Free entry
PlaceCulture
Wat Ratchapradit
A compact royal temple rewards a careful look at its marble surfaces and layered architectural details.
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Places worth your time
Get to know the places behind our Bangkok recommendations, with source-checked visitor details.
Choose one plan to begin with, then use the linked listing for checked practical details and the official source. This is our growing Bangkok selection, with more places added as we verify them.
PlaceCulture
Wat Thepthidaram
Bring poetry and temple architecture into the same old-town walk at a monastery associated with Sunthorn Phu.
PlaceCulture
Wat Chana Songkhram
Step away from the bustle around Banglamphu into an active temple courtyard with its own quieter rhythm.
PlaceCulture
Wat Phra Ram 9 Kanchanaphisek
A modern Bangkok temple offers a different architectural perspective from the ornate complexes of the old city.
PlaceFood & drink
Vesper
An intimate Silom cocktail room suits an evening built around a seat at the bar and a considered drinks menu.
PlaceFood & drink
Bar Us
A tasting-menu approach to cocktails gives this Sukhumvit bar a food-minded way to structure the evening.
PlaceFood & drink
Mahaniyom Cocktail Bar
Thai ingredients and an inventive cocktail menu make this a stop for drinkers curious about flavour and technique.
PlaceFood & drink
Rabbit Hole
A discreet Thonglor entrance opens into a cocktail bar where the menu gives plenty to discuss across the counter.
PlaceConcerts
TEP BAR
Traditional Thai musical sounds and contemporary bar culture meet in a small Chinatown shophouse.
PlaceFood & drink
Asia Today
A Soi Nana cocktail stop explores Thai ingredients with a menu that invites a little curiosity.
PlaceFood & drink
Teens of Thailand
A small gin-focused bar makes an easy starting point for a Soi Nana evening in Chinatown.
PlaceFood & drink
Opium Bar
An upper-floor Chinatown bar extends a night around cocktails, heritage architecture and a more secluded room.
PlaceConcerts
Smalls
A corner in Suan Phlu brings jazz, art and late conversations into a compact neighbourhood bar.
PlaceConcerts
Brown Sugar
Choose a live set at a Bangkok jazz institution and let the music set the pace for dinner and drinks.
PlaceConcerts
Saxophone Pub
A long-running Victory Monument venue puts live jazz and blues at the centre of a night out.
PlaceConcerts
Bar Temp.
A compact Chinatown dance floor gives Bangkok’s independent electronic music community a room for close-up DJ sets.
PlaceConcerts
Speakerbox
Choose an independent live show at a Thonglor venue that gives local bands and visiting artists a stage.
PlaceConcerts
Sing Sing Theater
A theatrical room turns a DJ-led night into an immersive outing in Sukhumvit.
PlaceConcerts
12x12
An intimate music bar offers a smaller-scale night shaped by selectors, records and the people around the room.
PlaceFood & drink
Bar Marco
A relaxed Thonglor bar puts cocktails, wine and small plates at the centre of an unhurried evening.
PlaceConcerts
Foojohn Jazz Club
An upstairs jazz room in Talat Noi, with cocktails and a programme that makes the band the reason to come.
PlaceConcerts
The Iron Fairies Bangkok
Live music and an elaborate fantasy interior make this a bar for an evening with a sense of theatre.
PlaceFood & drink
Tichuca
A high-rise rooftop in Thonglor brings cocktails and a wide view of the city into the same plan.
PlaceFood & drink
Yao Rooftop Bar
Look across the river-facing cityscape from a Surawong rooftop before continuing the night nearby.