Michelin Guide Thailand Lists Record 507 Restaurants for 2027

Thailand's restaurant map officially outgrew its capital this week. The 2027 Michelin Guide Thailand, unveiled in Bangkok on November 10, 2026, lists a record 507 establishments in its tenth edition, and its two headline promotions landed outside Bangkok. PRU in Phuket rose to two stars, becoming the first restaurant outside Bangkok and its surrounding provinces to hold that rank in the Thai guide. In Chiang Mai, Belén by Paulo Airaudo earned the northern city's first Michelin star.

The full count shows how wide the selection now runs. Fifty-three restaurants hold at least one star: two at three stars, ten at two stars and 41 at one star. Below them sit 151 Bib Gourmand venues, honored for good cooking at moderate prices, and 303 Michelin-Selected establishments. The Bib Gourmand list, released separately on November 3, added 26 newcomers and includes 20 venues apiece in Chiang Mai and Phuket, plus 28 across the four covered provinces of the Isan northeast.

PRU built its promotion on its own ground. The Phuket restaurant cooks from produce grown on its own farm and bought from Thai suppliers, with fermentation and preservation shaping a menu rooted in the country's ingredients. Its signature plate pairs durian with caviar and sea grapes, a combination that would've sounded like a dare a decade ago. Phuket also added two one-star rooms: Omemo, a newcomer interpreting Swiss and Alpine cooking through homemade sausages, rösti and fondue-inspired dishes, and Jaras, promoted from the Selected tier, which works with seasonal, home-grown ingredients and a zero-waste approach.

Chiang Mai's first star went to a kitchen that imports its technique and sources at home. Belén by Paulo Airaudo moved up from the Selected category with European methods applied to local ingredients, and the guide singled out a goat's cheese flan with seasonal fruit. The promotion matters beyond one dining room. Chiang Mai has traded on its own regional food traditions for years, from khao soi counters to night markets, and it's now the third Thai city with a starred table.

Bangkok didn't stand still. Sorn, where chef Supaksorn Jongsiri cooks Southern Thai traditions, and Sühring, run by twin chefs Thomas and Mathias Sühring, both kept three stars. Two capital rooms, Blue by Alain Ducasse and Mia, joined PRU in the two-star tier, lifting the national total to ten. The capital and its surrounding provinces also claimed seven of the ten additions at one star, including four first-time entries: Liana, MACHRI, THARN and The China House by Chef Fei.

Michelin's international director, Gwendal Poullennec, described a maturing sector built on regional traditions, close ties to producers and stronger individual voices in the kitchen. Five special awards underlined the point, honoring a service lead in Phuket, an opening of the year in Bangkok and a young chef cooking from his home island's traditions. A century after the star itself debuted in 1926, Thailand's version of the guide reads less like a Bangkok list with guests and more like a national one.