Top exotic Michelin-starred restaurants in Bangkok, Thailand

Sorn is a two-Michelin-starred restaurant located in a two-story mansion on Khlong Street in Bangkok. It is a fine-dining establishment that serves traditional Southern Thai cuisine blending forgotten recipes with modern cooking practices. The restaurant is thoughtfully divided into two conceptual zones. The first floor is designed like a museum featuring ancient cooking artifacts such as an egg blender, wild quail trap, and coconut shredding machine. The second floor provides partitioned dining rooms and a leafy terrace seating for a private dining experience.

The open kitchen is headed by Chef Supaksorn “Ice” Jongsiri, who whips up a 22-course tasting menu that starts with small bites and moves to succulent mains. Some of the unique dishes you can discover here are pan-roasted sea mole crab with chili and salt, lobster bites in native coconut curry served with a rice cracker, parrot fish in a sour curry, jasmine rice with sweet pork, and crispy fish in a spicy sauce. A meal at Sorn is sure to leave you with fond memories of tantalizing Southern flavors.

Tasting Menu – ฿6500

Since its inception in 1958, Le Normandie has been the pinnacle of sophisticated French fine dining in Thailand. It has been awarded the coveted two Michelin stars by the Guide and keeps confirming its status year after year. Located in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel’s Chao Phraya Wing, Le Normandie offers breathtaking views of the magical Chao Phraya River through its floor-to-ceiling glass windows. The decor of the restaurant oozes elegance with antique furnishings, lighting in golden hues, and windows that stretch the length of the dining room.

The kitchen is run by the world-renowned chef, Alain Roux from the Waterside Inn, the only restaurant outside of France to have retained 3 Michelin stars for 38 years. At Le Normandie, you can relish a 4-course lunch menu, a 7-course dinner option, or an a la carte feast made up of French classic food. Here, you can order such specialty items as poached filet of halibut with Chinese cabbage in vodka lime sauce, pan-fried foie gras with a slice of caramelized orange, chicken with leek and truffles in supreme sauce, and braised beef cheek in red wine with button mushrooms and onion. Le Normandie is also acclaimed for its outstanding wine collection.

Le Menu Découverte – ฿3750
Wine Pairing – ฿2900

Le Menu Gastronomique – ฿7500
Wine Pairing – ฿4500

Alain Ducasse is a chef that needs no introduction. In 2019, the international culinary legend and chef mentor opened Blue Restaurant in Bangkok to present exceptional French fine dining to Thai locals. Situated in ICON.LUXE, a grand shopping zone, Blue by Alain Ducasse is a Michelin-starred establishment that was designed by Paris-based studio, Jouin Manku. The decor of the restaurant is of a contemporary style with soft wood paneling, brass lamps, gilded details, a royal blue color tone, and a striking fabric chandelier. The fine dining place also features a lounge where you can indulge in sweet desserts and sip on exclusive French wines.

The kitchen is run under the leadership of executive chef, Wilfrid Hocquet, a veteran of Ducasse’s kitchens. The restaurant offers two degustation options apart from its a la carte menu, Some of the exquisite dishes include grilled lobster with savoy cabbage in light truffle sauce, sea scallops with Jerusalem artichoke in a sherry sauce, French sea bass with confit egg yolk, and peppered deer filet mignon with cooking jus. You can also relish fantastic delicacies such as rum baba with whipped vanilla cream and truffled fig with lemon balm condiment.

Lunch Menu – ฿2550
Drinks Pairing – ฿1150

Signature Menu – ฿6500
Wine Pairing – ฿3500

Sushi Masato is the brainchild of international highly skilled sushi master, Masato Shimizu. He became the youngest chef in New York City to earn a Michelin star when he was the head at Jewel Bako restaurant. After honing his skills in Tokyo and working extensively in New York, he relocated to Bangkok with his Thai-Japanese wife to open Sushi Masato in 2015. It is a Michelin-starred intimate sushi restaurant that treats only 20 guests at any given time. All the food at the eatery is cooked and presented by Chef Shimizu himself.

The omakase courses served at Sushi Masato are strictly Edo style with a few New York twists. The offerings change seasonally based on ‌available fresh ingredients from Japanese markets. You can enjoy a 20-course omakase dinner menu that features slow-cooked monkfish liver, seawater eel with red vinegared rice, smoked Spanish mackerel, and fried katsu sea bream. You may need to make a reservation at least a month in advance to become a part of this magnificent gastronomic experience. This marks Sushi Masato the most sought after omakase restaurant in Bangkok.

Omakase Menu – ฿4000
Premium Omakase Menu –฿6000

Haoma is an Indian fine dining eatery that practices a farm-to-table concept of cooking in the heart of Bangkok. It is the brainchild of Chef Deepankaer Khosla whose philosophy revolves around sustainable and seasonal dining. The food is prepared using local ingredients sourced from farmers, breeders, fisherfolk and the restaurant’s own garden. The interiors of the front of the house are decorated to resemble a cozy Nordic-style dining room with sofa furnishings, wood-paneled walls, and white color tones.

The prolific chef pushes boundaries with his tasting menus by always utilizing innovative cooking techniques to bring back lost authentic flavors of traditional neo-Indian cuisine. Some of the visionary dishes that you can try at Haoma are crab in Madrasi curry with rice, ghee-roasted Phuket lobster with idli (steamed dough), mint prawns with peanut relish, and soya chaap (bean) in makhani gravy. In desserts, you can enjoy dishes such as aamras (mango buttermilk), coconut ice cream with shaved crisps, and cashew nut nougat with dried mousse.

Meat & Seafood Experience Menu – ฿3990
Vegetarian Experience Menu – ฿3990
Beverage Pairing – ฿3990

Bangkok started as a small trading center and port city on the banks of the Chao Phraya River. Today, it is a modern hub full of skyscrapers, shopping malls, dazzling temples, and royal palaces. It has a contrasting dining scene letting you savor local dishes from humble street stalls and haute cuisine in a romantic rooftop restaurant. So visit Bangkok to experience its famed Thai hospitality and have a wonderful time.

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