{"id":"c1b2721e-ea77-4a8d-8278-14173cfbfb29","slug":"melbourne-house-bkk-halal-strong-coffee-japanese-halal-food","name":"Melbourne House BKK (Halal) - Strong Coffee & Japanese Halal Food.","bgm_category":"restaurants","category":"restaurants","subcategories":["Halal restaurant","Japanese restaurant"],"district":"Ratchathewi","sub_district":"Thanon Phaya Thai","neighborhood":"Ratchathewi","address":"Phaya Thai Rd, Thanon Phaya Thai, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400","postal_code":"10400","latitude":13.7550113,"longitude":100.5338279,"status":"published","is_active":true,"noindex":false,"updated_at":"2026-06-04T02:50:13.200Z","last_checked_at":"2026-06-04T02:50:13.200Z","google_rating":4.9,"google_review_count":"458","price_range":null,"phone":"+66 61 371 4190","website":"http://www.melbournehousebkk.com","cover_image":null,"opening_hours":{"Friday":["10AM-9PM"],"Monday":["Closed"],"Sunday":["10AM-9PM"],"Tuesday":["10AM-9PM"],"Saturday":["10AM-9PM"],"Thursday":["10AM-9PM"],"Wednesday":["10AM-9PM"]},"description":"Melbourne House BKK sits on Phaya Thai Road in Ratchathewi, a 5-minute walk from BTS Phayathai Exit 2. The concept came from the owner's time studying in Melbourne, where a particular standard of coffee precision and hospitality discipline took hold. Back in Bangkok, that experience became a fully certified halal kitchen where every ingredient comes from verified halal supplies. The certification is formal and documented, issued to a kitchen run by local Muslims. You step into a space that feels deliberate: Australian coffee culture on one side of the menu, Japanese rice bowls on the other. Both sides of the offer are serious. The kitchen does not treat halal as a modifier; it treats the certification as the foundation the whole menu rests on.\n\nThe drinks list draws on Melbourne's specialty coffee tradition. The Long Black Yuzu uses authentic yuzu from Kochi, Japan. The menu names that citrus by prefecture rather than flavour category. The Iced Matcha Latte uses premium Japanese matcha. The core espresso program covers Americano and traditional milk coffees alongside those signature builds. Coffee service opens at 10AM; food follows at 11AM.\n\nJapanese halal rice bowls cover several bases. Thinly sliced Australian beef comes with caramelized onions in a rich soy-based sauce. Flounder fin is lightly seared and served over rice. The unagi bowl uses grilled eel glazed in sweet soy sauce. Salmon closes the set with an umami glaze.\n\nThe drive-through lane is available for orders without leaving your car. Melbourne House closes Mondays. Tuesday through Sunday it runs from 10AM to 9PM. The address sits on Phaya Thai Road in Ratchathewi, with BTS Phayathai Exit 2 a 5-minute walk from the entrance.","our_take":"We rate this as one of the more important halal restaurant discoveries in Bangkok for expats navigating certified options. The halal certification is genuine: not a label applied to a standard menu but a kitchen built around it from the start, run by local Muslims. The Melbourne coffee parallel works because the owner lived it. The Long Black Yuzu is the first drink to try.","custom_description":null,"hook":"Melbourne coffee culture lands in Ratchathewi with a certified halal Japanese kitchen beside it. The owner studied in Australia and built the drinks list around authentic yuzu from Kochi, Japan. Rice bowls run from thinly sliced Australian beef to glazed unagi. Food starts at 11AM. 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