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The 14 Best Bars in Bangkok

14 bars, chosen on the record: seven on the 50 Best world list, 13 on Asia's 50 Best.

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  1. Bar Us
    50 BESTCocktail Bar

    Bar Us

    Not a dining but a drinking room: former interior designers Sudarat 'Taln' Rojanavanich and Veerach 'Aum' Sawaengsupt serve a full-course liquid cuisine, Starter, Main, After, All Night, in a near all-black room of theatrical spotlights and white lab coats. Local-farm ingredients meet distillation, fermentation and carbonation in serves like the Pad Thai and the Boiled Egg Martini. No.6 in Asia's 50 Best Bars 2026 with the Ketel One Sustainable Bar Award. It was a Top 4 finalist for Best International Cocktail Bar at the 2026 Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards. It sits at No. 4 on The 50 Best Bars 2026, up from No. 15 in 2025.

    Order thisTom Yam HighballPatrón Silver, red chili, Tio Pepe fino, lemongrass, elderflower & cucumber soda, CO2
    61/37 Floor 1, Soi Sukhumvit 26, Khlong Tan, Khlong Toei, Bangkok 10110Sun-Thu 18:00-00:00, Fri-Sat 18:00 onwards
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  2. Dry Wave Cocktail Studio
    50 BESTCocktail Bar

    Dry Wave Cocktail Studio

    Supawit 'Palm' Muttarattana's Thonglor studio opened in January 2024 and rocketed to No.4 in Asia's 50 Best Bars 2026, the Best Bar in Thailand. Named for the omnipresence of waves, the wood-toned room above SODALITY serves a 'Super Classic' menu in which each drink merges two iconic cocktails from different eras into one, like the 1806-1988, an old fashioned folded into a cosmopolitan. Campari One To Watch 2024. It was a Top 4 finalist for Best New International Cocktail Bar at the 2025 Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards.

    2nd Floor SODALITY, 263 Thong Lo 13 Alley, Bangkok 10110
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  3. BKK Social Club
    50 BESTHotel Bar

    BKK Social Club

    Latin American glamour meets Thai hospitality at the Four Seasons on the Chao Phraya, under beverage manager Philip Bischoff (ex-Manhattan, Singapore). The current menu is a love letter to Mexico City, its places, people and parties, folding tepache, atole and horchata traditions into the list, alongside a Negroni flight and cigars. No. 30 on The 50 Best Bars 2026 (No. 49 in 2025) and No.20 in Asia's 50 Best 2026. Smart casual, 20+. It won Best International Hotel Bar at the 2024 Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards.

    Order thisLa Capillastrawberry Cenote blanco, Se Busca mezcal peach, citrus, sea salt, sparkling pink grapefruit
    Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok, 300/1 Charoen Krung Road, Sathorn, Bangkok 10120Daily 17:00-00:00
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  4. G.O.D — Genius On Drugs
    ASIA'S 50 BESTCocktail Bar

    G.O.D — Genius On Drugs

    Niks Anuman-Rajadhon and Attaporn De-Silva's cathedral of creative cocktails in two restored Old Town shophouses, stained glass, red light, graffitied stone, a live pianist playing baroque through vintage cinema speakers, and a giant Palad Khik at the door. Every drink arrives with a food pairing, from ikura bombs to pandan cakes; the menu runs from oyster and uni drinks to a section titled 'excessive is necessary'. No.26 in Asia's 50 Best Bars 2025. The bar holds No. 31 on Asia's 50 Best Bars 2026.

    Order thisUni Martinislushy ice-cold martini with Japanese sea urchin and smoked olive
    25, 27 Soi Rammaitree, Pom Prap, Pom Prap Sattru Phai, Bangkok 10100
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  5. Vesper
    ASIA'S 50 BESTCocktail Bar

    Vesper

    Serious cocktails minus the pretentiousness: named after James Bond's martini, Vesper has held a place in Asia's 50 Best Bars every year since 2016 (peaking at No.11 in 2020). Part of the Foodie Collection, the Silom room's current 'Britain Through Seasons' menu wanders the British year, a Rhubarb & Cream spring sour to a brûléed Baked Apple winter warmer. It currently stands at No. 56 on Asia's 50 Best Bars 2026.

    Order thisRhubarb & CreamBeefeater 24, rhubarb, hibiscus, almond, vanilla, cream, egg white
    10/15 Convent Road, Silom, Bang Rak, Bangkok 10500Daily 18:30-02:00
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  6. Mahaniyom Cocktail Bar
    50 BESTCocktail Bar

    Mahaniyom Cocktail Bar

    A brilliantly eccentric den above nose-to-tail restaurant 100 Mahaseth, bright, loud and roaringly fun, its cocktails nodding to the sustainable kitchen below. Each drink is named after a single ingredient used every possible way: an Orange of house orange vermouth and orange hydrosol garnished with chips of the leftover peels, alongside Pomelo, Squid, Cow and Coconut. No.19 in the World's 50 Best Bars 2023; No.76 in Asia's 50 Best 2026.

