How does Sukhumvit Soi 26 bring together two of Bangkok’s best restaurants?
Bangkok has 43 MICHELIN-starred restaurants in its 2026 edition, spread across the city in a pattern that typically means planning each dinner around a separate journey. Silom holds several of the highest-ranked tables. Sathorn holds others. Thonglor and Ekkamai have built their own dining identity. Against that backdrop, Sukhumvit Soi 26 is unusual.
Sorn, at number 56, is the first Thai restaurant in history to hold Three MICHELIN Stars, an achievement built over seven years by chef-owner Supaksorn “Ice” Jongsiri, devoted entirely to the cooking traditions and ingredients of southern Thailand. A few minutes south, at number 30, is Mia: one star, three consecutive editions, an Asian-European tasting menu from chef-patrons Pongcharn “Top” Russell and Michelle Goh in a restored heritage home.
The two restaurants are not related. They share no chef, no owner, no culinary approach. What they share is a street, and for a visitor whose time in Bangkok is limited, that coincidence has real practical value: two significant dinners, no cross-city taxi required between them.
How do I get a table at Sorn?
Sorn is one of the most constrained reservations in Asia. The room holds twenty-two covers inside a two-storey traditional Thai house, and every month’s availability is fully subscribed.
International guests may email the restaurant from midnight Bangkok time on the 15th of each month to request a table for the following month. This is the most reliable route for visitors arriving from outside Thailand; email early in the window and be specific about your date. Thai-resident guests use TableCheck, where seats release at exactly noon Bangkok time on the 25th of each month, or the 24th when the 25th falls on a Saturday.
A Sorn booking secured before you arrive in Bangkok is considerably more dependable than attempting one on the ground. The tasting menu runs to more than twenty courses, approximately THB 7,200 per person before beverages. No à la carte. Smart dress. The restaurant is open Monday to Friday and Sunday for dinner; closed Saturday.
Sorn · Three MICHELIN Stars · Sukhumvit Soi 26
Southern Thai tasting menu, 20+ courses. Approx. THB 7,200 per person. Email reservations from the 15th of the month (international) or TableCheck on the 25th. Seats 22. Open Monday to Friday and Sunday for dinner; closed Saturday.
What is the experience at Mia, and how does it differ from Sorn?
Mia was built by a married couple. Chef-Patrons Pongcharn “Top” Russell and Michelle Goh opened the restaurant with a single shared direction: Asian culinary heritage expressed through European technique. Where Sorn is rooted in tradition, a deep, disciplined commitment to the cooking of southern Thailand, Mia is contemporary, personal, and deliberately more open. The room has a different energy: sharper, more alive, the kind of restaurant that earns regulars as much as first-time visitors.
What makes Mia genuinely distinctive in Bangkok’s starred field is its approach to vegetarian and vegan dining. Most starred kitchens accommodate plant-based diners by adaptation. Mia runs three fully composed tasting menus simultaneously at every service, standard, vegetarian, and vegan, each built at the same level of ambition and craft as the others. A vegetarian or vegan guest does not receive a reduced version of the main menu. They receive their own.
Dinner tasting menus run from THB 5,250++ to THB 5,850++ per person. A weekend lunch at THB 2,850++ is available on Saturdays and Sundays. Mia is open for dinner Friday to Tuesday. Private dining for up to ten guests, with a bespoke menu conceived by Top and Michelle, is available on request.
Sorn requires planning months ahead and secures tables through a tightly controlled monthly release. Mia opens its reservations two months in advance, a window that gives visitors booking a Bangkok trip the flexibility to confirm their dinner at the same time as their hotel and flights. Mia works closely with hotel concierges across Bangkok, and guests are encouraged to contact their concierge at the time of booking their hotel; concierges can often secure a table, sometimes at short notice.
Mia · One MICHELIN Star · Sukhumvit Soi 26
Asian-European tasting menu. Standard, vegetarian, and vegan menus available at every service. Dinner THB 5,250++ to THB 5,850++. Weekend lunch THB 2,850++. Open Friday to Tuesday for dinner, Saturday and Sunday for lunch.
Which hotels are closest to Sukhumvit Soi 26?
The five-star hotels on Sukhumvit Soi 22 and Soi 24 are the nearest to both restaurants. A Grab or taxi from any of them to Sorn or Mia takes five minutes or less in normal traffic. The EmDistrict shopping complex, Emporium, EmQuartier, EmSphere, is within the same block, and Phrom Phong BTS is three to five minutes from most properties, which makes the hours before dinner straightforward to fill.
Sukhumvit Soi 24
Five-star, 279 rooms across two towers at 95/370 Soi 24. Entrances on Soi 24, Soi 22, and Klongtoey.
Five-star, 302 rooms at 11 Soi 24. Rooftop infinity pool, three minutes from Phrom Phong BTS.
Five-star at Soi 24, adjacent to EmSphere. Multiple rooftop venues.
Sukhumvit Soi 22
Bangkok Marriott Marquis Queen’s Park
Five-star, 1,251 rooms at 199 Soi 22, directly adjacent to the Emporium complex.
I am staying in Sathorn or Silom. Is the journey worth planning around?
From the Sathorn and Silom hotel corridor, Sukhumvit Soi 26 is ten to twenty minutes by car via Rama 4, depending on traffic. The journey adds a layer of planning, but both Sorn and Mia are restaurants significant enough to make it worth arranging. Book a car or Grab in advance for the return; the soi is quiet in the late evening, and supply is less predictable there than outside a central hotel.
For guests at the following properties, the Soi 26 journey is a reasonable evening plan rather than a logistical commitment.
2 North Sathorn Road. Approx. 15 minutes by car via Rama 4.
One Bangkok, Rama 4 Road. 10 to 15 minutes by car, directly on the Rama 4 route.
One Bangkok, Wireless Road. Approx. 20 minutes by car.
InterContinental Bangkok Sukhumvit
10 Soi Sukhumvit 59, Thonglor. 10 to 15 minutes by car along Sukhumvit Road.
Details current as of September 2026. Reservation windows, pricing, and hotel information are subject to change; confirm directly with each restaurant or hotel when booking.
