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Best Restaurants in Thailand (2026)

Places to eat at every budget, from street food and casual local spots to established restaurants and fine dining.

32 places · Updated November 12, 2026

Our top 3 restaurants in Thailand

  1. Gaggan Progressive Indian tasting menu, SukhumvitChef Gaggan Anand's theatrical tasting-menu restaurant, serving progressive Indian cuisine with an emoji menu, ranked third on Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2026.
  2. Khao Soi Mae Sai Khao soi (northern curry noodles), Chang PhueakBib Gourmand noodle shop in Chang Phueak serving Chiang Mai's signature khao soi, a rich, gently spicy curry noodle soup, from morning to mid-afternoon.
  3. PRU Modern Thai tasting menu, Choeng ThaleA one-MICHELIN-Star restaurant at Trisara in Choeng Thale, serving a seasonal tasting menu built on produce from its own farm and Thai suppliers.

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1. Gaggan

Progressive Indian tasting menu$$$$Sukhumvit

Chef Gaggan Anand's theatrical tasting-menu restaurant, serving progressive Indian cuisine with an emoji menu, ranked third on Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2026.

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2. Khao Soi Mae Sai

Khao soi (northern curry noodles)$Chang Phueak

Bib Gourmand noodle shop in Chang Phueak serving Chiang Mai's signature khao soi, a rich, gently spicy curry noodle soup, from morning to mid-afternoon.

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3. PRU

Modern Thai tasting menu$$$$Choeng Thale

A one-MICHELIN-Star restaurant at Trisara in Choeng Thale, serving a seasonal tasting menu built on produce from its own farm and Thai suppliers.

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5. Huen Phen

Northern Thai (Lanna) home cooking$Old City

Long-running Old City restaurant on Ratchamankha Road serving northern Thai home cooking such as khao soi, gaeng hang lay and khanom jeen nam ngiao.

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6. Sorn

Southern Thai fine dining$$$$Sukhumvit

A fine-dining restaurant in a converted house off Sukhumvit 26, devoted to Southern Thai recipes, regional ingredients and traditional cooking methods.

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7. Kiti Panit

Lanna cuisine in a heritage mansion$$Tha Phae

Northern Thai restaurant in an 1880s family mansion on Tha Phae Road, serving updated Lanna dishes such as hang le curry; closed on Tuesdays.

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8. Raan Jay Fai

Thai street food (wok)$$$Phra Nakhon

A celebrated shophouse kitchen where the goggle-wearing chef Jay Fai cooks crab omelettes and drunken noodles over charcoal, awarded a Michelin star in 2018.

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9. Raya Restaurant

Phuket and Southern Thai$$Phuket Old Town

A long-running family restaurant in an old Sino-Portuguese mansion on Dibuk Road, known for crab curry with rice noodles and other Phuket home dishes.

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10. Huan Soontaree

Northern Thai with live music$$Pa Tan

Bib Gourmand riverside restaurant in a Lanna-style building owned by singer Soontaree Vechanont, who performs most evenings; known for stuffed murrel fish.

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11. One Chun

Southern Thai$$Phuket Old Town

A Bib Gourmand restaurant in a vintage-styled old building in Phuket Town, cooking family recipes such as crab yellow curry and Moo Hong pork belly.

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14. Potong

Thai-Chinese tasting menu$$$$Chinatown

Chef Pam's Michelin-starred tasting-menu restaurant in a century-old Chinatown shophouse, blending Thai and Chinese flavours with fermentation and ageing.

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15. Tu Kab Khao

Southern Thai$$Phuket Old Town

A Bib Gourmand southern Thai restaurant in a grand Sino-Portuguese building on Phang Nga Road, cooking the owner's mother's recipes with live music.

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16. Huen Muan Jai

Northern Thai$$Chang Phueak

Bib Gourmand northern Thai restaurant in a wooden Lanna-style house and garden on Ratchaphruek Road, with dips, herby soups and private pavilions.

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17. Le Du

Modern Thai tasting menu$$$$Silom

Chef Ton's modern Thai restaurant in Silom, offering seasonal four- and six-course tasting menus built on produce from Thai farmers.

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19. Bo.lan

Traditional Thai$$$$Thong Lo

A pioneering Thai restaurant off Sukhumvit 53 that cooks only with ingredients grown or produced in Thailand, following traditional recipes and techniques.

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