One of the best bars in Bangkok!

Bourbon Street has won many local awards, including:

Bangkok's Dining & Entertainment Magazine

For five years in a row, from 1997-2001, we have won "Best American Restaurant" Category with our Cajun Creole and American Cuisine.

Metro Magazine

2001 & 2002 Top 3 American Restaurants.

Thailand Tattler

One of the "Best Restaurant in Bangkok" Awards. 2001 and 2002 editions - based on votes cast by "Thailand Tattler" readers.

Newsweek International Magazine

“Best Bars & Grills in Asia” for two out of three years.

Manager Magazine

" Best Bar-B-Q Pork Ribs in Bangkok" Contest

We are open from 7:00 A.M. to 1:00 A.M. serving Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. Catering and Party services designed to your needs and budget are available.

The Details

Newsweek International Magazine

"The World's Best Bars" in  October of 1996 and 1998

Three finger drinks home style drink, great service with quality Cajun, Mexican and Western Cuisine have made Bourbon St. one of Bangkok's most famous Expat water holes. Truly a must when you visit Thailand.

The best food, drinks, staff and friends. This is the kind of place for people to meet.

Bangkok's Dining and Entertainment Magazine

Five years in a row, 1997-2001, we have won  "Best American Restaurant" Category with our Cajun Creole and American Cuisine.

"Bourbon St. is a 15 year veteran of the Bangkok restaurant scene, run by Louisiana native Doug Harrison. And since he is from Cajun Country, the cuisine is, you guessed it, Cajun/Creole.

Predominantly Cajun/Creole that is . You'll also find a host of other American dishes on the menu including Buffalo Wings, Burgers, Tex- Mex food and some of the best Bar-B-Q'ed Ribs anywhere in the Kingdom. The  Cajun food is represented by such dishes as Shrimp Etouffe`, Gumbo. Blackened Red fish, Shrimp Remoulade, Popcorn Shrimp and many more. There's also a great Sunday Buffet which provides a taste of many things.

The homey atmosphere at Bourbon St.  combined with the friendly staff will make anyone comfortable, which is one of the reasons for its success over the years.

Bangkok Post

Country cooking

Cajun cuisine sinks its claws into Bangkok's spice-loving restaurant scene

For the past 16 years Doug Harrison has created a little piece of Americana in Washington Square, taking over a failed British pub and turning it into a lively bar with a sporty atmosphere and great food.

Now Bourbon St has become a legend both here and overseas for its good food and friendly atmosphere, a place to go with family and friends. When we visited, the restaurant was packed with families tucking into ribs, burgers, tacos and the like.

The secret to success (besides a lot of hard work) is the fabulous Cajun dishes coming out of the kitchen, such as boiled live crawfish, blackened redfish, jambalaya, gumbo and many other favourites from New Orleans, Doug's home town.

Dining on Cajun specialities at Bourbon St is a must, but by no means all there is on the menu. Also available are more traditional fare such as the ever-popular BBQ pork ribs, tender as well as spicy steaks, sandwiches and burgers, and many Mexican dishes.

In fact every Tuesday night there is an all-you-can-eat Mexican buffet, with everything from tacos, burritos, fajitas, enchiladas to refried beans.

Be warned dishes at Bourbon St are not small, and we nearly finished before we really started. Potato skins (90 baht) were richly packed with bacon bits and soft cheddar cheese, while New Orleans BBQ shrimp (165 baht) are baked in a unique sauce fortified by herbs and spices, many fiery spices to be precise.

Our favourite appetiser was the duck pastrami, cured duck breast served on slices of French bread smothered in onion marmalade, each a sweet and tasteful morsel.

We had to try the gumbo (small 120 baht), the de facto state dish of Louisiana, based on roux (flour and fat browned with seasoning) and containing a mixture of shrimp and crabmeat, a sort of filling khao tom served with a delicious chunk of cornbread.

Blackened redfish (240 baht), features fish fillets dusted with spicy Cajun seasoning and cooked in a cast iron skillet, creating a black, very peppery coating on the soft, succulent slivers of fish. Served with coleslaw and potato salad, it was simply delicious.

