The best things to do in Bangkok this weekend (October 9-12)

Bangkok’s literary scene is tuning up again, this year under the playful theme ‘Melody of Books’ with the question: ‘Have you read? Have you listened?’ The fair stretches across aisles packed with titles from every imaginable genre, a mix of publishers old and new, while corners hum with workshops, talks and interactive sessions. It’s less a market and more a symphony, where pages turn like notes and voices carry stories beyond the spine. Visitors wander between author meet-and-greets, live readings and unexpected performances, discovering that books aren’t just for reading but for experiencing, hearing and feeling. By the time you leave, your bag is heavier, your mind noisier and your appreciation for narrative a little more… orchestral.

October 9-19. Free. Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, 10am-9pm

Bangkok’s about to get a serious caffeine fix. The city’s first-ever coffee festival is brewing up something far beyond your average morning flat white. Imagine wandering through rows of beans from Colombia, Kenya and Chiang Mai, before meeting the roasters who talk about flavour notes like poets. Over 120 Thai coffee brands and 20 international ones are setting up shop, each promising their version of perfection in a cup. From sunrise ‘Run and Sip’ sessions to a full-blown ‘Coffee Rave Party’ after dark, this isn’t your typical tasting event – it’s a round-the-clock celebration. The Siam Coffee Odyssey will host the PCA Thailand 2025 competition and the Asean Coffee Championship finale, with plenty of free sips, matcha stalls and bakeries worth queuing for. Sleep can wait.

October 8-14. Free. Central World, 10am-10pm

Takuya Nakamura doesn’t just play music – he rearranges your sense of rhythm. The Tokyo-born musician has been bending genres since the ‘90s, fusing the unpredictability of jazz with the electricity of New York’s underground. A former student of the late George Russell, Takuya’s style is all experimentation and instinct, as if brass and beats were born to coexist. This weekend he lands in Bangkok for a one-night takeover at Siwilai Radical Club, joined by DJ Dragon and Goddam. Expect the unexpected – improvisations that twist from smokey jazz lines to restless electronic swells. For one night, Bangkok trades its neon gloss for a downtown basement vibe, where the saxophone and synth finally find common ground.

October 9. B400-600 via here and B800 at the door. Siwilai Radical Club, 9pm onwards

Bangkok’s drink scene gets another moment in the spotlight. The Bangkok Bar Show 2025 lands at the Anantara Siam Bangkok Hotel, turning the ballroom into a playground for anyone who thinks cocktails are an art form. Expect the city’s top brands to rub shoulders with bartenders from across the globe, each shaking, stirring and scheming their way to something unforgettable. Daytime panels and seminars in Montathip Room 1 offer a peek behind the scenes, spilling secrets about trends, techniques and the occasional scandal. It’s less about suits and more about curiosity – the kind that makes you linger over a glass, watch a twist of citrus catch the light, and realise that Bangkok’s bar world is a little chaotic, a little dazzling and entirely worth getting lost in.

October 10-12. B360-1,399 via here. Anantara Siam Bangkok Hotel, 1pm onwards

Bangkok’s cocktail crowd has plans this October. The St. Regis Bar is shaking things up with two nights of international takeovers during Bangkok Bar Show 2025, and it’s the kind of affair that could make even your usual drink order feel underdressed. Friday October 10, belongs to Singapore’s Cat Bite Club – ranked among Asia’s best and led by Jesse Vida and Gabriel Lowe, the duo who first crossed paths behind a San Francisco bar. Their creations are equal parts story and science, where every sip hints at terroir and obsession. Then, on Sunday October 12, comes The Aperitivo – From Mexico to Sydney. Expect Bar Mauro’s sunny Italian-style day drinking beside Maybe Sammy’s cinematic cocktails, a mix of silver screens, spritzes and everything in between.

