 There is, in all honesty, nowhere else like Astro Bar in Bangkok. Owned by a fanatical collector of antique toys, model cars, Vespa scooters and classic movie posters, entering Astro Bar feels like stepping into a vintage memorabilia shop in New York's East Village. Glass cases line the walls displaying a bizarre retro-futuristic array of toy robots, Bruce Lee...
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 Named after the Greek god of wine, Bacchus fittingly houses a huge wine collection at equally substantial prices. This 4-floor venue with urban concrete, glass, brick and lounge décor is yet another stylish addition to Bangkok’s eatery landscape. The top floor is especially cool with a white chill-out reclining lounge...
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 Cafe Democ is café-by-day with mainly tourist customers and an electronic music-oriented bar at night with a majority Thai crowd. This two-storey graffiti-covered, retro antique-scattered venue is one of the few joints where decent tunes can be heard by DJs from Wednesday to Sunday nights...
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 Another upscale bar inside the Conrad Hotel decorated with silk couches for lounging and also features a large bar for those expensive drinks. The crowd is mainly wealthy businessmen or rich Thais. Jazz singer/songwriter Arlee Leonard from New York will be crooning every night except Sunday.
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 Distil is a rooftop bar on top of the 63-story-high State Tower, next to Sirocco, offering a good list of fine whiskeys, wines and cigars. It features a long illuminated bar, many big seats inside and a Bed Supperclub like couch on the remarkable terrace of which you have an excellent view down...
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 A small techno haven situated on RCA claims to focus on their musical selection more than their marketing, buying all the latest techno hits for the die hard fans. The club has one main dance floor directly in front, a small room in the back with sofas, and an upstairs room with another couch overlooking the dance floor..
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 The Met Bar is best described as a posh, but concept-wise quite ordinary hotel club (Metropolitan Hotel), which is popular among models and the new rich. It's difficult to get inside and if you are not wealthy or a VIP, you need a membership card. Drinks start with B200 and the Djs usually play...
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 Tucked away in Langsuan 7 is the petite Polly’s Bar. Frequented by hi-so Thais and farangs, the otherwise chic, innocuous interior along with its regular house music is somewhat incongruously off-set by the presence of a six-foot Terminator poised in one corner. The robotic giant appears to be pointing upstairs...
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 Boasting itself as the “new home of indulgence in Bangkok”, Syn Bar could very well live up to its claims…if so many other hi-so bars in Bangkok didn’t have similar aspirations. Grey hues coupled with suspended pod-like seats in wrap-around windows, this cocktail lounge designed by Calvin Teo...
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 V9’s wrap-around windows offer panoramic night views of Bangkok city. Half the space is set for dining – mostly French-style cuisine - while the other half is reserved for a lounge/bar area. Thankfully, the menu is selective rather than comprehensive and wines are recommended with each dish...
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