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Some 50 dining venues dot the 25,000-square-metre airport terminal. More than 30 of them offer comfortable seating areas while half a dozen are proper dining restaurants.

Here, the dining business is well-planned and restaurants are carefully selected according to the preferences of the clientele and the destinations they are flying to. For example, the eastern concourses (A, B, C and the east side of D), with gates occupied by Japan Airlines and Thai Airways, house several Asian eateries, while the western concourses (E, F and the west side of D) offer more European-style cuisine because that’s where the gates to Europe and the US are situated. And while most shopping stores close at midnight, all dining venues operate 24 hours.

Restaurants
With long quests and scarce seating, the fast food joints at the airport might not provide quicker and more convenient service than the proper restaurants.

Departing passengers can have gastronomical pleasure from Kinramen located on the far left side of concourse D. With Japanese noodle dishes - ramen, udon and soba (150-250 baht) - as its highlight items, the restaurant also offers a wide variety of choices including rice with various toppings, several sushi selections as well as a kids’ menu and desserts. Spare some room for refreshments, too - Kinramen features an irresistible list of smoothies. Try ginger, raspberry or kiwi smoothie - they are very delicious.

Run by the same management as Kinramen is Asian Corner, which is situated just across the hallway. The place looks like an Asian buffet joint with selections from every cuisine of the region ranging from Thai som tum, Chinese dim sum and Vietnamese spring rolls to Japanese lunch boxes and Korean BBQ. Prices range from 80 to 180 baht. More like a bite-and-go eatery, you may expect less comfort seating here than at Kinramen.

At the other end of the terminal lies Mango Tree, a Thai restaurant managed by Coca restaurant group. This is its sixth branch following Bangkok, London, Tokyo, Korea and Malaysia. Best-selling dishes include pad thai noodle, fried prawn with tamarind sauce and noodle soup with roast duck. While they tasted ordinarily good, their prices are extraordinarily high - expect to pay 170 baht for a duck noodle dish.

Nearby at concourse F there are The Traveller: Pizza & More and The Traveller: Sports Cafe & Bar.
 
Fastfood outlets
Other than international brands like Burger King, Dairy Queen and Siamese pizza chain The Pizza Company, there are several other venues where you can grab a quick meal before your flight.

However, some of the places offer what you may only consider as a stomach-filler rather than a palate-pleaser. Chow and Haru seemed to serve up quick Chinese dishes served by scoop, while Pitcher and Plane is more of a sandwich corner, and the mini food-court-likeBillion Zone is the place where you may find a porkballs noodle stall among a few other stalls.

Wine bars and lounges
Four stylish looking bars are located at the middle of the 500-metre-long hallway along concourse D. Managed by the Accor hotel group, Reef Bar, Glass Bar, Light Bar and Seafood Bar are places where business travelers can enjoy good wine and champagne while relishing oysters and other seafood. In the morning the bars offer breakfast but from 11am onward they feature more substantial fare.

Snack and deli corners, coffee shops, juice bars and ice cream parlours

Caffeine-addicted travelers will never feel drowsy thanks to these coffee joints. Proudly representing Thailand are local favourite homegrown brands Caffe Nero by Black Canyon, Doi Tung Coffee and Coffee World, among others.

Starbucks and the British high quality tea and bakery shop Whittard of Chelsea are also featured in this area.

For ice cream fans and kids, Iberry and The Cream & Fudge Factory are where you can enjoy wide varieties of fruit sorbet as well as counter-fried ice cream - that’s what Bangkok teenagers currently cherish.

The Miracle by Louis’ Tavern, Bakery Chic and Cafe de Suvarnabhumi are among several other places to be checked out.

Main terminal
Featuring more than a dozen eating venues, the main terminal is an open area where non-passenger are allowed. Among them are Tate Cafe by Le Notre, S&P, Daily Suki, Lee Cafe and China Town. Yet, as long as the new airport remains popular among meddlesome locals, the main terminal is just a hectic ground with packed restaurants.