Bangkok's food section holds 2 curated guides, restaurants and cafes, both at the 12-entry selection cap. Cafes get their own standalone guide at full depth rather than a sidebar in a combined dining list. That split gives visitors 2 separate planning tracks. The restaurants guide is built around sit-down meals. The cafes guide maps the quieter hours between them.
Open the restaurants guide first if you're building plans around meals. The 12 entries there could fill nearly 2 weeks without repeating a spot. Switch to the cafes guide when you want somewhere to sit between meals, or when rain sends you looking for cover. Both guides carry 12 entries, so a short 3-day Bangkok trip still has more picks than you'll likely need. For stays longer than a week, work through both.
August in Bangkok averages 32°C highs with 26 rain days. September holds at 31°C with 28, nearly every day of the month. The cafes guide tends to be the more practical list during these 2 months.
August averages 26 rain days at 32°C and September 28 at 31°C, so food plans in Bangkok bend around daily rain during both months.