You can never be full at Bourbon St as long as ``bananas foster'' (140 baht) is on the menu. Thus we sinned. How can you resist bananas baked in caramel and served with huge dollops of rich ice cream? Sad to say we didn't.

Never one to rest on his laurels, Doug and his wife scooped up a small property opposite Samidhivet Hospital on Soi 49, and turned it into Cafe Bourbon St, with two floors offering about half the original menu ``but guaranteed to have jazz in the cooking''. For those wanting to stop by, parking is at the gas station next door.

Originally reviewed by John Liecester

U.S.A Today Newspaper

March 25, 1989 for Best Bets in Dining 

Authentic Creole Cajun Cuisine in a true New Orleans atmosphere in Thailand. Until you have tasted Blackened Red fish, you will never know how delicious a dish it is.

My Favorite Thailand Restaurants

From:  http://www.restaurants.infothai.com/bourbon_street.html

"Bourbon St." 
BANGKOK 

What I like best about Bourbon St. (nee Street) is that, if I were to ever have a restaurant, I would want it to be just like Bourbon St. For the foreigner in a strange land, an expat yearning for a break from Thai food, or a Thai looking to sample a spicy Western cuisine, this is the place to go. Comfortable surroundings, helpful and attentive staff, an outstanding stock of fine liquor (when did you last see quality tequila like Jose Cuervo in Thailand?), and really great food at surprisingly moderate prices (note: all prices are as of October 1998). 

Although the emphasis is on Cajun food, that spicy delight from Louisiana USA, everyone can find something to their taste at Bourbon St. My preferences run to the Cajun food, though, and that is what I'll talk about the most. I once recommended Bourbon St. to a group of Thai businessmen and was pleased but not surprised at how they marvelled over the spicy Cajun food. 

Menu Favorites 

Ribs. B-B-Q pork ribs. Come and get 'em. I love ribs and Bourbon St. is where I fill my rib locker when it is empty. At 230 baht for the dinner, which includes French bread and two vegetables, this is what I will order more likely than not. These ribs are done right, too. After being parboiled and then barbecued, the tender meat wants to fall away from the bone and the spicy flavor of the homemade barbecue sauce complements the taste of the browned pork. 

However much I love the ribs, man cannot live by ribs alone. At Bourbon St., there are many other good things to be had. My second favorite is the Blackened Red Fish (230 baht). Chef Paul Prudhomme made this famous in New Orleans and the Bourbon St. rendition is popular with my farang and Thai friends alike. Dusted with spices and seared in a hot cast-iron skillet, the taste and texture are a delight. A cold beer sure goes great with this dish. 

For appetizers, try the Blackened Shrimp (210 baht). My Thai friends cannot get enough of this one; you have to be quick when the plate is served! I also like the Onion Soup (100 baht) and the Mixed Salad (80 baht) (I know, what is special about a mixed salad: I like them!). The steaks are good, especially the Blackened Rib Eye (I told you I like the Cajun foods!) at 460 baht, and the Pork Chops (195 baht) were excellent. In fact, I've never had anything I didn't like; I just prefer some things to others. Special note for Norte Americanos: Bourbon Street serves Mexican Food. There are only a few places in the Kingdom where you can find decent Mexican Food, and Bourbon Street is one of them. The Tuesday Night Mexican Buffet was excellent, although I needed to add some Tabasco Sauce to raise the chili to the requisite level of vulcanism. Mornings they serve breakfast and on Sunday there is a breakfast buffet from 10 am until 3 pm. I like to get there early while the food is the freshest. Ribs, bacon, sausage, eggs, beans, home fries: lots of food guaranteed to put the old cholesterol meter into the red, but oh so tasty. I'm going to stop now. I'm sitting in Chiangmai wishing I were in Bangkok at Bourbon Street right now. But after reading this far, that should come as no surprise to anyone. 

How to Get There 

Located off Sukhumvit Road Soi 22 (Soi Sai Nam Thip) behind the Mambo Cabaret. Go down Soi 22 about 150 meters and turn left at the first street. Bourbon Street is straight ahead about 100 meters.

                                                              Michael McCune