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The Best Places in Siam Square & around

  1. Rank 1. INDDEE

    Contemporary Indian

    A tasting menu restaurant on Lang Suan where each of the ten or so courses arrives with a story attached, the dish standing in for a place: carabinero finished tableside for Goa, pickled vegetables conjuring a Himalayan winter. The chef's years in Japanese kitchens surface quietly, scallops from Hokkaido folded into traditional patra. It holds two Michelin stars, and the service team seems to have actually read the brief.


  2. Gaggan Anand's collaboration with Louis Vuitton puts a progressive Asian tasting restaurant inside a luxury fashion house, which is either the most Bangkok thing imaginable or just Tuesday. The dining room runs ten marble tables, the staff dress head-to-toe in LV, and the seasonal menu moves in two acts from Anand's famous yoghurt explosion through Thai-ingredient plates with a French lean. It holds a spot on Asia's 50 Best Restaurants list.


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  4. Rank 3. etcha

    Contemporary Southeast Asian

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  5. The name translates from Romansh as "nest," and the dining room takes that literally, wrapping you in greenery and warmth inside the St. Regis. This is fine dining built around sharing plates, which is a quietly radical move at this price point. Swiss chef Andreas Caminada's first restaurant outside Europe, it holds a Michelin star and follows European seasons rather than local ones. The crowd tends to dress accordingly.


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  7. Rank 7. Purple Laurel

    Fine Chinese


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  9. Two lotus ponds sit at the center of the dining room, which tells you something about the pace expected here. This is a fine dining restaurant inside the Siam Kempinski, spinning Thai flavors through a molecular lens, the whole project dreamed up by a Danish chef who built the original in Copenhagen. Ornate teak ceilings, flickering with ceremony, frame dishes that are as theatrical as the room they arrive in.

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  10. Rank 8. 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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    Address
    St. Regis, 159 Ratchadamri Rd, Pathum Wan, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand · Bangkok
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Wednesday 11:30 AM–3 PM, 6 PM–1 AM

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  11. Khorat cuisine is the draw here, a regional Thai style that most Bangkok restaurants quietly ignore. Baannok takes the characteristically sweet Northeastern cooking and dials it back just enough for a wider audience without losing the herbs and spice that give Isan food its edge. The wok-fried noodle dish with river prawn is a regular order for a reason. Book ahead, the room doesn't absorb walk-ins gracefully.

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  12. Rank 11. Bisou

    Modern French

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  14. Rank 11. I-SANG

    Contemporary Korean

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  15. Rank 11. Paste

    Royal Thai

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  16. Rank 11. Soma

    Thai

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  17. Rank 11. Vilas

    Contemporary Thai

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