{"id":"1011d0ac-8d61-4f07-a2e7-1d31c8837e8b","slug":"hia-tai-kee-visukrasat","name":"Hia Tai Kee Visukrasat","bgm_category":"restaurants","category":"coffee shops","subcategories":["Coffee shop","Diner","Family restaurant"],"district":"Phra Nakhon","sub_district":"Ban Phan Thom","neighborhood":"Phra Nakhon","address":"78/4 Prachathipatai Rd, Ban Phan Thom, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok 10200","postal_code":"10200","latitude":13.7621814,"longitude":100.5043013,"status":"published","is_active":true,"noindex":false,"updated_at":"2026-06-04T15:30:24.597Z","last_checked_at":"2026-06-04T15:30:24.597Z","google_rating":4.5,"google_review_count":"657","price_range":null,"phone":"+66 2 629 1297","website":null,"cover_image":null,"opening_hours":{"Friday":["6AM-2:30PM"],"Monday":["6AM-2:30PM"],"Sunday":["6AM-12PM"],"Tuesday":["6AM-2:30PM"],"Saturday":["6AM-2:30PM"],"Thursday":["6AM-2:30PM"],"Wednesday":["6AM-2:30PM"]},"description":"Hia Tai Kee stands on Prachathipatai Road in Phra Nakhon. It is a heritage Chinese coffee house in the old commercial strip between Rattanakosin island and the Democracy Monument corridor. The 4.5-star rating across more than 650 reviews reflects a traditional kopi and coffee format. The cafe has survived in the Phra Nakhon district while similar shophouse coffee houses closed across Bangkok's older commercial areas. The menu is built on drip coffee in the southern Thai style alongside kopi-o and traditional Thai iced coffee preparations. The shophouse interior retains the physical character of a mid-century Bangkok Chinese coffee house with minimal modern renovation. Marble-topped tables alongside wooden chairs and a manual coffee preparation station form the core furniture. Coffee is prepared in the traditional Thai-Chinese filter method using a cloth sock filter rather than modern espresso equipment. Mobile-friendly amenities and wifi are not part of the offering here. The Prachathipatai Road address places this in an area frequented by government workers from the nearby Democracy Monument administrative offices.\n\nPrachathipatai Road is accessible from Sanam Luang on foot or via taxi from BTS Sala Daeng or MRT Sam Yot. The morning service window before 10am aligns with the pre-office audience from the surrounding government district. The cafe may close early on days with low foot traffic and has no fixed late-afternoon hours.\n\nOrder the traditional Thai iced coffee in the house filter style as the primary reference point for the original preparation. The kopi-o black alongside a Chinese pastry from the counter is the correct pairing if food is available. This is a heritage experience rather than a specialty coffee destination and should be calibrated accordingly. One of the few remaining examples of the pre-third-wave Bangkok Chinese coffee house format still operating in the Phra Nakhon district.","our_take":"Order the traditional Thai iced coffee in the house cloth-filter style as the primary reference for the original preparation method. Arrive before 10am for the full pre-office atmosphere when the Prachathipatai Road government crowd fills the marble-topped tables. This is a heritage experience rather than a specialty coffee destination and should be calibrated accordingly. One of the few remaining examples of this coffee house format still operating in the Phra Nakhon district.","custom_description":null,"hook":"A heritage Chinese coffee house on Prachathipatai Road in Phra Nakhon using traditional cloth-filter kopi preparation. Marble-topped tables and a pre-renovation shophouse interior in the government district near the Democracy Monument corridor. 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