Despite extending via a bridge across Soi 2, all three floors heave with Thais and farang of all ages, tastes and agendas; it's more commercial the higher...

Comfy and modern, Bangkok's main art-house cinema offers niche and festival films, some with gay themes.

A show gay bar with loyal customers, JJ is warm and chatty, with nightly singers (real and lip-sync) and comics. Upstairs it connects via nooks to Club...

Named after Buddha's birthplace in Nepal, the capital's best green enclave was donated in 1925 by King Rama VI, whose statue dominates the gate opposite...

An old GI R&R joint, this block became Bangkok's first backpacker hotel in the 1970s. Today, many guests return time and again, including many gays, due to...

Here, less affluent gays fuelled by Thai whisky and hormones bop to a bewildering succession of Thai and Western hits and hoot at the saucy cabaret.

This classy, intimate bar-restaurant has served the gay scene's best food (Thai and foreign) for two decades. Pharaoh's upstairs is a cosy karaoke lounge.

At this hip hostel, each of the 30 air-conditioned, brightly-walled 'sleeping rooms' has a different artistic theme. The private rooms and dorms come with...

Right by Patpong, yet quiet, this small hotel forgoes chic for other qualities: cosiness, convenience and efficiency. It's very gay-friendly.

Fun and flirty, Bangkok's first Western-style gay bar-restaurant fills its terrace with pretties, expats and tourists. Phones allow cross-room dialling.