Manohra Dinner Cruise
Manohra is one of the most luxurious dinner cruises on the Chao Phraya river. Enjoy a traditional Thai dinner while the boat gently floats by some of Bangkok’s most beautiful sites.
Restored antique wooden rice barge
The Manohra dinner cruise boat is an antique teak wood rice barge. In previous centuries many were used on the Chao Phraya river to transport rice from the rural areas to the capitol Bangkok.
The beautifully restored classic barge is much smaller than the modern cruise ships, giving the cruise a more intimate feel.
Luxury cruise
The Manohra cruise is operated by the Anantara Riverside Bangkok Resort, one of Bangkok’s luxurious hotels.
As the number of tables on the barge is small, service is more personal than on the large cruise ships. There is no queuing for buffet, the food is served to the table. Floating down the River of Kings, one of the crew members points out some of the most famous landmarks on the river banks.
Both adults and children will enjoy an evening of fine dining in a relaxed atmosphere on the River of Kings.
Tranquility of the river
The barge is quite small and open on all sides allowing diners to enjoy the cool evening river breeze. No loud music is played aboard, so diners can enjoy the tranquility of the river. The Manohra dinner cruise provides for a relaxing evening on the river, where the pace is much slower than in the city.
Traditional Thai cuisine
Unlike most dinner cruises on the Chao Phraya river, there is no buffet. The nicely presented food is brought to your table. With a good variety of Thai food and seafood, there is plenty to cater to everyone’s taste. Halal food is available.
Menu
Diners have a choice of Thai cuisine menu or vegetarian menu. Both are a set menu with regional specialties and traditional Thai favorites.
Thai cuisine set menu
Starter: The traditional Thai starter is a snack originating from North Thailand: Savory betel leaves wrapped with peanuts, coconut, shrimp, lime, chili and coconut sauce.
Appetizers: Tuna salad with several spices, Thai deep fried prawn cake with sweet tom yam sauce, fresh spring rolls with sweet tamarind sauce.
Soup: Tom Yum Goong, spicy and sour soup with prawns.
Main course: Massaman curry with beef, crispy roasted duck, stir fried tiger prawn with chili in yellow curry, wok fried vegetables, white and brown rice.
Desserts: Mango sticky rice, red water chestnut rubies in coconut milk, Thai tea.
Vegetarian set menu
Starter: The traditional Thai starter is a snack originating from North Thailand: Savory betel leaves wrapped with spices and fresh herbs and sweet tamarind sauce.
Appetizers: Fruit salad, deep fried jasmine rice cake with sweet chili sauce, grilled marinated tofu with coconut milk, soy sauce and turmeric topped with peanut sauce.
Soup: Spicy soup with mushrooms and several vegetables.
Main course: Vegetarian green curry, stir fried long eggplant with red jalapeño, soy bean and sweet basil leaf, sauté vegetarian bean curd with cashew nuts, white and brown rice.
Desserts: Mango sticky rice, Thai Royal dessert and look chub, a sweet bite sized and colorful snack shaped like several kinds of fruits and vegetables, Thai tea.
Route & landmarks
The Manohra cruise barge departs from the Anantara Riverside Resort. Heading North, the barge sails upstream the Chao Phraya river over a distance of nearly 15 kilometers and then turns around at Rama VIII bridge.
Modern and historical sites
Along the way diners will see both modern and historical sites, some of them beautifully illuminated at night. Manohra staff point out some of the most famous landmarks while the barge floats by.
Right after departure on the other side of the river is Asiatique the Riverfront, a shopping, dining and entertainment complex with a large illuminated Ferris wheel.
Luxury hotels, churches & temples
The barge then floats by modern riverside luxury hotels as the Shangri-La, the Mandarin Oriental and the Millennium Hilton as well as several churches like Holy Rosary Church and Santa Cruz Church and Buddhist temples as Wat Rakang, Wat Kalayanamitr and Wat Prayurawongsawas.
Grand Palace and Wat Arun
Highlight is the historical area Rattanakosin with Bangkok’s most famous sites, the Grand Palace and the Wat Arun, beautifully illuminated after dark.
Departure pier & time
The Manohra dinner cruise departs from the pier of the Anantara Riverside Bangkok Resort. The hotel is located at 257/1-3 Charoen Nakhon Road in Thonburi.
The cruise departs daily at 19:30, check in is at 19:15.
Getting to the pier
To get to the hotel pier you can use the free Anantara shuttle hotel boat from Sathorn pier. The shuttle boat leaves every 20 minutes, the trip takes about 10 to 15 minutes. The last shuttle boat from Anantara Pier back to Sathorn pier is at 23:40.
You can get to Sathorn pier by BTS Sky Train, get off the train at Saphan Taksin station.
Alternatively, take a metered taxi to the Anantara Riverside Resort. If you’re close to the hotel, a tuk tuk is another option.
Dinner cruise prices
Rates are:
Prices include a set dinner menu, either Thai or vegetarian. Thai tea is included, other drinks are not.
Child rate: age 4 - 12
Toddler rate: age 0 - 3
More dinner cruises
Other dinner cruises in Bangkok are:
Manohra Cruise Luxury Dining
- Luxury cruise with fine dining
- See the City of Angles from the boat
- See sites as the Temple of Dawn and Grand Palace
- Duration about 2 hours
Other dinner cruises Bangkok