Blue by Alain Ducasse Bangkok

Blue by Alain Ducasse sits on the first floor of the ICONLUXE wing at the ICONSIAM shopping centre. It is a twenty-minute walk from Wat Arun.

The restaurant holds a Michelin star and ranks no. 62 on the list of Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants. While the room runs smart and leans into a formal French register, it avoids the hushed, stiff rigidity that often defines similar dining rooms in this city. You choose this over the older, grander institutions in the centre because it feels tethered to the movement of the Chao Phraya rather than buried in a hotel lobby. It prioritizes the water view over the traditional, dark-wood formality of its peers, making it the most sensible place for a long evening along the riverbanks.