8 new bars you’ve probably heard of but have never been to

Laidback vibes combine with sci-fi and gaming nostalgia from the ’80s at Arcadia, the coolest—and geekiest—dive bar on Soi Sukhumvit Plus. Chug down good craft beer while mashing away on the homemade arcade machines.

Who says sipping a cocktail doesn’t go with watching a Thai boxing game? The 46th best bar in Asia has a pop-up cocktail bar at Bangkok’s main boxing ring throughout the month of May as part of the stadium’s image-revamping project.

Khaosan Road is known for those blow-out nights that start with a bucket of beer in some streetside bar and end at a nightclub where thumping tunes are blasted. At Bar Darn, however, a different experience is offered to guests. The underwater-inspired bar invites you to dive into the virtual blue ocean while sipping a highly creative cocktail inspired by the bar’s interiors.

Of the many music bars in Bangkok, only Freaking Out the Neighborhood offers the experience of listening to one full side of a vinyl record—just in case you need to be reminded of those days when streaming music wasn’t a thing.

Part of Yolo Group—home to Teens of Thailand, Asia Today, and TAX—Independence Bar is the newest introduced to Chinatown’s Soi Nana as a wine bar where you can relish a wide range of traditional and natural wine.

The mixologists behind #FindTheLockerRoom push the boundaries of cocktail creation at this new venture, which showcases “resourceful cocktails” that involve the use of every part of one ingredient—flower, leaf, fruit, flesh, root, juice—to create a single concoction.

Have you seen that roadtrip tearjerker One for the Road? If not, head to Netflix to stream it. If you have, you may want to relive that New York moment in the movie at this bar, which was created to resemble the dive bars in the Big Apple.

Don’t worry about getting bombarded with political puffery here. The only propaganda you need to believe will have you enjoying the cool vibes and drinks inspired by many famous—and infamous—public figures in world history.