🔄 Last checked 2 Jul 2026 · details and hours can change — check the venue before you go
If you're picking the MICHELIN-starred restaurant with the atmosphere furthest from fine dining in the middle of Bangkok, Suan Thip is the first name that comes to mind. This royal-style Thai restaurant sits on the Chao Phraya riverside in Pak Kret, Nonthaburi, has been open for more than 40 years, and has stayed the only MICHELIN-starred restaurant in Nonthaburi province throughout. It's held its one star continuously since the 2019 guide, and it's kept the star all the way through 2026. What MICHELIN inspectors praise isn't just the flavours but the whole experience — a shaded riverside garden, a Thai pavilion where you eat with the river flowing right in front of you, and traditional cooking techniques that are getting harder to find every year. This isn't a place trying to be modern; it's committed to preserving every step of old-style Thai cooking, then serving it in a setting that feels like eating at the home of the best cook in the family.
The dish to start with is miang kham made with lotus petals — a miang kham that swaps the usual wild betel leaf for a lotus petal, wrapped around the full mix of toasted coconut, ginger, shallot, chilli, then finished with miang sauce. It's a dish that instantly explains why the word "royal" here isn't just marketing. Follow it with khi lek curry stir-fried with grilled fish or catfish, a rich, bitter flavour that plenty of younger diners may never have tried. Then there's fried sea bass with mango in a well-balanced sweet-sour sauce, and fried water mimosa cakes, a Pak Kret specialty made with water mimosa shoots sourced right from nearby Koh Kret. A la carte main dishes run around 500–1,000 THB per person, which counts as very easy on the wallet next to other MICHELIN-starred restaurants. Weekends get lively with big extended families gathering for a meal together, so anyone who wants the riverside pavilion should call ahead and specifically ask for a table by the water.
But the detail that really makes Suan Thip special is the Suan Thip-style khao chae set, priced at 435 THB, sold only during April. MICHELIN goes as far as calling it a pilgrimage-level khao chae destination that Thai food lovers ought to make the trip for at least once, because it's khao chae made the complete old-fashioned way, and it sells out fast every day it's offered. If you want to try it, call ahead and get there early. If your hot-season travel plans happen to line up with a Bangkok–Nonthaburi trip, build in a meal here — sitting with a bowl of cool khao chae in the riverside pavilion, breeze drifting through now and then, is a Thai summer experience money can buy for under five hundred baht.
Suan Thip
Suan Thip sits on the Chao Phraya riverside in Pak Kret, Nonthaburi, with no train station within walking distance. The most convenient way there is by car or ride-hail via Soi Sukhaprachasan 2 Soi 9 or Soi Wat Ku. The restaurant is open daily 11:00–21:30, with a la carte mains running about 500–1,000 THB per person, while the Suan Thip-style khao chae set is 435 THB, sold only during April and selling out fast.
Booking is by phone directly with the restaurant only, at 02-583-3748, 02-583-4540, or 082-366-9696 — MICHELIN notes the restaurant takes its own bookings with no online platform. Weekends get busy with large family groups, so if you want the riverside pavilion, the best seating in the house, call several days ahead and state your preference directly. The best time to go is a weekday lunch, with good light and lighter crowds, and if you're set on the khao chae, call ahead before you head out to check it's still available that day.
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| MICHELIN award 2026 | ⭐ One MICHELIN Star |
| Cuisine | Royal Thai cuisine |
| Approx. price | A la carte mains ~THB 500–1,000/person; Suan Thip-style khao chae set THB 435 (sold only during April) |
| Booking | Call the restaurant directly (MICHELIN notes the restaurant takes its own bookings, no online platform) |
| Hours | Open daily 11:00–21:30 |
| Neighbourhood | Pak Kret riverside, Nonthaburi |
Booking tips
Call 02-583-3748 / 02-583-4540 / 082-366-9696; book ahead if you want the riverside pavilion; khao chae is only available in the hot season (April) and sells out fast · Weekends get busy with large family groups — book ahead and ask for a table by the water; the most convenient way there is by car (Soi Sukhaprachasan 2 Soi 9 / Soi Wat Ku) — no train station within walking distance
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