5 Bangkok Restaurants Are on the World's 50 Best List, and Gaggan Is No. 2

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By Michael Gonzales · Updated November 8, 2026

Five Bangkok restaurants made The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2026 list, announced in Lima on 4 November, and Gaggan is No. 2. The others in the top 50 are Sorn (No. 12), Sühring (No. 14), Nusara (No. 18) and Potong (No. 32). Bangkok has more names on the 1–50 list than any other city.

The ranking is now officially styled The 50 Best Restaurants. The organisers rebranded from World's 50 Best in September 2026, though the official website still titles its pages "The World's 50 Best Restaurants," the name most travelers still search. The 2026 list was announced at a ceremony in Lima, Peru, on 4 November 2026. Asador Etxebarri, in Atxondo, Spain, is No. 1 and The World's Best Restaurant 2026. Gaggan also took The Best Restaurant in Asia 2026 title.

This is the global list, not Asia's 50 Best Restaurants, which is a separate ranking with its own numbers. If you are planning rooms around dinner, start with where to stay in Bangkok. For a wider food map, see the best restaurants in Bangkok and our Michelin star restaurants in Bangkok guide. Ranks, addresses and booking details below were checked against official pages on 8 November 2026.

Which Bangkok restaurants made the World's 50 Best list in 2026?

Five Bangkok restaurants are on the 2026 1–50 list: Gaggan at No. 2, Sorn at No. 12, Sühring at No. 14, Nusara at No. 18 and Potong at No. 32.

Restaurant	2026 world rank	Chef	Area
Gaggan	No. 2	Gaggan Anand	Sukhumvit 31, Watthana
Sorn	No. 12	Supaksorn "Ice" Jongsiri	Sukhumvit 26, Khlong Toei
Sühring	No. 14	Thomas and Mathias Sühring	Yen Akat Soi 3, Yan Nawa
Nusara	No. 18	Thitid "Ton" Tassanakajohn	Maha Rat Road, near Wat Pho
Potong	No. 32	Pichaya "Pam" Soontornyanakij	Vanich Road, Chinatown

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Bangkok is the city with the most names on the 2026 1–50 list, according to AMUSE. BK Magazine described Bangkok as the biggest winner in Asia, with five restaurants on the list. Two more Bangkok kitchens, Le Du and Baan Tepa, appear on the official 51–100 list.

The same awards named Bangkok pastry chef Dej Kewkacha the Best Pastry Chef for 2026. The organisers say he is now focused on Kao Nom Thai, a dessert café in the city.

Why is Gaggan ranked No. 2 in the world?

Gaggan is No. 2 on The 50 Best Restaurants 2026 list and The Best Restaurant in Asia 2026. Chef Gaggan Anand serves what the restaurant calls a food theatre of progressive Indian cuisine, with French, Thai and Japanese influences, from a 14-seat chef's counter.

The official restaurant site lists the address as 68 Sukhumvit 31, Sukhumvit Rd, Klongton-Neu, Wattana, Bangkok 10110, and the phone as +66 98 883 1022. It is open Thursday through Monday and closed Tuesday and Wednesday. The official 2026 profile says Anand banned phones at the table this year so guests stay in the moment, and the SevenRooms booking page repeats that cameras and phones are not allowed for most of the meal.

Book through the Request a Table link on gaggan.com, which opens the official Gaggan Experience reservation page. On 8 November 2026 that page listed the Gaggan Experience at THB 16,000 per person, inclusive of a wine pairing or a non-alcoholic pairing, 10% gratuity and 7% taxes, plus a 3.2% booking fee at checkout. A 100% payment is required to confirm, and the restaurant states a no-refunds, no-cancellations policy. The page places the restaurant between BTS Asoke and BTS Phrom Phong, each about a 10- to 15-minute walk. It also asks guests to keep the dress casual; formal suits and ties are not welcomed. Confirm the live price and sitting when you reserve, because ticketed menus change.

What does Sorn serve, and why is it No. 12?

Sorn is No. 12, and it serves Southern Thai cuisine from chef-patron Supaksorn "Ice" Jongsiri. Jongsiri grew up around his grandmother's cooking in Nakhon Si Thammarat and later travelled through all 14 southern provinces, learning from farmers, fishermen, home cooks and local restaurants. The kitchen works with charcoal, clay pots, stone grinding and traditional rice steaming, and it pounds chilli pastes in-house.

The restaurant occupies a restored house at 56 Soi Sukhumvit 26, Khlong Tan, Khlong Toei, Bangkok 10110. Our Michelin star restaurants page, compiled from the 2026 MICHELIN Guide Thailand on 26 September 2026, lists Sorn with three stars and notes the guide's description of it as the world's first three-star Thai restaurant.

