Bangkok dining: Restaurants guide in Bangkok Thailand

Visitors to Bangkok will be overwhelmed by the variety of food and dining experiences that awaits them here. Even the most discerning and hard to please foodies will appreciate what really is one of Thailand' major attractions. Thai food is renowned world wide for its virtually addictive flavours, variety, and for the freshness of ingredients, and in Bangkok you can sample specialties from all over the country.

Being the thoroughly cosmopolitan city that it is, Bangkok also boasts of all kinds of excellent foreign cuisines in a range of establishments. You'll find up-market restaurants in 5 star hotels, trendy cafes, cosy little eateries in renovated houses and shop houses serving everything from Italian, French, Irish or Swiss, to Indian, Chinese, Japanese and Lebanese, plus many of the international food names and chains that can bring you a taste of home should you need it.

One of the wonderful characteristics of this country and its people is the reverence held for food and eating. Wonderful food is readily available at all times of the day, and you do not have to pay an arm and a leg to enjoy the most sumptuous of dishes. Whether dining in an upmarket hotel restaurant or sitting on a stool by a street side vendor, you'll enjoy every morsel.