SaigonCyclo

I've eaten there a few times, but the last time I got a nasty dose of food poisoning. I like their food, but haven't been back.

Sirhalberd

You can pay a lot for food in a nice place if you want you can also eat a simple meal in a food court or even a supermarket in-store restaurant.

I like the little restaurant on Sukhumvit Soi 5 in the Foodland Supermarket. I have been eating there every now and then for over 10 years. Open 24 hours. You can pay more for meals but they probably won't taste any better. Asian and Western specialties.

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rjh

Ok, I added Foodland to the Bangkok restaurants map. I'm retweeting the link for latecomers to this thread.

Feel free to add and refine placemarks. Please don't edit it unless you know what you're doing. I don't want to keep recreating lost placemarks.

mcgahat

I am hoping someone more familiar with the area than I will have some suggestions. I will be staying at Saladaeng Soi 1 and am looking for late night cafes/restaurants etc that may be available late, say 1-2AM. Any variety of food and hopefully with a variety, Thai and western. Even a hotel that has a coffee shop open all night possibly? Thanks for any help!

mcgahat

I ran across this site so looks like I may have answered my own question. http://www.coffeesociety.co.th/index.htm I would be interested in opinions of this place along with any other suggestions.

MegatopLover

Decent coffee house. Full range of coffee selections like in the West (double half-caf soy frappa macchi whatever). Wide range of snacky items, maybe even some more substantial made-to-order dishes. Definitely a place where people come and hang out and watch Silom go by. Strong gay following, but not exclusively gay by any stretch.

If you can stomach it, there's also a Starbucks on Soi Convent, just a little ways down from Silom. I'm not sure how late they're open.

mcgahat

Thanks, I will give it a try and report back.

Rampo

For those who like street food in Bangkok (and elsewhere in Thailand), here's a link to several street vendor cooking videos. There are some nice cooking tips, too. Making sticky rice never looked so easy.

yosithezet

Through a great food blog out of Singapore that I follow, I stumbled upon a blog by someone living in Thailand. He's a photographer and has two streams in his blog. One on food and one on photography.

steve-o

We are a group of 10 people who have never been to Bangkok and are looking for a place to have an excellent (cost is almost no object), memorable (for the right reasons) Thai meal. Would also want a place that allowed us to make reservations. What are your recommendations?

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SAS

onlysuites

Try the restaurant on top of the Banyan tree called Vertigo.

Or try the one of the Dome which is called Sirocco.

These both offer the best views in BKK. They have websites. Google the same.

bangkokiscool

If you are looking for Thai food, though, there are many traps for the foreign tourist. There are many places to pay over 20 USD for a bowl of disappointing tom yam soup with chalky oversized river prawns. Sirocco and Vertigo are certainly memorable and I highly recommend them if you are going to be in BKK for dry season, or the top of the Mini dealership on Ekkamai for someplace more intimate, but they're not really Thai food places. Bed Supper Club on Soi 11 would also be very memorable, but again, not purely Thai food.

The Blue Elephant (?) at the JW Marriott is pretty good, although ambience is fairly generic. Actually, the best upscale Thai food I've had is probably the riverside restaurant at the Peninsula Hotel, about an 8 or 9 on the authentic scale. Anything more authentic, you'd have to take a big drop in price and hit the numerous Thai restaurants in Bangkok that serve excellent Thai food (shout out to Same Old Place on Soi 22 as my favorite).

alanw

Second the suggestion for the Peninsula. I had a very memorable, special, and delicious meal there with a group of people a couple of years ago.

yosithezet

What about the Blue Elephant restaurant in Sathorn? Nice classic building. http://www.blueelephant.com/bangkok/index.html

Kalboz

I am sure you are trying to say the White Elephant Thai Restaurant at the JW Marriott Bangkok. I usually stay at the JW Marriott and have had many memorable meals at the White Elephant, great food with excellent service. The same goes to Ban Khanitha. The White Elephant is a great choice for food and the Thai folklore show, but as you said the ambiance and decor is generic ...

http://www.marriott.com/hotels/hotel...hotel-bangkok/

For "authentic" Thai food in Bangkok, I recommend Chote Chitr, a little restaurant on the edge of Ratanakosin just off Thanon Tanao. I've eaten there several times, and, in my opinion, it is the best food ever Thai or otherwise, here is the address:

Chote Chitr — 146 Soi Phraeng Phuton (near the Democracy Monument). Open Monday-Saturday, 11 a.m. until 10 p.m. Telephone: 66-2-221-408.

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