French · Bar
Le Bouchon เลอ บูชง
Best for Classic French date night, dinner for two
- Sathorn
- MRT Lumphini · 5 min
- $$$
About
Le Bouchon has been a French bistro since 1996 on Soi Atthakan Prasit, which runs off Sathorn Soi 1. It is small, dimly lit and tightly packed, and it has fed Bangkok's French residents for so long that Tripexpert calls it perhaps the city's most authentic French bistro. The restaurant's website shows its mainstays: a French onion soup that several reviewers rank the best in Bangkok, steak tartare, beef Wellington, roast chicken and foie gras terrine, while regulars order the escargots and the lamb shank with white beans. Intravel estimates a meal at 1,000 baht and up; Chope scores it 4.6 from 42 reviews with service at 4.8. A Le Petit Journal piece mentions a 450-baht lunch menu but is undated. Hours are 11:30 to 23:30 daily, with last kitchen orders at 14:45 and 21:45. Book on +66 2 125 2179. By its Google coordinates it is about 360 metres from MRT Lumphini. Google: 4.7 from 819 reviews.
What to order
Each pick traces to a source at the end of the page.
- French onion soup
- Steak tartare
- Escargots in garlic butter
- Lamb shank with white beans
Bangkok Foodie Selection 2026
Featured in our guides
Ranked in 2 Bangkok Foodie guides, best placing first.
No. 6 of 18 · Romantic Restaurants Bangkok
What the guide says:
A small, dimly lit French bistro on Soi Atthakan Prasit off Sathorn Soi 1, open since 1996, with the tables packed close. Expect 1,000 baht a head and up; the kitchen takes its last dinner order at 21:45.
No. 10 of 15 · Sathorn Restaurants
What the guide says:
French bistro since 1996 on Soi Atthakan Prasit off Sathorn Soi 1. Small, dim, packed, with an onion soup several reviewers call the best in Bangkok.
5 sources · checked 15 October 2026
Google Maps · lebouchonthailand.com · tripexpert.com · intravel.net · chope.co
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