Ad Makers Pub & Restaurant
This is another place that doubles as a restaurant and picks up pace later in the evening as customers clean their plates. Live music, generally easy-listening, and the crowd is both Thai and expatriate. Laid back and comfortable. Menu mostly Thai.
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Angels Nightclub and Disco
This place is probably no different from any other disco—the music’s loud and almost everyone there who is single hopes to meet someone of the opposite sex. All the women are Thai, all the men are foreigners, and almost no one goes home alone. Go figure.
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Bamboo Bar
Maybe the most famous bar in Bangkok, without a doubt it’s the classiest. Smart yet relaxed. A favourite hang-out and jazz venue for almost 60 years. If Bogart was meeting you for a drink, it would be here.
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Bed Supperclub
If you’ve never been here or to its namesake in Amsterdam, the concept sounds a bit far fetched, but it really funky and fun. Sexy young women in futuristic gear serve drinks to a stylish, well-heeled clientele. As the name suggests, all customers sprawl on oversized white beds, although there are chairs if you really want them.
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Brown Sugar
This small, dark place is cosy to some, smoky and crowded to others. It doesn’t matter which side you’re on, you’re here for the jazz, which can be superb. It can be a bit rough around the edges, but surely that’s the point. The staff and clientele are welcoming and friendly.
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Cheap Charlie’s
A place that must be seen to be believed. Built against the outside wall of a building, the bar is a gnarled mass of wood, bone, shells, stuffed animals and sexual paraphernalia. A bar without comparison. Sip on cheap beer and watch the passing parade.
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Gulliver’s Traveller’s Tavern
Lovely, large new pub popular with expatriates. Lots of polished wood and televisions. It’s known to fill to the rafters when there is an international or English premiership match of note. Good food. There’s another one on Khao San Road.
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Irish XChange
A long-time favourite among expatriates, this is one of the few places in Bangkok you can get Guinness and Kilkenny on tap. The food is good, the portions generous. Live music and dancing.
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Jool’s
This British-style pub is probably the most popular expat hang-out in Bangkok. Everyone knows everyone and pretty soon so will you. The dining room upstairs serves big helpings of food. The chilli is exceptional and the beer is cold.
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Larry’s Dive
The home of the only beach in the city, this qualifies as a sports bar if you’re a diver and actually do it rather than watch it on TV. A relaxed, friendly bar with a sense of humour. Organises diving trips and lessons, with class time in Bangkok and water sessions in Pattaya.
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