Restaurants and Bars in Bangkok

Sawadee, welcome to B-ok restaurant and bar in Bangkok. We offer an organic Bali atmosphere to enjoy Issan/Thai food. Our chef prepares savory, spicy, tangy, sweet, and salty dishes that are priced right to fill the table with enough Thai food to feed an army. We have a big screen TV for catching the game.

Sala Thai offers authentic Thai cuisine in serene surroundings which include greenery and lotus ponds. The restaurant features numerous authentic artifacts as decoration and boasts a 13th century Thai-style teak wood pavilion. The blend of traditional Thai food and architectural design is a successful one – this is a genuine event rather than a simple visit to a restaurant for something to eat. The extensive menu boasts regional favourites at prices that will not break the bank. The package is made complete by classical dance performances accompanied by traditional Thai music played on traditional instruments. Superb!

Although an extraordinarily nice setting, this restaurant does not rely on its décor to impress you – the food is great too! Lemon Grass is a well-established restaurant. The restaurant is in fact an old traditional Thai house and this certainly adds to the ambiance of this excellent Thai restaurant. Painstaking effort has been put into ensuring everything here is authentic, not just the food, but the decorations too. The menu leaves nothing to be desired – all the usual favourites and some house specialities. Prices are not too expensive with dishes coming in at the 200 Baht mark. Well stocked bar with foreign and local beers, wines and spirits.

Daily lunchtime Dim Sum and a solid Cantonese and Szechuan fare cooked by an expatriate Hong Kong chef. Lok Wah Hin offers very comfortable surroundings and is an excellent venue for formal meals and informal gatherings. Being attached to a first-rate hotel, prices are a little higher than at other restaurants.

Given the Banyan Tree’s ethic of being more than just a hotel, the award winning Bai Yun is more than just a Chinese restaurant. Alongside the expected traditional fare, Bai Yun offers innovative dishes that are simply not on the menu elsewhere. A suitable venue for a range of occasions (business lunches, family meals, etc.) and being on the 60th floor there’s a very interesting view to accompany the excellent cuisine. Being attached to a first-rate hotel, prices are a little higher than at other restaurants.

As with Hard Rock cafes elsewhere in the world, the Bangkok Hard Rock is a tourist attraction in its own right. On an hourly basis you can see people queuing up to have their picture taken with the restaurant/bar in the background – “Been there; done that”! Strangely, many people seem to turn up, buy the Hard Rock, Bangkok merchandise, and then leave! Doing this they miss out on a great entertainment experience. The main feature of the Hard Rock, Bangkok is live bands. They really do have some good bands playing – usually local, but foreign bands play with increasing regularity. It’s a fair sized place, but if you are coming for a quiet chat, come early – when the bands are on it’s more like a concert hall! The Hard Rock has tremendous food; a splendid range of burgers and steaks alongside ‘bar snacks’ such as onion rings and potato skins. They also have good desserts - try the ‘Mud Pie’. As with all Hard Rock Café’s, there are a lot of local and foreign beers and spirits to choose from. The service is excellent. There’s a happy hour from 16:00-19:00, but although this chain was originally designed for travelers, they don’t charge discount prices anymore!

BTS station: ploenchit

This restaurant is so good it offers lessons on how to prepare excellent Thai cuisine! The 100-year old building the restaurant is located in adds tremendously to the authenticity of this establishment – strange then that it is part of a world wide Belgium-based restaurant chain! The menu offers ‘Royal Thai’ cuisine and many of your old favorites are there to enjoy (next to some you are likely to have never heard of but might be worth trying). Open for business between 11:30 and 14:30 (lunch) and 18:30 and 22:30 (dinner), this is an excellent choice for those looking for the real deal!

Bts: Ploenchit

Excellent restaurant providing Thai cuisine from very authentic traditional recipes prepared to absolute perfection. All manner of provincial Thai dishes are available on the menu, from the expected to the very much unexpected. Excellent views of the Chaophaya River available from tables. The restaurant has a well-stocked bar with local and foreign wines, spirits and beers. Open from 11.00 to 24.00m, the average price of a meal is 500 for 2 people.