29 best restaurants and cafes on Charoenkrung Road

Restauranteur Fred Meyer and Chef Sujira “Aom” Pongmorn reinvents pad Thai by using 18 homemade ingredients, following a secret recipe from the eastern part of Thailand. Instead of shrimp stock, Chef Aom insists on using crab stock as the key ingredient. Try the pad Thaipuu (pad Thai with crabmeat).

Plant-based cult favorite Broccoli Revolution has just opened its third outpost in Charoenkrung. This new branch blends in with the district’s trendy leanings, boasting a clean and modern design grounded by white walls, exposed ceiling beams and black, marble-topped tables. A sunroof over one part of the room allows natural sunlight to filter in during the day. 

A photogenic restaurant by the former kitchen team of Nahm offers a menu that pays homage to comforting Thai fare. Try the refreshing yum salad with rose apple, cilantro and Thai herbs dressed with fried shallots and palm sugar, and follow it up with the stars of the show—the curries. Must-try ones include the curry of smoked kingfish with pennywort, or grilled pork jowl with Siamese cassia leaves curry. 

Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel's long-standing Italian dining room where you feast on home-style Italian flavors amidst a European vintage-inspired setting and views of Chao Phraya River.  

Guay Teow Kua or stir-fried noodles cooked in hot oil with meat and egg are usually best enjoyed on a sidewalk, served from pushcarts or shophouse eateries that have been making the dish for years. Here at Kua, the dish is tweaked with a modern take and added for options to more than just simple chicken.

Homu, which means “house” in Japanese serves owner Pemika “Ying” Thanalumlerkkul’s take on the Japanese confections. Her version features soy pudding with honey and milk, and topped with nut powder and kuromitsu (black sugar syrup, B95) and Warabimochi jelly-like mochi dipped in nutty kinako powder (B190). Another must-try is the mizu shingen mochi (raindrop cake) made from Japanese-imported mineral water and salted sakura flower (B150).

Kushiyaki or grilled skewered items star in Jua’s menu. Chef Adkins’ take on casual  Japanese bites veer away from the traditional and instead focus on influences spanning global flavors.

Sukhumvit 31's homey eatery Sweet Pista has found a new, larger space at Warehouse 30 on Charoenkrung Road, and continues to please your palates with its famous comfort fares such as fried rice, burgers, guacamole, and a selection of pasta. 

This small dim sum and dumplings restaurant near River City serves moreish small bites with various creative fillings and sprinkled with toppings of your choice. It's located at the corner of the Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel.

You come here for noodles served in larger-than-life portions, topped with a tender duck drumstick and/or duck entrails.

For more than 50 years, Jok Prince has been a place to go for tasty congee. The jok is usually served with minced pork, but there are options to add egg and pork entrails.

This restaurant has been around for decades and is praised as one of the best places in Bangkok for stewed pork knuckles. The soft and tender pork is served atop rice with flavorful gravy, spicy sauce, and boiled egg—heavenly!

This traditional shophouse restaurant has been serving Chinese-style roasted duck for many generations.

A small street vendor that’s one of the few places in Bangkok to have authentic Cantonese pork balls. You can choose between spicy and non-spicy options, but we do recommend the latter. Also, try their deep-fried Chinese buns stuffed with BBQ pork or sweet cream.

Located next to a camera shop, this 44-year-old restaurant serves crispy pan-fried oysters and mussels omelet—one of the best in Bangkok.

One of the best—and most affordable —dim sum restaurants in Bangkok, Tuang is run by Hong Kong-bornchef Yip who was behind the success of Shangri-La Bangkok’s Shang Palace restaurant. Try the shrimp with rice flour roll (B50) and hakao (steamed shrimp dumpling, B50). 

Ultra-luxurious establishment Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok has revealed a patisserie of its own on its riverside promenade. Café Madeleine is a casual and friendly place where you can sit back with soothing drinks and delicious fresh bakes the whole day long. 

Hong Sieng Kong takes a spot on the riverside where a 150-year-old house used to be, and the owner has given reviving touches to create a Chinese-influenced venue for café-hoppers to come and enjoy drinking and eating next to a beautiful scene of the Chao Phraya River. 

Meaning “black chicken” in Chinese, Heijii (pronounced hey-ji) is unarguably Charoenkrung’s hottest (and hippest) new café. The café mixes retro-Chinese elements with industrial chic interiors to realize a trendy setting where millennials can sip caffeinated drinks while browsing through or filling up their own Instagram feeds.

This eye-popping milk bar on the third floor of Fotoclub in Soi Charoenkrung 32 is permeated with cute, from the tables and walls in different shades of pink to the counter bar lined with boxes and bags of groceries (feel free to join the hoards of youngsters taking selfies and videos for Tik Tok). The menu offerings are likewise coated with sugary sweetness, including the Jaffa milkshake with dark chocolate, orange and chocolate chips, and baked goodies on rotation like M&M soft cookies and pretzel brownies.

Danish coffee house La Cabra has recently opened a new outpost in Bangkok, giving brewed-cup enthusiasts a unique Nordic coffee experience. 

The house, called Baan Liaw Lae, wasn’t normally open for visitors unless it was being used for a big occasion or event. Decorated in the Thai-Chinese ancient style, everything in the house follows traditional feng shui principles.

A Stimulant by Sarnies captivated Bangkok’s caffeine devotees and Instagram-addicted caféhoppers with a small roaster-slash-coffee shop on Soi Sukhumvit 39 and a brief pop-up run at Dim Dim. Now, the café has come into full bloom, opening a full-scale establishment in historic Charoenkrung.

Tangible is an uber-stylish café that gives you a few more reasons to take a journey down the road to the end of Charoenkrung: made-for-Instagram interiors, freshly-brewed coffee, and art exhibits.