So technically it’s illegal to be out this late drinking and god knows what else, but apparently martial law has been good for some people: insomniacs, alcoholics and people looking to get laid—which is pretty much everyone we know. Apparently the men in green like to party more than the men in brown?

Lang Suan Soi something

Newly opened, soon to be newly closed (if it isn’t already), this nightspot is located just steps from the road in an old restaurant space you wouldn’t guess was frequented by late-nighters. Once inside, you find a big airy hall like something a train or cars would run through with a long bar on two sides and a vibe quite similar to Q Bar’s. The crowd is mainly expats and their girlfriends. Beers are B200.

Ratchada Soi something

Not just one but three places to plant yourself sometimes exist here, depending on what the men in uniforms permit. One is warehouse size, air-conditioned with hip hop tunes playing all night, while the other two are outdoors, alfresco country house and something like an Indonesian resort playing Thai hit songs mostly. They serve up whisky in plastic green tea bottles or—even worse—whisky in condiment dispensers. Under age punters frequent these joints and all of them dress the same.

Ratchadamri-ish

This place near Central World is popular with middle management and above who like to tell others what to do. It’s a dark, seedy place located in the middle of a shopping/office complex. Pay B300 to get in and you get to spend the evening with a mixed crowd of desperate men and sleazy girls. They play commercial hip hop. Skip this one unless you are really hard up.

Silom Soi Something

This place is open as a go-go in the early evening but after 1am turns into a late-nightclub with the x-factor, which some of Bed’s regulars might enjoy as the DJ regularly plays house and electro tunes till 5am. Entry fee is B100, which gets you one drink at the back counter. Don’t be surprised if you find topless boys shaking their thing as it’s their regular afterhour sanctuary.