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...

People-watching terraces spread out from this cheap and cheerful rendezvous, with happy hour prize draws, ultra-familiar staff and chalkboards in the loo...

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...

Amid the plaid-and-stetson bars of Washington Square, this New Orleans-themed bar/restaurant stands out for its long bar and Cajun-Creole food like...

Resembling a cavernous Chicago speakeasy adorned with Americana, this cracking music bar hosts each night a trio of bands (ska, jazz, blues) as cool as the...

An old favourite that retains an earthy, clubby ambience, but is getting shabby. Thai and expat musicians and singers reel out jazz covers with often...

Follow muffled music to an inconspicuous, white, wooden-walled forecourt with a Thai sign. It hides table after table of merry hipster students and...

Microscopic yet infinitely expandable, this outdoor bar consists of just a few stools around a counter obscured by a thicket of eccentric ephemera....

This fun Mexican restaurant bar boasts the country's largest selection of tequilas and Margaritas. Among the office crowd, ties loosen over two buzzing...

The sumptuous Distil bar boasts an imposing choice of drinks and cigars, with a breezy bed-lined terrace.

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

Tucked in an alley of used-book shops, the retro-kitsch Hippie attracts not hippies but young, alternative Thais. Mismatched furniture, quirky wall hangings...

The revival and global fame of Thai silk owes much to Jim Thompson, a US architect who came to Thailand at the end of World War II with the OSS (now the...