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  2. Rank 136. Khaan

    Contemporary Thai

    The name means both "tiger" and "proclaim" in Thai, and the chef commits to both. This contemporary Thai restaurant dresses its dining room in deep red and sends out a tasting menu that moves province by province across the country, treating the sourcing of ingredients as part of the point. Modern technique keeps the flavors from going polite. Pair it with the tea flight if you want to feel like you came prepared.

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  3. Rank 136. Khanom Chin Pa Son

    Thai Noodle Shop

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  6. Rank 136. Khao

    Northern Thai

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  7. Rank 136. Khao Horm

    Southern Thai

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  9. A narrow multi-storey townhouse on Song Wat Road where exposed wooden beams and soft lighting make each floor feel like a different room in someone's very well-considered home. This is a sit-down Thai restaurant with an unusual build-your-own menu structured around five essential ingredients, each dish available in three portion sizes, plus a curated set menu if you'd rather not choose. A daily rice arrives mid-meal, and changes every day.

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  13. Rank 136. Khrua Ban Po Ta

    Thai Seafood

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  15. Rank 136. Khrua Ohm

    Southern Thai

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  16. Rank 136. Khum Hom

    Contemporary Thai

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  18. Rank 136. Kinlum Kindee

    Traditional Northern Thai

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  19. Rank 136. Kiti Panit

    Traditional Northern Thai

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  22. Rank 136. Ko Kia

    Thai Noodle Shop

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  23. Rank 136. Ko Seng

    Southern Thai Seafood

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  28. Rank 136. Krua Phech Doi Ngam

    Northern Thai

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  38. Rank 136. Lahnyai

    Contemporary Thai

    Velvet walls and Jacquard-upholstered chairs set the mood at this intimate fine-dining room in Sathon, where the kitchen works through royal Thai recipes with a contemporary hand. The team narrates the courtly history behind each dish as it arrives, which sounds like homework but lands closer to a good dinner-party story. The saang wa pu, an herbal crab salad, is worth hoping for when it appears on the menu.


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  41. Rank 136. Lertrod

    Southern Thai

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  42. Rank 136. lob-baan

    Southern Thai

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  43. Rank 136. Long Dtai

    Southern Thai

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  45. Rank 136. Lumdee Te Khuadang

    Northern Thai

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  46. The dining room is a glass pavilion sitting inside century-old gardens at the historic Nai Lert Park Heritage Home, which sets a certain tone before the food even arrives. Ma Maison is a Thai restaurant whose menu traces back to the meticulous personal recipes of the estate's original matriarch, updated with contemporary touches but without losing the thread. Freshly squeezed coconut milk is the kind of detail that tells you the kitchen takes the classics seriously.

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  50. Rank 136. Mana

    Thai

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  51. Rank 136. Mhom

    Thai

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  53. Rank 136. Nai Khlong Boat Noodles

    Thai Noodle Shop

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  55. Rank 136. Neon Boat Noodles

    Thai Noodle Shop

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  57. Rank 136. Nina's

    Thai

    Herbs and vegetables grow steps from the kitchen, so the betel leaves and basil in your plate were in the ground that morning. Nina's is a Thai restaurant tucked into greenery outside Pak Chong, with two ways to eat: inside among chandeliers and vintage furniture, or in the garden where the shade does the air-conditioning's job. The menu leans on house-grown produce, and a handful of dishes are the chef's own invention.

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  58. Rank 136. Nitan

    Contemporary Southern Thai

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  60. Rank 136. North

    Northern Thai

    A green wooden house behind a garden wall, quiet enough that the city outside feels like someone else's problem. North is a Northern Thai restaurant where the kitchen takes a refined, mild approach to the cuisine of the Lanna region, the kind of cooking that rewards slowing down. Lunch runs à la carte; dinner shifts to a seasonal set menu. The Michelin Guide has it selected, which tracks with the room's particular calm.

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  61. Rank 136. O

    Thai

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  62. Rank 136. O Cha Rot

    Thai Noodle Shop

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  64. Rank 136. Ōre

    Creative Thai

    Mineral water shipped from a spring near Sai Yok Waterfall is central to the chef's philosophy here, a detail that tells you exactly how far this tasting-menu restaurant will go for a nuance you might not consciously notice. Wood, fabric, and natural tones keep the room quiet and the focus on the food, a procession of thirty-odd bite-sized courses built around Thai ingredients. The Michelin Guide has it listed among its selected Bangkok restaurants.

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  67. Rank 136. Paste

    Royal Thai

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  68. Rank 136. Peang-Prai

    Southern Thai

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  69. Rank 136. Phae Krung Kao

    Central Thai

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  71. Rank 136. Phensiri

    Southern Thai

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  72. Rank 136. Phi Sao

    Southern Thai Seafood

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  73. Rank 136. Phra Nakhon

    Southern Thai

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  74. Rank 136. Phukej

    Southern Thai

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  75. Rank 136. Pitak

    Southern Thai

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  80. Rank 136. Rabieng Tale

    Northern Thai Seafood

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  81. Rank 136. Radna Suanmak

    Thai Noodle Shop

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  82. Rank 136. Rark

    Thai

    A Thai restaurant tucked into a quiet alley, where the wok is close enough that you can hear it from your seat. Wooden walls and open shelving give it the feel of a very well-fed friend's home, and the kitchen leans into that by treating Thai classics with real care and detail. The à la carte menu skews personal rather than crowd-pleasing. Book ahead, and check whether they've reopened before you make the trip.

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  83. Rank 136. Redbox

    Modern Thai

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  84. Rank 136. Rimsuan

    Southern Thai

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  85. The terrace faces Wat Arun across the water, and at sunset that view does most of the work. Rongros is a traditional Thai restaurant on the Chao Phraya, its dining room dressed in chandeliers, painted Chinese panels, and dark wood that feel like they've been there forever. The menu stays close to the classics, and the green curry with roti is the kind of dish the room was built around. Book ahead; the tourists have figured this one out.

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  87. Rank 136. Royd

    Southern Thai

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  88. Rank 136. Saawaan

    Contemporary Thai

    A tasting menu restaurant on a quiet Sathon soi where the whole point is Thai cooking technique, not European ambition. The eleven courses move through fermentation, charcoal, and steaming as organizing ideas rather than garnishes, so preserved krill and grilled slipper lobster arrive tasting like arguments for a cuisine that never needed updating. The pastry work alone draws a following among people who track these things.


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  92. Rank 136. Santi

    Thai

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  94. Rank 136. Shrimp Noodles Ao Kae

    Thai Noodle Shop

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  95. Rank 136. Si Sawat

    Contemporary Thai

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  96. Rank 136. Small Dinner Club

    Innovative Thai

    Chef Sareen Rojanametin doesn't just cook Thai food, he interrogates it. Set in a dimly lit two-storey house along historic Charoen Krung, this intimate counter-dining experience holds everyone downstairs until the full group has assembled, then leads you up together. The black-walled room is quiet and a little theatrical, and the chef narrates each creation himself, including what he's done to tom yam, which takes a certain confidence.

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  98. Rank 136. Soma

    Thai

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