Best Restaurants!

[AliyaS]

Ok, I've researched some of the popular restaurants in Thailand and this seems to be the list. I'm sure there are millions of amazing restaurants out there in Bangkok but, I've only got 4 days to experience them all. If only I had 4 days and 4 stomachs to go along with that!

So, I'd love to hear what your opinions are on these restaurants?

What are the top three from the list?

Which are more suitable for lunch or dinner?

Which are high end pricey and which are reasonable?

Thanks a bunch!

Don't you just love talking about food???

Oh and try not to be harsh with my list...I'm only going with what people have been talking the most about and also, I'm sure it will be amazing to me since I've never been there before!

Mahanaga

The Face

Koi

Harmonique

Tling Pling

Oam Thong

Mango Tree

Naj

Vertigo

Na-ra

Yok Yor Marina and Restaurant

Soi Somdej Chaowpraya

Krua Rakhang Thong

L’OCCITANE CAFÉ

METHAVALAI SORNDAENG

Bed supperclub

ps: preferably Thai food...unless it's exceptional! I come from Hong Kong where the restaurants are amazing!

[sabaijai]

You mean Bangkok, not Thailand, right? The list is long, and none of my favourites is on your list. I don't think you'll find much agreement on which are the best Thai restaurants even in BKK. So many different genres. Classic Thai cuisine is disappoearing fast in the capital.

[lampard10]

For Thailands best, there are an awful lot of BKK restaurants there.

Vertigo. You pay for the view. Food is the just a little bit below the standard of the average street vendor.

In fact that's where my wife went after eating there.

I have been to some fabulous restaurants in BKK but that's the only one on your list.

[AliyaS]

oops! I guess I'm headed in the wrong direction!

I'm not really a fan of fusion of any sort!

I really prefer classic food and I did get the feeling that these would be more for the ambience than the food.

Thanks for the inputs!

[MarkBKK]

oops! I guess I'm headed in the wrong direction!

I'm not really a fan of fusion of any sort!

I really prefer classic food and I did get the feeling that these would be more for the ambience than the food.

Thanks for the inputs!

Like most countries, food in Thailand is regional. Some of the more distinctive types are Isan, ''Chiang Mai'' (Northwestern? My TGF calls it ''Chiang Mai'' food, since she's from the area), Southern, etc. There's also a heavy Chinese influence, amongst others. Very good examples (I didn't say the best) of all types can easily be found in Bangkok. What are you looking for?

[corkscrew]

Ok, I've researched some of the popular restaurants in Thailand and this seems to be the list. I'm sure there are millions of amazing restaurants out there in Bangkok but, I've only got 4 days to experience them all. If only I had 4 days and 4 stomachs to go along with that!

So, I'd love to hear what your opinions are on these restaurants?

What are the top three from the list?

Which are more suitable for lunch or dinner?

Which are high end pricey and which are reasonable?

Thanks a bunch!

Don't you just love talking about food???

Oh and try not to be harsh with my list...I'm only going with what people have been talking the most about and also, I'm sure it will be amazing to me since I've never been there before!

Mahanaga

The Face

Koi

Harmonique

Tling Pling

Oam Thong

Mango Tree

Naj

Vertigo

Na-ra

Yok Yor Marina and Restaurant

Soi Somdej Chaowpraya

Krua Rakhang Thong

L’OCCITANE CAFÉ

METHAVALAI SORNDAENG

Bed supperclub

ps: preferably Thai food...unless it's exceptional! I come from Hong Kong where the restaurants are amazing!

My wife is Thai and I have lived in BKK for almost 7 years. We eat out 5 nights a week. In our opinion you should have at least one dinner in Sala Thip...it is the Thai restaurant in the Shangri-La hotel.

[AliyaS]

Oh yes I think I've heard of that one. Plus the Shangri-la would probably be worth just going to anyway. Do you recommend lunch or dinner then?

[corkscrew]

Oh yes I think I've heard of that one. Plus the Shangri-la would probably be worth just going to anyway. Do you recommend lunch or dinner then?

Dinner, for sure. You will also have a beautiful view over the Chao Phraya river.

[dukkha]

Would like to make a strong reccommendation for

WAI THAI : 183 Silom Road, Silom, Bangrak, Bangkok 10500

This is a wonderful place which is catering for people who are interested in HEALTHY THAI food.

The prices are astoundingly reasonable and the emphasis on healthy eating is the first experience I have had in the Kingdom in 6 years....

The menu is not huge, the decor minimalist, the service excellent but the big attraction for me, at least, is their emphasis on providing healthy food...the owner speaks fluent english and she is attempting to provide an alternative, NO coca cola, sorry!!

