Wine Spectator Award-Winning Restaurants in Thailand
The 17 restaurants on this Thailand list hold a Wine Spectator Restaurant Award, including Blue by Alain Ducasse, Chef's Table and Sühring. Many also have recognition from Michelin and Opinionated About Dining. Awards from Wine Spectator include Award of Excellence, Best of Award of Excellence and Grand Award.
We choose venues by weighing recognition from independent critics, guides and awards. Entries are in alphabetical order. Each shows the restaurant's town or city, a short description and awards from Wine Spectator and other independent sources, with a link to its full guide page.
How this list is chosen: Every restaurant here holds a Wine Spectator Restaurant Award. When more qualify than the list can hold, En Primeur Club chooses among them by weighing recognition from independent critics, guides and awards. Entries appear in alphabetical order.
Acqua
Phuket, Thailand
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Acqua holds a Michelin Plate and La Liste recognition (81 points in 2026), placing it among Phuket's most decorated European tables. Chef Alessandro Frau applies Sardinian technique to premium Italian imports, running à la carte, pasta, wood-fired pizza, and a chef's tasting menu from a room on Phrabaramee Road in Patong. The wine list earned a Star Wine List White Star in December 2023.
Also recognized by La Liste, Star Wine List, The Best Chef
Acqua Restaurant Bangkok
Bangkok, Thailand
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Acqua Restaurant Bangkok sits on quiet Soi Somkid in Lumphini, earning a White Star from Star Wine List in 2023 for a wine program that places it in a small peer group of Bangkok dining rooms where the cellar carries as much weight as the kitchen. For travellers seeking a European-inflected address with serious bottle credentials in the Pathum Wan district, it occupies a distinct position in a city increasingly defined by destination dining.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Blue by Alain Ducasse
Bangkok, Thailand
1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Ranked #80 on Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2025 and scoring 87 points on La Liste 2026, it offers both à la carte and tasting menus, with Southeast Asian ingredients woven through a classical French framework under executive chef Evens López.
Also recognized by La Liste, Opinionated About Dining, Tatler, World's 50 Best
Chef's Table
Bangkok, Thailand
2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Chef's Table holds two Michelin stars and a Les Grandes Tables du Monde designation, occupying the 61st floor of State Tower in Bangkok's Si Lom district. Chef Vincent Thierry leads a French contemporary tasting menu with an open kitchen at the centre of the room, while sommelier Kristell Milla oversees a 1,800-bottle list weighted toward Burgundy and Bordeaux. Dinner service runs Tuesday through Sunday from 6 pm.
Also recognized by La Liste, Les Grandes Tables du Monde, Opinionated About Dining, World Culinary Awards
Day & Night
Surat Thani, Thailand
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
A Michelin Plate-recognised bar and restaurant in Surat Thani that trades on an unexpected country-pub aesthetic, Day & Night pairs international staples — steaks, pizzas, and inventive small plates — with craft beers, cocktails, and live music evenings.
Elements, Inspired by Ciel Bleu
Bangkok, Thailand
1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Among Bangkok's Michelin-starred French contemporary restaurants, Elements, Inspired by Ciel Bleu operates with an Amsterdam connection that separates it from the city's purely Western-trained kitchens. Housed on the upper floors of a Lumphini tower, it structures its menu around three named tasting progressions — Ku-Ki, Chikyu, and Mizu — each framing French technique through a Japanese conceptual lens..
Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining
Err : Urban Rustic Thai
Bangkok, Thailand
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Err: Urban Rustic Thai occupies a distinct corner of Bangkok's Thai dining scene, pitching fermented, preserved, and foraged flavours against the city's more polished tasting-menu tier. Ranked #332 in Opinionated About Dining's Asia list in 2024 and climbing to #359 in 2025, it draws a crowd that wants rigour without ceremony. Lunch and dinner run at different rhythms, making the choice of visit time a real editorial decision.
Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining
LUMA BANGKOK
Bangkok, Thailand
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining
North
Bangkok, Thailand
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
A green-painted heritage house on Sukhumvit Soi 33, North brings Northern Thai cooking to Bangkok with a calm, well-appointed setting that reads as a deliberate counterpoint to the city's louder dining rooms. The menu balances refined Lanna flavours across lunch à la carte and a seasonal dinner set. Michelin Plate recognition in both 2024 and 2025 confirms its standing in the city's regional-cuisine tier.
O
Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Set in a wooden riverside house in Sena district's old market, O has earned back-to-back Michelin Plate recognition (2024 and 2025) for its unfussy central Thai cooking. The kitchen leans on River Noi produce — stir-fried river prawns with salt and pepper and deep-fried fish with fish sauce are the dishes regulars return for. At the ฿฿ price point, it sits comfortably among Ayutthaya's most consistent riverside tables.
PRU
Phuket, Thailand
1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
PRU holds a Michelin star and ranks #144 among Asia's top restaurants (2025, Opinionated About Dining), operating from a solar-panelled dining room on Phuket's north shore. Chef Jimmy Ophorst's menu is built around a 15,000 m² farm on the property, with seasonal produce, fermented preserves, and local seafood structured into a Kappo-style counter format with open-kitchen views over the ocean.
Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining, We're Smart World, World's Best Wine Lists Awards
Punjab Grill
Bangkok, Thailand
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Punjab Grill on Sukhumvit 13 brings Northern Indian cooking into a format that sits comfortably among Bangkok's mid-to-upper restaurant tier, earning a Michelin Plate in both 2024 and 2025. The menu bridges chaat, biryani, and tandoor classics with contemporary technique, while a glass kitchen wall puts the live fire on display. For diners planning ahead, it rewards a deliberate booking rather than a casual walk-in.
Riva del Fiume
Bangkok, Thailand
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Inside the Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok on the Chao Phraya, Riva del Fiume makes a credible case for European dining along the river. The Italian chef's open kitchen and wood oven anchor a menu of imported-ingredient pasta and pizza that reads more Lombardy than Southeast Asia. Michelin Plate recognition in both 2024 and 2025 places it in a small tier of Bangkok Italian restaurants with consistent international validation.
Scarlett
Bangkok, Thailand
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
On the upper floor of the Pullman hotel in Silom, Scarlett holds a Michelin Plate (2025) and a White Star from Star Wine List for a cellar that runs to 230 selections and 5,000 bottles. The kitchen centres on a wood-fired grill, turning out Australian steaks and rotating seafood alongside a broader European menu. A cheese counter and panoramic city views make it a reliable address for long, wine-anchored evenings in Bangkok's financial district.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Sühring
Bangkok, Thailand
3 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Sühring holds two Michelin stars and a position at number 11 on Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2025, making it one of Bangkok's most decorated fine-dining addresses. Twin chefs Thomas and Mathias Sühring serve a modern German tasting menu from a restored 1970s villa in Chong Nonsi, drawing on fermentation, pickling, and curing techniques alongside a wine list of 715 selections weighted toward Germany, Austria, and Burgundy.
Also recognized by Black Pearl, La Liste, Les Grandes Tables du Monde, Opinionated About Dining
Terroir
Bangkok, Thailand
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Terroir has earned consecutive Michelin Plates in 2024 and 2025 and sits at No. 118 on Opinionated About Dining's Asia ranking. Chef Khattiya Songchaiwana leads a creative kitchen with a mid-range price point for Bangkok's recognised dining tier, while the wine program spans roughly 1,200 selections across France, Germany, Austria, Spain, California, Italy, Madeira, and Sherry at broadly accessible markups.
Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining
Yu Ting Yuan
Bangkok, Thailand
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Yu Ting Yuan occupies the Four Seasons Bangkok's Chao Phraya riverside setting, bringing Cantonese cooking with occasional Thai inflection to one of the city's more considered dining rooms. The restaurant holds a Michelin Plate for both 2024 and 2025, with a tasting menu, à la carte format, and a 620-label wine list that skews toward Champagne, Burgundy, and Bordeaux. At ฿฿฿฿ pricing, it sits in Bangkok's premium Cantonese tier alongside Chef Man and K by Vicky Cheng.
Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List