Northern Bangkok
Southern Thai is probably the country's spiciest regional cuisine, so if you're going to sweat over dinner, why not do so in white-tablecloth comfort…
Must-see restaurants in Thailand
Thanon Sukhumvit
A restaurant, charcuterie, fromagerie, boulangerie, winery and grocery store all rolled into one pleasant alfresco commercial complex, this popular food…
Siam Square, Pratunam, Phloen Chit & Ratchathewi
Having one hip cafe in Silom wasn't enough, so the team behind Luka opened a hang-out in Somkhit offering the same comfort food and craft coffee in a mid…
Pattaya
This long-established restaurant, perched beside the sea in the fishing-village end of Naklua, is regarded as one of Pattaya's best for seafood. Old…
Hua Hin
The palm trees, flower garden, historic wooden beach homes and the sound of the surf make the setting at 'The House Near the Palace' pretty much perfect…
Hua Hin
This simple, but nicely decorated place attracts many repeat customers for its 209B make-your-own salads – choose from a long checklist of fresh organic…
Nakhon Ratchasima Province
This friendly newcomer has a cafe vibe but with restaurant-quality food and is the best place in town for a meal. The speciality is the delicious pad mee…
Bangkok
Le Normandie has maintained its niche in fine-dining-obsessed Bangkok, and is still the only place to go for a genuinely old-world ‘Continental’ dining…
Chiang Mai
When you simply can't stomach any more Thai street food, saunter into this elegant oasis and feast on melt-in-your-mouth beef carpaccio, hearty ox tongue…
Nong Khai
This little place, serving just four items, including fried spring rolls, khâo gee·ab þahk mŏr (fresh noodles with pork), and a Vietnamese take on a…
Khon Kaen
This popular Isan restaurant right beside Wat Nong Wang and overlooking the lake from its upstairs terrace has a menu spanning gài yâhng and duck lâhp as…
Ubon Ratchathani
It looks like a tornado has whipped through this no-frills spot, but the chefs cook up a storm of their own. This is considered by many to be Ubon's…
Siam Square, Pratunam, Phloen Chit & Ratchathewi
A fabulous restaurant with an old-school feel, Saneh Jaan features a menu of intriguing, unusual – and delicious – Thai dishes, many with a southern Thai…
Chiang Mai
Meaning 'eat delicious, eat well', Kinlum Kindee aims to elevate northern Thai cuisine by using high-quality, sustainable ingredients from local producers…
Siam Square, Pratunam, Phloen Chit & Ratchathewi
We've heard many an Italian expat in Bangkok say this, and we concur: Nonna Nella makes the best pizzas in town. True to its name, invoking the spirit of…
Siam Square, Pratunam, Phloen Chit & Ratchathewi
More than two decades into its existence, this popular restaurant continues to serve top-notch Thai classics to an endless stream of locals and travellers…
Chinatown
Freshly renovated in 2019, 80/20 continues to excel at what it has always done with perfection – blending Thai and Western ingredients and dishes to…
Ko Chang & Eastern Seaboard
Mum Aroi delivers on its name, ‘delicious corner’. This is the place to enjoy a seafood meal with views of the squid rigs; its tiers of terraces give most…
Siam Square, Pratunam, Phloen Chit & Ratchathewi
Helmed by a Thai and a Dane whose Copenhagen restaurant, Kiin Kiin, snagged a Michelin star, Sra Bua takes a correspondingly international approach to…
Chiang Mai
Yes, the modern black decor and gigantic, golden candelabra-style chandeliers are interesting, pastas and mains innovative and cocktails addictive – but…
Thanon Sukhumvit
Hip Thong Lor gets even cooler with this marketplace-style alfresco dining complex that is packed with reliable names such as Soul Food 555, Peppina and…
Ranong Province
For an authentic Italian experience sit down for a meal at Flower Power, where animated hosts Marco and Simona offer an incredible array of dishes,…
Pattaya
Diners at this partially glassed-in beachfront spot lounge in couches on the candle-lit sand as waiters deliver seafood, pizza and steaks. The quality of…
Banglamphu
One of Khao San’s longest-running Israeli restaurants, Shoshana might resemble your grandparents’ living room right down to the tacky wall art and plastic…
Bangkok
This leafy greenhouse is the antithesis of the steel structures in central Silom and a welcome respite from the heat for daytime dining. Dishes include…
Northern Bangkok
These days, it takes venturing to Bangkok's northern 'burbs to find an old-school Thai restaurant like this. Ensconced in a watery jungle of a garden,…
Ko Chang
This sweet little cafe, stuffed with old retro couches and artworks, is as much a cocktail bar and teahouse as a place to sit down to a big meal. Locally…
Thanon Sukhumvit
Hong Bao is a rock-star Chinese restaurant for two main reasons: first, its dim sum is (arguably) the best in town and second, it's served all day long…
Thanon Sukhumvit
Handmade pastas, slow-roasted meats and a carefully curated and relatively affordable wine list are the selling points of this restaurant serving Lazio…
Chiang Mai
Huen Phen restaurant serves a comprehensive, and usually quite delicious, selection of northern Thai food in an antique bric-a-brac and plant-filled house…
Northern Bangkok
A knight wearing a tiara: this might just be a pretty accurate summary of Puritan. The chandeliers, taxidermy exhibits, cherubs and antiquated Europhile…
Kanchanaburi
To escape the mediocrity of guesthouse Thai food, look for the yellow 'Thai Food' sign at the entrance to Blue Star Guesthouse. The pair of women running…
Loei Province
This pleasant, friendly cafe serves excellent locally grown coffee and delicious baked goods, and has a full Thai menu (in English).
Phuket Town
Unrenovated, unpretentious and unbelievably good, charming Raya has been serving southern Thai fare for around 20 years. This two-storey Sino-Portuguese…
Thanon Sukhumvit
Despite its bright yellow signage, Congee & Curry is easy to miss among the massage parlours and high-end restaurants packed along Soi 55 (Thong Lor)…
Thanon Sukhumvit
Constructed out of shipping containers surrounding a quiet garden, this Mexican restaurant is a laid-back spot to enjoy a night of tequila and Yucatán…
Phuket Town
Right on Phuket Town's Clock Tower Circle, amid wooden tables and red-plastic stools, third-generation Mee Ton Poe has been pulling in Phuketians since…
Phuket Town
Rooted in the island's Chinese heritage, Thai-style dim sum is a busy affair for Phuketians, and Ratcharod is a Phuket Town favourite. Steaming bamboo…
Thanon Sukhumvit
You won't find any sombreros or piñatas here. Instead, the walls are lined with a collage of punchy pop-culture photos and tequila spelled out by a neon…
Hat Patong
Refined Thai fare is served with a side order of spectacular views at this elegant institution hanging over the rocky far northern end of Hat Patong…