October 10-12. Reserve via here. The St. Regis Bar, 8pm-11pm

Since its velvet curtains first swished open in 2015, Sing Sing has played the part of fever dream as much as nightclub. The interiors alone feel like a set piece from a film Baz Luhrmann might have directed after a long night in Bangkok – lacquered cages, glowing lanterns, shadows thick enough to lose your friends in. But it’s the music that has carried its legend. Gilles Peterson baptised the decks in its first year, and since then Dixon, DJ Tennis, Âme and Henrik Schwarz have left their signatures behind, threaded with Bangkok’s own restless talent. ‘A Decade of Decadence’ isn’t just a neat anniversary, it’s a salute to the community who’ve blurred the line between spectacle and sanctuary, keeping the club alive as both playground and temple of sound.

October 11. Reservation via 063-225-1331. Sing Sing Theater, 11pm onwards

Bangkok’s Birdies is turning up the heat with a three-day collaboration that brings Kuala Lumpur’s Humboldt to town. Named after the powerful current that connects Chile to the Galapagos, Humboldt is the brainchild of Lolita Goh and Joshua Ivanovic – the same duo behind JungleBird, one of KL’s most celebrated bars. Their menu reads like a love letter to Latin America. Expect smoky anticuchos, crisp yuca frita and ceviches so bright they could wake the dead. Cocktails follow suit – think a pisco sour reimagined or a canelazo with a sly tropical twist. It’s not just dinner, it’s a small expedition across a continent where rhythm, flavour and fire always find their way to the table.

October 10-12. Reserve via here. Birdies Bangkok, 6pm-11.30pm

If you’ve ever tumbled into a Junji Ito spiral at 2am, you’ll know his horror isn’t about sudden shocks. It’s the kind that worms under your skin and refuses to leave, lingering long after the page is closed. Think cursed beauties that regenerate no matter how many times they’re destroyed, balloon-headed predators dangling from nooses, and entire towns spiralling into obsession. The Junji Ito Collection Horror House brings those worlds to Bangkok, a walk-through that turns manga dread into something physical, sprawling over 1,500 square metres. Tomie’s ruinous charm and Souichi’s nail-chewing mischief are ready to greet visitors. The real kicker? Ito himself lands on October 11 at SF Cinema, MBK, a chance to meet the mind behind the nightmares and feel, just a little, like fiction is bleeding into life.

October 10-January 5. B300-1,000 via here. MBK Centre, 11am-8pm

Bangkok’s wardrobes are about to breathe again. LOH Market, the city’s first official edition of a long-running decluttering affair, is giving everyone an excuse to part ways with things that have overstayed their welcome – or to hunt for someone else’s forgotten treasure. Four zones make up this organised chaos. The ‘Declutter Zone’ is for the chronic overpackers finally ready to say goodbye to that top they swore they’d wear again. The ‘Michelin-Star Bargains’ area deals in unbelievable markdowns, while ‘Everything’s B100’ does exactly what it says. The ‘Too Cluttered to Keep’ zone handles the larger heartbreaks – furniture, home décor, the odd sentimental relic. It’s half therapy session, half treasure hunt, and somehow it all feels surprisingly good.

October 10-12. B100 at the door. Big C Rama 4, 2pm-10pm

Sandy B doesn’t just make music – he carries an entire era with him. The South African artist helped define kwaito back in the ‘90s, when his breakout track Amajovi Jovi turned local streets into dance floors. The album became a cult favourite, later revived by Toronto’s Invisible City to global praise. His sound blends gospel warmth with R&B soul, layered over basslines built for late nights and long memories. Three decades on, Sandy B remains both performer and mentor, guiding a new generation through South Africa’s evolving scene. At this show, he’s joined by Olbi Iyah, ManRaro and Juice Willis – selectors who know how to set a room alight before and after the legend takes the stage.

October 10. B200 via here and B400 at the door. Beamcube, 9pm onwards

Bangkok gets a whole lot of sparklers. Mariah Carey is back, hair flips, high notes and all, bringing her signature diva energy to the city for the first time in seven years. The tour marks two decades since The Emancipation of Mimi reshaped pop in 2005, a reminder of why her runs, riffs and whistle tones still feel untouchable. For fans old enough to remember belting along in 2005 or younger listeners discovering her through playlists and viral clips, this is a rare chance to hear the voice behind the legend. Expect glamour, theatrics and those moments that make you cheer so hard you forget your own air guitar routine. Bangkok is ready, Mariah just has to land.

