Prim

Prim is an old address hiding in plain sight off Ekkamai Soi 2. I’m told it’s 66 years old as of January 2026, and it feels like the sort of place that has stopped needing to prove anything. The room is a Thai sitting pavilion with air-con - double-height beams, a pierced-timber gallery - but the table is what keeps you there. Wing-bean salad arrives crisp and ridged, held together by a coconut-milk dressing that smooths heat and lime into something you can keep eating. Baked rice with minced pork and Chinese black olives goes dark and briny, then wakes up with cashews, chilli and a hard squeeze of lime. Fried prawn cakes are pure texture: crackle, bounce, plum sauce. The Thai-Chinese comfort lane stays open with fish maw soup and stir-fried crab with curry powder, and when you want a bigger swing, river prawns turn up in a garlic-heavy tamarind glaze with the best richness still hiding in the head.

2 months ago

a very quiet place on fri night. Just opposite Sommerset Ekkamai. simple thai food in a private setting. Great.

2 months ago

Nice little restaurant hidden on a Soi near hotel. It was quite empty, except our table only one more person came for dinner. But the service is nice and portions really large. If you want to try good Thai food at a reasonable price - that's your place

2 years ago