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The Best Japanese Food in Bangkok

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The best Japanese food in Bangkok, according to the experts: the Michelin Guide and The 50 have both weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Resonance comes out on top.

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Sushi Saito and No Name Noodle hold the next two places. The Michelin Guide shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with The 50 next.

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  1. Rank 1. Resonance

    Modern Japanese

    A Michelin-starred modern Japanese tasting menu inside a contemporary Bangkok townhouse, stripped back to almost nothing so the cooking holds all the attention. The chef was born in Tokyo and trained across several countries, and the seasonal set menu moves through that whole journey in a single sitting. The drinks pairing ranges across wine, beer, and sake, which is more interesting than a straight Burgundy list, even if that list is also there.

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  2. Rank 1. Sushi Saito

    Edomae Sushi

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  5. Rank 4. Zuma

    Japanese

    The London-born izakaya-style chain has planted its sixth flag inside the St. Regis, which tells you something about the clientele before you even sit down. Zuma is a buzzy, upscale Japanese restaurant where the menu leans into black cod, wagyu, and other ingredients that photograph well. The room is glamorous and the bill follows suit, but the food gives people genuine reasons to show up beyond the scene.

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  6. Rank 6. Fillets

    Omakase Japanese

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  7. Rank 6. Gen (Soi Sukhumvit 63)

    Yakitori Japanese

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  9. Rank 6. Jikasei B

    Edomae Sushi

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  10. Rank 6. Nikaku

    Edo-mae Sushi

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  11. Rank 6. Seifu

    Japanese

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  12. Smoke from the binchotan charcoal is the first thing you notice, before you've even sat down. This is a yakitori restaurant from Tokyo, and the kitchen is open in the middle of the room so the whole meal doubles as a floor show of skewers and coal. The team works through the whole bird, beak to tail, in far more configurations than seems reasonable for one animal. The chicken liver pâté with warm baguette is a genuine curveball worth ordering.

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  13. An omakase counter that splits itself across two floors, the first floor for the purist counter experience and the third for something with a New York lean. Chef Masato Shimizu built his name in Tokyo and New York before bringing this format to Bangkok, where it was among the first of its kind. The Michelin Guide has it listed, and the progression between floors gives the meal a strange, pleasing logic.


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  15. Rank 6. Torisawa 22

    Yakitori Japanese

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  16. Rank 6. Yakiniku Sudo

    Japanese Barbecue

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