Bangkok · Markets
Seven Bangkok food markets, from Chatuchak and Yaowarat to Or Tor Kor and Wang Lang: what to eat at each, opening days and how to get there.
Bangkok eats at its markets, and each one has its own hours and its own specialities. Seven of them are below, each with a full guide to what to eat, when it opens and how to get there: the weekend sprawl of Chatuchak, the evening food stalls of Yaowarat Road in Chinatown, Or Tor Kor's premium fruit and prepared food, Khlong Toei, the city's biggest fresh market, Wang Lang's southern Thai cooking on the Thonburi side of the river, Nang Loeng's morning desserts and curry rice, and the Srinakarin Train Night Market in east Bangkok. Entry is free at all seven.
Chatuchak Weekend Market is a large Bangkok market in the Chatuchak district with more than 15,000 stalls, open in full on Saturday and Sunday from 09:00 to 18:00 with free entry. Food and drink stalls are concentrated in Sections 2, 3, 4, 23, 24, 26 and 27. Typical snacks include coconut ice cream, mango sticky rice, kanom krok and grilled pork skewers.
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Yaowarat Road is the main street of Bangkok's Chinatown in Samphanthawong District, 1,532 m long and built between 1892 and 1900 under King Rama V. By day it is a gold-shop and trading street; in the evening it turns into one of the city's best-known street-food strips. Most food stalls set up around 5pm and many are closed on Mondays.
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Or Tor Kor Market (ตลาด อ.ต.ก.) is a large fresh-food market on Kamphaeng Phet Road in Bangkok's Chatuchak district, opposite Chatuchak Weekend Market and next to Kamphaeng Phet MRT station. It is operated by the Marketing Organization for Farmers and is known for premium fruit and prepared food. Entry is free.
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Khlong Toei Market is Bangkok's biggest fresh market, on Rama IV / Kasem Rat Road in the Khlong Toei district. It sells meat, seafood and produce at low prices to chefs, restaurant owners, street vendors and locals, with noodle, rice and grilled-meat stalls around it serving vendors and drivers.
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Wang Lang Market is a daily food-led market in Bangkok Noi on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya River, running about 300 m along a narrow lane between Siriraj (Wang Lang) pier and Arun Amarin Road. It is best known for southern Thai restaurants, plus noodle shops, street snacks, desserts, bakeries and cafes, and is popular with Siriraj Hospital staff and office workers.
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Nang Loeng Market is a traditional food market in the Wat Sommanat sub-district of Bangkok's Pom Prap Sattru Phai district, opened on 29 March 1900 as Thailand's first land market. It is known for Thai desserts, curry rice, noodles and long-running family stalls among old colonial-style shophouses. Entry is free; you pay only for what you eat.
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Srinakarin Train Night Market is a large night market in east Bangkok, behind Seacon Square on Srinagarindra Road, selling vintage-style clothing and home items alongside a large range of food and drink. It is the relocated Talad Rot Fai, moved here after the original site was closed in 2013. A 2026 guide lists it as open Thursday to Sunday evenings.
What to eat →Opening days decide most plans. Chatuchak opens in full only on Saturday and Sunday, Nang Loeng runs on Monday-to-Saturday mornings, and Or Tor Kor and Wang Lang are daytime markets. Yaowarat's stalls set up around 5pm and many close on Mondays, while Srinakarin runs from Thursday to Sunday evenings. Sources disagree on Khlong Toei's hours, so check on the day. Hours vary by stall and season: each guide says which source gives which time.