October 11. B3,500-20,000 via here. IMPACT Challenger Hall, 7pm onwards

Bangkok Community Radio is growing up – four years in, and still sounding like the city on its best day. The station’s marking the occasion with a celebration that feels more like a reunion than a party, curated with the warmth and weirdness that’s always defined its airwaves. Regular favourites Wax On Wax Off, the elusive Kova O’ Sarin, and rising selector ANI!KA promise the kind of sets that could soundtrack the city’s after-hours glow. Headlining is Jonathan Kusumam, a neighbour in both geography and vibe, whose name alone guarantees a floor in motion. It’s all about gratitude – a nod to the listeners, late-night mixers and sonic wanderers who’ve kept the frequency alive.

October 11. B450-650 via here and B800 at the door. Beamcube, 5pm onwards

Russia’s Theatre has long been celebrated for taking the familiar and making it feel extraordinary. Known for daring staging and inventive reinterpretations, its productions draw audiences from across the globe, marrying tradition with fresh theatricality. For its Thailand debut, the company has crafted a version of The Nutcracker that feels entirely new. Sets shimmer with unexpected details, costumes pop with colour and texture, and added scenes give the story a richer emotional depth. 100 dancers bring Tchaikovsky’s score to life, while Clara’s generosity and Drosselmeyer’s sly magic open a night of wonder. The epilogue leaves you wondering what happens next, offering a quietly satisfying conclusion. It’s a production that honours the classic while feeling thrillingly contemporary – the perfect holiday escape.

October 11. B2,000-5,000 via here. Thailand Cultural Center, 7pm

For the first time, the Prix Pictet has arrived in Thailand, bringing with it 12 photographers whose work has been shortlisted for the award’s tenth cycle. The theme, ‘Human’, is both vast and uncomfortably precise. Each artist approaches it from a different angle, tracing the mess and wonder of being alive – whether through documentary, portrait, or images that test the very limits of light. The subjects are unflinching: the violence of borders, the fragility of childhood, the slow collapse of economies, the endurance of Indigenous communities, the marks left behind by industry. Collectively, they ask who we are and what we have done to the planet entrusted to us. Founded seventeen years ago, the Prix Pictet has never felt more urgent.

Until November 23. Free. Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, 10am-8pm

Chaiyot Jindakul’s latest series was born during a turning point in his life: becoming a father. Each canvas is threaded with the quiet astonishment of watching his first son grow, the weight of new responsibility balanced with the wonder of innocence unfolding before him. Love here doesn’t appear as sentimentality but as something sharper, etched into colour and form. For Chaiyot, art is never detached from living – it begins with action, discipline and a stubborn fidelity to searching. Every work becomes a record of perseverance, a refusal to accept easy conclusions, a reminder that beauty alone cannot measure value. What emerges instead is an intimate cartography of fatherhood, labour and faith in process, where each painting feels like both witness and offering.

Until October 26. Free. Joyman Gallery, 11am-6pm

Bangkok once held a name in cinema that slipped quietly from memory. The International Film Festival, which for years drew attention alongside Osaka and Busan, disappeared after 2008, leaving only whispers of screenings and red carpets in the city’s imagination. Now it returns, 16 years later, not with nostalgia but with ambition. Curated by the Thailand Creative Culture Agency in collaboration with the Department of Cultural Promotion and local cinemas, the festival opens on September 29 with Tee Yod 3 (Death Whisperer 3), a Thai production that anchors the program. Over 200 films from around the globe will fill screens across the city, offering a pulse of contemporary storytelling. For Bangkok, it is both a revival and a reminder that the world’s cinema can still converge in unexpected, exhilarating ways.

September 27-October 15. Cinemas across Bangkok.

Thursday nights in Bangkok now come with a side of belly laughs. The Comedy Joint’s weekly takeover of The Live Lounge isn’t the kind of evening where a nervous stranger reads half-written jokes from their phone. It’s slickly produced, confidently staged and has quietly turned into the heartbeat of the city’s comedy calendar. What makes it sing is the mix – international acts passing through with sharpened sets sit alongside local comics who know exactly how to skewer life here. The result is never the same twice: new punchlines, fresh chaos, the sort of laughter that rattles the tables. Add to that pints of Tiger, Asahi and Heineken running on happy-hour repeat and you’ve got a Thursday night that feels less like routine and more like ritual.

