The best Khao Man Gai in Bangkok
Also spelt Khao Mun Gai, Kao Man Kai, Khaomangai and Thai Chicken Rice. A curated shortlist, shaped by your votes.
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Number 1.Go-Ang Kaomunkai Pratunam (Phetchaburi Road original)
- Open
- Morning to 2pm, then late afternoon till late
- Where
- 960-962 Soi Phetchaburi 30, New Phetchaburi Road, Makkasan, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400
Order the plain plate with breast and a side of liver, then drink the broth. Queues build from noon, and the kitchen shuts for a couple of hours in mid-afternoon before the night shift.
What to orderKhao man gai with breast meat, liver on the side
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Number 2.Jae Yee Chicken Rice (Wat Saket)
- Open
- 6am to 2pm, shut Mondays
- Where
- 457/9 Chakkraphatdi Phong Road, Khlong Mahanak, Pom Prap Sattru Phai, Bangkok 10100, opposite Wat Saket
Opposite Wat Saket, ninety years in, and the draw is boiled chicken with offal for anyone who wants the liver. Mondays are dark and the shutters come down at two, so treat it as breakfast.
What to orderGai tom sai kreung nai, boiled chicken with offal
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Number 3.Mongkolchai Chicken Rice (Thewet original)
- Open
- 6am to about 1.30pm, gone by early afternoon
- Where
- 314 Samsen Road, Bang Khun Phrom, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok 10200, near Thewet market
Fourth-generation Hainanese cooking by Thewet market, where the rice is still finished over charcoal. Take a plate of chicken with the bitter gourd and pork rib soup, and get there before half one.
What to orderA plate of boiled chicken with a bowl of the oiled rice
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Watsana Khao Man Gai (Phuttha Bucha)
- Open
- 7am to 3.30pm daily
- Where
- 9/275 Phuttha Bucha Road, Bang Mot, Chom Thong, Bangkok 10150, in front of Muban Suan Rim Khlong Bang Mot
Michelin has kept this Bang Mot shop on its list for years, and the poached chicken with winter melon broth shows why. It sits well south of town and closes at half three.
What to orderKhao man gai tom, boiled chicken, with the winter melon broth
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Kuang Heng Pratunam Chicken Rice (green shirts)
- Open
- About 7am to 10pm, closing time disputed
- Where
- 930 Phetchaburi Road, Makkasan, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400
The green shirt rival stands a few doors from Go-Ang on the same road, so take a mixed plate of poached and fried chicken and compare. Check the shirts before you sit, because people walk into the wrong one.
What to orderMixed plate of poached and fried chicken on the oiled rice
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Boon Tong Kiat Singapore Chicken Rice (Thonglor)
- Open
- 9am to 9pm daily
- Where
- 440/5 Soi Sukhumvit 55 (Thonglor), Khlong Tan Nuea, Watthana, Bangkok 10110
Thonglor's long-running Singapore version, chicken laid over sesame-dressed bean sprouts with nine-spice rice. The menu wanders into duck and noodles; stay with the chicken rice and skip the rest.
What to orderSingapore chicken rice, poached, with the chilli and ginger sauces mixed yourself
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Jang Jia Yi Betong Chicken Rice (Ari Soi 4)
- Open
- 10am to 9.30pm, shut Mondays
- Where
- Phornsiri Apartment unit 105, Soi Phahonyothin 9 (Ari Soi 4 north side), Samsen Nai, Phaya Thai, Bangkok 10400
Betong birds reared for months give firm meat and glassy skin, and the single set at 180 baht brings chicken, rice, soup and three sauces. Mondays closed, and parking is charged.
What to orderThe one-person Betong chicken rice set, with a side of chicken liver
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Sui Heng Chicken Rice (Charoen Krung)
- Open
- 6.30am to 1pm, then 5pm until about 3am
- Where
- 1739 Charoen Krung Road, between Soi 63 and 65, Yannawa, Sathorn, Bangkok 10120, beside Wat Suthiwararam
A century-old shophouse beside Wat Suthiwararam, best taken as a thigh-meat plate with the pickled lime soup. It closes through the afternoon and reopens for a long night shift, so time the trip.
What to orderKhao man gai with thigh meat, and the pickled lime soup
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Jek Meng Two-Colour Chicken Rice (Charat Mueang)
- Open
- 6.30am to about 8pm daily
- Where
- 112/2 Charat Mueang Road, Rong Mueang, Pathum Wan, Bangkok 10330, opposite Seetabutr Bamrung School
Ask for the two-colour plate, poached and fried chicken side by side, which is what fifty years of custom has been built on. The queue outside gets long, so go early rather than at lunchtime.
What to orderKhao man gai song si, the two-colour plate
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Sirin Restaurant (Khlong Toei)
- Open
- 8.30am to 9.30pm, closed Mondays
- Where
- 1364-68 Rama IV Road, Khlong Toei, Bangkok 10110, opposite MedPark Hospital
A dining room facing Khlong Toei market that has been at this since the early fifties, and the chopped Hainanese capon is what to order by the plate. Mondays are shut, so plan around it.
What to orderKai ton sap, chopped Hainanese capon
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Jae Uan Chicken Rice (Sena Nikhom, 24 hours)
- Open
- Open 24 hours
- Where
- 2008/25 Soi Phahonyothin 32/1, Sena Nikhom, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900
The all night stop by Bang Khen market, where a mixed plate of poached and fried chicken comes with a big bowl of soup. It sits in a lane well north of the BTS terminus, so budget for the ride.
What to orderKhao man gai song yang, boiled and fried chicken together
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Si Lueang Phochana (Saphan Khwai)
- Open
- 8am to about 5pm daily
- Where
- 45/6 Sutthisan Winitchai Road, Samsen Nai, Phaya Thai, Bangkok 10400, at the Saphan Khwai junction
Saphan Khwai knows it as the giant chicken rice, but order a normal mixed plate and lean on the fermented soybean sauce. The jumbo tray is a gimmick, and the shop shuts by about five.
What to orderKhao man gai phasom, boiled and fried chicken on one plate
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Tan Bo Chicken Rice (Yaowarat)
- Open
- 7am to 11pm daily
- Where
- 303 Yaowarat Road, Samphanthawong, Bangkok 10100, near the Kasikorn Bank branch
The Singapore-leaning plate in Chinatown, with sous-vide chicken, brown herbal rice and chicken liver good enough to order on its own. Open morning to late, but there is no parking on Yaowarat.
What to orderKhao man gai Singapore style, with a plate of chicken liver
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Heng Heng Chicken Rice (Sukhumvit 24)
- Open
- About 4pm to 9pm, may shut at weekends
- Where
- 642-644 Sukhumvit Road, Khlong Tan, Khlong Toei, Bangkok 10110, about 100m past the Sukhumvit 24 lights by the Emporium entrance
A one-room shopfront on the pavement beside Emporium, selling poached and fried chicken to passing office workers. There is no air conditioning, traffic runs past your table, and opening times are unreliable.
What to orderKhao man gai with thigh meat, boiled rather than fried
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