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Celadon
The acclaimed fine-dining restaurant at the Ed Tuttle–designed Sukhothai serves up a stylish ambience (the restaurant is surrounded by lotus ponds) and consistently terrific Thai cuisine prepared with top ingredients. Guests can choose between the elegant (and air-conditioned) dining room...
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Eat Me
This multilevel, cool but welcoming restaurant, bar and art gallery, on an unassuming street, is a real find. Darren and Cherie Hausler are an Australian brother-and-sister duo, whose inspired and well-executed menu includes such dishes as pumpkin, coconut and blood-orange...
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Nahm
Awarded the prestigious ‘World’s 50 Best Restaurants’ by Restaurant Magazine, Nahm at the Metropolitan hotel stands as one of Bangkok’s hot spot dining experiences. Australian born chef David Thompson crafts every dish with bold flavor and sophistication. With tables in...
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Sala Rattanakosin
This riverfront boutique hideaway hotel, located directly across the water from Wat Ahrun, embraces a stylish, more contemporary English décor. A short walk from some of Bangkok’s most notable sites like Wat Pho and the Grand Palace, Sala Rattanakosin offers...
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The Speakeasy
Occupying the 24th and 25th floors of the Hotel Muse, The Speakeasy is no ordinary bar. This two-story hideaway houses several different dining and drinking spaces, from the terrace bar to private salons to the Blind Pig, a reservation-only cigar...
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Thiptara
The serene Thai restaurant of the Peninsula hotel is lit by torches and candles and has a wonderful location right by the Chao Phraya River. Tables are set along the river and throughout five teakwood pavilions (imported from the ancient...
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Vertigo Grill & Moon Bar
Vertigo Grill and Moon Bar teeter on the 61st-floor rooftop of the Banyan Tree, situated between the Sukhothai and Metropolitan hotels. The open-air restaurant and rooftop bar supplement the sweeping views from Sirocco Restaurant and Sky Bar atop the State...
Bangkok

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Bangkok revolves around food. It’s impossible to count the food stalls that line the streets—seemingly all the streets—of this labyrinth of a city. The food is all around you, and every venue, from the lowliest food stall to the loftiest restaurant, takes pride in how it’s prepared. Thai cuisine is one of the most complex, delicate and sometimes spicy in the world. Every meal is supposed to include the five fundamental tastes—hot, sour, sweet, salty, bitter—which is why you are expected to order of a slew of small dishes to be shared by your group of diners… and you wouldn’t want it any other way, as every missed dish is a missed opportunity to enjoy the fragrant spices and bold flavors of Thailand. During a trip, you should not miss trying spicy green-papaya salad, tom yam goong (a sweet-sour fish soup), minced pork or chicken, satay (grilled meat on skewers) and curries. For an abbreviated list of restaurants, read Top Tables Bangkok.