Every Thursday. B300 via here. The Live Lounge, 7.30pm

Made By Legacy has a knack for making nostalgia feel fresh. This round, the vintage market unfurls inside Gaysorn Amarin under the  theme ‘Vintage Revival: The Found & Reels’. Instead of dusty attics or far-flung warehouses, more than 30 furniture dealers are wheeling their finds straight into the city centre. Think well-worn leather sofas, teak chairs that have outlived trends, patterned rugs, posters yellowed at the edges and vinyl that still crackles with history. It isn’t all shopping, though. Between stalls you’ll find snacks, small plates and drinks to keep the energy up while you rummage. The joy lies as much in the wandering as in the buying, a chance to stumble upon a piece with a past that might just slip easily into your future.

October 3-12. Free. G/F, Gaysorn Amarin, 10am-9pm

Jiajia Qi arrives in Bangkok with her first solo exhibition in Thailand, but this isn’t a simple retrospective or a neat display of greatest hits. Supported by Mondriaan Fonds, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds and the Embassy of the Netherlands in Thailand, the show stretches across her past works and new experiments, each piece circling back to her obsession with place and the slippery ways it shapes us. The framework leans into Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s idea of ‘nomadic thought’ where history isn’t pinned down and geography refuses to play by institutional rules. It’s less about tidy narratives and more about movement, flux and the sensation of being caught in between. Expect to leave with the feeling you’ve wandered somewhere unfamiliar, yet strangely close.

September 25-November 8. Free. SAC Gallery, 10am-6pm

Ploenchan ‘Mook’ Vinyaratn has turned Bangkok Kunsthalle into a space where weaving isn’t just craft, it’s conversation. Her most ambitious institutional installation to date reimagines fragments of past textile works, letting textures, colours and forms collide in ways that feel both deliberate and accidental. The building itself – once the Thai Wattana Panich printing house – anchors the work, with 399 circular fabric pieces echoing its original logo, each stamped with words from children’s books once produced on-site. Collaborating with other Thai women, Vinyaratn deconstructs looms and rebuilds them into monumental forms, creating works that pulse with collective memory, resilience and quiet audacity. By the time you leave, the fragments have stitched themselves into a living narrative, a reminder that history, imagination and community can fold seamlessly into one.

September 26-November 30. Free. Bangkok Kunsthalle, 2pm-8pm

Tintin Cooper has a way of holding up a mirror that doesn’t flatter but fascinates. Her latest exhibition peers at Thailand and Southeast Asia through the eyes of outsiders, before flipping the lens back onto locals negotiating endless waves of tourism, migration and the cliches both sides quietly cling to. Here, the works are stitched together from the messy fabric of online life: animal memes, TikTok clips of holidaymakers misbehaving, ‘passport bro’ forums and Thai news headlines. Cooper treats this digital chaos as autobiography, shaped by a childhood spent adapting to languages and gestures that were never quite her own. Even the titles read like cultural fragments. One canvas lifts from Matichon’s bleak June headline I’m Ok, Not Ok, while another lovingly immortalises Moo Deng, Thailand’s internet-famous pygmy hippo, as if memes were scripture.

Until November 8. Free. SAC Gallery, 11am-6pm

Shereif Eldesouky’s new exhibition is a meditation on how we break apart and find our way back. The Egyptian mixed-media artist, now based in Bangkok, draws on memory and sibling love, framing both as fragile yet astonishingly resilient. His chosen metaphor is the reef: sometimes bleached, sometimes reborn, always in flux. The pieces trace cycles of sorrow and repair, suggesting that the same emotional currents that pull us away can, in time, return us to one another. Eldesouky mirrors this in his process, painting, dismantling, then reassembling fragments into forms that speak of survival and renewal. It’s at once personal and planetary, asking us to see our own bonds in the same light as coral – vulnerable, but never beyond revival.

