The best New Year’s eve dinners around Thailand
Big tables, great views and midnight fireworks. Where to book New Year’s dinner in Thailand when you want the food to matter
New Year’s Eve dinner in Thailand is never just about eating. It’s about sitting somewhere you actually want to stay, ordering another drink without checking the time, and letting the night go by until midnight sneaks up on the table.
This list is for people who want their last meal of the year to feel like a moment. Big buffets, skyline rooftops, beachfront lawns and hotel dining rooms that know how to throw a proper finale. Dress up if you want, stay seated longer than planned, and let dinner carry you into the countdown.
5 Places to enjoy a New Year’s eve dinner in Thailand
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| InterContinental Koh Samui | Clifftop dining with big buffet energy, live music, and fireworks lighting up the ocean right in front of you. |
| Meliá Chiang Mai | A feast-first evening that moves from a generous buffet to Chiang Mai’s tallest rooftop for skyline views and a polished countdown. |
| The St. Regis Bangkok | Classic glamour with Champagne, seafood, and the option to shift from a long dinner into a lively late-night bar countdown. |
| Banyan Tree Krabi | Beachfront dining under the stars with seafood, Southern Thai flavours, live performances, and fireworks over the water. |
| Pullman Pattaya Hotel G | A relaxed seaside buffet with a Miami Glam mood, playful desserts, flowing drinks, and a social crowd ready to stay late. |
InterContinental Koh Samui
New Year’s Eve at InterContinental Koh Samui is all about dinner with a view. Head to Amber Restaurant and Air Bar for a cliffside celebration dressed in bold peacock colours as the sun dips and the sky turns dark. The buffet goes big with seafood, BBQ and premium dishes, all served all you can eat style. Between plates, there’s live entertainment to keep things moving, with a band, DJ and saxophone setting the mood without stealing the spotlight. As the night rolls on, fireworks light up the sky above the ocean, giving you a front row seat from the bar.
Meliá Chiang Mai
Meliá Chiang Mai is doing New Year’s Eve on a grand scale, starting with the New Year’s Eve Symphony Buffet at Laan Na Kitchen. It’s a proper feast with international dishes, carving stations, live cooking, and festive desserts, with drink packages available if you want to pace yourself. Later, things move up to MAI The Sky Bar on the 22nd floor, the tallest rooftop bar in the city. Live bands, DJs and well made cocktails take over as the skyline lights up. From here you get sweeping views of the Ping River on one side and Doi Suthep on the other, with a glass bridge linking the highest seating areas for a pretty unforgettable countdown.
The St. Regis Bangkok
New Year’s Eve at The St. Regis is the perfect choice for anyone who wants a proper celebration, with two different ways to spend New Year’s Eve, depending on whether your priority is a long dinner or a lively night at the bar. Start with dinner at VIU, where the night leans glamorous in a very classic way. There’s Champagne flowing, a serious seafood spread on the table, and live music setting the pace while everyone settles in for a proper celebration over dinner.
Prefer to skip straight to drinks and dancing instead? Head to The St. Regis Bar later in the evening. The space turns cosy and festive, with premium pours, canapés going around, and a crowd ready to count down together. Music picks up, the mood loosens, and the night carries on well past midnight.
Banyan Tree Krabi
New Year’s Eve at Banyan Tree Krabi is both easy and indulgent, set right on the beachfront lawn with the sea close enough to hear. The night centres on a generous buffet that goes big on variety, from sushi and sashimi to carving stations, truffle risotto, cheese and charcuterie, plus plenty of seafood including river lobster, prawns and Fine de Claire oysters.
There’s also a live Southern Thai station serving tom yam and massaman curry, which quickly becomes a favourite. Selected drinks flow alongside live music and performances, keeping the mood lively but relaxed. As the 2026 countdown rolls in, eyes turn to the beach for fireworks over the water, wrapping up the year under the stars.
Pullman Pattaya Hotel G
Pull on something shiny and head seaside for a New Year’s Eve dinner with a Miami Glam mood. Pullman Pattaya Hotel G is setting the table right by Wongamat Beach, serving a big international buffet with plenty to wander back for seconds. Seafood lovers get their fix with prawns, crab and oysters on ice, while the carving station rolls out rib eye, wagyu flank and roasted duck.
You’ll find sushi and sashimi, Thai favourites like Penang curry and steamed sea bass, plus desserts that lean playful, from a strawberry tower to live churros. It’s relaxed, social and made for long chats over plates that keep changing. Drinks packages are available if you want wine, cocktails or beer flowing before the night shifts into countdown mode.
There are many ways to welcome a new year, but a great dinner is still one of the best. Be sure to book early and let the last dinner of the year do its thing. The countdown will handle itself.
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