Restaurants Review
There are plenty of restaurants in Bangkok, so you’re never far from
some form of food outlet.
Everywhere you look there are noodle stands, fruit stalls, curry shops, road-side barbecues and even carts selling fried insects; and then there are countless superb restaurants serving international as well as Thai and other Asian cuisine to suit most tastes and budgets.
The range of options is quite staggering and very few visitors or expats can claim to have tried everything Bangkok restaurants have to offer.
During your time in Bangkok it’s certainly worth making the effort to seek out a few quality restaurants, and there are many throughout the city.
Most of the top hotels will have at least one or two restaurants and these can be excellent, although often pricey – especially the ones offering non-Thai cuisine.
But if you take to the streets some very good and more affordable Bangkok restaurants present themselves – there are many Thai restaurants but you can also find Indian, Chinese, Japanese and Vietnamese restaurants to satisfy Asian tastes; and for western food Bangkok is well served with its Italian, French, German, Scandinavian and British eateries.
The Face Bar - Thong Lo
Popular with Bangkok’s well-heeled set, The Face is an upscale joint that fuses three of Asia’s most distinct cultures to charming effect. Comprising three restaurants – Japanese, Indian and Thai, guests can enjoy their respective choice of cuisine in a classic Thai environment – the extensive teakwood mansion in which the Restaurant, Bar and Spa operate provides a cool and unique environment in which to relax and enjoy pan-Asian fare.
Aubergine French Restaurant in Bangkok
A hidden jewel in Bangkok’s international dining scene, Aubergine is an intimate restaurant that looks and feels as if it would be right at home on Paris’s Left Bank. Complete with the Edith Piaf background music and a French native working his magic in the kitchen.
Zense Restaurant at CentralWorld
The newest addition to Bangkok’s panoramic dining scene, Zense is the most recent of the innovational projects brought to us by the Central Retail Cooperation. The concept brings together four levels of rooftop restaurants and bars at the top of Bangkok’s leading lifestyle mall, Zen. While variety is the spice of life, it also lies at the core of Zense’s concept.
Spice Market at Four Season Hotel
The unique flavours of Thailand need little introduction. Neither does Bangkok's famous Spice Market restaurant, a firm favourite of local Thais, expats and visitors in the know for the past 25 years since the luxury Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok opened in 1983 at its prime inner-city location in Rachadamri Road. With a new chef at the helm - who has introduced an interesting twist on many popular dishes - Spice Market is all set to boost its fan base over the next 25 years...
La Scala at Sukhotai Hotel
With Christmas around the corner, Catherine Bowers samples a taste of the festive season at La Scala. When La Scala first opened in 2002, the modern Italian restaurant with its chic, innovative interior was an immediate hit with both the local elite and overseas visitors alike. Four years down the road, La Scala has established itself as one of the best Italian dining spots in town, offering the highest quality Italian cuisine.
Lek Seafood
We take a fresh look at one of Bangkok's long-standing seafood restaurants, Lek Seafood. A resolutely unglamorous establishment situated a stones throw away from Chong Nonsi BTS station, its the well-priced, scrumptious and totally Thai dishes to be had here that do the talking.
Bangkok Loy Nava Cruise
Tahsaneeya is a converted antique teak wood rice barge, exuding splendour and authenticity all around her. The moment you step onboard, you will be welcomed by one of Loynava's traditionally attired hostesses who will greet you with a customary 'wai' (Thai greeting), accompanied with a sweet-smelling garland and a sprinkle of rose-water - a truly Thai way to show respect to someone.
Xuan Mai Restaurant - Sukhumvit
It prides itself as 'the best little Vietnamese restaurant in Bangkok', and Xuan Mai (Spring Flower in Vietnamese) definitely lives up to its reputation. Serving authentic Vietnamese cuisine right in the heart of Bangkok, Xuan Mai offers wholesome, home-cooked Vietnamese cuisine. Despite being located deep within Sukhumvit Soi 13, it's not a hassle to find...
Breeze Restaurant - Lebua at Sate Tower
If good food is "a celebration of life", as Sophia Loren was once quoted as saying, the place to be living it up in Bangkok these days is Breeze - complete with a celebratory toast to all the finer things life has to offer. And if that good food comes in a gloriously glamorous setting 200 meters up in the sky, life surely doesn't get any better. Welcome to heaven on earth... (
Amaltery Adult Ice Cream
Ice cream, one of the world's greatest inventions, have long taken its rightful place in everyone's hearts - young or old. Served previously exclusively in the bygone European royal courts, this frozen dessert was considered a delicacy so divine that, as somebody aptly put, it should be illegal. Illegal or not, we all love it, especially when it comes with a little twist...
Crepes & Co Review
Like an oasis in the middle of the ever-hectic Sukhumvit area, Bangkok's one and only authentic crêperie is surrounded by lush tropical gardens, allowing guests to enjoy a healthy dose of fresh air (you can dine out here too if you wish). The restaurant is divided into three sections: the Lounge, the Dining Room, and the Terrace.
Bangkok Oyster Bar at LeBua State Tower
The association between oysters and sex is such a cliché that ordering some on a date is embarrassing. Equivalent, say, to sounding your glass in a restaurant, calling for hush and declaring to a room full of strangers your lustful intentions. Order some at Distil though - an extravagantly styled malt whisky, vodka, wine, cigar and oyster bar up high on the 64th floor of leBua at State Tower Bangkok and swallowing a few of the most obvious of aphrodisiacs becomes seductive and sexy again.