    2nd Floor, 104 Maha Set Road, Si Phraya, Bang Rak, Bangkok 10500
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  7. Lennon's
    ASIA'S 50 BESTSpeakeasy

    Lennon's

    A speakeasy-inspired vinyl listening bar on Rosewood Bangkok's 30th floor: over 6,000 records, an in-bar vinyl shop, and a room styled as a mid-century home recording studio with a spiral stair to the cigar lounge. Director of bars KT Lam (ex-DarkSide Hong Kong) and bar manager Kosil 'James' Kamja pour the 'Bangkok Beats' menu, eight Thai flavors as musical movements, beside rare spirits back to the 1970s. No.7 in Asia's 50 Best Bars 2026, Highest New Entry. Smart casual, 20+.

    Order thisPad Thai SourJosé Cuervo Traditional, 400 Conejos mezcal, dried beef, pistachios, pineapple, clarified carrot ketchup, egg white
    30th Floor, Rosewood Bangkok, 1041/38 Ploenchit Road, Lumpini, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330Daily 18:00-00:00
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  8. Bar Sathorn
    ASIA'S 50 BESTCocktail Bar

    Bar Sathorn

    Sixteen signature cocktails inspired by four eras of an extraordinary building: the 1889 mansion of Luang Sathorn Rajayukta, later the luxurious Hotel Royal, then Thailand's first Russian Embassy (1948-1999), now The House on Sathorn beside W Bangkok. Bar director Marco Dongi reinterprets classics with Thai ingredients, era by era, with curated vinyl sessions Thursday to Sunday. No.17 in Asia's 50 Best Bars 2026.

    The House on Sathorn, 106 North Sathorn Road, Silom, Bang Rak, Bangkok 10500Daily 14:30-01:00
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  9. Opium
    ASIA'S 50 BESTCocktail Bar

    Opium

    'Liquid Surreality' on the top two floors of the POTONG building, a 120-year-old Chinatown shophouse that once hosted legal opium smoking, New York opulence meets late-night Bangkok under owner Arnon 'KK' Hoontrakul and Italian bar manager Matteo Cadeddu. Nearly fifty cocktails across apéritif-to-duo categories, four house gins with Thai regional character, and food from sister restaurant Potong downstairs. No.25 in Asia's 50 Best Bars 2026. Closed Wednesdays. It currently stands at No. 97 on The 50 Best Bars 2026, after No. 92 in 2025.

    Order thisCampfireMichter's bourbon infused with dark chocolate, apple vinegar reduction, coffee-flower honey, mulled wine, fire
    422 Vanich 1 Road, Samphanthawong, Bangkok 10100Thu-Tue 16:00-01:00 (closed Wed)
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  10. Teens of Thailand
    ASIA'S 50 BESTCocktail Bar

    Teens of Thailand

    Teens of Thailand is a cocktail bar located in Bangkok. No.27 on Asia's 50 Best Bars in 2016.

    76 Soi Nana (Rammaitree), Pom Prap Sattru Phai, Bangkok 10100
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  11. Firefly
    ASIA'S 50 BESTHotel Bar

    Firefly

    The glittering heart of the Sindhorn Kempinski: deep armchairs and dark wood offset by moss-green panelling, nightly live jazz, and a Casa Del Habano cigar parlour. Bar manager Dicky Hartono's program follows a firefly's global journey through a leather-bound menu. No.82 in Asia's 50 Best Bars 2025. Smart casual. It currently stands at No. 78 on Asia's 50 Best Bars 2026.

    Sindhorn Kempinski Hotel Bangkok, 80 Soi Ton Son, Lumphini, Pathum Wan, Bangkok 10330Daily 17:00-01:00
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  12. The Bamboo Bar
    SPIRITEDHotel Bar

    The Bamboo Bar

    From its modest start in 1947, The Bamboo Bar has grown into a Bangkok institution, the city's first jazz venue, still wrapped in its sensual 1950s ambience at the Mandarin Oriental. Live jazz plays nightly with band and vocalist, and the current 'Evolution' menu draws on the natural progression of bamboo and local Thai ingredients. Elegant attire after 6:30pm; no reservations, a sought-after walk-in. It received the Timeless International Award at the 2026 Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards.

    Order thisThe Bamboo MartiniSabatini gin, Corte Vetusto espadín mezcal, Cocchi Americano, fino sherry, ratafia, olive
    48 Oriental Avenue, Bang Rak, Bangkok 10500Sun-Thu 17:00-01:00, Fri-Sat 17:00-02:00
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  13. Aqua Bar
    ASIA'S 50 BESTHotel Bar

    Aqua Bar

    A garden bar within the Anantara Siam Bangkok, set beside the hotel's Parichart Court with a koi pond and terrace seating. It runs a nightly live music program alongside a cocktail list overseen by head mixologist Ryan Germino, and serves an a la carte food menu. It sits at No. 48 on Asia's 50 Best Bars 2026.

    155 Rajadamri Road, Pathumwan, 10330Daily 12:00-00:30
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  14. Messenger Service
    ASIA'S 50 BESTCocktail Bar

    Messenger Service

    'Delivered from the Grocery': the Bar Us team's conceptual outpost in a century-old Pom Prap shophouse, where everyday grocery ingredients become extraordinary cocktails and the room is arranged into grocery-inspired 'departments', cherry-wood communal tables built to kitchen-island height around an open bar. Winner of the Best Bar Design Award, Asia's 50 Best Bars 2025; No.69 in 2026.

    306 Thanon Santiphap, Pom Prap, Pom Prap Sattru Phai, Bangkok 10100
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