The best Pad Thai in Bangkok
Also spelt Phat Thai, Pad Thai Goong Sod, Phad Thai and Pat Thai. A curated shortlist, shaped by your votes.
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Number 1.Pad Thai Fai Ta Lu (Dinso Road)
- Open
- 10am to midnight, daily
- Where
- 115/5 Dinso Road, Bowon Niwet, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok 10200
Ask for the version with char-grilled pork neck. Prices climb steeply once you move to prawns, so read the board before ordering. It runs to midnight, which makes it a rare late pad thai.
What to orderPad Thai Fai Ta Lu moo yang, char-grilled pork neck
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Number 2.Thipsamai (Maha Chai Road)
- Open
- 9am to midnight, shut Tuesdays
- Where
- 313-315 Maha Chai Road, Samran Rat, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok 10200
The plate to order is the one they call superb, sea prawns and prawn oil inside a thin egg wrap. Queues run past an hour after dark, so arrive before six or take it away.
What to orderSuperb pad thai, prawn oil and fresh deep-sea prawns wrapped in egg
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Number 3.Baan Phadthai (Charoen Krung 44)
- Open
- 11am to 9pm, daily
- Where
- 21-23 Soi Charoen Krung 44, Bang Rak, Bangkok 10500
Sit-down cooking in an old Charoen Krung shophouse, run by Chef Aom of Saawaan. The crab version is the one to have. Portions are modest for the price, so order a side.
What to orderPad Thai Poo, blue swimmer crab on sen chan noodles
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Baan Yai Phad Thai (Silent Pad Thai
- Open
- 8.30am to 8.30pm, earlier Tue and Sat
- Where
- 110 Soi Inthamara 47, Din Daeng, Bangkok 10400
Known as the silent pad thai because nearly all the cooks and servers are hearing impaired; order by pointing at the board. Charcoal wok, pork crackling on top, and waits can run past an hour.
What to orderSen lek pad thai with fresh prawn and pork crackling
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Pad Thai Mae Am (Rama IV)
- Open
- 10.30am to 8.30pm, shut Saturdays
- Where
- 2881 Rama IV Road, Khlong Tan, Khlong Toei, Bangkok 10110
Still cooked on charcoal after three decades, which is why the noodles hold their shape. Take the fresh prawn plate and the coconut bua loy after. Tiny stools, so eat quickly.
What to orderPad thai kung sod, fresh prawn off the charcoal wok
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Mayrai Padthai Wine Bar (Tha Tien)
- Open
- Noon till late, closed Tuesdays
- Where
- 22 Maharat Road, Phra Borom Maha Ratchawang, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok 10200
Chef Ton's small bar pours natural wine alongside pad thai with grilled pork jowl. Seating is tight and it fills after eight, so book or arrive early for the temple view.
What to orderPad thai with grilled pork jowl, with a glass of natural wine
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Lung Pha Pad Thai (next to Thipsamai)
- Open
- 11am to 11.30pm, may shut Mondays
- Where
- 315/1 Maha Chai Road, Samran Rat, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok 10200, by Pom Mahakan
Right beside Thipsamai and a fraction of the wait. Ask for sen chan noodles with prawn oil, wrapped in egg. The room is plain and the fans are the only cooling.
What to orderPad thai sen chan man kung, prawn oil noodles wrapped in egg
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Pad Thai Ratchawong (Kikuya, Mangkon Road)
- Open
- 9am to mid-afternoon, shut Mondays
- Where
- 663-665 Mangkon Road, Samphanthawong, Bangkok 10100, in front of the Phichaiyat Building by Lotus Yaowarat
Fourth-generation stall working a charcoal stove with duck eggs, from a recipe traced to 1893. Ask for fresh prawn. It sells through the morning and is gone by mid-afternoon, and Mondays are dark.
What to orderPad thai kung sod, charcoal-fried, in a banana leaf cone
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Pratumthip Pad Thai (Bang Pho)
- Open
- 10.30am to 7.30pm, shut Sundays
- Where
- 166/29-30 Pracharat Sai 2 Road, Bang Sue, Bangkok 10800
An old Bang Sue shop that fries its noodles dry rather than wet, and lets you pick the size of river prawn. Closes early evening, and Sunday is a wasted trip.
What to orderPad thai kung yai, dry-fried with a large river prawn
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Pad Thai Ar-Simp (Banthat Thong)
- Open
- 4pm to midnight, daily
- Where
- 1458 Banthat Thong Road, Wang Mai, Pathum Wan, Bangkok 10330, opposite Chula Soi 16
Open since 1981 and cooked in an iron wok, which gives the noodles their scorch. Grilled pork jowl is the pick. The sauce runs hot and sharp, so say so if you want it milder.
What to orderPad thai kor moo yang, grilled pork jowl
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Pad Thai Aree (Soi Sailom)
- Open
- 11am to 10pm, daily
- Where
- 2/1-2 Soi Phahonyothin 8 (Soi Sailom), Samsen Nai, Phaya Thai, Bangkok 10400
A neighbourhood shop off Soi Sailom with a long list of noodle types, including papaya strands. Take the sen chan with river prawn. Skip the novelty noodles unless curiosity wins.
What to orderPad thai sen chan with large river prawn
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Wan Pad Thai (Tha Phra junction)
- Open
- 5pm to about 1am, Sundays uncertain
- Where
- Phetkasem Road at the mouth of Soi Phetkasem 15, Wat Tha Phra, Bangkok Yai, Bangkok 10600
A pavement operation at Tha Phra junction that works an iron wok, so the egg catches and chars. Seafood version is the one. It starts at five in the evening, not before.
What to orderPad thai talay, seafood, from the iron wok
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Pad Thai Ekkamai (Soi Ekkamai 19)
- Open
- 10.30am until about 4am, daily
- Where
- 303/4 Sukhumvit 63 at the mouth of Soi Ekkamai 19, Khlong Tan Nuea, Bangkok 10110
This is the late shift, running to roughly four in the morning for people coming out of Ekkamai bars. Take the river prawn fat version. Parking nearby is close to hopeless.
What to orderPad thai man kung, river prawn fat
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Iew Talat Phlu Pad Thai
- Open
- 10am to 10pm, daily
- Where
- 1199 Soi Thoet Thai 27, Talat Phlu, Thonburi, Bangkok 10600
Halfway down Soi Thoet Thai 27, a small counter doing pad thai and mee krachet. Order the prawn version wrapped in egg. Seating is limited and the sauce leans sweet.
What to orderPad thai kung sod ho khai, prawn wrapped in egg
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