78 bars · 8 neighborhoods
Bangkok's drinking scene is spread across distinct districts, each with its own character. Pick a neighborhood to see every bar we recommend in that corner of the city.
The long spine of Bangkok nightlife. High-rise rooftops, hidden stairwell speakeasies, and the city's most ambitious cocktail programs cluster along the BTS line here.
A small, unhurried rooftop where the city glitters and nobody checks your shoes.
A restaurant that becomes a club, with cocktails carrying you across the handover.
Bangkok's design district after dark — where Australian expats, creatives, and the city's best interior designers open gothic forges, natural-wine bars, and izakayas down narrow sois.
The district that quietly contains Bangkok's best drinking — Thong Lo, Ekkamai and Asoke all sit inside it. Craft beer gardens, unmarked doors, and theatrical late-night rooms within a few sois of each other.
The business core by day, a serious drinking destination by night. Marble lounges, modern classic cocktail bars, and bohemian jazz corners tucked between the office towers.
Bangkok's original skyscraper canyon. Home to the world's most famous rooftop bars, old-school pubs, and a nightlife strip that's seen everything.
The city's shopping heart, crowned by some of its most glamorous hotel rooftops. Come for the mega-malls, stay for a martini 55 floors above them.
Where the Chao Phraya does the showing off. Skyline lounges and hotel bars face the temples, bridges, and dinner cruisers drifting past in the dark.
Yaowarat turns into one of the world's great street-food-and-drink corridors after sundown. Herbal Thai spirits, live folk music, and neon-lit alleys you'll lose an evening in.