Chumphon
A large open-air all-you-can-eat mŏo gà·tá buffet that's pretty much always packed. Pick your ingredients and cook your own soup at your table.
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Thanon Sukhumvit
The bulk of this mall is dedicated to Japanese-style commerce, including several restaurant outlets and shops selling Japanese snacks, meals and sweets.
Hat Khao Lak
Stir-frys, noodle dishes, Thai soups, crêpes and other snacks can be ordered at this collection of street vendors tucked behind a narrow courtyard.
Phang-Nga Province
Phang-Nga's small night market unfolds at the northern end of Th Phetkasem beside the 7-Eleven and features stir-fried dishes and lots of barbecue.
Bangkok Region
If you’re in Amphawa on a weekend, plan your meals around this fun market where grilled seafood and other dishes are served directly from boats.
Northern Bangkok
An incredibly popular Isan restaurant located in Chatuchak Weekend Market. There's no English sign or menu.
Prachuap Khiri Khan
Smallish market serving standard evening meals, including grilled squid. A few vendors stay until the wee hours, but most pack it in around 10pm.
Chiang Mai Province
An open-air, mountaintop Thai cafe serving decent coffee and local soups and noodle and rice dishes. The view from the seating area is stunning.
Chiang Rai Province
Every evening a small knot of food vendors selling the usual array of noodle and barbecue options sets up shop near Chiang Saen's main market.
Nakhon Phanom
The balcony fronting this market's small food court serving mostly market vendors and shoppers has choice seats that frame the mountain views.
Tak Province
Simple rice and noodle dishes, including a decent kà·nŏm jeen (rice noodles topped with curry). The owners speak some English.
Phang-Nga Province
This chilled-out seaside restaurant is a bubbly place to hang out over cocktails, and the Thai and Italian dishes are good (if small), too.
Banglamphu
Housed in a narrow shophouse, long-standing Arawy (Thai for ‘delicious’) has heaps of prepared meat-free curries, dips and stir-fries.
Chanthaburi
Pink-coloured noodle soup combined with crab has given this temple restaurant in the Wat Phai Lom precinct a great reputation with locals.
Chiang Mai
This place serves some of the best US-style Mexican food in Chiang Mai. It's an expat favourite and it's often busy in the evening.
Chinatown
A stall selling the eponymous dish of wide rice noodles fried with chicken, egg and preserved squid. No English-language menu.
Chinatown
A streetside stall selling balls of dough filled with crushed black sesame in a spicy ginger broth. No English-language menu.
Mae Sot
Mae Sot’s night market features mostly Thai-Chinese-style dishes. To find it, look for the arch labelled 'Happy New Year'.
Phang-Nga Province
The national park's restaurant on Ko Surin Neua serves authentically good Thai food. This is where day trips stop for lunch.
Northeastern Thailand
Northeast of Wat Mahathat, this small market has a good mix of Isan and Thai food.
Nakhon Phanom Province
Isan food predominates at That Phanom's night market, but there's also Thai and Vietnamese. It's all served for takeaway.
Udon Thani Province
The 'Cold Sky Kitchen', diagonally opposite the museum entrance, does Thai standards quite well and has an English menu.
Thanon Sukhumvit
The feast-like weekend brunch at this American hotel chain is likened to Thanksgiving year-round. Reservations required.
Phetchaburi
Unlike a typical walking street market, almost every vendor here is selling food and you can easily snack yourself full.
Northern Thailand
There is a string of decent noodle and rice shops on Lamphun’s main street, just south of Wat Phra That Hariphunchai.
Phitsanulok
Lining either side of Th Phra Ong Dam north of Th Authong, this market has the usual selection of Thai street foods.
Chiang Rai Province
A night market unfolds every evening along Th Phahonyothin and offers barbecue and simple rice and noodle dishes.
Ko Tarutao Marine National Park
This basic canteen at isolated and beautiful Ao Son serves simple but satisfying Thai fare, plus some snacks.
Pai
Thai takeaway food and fresh fruit are available from this market. There are also a couple of noodle stalls.
Nakhon Ratchasima Province
Half night market, half fresh market, this is a good place to pick up some food to take back to your hotel.
Ko Samet
Right by the ferry terminal, this spot has good enough food to tide you over if you're waiting for a boat.
Mae Hong Son Province
A row of outdoor restaurants outside the Tham Lot park entrance offers simple rice and noodle dishes.
Phayao
This small, largely food-based night market sets up every evening near the King Ngam Muang monument.
Northern Bangkok
This open-air stall at the end of RCA does the ultimate Thai post-drinking dish: instant noodles.
Mae Hong Son
During high season (November to February), several stalls here sell tourist-oriented Thai dishes.
Northern Thailand
A small night market unfolds every night around two sides of Kamphaeng Phet's football field.
Northern Bangkok
A Thai-Muslim restaurant in Chatuchak Weekend Market that serves a tasty chicken biryani.
Loei Province
A family-friendly cafe with decent coffee and a large menu of Thai dishes (in English).
Phayao
An extensive night market convenes along the north side of Th Rob Wiang every evening.
Phang-Nga Province
This restaurant beside the visitors centre on Ko Miang serves simple Thai food.