Sorn does not publish a menu price or opening hours on its own website. Tables are released a month at a time, and the official reservations page gives two routes:

International guests may email [email protected] from 12:00 a.m. Bangkok time on the 15th of each month for the following month.
Online reservations open at 12:00 p.m. Bangkok time on the 25th of each month, through the TableCheck link on that same page. If the 25th falls on a Saturday, they open on the 24th instead.

Telephone enquiries are taken on +66 99 081 1119 between 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Ask the restaurant for the current menu price and sitting when you book.

What kind of restaurant is Sühring?

Sühring is No. 14, and it is a modern German restaurant run by twin chefs Thomas and Mathias Sühring. The official 2026 profile describes a seasonal haute-cuisine menu with a strong German identity, rooted in lessons from their grandmother Christa on her farm outside Berlin, and set in a renovated 1970s villa. Some tables face the open kitchen; others sit in the Wintergarten, a glass-ceilinged atrium.

Our Sühring listing covers the menu, the dining rooms and how to book. The restaurant is at No. 10, Yen Akat Soi 3, Chongnonsi, Yan Nawa, Bangkok 10120. Reserve on the reservation page, by phone on +66 2 107 2777, or by email at [email protected]. Parties larger than eight should call or email.

Published hours on that page are lunch Thursday to Sunday, with last seating from 12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m., and dinner Wednesday to Sunday, with last seating from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. It is closed Monday and Tuesday. Reservations are accepted up to 60 days in advance, and the restaurant recommends booking about a month ahead.

The current menu PDF on the restaurant's site (file last updated 5 November 2026, checked 8 November 2026) lists tasting-menu prices of THB 9,800 and THB 7,800, with a THB 5,800 lunch menu on request. Pairings and supplements are priced separately. Beverages are not included in the menu price. All figures are in Thai baht and subject to 10% service charge and 7% VAT. Confirm which price applies to your sitting when you book.

The official 2026 profile also notes that Sühring earned its third MICHELIN star in the 2026 Thailand guide, matching our Michelin round-up, which recorded the promotion from two stars to three.

Where is Nusara, and what does it serve?

Nusara is No. 18, on Maha Rat Road beside Wat Pho, and it is chef Thitid "Ton" Tassanakajohn's tribute to his grandmother, also named Nusara. He opened it in 2020 with his brother, Chaisiri "Tam" Tassanakajohn, who runs service and the wine programme. The official site says dinner is a 12-course tasting menu of what Chef Ton calls "Colorful Thai Cuisine," starting with playful bites and moving into mains served family-style.

The restaurant is at 336 Maha Rat Road, Phra Borom Maha Ratchawang, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok 10200, just outside the Tha Tien neighbourhood beside Wat Pho. Guests are welcomed downstairs at Nuss, the cocktail bar, before going up to the dining room; the official 2026 profile and the restaurant's own page both mention views of Wat Pho, including from the balcony. Our Michelin guide lists Nusara with one star in the 2026 Thailand edition.

Book on the official reservation page, by email at [email protected], or by phone on +66 97 293 5549. A 100% deposit is required at the time of booking. Dinner lasts about two and a half hours, last order is 8:30 p.m., and a table is held for 20 minutes if you are late. The dress code is smart casual, with no flip-flops or tank tops. Nusara does not publish a per-person menu price on its website; the amount is taken as the deposit when you reserve. Everyone at the table, children included, takes the set menu. A vegetarian option is available by advance request only. The kitchen says it cannot leave out fish or oyster sauce, shrimp paste, dried shrimp or coconut milk.

What is Potong, and why did its rank change?

Potong is No. 32, and it is chef Pichaya "Pam" Soontornyanakij's progressive Thai-Chinese tasting-menu restaurant in a restored Chinatown shophouse. The restaurant styles the name POTONG. The official 2026 profile says the five-storey building housed the family's Chinese herbal medicine business from 1910, and that Potong debuted on the global list in 2025 at No. 13, when it also won the Highest New Entry Award. BK Magazine, writing on 6 November 2026, noted the drop from that No. 13 place to this year's No. 32.

The official profile lists the address as 422 Vanich Road, Samphanthawong, Bangkok 10100. The main dining room is on the second floor; Opium Bar occupies the fourth and fifth floors. Our Michelin guide lists POTONG with one star.

Book on the official reservation page, via LINE Official @potong, or by phone on +66 82 979 3950. On 8 November 2026 the restaurant offered one chef's tasting menu, "5 senses, 5 elements," at THB 6,700++ per person, not including 7% VAT and 10% service charge. Dinner seatings were listed from 3:30 p.m. through 8:30 p.m. The restaurant is closed every Wednesday. A deposit of THB 1,000 per guest confirms the booking and is deducted from the final bill; the restaurant says deposits are not refunded for cancellations or no-shows, though reservations can be amended up to 48 hours ahead. The meal takes about two and a half to three hours. Children aged 9 and over are welcome and take the same menu. The dress code is smart casual; the restaurant asks men to wear long trousers and covered shoes, and it suggests avoiding high heels because of the stairs.

