Sam Yan Market (ตลาดสามย่าน) is located close to Chulalongkorn University and MBK, about half way between MRT Hua Lamphong and MRT Sam Yan. The market is housed in a modern two-storey building, with a fresh market on the first (ground) floor and many Thai restaurants selling beef, chicken, pork and fish steak on the second floor. The second floor is popularly known as Sam Yan Steak (สามย่านสเต็ก).
Meals at Sam Yan Steak are cheap (starting at about 70 Thai baht) with large platters available for about 400 baht. Soft drinks, beer and ice is cheap and presumably priced to attract Thai students from the nearby university.
Most of the shops have a menu with pictures, and most foreign visitors would have no problem ordering food. However, the menu is definitely aimed at the Thai market and most steaks come with sickly sauces, sub-standard French fries and a “salad” of shredded white cabbage and mayonnaise. That’s unfortunate because even the cheap beef steaks seem to be surprisingly edible.
Our verdict, about 2/10 (English) and 5/10 (Thai).
Still want to go? You may need this map.
