Socials Sukhumvit

What is it? Part cocktail bar, part bathhouse, and the biggest genre-bender of this list. You order a drink downstairs, then head upstairs to the sauna and ice bath, where the same staff who pour your negroni happily walk you into a tub of ice.

Why we love it: Socials refuses to pick a side: the old night out or the new wellness hang. Order a negroni and plunge anyway, or skip the booze entirely and come just for the contrast circuit and the company. Either works. The staff treat everyone like a regular from day one, and first-timers get talked through the whole thing. 

‘We wanted to create a place where wellness feels social and approachable, not intimidating,’ says owner Bunyesa ‘May’ Ngoenthong. ‘Combining an ice bath, sauna, cafe and cocktail bar gives people a space to relax, recover and connect in one place.’ Nowhere else makes the after-work drink and the cold plunge the same outing.

Time Out Tip: Go with a friend and make a proper evening of it – cocktail first, contrast circuit after.

928 Sukhumvit 101 (Punnawithi Soi 28), Phra Khanong. Sessions from B200 (B240 at weekends). Open Tue-Sun, 11.30am-10pm. 

Ice bath, sauna, cafe and bar all run these hours, with the bar sometimes staying open until 2am at weekends.