Silom Restaurants: Where to Eat by Time, Budget & Cuisine

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Quick answer: the best Silom restaurants by situation

Silom is an office and nightlife district, so lunch crowds and evening crowds eat in different places. Pick your situation first, then the street. Our table shows how we'd choose. Readers who want malls and cooled dining rooms can compare Siam's restaurant scene against the options here.

Silom street food: Soi 20 and the lunch-hour strip

Soi 20 market is the easiest first stop. Stalls sell pad kra pao, som tam and khao ka moo, a stewed five-spice pork shoulder. Go in the morning, before the office crowd arrives, and share a few plates. Two noodle shops anchor the weekday lunch trade. Kuay Teow Khae serves a big bowl of tom yum noodles for ฿60, reported open 7AM to 2PM and closed Sunday and Monday. We'd order it dry (haeng), with the soup on the side, so the toppings stay undiluted. Sibsong Banna Noodle House cooks khao soi, reported open 7AM to 2:30PM and closed Saturday and Sunday. Lines form by lunchtime, so arrive by 11AM. Prices and hours in this guide are reported figures from 2022 listings and were last reviewed in November 2026, so shops may have changed them.

• Soi 20: pad kra pao, som tam, khao ka moo, grilled meats, desserts
• Kuay Teow Khae: ฿60 big bowl, 7AM to 2PM, closed Sunday and Monday
• Sibsong Banna Noodle House: khao soi, 7AM to 2:30PM, closed Saturday and Sunday

Isan and sidewalk dinners on Silom Soi 9

Evening is when Silom Soi 9, also called Soi Yasothon, comes alive. Yasothon Duck Larb (Larb Bpet Yasothon) runs a row of foldable metal tables along the sidewalk. A cluster of cooking carts sits at one end. Isan food is Northeast Thai, so order larb, nam tok moo, gai yang and a green papaya som tam. Tom saap moo, a sour pork soup, rounds out the table. One 2022 bill for two came to ฿280, including 3 plates of sticky rice and 3 bottles of water. Listings disagree on opening time, with either 3PM or 4PM, and they disagree on Sunday closing. We'd treat Sunday and Monday as closed and arrive between 5PM and 8PM. No reservations are taken, and busy evenings mean sharing a table. From BTS Chong Nonsi, head along Silom Road for one block, then turn onto Soi 9.

Sit-down Thai and hotel dining

For a proper sit-down meal, our pick is Supanniga Eating Room on Sathon Soi 10. It is reported open 11:30AM to 2:30PM and 5:30PM to midnight. The menu is long, so share. Good starting orders are the crispy leaf fish salad, Pa Nang beef curry, Isaan pork steak and mango sticky rice. Hotel dining is the other route. Red Oven SO/ Bangkok, the Brasserie at Holiday Inn Bangkok Silom and Tiva Urban Thaittoria at Pullman Bangkok Hotel G all run buffets. Promotional prices change often, so book through each hotel's own site. A buffet gives volume, cool air and card payment. A Thai dinner on Soi 9 or Sathon Soi 10 gives more local flavour per baht. For award-listed kitchens citywide, browse the Michelin Guide's Bangkok listings.

Breakfast, coffee and late-night in Silom

Breakfast here means noodles. Kuay Teow Khae opens at 7AM and Sibsong Banna at the same hour. For a sit-down coffee, KERK Coffee is reported open 10AM to 6PM and is listed near Supanniga. After dinner, POPUP at Ibis Styles Silom serves crispy pork pad kra pao and is reported open 7AM to 11PM. Vesper, a cocktail bar, is reported open 5:30PM to 1AM. We'd use these as after-meal stops rather than destinations. Silom's late options thin out after midnight.

Costs, hours and closed days

Street food is the cheapest tier. A ฿60 noodle bowl and a ฿280 Isan dinner for two set the baseline, both from 2022 reports. Casual sit-down Thai such as Supanniga sits above that in mid-range territory, and its menu prices are on the restaurant's own listing. Hotel buffets run on promotions, so we won't quote one. Carry small baht notes for stalls, because street vendors generally work in cash. Hotel restaurants take cards. Closed days differ shop by shop, and they are the main trap.

Getting to Silom's food streets

BTS Sala Daeng and BTS Chong Nonsi serve the Silom Road corridor. MRT Si Lom and MRT Sam Yan are the underground options. Chong Nonsi is the station for Soi 9, one block along Silom Road. Check exit signage at the station, since exits vary. Heat is the real constraint. We'd walk between stops in the morning and save air-conditioned hotel lunches for peak afternoon. Readers who want a different style can try Chinatown's food streets. Old-city sightseers can look at restaurants near the Grand Palace.

Mistakes to avoid and who should skip what

The biggest mistake is a weekend lunch plan. Kuay Teow Khae is closed Sunday and Monday, and Sibsong Banna is closed Saturday and Sunday. Sunday therefore leaves both noodle shops shut. Skip sidewalk grills if you need air conditioning or a reservation. Skip the pork-heavy Isan and noodle stops if you avoid pork. Hotel restaurants are the safer route for halal or vegetarian diets, but ask each hotel directly. Do not assume street stalls take cards. If Silom feels too office-driven, Sukhumvit's restaurant scene is the broad alternative. Upscale diners can try Thonglor Restaurants: Where to Eat by Soi and Situation. Cafe-minded readers can look at Ekkamai's dining strip. For a residential feel, try Ari's neighbourhood restaurants.