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The best Boat Noodles in Bangkok

Also spelt Kuay Teow Reua, Guay Teow Reua, Kuaytiao Ruea and Kuay Tiew Rua. A curated shortlist, shaped by your votes.

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  1. Number 1.Baan Kuay Tiew Ruathong (Victory Monument)

    Boat Noodle Alley, Victory Monument Ari, Phaya Thai & Victory Monument

    Open
    9am to 8pm, shut Mondays
    Where
    1/7 Ratchawithi Road, Samsen Nai, Phaya Thai, Bangkok 10400

    Order the small bowls of sen lek with pork nam tok and keep stacking; twenty is normal here. It shuts on Mondays, takes cash only, and the lunch crush is genuine.

    What to orderSmall bowls of sen lek with pork nam tok broth

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  2. Number 2.Doy Kuay Teow Reua (Wat Makok)

    Wat Makok, Ratchawithi Soi 18 Ari, Phaya Thai & Victory Monument

    Open
    8am to 6pm daily
    Where
    Soi Ratchawithi 18 (behind Wat Makok), Thung Phaya Thai, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400

    Ten minutes on foot from the alley, behind Wat Makok, and the broth is thicker for it. Take the beef bowls. Kitchen stops at six, cash only, and satay sells out early.

    What to orderBeef boat noodles, kuay teow reua neua

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  3. Number 3.Payak Boat Noodle (Ratchawithi 10)

    Boat Noodle Alley, Victory Monument Ari, Phaya Thai & Victory Monument

    Open
    9am to 9pm daily
    Where
    23-24 Ratchawithi 10 Alley, Thanon Phaya Thai, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400

    The alley shop in the orange shirts, and the one with air conditioning; ask for tom yum pork rather than the plain bowl. Twenty empties earns a drink. Weekends heave.

    What to orderTom yum pork bowls, with a yen ta fo bowl alongside

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  4. Krung Thong Boat Noodle (Ari)

    Ari Silom & Sathorn

    Open
    9.30am to 4.30pm, shut Sundays
    Where
    404/20-21 Phahonyothin Road, Soi Phahonyothin Center, beside Phahonyothin Place, Samsen Nai, Phaya Thai, Bangkok 10400

    Ari office workers queue here from noon, so come at half nine or after two. Beef nam tok, with the pork crackling fried that morning. Closed Sundays and shut by half four.

    What to orderBeef nam tok with a side of the day's pork crackling

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  5. Petch Samorn Boat Noodle (Soi Chao Phraya Siam)

    Bang Phlat Thonburi & the West Bank

    Open
    Open 24 hours
    Where
    375 Chao Phraya Siam Road, Bang Phlat, Bangkok 10700, in the Royal River Hotel soi below Krung Thon (Sang Hi) bridge

    Bang Phlat's answer to a three in the morning craving, since it never shuts. Pork nam tok, and the roasted chilli is the whole point. One shophouse wide, so expect to wait at noon.

    What to orderPork nam tok with the house roasted chilli

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  6. Sam Saeb Boat Noodle (Chok Chai 4)

    Chok Chai 4, Lat Phrao Chatuchak & Lat Phrao

    Open
    10.30am to 9pm daily
    Where
    417 Chok Chai 4 Soi 49, Lat Phrao, Bangkok 10230, beside the Cafe Amazon

    Ayutthaya broth rebuilt with eight Chinese herbs and Si Sa Ket chillies roasted daily, so ask them to dial the heat down. Beef nam tok, large bowl. Open air seating, no air conditioning.

    What to orderBeef nam tok, large bowl, with the fried pork crackling

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  7. Kuay Teow Reua Nai Buem (Samsen)

    Samsen, Dusit Old Town (Rattanakosin & Banglamphu)

    Open
    6am to 5pm daily
    Where
    573/10 Samsen Road, between Soi 11 and Soi 13, Wachira Phayaban, Dusit, Bangkok 10300

    A small family room on Samsen Road, handy after the Dusit palaces. Order pork with sen mee, blue bowls for beef. It opens at six and stops mid afternoon, so do not leave it late.

    What to orderKuay teow reua moo sen mee, pork with thin rice noodles

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  8. Lung Pratunam Boat Noodle (Soi Phetchaburi 32)

    Pratunam Siam, Pathumwan & Banthat Thong

    Open
    7am to 4pm daily
    Where
    1024/2 Soi Phetchaburi 32, Phetchaburi Tat Mai Road, Makkasan, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400

    A morning shop behind the Pratunam pier, down Soi Phetchaburi 32 about a hundred metres. Ask for the pork nam tok. It closes at four, so this is breakfast or lunch, not dinner.

    What to orderPork nam tok, thick roasted-chilli broth

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  9. Sangkasi Boat Noodle (Charoen Krung 76)

    Charoen Krung, Bang Kho Laem Thonburi & the West Bank

    Open
    About 8.30am to 6.30pm, shut Sundays
    Where
    2236 Soi Charoen Krung 76, Wat Phraya Krai, Bang Kho Laem, Bangkok 10120

    Corrugated iron walls, coconut milk and herbs in the broth, and separate pots for pork and beef. Take the beef bowls. Posted hours vary between sources, so ring ahead; Sunday looks like the closed day.

    What to orderBeef bowls, with fresh beef, tripe and beef balls

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  10. Thong Smith (Eight Thonglor)

    Thonglor Thonglor & Ekkamai

    Open
    10am to 10pm daily
    Where
    G floor, Eight Thonglor, Soi Thong Lor 8, Sukhumvit Road, Khlong Tan Nuea, Watthana, Bangkok 10110

    Order the ribeye bowl with braised shank and tendon. This is the polished version and it costs many times the alley price, and with branches all over Bangkok the Thonglor address is not worth a detour.

    What to orderThong Smith ribeye noodle, with braised shank and tendon

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