Fans of succulent dim sum or crispy Peking duck need not worry—Chinese cuisine is always served in the best Asian restaurants around the world. In...
Food & Drink
Your guide to what to eat in Bangkok, including restaurant reviews, new openings and the best dining in the city.

Best of 2022: Best restaurants we loved in 2022
These new openings have only made the city’s eating and drinking arena more diverse, interesting, and appealing.

Restaurants with Michelin Stars in Thailand
The stars are in.

9 best places to eat in and around Queen Sirikit National Convention Center
Here for a meeting or an event? These are the places you’d want to escape to.

Reconnect With Your City: 7 toughest Bangkok restaurants to get a table
Trying to score a reservation is part of the experience at these seven highly in-demand restaurants
Latest food and drink news

Pla Iberry opens two new restaurants in Sathorn
The corner of Soi Ngam Duplee-Sathorn 1 has welcomed two of Atchara “Pla Iberry” Burarak’s new restaurants. The restaurateur and her...

Arnaud Dunand Sauthier’s new restaurant is now open
The wait is now over! Arnaud Dunand Sauthier’s new multi-concept restaurant Maison Dunand, which we first reported on last year, will finally open on 9...

Chef besties Black Panupong and Van Chalermpon’s Japanese-inspired pop-up is now open for booking
Foodies may have heard about the collaboration between Van Chalermpon and Black Panupong, two chefs who are also best friends. Their new project is called Namo...

Samrub Samrub Thai’s chef to open a more “luxurious” restaurant that focuses on contemporary Thai cuisine
Things are looking up for Chef Prin Polsuk. Earlier this year, the prominent Thai chef and his casual-dining restaurant Samrub Samrub Thai was ranked number 75...
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Latest restaurant reviews
A new must-try dining experience from Mandarin Oriental Bangkok

Baan Tepa Culinary Space
Chef Chudaree "Tam" Debhakham’s continues to impress with a new "Thai creative" multi-course menu at Baan Tepa Culinary Space.

Santiaga
Mexican cuisine is packed with exciting flavors, but it’s not really known for its presentation. Santiago, the sister establishment of long-standing...

North Restaurant
Bangkok’s fine-dining scene isn’t showing any signs of slowing down now that the pandemic has subsided. The latest addition to the city’s...

Quince (revisit)
The 91st best restaurant in Asia is stepping into a new decade with an updated menu that still showcases smoky fare with playful tweaks.
Something sweet

6 bakeries to find perfect sourdough bread
Sourdough is a beloved staple for both bread enthusiasts and bakery houses. Made of fermented yeast, it offers more nutritional value than your typical white...

7 shops to get the best donuts in Bangkok
Let’s go back more than 10 years ago when Krispy Kreme first launched in Thailand. The hype for this American-made treat was so huge that people...

Where to find Bangkok’s best canelés
Back in May, we predicted some food trends that would make it big in 2021, with the hope that Bangkokians would stop overindulging in the same old things....

4 shops to get sweet, soft and flaky cronuts in Bangkok
A few years back, you were probably very excited to try the cronut, a then-innovative sweet treat that created a hybrid out of a croissant and a donut. The...
Meet the Chefs

Banyen Ruangsantheia
Meet the 62-year-old Thai chef who has given Suan Thip, a humble Nonthaburi eatery, a Michelin star.

Bo Songvisava
Bo Songvisava on Bo.lan's farewell and the government’s inadequate aid to F&B industry

Chudaree Debhakam
Chudaree Debhakam talks about her first dining establishment put up years after she was crowned the first winner of Top Chef Thailand.

Vichit Mukura
The godfather of modern Thai cuisine reveals his journey.
Stay home

The complete guide to food delivery apps available in Bangkok
The food delivery scene in Bangkok has grown at an impressive rate over the last year. While more people appreciate the convenience of having food delivered...

15 Korean restaurants in Bangkok that deliver
Korean drama fever has, unquestionably, spread throughout Thailand, not to mention the rest of the world. And it’s no use denying it—you’re...

10 handy grocery delivery apps in Bangkok
The breakthrough of the food delivery trend was followed closely by the increasing popularity of grocery delivery apps. Many supermarkets now have their own...

How to shop for lifestyle goods during the lockdown
Bangkok Metropolitan Administration raised the preventive measures to curb the deadly novel coronavirus by forcing shopping malls and retailers across Bangkok...
Food takeout and delivery options
Vegan and vegetarian
Vegan and vegetarian
Calling veganism a trend is so last year. It’s now a legit lifestyle option, thanks to advocates who relentlessly point out that a meat-free,...
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Restaurants are one of the hardest-hit businesses during this global novel coronavirus pandemic. Empty dining rooms are not an unusual sight as people are...
Long reads

Next in food: What, how and where will we eat in the rest of 2021?
Hotels doing delivery, plant-based options and the elevation of Thai food to the fine-dining level were the food...

What’s the deal with CPTPP and why does it matter to the food you eat?
Aside from COVID-19, the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is one...
Bangkok best cafés

10 (relatively) new Bangkok cafés you need to check out
It’s been quite some time since we indulged in one of our favorite pastimes: café-hopping. Restrictions have been eased on restaurant dining in...

Best afternoon tea sets
Forget hanging out at your neighborhood café. Indulge instead in afternoon tea and scrumptious treats at these plush salons.

Best cafes and bakeshops in Ari and Saphan Khwai
When talking about Ari, the first thing that will pop up in your mind are cafés. The area is packed with quaint, little coffeehouses and pastry shops,...

Three of the best locally-sourced chocolate cafes
From Chiang Mai to Nakhon Si Thammarat, these are three Bangkok cafes using Thai cocao for their yummy chocolate menu.
Restaurants in Bangkok by area
Charoenkrung
Charoenkrung
Eating options in this Bangkok’s old community are abundant. You’ll find everything from a 40-year-old street vendor offering savory roasted duck...
Sukhumvit 31
Sukhumvit 31
In the chic Phrom Phong neighborhood, Soi Sukhumvit 31 (or as some of us know by Soi Sawatdi) is a sub-area laden with many of Bangkok's crowd-pleasing...
Sukhumvit 36, 38 and 40
Sukhumvit 36, 38 and 40
In contrast to bustling Thonglor on the other side of Sukhumvit, the interconnected Soi Sukhumvit 36 - 38 - 40, which is lined with low-key residential...
Ratchaprasong
Ratchaprasong
Home to five-star hotels, embassies and some of the city's grandest shopping centers such as CentralWorld and Gaysorn, Ratchaprasong is ranked as one of...