Scruffy Murphy's is an Irish pub in Bangkok on Soi Sukhumvit 23, a short walk from BTS Asok, with a Sunday roast every week. My sister and I have both spent time in the UK and get sentimental about a proper roast, so we went for lunch on a Sunday in August. This post covers the roasts and their prices, the Guinness, the room with its screens and the walk from the BTS.

An Irish Pub In Bangkok With A Sunday Roast

The pub serves its Sunday roasts from 12pm. The rest of the week brings a daily special at ฿299, from bangers and mash on Monday to bacon and cabbage on Saturday. The roasts are beef at ฿440, lamb at ฿460, pork at ฿440, chicken at ฿410 and a children's roast at ฿230, with a Triple Taste of beef, lamb and pork for ฿450. The menu card says every price includes VAT with no service charge on top.

I had the Triple Taste and my sister the beef. Mine came with slices of all three meats under gravy, a tall Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes, carrot, broccoli, cauliflower and stuffing, with a jug of gravy on the side and a small bowl of apple sauce for the pork. Colman's horseradish and mint sauce sat on the table in their jars beside a caddy of HP Sauce and Heinz ketchup.

A Triple Taste Sunday roast with slices of beef, lamb and pork under gravy, a tall Yorkshire pudding, broccoli, carrot and stuffing, a gravy jug and a small bowl of pale sauce.
My Triple Taste roast, ฿450 for beef, lamb and pork.
Two Sunday roast plates with Yorkshire puddings and gravy jugs on a dark wooden table, the nearer one heaped with sliced meat, with condiment bottles in a wooden caddy beside them.
My Triple Taste in front and my sister's beef roast behind.

It was so satisfying. Portions this size are rare in Thailand, so getting a proper Sunday roast at a proper size again was incredible.

Jars of Colman's horseradish sauce and Colman's mint sauce on a white plate on the table.
Colman's horseradish and mint sauce on the table.

A Pint Of Guinness

I had a pint of Guinness with the roast for ฿365, which made the meal. Guinness is not easy to find in Bangkok outside the British and Irish pubs that import it. I love it for how smooth and milky it drinks. Lunch for two came to ฿1,255: ฿440 for the beef, ฿450 for the Triple Taste and ฿365 for the Guinness.

A long bar with a red and green lit bar back, bottles on the shelves, a Japan banner and a painted quote round the top, with a pint of Guinness in the foreground.
The bar, with the painted quote running round the top.

The Room And The Sport

Inside, the pub has dark wood, red leather booths and a long bar with a painted quote running round the top that ends 'when I'm thirsty and when I'm not'. TVs hang all over the room, each showing a different sport, so you can watch whatever you want.

On a Sunday lunchtime it was quiet. A couple of old-timers were chatting with the bartender at the bar while our table and two others had the roast.

A pub dining room with red leather booths along the windows, dark wooden tables and framed pictures on the walls.
The red booths along the windows.

Getting To Scruffy Murphy's

The pub is at 10/1 Soi Sukhumvit 23, just off Sukhumvit Road at the Asok junction. After lunch we walked back to Sukhumvit Road and took the skywalk to BTS Asok, a few minutes on foot. The pub's own directions also give MRT Sukhumvit, which is at the same junction. It opens at 11.30am on weekdays and 9am at weekends.

Blue and green street signs for Sukhumvit Road and Soi Sukhumvit 23 under the BTS viaduct, with trees and tower blocks behind.
The corner of Soi 23 and Sukhumvit Road.
The Asok junction from above, with traffic on Sukhumvit Road, a pedestrian crossing and glass towers on a cloudy day.
The Asok junction from the skywalk.

Is Scruffy Murphy's Worth It

For anyone missing a proper Sunday roast, yes. The Triple Taste at ฿450 is the plate to order, with a pint of Guinness beside it and a match on the nearest screen. For a later night out, read my posts on Crimson Room and Friendly Stranger. For more places to eat, browse more restaurants in Bangkok or start with our Bangkok guide.