Replacing the popular Suan Lum Night Bazaar which closed down some years ago. Asiatique has a great location right alongside the Chao Phraya River, and while it isn’t centrally located, a free shuttle boat from the Saphan Taksin pier makes it easy to access, although if you come around dinnertime, the boat lines will be very long. Asiatique took over...

Having a drink in a sky bar has to be one of the top attractions in Bangkok. The views of the city are dazzling, and it’s a great way to relax, beat the heat, and escape the traffic, noise, and congestion below. The Moon Bar is probably the top pick of the litter, for several reasons. Sitting on the 68th...

This upscale jazz bar in the historic Oriental Hotel features international jazz musicians in its retro tropical cocktail room. Chairs are covered in tiger and leopard print fabrics and sections of the ceiling are painted trompe l’œil bamboo. The Thaijito is a mojito with lemon grass and ginger served with a sugar cane. There are fresh fruit margaritas, and other...

This is truly a hole in the wall, with the entire establishment outside on the pavement. Patrons belly up to the counter, sit at one of a dozen stools, or stand on the sidewalk, within the ropes and painted lines that create the invisible walls. Behind the counter, the bar’s design is driven by a horror vacui aesthetic. The place has...

With rotating art exhibitions curated by H Gallery in the sleek dining room and a creative menu that changes seasonally, Eat Me has earned a unique reputation and a lot of attention. The dishes on their menus incorporate a few different culinary traditions in eclectic ways. They offer small plates and large plates, so diners can order a few different ones to...

With a bright marquee out front and a dim interior, Eaux de Vie feels like a cross between a saloon and an old movie house. They serve ten different kinds of potent, technicolor slush for 170 baht a pitcher. For those too sophisticated for Slurpees, the bartender also makes Lucky Roses and Mai Tais. Long-hair rocker servers make their way...

Inside traditional teak buildings surrounded by banana trees and lotus ponds is cocktail lounge Face Bar; a Thai restaurant called Lan Na Thai; Hazara, an Indian restaurant; Misaki, a sushi bar; plus a spa and a cooking school. It’s a pretty, sprawling compound of dramatic interiors filled with Asian antiques and wood carvings.  Colorful silk pillows are thrown here and...

Behind the stage hangs a giant, sepia portrait of Charlie Parker that is turning toasty brown with age. Circling the stage is a counter where some like to sit close to the band. Others lean over the railings of the wooden balconies above, or tuck away in one of the many musty corners and try to talk over the music....

On the top floor of a mysterious, narrow building across from Century the Movie Plaza is a bar with a view of the nearby Victory Monument Skytrain station. After walking up a spray-painted stairwell you step onto a terrace, where there’s usually a good pop, (not jazz, as the name suggests) band playing. There are low tables and seats in...

Locating specific types of street food in Bangkok usually requires time and honing skills, since individual sellers typically specialize in one dish and recipes vary. But at Soul Food Mahanakorn, owner and food writer Jarrett Wrisley has already done the legwork by bringing together the tastiest Thai hawker food under one roof. Made with only the freshest ingredients primarily sourced...

This rooftop bar and restaurant has great views overlooking Bangkok. It’s on the 25th floor of [email protected] Design Hotel & Spa, a multiplex tower of restaurants, bars, and a hotel and spa (hence its name) which could be a set for a sci-fi remake of Miami Vice that still (sort of) took place in the ’80s. They have what they refer...

The vintage furniture, art, and collectibles here, all of which are for sale, almost clutter this two-story bar and restaurant. Owner Khun Tong also runs another second-hand store called Papaya which has been around for at least a decade. The same late ’60s lounge chairs and exotica statuettes that are there are at Tuba, but with gigantic mojitos and and...

Before Kaosan Road, there was a foreign traveler scene on the sois off Sathon Road around Malaysia Hotel. Wong’s Place dates back to that era. Although the original owner died, a relative (his brother?) who knows and loves rock as much as he did has since taken over the bar. Almost everyone here is not Thai, including the house band....

If there’s one thing westerners wish there was more of in Bangkok, it’s wine. And Thais have begun to agree with them. The city has more than enough whisky, rum, and coffee, but sometimes that’s not enough. At the dim, cavernous WP wine pub in the Pullman Hotel, Thai, French, and other foreign customers gather to sip a glass at the...