Decor porn that often exceeds the food, in no particular order.

1. Issaya

So bold and beautiful you forget you're basically dining under an expressway.

 

2. Baan

 

3. Medici Kitchen & Bar

 

4. Maya

 

5. Osha

 

6. Vivarium

 

7. Quince

Casual yet elegant. And so filled with natural light that you don't feel guilty sitting indoors on a sunny Sunday. 

 

8. The Dining Room (House on Sathorn)

Kudos to W's hands-off approach to modernizing this beautiful old embassy.

 

9. Salt

The restaurant that copied everything about Pla Dib down the road. But did it better. 

 

10. Kom-Ba-Wa

Chairs that make you drool and mind-bending wallpaper from the creative mind behind Issaya.

 

11. Bitterman

Will Bangkok ever get bored of dining in plantlife-filled greenhouses? 

 

12. Zuma

Four years on, a true original in a city where half the new restaurants look exactly the same. 

 

13. Bo.lan

Warm and friendly during the day; dark and romantic at night. It also screams classic Thai sans any elephants-and-Buddhas cliches. 

 

14. Sheepshank

 

15. Rocket (Central Embassy)

A mall restaurant that's beautiful. It can happen.

 

16. Aston Dining Room & Bar

Probably Bangkok's best attempt at cooking as theater. 

 

17. Err

Bo.lan's down-with-the-kids cousin. 

 

18. Charcoal

An actual reason to go near Soi 11.

 

19. YTSB - Yellow Tail Sushi Bar

One of the most handsome Japanese restaurants in town, proving there's life yet in run-down Ratchatewi.

 

20. The Never Ending Summer

The first one doing this stuff sits in an actual old warehouse; not a new building dressed up to look like one. 

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See also: 19 Bangkok bars with awesome interiors