How do you book these Bangkok restaurants?

You book them directly, and you should plan the trip around the hardest tables rather than treating dinner as an afterthought.

Gaggan: request a table on gaggan.com, which uses SevenRooms. Open Thursday to Monday. The live experience price is shown at checkout.
Sorn: email from midnight on the 15th for international guests, or use the TableCheck link on the reservations page from noon on the 25th (or the 24th if the 25th is a Saturday), always for the following month.
Sühring: reserve at restaurantsuhring.com/reservation up to 60 days ahead, or call +66 2 107 2777. Closed Monday and Tuesday.
Nusara: use nusarabkk.com/reservation. A 100% deposit is due when you book, and the per-person price is not posted in advance.
Potong: use restaurantpotong.com/reservation. Closed Wednesday. The tasting menu price and seating times are posted there.

If a date is gone, join a waitlist where one exists (Sühring publishes one) or try the next month's release at Sorn. Do not rely on walk-ins for these rooms. Prices, deposits and open days were checked on 8 November 2026 and can change, so use the official reservation page as the last word.

Stay near the table you care about most. Gaggan and Sorn sit off the Sukhumvit corridor, Sühring is in Yan Nawa, Nusara is on Maha Rat Road by Wat Pho, and Potong is in Chinatown. Our where to stay in Bangkok guide is the neighbourhood-level starting point.

Which other Bangkok restaurants are on the 51 to 100 list?

Two more Bangkok restaurants appear on the official 2026 51–100 list: Le Du at No. 74 and Baan Tepa at No. 90.

Le Du, at 399/3 Silom 7 Alley, Silom, Bang Rak, Bangkok 10500, is Chef Ton's other restaurant and takes its name from the Thai word "ฤดู," a synonym for season. It serves a modern Thai menu built around seasonal Thai produce, with a choice of four or six courses. The official reservation page listed the four-course Le Du Journey at THB 4,500++ and the six-course Le Du Experience at THB 5,500++, plus 10% service charge and 7% VAT, on 8 November 2026. Everyone at the table chooses the same length, and groups of more than five take the six-course menu. Changes inside 72 hours are charged THB 5,000 per person. Our Michelin guide lists Le Du with one star. Email [email protected], or book through the restaurant's own site.

Baan Tepa serves what it calls creative Thai cuisine in a family house at 561 Ramkhamheang Road, Bangkapi, Bangkok 10240. The official contact page lists dinner Wednesday to Sunday from 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., and closed Monday and Tuesday. Both the contact FAQ and the menu page give three seatings, at 5:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. The meal is a seven-course tasting menu presented by the chefs. The restaurant's own pages disagreed on the published price on 8 November 2026, so check baantepabkk.com/menu or email [email protected] rather than trusting a copied figure. Phone 098-696-9074. Solo diners must book by email. A 50% deposit of the menu price confirms a reservation. Our Michelin guide lists Baan Tepa with two stars and a MICHELIN Green Star.

Frequently asked questions

How many Bangkok restaurants are on the World's 50 Best list in 2026? Five restaurants are in the top 50: Gaggan at No. 2, Sorn at No. 12, Sühring at No. 14, Nusara at No. 18 and Potong at No. 32. Le Du (No. 74) and Baan Tepa (No. 90) appear on the 51–100 list.

What is Gaggan's rank on the 2026 list? Gaggan is No. 2 on The 50 Best Restaurants 2026 list and was named The Best Restaurant in Asia 2026. Asador Etxebarri in Atxondo, Spain, is No. 1.

Is this the same as Asia's 50 Best Restaurants? No. Asia's 50 Best Restaurants is a separate ranking. This article covers the global The 50 Best Restaurants 2026 list, still commonly called The World's 50 Best Restaurants.

How do you book a table at these restaurants? Book directly through each restaurant's official reservation page or the contacts listed above. Windows and deposits differ: Sorn opens tables monthly, Sühring accepts reservations up to 60 days ahead, and Gaggan, Nusara, Potong, Le Du and Baan Tepa take bookings on their own sites. Check those pages for current prices and availability.

Which Bangkok restaurants are on the 51–100 list in 2026? Le Du is No. 74 and Baan Tepa is No. 90, according to the official 51–100 list checked on 8 November 2026.

Sources

Official list pages, restaurant websites and reservation pages were checked 8 November 2026. MICHELIN star counts are from our Michelin page's compilation of the 2026 MICHELIN Guide Thailand, checked 26 September 2026, with Sühring's third star also stated on its official 2026 The 50 profile.