A note on the words: otoshi is the small dish set in front of you soon after you sit down at a Japanese drinking place, charged for as a cover; it is not a scam. Som tam is the pounded green papaya salad, gai yang is chicken marinated and grilled, pad pak boong fai daeng is water spinach thrown into a stir-fry over a fierce flame, and peek gai tod is fried chicken wings. Leo and Chang are two of Thailand’s big beer brands. A highball is whisky lengthened with soda, so the Thai ball on this menu is that drink made with Thai whisky. Meiji-dori is the main road running past Ebisu Station. Prices are as of this writing (August 2026).
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Hello, this is Hangover Meshi. This time, to a Thai restaurant I found in Ebisu. It sits on the second floor of a building a short walk from Ebisu Station in the direction of Meiji-dori. The first floor looks to be a taco place lol I am rather curious about that one as well.
Up to the second floor and in through the door, and the foreign feel of it is something else lol You really do have the sensation of having arrived in Thailand^^
The room has a lovely atmosphere. The two-seaters are small tables with tall chairs, and that cheerfully jumbled quality is very good indeed! The refrigerator is stocked with all sorts of Thai beers. This looks like a fun place!
So, out of a long list, we ordered whatever we felt like as the mood took us!
If you are going to do this the Thai way, surely you begin with a Leo!
It is the best-selling brand in Thailand, though in Japan it is Chang that tends to be the better known of the two.
A pilsner-style lager, low on bitterness, clean to drink, with a sweetness of its own. On a hot day a crisp Leo goes down in great gulps, and that is how we wet our throats to begin with.
This, I think, is what is being served as the otoshi. Potato chips with a house sauce spooned on top. And yes, it is good^^!
Nothing can begin without this one!
Green papaya salad! I am extremely fond of it, and it has become one of the things I always order.
That distinctive texture of green papaya is irresistible. Add a sharply sour dressing, dried shrimp and the heat of chili, and every part of it makes a salad suited to a hot day. Superb!
Another sure thing! Gai yang — Thai-style roast chicken, you might call it.
Juicy chicken grilled with a glaze brushed over it, eaten with a house sauce that tastes of fish sauce poured on top. This too has a gentle heat, and it is superb with beer. This is where we began ordering Chang and the rest, and it goes perfectly with the clean, light Thai beers.
Pad pak boong fai daeng… which means nothing to most of us, but it is water spinach stir-fried with garlic!
Another sure thing. Crisp water spinach with fish sauce and garlic, cooked into a stir-fry with a wonderful flavor to it! It has a slightly different character from the Chinese-style water spinach stir-fry, and it is delicious.
Deep-fried chicken wings in tom yum flavor! Does gai mean chicken, I wonder?
These wings are tom yum flavored too and thoroughly delicious! Dipped in a cheese-ish sauce, they are Thai-style buffalo chicken exactly! The seasoning is gently hot and full-on, which makes them ideal alongside a drink. Thai-style buffalo chicken…
This is good. I could get hooked on it!
Everything here is seasoned to be ideal with a drink. Which meant that on the night the balance tipped rather more toward the drinking than the eating lol We got through every kind of Thai beer, and every kind of Thai ball as well — highballs made with Thai whisky lol Looking back afterward I realized we had not ordered very much food, but there is enough here to keep you drinking happily, so it is kind to the wallet too! It was my first visit, but I would like to come back whenever I want Thai food in Ebisu!
Thai Konro Ebisu (Thai / Ebisu Station, Daikanyama Station)
Tabelog dinner rating ★★★☆☆ 3.6
I ate here and paid for it myself. Nothing on this site is a comped meal.
