Top end thai food in Bangkok

[retep1]

I like very much thai food and would like to know the names of the top end restaurants in Bangkok.

I do not care about price, I just want to enjoy.

Unfortunately my thai friends prefer the buffets with continental food, which I can eat at home.

[smokie36]

Nahm.

[ATF]

http://www.baan-khanitha.com/

Also Mango Tree Suriwong and a very interesting and old place is My Choice Suk 36.

[rhythmworx]

Nahm.

Voted #1 restaurant in the whole of Asia I believe.

Not eat there myself but also ran by the 1st and maybe the only farang chef to get a Michelin star just specialising in Thai food.

[robertthebruce]

Shangri La Hotel..... Restaurants there are the best.....

[lomatopo]

Art of Food (not just Thai, but I have been here and recommend it)

Bo Lan

Issaya Siamese Club

Long Table

Nahm

Salathip

Sra Bua

Soul Food

Supanniga

I like Chef Vichit Mukura’s show on Channel 5, he is the executive chef at the Mandarin Oriental Bangkok, but not sure which of their restaurants (Sala Rim Naam?) would be best?

Edited November 2, 2014 by lomatopo

[smokie36]

Nahm.

Voted #1 restaurant in the whole of Asia I believe.

Not eat there myself but also ran by the 1st and maybe the only farang chef to get a Michelin star just specialising in Thai food.

Nor me.

Any meal at over 1000 Baht I scrutinise first....and for Thai food in Thailand its very difficult for me to justify.

[Suradit69]

http://www.baan-khanitha.com/

Also Mango Tree Suriwong and a very interesting and old place is My Choice Suk 36.

I wouldn't rank Mango Tree that high unless there's been a major change recently. Nice ambiance, but the times I've eaten there the food was not worth the bother,

The Ruen Urai restaurant next to the Rose Hotel off Surawong is surprisingly good (not the hotel, though).

http://www.ruen-urai.com/

And also the restaurant attached to the Siam Heritage Hotel also on Surawong. The place has the ambiance of a bus terminal, but the food has always been excellent. http://www.thesiamheritage.com/dining

My recommendations are assuming you're looking for good food and greater variety than in some food court rather than just searching for expensive location and furniture.

Of course, things change. Sometimes for the better, sometimes for worse.

Edited November 2, 2014 by Suradit69

[jmwpga]

Try Don Khreung on Thonglor (Sukhumvit Soi 55) on the NW corner of Soi 12 or 13. Excellent Thai food---service can be spotty though.

[smokie36]

Depends what you mean by top end.....I like Madam Saranair between Soi 17 and 19....good Thai food at around 500 Baht a head...or more if you load up on the more expensive dishes.

[smokie36]

Or the place on soi 22 for its good dishes with curry paste....very nice for about 200.

[DGS1244]

Try Bahn Karnita, She has several restaurants and has been voted best Thai in town for many years. One on Sukhumvit 55.

[ezzra]

The food is the same but it served on a cleaner plate....

[johninbkk]

How refreshing.

Most post are where is the cheapest this, that, well EVERYTHING..........

[fullcave]

High end to me is minus the MSG and using healthy oils.. Such as coconut oil. I know it’s expensive but well worth the effort.. yummy..

[gjoo888]

I second Baan Khanitha. If you like seafood, Somboon has quite a few locations, great food and meat dishes as well: http://www.somboonseafood.com/index.php/en/site/intro

[TheRascal]

High end to me is minus the MSG and using healthy oils.. Such as coconut oil. I know it’s expensive but well worth the effort.. yummy..

Damn right. My girl doesn't use MSG or sugar in our food and is happy to use coconut oil. Her Khao Pad Gai using coconut oil and brown rice is as good as anything I've tasted and I have no guilt eating it!

[HerbalEd]

Don't assume a high-end, expensive Thai restaurant will have excellent Thai food. It may ... and it may not. Many of these restaurants spoil the food by dressing up the dishes to justify their higher price, and the customer gets barely-Thai Thai food.

Often the best Thai food is on the streets or in a food court. Then there's the unassuming small restaurant up country or in the burbs where farangs seldom venture. You need a food-savy Thai local friend to turn you on to those.

