A great Mediterranean rooftop restaurant on the 22nd floor [toc] Pastel is a delightful new rooftop bar and Mediterranean restaurant on the 22nd floor of the exclusive Aira hotel, on the popular Soi 11, off Sukhumvit Road in Bangkok. Pastel is quite a recent addition to the ever-growing rooftop scene of Bangkok and is gaining popularity very fast. The size of the venue and the beautiful design is what strike
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The best sushi restaurant in Bangkok [toc] Sushi Masato is Bangkok's most exclusive address, even more since the restaurant received a prestigious Michelin Star. This Japanese restaurant can only accommodate ten guests and is booked more than three months in advance unless you are lucky enough to catch a cancelled booking, which is how we got our seats twice. Before moving to Bangkok, Chef Masato worked in New York in
Read MoreMethavalai Sorndaeng Restaurant [toc] Methavalai Sorndaeng is an old-fashioned Thai restaurant frozen in time, just next to the Democracy Monument, not far from Khao San. There are so many Thai restaurants in Bangkok finding something original for a special occasion will be difficult. Of course, you might think Rooftop or Fancy place, but we wanted something Thai and surprisingly different, so we went to Methavalai Sorndaeng. Methavalai Sorndaeng restaurant caught
Read MoreAn excellent Phadthai in Silom [toc] Baan Phadthai is a beautiful restaurant which received a Michelin Bib Gourmand (inspectors’ favourites for good value) hidden in one of these tiny lanes of Bangrak between Silom and the riverside. There is no need to describe what Pad Thai is; it's now such a famous dish that it has become the culinary flagship of Thailand and a long-time favourite to so many travellers.
Read More80/20 Eighty Twenty Bangkok [toc] 80/20 Eighty Twenty is a superb restaurant in the north of Silom that serves great cuisine in an area of Bangkok where not many modern restaurants have opened yet. Usually, modern cuisine chefs prefer Thonglor and Sathorn areas, so it's great to see new locations coming to life. In cases you wondered, the name means that 80% of the ingredients are locally grown. 80/20 Eighty
Read MoreOne of the Best Restaurants in Bangkok [toc] Le Du restaurant on Silom is one of our favourite restaurants in Bangkok, if not our favourite. We were lucky to discover it from the very early days and enjoyed the evolution from a young and shy hidden restaurant to a world-class Michelin-starred venue. Chef Ton, a certified sommelier and an accomplished Chef, involved his passion for modern Thai cuisine using local
Read MoreSuhring Restaurant Suhring is a superb restaurant serving modern German cuisine and probably one of Bangkok's most talked about places. The restaurant hides in a tiny street off Sathorn road and seems to be cocooned in an overgrown green garden. You sure will need google maps to find it. The house is very attractive, designed on several levels with large windows and a beautiful veranda in the garden. Even with
Read MoreSpanish Restaurant at CentralWorld [toc] Uno Mas is an upmarket Spanish restaurant offering a panoramic view of the Bangkok skyline from the 54th floor of the Centara Grand Hotel. You can access the restaurant directly from the immense CentralWorld shopping mall, which makes it convenient to shop a bit before your sunset cocktail and dinner. Uno Mas received a MICHELIN Plate for Good cooking, and indeed, the food is excellent
Read MoreAppia Roman Trattoria [toc] Appia is an excellent Roman Trattoria hidden in Sukhumvit Soi 31 (also known as Soi Sawatdi) and run by Chef Paolo Vitaletti. Open for many years, Appia became a name to remember for Italian food lovers. Therefore, booking your table in advance is strongly recommended to avoid disappointment. The dishes are truly delicious, and the atmosphere is cosy and casual, just as you expect it to
Read MoreA Michelin Star Restaurant in Siam [toc] Paste Restaurant in the Gaysorn shopping centre is another proof that the Bangkok dining scene never ceases to evolve and improve. Paste Restaurant started in Sukhumvit and has already made a name over there. Since they moved to the Ploenchit neighbourhood, the restaurant got even better, and with the undeniable talent of Chef Bee, Paste received a Michelin Star. Located on the top
Read MoreA trendy community village in Ploenchit [toc] Velaa Sindhorn Village is a trendy and luxurious community village on Langsuan Road in Bangkok. Velaa is part of the set of luxury hotels and condominiums recently built in this part of Bangkok, just next to the well-known Lumpini Park. Ploenchit is becoming increasingly posh, and what was rather the rundown part of this neighbourhood has become the most exclusive part of it.
Read More[toc] The Mustang Blu is an old renovated building with a flat iron shape that was originally built as a bank in late 1800 just on the edge of Bangkok Chinatown and very near the old Hua Lampoon Railway Station. The Mustang Blu started as a bank but later became a hospital, then a bathhouse or a massage parlour, and is now a 10 bedrooms hotel with a unique personality.
Read MoreOsha Bangkok [toc] Osha Bangkok is one of the fanciest and most upmarket Thai restaurants in Bangkok. Originally from San Francisco, where they run five restaurants, Osha serves Thai food with a slight twist, created by talented Thai chefs. Standing high and proud at the corner of Wireless and Ruamrudee roads opposite Lumpini park, the building is massive and even intimidating. We first tried it soon after the opening, and
Read MoreA Michelin Star Restaurant in Ploenchit [toc] Saneh Jaan is an upmarket Thai restaurant in Ploenchit with one Michelin Star, located on Wireless Road, just between the American Embassy and Lumpini Park. The restaurant is spacious, with large wooden doors, high ceilings, and hundreds of framed photos of old Bangkok hanging on the walls. This very posh interior design is a little intimidating, and the first things that first come
Read MoreAn oasis of peace in busy Bangkok [toc] Ma Maison Bangkok is a unique Thai restaurant found in the Ploenchit area, one of the most desirable settings in town. A glasshouse sitting in the shade of immense old trees in a vast green garden, hidden in the heart of Bangkok, somewhere you would never expect to find a garden of this size. The restaurant shares the garden with the Nai
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