Where to eat in Bangkok

Restaurants, cafés and street food in Bangkok, Thailand that locals actually go to — plus the local names for the chains you already know.

Go-Ang Pratunam Chicken Rice — Khao man gai, Pratunam (1). Order the Khao man gai. The pink-shirt chicken-rice stall of legend.
On Lok Yun — Thai-Chinese breakfast, Phra Nakhon (1). Order the Custard toast + soft-boiled eggs. A 1933 breakfast house — kaya toast, soft eggs, old Bangkok.
Thip Samai — Pad thai, Phra Nakhon (1). Order the Pad thai haw kai (egg-wrapped). The pad thai temple since 1966 — wrapped in egg, wok-fired over charcoal.
Raan Jay Fai — Street-food wok, Phra Nakhon (3). Order the Crab omelet (kai jeaw poo). The goggled queen of the wok and her Michelin-starred crab omelet.
Hai Somtam Convent — Isaan / som tam, Silom (1). Order the Som tam thai + gai yang. Office-crowd Isaan: papaya salad, grilled chicken, sticky rice.
Prachak Pet Yang — Roast duck, Bang Rak (1). Order the Roast duck on rice. Roast duck over rice since 1909, near the river.
Nai Ek Roll Noodle — Kuay jab, Yaowarat / Chinatown (1). Order the Kuay jab nam sai. Peppery rolled noodles and crispy pork in the Chinatown crush, since 1960.
Wattana Panich — Beef noodles, Ekkamai (1). Order the Beef noodle soup. The broth has been simmering for decades in the giant cauldron out front.
Krua Apsorn — Thai home cooking, Dusit / Phra Nakhon (2). Order the Stir-fried crab with yellow chili. Royal-household alumni cooking — the crab omelet rivals anyone's.