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Toney Restaurant
Address: 64.1 Soi Rimklongongarg, Bangkok, Thailand
Price: About 100 baht per person (stuffed)
On a rampaging exploration lead by my stomach and an urge to pioneer new territories of International food in Bangkok, I stepped right into the middle of Toney Restaurant (literally). Bangkok has it’s share of Indian food restaurants, yet most of them are over priced for street eaters with the exception of a few astonishing establishments in Pahurat.
Located in the Little India area of Bangkok known as Pahurat, Toney Restaurant is located on a small motorcycle walking street marked by a luggage store and a few travel agencies. About 50 meters down the road there is a kitchen to your right straddled by Soi (small street) Rimklongongarg and some semi-permanent tables across the road.
In Pahurat, the smell of jeera and masala fragrances bounce off the sides of the close building’s like a flash flood running through a slot canyon.
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At around 30 baht to the dollar, Toney Restaurant serves off a menu that’s probably some of the most affordable Indian grub in Bangkok.
The light tortilla-like roti’s are hand rolled in the middle of the Soi before being flash scorched over a high flame and flipped on a mesh wire hand held grilling device. The result is a perfectly cooked piping hot unleavened bread, still slightly brushed with flour.
The chicken masala is cooked till bone-falling tenderness in a freshly prepared spiced tomato sauce with heavy accents of jeera and laced with finely chopped cilantro. A dollop of chicken masala transplanted from the stainless steel plate to the mouth via a soft piece of roti is something supernatural.
Though the 35 degree stagnant humid air that characterizes Bangkok penetrates, after a soothing meal there’s still nothing like crossing the legs and milking down a steamy cup of masala chai.
Sipping chai from a throne (wooden stool) at Toney Restaurant gives you a chance to catch a glimpse of India merging into Bangkok and to cherish the treasures of Indian street food. If you need a break from eating Thai food, head to Toney Restaurant!
Check out the Bangkok food map for location of how to get there:
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– Migration Mark
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Neha Dogra
3 years ago
There is one more place in Bangkok which is quite famous and awarded for the best Indian food from the last 2 or 3 years. For Food delivery, takeway and dine-in, please contact Patiaala House
timothy welch
7 years ago
toney has gone along withothers
Tieno
7 years ago
Truthfully, the food has changed since. I was a bit disappointed as my family and I have travelled so far through the rain to get to tony restaurant, and yet we didn’t get as we expected. The food is totally changed, so as the price. The street food as Mark described should be within the price of the street food, bu of course not at Toney’s! As the ingredients taste so poor, we decided to walk out after the 1st plate, chicken with some light non-creamy watery gravy. I don’t even wanna bother call it “chicken masala” as we been eating this dish for more than 20 some years, including at Toney’s (ten yrs ago). And I could tell you that Toney ain’t the same anymore. Highly disappointed, we canceled the rest of the order and walked out. We finally Chose to go to “Royal India Restaurant”. Of course, the price is not far different than Toney’s or any Indian so called “street food” around there. Honestly, I do understand that everything go up since my last visit. But why can’t they maintained the good taste? As if they are no longer interested in serving an Indian Food anymore. Lots of Ingredients were missing, as a result, the taste were not the same. Hope they could read this and improve. I would never come back here ever again!
Hofi
7 years ago
Great food! ???? Thank you for this recommendation. Has a super friendly & local feeling to it
Mark Wiens
7 years ago
Hi Hofi, you’re welcome, glad you enjoyed it!
Fran
8 years ago
Hmm-I noticed you did NOT make your signature face after trying the indian pizza.Tried this place yesterday and found it unremarkable. Just ok at the most but not great.However i am going to Malaysia soon and hoping your Penang eateries will come through ! haha mostly i was uncomfortable siting outdoors in the heat and also hearing crazy residents on the other side of the canal fighting.lol butter chicken was salty and the roti/aloo paratha the worst i have ever had. then again I lived in DUbai and was spoilt with abundance of indian food..
Karl
10 years ago
Hi Mark,
I had a hankering for some authentic Indian food last Saturday so ventured to Tony Restaurant. The prices have gone up (as expected over the years) but it’s still good value. I had the chicken masala, two roti and a hot sweet tea and that came to 120 baht. It took me almost an hour to get there and it was totally worth it. Delicious Indian food! Thanks for this article and your many others. I’m a big fan of fan. You never steer me wrong 🙂
Many thanks,
Karl
Mark Wiens
10 years ago
Hey Karl, thank you very much for sharing, glad you made it to Tony, and enjoyed it. I’ll update this article soon. Thanks again for all your support.
Eugen
11 years ago
Was here today. Enjoyed the food. Prices went up, feel free to update them Mark http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/4/j07p.jpg/
Hasan
11 years ago
Tried to find this place today, but nobody had heard of it. after being ripped off by a taxi driver we decided to eat at a Random Indian Place: I have to say i will never be eating from any Indian Place in a Pahurat unless we manage to Find Toneys. The Place we ended up eating in had its fair share of pervy staff and to top it off a Black mouse crawled out of the ceiling were the TV wire was coming from and ran down and under the Utensils. Most Likely well Fed and full of Disease. Glad We managed to get out. Be careful with Meter Taxi Drivers as they give a very Bad image of Thai people in General, Some May even refuse to Take you to your Destination as they are very Lazy. Please also Bare in Mind Many of these Taxi Drivers have no Idea of were you want to go even when you spell it out for them.
Mark Wiens
11 years ago
Sorry to hear about your bad experience Hasan.
tanvir
11 years ago
been to this restro hundred times and its awesome…love pahurat
Mark Wiens
11 years ago
Good to hear that Tanvir!
musaphir
12 years ago
i checked out the toney’s restaurant during my last visit to bangkok. unfortunately i was so put off by the environs that i opted out of eating there.not only toney’s but almost all of the outlets in that lane are depressing to say the least.
the soi is very narrow but i did manage to locate toney’s by asking around.
i have not written it off yet because the food looks good in the post above and i will definitely make another attempt to sample it.
Mark Wiens
12 years ago
Hey Musaphir, thanks for sharing your experience. Sorry it wasn’t like you were expecting… but I did call it “street food.” Every time I’ve been there it’s been clean and everyone around there is extremely friendly. Let me know if you give it another try – I have a video coming out tomorrow of the last time I ate there – check it out tomorrow!
Lynette
12 years ago
Had lunch at Toney’s today because of this post and it was the best Indian food we’ve had in a long time – the butter chicken was the best I think I’ve ever had! Thanks for the recommendation.
Mark Wiens
12 years ago
Great to hear this Lynette, thanks for sharing and glad you loved it!
Jim
13 years ago
Excellent choice. Thx.
Found Toney just as described, and will be back.
Mark Wiens
13 years ago
Awesome! It can be a bit confusing to explain how to get there, so I’m glad you found it! The food is great, isn’t it!
Digital Nomadism
13 years ago
Cool stuff, I love Indian food so i’ll be checking this out for sure! I went to India recently and have to admit I lamed out of a lot of the street eating options. Even then, I still ended up with ‘Delhi Belly’ and on antibiotics for a few days! 🙁
Mark
9 years ago
“Toney” is not indian food but Nepalese food owned and run by nepalese.
The food is clone of indian food which obviously not an Indian authentic cuisine.????
The place and workers don’t look hygienic overall. Might need kilo of antibiotics. ????
I guess the old saying still right, “you get what you pay”!!!