BeerThai House Restaurant (Kitchener Road)

BeerThai House Restaurant on Kitchener Road is a casual Thai restaurant in the Little India area. It is one of two BeerThai House outlets; the other is on Beach Road. Food site Eatbook notes that it is Thai-run, with a very long menu that stretches from boat noodles to Thai-style zi char.

It suits a quick bowl of noodles at lunch or a shared dinner with friends. The menu runs to well over a hundred dishes, from one-plate rice and noodles to whole crabs and fish for the table.

What to order

Start with the boat noodles. These are rice noodles in a dark, rich broth, made with beef or pork. Eatbook liked the beef version best, praising its rich, meaty broth and full bowl. The pad Thai with prawns is another easy choice.

The online ordering menu gives a good idea of the range:

• Rice and noodles: basil rice, pork leg rice, tom yum fried rice, pineapple fried rice and Thai suki
• Salads: green papaya salad in many styles, larb (minced meat salad), mango salad and glass noodle salad with seafood
• Soups and curries: tom yum, green and red curry, and tom saeb pork ribs
• Seafood: flower crab cooked several ways, steamed fish with spicy lime sauce, prawns and squid
• Grilled and fried: pandan chicken, Thai fish cakes, BBQ pork, Isan sausage and pork satay

Finish with Thai red ruby, a dessert of water chestnut pieces in coconut milk. Thai milk tea, Thai iced coffee and lemongrass tea are on the drinks list. As the name suggests, cold beer is served too.

Good to know before you go

• Some salads use raw prawn or raw crab in a spicy lime sauce. Check the dish name if you prefer everything cooked.
• Pork appears in many dishes, so ask the staff if you avoid it.
• There are simple vegetable dishes too, such as kailan, kangkong and mixed mushrooms.
• Delivery and pickup can be ordered through the online ordering page linked from the official website.
• For a large group, call ahead to ask about tables.

Getting there

The restaurant is on the ground floor of 155 Kitchener Road. Farrer Park MRT station is about a five-minute walk away, and the large Mustafa Centre department store is a couple of minutes' walk away. That makes it an easy stop during a day exploring Little India.

Nearby

For more food in the area, try North and South Indian dishes at Gayatri Restaurant. Sum Dim Sum on Jalan Besar is a good pick for dim sum. See all restaurants in Little India and Jalan Besar, or more Thai, Korean and Asian restaurants across Singapore.