Erawan - Thai Brasserie
Roppongi

Address - Tokyo-to, Minato-ku, 5-5-1 Roppongi, Roi Bldg 13 FL Opening hours - 5:00 pm to 11:30 pm Map - No Telephone -3404-5741 Menu - In English and Japanese CC - OK


To be completely honest, something about Erawan rubbed me and my companion the wrong way right from the beginning. At the entrance an indifferent-looking girl replied in broken English to a question in good Japanese, then she made us sit at a huge table together with two other couples when plenty of smaller tables were free. The waiter forgot one of our dishes.
The food was however the clincher, and I think I am objective when I say that, on the whole, it wasn't worth half the money. The best of the lot was the red curry, good but not particularly so. The worst was the fried rice. It contained literally just three ingredients: overcooked rice, an egg and some pieces of boiled (!) chicken, the stuff you throw away after making stock, even though it cost 1400 yen. Never again. Thai Brasserie? Bah!

P.S. Yes, I know the view from the window and the decor are great. But I wouldn't go again if they paid me.