8 street food places in Bangkok we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Bangkok | Street Food across every city.
Street food is the truest expression of how Bangkok eats, organised around neighbourhood specialists and after-dark market lanes. Raan Jay Fai on Maha Chai Road in Phra Nakhon turned a single charcoal-cooked crab omelette into a global pilgrimage, while the Yaowarat night market stalls in Samphanthawong serve the city's densest run of Chinatown cooking. For noodles, the Victory Monument boat noodle alley in Ratchathewi and Sukhumvit Soi 38's night stalls show how each pocket of the city has its own specialty.
Raan Jay Fai ★ 4.7
327 Maha Chai Road, Samran Rat, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok 10200
Raan Jay Fai in Bangkok's Old Town is the Michelin-starred street stall where Supinya Junsuta in ski goggles cooks the city's most famous 800-baht crab.
Yaowarat night market street stalls ★ 4.7
Yaowarat Road, Samphanthawong, Bangkok 10100
Yaowarat Road in Bangkok's Chinatown is the city's most theatrical street-food strip after dark, with grilled seafood, noodle counters and dim sum carts.
Victory Monument boat noodle alley ★ 4.4
Soi Ranchanawi, Victory Monument, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400
Boat Noodle Alley off Victory Monument in Bangkok serves 50-baht bowls of kuay teow ruea (boat noodles) in pork or beef broth from a row of canal-side stalls.
Or Tor Kor market food stalls ★ 4.5
101 Kamphaeng Phet Road, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900
Or Tor Kor in Bangkok's Chatuchak is the agricultural market with the cleanest food court in the city, som tam stalls, grilled-chicken counters.
Sukhumvit Soi 38 night noodle stalls ★ 4.0
Sukhumvit Soi 38, Phra Khanong, Khlong Toei, Bangkok 10110
Sukhumvit Soi 38 in Bangkok was the city's canonical late-night noodle alley, with pork noodle counters and stir-fry stalls feeding the Thonglor and Ekkamai.
Pa Aor Tom Yum Goong Noodles ★ 4.6
113 Soi Charoen Phon, Khwaeng Nakhon Sawan, Pom Prap Sattru Phai, Bangkok 10100
Pa Aor in Bangkok's Pom Prap Sattru Phai is the Bib Gourmand tom yum noodle stall, a bowl built on river prawn and chilli paste with evaporated milk.
Guay Jub Mr Joe ★ 4.3
Soi Yaowarat 11, Samphanthawong, Bangkok 10100
Guay Jub Mr Joe in Bangkok's Yaowarat is the late-night kuay jab cart at the corner of Soi 11, peppery pork-offal broth and rolled rice noodles cooked.
Nai Mong Hoi Tod ★ 4.4
539 Phlap Phla Chai Road, Pom Prap Sattru Phai, Bangkok 10100
Nai Mong Hoi Tod in Bangkok's Chinatown is the Bib Gourmand oyster-pancake stall on Phlap Phla Chai, hoi tod and ohrlua crispy mussel pancakes.