Somboon Seafood @ Central World

Restaurants · Pathum Wan

ห้อง C602 ศูนย์การค้าเซ็นทรัลเวิลด์ 4, 4/1-4/2, 4/4 ชั้น 6 Ratchadamri Rd, Pathum Wan, Bangkok 10330

Rated 4.2/5 from 2431 reviews.

Data checked on 4 June 2026.

Order the curry crab first. That dish is the reason eight branches exist and nearly fifty years of word-of-mouth. The CentralWorld location puts you in the mall dining circuit, so it runs more tourist-facing than the original Sam Yan room, but the kitchen executes the same curry powder recipe the brand developed in-house.

You step off the escalator on CentralWorld's sixth floor and the dining zone opens around you. Somboon Seafood sits among the mall's restaurant tier, table service with air conditioning and a casual atmosphere that handles groups and solo diners equally well.

The kitchen has one anchor: stir-fried crab with curry powder. That dish launched the chain in 1969 near Chulalongkorn University and turned into the benchmark for Thai seafood across the city. The recipe uses a curry powder blend developed exclusively for Somboon, so what arrives at your table carries nearly fifty years of refinement and adjustment. It is still the signature. The curry crab appears across all eight Bangkok branches, and this CentralWorld branch executes the same recipe the original location built its name on. Reservations go through TableCheck and are recommended for lunch and dinner, as waits are common during peak hours. The menu runs beyond crab to a full Thai seafood selection, including small plates, beer, wine, and spirits. Hours run 11AM to 9PM daily, matching CentralWorld's dining schedule, and the restaurant accepts credit cards, debit cards, and NFC mobile payments at the counter.

The CentralWorld branch opened in 2017, making it one of the newer locations in the chain's eight-branch network across Bangkok. The restaurant sits directly on the BTS Chidlom corridor, so access from the Sukhumvit line is straightforward. Come for the dish that built the reputation in 1969, and expect a room built for volume with efficient table turnover.