Any restaurants similar to The Olive Tree?

[JulieM]

The Olive Tree is always closed lately. I hope they are still in business and just away for a while. Can I find similar food anywhere else in town?

[jonwilly]

I had an old mate visiting and we have enjoyed in the past, the Food if not the service in Olive Tree.

However for the three weeks my friend was here the place was never open.

I do think the Attitude of the Lady of the House has much to do with the problems.

john

Trattoria Roberto just down the '45 Degree soi' by Johns Place offers excellent Italian food from a Thai lady with 20 years experience of Italy.

[mascarabertha]

I had an old mate visiting and we have enjoyed in the past, the Food if not the service in Olive Tree.

However for the three weeks my friend was here the place was never open.

I do think the Attitude of the Lady of the House has much to do with the problems.

john

Trattoria Roberto just down the '45 Degree soi' by Johns Place offers excellent Italian food from a Thai lady with 20 years experience of Italy.

they are asking about mid eastern food. you know humus falafel etc. and you recommend a pizza joint. duh

[Dante99]

I had an old mate visiting and we have enjoyed in the past, the Food if not the service in Olive Tree.

However for the three weeks my friend was here the place was never open.

I do think the Attitude of the Lady of the House has much to do with the problems.

john

Trattoria Roberto just down the '45 Degree soi' by Johns Place offers excellent Italian food from a Thai lady with 20 years experience of Italy.

they are asking about mid eastern food. you know humus falafel etc. and you recommend a pizza joint. duh

Relax Bertha, it will quickly get to hamburgers for you.

[Ulysses G.]

There are 3 or 4 good Middle Eastern restaurants on Chang Klan Road to the South of the Sri Dom Chai Road intersection.

[elektrified]

There are 3 or 4 good Middle Eastern restaurants on Chang Klan Road to the South of the Sri Dom Chai Road intersection.

I like Sababa on Chang Klan/Sridornchai but they have weird hours also. I can never find them open when I feel like Middle Eastern food, but see them open at night and other times so I know they are still in business. I think they close for worship on certain days and don't open until after the lunch hour - like late afternoon which is an odd time to open. Best to get their business card and call ahead to see if they are open. Don't bother trying to get their number on Facebook, they don't list it! Good food but one of those places that is difficult to do business with.

[Ulysses G.]

There are 3 or 4 good Middle Eastern restaurants on Chang Klan Road to the South of the Sri Dom Chai Road intersection.

I like Sababa on Chang Klan/Sridornchai but they have weird hours also. I can never find them open when I feel like Middle Eastern food, but see them open at night and other times so I know they are still in business. I think they close for worship on certain days and don't open until after the lunch hour - like late afternoon which is an odd time to open. Best to get their business card and call ahead to see if they are open. Don't bother trying to get their number on Facebook, they don't list it! Good food but one of those places that is difficult to do business with.

I agree. Their pita bread is usually the best of the lot, but not always.

I like the Chabad House down the street. It is not not as good but consistent opening hours and good prices for falafel sandwiches.

[Loaded]

There are 3 or 4 good Middle Eastern restaurants on Chang Klan Road to the South of the Sri Dom Chai Road intersection.

I like Sababa on Chang Klan/Sridornchai but they have weird hours also. I can never find them open when I feel like Middle Eastern food, but see them open at night and other times so I know they are still in business. I think they close for worship on certain days and don't open until after the lunch hour - like late afternoon which is an odd time to open. Best to get their business card and call ahead to see if they are open. Don't bother trying to get their number on Facebook, they don't list it! Good food but one of those places that is difficult to do business with.

I agree. Their pita bread is usually the best of the lot, but not always.

I like the Chabad House down the street. It is not not as good but consistent opening hours and good prices for falafel sandwiches.

Are gentiles welcome at the Chabad House? I thought it was a Jewish social club. I spent close to 2 years in Israel, Jordan and Egypt. I love Israeli/Mediterranean Middle Eastern food. The BTC opposite Sababa provides really unfriendly and incompetent service but I like their food.

I remember the felafel shops that ringed the old central bus station in Tel Aviv back in the 1980s when it was just a piece of open land before it became concrete and then several floors were added. Each shop would have around 20 - 30 bowls of salad, vegetables, pickles and hummus/tehina/chilli sauces that you could keep adding to your open felafel pita. We would keep topping up until we were no longer hungry. Then we finished the felafel. I still vividly remember where to queue for bus number 4.

[Ulysses G.]

There are 3 or 4 good Middle Eastern restaurants on Chang Klan Road to the South of the Sri Dom Chai Road intersection.

