Restaurants
Som Tum Jae Kai
Udon Thani's long-running som tam house, where homemade pla ra gives the papaya salads their punch.
Udon Thani · ฿
Places
Restaurants
Thailand's restaurants range from family-run curry houses that have barely changed in fifty years to tasting-menu dining rooms with Michelin stars. This collection brings together the ones worth planning a trip around, in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Phuket, Hat Yai, Khon Kaen and beyond.
Each page explains what the restaurant is known for, what to order, how busy it gets and whether you need to book, along with the address, a map, opening hours where they could be confirmed and a price level from one to four baht signs.
Michelin awards change every year, so the pages describe each restaurant's current status in the latest guide and mark older awards as former ones. Opening hours and prices are checked when a page is written, but they do change: confirm before you go.
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Places
Restaurants
Kai Yang Wan Na
A Khao Suan Kwang institution since 1973, grilling butterflied chickens over charcoal on the highway north of Khon Kaen.
Khon Kaen · ฿
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Tu Kab Khao
Southern Thai home cooking in a restored century-old shophouse facing the Shrine of the Serene Light on Phang Nga Road.
Phuket Town · ฿฿
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Mee Ton Poe
The clock tower noodle shop where Phuket Town has eaten wok-fried Hokkien noodles with a runny egg since 1946.
Phuket Town · ฿
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One Chun
A Bib Gourmand favourite in Phuket Town, known for creamy crab curry and moo hong served in a vintage shophouse.
Phuket Town · ฿฿
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Raya Restaurant
Phuket Old Town's best-known family kitchen, serving crab curry and braised pork belly in a century-old Sino-Portuguese house.
Phuket Town · ฿฿฿
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Huen Muan Jai
A Michelin Bib Gourmand northern Thai restaurant in a wooden Lanna house and garden, covering the full range of Lanna dips, soups and curries.
Chiang Mai · ฿฿
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Kiat Ocha
A long-established old city shop behind the Three Kings Monument, known for Hainanese chicken rice and generous pork satay.
Chiang Mai · ฿
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Tong Tem Toh
A busy Nimman restaurant serving northern Thai dips, curries and grilled meats, popular with locals and visitors from breakfast to late.
Chiang Mai · ฿฿
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Huen Phen
A long-running old city restaurant south of Wat Chedi Luang, serving northern Thai curries, dips and sausages in a house full of antiques.
Chiang Mai · ฿฿
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SP Chicken
A small Isaan shop near Wat Phra Singh whose whole gai yang, roasted on a vertical charcoal rotisserie, earned it a Michelin Bib Gourmand.
Chiang Mai · ฿
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Cherng Doi Roast Chicken
A casual grilled chicken restaurant off Nimmanhaemin, known for crisp-skinned gai yang, fried papaya salad and sticky rice.
Chiang Mai · ฿฿
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Khao Soi Lamduan Fah Ham
One of the old Fah Ham khao soi shops on the east bank of the Ping River, serving the curry noodle soup for more than 70 years.
Chiang Mai · ฿
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Khao Soi Islam
A halal Thai-Muslim canteen in the Ban Haw quarter near the Night Bazaar, serving khao soi alongside biryani, oxtail soup and satay.
Chiang Mai · ฿
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Charmgang
A modern take on the Thai curry-and-rice shop in Talat Noi, run by chefs who trained under David Thompson.
Bangkok · ฿฿฿
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Saneh Jaan
Refined Thai classics drawn from royal and regional recipe archives, and one of Bangkok's most affordable Michelin-starred meals.
Bangkok · ฿฿฿
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Paste Bangkok
Chef Bee Satongun's take on historic Thai recipes, served in an airy room at Gaysorn Village with tasting menus and à la carte.
Bangkok · ฿฿฿฿
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Nusara
An intimate tasting menu named after chef Ton's grandmother, beginning on a rooftop that looks straight onto Wat Pho.
Bangkok · ฿฿฿฿
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Le Du
Chef Ton's seasonal Thai tasting menu in Silom, named Asia's best restaurant in 2023 and holder of a Michelin star.
Bangkok · ฿฿฿฿
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Sorn
Thailand's first three-Michelin-star restaurant, telling the story of the south through Andaman seafood and fierce curry pastes.
Bangkok · ฿฿฿฿
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Err Urban Rustic Thai
Bo.lan's casual sibling: cured sausages, charcoal grills and sharp salads made to go with a drink, now on Sukhumvit 32.
Bangkok · ฿฿฿
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Supanniga Eating Room (Tha Tien)
A grandmother's recipes from Trat and Khon Kaen, served beside the Chao Phraya with Wat Arun across the water.
Bangkok · ฿฿฿
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Khua Kling Pak Sod (Thonglor)
Family recipes from Chumphon, cooked by mum and aunt: fiery dry curries, turmeric-yellow fish curries and fragrant southern stir-fries.
Bangkok · ฿฿
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Somtum Der (Sala Daeng)
The Sala Daeng shophouse that launched a global papaya salad brand, serving pounded-to-order som tam and grilled Isaan meats.
Bangkok · ฿฿
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Krua Apsorn (Dinso Road)
A family-run old town dining room near Democracy Monument, loved for fluffy crab omelette and yellow curry with lotus shoots and prawns.
Bangkok · ฿฿
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Polo Fried Chicken (Gai Tod Jay Kee)
Soi Polo's family-run Isaan shop, famous for whole fried chicken buried under a heap of crisp fried garlic.
Bangkok · ฿฿
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Wattana Panich
An Ekkamai shophouse where a giant pot of beef broth has been kept simmering and topped up for around half a century.
Bangkok · ฿
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Prachak Roasted Duck
A Charoen Krung institution roasting Cantonese-style duck since 1909, with plates of duck and pork rice at everyday prices.
Bangkok · ฿
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Thipsamai Pad Thai
The Pratu Phi shophouse that has defined Bangkok pad thai since 1966, famous for noodles wrapped in a paper-thin egg.
Bangkok · ฿฿