Typical of the arty single-room bars on riverside Phra Arthit, softly lit Bali consists of four walls of pictures, as well as the requisite food and cocktails.

Like Boh's drinks list of local whisky and mixers, its outdoor seating (set on the actual timbered pier) is hardly classy. But the views are free and the...

A pioneer of this hip bar/restaurant strip, Hemlock maintains a near-Mediterranean breeziness (whitewashed walls and a rock-strewn interior). Exhibitions...

This survivor of the original RCA explosion looks like a cowboy saloon stranded in ancient China. 'Songs for Life' (Thai blues) fans flock here for live...

Young creatives and Khao San escapees gather on the chilled-out roof terrace for spicy Thai food and views of the floodlit Golden Mount and antics outside...

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.

There's a blurred, smoky quality to this bar in an old house, decked out in train benches and Chinese tea-house chairs. It's an oasis of charm behind a...

For a decade, this 1,600-diner microbrewery has served Thai and German fare with yard-tall tabletop kegs under a barrel-shaped dome. Nightly (excepting...

An ever-changing mish-mash of funky furniture, neon signs, robots, memorabilia and oil paintings, where regulars play pool, use the free Wi-Fi, listen to...