[MexicanFarang]

By World standards, high end food is "molecular" or "modern" cuisine.

By the looks of the food at Nahm, you can't get high end food in BKK.

[dfp]

Top-end could mean either:

1. Very expensive, interior decorations etc exquisite but food lousy

2. Reasonable price, poor interior/exterior decorations

3, Food value for money, so it could be anything

Below is a link to a seafood restaurant we frequent regularly. It is situated on Srinakarin Road on the way to Samutprakan and very close to Kanchanapisek Road or Outer Ringroad (Highway # 9).

The food is excellent and priced very reasonable. Their Tum Yam Goong is out of this world - the best I have ever had. Their signature desert dish is Khao Niew Mamuang (Mango with sticky rice). How they can maintain/get a supply of mangoes of high quality is beyond me.

http://www.sompongseafood.com/menu_set.php?L=en

Take a trip out of Bangkok to the nearby province. There are some sights here as well:

Erawan Museum, Ancient City and the Crocodile Farm (60,000 crocs in one place).

[dfp]

I second Baan Khanitha. If you like seafood, Somboon has quite a few locations, great food and meat dishes as well: http://www.somboonseafood.com/index.php/en/site/intro

My opinion about Baan Khanita. My wife and I visited a few years ago, simply because I would like to try it out.

Baan Khanita is a restaurant that make Thai food for foreigners or foreign tastebuds. It has nothing to do with authentic Thai food. What I noticed when visiting was Japanese, South Korean, Americans, Europeans and not one single Thai person except my wife and the service staff (most likely from Burma or Cambodia). On top of this it was highly priced as well.

So one visit from us and that was enough.

One good thing about our visit was that I learned to appreciate Miang Kham, a very nice appetiser.

[konfuzed]

Avoid long table - it is bland, fusion crap....

Naj on soi convent is quite good,

Baan Khanita is excellent

Nahm has been voted best restaurant in Asia...

[Puccini]

Sala Rim Naam of the Oriental Hotel, but they've got a dance show with it, which is perhaps not what your want. Probably more for entertaining business visitors.

[Puccini]

For Isaan cuisine: Sarah Jane's. No luxury ambiance, not outrageously expensive, but I'm told the Thai food is the real thing. Lots of middle and upper class gourmets eating there.

Edited November 3, 2014 by Puccini

[Maestro]

Removed a troll post.

[seancbk]

Lan Na Thai @ Face Bangkok on Sukhumvit Soi 38

Menu here - http://facebars.com/assets/docs/bangkok/Lan%20Na%20Thai%20-%20Restaurant%20Menu.pdf

[abhaya]

Somboon.

[jdinasia]

http://www.baan-khanitha.com/

Also Mango Tree Suriwong and a very interesting and old place is My Choice Suk 36.

Agree with Baan Khanitha. Best in BKK

Mango tree is owned by a chain. Good but not awesome.

[unclueng]

Methavalai Sorndaeng Restaurant is a very fine Thai Restaurant.

[jdinasia]

I second Baan Khanitha. If you like seafood, Somboon has quite a few locations, great food and meat dishes as well: http://www.somboonseafood.com/index.php/en/site/intro

My opinion about Baan Khanita. My wife and I visited a few years ago, simply because I would like to try it out.

Baan Khanita is a restaurant that make Thai food for foreigners or foreign tastebuds. It has nothing to do with authentic Thai food. What I noticed when visiting was Japanese, South Korean, Americans, Europeans and not one single Thai person except my wife and the service staff (most likely from Burma or Cambodia). On top of this it was highly priced as well.

So one visit from us and that was enough.

One good thing about our visit was that I learned to appreciate Miang Kham, a very nice appetiser.

Not sure which branch you went to, but on Suk 23 we have had not only great service, but the food is always amazing. There's a variety of customers but the last time we were there, it was me my husband, and 7 other Thais in our group. The other tables were mostly but not exclusively Thai.

The wine list is great and they do a good job of recommending wines to match the food.

The food is not overly spicy. It is far more upscale than hammering a bunch of chilies into a dish.

It is imho better than the Blue Elephant.