Bangkok: what to eat and where

The city's signature dishes and the best places for each.

12 places in Bangkok · by Chef Amazing · updated October 20, 2026
Photo: Wilfredor, CC0 via Wikimedia Commons

1. 1

   Janhom

   Ramkhamhaeng

   Order: Gaeng luang sour yellow curry and tom som

   273/4 Ramkhamhaeng Soi 21, Bangkok · Map · Add to Chef Amazing
2. 2

   Dao Tai

   Phran Nok

   Order: Sour curry with sea bass, stir-fried stink beans with shrimp paste

   508/26 Phran Nok Rd, Bangkok · Map · Add to Chef Amazing
3. 3

   Prai Raya

   Southern Thai · Sukhumvit Soi 8

   Order: Moo hong and crab curry over kanom jeen noodles

   59 Sukhumvit Soi 8, Bangkok · Map · Add to Chef Amazing
4. 4

   Chor Sornkeaw

   Lat Phrao

   Order: Nine-color sticky rice with mango

   23/500 Chok Chai 4 Soi 54, Bangkok · Map · Add to Chef Amazing
5. 5

   Sor Boonprakob

   Bang Rak

   Order: Mango with sticky rice, available from 8am

   Corner of Charoenkrung Soi 44, Charoenkrung Rd, Bangkok · Map · Add to Chef Amazing
6. 6

   Hoy Tod Chaw Lae

   Thai seafood · Thonglor

   Order: Oyster pancake, crispy or gooey, with the house chili sauce

   25 Soi Sukhumvit 55, Bangkok · Map · Add to Chef Amazing
7. 7

   Maem Khao Man Gai

   Hainanese chicken rice · Phra Sumen Rd, near Khao San

   Order: Khao man gai, early before the five chickens sell out

   Map · Add to Chef Amazing
8. 8

   Khua Kling Pak Sod

   Southern Thai · Thonglor

   Order: Khua kling dry curry, and the crab or prawn curries

   98/1 Thonglor Soi 5, Sukhumvit 55, Bangkok 10110 · Map · Add to Chef Amazing
9. 9

   Maliwan Kanom Thai

   Thai sweets · Ari

   Order: Mango sticky rice; also ta go and kanom mun

   2/9, start of Ari Soi 1, Bangkok · Map · Add to Chef Amazing
10. 10

    Khao Man Gai Jae Yee

    Hainanese chicken rice · Phra Nakhon, opposite Wat Saket

    Order: Chicken over rice, with liver if you like offal

    457/9 Thanon Chakkraphatdi Phong, Pom Prap Sattru Phai, Bangkok 10100 · Map · Add to Chef Amazing
11. 11

    Guay Jab Ouan Pochana

    Thai noodle soup · Yaowarat (Chinatown)

    Order: Rolled noodles with crispy pork belly and a boiled egg, in clear peppery broth

    408 Yaowarat Rd, Samphanthawong, Bangkok 10100 · Map · Add to Chef Amazing
12. 12

    Tip Hoy Tod Phu Kao Fai

    Charoenkrung, Bang Rak

    Order: Crispy pan-fried oyster and mussel omelette

    3 Charoenkrung 50, Bangrak, Bangkok · Map · Add to Chef Amazing