Bangkok is changing rapidly. Around 14 million tourists stay in the city every year. The makeup of the nationalities have changed over time, and that is demonstrated clearly in the city’s party areas.
Amazing Open Air/Rooftop bars:
Long Table at Column Hotel. If you see thunderstorms rolling in from the east, dash towards this bar for the perfect vantage point.
Sky Bar/The Dome @ Sirocco @ Lebua, State Tower, No rain today? Plan to get to Sky Bar for sunset drinks, then venture to the Sky Bar on the other side of the dome for a night time view of the city.
Vertigo, Banyan Tree Hotel. Great view, but get in early to avoid the seats near the loud exhaust towers.
Also high altitude up:
Quiet High Altitude Drinks Okura Prestige
The Thong Lor Ashley Sutton Triumvirate:
Iron Fairies – Clouds – Fat Gutz. If you’re near by, go visit in that order. Iron Fairies has been so extraordinarily popular the place has started falling apart at the seams, last I checked in 2012.
Where: Soi Thong Lor > BTS Thonglor > Sukhumvit 55, motorcycle taxi to near J-Av (J-Avenue).
Old Haunts: Tuba – this place doubles as an Ex-pat furniture shop. Mandatory visit for antique lovers for sure. Also in the same vein, Shades Of Retro.
Late night eating > Soi 38 street food. > Nobu, Thonglor 14.
Sukhumvit Road
BTS Asoke / Sukhumvit Soi 16/ Asoke Montri Rd.
Sukhumvit Soi 11:
BTS Nana > Sukhumvit Soi 3
Late night eats: Bamboo Restaurant Russian/Arabic
Arabic Quarter ( food )
Tawangdang Beer Hall
BTS Sala Daeng / Silom Rd / Sathorn / Patpong
Silom Soi 4 / Thaniya Rd. (Japanese Food)
Khaosan Area > Adhere the 13th Blues Bar
Party Areas
Soi Ekkamai > Sukhumvit 63
Royal City Avenue (RCA)
Silom Area.
Sukhumvit Soi 11.
Khao San Road Area.
Rambuttri Area.
Beyond Khao San: Cafe Democ, Adhere the 13th Blues Bar.
Thong Lor/Ekkamai