🇹🇭Halal Travel Guide to Thailand

Founded in 1688 by Persian Muslim settlers, making it the oldest mosque in Bangkok. On the Bangkok Yai canal near the river, in a quiet riverside Muslim quarter.

The centre of a small riverside Muslim village behind the Old Customs House, founded by an Indonesian trader in the 19th century. Lanes of wooden houses and a handful of home-style halal kitchens.

Built in the early 19th century in the form of a Thai temple rather than a conventional mosque - a rectangular hall with Thai-style ornament. Architecturally unique.

Jamiul Khoir and the neighbouring mosques serve the Cham Muslim village settled on the Saen Saep canal in the 1780s, whose weavers made Jim Thompson's silk.

Built by Yunnanese Hui Muslim caravan traders in the 1910s, with Chinese architectural elements, and still the centre of Chiang Mai's Chinese Muslim community. The halal street beside it is the best food in the city.

The main mosque of Phuket province, which is around 35% Muslim, in Phuket Town. Green-domed and modern.

The provincial mosque of a province that is roughly 40% Muslim, with village mosques along the whole coast and on the islands.

The centre of the Ramkhamhaeng Muslim community in eastern Bangkok, surrounded by the halal restaurants of Soi Ramkhamhaeng 53.

Near the Sukhumvit Soi 3 Arab quarter, serving the South Asian and Middle Eastern communities of that district.

The largest mosque in Thailand, in the Malay-Muslim heartland. Note that most governments advise against travel to Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat due to the ongoing insurgency.

A Cham Muslim community settled on the Saen Saep canal in the 1780s after fighting for King Taksin. Its weavers supplied Jim Thompson's silk company and a few looms still work.

The Siamese capital from 1350 to 1767, which had a substantial Persian Muslim quarter. The Bunnag family, descended from a Persian merchant, became one of Siam's most powerful dynasties, and massaman curry originated in that community.

Six teak houses assembled by the American who revived the Thai silk industry, directly across the canal from the Ban Krua Muslim weavers who made the cloth.

Sino-Portuguese shophouses in pastel colours from the tin-mining boom, with a mixed Chinese, Muslim and Peranakan heritage.

A moated square of temples and lanes, founded in 1296 as the capital of the Lanna kingdom. The Yunnanese Muslim quarter grew up on the caravan route outside it.

The largest museum in Southeast Asia, covering Thai history from prehistory to the Chakri dynasty, including the Ayutthaya period and its foreign communities.

Open since the 1940s near the Old Customs House, doing biryani, mataba and curries in a room that has barely changed. The best-known halal restaurant in central Bangkok.

A large open-air Thai-Muslim restaurant that is a local institution, serving khao mok gai, massaman and southern dishes until late.

Home-style Thai-Muslim cooking near the river in the Haroon area, with the day's dishes laid out on the counter.

Bangkok's Arab and South Asian quarter - dozens of Lebanese, Egyptian, Pakistani and Indian restaurants within a few hundred metres, most open very late.

A street of Thai-Muslim restaurants and shops near the Darul Aman mosque in eastern Bangkok. Far from the tourist areas and the real thing.

Small kitchens in the Cham village on the canal, serving what the community eats. Reached on foot from the National Stadium BTS.

Yunnanese Muslim khao soi beside Ban Ho Mosque, in the form the dish originally took. A few dozen baht and excellent.

A lane of Yunnanese Muslim restaurants, roti stalls and bakeries beside the mosque - the best concentration of halal food in northern Thailand.

Thai-Muslim and Indian dishes in the old city area, long established and reliable.

Krabi province is around 40% Muslim, so halal restaurants are common in both Ao Nang and Krabi Town. The night market by the river in Krabi Town has a good halal section.

Several Thai-Muslim and Indian restaurants around the old town and near the Central Mosque, in a province that is roughly 35% Muslim.

Long-running Middle Eastern restaurants on Soi 3/1 doing mezze, grills and shisha, open until the small hours.

Several Bangkok chains now hold CICOT certification, which makes eating in malls straightforward - check the directory for the halal logo.

The island has a large Muslim population and the village restaurants on the east coast serve southern Thai Muslim food away from the resort strip.

On the BTS, with the Soi 3 Arab quarter and dozens of halal restaurants nearby. Note that Nana and Soi Cowboy are also nightlife areas - check the exact street.

Near the Haroon Muslim village and the old customs district, with river boats to the Grand Palace and a calmer atmosphere than Sukhumvit.

The business district, on both the BTS and MRT, with good hotels and easy access across the city.

Inside the moat for the temples and markets, or Nimman for cafés and a younger scene. Ban Ho Mosque and the halal street are between the two.

The main Krabi beach town, with boats to Railay and the islands, a wide choice of hotels and several halal restaurants. There is a bar strip; the ends of the beach are quieter.

Not on a beach but far cheaper, with the night market, the provincial mosque and a strongly local feel. Twenty minutes from Ao Nang.

Long beaches, a large Muslim population, minimal nightlife and a slow pace. The best Andaman choice if you want quiet.

The northern Phuket beaches, resort-oriented and far calmer than Patong, with several properties used to Gulf guests.