I like Sababa on Chang Klan/Sridornchai but they have weird hours also. I can never find them open when I feel like Middle Eastern food, but see them open at night and other times so I know they are still in business. I think they close for worship on certain days and don't open until after the lunch hour - like late afternoon which is an odd time to open. Best to get their business card and call ahead to see if they are open. Don't bother trying to get their number on Facebook, they don't list it! Good food but one of those places that is difficult to do business with.

I agree. Their pita bread is usually the best of the lot, but not always.

I like the Chabad House down the street. It is not not as good but consistent opening hours and good prices for falafel sandwiches.

Are gentiles welcome at the Chabad House?

Yes. I told the rabbis that I was raised a Catholic on one of my first visits and they are usually very friendly with me. I only go there to eat and one of them comes over and strikes up a conversation pretty often. The regular falafel sandwich for about 100 baht is quite filling, but there are also a bunch of cheap side dishes (20 baht each), if one is really hungry.

[Saan]

Excellent Middle Eastern restaurant opposite Shangri La Hotel on Chang Klan. Sorry can't think of its name.

[mudscrubber]

There are 3 or 4 good Middle Eastern restaurants on Chang Klan Road to the South of the Sri Dom Chai Road intersection.

I like Sababa on Chang Klan/Sridornchai but they have weird hours also. I can never find them open when I feel like Middle Eastern food, but see them open at night and other times so I know they are still in business. I think they close for worship on certain days and don't open until after the lunch hour - like late afternoon which is an odd time to open. Best to get their business card and call ahead to see if they are open. Don't bother trying to get their number on Facebook, they don't list it! Good food but one of those places that is difficult to do business with.

Sababa is closed for the Jewish Sabbath. That means from sometime before Sundown on Friday to Sundown on Saturday. Maybe they're closed all day on Friday. The food is excellent. I particularly like the vegetarian plate. The owner is from Yemen and some of the dishes are explicitly labelled as Yemeni.

[elektrified]

There are 3 or 4 good Middle Eastern restaurants on Chang Klan Road to the South of the Sri Dom Chai Road intersection.

I like Sababa on Chang Klan/Sridornchai but they have weird hours also. I can never find them open when I feel like Middle Eastern food, but see them open at night and other times so I know they are still in business. I think they close for worship on certain days and don't open until after the lunch hour - like late afternoon which is an odd time to open. Best to get their business card and call ahead to see if they are open. Don't bother trying to get their number on Facebook, they don't list it! Good food but one of those places that is difficult to do business with.

Sababa is closed for the Jewish Sabbath. That means from sometime before Sundown on Friday to Sundown on Saturday. Maybe they're closed all day on Friday. The food is excellent. I particularly like the vegetarian plate. The owner is from Yemen and some of the dishes are explicitly labelled as Yemeni.

They are also closed for lunch one day in the middle of the week - I think; although I forget what day.

He told me that he is from Israel. He told me that he is a retired officer from the Israeli military - mandatory retirement at age 50. For a while the food was being prepared by some Burmese kids and it was not so good. But the owner is back in the kitchen again and is consistently good. I could never figure out who the 2 people in the photo are on the menus, on facebook, etc....

I stand corrected on the phone number. It is on facebook. You have to blow up a photo on there to see it.

[Saan]

There are 3 or 4 good Middle Eastern restaurants on Chang Klan Road to the South of the Sri Dom Chai Road intersection.

I like Sababa on Chang Klan/Sridornchai but they have weird hours also. I can never find them open when I feel like Middle Eastern food, but see them open at night and other times so I know they are still in business. I think they close for worship on certain days and don't open until after the lunch hour - like late afternoon which is an odd time to open. Best to get their business card and call ahead to see if they are open. Don't bother trying to get their number on Facebook, they don't list it! Good food but one of those places that is difficult to do business with.

Sababa is closed for the Jewish Sabbath. That means from sometime before Sundown on Friday to Sundown on Saturday. Maybe they're closed all day on Friday. The food is excellent. I particularly like the vegetarian plate. The owner is from Yemen and some of the dishes are explicitly labelled as Yemeni.

They are also closed for lunch one day in the middle of the week - I think; although I forget what day.

He told me that he is from Israel. He told me that he is a retired officer from the Israeli military - mandatory retirement at age 50. For a while the food was being prepared by some Burmese kids and it was not so good. But the owner is back in the kitchen again and is consistently good. I could never figure out who the 2 people in the photo are on the menus, on facebook, etc....

I stand corrected on the phone number. It is on facebook. You have to blow up a photo on there to see it.

Originally Yeminis I think but Jewish. Probably escaped to Israel. Never the less the food is good.