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Jodd Fairs Night Market

Bangkok's best-known night market has moved. If your guidebook sends you to Rama 9, it's out of date — this is where to go now.

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  1. Jodd Fairs Ratchada
  2. Jodd Fairs DanNeramit
  3. Jodd Fairs or another night market?
  4. Combining it with your evening
  5. Practical tips

Jodd Fairs became Bangkok's most popular night market when it opened beside the Rama 9 area, and for a while it was the night market every visitor was told to go to. That site closed when its lease ended in early 2025. If a guide, blog or video sends you to Rama 9, it's out of date.

Jodd Fairs now runs at two locations. The one most visitors want is Jodd Fairs Ratchada.

Jodd Fairs Ratchada

Jodd Fairs Ratchada

Daily, evenings

Best for: A busy, easy night-market evening with lots of food and casual shopping.

What to buy
Casual clothing · Accessories · Souvenirs
What to eat
Leng zaab (spicy pork bone soup) · Grilled seafood · Desserts and fruit
How long
1.5–2 hours
Getting there
  • Thailand Cultural Centre · MRT Blue Line
Hours
Roughly 5pm–midnight or later (checked October 2026)

tip: The original Jodd Fairs on Rama 9 closed in early 2025; the Ratchada site is the one to head for. A second branch, Jodd Fairs DanNeramit, is near Ha Yaek Lat Phrao.

What it's like

Rows of stalls under strings of lights, a heavy emphasis on food, and a young, mostly Thai crowd mixed with visitors. It's busy, loud and good fun, especially from about 7pm. Expect queues at the stalls that go viral on social media.

What to eat

  • Leng zaab — a mountain of spicy, sour pork bones in broth, the dish Jodd Fairs became famous for. Share it.
  • Grilled seafood — prawns, squid, shellfish.
  • Grilled meats on skewers and sticky rice.
  • Fruit, smoothies and desserts — mango sticky rice, coconut ice cream, roti.

Walk a full lap before you order, and share dishes so you can try more.

Shopping

Casual clothes, accessories, phone cases and souvenirs. It's a food market first; for serious shopping, go to Chatuchak at the weekend.

Getting there

MRT Blue Line to Thailand Cultural Centre. The market is a few minutes' walk away on Ratchadaphisek Road. Taxis and Grab are an option, but the road is busy in the evening.

Jodd Fairs DanNeramit

The second location, Jodd Fairs DanNeramit, occupies the site of a former theme park near Ha Yaek Lat Phrao in the north of the city, with a castle-like backdrop from the park's past. It's bigger and more of an event space, and further out for most visitors. The nearest rail stations are on the BTS Sukhumvit Line around Ha Yaek Lat Phrao; check the walking route before you go.

Jodd Fairs or another night market?

If you want…Go to
An easy, food-heavy night market on the MRTJodd Fairs Ratchada
A bigger event space with a themed backdropJodd Fairs DanNeramit
Street food with old-city atmosphereYaowarat in Chinatown
Shopping rather than eatingChatuchak at the weekend
Flowers and photographs late at nightPak Khlong Talat, near Wat Pho

Combining it with your evening

Jodd Fairs Ratchada is on the MRT Blue Line, so it's easy to combine with other evening plans. From Sukhumvit, it's a few stops north of MRT Sukhumvit. From Silom, it's a straight ride on the same line. Many visitors eat here first and then head back to their hotel area for a drink, or go to a rooftop bar beforehand for sunset.

Practical tips

  • Go after 6pm. Stalls open in the late afternoon but the market comes alive after dark.
  • Bring cash in small notes; some stalls take QR payments.
  • It's open most nights — a good choice if your trip has no weekend for Chatuchak.
  • Check before travelling. Night markets in Bangkok open, move and close more often than any other kind of attraction. We last checked Jodd Fairs in October 2026.

For other night markets and street-food areas, see the best markets in Bangkok and our street food guide. For more evening ideas, read Bangkok nightlife.

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