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Classic Seafood Restaurant in Bangkok Chinatown

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Herethep Seafood is one of the oldest and most well-known seafood restaurants in Chinatown, Bangkok. It has been around for decades and built its reputation on fresh seafood cooked in a straightforward Thai style, the kind of place locals keep coming back to rather than somewhere that chases trends. You are on Yaowarat Road with all the noise and neon outside, but inside Herethep it is about the food. Big tables, busy service, and plates that keep coming.

What We Ordered

We went with the set menu at 1,199 baht, which gives you five dishes built around a few choices. For the main, you can choose between grilled or fried prawns with garlic and salt. The side dish is one of three crab options: stir-fry curry crab, rice with crab roe, or crab omelette. Then there is a vegetable dish from stir-fry cabbage, morning glory, or Chinese spinach. The two dishes that come fixed with every set are rice with pork crackling and tom yum kung.

We went with the fried prawn with garlic and salt, and for the side we chose the rice with crab roe, which arrives as a bowl of hot rice that you pour the warm, creamy roe straight over and mix through, a bit like bibimbap, until the whole thing turns glossy and rich.

Fried Prawn with Garlic and Salt

This is the signature menu at Herethep Seafood. The prawns come out crispy on the outside, with a light, salty crust from the garlic-and-salt fry. Peel them at the table, and the meat inside is still juicy and bouncy. Simple cooking done right, and a solid pick over the grilled option if you want that fried texture.

Rice with Crab Roe

This is the one to get at Herethep Seafood. The rice arrives warm, and you pour it straight over the rice, then mix everything until it coats every grain. It ends up glossy, slightly briny, and a lot richer than it looks. That creamy, savoury hit from the roe is the kind of thing that makes you keep going back for another spoonful. Furthermore, you get an instagram post from it as well.

Tom Yum Kung

Punchy and hot, the way tom yum should be. What sets this one apart is that they add the fat from the prawn heads into the broth, which gives it that extra layer of deep, slightly sweet seafood richness that you do not get from a standard tom yum. The lemongrass and lime are still sharp and clean, but underneath all of that heat is this full, rounded base that makes the whole bowl feel properly made.

Rice with Pork Crackling

A quiet one that earns its place. Plain rice topped with crispy pork crackling that adds a bit of crunch and a savoury, fatty note to the meal. Good to have alongside everything else rather than on its own, but it rounds out the set nicely.

Stir Fry Chinese Spinach

Clean and simple. The spinach comes out tender with a light wok flavour, not overdone. It does its job as the green on the table and balances out all the rich and fried stuff around it. This is a must-try as many restaurants would not have this available.

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