Chao Phraya Thai Fine Cuisine — Restaurant in Surabaya

I’ve been coming here since forever, be it for family time, dinner date, or just casual lunch with friends. The food, service, and atmosphere have always been exceptional. I can’t even count how many times I have recommended this place to others, because it is that good. Unfortunately, today I had a rather unpleasant experience during lunch, which I believe wasn’t even that busy since there were only 2 tables and a party of 10 other than us. I’ve visited them during busy hours and their standards never once fell until today.

I came in with my SO, and while my SO was dressed well, my outfit was rather on the casual side, with slides, trousers, and T-Shirt, which if you’re wondering, were not some lousy, tacky, dusty clothing that I found in my granddad’s closet. To start off, the service wasn’t as good as usual, compared to the many times I’ve been here. We had to wait and asked to see the menu. Perhaps you think it’s weird that I’m writing a complain about this, but this is not the Chao Phraya that i know. The waiter/waitresses were mostly silent when I asked about the food or recommendations. The silence remained when they delivered my orders. Some of the food that I ordered were also subpar compared to recent visits (I came twice for dinner and lunch the week before, and everything was exceptional).

I don’t know if this was an honest mistake or not, but I hope this was not because of how I dressed. Some of my orders were still as good as usual, but the unusually unpleasant service, combined with some of the food not meeting my standards for Chao Phraya, I finished lunch feeling disappointed and dissatisfied.

I’m not going all out here, since I still have respect for you, and you’re still one of very few places outside Thailand which serves real authentic Thai cuisines. But I just feel like I was treated differently than usual, in a negative way. I hope no one else have experienced or will experience the same...

In my opinion, this is the best thai restaurant in Surabaya, or maybe compared to Jakarta also. We were group of 3, myself, my dad and my brother with advanced reservation. We’ve seated in the 4 person table seating with nice decoration and spot actually, close to the outdoor area. We ordered 6 dishes of the menu, toom yum goong for family, khao pad thalee, pla thod mammuang, khai hor battoney, roasted duck curry with lychee (I don’t recall the thai name in the menu 😂), and the last of course mango sticky rice. None of them failed in my opinion, but the duck was not my fave. The toom yum was superb full of seafood, clams, squid, fish, prawns, and the flavor was intensely amazing. Khao pad thalee or seafood fried rice was enjonyable with a lot of shrimps in it, served with pickles and soy sauce, the portion could be sharing for 2-3 people. The khai hor battoney a.k.a chicken pandan was delicious, but nothing special in my opinion, just like other chicken pandan. The pla thod mammuang or fried fish served with mango salad was superb, the fish was tender (but it smells dirt a bit since we order gourami rather than grouper), the tanginess of the mango salad enhanced the flavor. The roasted duck curry with lychee was tender, but the sauce wasn’t entertaining my palate, not quite interest me. The dessert mango sticky rice was absolutely define, mango was nice, the pandan sticky rice with coconut milk sauce was melted in my mouth. Over all my fave was toom yum goong, fried fish with mango salad and mango sticky rice. One thing that I want to add also is the ambience of the restaurant was lovely and cozy, nice setting with flower bouquet and calm lighting. Over all is truly recommended, and don’t forget for advanced...

The sumptuous Thai cuisine is here! Seeking for some good Thailand foods? Chao Phraya is definitely worth trying, I’m tellin’ y’all! My experience when I went there is awesome! Place and ambience were nice, hygiene was superb (they clean the surface with disinfectant and cutleries were wrapped in a plastic properly), and the food was a top-notch! I ordered sweet cassava with coconut milk sauce. For me personally, it was okay; slightly too sweet for my tongue but still acceptable. And to accompany my dinner with white rice, I ordered fried kale, grilled spice chicken and fried fish with Thai fruit sauce. Fried kale was super good! It was super crispy and tasty; engorging the kale with its sour & spicy sauce was the bomb! Grilled spice chicken was also good; although food that cooked with spices usually are more to Indonesian😂 But this menu worth trying. You could actually taste the well seasoned chicken meat! Try it with the sauce as well; great combination. Fried fish was delicious! Super crispy and combining it with the Thai fruit sauce was outstandingly nice! It tasted very fresh; the sourness and spiciness of the sauce was super tasty along with the tiny cut pineapples and chilis. Yum! Overall, i really enjoyed having my dinner at Chao Phraya. Will be back to try the other dishes...