Potong in Bangkok's Chinatown is Pichaya 'Pam' Soontornyanakij's five-element tasting room set in her family's century-old apothecary, one Michelin star and The World's Best Female Chef 2025 (Asia's Best Female Chef 2024).
Signature dishes: Five-element tasting menu, Aged duck with five-spice, Crab and salted egg
Must order: The full five-element tasting menu. The aged duck and the salted-egg crab are the through-line.
Tip: Closed Mondays. Three seatings nightly; book on Resy six weeks ahead. The cocktail bar upstairs is worth a pre-dinner.
Address: 422 Wanit 1 Road, Samphanthawong, Bangkok 10100
80/20 in Bangkok's Charoen Krung is Chef Joe Napol's farm-led modern Thai room, one Michelin star, 80 percent Thai produce and 20 percent foraged or imported in any course.
Signature: Roasted bone marrow, Aged beef tartare, Thai-style fermented fish dishes
Order: The roasted bone marrow and whatever fermented-fish course closes the tasting menu.
Tip: Closed Mondays and Tuesdays. Reservations on own site three weeks ahead. The downstairs kitchen counter watches the line work.
Baan Tepa in Bangkok's Bang Kapi is Chudaree 'Tam' Debhakam's wood-fired sustainable Thai room in a converted family compound, two Michelin stars in the 2026 Guide (the first Thai woman with two stars) and a Green Star for sustainability.
Signature: Hand-pounded curry pastes, Wood-fired Thai, Fermented sauces tasting
Order: The hand-pounded curry course and whatever the woodfire is grilling that evening.
Tip: Garden seating outside the converted house is the move on cool-dry-season evenings. Note: temporarily closed for renovation through August 2026.
Paste in Bangkok's Gaysorn Village is Bongkoch 'Bee' Satongun's royal-Thai room, one Michelin star and a Veuve Clicquot Asia's Best Female Chef alumna from 2018.
Signature: Royal-court curry pastes, Heritage Thai tasting menu, Mango sticky rice
Order: The set tasting menu of royal-court dishes; ask about hidden vegetarian options not on the printed menu.
Tip: Reservations on Chope at Gaysorn Village 3F; smart casual dress code, mall entry is on Ploenchit Road.
Samrub Samrub Thai in Bangkok's Sala Daeng is Chef Prin Polsuk's heritage-Thai room (Michelin one star since 2023), a set menu only with sharing-style old-Thai dishes pulled from royal cookbook archives.
Signature: Family-style Thai feast, Old-recipe curry course, Heritage rice dish
Order: The set sharing menu. Group of three to six guests is the sweet spot.
Tip: Reservations via Instagram or own site; the room seats around 20 guests and books two weeks out for weekend evenings.
Blue Elephant Bangkok occupies the 1903 Thai-Chinese Sino-Portuguese mansion on Sathorn, royal-Thai tasting menus from Chef Nooror Somany Steppe and a cooking school upstairs.
Signature: Massaman curry, Royal Thai tasting menu, Pomelo salad
Order: The royal-cuisine set menu; the massaman curry and pomelo salad are the canonical openers.
Tip: The 1903 colonial-era building is part of the experience; ask for a table on the upper floor for the carved-wood detail.
Err in Bangkok's Old Town is Bo Songvisava and Dylan Jones's casual Thai room behind their parent Bo.lan restaurant, Bib Gourmand for Thai street-food traditions reworked.
Signature: Crispy pork belly, Northern Thai sausage, Sai oua isan
Order: The crispy pork belly and the northern Thai sai oua sausage with sticky rice on the side.
Tip: Closed Mondays. The room is small at around 35 seats; arrive by 19:00 for a walk-in or reserve same day via DM.
