Good food.. beer was chilled loved the ambience and soft music.. a fag corner was missing.. or else it's altogether an awesome place for food lovers and good place to hangout out
Fabulous cocktails and specially curated menu. The Thai food is to die for lively ambience and amazing service.
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|| SOI-the Asian Street Kitchen 🤤 ||
Oriental and Pan-Asian Cuisine is a true delight to have and it is loved by many of us. I doubt if anyone can turn down Pan-Asian food in Kolkata. With those outstanding Awadhi, Indian, Mughlai, and other Cuisines around the corner Asian Cuisine Food is making its market slowly and steadily. Due to this increasing Demand for good Authentic Pan Asian food quite a lot of restaurants have coming up in the city dedicated to meet this surge for Asian flavors.
Being a personal lover of Oriental cuisine food myself I know how we get struck by those amazing Authentic Pan-Asian Cuisine Magic. Longing for a good time with friends or family? Or even cozy up alone with some mind-blowing and refreshing drinks in a cool and sassy ambiance? then you must visit “SOI” the Asian Kitchen from the house of Zaranj, named after side-streets of Thailand. The perfect place in the City to satiate your cravings for Pan-Asian cuisine❤️With more and more Kolkatans broadening their culinary palette and wanting to experiment with food from the Orient, SOI offers the right ambience of quirky, casual Asian Street food and a perfect fine dining experience. Not many places in the city focus on exclusively Oriental and Pan-Asian cuisine and so this place was in my wish-list for quite some time 💕 Wanted to try this place since a long time as I am big fan of Pan Asian food. and heard really good reviews about SOI so one day came here for dinner with my friends.
📍 Location: This Pan-Asian Kitchen is at 26, Jawaharlal Nehru Road, right next to Indian Museum and at the beginning of Sudder Street. It is 5 minute's walking distance from Park Street Metro.
▶ Ambience/Décor/Service: The ambience of this classy casual pub restaurant reflects the street style aesthetics of the Orient spread across a wide area and it is a perfect place to try out Pan-Asian dishes with friends and family. As soon as you enter the place you will be greeted by a Laughing Buddha statue.
The Décor of the place is pretty nice and simple with some beautiful wall hangings, beautifully crafted wooden bar. The funky posters of different cities of East Asia dot the walls. They have a restaurant in the front lobby as well as a sitting area inside where they have a live bar, made up like a food truck. This is Bar truck, is synonymous to Thailand’s mobile Volkswagen bars, add on the hustle and bustle seen at the SOI. They definitely have tried to give the feel of a street kitchen to this place, but the interiors are too posh to depict as such. This place has a seating capacity for around 50-60 people at a time. The amazing music played in the background will soothes your mind. The staffs are super friendly & always ready at your service. The service of the place is prompt and amazing to satisfy both the tummy and the heart.
▶ Now let us move to the food and drinks. The menu of SOI comprises of dishes that are authentically street-style with influences from their Thai, Chinese and Japanese counterparts. The menu comprises of dishes that are authentically street-style with influences from their Thai, Chinese and Japanese counterparts. On my recent visit last month, I feasted on the following amazing items from the versatile Pan-Asian menu ❤️
🥂 Drinks 🍹
📌 to quench our thirst, we opted for some drinks.
⚜️ Kingfisher Draught Beer 🍺
⚜️ Blenders Pride Reserve Collection
⚜️ 100 Pipers
❤ Food (Starters) 😋
⚜️ Kai hor bai toey-This chicken appetizer simply won our hearts. Thai chicken cooked in coconut milk & lemongrass wrapped in pandanus leaves served in a woven box. The aroma & richness of flavours are commendable. The chicken pieces are soft and tender and juicy too. The sauce steals the show.
⚜️ Tempura Chicken with sukiyaki and teriyaki sauce – This is a must-try. The batter is prepared to perfection making the tempura authentic- crispy, light, and airy. They serve it in the soaking trays and the soft and juicy chicken are covered with classic fried tempura batter. The perfectly constructed flavours are sure to tingle your taste-buds, and you will surely come back craving for more. The two kinds of sauce were complimenting the dishes so well. I would definitely try it again. (Recommended)
❤ Main Course🍗
🔸 Moving on to the Main Course:
⚜️ Leang's Fried rice - This is a different kind of fried rice topped with coriander and other greens and is cooked with Tibetan spices. The rice is well cooked and the whole dish tastes amazing. Unlike the same fried rice, this is something new I tried and was not a failure. I really liked it.
