Lido Connect

There’s a suspicious amount packed into Lido Connect’s second floor. In one run of shopfronts, Nailvana does nail art; Xanap, develops actual rolls of 35mm film; Unisound Bangkok sells second-hand Japanese guitars and other instruments; and RENTROOM fills curated racks with vintage and Y2K clothing. Add rotating small Thai labels including Unfound Project, Blulagoon and 22 October Group, and you have a floor held together by one idea: ‘things a slightly niche Bangkok 20-something would actually want’. Nothing feels mall consultant-approved. It’s more as if a group of friends were handed shopfronts and told to sell whatever they were already obsessed with.

Address: 2/F, Lido Connect, 256 Rama I Road, Siam Square (between Soi Siam Square 2 and 3)

Hours: Most second-floor shops open roughly 11am-8pm, though times vary by tenant; check individual Instagram pages before visiting

Read: ‘Bangkok's 10 best film labs’ by Tita Honghirunkham, Feature Writer.

Read: ‘The best vintage shops in Bangkok’ by Kraprib Premsinee, Writer.