The red-and-gold Chinese gate at Odeon Circle, the entrance to Bangkok's Chinatown, under a blue sky

Chinatown & Riverside

in Bangkok

Best for street food and river views.

Places in Chinatown & Riverside

HostelsVillas & apartmentsCafes

Closest to Yaowarat Road

How we order

The places nearest Yaowarat Road come first.

Distances are straight lines on OpenStreetMap data, not walking routes.

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All hostels in Chinatown & Riverside

Villas first, then English names, then closest to Yaowarat Road

How we order

Villas come before apartments, and places with an English name before those whose name we spelled out from Thai. Within each of those, the places nearest Yaowarat Road come first.

So a nearer place can sit lower in the list. Distances are straight lines on OpenStreetMap data, not walking routes.

Commission never moves anything. How we compare

All villas & apartments in Chinatown & Riverside

English names first, then closest to Yaowarat Road

How we order

Places with an English name come before those whose name we spelled out from Thai. Within each of those, the places nearest Yaowarat Road come first.

So a nearer place can sit lower in the list. Distances are straight lines on OpenStreetMap data, not walking routes.

Commission never moves anything. How we compare

All cafes in Chinatown & Riverside

About Chinatown & Riverside

A dense district of street food and narrow alleys along the Chao Phraya river.

Staying here means navigating crowded pavements filled with market stalls and gold shops by day, and neon-lit food carts at night. You can use the MRT subway or river ferries to bypass the heavy road traffic. Pick this area for the food scene and historic architecture, but skip it if you want quiet nights or wide green spaces.

Getting there: MRT Blue Line stations and Chao Phraya river ferries.
Watch out for: Heavy road traffic and crowded, narrow pavements.

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