September 20-November 15. Free. Bangkok 1899, 11am-6pm

Leather has always been more than surface – it carries memory, texture, even contradiction. Unveiling Leather: The Language of Modularity gathers seven artists to test just how far that thought can stretch. Here, leather isn’t draped neatly over chairs but stitched, folded, bent and layered until it becomes structure, not skin. Some works recall architectural precision, sharp and geometric, while others surrender to the material’s natural instincts, twisting and flexing into forms that feel almost alive. The exhibition lingers on modularity, on how shapes adapt as easily as lives do, shifting to meet new spaces and new demands. There’s tradition woven through each piece – craftsmanship and heritage intact – but the focus tilts firmly toward the present, where innovation and imagination tug leather into uncharted terrain.

September 20-December 7. Free. Four Seasons ART Space by MOCA Bangkok, 10.30am-7.30pm

Bangkok doesn’t really need another rooftop, but it does need a pool party worth ditching your Saturday plans for. Sunset Splash x Innerbloom is angling for that spot – set high above the city with the skyline as its backdrop. The dates are scattered across the year (September 13, October 4, November 8 and December 6) like seasonal markers for when you should probably bring your swimsuit. Expect the Innerbloom DJ crew working the decks, joined by live sax and percussion, plus dancers who make the whole thing feel more festival than hotel amenity. Drinks are dialled up with bubbles and cocktails – free-flow for women between 2pm and 4pm – and the food is just as curated as the soundtrack. 

September 13, October 4, November 8 and December 6. B500 via here. W Bangkok, 2pm-9pm

Colour isn’t just decoration, it’s shorthand for everything we can’t quite say out loud. A blush of pink, the thud of red, the quiet ache of blue – it’s a vocabulary that sidesteps grammar and dives straight into the gut. This exhibition, born from a collaboration between a Thai space and Seoul’s L Gallery, leans into that idea with six Korean artists who treat colour like a confession booth. 2Myoung twists play into sculpture, Im Solji sketches storybook daydreams, Kim Ok-Jin finds solitude in the city’s shadows, Lee Jaeyual paints landscapes that slip between folklore and neon. Suzy Q sends her alter-ego Moo wandering through questions of selfhood, while Qwaya steadies the room with soft green and blue oils. Together, they remind us colour is never passive – it’s always speaking.

September 5-October 12. Free. Maison JE Bangkok, 11am-7pm

75 years after Charles Schulz first drew a small dog with improbable dreams, Snoopy is still everywhere – dancing on T-shirts, perched on mugs, drifting across the cultural imagination with the ease of someone who never grew up. This anniversary exhibition, arriving in Bangkok for the first time, asks what it means for a cartoon beagle to outlast presidents, wars and changing fashions. More than 100 works are on display, gathered across four zones that slip between art, couture, pop culture and nostalgia. Contributions from Thai and international artists sit beside collaborations with major fashion houses, while archival strips remind us that friendship and humour are never dated. 

September 6-December 7. B350-890 via here. RCB Galleria 1-2, River City Bangkok, 10am-8pm

Weekend rituals in Bangkok rarely feel new, yet Namsu’s brunch manages to create one. Every Saturday and Sunday, Chef Honey Rae Zenang draws from her Shan roots and years of training in Japanese kitchens to compose something that resists easy categorisation. The table becomes a conversation between cultures: Yunnan comfort, Japanese precision, Shan heart. There are noodles that carry memory, onsen bowls that blur culinary borders, and drinks – sparkling tea, poppy milk – that refuse to behave like background notes. Nothing is arranged for spectacle, yet each plate has the quiet assurance of food made by someone who understands both restraint and abundance. What emerges is less an event than a rhythm, a gentle reminder that eating together can still feel both unexpected and necessary.

Every Saturday and Sunday. Reserve via here. Namsu Bangkok, 11am-3pm

In a world unsettled by pandemic aftershocks and tangled geopolitical currents, the old maps of power no longer hold. The centre has fragmented – replaced by a chorus of voices, each rooted in local soil, language and memory. What was once dismissed as peripheral now pulses with its own knowledge, its own beauty and fierce creative force. This project turns to those places – not for spectacle, but for something more intimate. It seeks out the forms of beauty that rise naturally from the everyday: myths whispered through generations, folktales carried on the wind, histories folded into daily rituals. These are aesthetics born not to dazzle global markets but to honour deep connections – to land, sky and the collective stories that bind us all.

