read morePros: Extensive vegetarian menu, Friendly staff, Charming atmosphere
Cons: Long way out of centre of Bangkok, No vegan desserts, Vegan dishes not identified on menu
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kool_kitchen
Points +862
Gourmet quality food - Edit
We've been coming to Bangkok regularly for over 9 years and had grown used to the adequate, rather rustic veg fare on offer. It was with great delight that we discovered Thamna, a revelation. The food is imaginative, varied and delightfully presented in comfortable surroundings. We've never had a bad dish here and particualrly enjoyed the Crispy mushroom balls with mustard yoghurt sauce and the Spicy pomelo salad on crispy wonton sheets.
Read morePros: Free wifi, gourmet style food, Centrally located
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