Region: Northeast Thailand> Province: Nakhon Phanom> Location: Nakhon Phanom

General

As long as you do not want to eat seafood, the bunch of seafood restaurants along the river serve cheap Thai food. As soon as you say fish, the price rockets, so order carefully and check your bill.

Centre of town - Typical fare
Thamrong Prasit Rd - Nakhon Phanom

On Thamrong Prasit Rd, near the intersection with Fuang Nakhon Rd there is a collection of noodle and rice shops that do standard Thai fare and running north from that intersection are a couple of bars of which Cho is about the best, though overall Nakhon Phanom seemed to be a town that goes to bed pretty early.
Type of Food: Thai /

North by Northeast Travel - Friendly
746/1 Sunthornvichit Rd - Nakhon Phanom
Tel: (042) 513 572;
http://www.thaitourism.com

This restaurant associated with the same-named tour company does reasonable Thai and western snacks, cold drinks and has very friendly service. They also run tours from here into Laos, some of the tours looked quite interesting but they are not cheap. Check their website for more information.
Type of Food: International / Thai /

Riverside restaurants - A range of options
Along the riverbank area - Nakhon Phanom

Beside the river, opposite the clocktower there are a couple of seafood restaurants, but this area was being redeveloped when we visited (December 2004), so they may be gone by the time you visit. We found the Rubtawan Restaurant, attached to the Mae Nam Kong Grand View to the south of town to be the best option.
Type of Food: Seafood / Thai /