Until October 10. Free. 7/F, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, 10am-8pm

In Bangkok, something strange is happening on the banks of the Chao Phraya – and it’s glowing blond. Iconsiam has become ground zero for Dragon Ball fever, hosting the largest exhibition the franchise has ever staged. A full-throttle homage to the Super Saiyan universe in all its loud, spiky, slow-motion glory. Iconic battle scenes have been pulled from the anime and built to scale, letting visitors wander through Namek like it's Sunday shopping. More than 40 life-sized figures lurk in corners and float mid-air, poised for battle or just waiting to be in your selfies. There's Kamehameha practice, a Dragon Ball scavenger hunt via app, even fusion zones. It’s half playground, half pilgrimage – and entirely designed for those who never quite left their Goku era behind. 

Until October 19. B400-1,110 via here. Attraction Hall, Iconsiam, 10.30am-8.30pm

There’s a certain kind of visual maximalism that doesn’t beg for attention so much as demand it – Hugo Brun’s work is exactly that. Loud in the best way, his pieces flirt with chaos: clashing colours, cartoonish proportions and the bold swagger of pop art unbothered by subtlety. His furniture sits somewhere between sculpture and set piece – chairs that feel like they might wink at you, tables that seem halfway to melting. It’s no surprise they’ve become backdrops for a thousand selfies, but there’s more to them than surface spectacle. Beneath the gloss and playful disorder lies a wink to nostalgia, a rebellion against beige interiors, and the refusal to be tasteful in a world that insists you should be. Burn isn’t decorating – he’s declaring.

Until October 18. Free. River City Bangkok, 10am-8pm

There’s a curious magic in stepping back millions of years – a chance to wander a world before ours, where giant creatures roamed freely. This event offers just that: an immersive trek alongside Thai dinosaurs and prehistoric beasts, as if the clock has unwound to a forgotten era. Each step pulls you deeper into a landscape shaped by colossal terrestrial rulers, their shadows still lingering in the imagination. It’s less a simple exhibition and more a portal to ancient earth, where awe and curiosity collide. For anyone who’s ever been fascinated by the primeval, this is an invitation to experience wonder unfiltered – a rare glimpse of a world lost but never forgotten. July 1-November 2. B150-350 at the door. Museum Pier, 10am-6pm

CRAFT doesn’t serve meals so much as curate moods. Tucked inside Kimpton Maa-Lai Bangkok, this all-day refuge operates on its own tempo – where a burrata-loaded toast feels just as right at 9am as it does at noon. Breakfast isn’t a time slot here, it’s a mindset. The menu meanders from bacon-draped French toast to Thai seafood porridge that lands somewhere between comfort and ceremony. For those in pursuit of chlorophyll, there’s a smoothie bowl so green it feels almost virtuous – kale, mango, spinach, all spun together with the quiet insistence of health. But indulgence lives here too. Tofu and tempeh arrive with chilli peanut sauce, a sort of soft rebellion for the plant-based crowd. Burgers come double-smashed, wraps are generously stuffed, and yes, there’s lobster – perched Waldorf-style, open-faced, unapologetic. Gluten-free options appear, if you ask nicely. Come Friday and Saturday evening, the space slips into a new rhythm with live DJs spinning laid-back grooves as daylight fades. Every day. Reserve via 02-056-9999 and craft.kimptonmaalai@ihg.com or via Line @craftbkk. CRAFT, Kimpton Maa-Lai Bangkok, 7am-11pm    

