Put on your stretchy pants, forget about the macros and tuck in to BK Best Eats 2019. This is the Bangkok dining that ignores fancy restaurants and 10-course tasting menus and goes straight for the comfort food—steaming bowls of fat-rich ramen, triple-decker burgers, all-you-can-eat dim sum buffets with an extra helping of pork buns. In other words, the stuff most of us eat out, most of the time. Tuck in!
Best Eats 2019
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With an elegant indoor living room featuring a glowing gold fretwork ceiling and black marble bar, and a soaring outdoor rooftop area flanked by purple neon light, this sky-high bar oozes swankiness. The menu is packed with fancy tapas like wagyu...
The sleek Italian restaurant located in The Continent hotel has a lot going for it, not least the amazing city views. Get a table beside the floor-to-ceiling windows or grab one of the slouchy sofas for a languorous meal of pastas and other Italian...
Located in a standalone house at the end of a quiet, leafy alley, this Swiss restaurant isn’t particularly fancy but is homey, rustic and warm, with the chef and manager making regular appearances. Make sure to try its thinly sliced air-dried...
A Thai fine-dining restaurant operated by celebrity chef Chumpol Jangprai combines the best of seasonal ingredients with a traditional setting reminiscent of the early Rattanakosin era. The six-course dinner menu features modern Thai dishes with...
This multi-award winning Indian restaurant offers the best rooftop dining experience in Bangkok, with traditional service and atmosphere as well as stunning views of Bangkok’s skyline.
Decorated with contemporary Thai touches, this restaurant features an alfresco terrace and a wooden sala by prominent national artist Thawan Duchanee at the entrance. The menu features classic Thai cuisine with nostalgic flavors drawn from the chef...
Specializing in one of Thailand’s most famous dishes, pad kaprow (stir-fried holy basil with meat), Kaprow Khunphor serves up original recipes in the way that a dad would cook for his daughter— meaning you can be extra fussy, specifying...
With floor-to-ceiling windows covering the two-story venue, this standby fave specializes in southern Thai cuisine with fiery spices and herbal-inflected flavors. The daily crowd comes for traditional southern ingredients such as sator (stink bean...