★★★Must-see·Street food
Yaowarat night street food
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The night parade of woks — Bangkok's great night-food street.
Chinatown's main artery turns into a food canyon after dark — neon signs stacked five storeys, woks flaming on the pavement, queues self-organizing outside the famous spots. Bird's nest, guay jub pepper soup, mango sticky rice, grilled prawns the size of your hand. Come hungry, walk the whole strip once before committing, and eat standing where the locals stand.
Ninara from Helsinki, Finland CC BY 2.0 · Christophe95 CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · resized · tap to enlarge
Visiting
- Open
- daily (evenings)
- Entry
- Free
- Allow
- 1.5–2 h
No official opening hours published — check on the day.
Checked 10 Oct 2026 against nationthailand.com, tatnews.org, openstreetmap.org. Things change: closures for royal ceremonies and holidays are common.
By train
- Wat Mangkon (MRT BL29) · Exit 1 — Exit 1, walk along Plaeng Nam Rd, then right into Yaowarat Rd, about 300 m (MRT).
- Hua Lamphong (MRT BL28) · Exit 1 — Exit 1 (Wat Traimit, Odeon Circle). Walk to Odeon Circle at the east end of Yaowarat Rd, about 400 m; the pin is about 750 m.
Exits from metro.bemplc.co.th, th.wikipedia.org, openstreetmap.org, en.wikipedia.org · checked Oct 2026
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
- Wat Mangkon·MRT Blue Line~5 min walk
- Sawatdi pier·Cross-river ferries~7 min walk
- Rachawong·Chao Phraya Express Boat~11 min walk
- Rachawong·Chao Phraya Tourist Boat~11 min walk
Typical times, not a timetable · rail, boat and BRT routing runs right in the atlas.
While you're here
- Wat Mangkon Kamalawat·Chinese temple~4 min walk
- Kuan Yim Shrine·Chinese shrine~4 min walk
- Soi Nana (Chinatown)·Cocktail lane~5 min walk
- Wat Traimit·Temple~6 min walk
The neighbourhood
Yaowarat night street food sits in Yaowarat · Chinatown — The golden mile of street food.