Low-lit live-music bar off Thong Lo where serious bands, craft cocktails and a compact stage create a New York-style listening-room vibe.
Bangkok’s long-running jazz and blues pub by Victory Monument, with nightly bands, Thai comfort food and beer-fuelled, unpolished fun.
Intimate Sukhumvit 31 jazz bar with classic cocktails downstairs, an audiophile listening room upstairs and an easygoing, grown-up crowd.
Three-storey neighbourhood bar near Suan Phlu with art-filled walls, absinthe serves, late-night DJs and a tiny rooftop terrace for smoky nightcaps.
Hidden speakeasy entered through a working photobooth, mixing precise classics, fun signatures and live music on lively Bantadthong Road.
Chinatown bar devoted to Thai spirits and herbs, serving ya dong flights, charcoal-grilled bites and live traditional Thai music in a brick-lined shophouse.
Bangkok’s classic hotel bar: live jazz every night, a cocktail menu built around Thai regions and an intimate room of rattan chairs, dark woods and flawless service.