🔄 Last checked 2 Jul 2026 · details and hours can change — check the venue before you go
Among the 2026 MICHELIN Guide Thailand restaurants, few names raise a smile quite like "Khao Mun Gai Nha Jone" — literally "bandit-face chicken rice." The name is odd enough that you'll ask twice whether you heard it right, but the funnier truth is that this cheekily named khao man gai shop is tucked inside Mu Ban Ruen Suk 1, off Khlong 7, Lam Phak Kut, Thanyaburi, on the Rangsit outskirts of Pathum Thani. It's not on a main road, it's not in a mall — yet it's grabbed a Bib Gourmand from the MICHELIN Guide for three years running, from 2024 and 2025 through to 2026. Michelin itself writes plainly that it's "a perpetually busy shop that is worth the drive from Bangkok," a line Michelin doesn't hand out to khao man gai shops often. What inspectors praise is chicken that's genuinely tender and juicy, paired with a dipping sauce that has real kick — not the bland, watered-down sauce you find everywhere else.
What makes this shop special is how charmingly picky it is — it serves only thigh and hip cuts, the most tender and juicy parts of boiled chicken. Each day the shop boils around 80 kilograms of chicken, which sounds like a huge amount for a shop tucked inside a housing estate, but it still sells out within a few hours regardless. The main plate is the regular khao man gai starting at just 50 baht; if you want to go all out there's a 95-baht special plate, plus chopped Singapore-style chicken for 60–130 baht. If you make it there, don't just order the boiled khao man gai — the shop's fried-chicken rice is a menu item regulars keep ordering too. And the extras that in-the-know diners never skip are the boiled chicken liver and chicken knee tendon — dishes most khao man gai shops don't even carry, and which often sell out before the chicken itself does.
The detail that makes this shop stand out is that it's a genuine morning-only operation, open Wednesday through Sunday roughly from eight in the morning to one in the afternoon, closed Monday and Tuesday. And Michelin's warning that it "often sells out within a few hours" isn't marketing copy — it's exactly what late arrivals run into on a regular basis. The buzz got strong enough that Thairath covered it in 2025, and its rating from real diners sits at 4.7 from nearly six hundred reviews. In short, this is a shop that proves a 50-baht plate of khao man gai in a suburban housing estate can stand in the same guidebook as the fanciest restaurants downtown, and stand there proudly.
Khao Mun Gai Nha Jone
Practical info before you set out — the budget is very easy on the wallet. Khao man gai is 50 THB a plate, the special plate is 95 THB, and chopped Singapore-style chicken runs 60–130 THB. No bookings taken under any circumstances — this is a walk-in-only shop. If you want to check ahead, you can call 095-502-9057. The shop is open Wednesday through Sunday, roughly 08:00/08:30 to 13:00 (Wednesday runs until about 2pm), closed Monday and Tuesday. The single most important thing is timing — the shop boils around 80 kilograms of chicken a day and it still runs out fast. Aim to arrive before 11:00, and go even earlier on weekends. Show up past noon and you might head home empty-handed.
Getting there pretty much requires a car, since the shop sits inside Mu Ban Ruen Suk 1, off Khlong 7, Lam Phak Kut, Thanyaburi, on the Rangsit outskirts of Pathum Thani, with no train line reaching it. Michelin itself says it's worth the drive out from Bangkok. The plan that works best is to make it a weekend late-breakfast run — drive out, eat, then keep going and explore the Rangsit-Pathum Thani area. Keep in mind the shop only serves thigh and hip cuts, so if you're a breast-meat person you'll need to make peace with that — but trust that once you taste it, you'll understand why they chose to serve it this way.
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| MICHELIN award 2026 | 🍽️ Bib Gourmand |
| Cuisine | Khao man gai / one-dish rice meals |
| Approx. price | THB 50–95 per plate (khao man gai THB 50, special boiled-chicken rice THB 95; chopped Singapore-style chicken THB 60–130) |
| Booking | walk-in |
| Hours | Wed–Sun roughly 08:00/08:30–13:00 (Wed until ~14:00 per Wongnai); closed Mon–Tue; frequently sells out early |
| Neighbourhood | Khlong 7, Lam Phak Kut, Thanyaburi (Rangsit outskirts, Pathum Thani) |
| Dress code | casual |
Queue tips
No reservations. Phone 095-502-9057. Morning-only shop inside a housing estate (Mu Ban Ruen Suk 1); it sells out within a few hours. · Michelin itself notes it 'often sells out within a few hours'. Boils ~80 kg of chicken a day and still runs out — arrive before 11:00, earlier on weekends. Serves thigh/hip cuts only.
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