Nice Two Meat U
266, 9-10 Siam Square Soi 3, Pathum Wan, Bangkok 10330
Order the smoked pork belly first. The kitchen pre-smokes it before grilling, so the char sits on top of an already developed flavor base that skips the one-note sweetness most Bangkok Korean BBQ leans on. Bring cash and come with at least three people.
You walk into a two-floor Korean grill house steps from BTS Siam, and the separated grill stations mean each table operates independently instead of crowding around a single griddle. Staff preheat each grill to 250°C and cook meat for exactly 44 seconds per side, a timing precision that keeps the pork neck and shoulder cuts tender without drying out the edges.
The smoked pork belly runs ฿280 and arrives with a head start. The kitchen smokes it before grilling, layering charred notes over the cure instead of starting from raw. Pork shoulder slice with house sauce goes for ฿250, pork neck is ฿240, and the kimchi cheese fried rice at ฿360 gets prepared tableside with enough theater to justify the markup. Jap chae sits at ฿220, bulgogi pork at ฿210, and if you want the full marinated-crab experience, the sea crab in Korean sauce runs ฿1,050.
The restaurant opened in April 2017 as the first Thai location of a Korean franchise, and the menu tilts slightly sweeter and less aggressively fermented than what you would get in Myeongdong. Smoke hoods pull fumes up and away, and staff hand out caps to anyone worried about hair odor. The crowd skews university students and office groups booking tables for after-work rounds, with the alcohol list covering Korean soju, beer, and a strawberry soda at ฿120 that tastes exactly like it sounds.
Cash only. No cards at the counter, so hit the ATM before you sit. Expect to spend ฿501 to ฿1,000 per person depending on how much pork you order and whether you add the fried rice. Reservations go through the phone line at 02-252-9334, and dinner slots fill faster than lunch on weekends given the student traffic from the surrounding Siam Square sois.