By the time Friday limps to a close, The Mesh on Sukhumvit 22 has already started to hum. Not with the polite clink of cutlery or background jazz, but with live voices – raw, melodic, sometimes heartbreaking, occasionally euphoric. Each week, the space shapeshifts into something looser and louder, as solo artists and acoustic duos take their place beneath the warm spill of lights. The soundtrack drifts from indie originals to bittersweet covers, filtered through the kind of intimacy only a small venue allows. You’re invited to nurse a cold brew from their Best Brews list, pick at something smoky or fried, and stay longer than you planned to. It’s not groundbreaking, and that’s the point. It’s familiar in a way that feels grounding. A soft exhale after the week. A room full of strangers mouthing the same chorus. Something to look forward to. Every Friday. Reserve via here or 02-262-0000. The Mesh, Four Points by Sheraton Bangkok, 7pm onwards

At Ms.Jigger, lunch isn’t just a break in the day – it’s a curated escape, reimagined through the ‘Pranzo Perfetto’ experience. Let’s begin with the star: weekend lunches. Served from 11:30am to 5:00pm, the set menu is accompanied by a generous spread of free-flow antipasti – an unfiltered celebration of Italian flavor. Expect bruschetta, marinated olives, seabass carpaccio and golden fried dough balls glazed with tomato and anchovy. Focaccia arrives warm and unapologetically indulgent, filled with mortadella and mascarpone. This is a leisurely interlude – a stylish Italian affair that’s perfectly designed to sabotage your dinner plans. Prices start at B950 and B1,050 for the weekend set lunch with antipasti. During the week, weekday lunches offer a shorter, yet no less satisfying, detour into Italian comfort. Served from 11:30am to 2:30pm. Think beef carpaccio with rocket and parmesan, or citrus-cured salmon dotted with balsamic caviar, followed by mains like wagyu fettuccine, wood-fired pizza or a rustic Luganega sausage that hardly needs the side of mash. At B750 for two courses and B850 for three, it’s a surprisingly affordable luxury. Everyday. Starts at B750. Reserve via 02-056-9999 and msjigger.kimptonmaalai@ihg.com or via Line @Ms.Jigger. Ms.Jigger, Kimpton Maa-Lai Bangkok, 11.30pm-5pm

Reap Factory offers a quick and affordable tree-course lunch starting at B450. Available daily, the Express Set Lunch Menu features six options that include Thai, Western and Japanese dishes, all made with fresh, responsibly-sourced ingredients. Thai choices include Set A, which comes with satay gai, pad krapao salmon or salmon kra-thium prik Thai, and chao guay for dessert. Set B features a spicy glass noodle salad, sweet and sour pork or golden-fried chicken, and pandan noodles in coconut milk. It’s a delicious and speedy way to enjoy a variety of flavours. Reap Factory Courtyard, daily

Biscotti welcomes chef Giuseppe Bonura, a native of Syracusa in Sicily, to the team. Imbued with a modern twist on traditional Sicilian flavours, chef Giuseppe’s new menu spotlights authentic ingredients and contemporary flare. Dishes include Panzanella Alla Siciliana, a refreshing tomato salad with almond cream, pine nuts and balsamic red onion; Arancini, Sicilian croquettes filled with beef ragu and caciocavallo cheese, served with a spicy tomato sauce; and Risotto Al Branzino, a wonderfully fragrant sea bass risotto. His stunning main course offerings feature stars such as pan-fried sea bass with spelt, mussels, clams and artichoke in a rich prawn bisque, and fantastic desserts like sweet mandarin cannolo, which combines orange ricotta, mandarin compote and hazelnut ice cream for a perfect finish. Reserve via 0-2126-8866. Biscotti, midday-10.30pm

This collaboration presents a fitness experience with The Ripple Club’s transformative aquatic workouts. Offering two class types – Ripple Signature and Ripple Box – The Ripple Club introduces aqua cycling and aqua boxing to Thailand, providing a fresh approach to aquatic fitness. The program delivers a low-impact, full-body workout suitable for all fitness levels, using water’s natural resistance to strengthen muscles while reducing stress on the joints. Combining high-intensity cardio with targeted strength training, both classes maximise efficiency in less time. Participants enjoy benefits such as stress relief through rhythmic movements, enhanced muscle recovery, and decreased soreness, creating the perfect balance between fitness and rejuvenation. Every Sat and Sun. Check the program here. W Bangkok, 8.30am-9.20am and 9.30am-10.20am