Where Bangkok's chefs, critics and people who'd know actually eat

Which restaurants in Bangkok do chefs, critics and people who'd know recommend most? BKK Social Club (5), Restaurant POTONG (4) and Vesper (4) — the number is how many named people have recommended each one on the record.

Every recommendation here came out of somebody's mouth on the record — a chef naming a restaurant they don't own, a critic on their day off, a regular who has been going for years. We collect them, attribute them, and link the source so you can hear it yourself.