Bangkok
Editor's guides
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Food & Drink
Baan Phadthai
Charoen Krung restaurant taking pad thai seriously, with house-made sauce and quality ingredients in a stylish heritage-shophouse setting.
Guay Jub Ouan Pochana
Yaowarat night stall serving guay jub — a peppery soup of rolled rice noodles with crispy pork belly and offal. A Chinatown institution after dark.
Hua Seng Hong Restaurant @Yaowarat Road
Yaowarat Chinatown stalwart spanning dim sum, braised goose, congee, and bird's-nest. A reliable, all-hours Chinatown standby.
Jeh O Chula
Late-night Chula-district legend whose tom yum 'mama' noodles — instant noodles loaded with seafood, pork, and a creamy, sour broth — draw queues after 11pm.
Khua Kling Pak Sod
Restaurant specialising in fiery southern Thai food, above all khua kling — a dry, intensely spiced minced-meat curry. Heat with real depth.
Krua Apsorn @Dinso
Family-run Thai canteen in Dusit beloved for stir-fried crab with yellow curry powder and a fluffy crab omelette. Home-style cooking, decades deep.
Lim Lao Ngow Fishball Noodle
Long-running shop known for fish-ball noodles and hand-made fish dumplings in a clear, clean broth. Simple, precise, and consistent.
Nai Mong Fry Oyster
Chinatown stall celebrated for hoi thod — oysters or mussels fried into a crisp-edged egg batter. Cramped, smoky, and worth the wait.
Pe Aor Tom Yum Kung Noodle
Phaya Thai shop that helped make tom yum kung noodles famous, ladling out intensely spicy, creamy prawn-soup bowls crowned with a giant river prawn.
Prachak (Roasted Duck)
Century-old Charoen Krung shophouse famed for Cantonese-style roast duck and crispy pork over rice. Marble tables, ceiling fans, old Bangkok intact.
Sanguan Sri
Old-school Ploenchit lunch canteen serving home-style Thai curries and stir-fries to office crowds. Brusque, cheap, and steadfastly traditional.
Soei
Unassuming Phaya Thai restaurant prized for Thai-Chinese cooking and fish dishes — the fried fish 'kidney' and the tom yum are local legends.
Thai Rung Rueng
Sukhumvit 26 noodle shop known for clean, punchy pork and fish-ball noodles. A no-nonsense breakfast-and-lunch fixture with a devoted following.
Thipsamai Padthai Pratoopee
Old Town pad thai institution on Maha Chai Road, famous for noodles wrapped in a thin egg blanket and a glass of fresh orange juice on the side.
Wattana Panich
Ekkamai beef-noodle shop simmering a 'perpetual' braising broth that's been topped up for decades, yielding deeply rich beef and goat noodle bowls.