Give it a go, for those of us who may be diabetic and concerned about our coronary state this is a GREAT place to chow down.....

Dukkha

[joe beets]

Thanks, Dukkha; nice tip.

I can vouch for Harmonique.

Very good food, tons of ambience.

Lunch or dinner ok.

Closed Sundays.

jb

[meadish_sweetball]

You mean Bangkok, not Thailand, right? The list is long, and none of my favourites is on your list. I don't think you'll find much agreement on which are the best Thai restaurants even in BKK. So many different genres. Classic Thai cuisine is disappoearing fast in the capital.

Come on sabaaijai, please spill the beans on one or two classic Thai restaurants, so we can preserve them by going there when in BKK.

[roamer]

I see Yok Yor is on your list and I can vouch for that. Has the best views back across the river as your on the southern bank, very good Thai food, owned by the people who own VR (vijit) on Democracy Monument, lots of issan infuenced food. There is also the following:

Dairy Queen - Not to be confused by the hot dog and ice cream stands you see around Bangkok. This restaurant is in our view one of the finest and most enjoyable Thai / Seafood restaurants in all of Bangkok. It is exceptionally well priced, enjoys a wonderful location (although some may consider a little far) on the Chao Phraya River and offers guests excellent food. The Dairy Queen offers guests a nicely decorated but very relaxed Thai style restaurant with both indoor and outdoor dining. The restaurant is extremely popular with Thai's which speaks volumes for the quality of the food you can find there. As it is a Thai style restaurant you can take your own bottle(s) of wine or whisky and the restaurant will just charge you a very small corkage fee. The restaurant also a moored part to the restaurant which offers floor seating and actually sits on the river. The Dairy Queen also has a boat which allows you to eat onboard while enjoying a cruise from the restaurant to around the Grand Palace area and back, this cruise only costs you around 70 Baht per person on top of whatever food etc you order. The restaurant is located adjacent to Saphan (bridge) Param Gau on Rattanathibet Road, and is only a 25 minute drive out of Bangkok (outside rush hour times) by expressway. Yes it may be a little out of the centre but that only adds to the adventure. We strongly recommend reservations at this restaurant especially if you prefer to be seated outside and / or next to the river. Call the restaurant on: 02-9218670 up to 5.

The above is the only online reference I could find for the Dairy Queen but the original tip came from someone who has forgotten more about thai food than I will ever know and absolutely raves about the place. Will be checking it out for myself next month.

[sabaijai]

You mean Bangkok, not Thailand, right? The list is long, and none of my favourites is on your list. I don't think you'll find much agreement on which are the best Thai restaurants even in BKK. So many different genres. Classic Thai cuisine is disappoearing fast in the capital.

Come on sabaaijai, please spill the beans on one or two classic Thai restaurants, so we can preserve them by going there when in BKK.

OK, OK. 1) The Navy Club, on the Chao Phraya River, believe the name in Thai is Samoson Nawa or Nawa Samoson. Inexpensive, atmospheric and real classic Thai cooking. 2) Khrua Nopparat, Phra Athit Rd, Banglamphu. There are your two, Meadish ....

I've tried most of the ones in the OP's list and am not particularly impressed with any of them as far as classic Thai cuisine goes.

Krua Rakhang Thong and Harmonique used to be quite good but have become so over-run with non-Thai clientele that I sense the cooks aren't putting nearly as much heart into their work as they once did. Mango Tree never really catered to Thais.

Sorndaeng - haven't been in years - is it still good?

Koi is more Japanese than Thai, or at least that's the impression I got from my one and only visit thus far. Bed Supper Club has good fusion cuisine, under the latest F&B director.

Oam Thong, Tling Pling and Na-ra -- what type of Thai cusine?

[corkscrew]

Thanks, Dukkha; nice tip.

I can vouch for Harmonique.

Very good food, tons of ambience.

Lunch or dinner ok.

Closed Sundays.

jb

I agree with Joe. Harmonique is excellent and the atmosphere is charming. Parking is at the end of the soi....about 75 meters.

[corkscrew]

Thanks, Dukkha; nice tip.

I can vouch for Harmonique.

Very good food, tons of ambience.

Lunch or dinner ok.

Closed Sundays.

jb

I agree with Joe. Harmonique is excellent and the atmosphere is charming. Parking is at the end of the soi....about 75 meters.

Photos of Harmonique at:

http://www.corkscrew-balloon.com/00/12/2thai/20a.html

Edited May 17, 2006 by corkscrew