The first store to offer Thai silk 'à la carte', tailor-woven to request. It's top quality, and they haven't imposed a minimum spend, so order that silk...

Garden bar-restaurants are getting rarer; this fine example with wooden decks within an (intentionally) broken wall can become a late-night affair. After a...

An awesome Arabic band blasts souk rhythms to back mesmeric singers in a vast, ornate interior. From midnight onwards on some nights, bellydancers shimmy on...

The only non-mall branch of Thailand's biggest English book chain shelves magazines and tomes on Asian design, cooking and heritage, plus UK and US...

Long before gracing Milan Fashion Week in 2005, Pichitra Boonyarataphan Ruksajit was a dame of Thai couture (she designed the Thai Airways uniforms)....

This one-time beau-monde haunt has hosted Jim Thompson and Scandinavian royalty, and a cult following of creatives and Asia obsessives. Moralistic literary...

Baan Chang Thai is dedicated to preserving and teaching traditional crafts. There are courses on an ancient southern form of muay thai, plus puppet making...

This non-stop rustic wooden 'coffee garden' serves tea and coffee in modern and local styles, plus a full Thai menu. Inside are nine iMacs with internet,...

The focus on graphic arts, design and photography titles rare elsewhere suits the fashion-forward H1 location. Browsing is encouraged.

Evolving far beyond the inspiration of Amsterdam's Bed bar, this brilliant venue keeps redefining itself via performance art, events, Bedsheets magazine,...

Surrounding Lake Ratchada, this is the first stage in converting the Thailand Tobacco Monopoly into a park. It offers jogging, cycling (with bike hire),...

Amid Benjasiri's fountains, ponds and pavilions stand sculptures by Thai artist Misiem Yipintsoi. The park hosts festivals, and exercisers relish the skate...

A soothing, space-age spa offering hi-tech diagnostics and workouts for body-styling. Also does holistic rebalancing through tests and treatments, from...

Though a great food capital, Bangkok has a chink in its culinary armour: there are too few sublime, upscale Thai restaurants. This ambitious newcomer tries...