⚜️ Schezwan Fish- The fish was Crispy in the outside and moisty on the inside smothered with Schezwan sauce. This superb fish main course well complemented with fried rice. I just love it.
I am in love with this place as the dishes were really really awesome. Such brilliance in bringing out the flavours from Pan-Asian cuisine. Starting from starter to main course everything tasted perfect. All the items were delicious and too much tasty, and they give very quantity. 😋
💰 Pocket pinch: - Pinch for two is ₹ 1200 - ₹ 1500 with alcohol for a great experience.
▶Overall: - Overall, I am really very impressed with the place. Had a great dining experience and superlative food. After dining at SOI I have gladly added one more name to my list of "Go-to” Pan Asian Food Joints. To sum it up the bold flavors of street side eateries and the vibrancy of the nightlife culminate to create an electric atmosphere, making SOI the perfect hang-out. The vibes are eclectic, the food is awesome, and the cocktails to die for. A weekend evening converted into a fun filled educative evening, thanks to SOI. Looking forward to exploring more items from their menu in next visit 😋 Do pay a visit to this place, you will not regret 💕 👍🏻
The food is really good especially the chicken satay and chilli garlic noodles. Cocktails are delicious and there is a large variety to choose from whether in a group or even for a date. I would recommend going for a pitcher if you're in a group. Ambience is well li and beautiful, but the AC can get uncomfortably cold.
Quite a satisfactory Chinese Restaurant in and around Park Street Area - Decently decorated and charming.
Straight into the things ordered;
1)Cantonese Pan Fried Noodles (Chicken) - Absolutely Amazing.
2)Honey Chicken - Sweet and Pleasant Chicken Side dish. The best part being that it's not very rich or spicy but is rather light and soothing.
3)Chocolate Frost - A simple chocolate mocktail.
Good Service and Good Food.
Highly Recommended!
Soothing music and classy ambience! Prime highlight was the wooden barcounter which emanates a certain grandeur.
On the table we had:
Leangs fried rice
Chilli fish
Geng kua phak
And caramel custard
Every item of their menu tasted fantastic which was made only better by their courteous staff!
I loved the experience and would recommend this for fine dining.
Such a great find,this one! Reasonably priced. Absolutely delicious food. Courteous, pleasant and knowledgeable staff. Certainly returning here soon!
Food:
Ordered chilli seared prawns and a grilled chilli pork dish. Both were good and delectable (specially on days you get runny nose! 😆).
Found the pork a little less on salt.
Ambience:
Impressed! Subtle décor with good music. Very relaxing.
Staff:
Courteous and helpful.
A good experience all in all.
A great place for Asian cuisine. The ambience is very good. I loved the starters and i will keep going back to this place.
I was recommended by my friend to visit this restaurant which is known for Thai and Chinese dishes. And, I was at the right place.
I'll directly rate the experience accordingly:
Food: 4.5/5 ( Kai hor bar toey is a must try. We also had Chicken garlic fried rice and Lemon Chicken. Both were excellent.)
Service: 4/5( the staffs are quite courteous but the food made us wait a little)
Ambience: 5/5( Simply Amazing 😄)
Decor: 4/5
Price: a bit expensive I'd say but you should definitely give a try.
Definitely Recommended!!!
Food quality is very good.Very nice and classy decor. Cocktails were okayish. Mocktails are also good. Appeletini is recommendation . Lat Mai Kai was very delicious. The main course with chicken in almond sauce was very light and tasty . Well done.
No doubt about the ambience of the place. It's just fantastic. The staffs are very polite and friendly. This place serves multi cuisine food. The food quality is just amazing. The only problem is that it's a bit costly which is not that much easily affordable. Overall I really liked the place.
A big shout out to the people working here. I had gone with my friends on a weekday for lunch. After reaching the restaurant one of my friend was not feeling well, we didn't know where to get meds for her. The manager took the responsibility to arrange meds for her. Thank you for being courteous.
The place is really classy, it's spacious and I liked the seating arrangement. One can get good pictures from every angle of this restaurant. They do have clean washrooms for their guests.
Obviously the food was tasty and presented well. Surely going to visit this place again.
Great experience. Simple yet decent ambience. Sharing the space with zaraanj the north indian serving counterpart. Now coming to the food, it was absolutely awesome. Each and every item tasted so authentic. We had both Thai and Chinese cuisine. All the dishes were great and at the same time tasted so unique. Lastly special mention to Robin and Nadeem whose service, politeness and dish recommendations were something that made our entire experience at SOI worth it. Would recommend this place to everyone who loves Chinese and Thai cuisine. Would love to visit again...
