Best Mother's Day Restaurants in Bangkok (2026)
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AKSORN for David Thompson's one-star heritage Thai, served sharing-style, with Baan Khanitha Sukhumvit 23, 100 Mahaseth, Appia, 80/20 and Baan Ice behind it.
Book a top-floor table at AKSORN one to two weeks out and ask for the smoked kingfish relish to open the meal. David Thompson rebuilds forgotten Thai recipes from old palace and provincial cookbooks, served family-style on the roof of Bangkok's first department store, which is why it leads our Bangkok directory of 100-plus rooms for Mother's Day. Six of those tables suit a relaxed family lunch, on the international May date or Thailand's own Mother's Day in August.
Six Bangkok Tables for Mother's Day
David Thompson, who opened London's Nahm as the first Thai restaurant to win a Michelin star, runs this heritage Thai room on the top floor of the original Central department store on Charoen Krung. It holds one star in the 2026 guide, and Thompson took the country's first Mentor Chef Award the same year. The kitchen rebuilds thirteen-odd dishes from old Thai cookbooks, served sharing-style; the smoked kingfish relish with wild ginger is the one to order first. The sharing format and the big, light room make it the rare star kitchen that takes a family of eight. Book one to two weeks ahead and test the relish.
One of the first fine-dining Thai restaurants in the city, open since the early 1990s in a converted mansion off Sukhumvit Soi 23, a short walk from BTS Asok. The kitchen cooks in the royal-Thai tradition: the tod mun pla fish cakes, the massaman beef and the pomelo salad are the dishes regulars order for visitors and grandparents alike. Several dining rooms and wide tables make it the easiest pick for a large multi-generation party, and the staff handle a celebration without fuss. Book through Hungry Hub or the restaurant and ask for a garden-side room. Test the massaman.
Chalee Kader's Bib Gourmand room in a converted Bang Rak shophouse cooks the fiery food of Thailand's northeastern Isan provinces, nose-to-tail, with offal and grilled cuts most kitchens throw away. The grilled bone marrow and the laab are the dishes that built its name. It is louder and earthier than the hotel rooms, so it suits a mother who likes her food with a kick and a family that wants to share across the table. Lunch and dinner run around 1,500 to 3,000 baht a head. Book a few days ahead and test the bone marrow.
Paolo Vitaletti's Roman trattoria off Sukhumvit Soi 31 has cooked the food of his grandmother's Trastevere kitchen since 2012, and it remains the most faithful Roman address in Bangkok. The cacio e pepe is the city's most correct; the bucatini all'amatriciana and the Sunday porchetta back it up. The change of pace works for a mother who would rather have a plate of pasta and a glass of Italian red than a Thai feast. The room is warm and unhurried. Book through SevenRooms about thirty days out and test the cacio e pepe.
The one-Michelin-star room that Napol "Joe" Jantraget and Saki Hoshino built in the old riverside quarter of Talat Noi, named for the eighty percent of ingredients drawn from local Thai farms and the twenty percent of the kitchen's invention. The cooking pushes hard into ferments, herbs and chillies you will not meet on a hotel menu. The nine-course tasting runs around 4,800 baht plus tax and service. This is the ambitious choice for a mother who likes a long, surprising meal rather than a sharing table. Book two to three weeks ahead and let the kitchen lead.
The Thonglor home-cooking room from the family behind one-star Southern Thai kitchen Sorn, serving the bold, fiery food of the south at a fraction of the tasting-menu spend. The gaeng tai pla curry and the stir-fried sator beans with shrimp are the dishes the regulars order. It is casual and generous, the value end of this list, and a good call for a big informal family lunch where everyone picks at a crowded table. Around 700 to 1,500 baht a head. Walk-ins are possible midweek, but book for a Sunday. Test the gaeng tai pla.
How to Book
For a Mother's Day lunch on Sunday 10 May 2026, reserve one to two weeks out, and a little longer for the two one-star rooms. AKSORN, Baan Khanitha and Baan Ice take bookings through Hungry Hub and the restaurants directly; Appia runs SevenRooms on a roughly thirty-day window; 80/20 books two to three weeks ahead through its own site. Sunday lunch tables open before dinner does, so move early on the daytime seating.
Take the lunch seating over dinner where the kitchen offers one: it is calmer for a family, the rooms are lighter, and tables are easier to hold. If your first choice is full, message the restaurant directly rather than the booking app, name the date and the size of the party, and ask for a quieter corner or a private room; the Thai houses on this list are used to multi-generation bookings and often hold tables back for direct requests.
Frequently Asked Questions
AKSORN is the pick: David Thompson's one-Michelin-star heritage Thai room sits on the top floor of Bangkok's first department store on Charoen Krung, and its sharing-style menu of resurrected old-cookbook recipes suits a multi-generation family table. If your mother prefers a quieter, classic-Thai mansion setting, Baan Khanitha on Sukhumvit Soi 23 has served royal-tradition Thai cooking with the same elegant hospitality since the early 1990s and seats a large family with ease.
For a relaxed, sharing-style lunch, Baan Khanitha Sukhumvit 23, 100 Mahaseth in Bang Rak and Baan Ice in Thonglor all serve generous Thai dishes built for the middle of the table, which is how a Thai family eats. Baan Khanitha runs around 1,500 to 3,000 baht a head, 100 Mahaseth around 1,500 to 3,000 for its Isan nose-to-tail cooking, and Baan Ice is the value pick at roughly 700 to 1,500 a head for fiery Southern Thai. Appia on Sukhumvit Soi 31 is the change of pace if she would rather have a plate of Roman pasta.
Plan on roughly 700 to 5,000 baht per head depending on the room. Baan Ice is the value end near 700 to 1,500, with 100 Mahaseth and Baan Khanitha around 1,500 to 3,000 and Appia around 1,200 to 2,500. The two one-star kitchens run higher: AKSORN sits around 2,000 to 3,000 a head for its sharing menu and 80/20 in Talat Noi runs a nine-course tasting near 4,800 baht plus tax and service. Wine and a service charge push the French and tasting rooms up.
The international Mother's Day that most expats and visitors mark falls on Sunday 10 May 2026, the second Sunday of May. Thailand's own Mother's Day is a separate national holiday on 12 August, Queen Sirikit's birthday, when many Thai families dine out as well. If you are booking the May date, reserve one to two weeks ahead through Hungry Hub, SevenRooms or the restaurant directly, since the Sunday lunch tables fill first.
Baan Khanitha Sukhumvit 23 is the strongest choice for a big family: a converted mansion with several dining rooms, wide tables and a deep menu of familiar royal-Thai dishes that grandparents and children both eat happily. AKSORN is the other option, since its sharing format and large top-floor room take a party of eight or ten without strain. Both are calmer and easier with a multi-generation group than Bangkok's small tasting counters.