★★Worth it·Night food street
Banthat Thong
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The defining food street of 2020s Bangkok — several Michelin Bib Gourmand stalls. Yaowarat's young rival.
The defining food street of this decade — a strip with several Michelin Bib Gourmand (good food, honest prices) stalls, crab omelettes and queues that start at five. Come before six or after nine, walk the whole strip once, then commit. The stadium end is quieter.
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Visiting
- Open
- daily (evenings; individual stalls vary)
- Entry
- Free
- Allow
- 1.5 h
No official opening hours published — check on the day.
Checked 10 Oct 2026 against openstreetmap.org, wikidata.org. Things change: closures for royal ceremonies and holidays are common.
Timing it right
- Market hours vary enormously — some are weekend-only, some are night-only, and a few are both.
- Cash still rules the small stalls; bring small notes.
- Go early or late. The middle of the day is the hottest and most crowded part of any Bangkok market.
Check which days and hours this one actually trades when you arrive — we have no verified official site for this one.
Getting there
- Sapan Charoenpol·Khlong Saen Saep Boat~10 min walk
- National Stadium·BTS Silom Line~10 min walk
- Sapan Hua Chang·Khlong Saen Saep Boat~15 min walk
- Hua Lamphong·MRT Blue Line~17 min walk
Typical times, not a timetable · rail, boat and BRT routing runs right in the atlas.
While you're here
- CU Centenary Park·Sunset lawn park~9 min walk
- Jim Thompson House·Museum~12 min walk
- MBK Center·Bazaar mall~11 min walk
- BACC·Art center~13 min walk
The neighbourhood
Banthat Thong sits in Samyan & Rama IV — Chula's fast-forward quarter.