A Thai shophouse in the heart of District 1

Thai Kitchen & Dessert · 111 Hồ Tùng Mậu, District 1

Bếp Thái Koh Yam at 111 Hồ Tùng Mậu is this street's Thai kitchen — a blush-pink facade, gold signage, and a bright daytime room of brick walls and woven rattan lamps.

From the street, the restaurant is a two-story shophouse with a cream-and-blush facade. The gold KOH YAM sign appears twice — the rooftop sign and the awning fascia reading 111 HO TUNG MAU, Q1. A wooden door with pink-lit circular cutouts, a vertical Koh Yam blade sign, and a mint-green tiled entry.

Inside, the daytime dining room has exposed brick walls, large woven rattan pendants, strings of small red flags across the ceiling, pink-painted railings, and a patterned cement-tile floor. The food comes Thai-street-food style — colorful, generous, on rustic ceramic plates and bowls: Tom Yum noodles, Pad Thai, papaya salads, hot pot, and iced Thai tea.

At weekday lunch the room fills up — regular diners and office workers, friend groups and families, and festive occasions. Staff are praised as lovely and accommodating.

Thai-style hot pot — morning glory, napa cabbage, enoki, corn, chili in orange broth

The facade

The gold sign, the 111 awning

Gold KOH YAM — THAI KITCHEN & DESSERT lettering, twice: the rooftop sign and the awning fascia reading 111 HO TUNG MAU, Q1. A wooden door with pink-lit circular cutouts and a vertical Koh Yam blade sign.

The room

Brick, rattan, red flags

Exposed brick walls, large woven rattan pendants, strings of small red flags across the ceiling, pink-painted railings, wooden tables with bentwood chairs and pastel stools, a patterned cement-tile floor in daylight.

The table

Shared tables, celebrations

A hot pot at the middle of the table, Tom Yum noodles, Pad Thai, papaya salads, and iced Thai tea — busy tables of friend groups, families, and birthday parties.