It was a very good experience to start the description in a sentence.
I will rate it 4/5 just because I think the portions could have been better, considering the price. But, when it comes to taste they were bang on 5/5.
Ambience - 5/5
Staff Behaviour - 5/5 (very courteous, best suggestions provided)
Must try ones...
Appetizers :-
Master Shifu's Fish
Stir fried Lemongrass Chicken (You will love the lemongrass feel)
Roasted Chilli Pork
Satisfaction guaranteed...!!
Very courteous staff and very calm and peaceful ambience with soft playing music. Now coming to the food, every single dish served to us, was yummy. Just didn't like the papaya salad much since it was a little spicy. Otherwise, loved all the other items; starting with the starters till the deserts, all were just yumm.....
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Good food gives you good vibes, for sure. But a great dine-out should have something more, like a good ambience, charming environment with cheerful soft music, plenty of options in the menu, courteous staffs ready to help, fast service, proper presentation of the meal and perfect taste to satisfy your gustatory cells.
This place, located just near the Indian Museum, Kolkata fulfills every criteria of a skeptical foody like me. From entering the restaurant to getting out of it, my experience was wonderful. The staffs were educated, polite and proficient at their job. Since it was our first rendezvous at a south asian food joint, we were very enthusiastic and excited about the menu, not to mention almost clueless. But the waiter was such a gentleman, that he took all the trouble to decide the courses. We took "Tempura prawn" (akin to prawn Kobiraji) and "Magsha kai"(spicy cooked chicken wrapped in banana leaves, like Paturi) as starters. Then we went for some mocktails and cocktails until the main course arrived. I strongly recommend the Martini and the "Blue heaven". Indeed, it was heavenly. Then we tucked in the extravagant green rice, the "Leangs fried rice", "Kai hor bai" (Spicy chicken curry) and the "Kaeng kai" (lemongrass chicken). The restaurant officials were generous enough to offer a complimentary serving of steamed rice as well! We were so full that there was hardly any room for deserts..! And all these, with a pocket pinch of Rs. 4009/- only for 4 hungry adults!
I cannot thank enough the decent waiter who made this convivial evening so memorable. I'd definitely give 6 star ratings if it was possible... Thanks you SOI-The Asian Street Kitchen, for serving delectable cuisine with royalty!
I have been there few days ago and till now I have visited here four times. And all of my visit to this place was excellent. It is located near the Indian Museum.
The ambience is excellent with soft music, pretty decorated and spacious. The seating arrangements includes both chair and sofa seats, both are pretty comfortable. The place has been divided into a food area and a bar. There is good spacing between tables so that it don't look crowded.
Aside Brewed Beer and Draught Beer, all new kind of pulped flavoured draught beers are also available here. We have tried Orange flavoured Beer, which was too good. Also the Kingfisher Draught Beer is awesome.
The quality of food was also very good and tasty, specially the starters.
The service is excellent, staffs were warm, friendly and courteous enough. A huge thumbs up for the staffs.
I will surely visit here again, also recommend this place to everyone.
This place is an extended part of Zaranj, serving authentic Thai Cuisine. The quality of both food and service is top-notch. The decor is classy. We had Master Shifu's Fish, Magshah Phak, Kai Hor Bai Toey, Thai Green Chicken Curry, Thai Red Chicken Curry and Sangria. Each and every dish were bursting with flavours. If you want to have a good time with good food-SOI can be the ideal place.
This place is in a prime location and easily accessible by uber or walking down the busy street. I went on a weekday and the servers outnumbered the guests. Nevertheless they came with a smile on their face and when i asked for recommendations it was spoton. I ordered Koong Magshah and Leangs fried rice both complimented each other were delicious. The portion size is small, but the taste satisfies the appetite.
Nicely decorated place.. great ambiance.
We ordered one chiken wonton soup and one chiken sour soup . Then chiken Satay and master shifus fish in starter both are delicious..
In main course we take a coriander chiken and one chiken staple in scezuan souce.classic fried rice also very tasty..
Ice cream tastes above average.
Costly place but food is awsome.. very much recommend
Beautiful ambience, great food... Thai dishes served are awesome, though a bit pricey... Location is also nice just, beside the Indian Museum
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