Bangkok is a seafood paradise and the proximity to river and sea means hearty boatloads of just about everything moving under the waves arrive fresh each day. Watch for fried softshell crab, a variety of prawn dishes, squid, wonderful varieties of fish fried, steamed or grilled whole. Order up a whole fish encased in salt and stuffed with lemongrass and herbs. And perhaps you'll see a few critters you hadn't seen before. As the famous Seafood Market Restaurant downtown likes to declare: If it swims, we have it. Here we have a list of the Best Seafood Restaurants in Bangkok. We keep it priced for the masses, so you won't find restaurants from the five-star hotels which are as predictably wonderful as they are expensive. No, you don't need to bust a backpacker's budget to eat great seafood, and the following great Bangkok seafood restaurants prove that. Expect prices by weight in some cases, but by dish in most others. Typically from 80-220 baht per entree, and we recommend going with a group and sharing several.
26 Udomsuk 60, Sukhumvit 103 Road, Nongbon, Pravet
The best fried curry crab in Asia...
4/5 Rama I Road, Rajadamri
Legendary seafood right downtown...
49-51 Phadung Dao Rd, Chinatown (Yaowarat)
Dueling street-corner seafood restaurants in Chinatown...
49-51 Phadung Dao Rd, Chinatown (Yaowarat)
Dueling street-corner seafood restaurants in Chinatown...
100 Narathivasrachanakarin Road Sathorn
Excellent local Thai food...
2829-31 Rama IV Road, Khwang Khlong, Ton Khet, Khlong Toei
No parking, no reservations, no-miss seafood...
89, Sukhumvit Soi 24
Bangkok
"If it swims, they have it"...
348/1 Sukhumvit Road
Asok Square
Organically grown herbs and vegetables...
3792/106 Soi 14, Rama III Road
Soi 14
Fine cuisine on the river...
94 Soi Charoen Nakorn 21, Bang Lamphoo Lang
Klong San
Riverside dining...