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Dining The guide was updated: 2024-10-06

If nothing else, Bangkok serves as an epicentre of Southeast Asian culinary sensation, with endless cuisine varieties and flavours to boot.

Tantalise your taste buds with a journey through Bangkok's endless flurry of fine restaurants, delectable eateries, and simmering roadside food stalls.

Comprising the best places to dine with such a short list is an impossible task. However, here's what each of Bangkok's main culinary areas has to offer the gastronomic aficionado, with a sneak selection of some of the standouts.

Yaowarat Road

Yaowarat Road

Also known as Bangkok’s Chinatown, this is a bustling, frenetic, neon artery featuring an impressive trail of Chinese and oriental-inspired eateries and restaurants. Savour some of the best dim sum lunches in all of South East Asia.

Sukhumvit Road

Sukhumvit Road

Variety is indeed the spice of life, a mantra that Sukhumvit Road has taken to heart, offering a seasoned selection of local and international food options. Enjoy quality Thai alongside European, American, Mexican, Indian, Middle Eastern or Japanese. The menu is endless along Sukhumvit.

Siam Square

Siam Square

For a more modern, cosmopolitan air, check out the Siam shopping district and indulge in delectable choices of Thai, Chinese, Japanese, Western and European fare. Choose from restaurants, laid-back buffets, or casual food court dine-ins.

Korean Town

Korean Town

For those seeking a taste of Korean culture in Bangkok head to Korean Town on Sukhumvit Soi 12. This small and charming enclave is renowned for its array of Korean shops and eateries, where diners can enjoy everything from sizzling barbecue to comforting bibimbap.

Phahurat Road

Phahurat Road

Just a short stretch away from Yaowarat, Phahurat Road is famous for its authentic Indian restaurants and street food stalls, offering a variety of delicious dishes such as aromatic curries, freshly baked naan, spicy samosas, and an array of vegetarian delights–not to mention a spicy selection of Pakistani and Punjabi delicacies.

Silom Road

Silom Road

Bangkok’s business core is a culinary cornucopia. Take a long lunch at the Soi Lalais lunch market, sup fresh seafood by the Saladaeng intersection, Indonesian near Convent Road, Japanese by Soi Thaniya, or traditional Thai around Soi Pipat.

Eat Me Restaurant

Eat Me Restaurant

Elegant and cool, reserved and unassuming, delight yourself with the artistic vibe of Eat Me Restaurant. Savour its decadent modern, international and regional plates, with sizzling meat and poultry, sumptuous seafood and hearty vegetarian options.

Suda Restaurant

Suda Restaurant

Suda Restaurant is one of the oldest traditional Thai-Chinese family-run restaurants on Sukhumvit Road, and is conveniently situated underneath the Asoke SkyTrain station. The family owners have an eye for the freshest ingredients and one favourite is their pork satay. As a bonus, their prices are not much higher than what you find at most street vendor stalls, so it’s very popular with the locals as well. Visiting early evening should assure you immediate seating. If you are a group, please call and book beforehand.

Le Dalat

Le Dalat

Le Dalat is a charming Vietnamese restaurant on bustling Soi 23, a short walk from Sukhumvit Road and Soi Cowboy. The restaurant is housed in a charming converted 1950s villa, adorned with lush plants, modern art and French Vietnamese memorabilia. Savour Le Dalat’s crisp baguettes and bouillabaisse, mouth-watering local seafood and flourishing character.

Roti Mataba

Roti Mataba

Renowned for its no-frills, fast, tasty food and comfortable, lively setting, Roti Mataba provides top-notch budget Indian cuisine that will not leave a dent in the wallet. For next to nickels, take in a cosy feast of Massaman Curry, crisp garlic roti and tantalising chicken Korma, and wash it down with rounds of ice-cold Tiger beer.

Took Lae Dee

Took Lae Dee

Literally translated as 'Cheap and Good', look no further than Took Lae Dee for excellent Thai and Western cuisine that goes ever-so-easy on the back pocket. On the long counter armed with chefs, delight in the simplicity, rich characters, busy action and hearty fare at this much revered Bangkok institution.

Seven Spoons

Seven Spoons

At this restaurant you can indulge yourself with Mediterranean influenced dishes made from locally produced and organic ingredients. Seven Spoons Bar And Restaurant also provides good vegetarian options.

80/20

80/20

This upscale restaurant promises a dining experience characterised by traditional Thai dishes made with local ingredients, such as their Bai Liang Curry with seafood caught that same day. If you want to make the most of it, they have a 5-course tasting menu, while their beverage list includes red, white and rosé wines, as well as sake and signature cocktails.

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