Bangkok's top 10 spots for health-conscious dining

Time Out

21-07-2025

Luka doesn't claim a clean‑eating label – but it's consciously woven into every dish through respect for the origin of each ingredient. I feel genuinely reassured when I eat here. There's something comforting about knowing your meal didn't come at the cost of something else. Their ingredients are thoughtfully sourced, the cows are grass-fed, the chickens are cage-free, the fish are line-caught from Thai coastal fisheries in Prachuap. Even the beef is from a regenerative farm in Australia with a zero-carbon footprint. Everything, down to the bakery items they source from their neighbour Congky in Ekkamai, is traced and considered. The space matches the energy: cosy and bathed in warm light, with just enough raw industrial edge to feel cool, but still soft enough to stay all day. The kind of space where the staff remember your face, ask how you're doing, and actually mean it. It feels like a cafe you'd see in a movie, only real.
Prawn and mango salad marries grilled curried prawns, juicy mango, crisp lettuce, cucumber, radicchio, walnuts, ricotta, crispy farro – and that oregano vinaigrette dressing: bright, tangy, the real hero of the dish. It ties everything together so cleanly that you barely notice how many textures and flavours are dancing around at once. It's refreshing and full of contrast: soft and crunchy, sweet and savoury, creamy and acidic, and I mean it when I say: I actually left no crumbs. 10/10. Poke bowl is also one to come back for. Half Italian, half Japanese, it's loaded with line-caught fish marinated in koji and house-made teriyaki (all the sauces and pickles made in-house, by the way). Swap the brown rice for chickpea rice if you're after more protein or fewer carbs. And unlike most chickpea rice, it doesn't carry that fishy scent – it just tastes like good rice.
And then there was key lime honey tart. A little sour, a little sweet, with candied lemon that made everything pop. The yoghurt whipped cream kept it light, almost airy. The kind of bite that makes you believe in perfect endings.