Phuket Town
Communal tables cluster under whirring fans at fast-and-furious food court Lock Tien, which works up a vast, tempting range of classic Phuket Town dishes…
Must-see restaurants in Thailand
Hat Patong
At the north end of town, busy, semi-open-air roadside Kaab Gluay is a hit for its authentic, affordable Thai food, with switched-on staff to match the…
Khon Kaen
This buzzing little lakeside evening market features a whole stretch of street-food stalls selling everything from barbecued skewers and grilled fish to…
Phuket
A popular roadside health-food cafe, where a creative, vegetarian-bliss menu of granola bowls, zucchini rolls, avocado salads, zucchini-almond burgers and…
Phuket
One of the few restaurants in Kamala where you'll find locals dining, thanks to the winning combination of authentic and spicy northeastern dishes, fresh…
Nakhon Phanom
This popular restaurant has gone through many incarnations during its 25 years – the current is colourful and classy and it feels more Bangkok than Nakhon…
Phuket Town
The organic movement meets Phuketian cuisine at this restored turn-of-the-20th-century shophouse with beautiful detailing and a hibiscus-dotted courtyard…
Hat Khao Lak
This lovely beachside restaurant has a nice selection of Western and Thai options, including a tempting grilled seafood platter for two, delicious sweet…
Thanon Sukhumvit
Originating in Tokyo, this equal parts cosy and hectic restaurant is one of Bangkok’s most popular izakaya (Japanese tavern-style restaurants). The…
Udon Thani
On the lake's east shore, this sprawling restaurant offers all the usual Thai dishes, but also many you've probably never tried, such as fish-stomach…
Chiang Mai
This shophouse eatery serves nutrient-packed vegan dishes ranging from herbal Burmese and Thai-style salads to creamy curries and rice bowls topped with…
Sukhothai
Consisting of little more than a brick floor with a tin roof over it, Tapui claims to be the first shop in Sukhothai to have sold the city’s namesake dish…
Siam Square, Pratunam, Phloen Chit & Ratchathewi
This closet-sized restaurant – the Bangkok branch of a Tokyo-based recipient of a Michelin star – is arguably the city's premier place for sushi. The set…
Ko Samui
With no à la carte menu, but a reputation for outstanding cuisine that has sent waves across the culinary map of Ko Samui, Chez François serves a three…
Chanthaburi
Part bakery-cafe, part swanky restaurant, riverside Koff is a sophisticated sort of place that contrasts sharply with the old town on the other side of…
Ko Samui
This picturesque garden restaurant has seating within intimate little bamboo and palm huts in the manicured garden. It's particularly romantic when…
Thanon Phadungdao Seafood Stalls
Chinatown
After sunset, this line of open-air restaurants – each claiming to be better than its neighbour – becomes a culinary supernova of outdoor barbecues,…
Songkhla Province
Songkhla's first and oldest ice cream shop, named after Chinese founder Mr Yew Seo-Ow, opened in 1933 selling ice cream prepared using a novel method he…
Ko Samui
If you can’t afford to stay at the ultra-swanky Library, have a meal at its beachside restaurant overlooking the azure waters of the Gulf of Thailand. It…
Mae Hong Son
The English-language menu here is limited, but don’t miss the deliciously rich kôw soy (northern-style curry noodle soup) or kôw mòk gài (the Thai version…
Nakhon Phanom
This no-frills place is a great choice for down-home Isan food with what must be a contender for best gài yâhng (grilled chicken) in Nakhon Phanom. And as…
Hat Patong
This is one of few places in Patong Food Park to offer sustenance while the sun shines, and it's almost always busy. Steamed chicken breast is served on…
Ko Lanta
It's not every day you get your spiced-to-taste pàt tai whipped up street-side by a guitarist. Choose from just six options ('jazz' fried rice, 'blues'…
Banglamphu
Operating out of a quiet side street in the Samsen area, the affable Mr Lek serves traveller-oriented local delicacies such as crab yellow curry, squid…
Northern Bangkok
Kaobahn means, roughly, home cooking, which is an accurate description of the no-frills-yet-full-flavoured central Thai dishes here. There's an iPad with…
Chinatown
This hole-in-the-wall restaurant has long been the most reliable place to eat in Bangkok's Indian neighbourhood. The kebabs and naans (oven-baked…
Phuket
Loved for its coffee, cakes and breakfasts (from fruit-salad bowls to omelettes and waffles), this relaxed, polished-concrete, cafe-like space does a bit…
Phitsanulok
Just north of Wat Phra Si Ratana Mahathat, plant-filled, semi-open-air Rim Nan is the most attractive of a few similar restaurants along Th Phutta Bucha…
Chinatown
Serving the food of Chinatown's streets in air-con comfort is this low-key, long-standing staple. The must-eat dishes are pictured on the door. It'd be a…
Ko Tao
This starched-white beachy spot is somewhere between a restaurant and a chic seaside bar – foodies will appreciate the tasty twists on indigenous and…
Ko Lanta
This casual, family-friendly place set in a pleasant, plant- and flower-filled shaded garden consistently dishes up tasty meals. The menu mixes Thai…
Hat Khao Lak
With tables spilling to the lawn edge at the southern end of Khao Lak's highway strip, this place is hard to miss. And you shouldn’t, because there’s a…
Bangkok
Our pick of the numerous Japanese joints along Th Thaniya is Tsukiji, named after Tokyo’s famous seafood market. Dinner at this sleek sushi joint will…
Siam Square, Pratunam, Phloen Chit & Ratchathewi
Having moved into the atmospheric Siri House premises from its erstwhile location in lower Sukhumvit, Quince continues to check all the culinary boxes of…
Bangkok
Down a quiet residential alleyway, this tiny yoga-themed health cafe does a wonderful range of inventive vegetarian Indian cuisine. Favourites are the…
Ko Lipe
Clinging to the cliff side at the far southern end of Hat Sunrise, this attractive, semi-open-air bar-restaurant turns out Thai curries, stir-fries and…
Banglamphu
Featuring floral murals and portraits of royals on its bare concrete walls, this stylish restaurant serves some of the best Thai food in this part of town…
Siam Square, Pratunam, Phloen Chit & Ratchathewi
The area surrounding Victory Monument is home to heaps of simple restaurants selling spicy, rich 'boat noodles' – so-called because they were once sold…
Ko Samui
With a team of busy, efficient staff working out of a modern, stylish open kitchen and with a cracking menu, this awesome burger joint is a visual and…
Mae Sot
Dave, the eponymous Canadian owner and long-term Mae Sot resident, dishes up some of the finest fa·ràng (foreigner) food in town: the Mexican entries on…
