14 editor picks across Thailand.
14 late-night worth the trip across Thailand, editor-ranked by TableJourney. All Thailand guides.
Yaowarat Road in Bangkok's Chinatown is the city's most theatrical late-night street-food strip, with grilled seafood, noodle counters and dim sum carts.
OrderGrilled seafood, dim sum, noodle stalls
TipCash only. Start at Soi Texas (Phadungdao) corner for grilled prawns; Nai Mong Hoi Tod and Lek and Rut are the canonical seafood stalls.
Nai Ek in Bangkok's Yaowarat has cooked rolled-rice-noodle kuay jab in peppery pork-offal broth until midnight since 1960, the late-night canonical Chinatown.
OrderKuay jab Yaowarat in pork broth
TipOpen 08:00 to midnight daily, cash only. Order with extra crispy pork belly; the pork offal bowl is also the local pick.
Soi Texas at Yaowarat Phadungdao corner in Bangkok is the late-night grilled-seafood strip, with Lek and Rut and Rut and Lek opposite each other.
OrderGrilled river prawns, scallops, fish
TipCash only. Two competing rival stalls face each other; Rut and Lek (the queue-popular one) starts at 18:00, closes at 02:00.
The Cowboy Hat Lady's braised pork-leg stall runs to midnight at the North Gate market, among the best cheap late dinners in Chiang Mai when kitchens close.
OrderKhao kha moo
Go Benz on Krabi Road in Phuket serves dry rice porridge with crispy pork until 1.30am, and has held a Michelin Bib Gourmand every year since 2019.
OrderKhao tom haeng, dry boiled rice with crispy pork and pork offal
TipIt opens at 17:00 and runs to 01:30, closed Mondays; the short menu is cash only and dishes can sell out early.
Polo Fried Chicken in Bangkok's Soi Polo is the Bib Gourmand garlic-fried-chicken room, open until 21:00 daily with half birds blanketed in crispy fried.
OrderGarlic fried chicken (gai tod)
TipCash only. Last orders 20:30. Half a fried chicken with som tam Thai and sticky rice is the canonical late-dinner order.
Naughty Nuri's on Rat-U-Thit Road in Patong, Phuket, grills its signature ribs until midnight, a Bali-born rib house about a kilometre up from Bangla.
OrderSignature ribs and Babi Guling-style roast pork
Thipsamai in Bangkok's Old Town has cooked the city's most famous pad Thai since 1966 with last orders at midnight, Bib Gourmand since 2018.
OrderPad Thai wrapped in egg
TipCash only. Closed Tuesdays. Open Wed-Mon 09:00 to midnight; the wrapped-in-egg pad Thai with shrimp oil is the late-night order.
The Ping-side institution runs its kitchen and live bands until 01:00, a reliable late option for Thai plates and a riverside beer after kitchens shut.
OrderThai curries and grills
Nimman's long-running live-music complex keeps the crowd and the kitchen going to 02:00, the default late-night landing for a young Chiang Mai night out.
OrderBar snacks and buckets
A riverside rooftop above the Night Bazaar pouring cocktails and snacks until midnight, an easy late perch over the Mae Ping once the market winds down.
OrderCocktails and bar bites
Next door to the Riverside, the Good View keeps grills and cocktails going past midnight with nightly bands, a busy late-night riverfront stop on Charoenrat.
OrderThai seafood and grills
The Kitchen Patong is a casual brasserie near Bangla Road serving grills and burgers until 3am, a fallback for diners leaving the walking street late.
OrderSteaks, burgers, pizza and Thai dishes
Bangla Night Market at the top of Bangla Road in Patong, Phuket, grills live-tank seafood and cooks street food until 2am, after the bars empty.
OrderLive-tank grilled seafood, pad thai, satay and grilled chicken
TipIt opens at 18:00 and runs until 02:00, so it works before the bars fill or after they empty; agree seafood prices before cooking.
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