B@S

B/F Novotel Siam Square, Siam Square Soi 6, Rama 1 Rd., 02-209-8888. Open daily 6pm-2am. BTS Siam.
When you’re shopping around Siam and you want to rest those heels, head to the Novotel and order yourself a beer while hovering around huge pool tables. They have a band to liven up the atmosphere every evening. You can always take occasional breaks between shooting balls and rubbing shoulders with the city’s dancing queens.

Pool 13

The Trendy Condominium, 10/22 Sukhumvit Soi 13, 02-168-7168. Open daily 11am-late. BTS Nana.
This pool lounge dishes out Italian meals rather than pub food and it offers a pick up service for those loitering around the neighboring sois on Sukhumvit. They have a selection of four small tables and one big one. You can also lounge on their soft sofas between hits and catch glimpses of your favorite sports personality on their plasma screens. They also have wifi.

Rack’em Up

Royal City Avenue (RCA), 21/115-17 Soi Soonvijai, Rama 9 Rd., 02-641-5223. Open daily 7pm-2am.
If you’re on the sacred grounds of RCA and you can’t stand the sight of big crowds or crazy house and hip hop music, you can conveniently step a few doors down to Rack’em Up. As the name suggests, they are big bawlers when it comes to the game. Sixteen tables sprawled across three stories to be exact, and a handful of hisos among the regulars. Make reservations on weekends or competition days, it’s a pretty hot spot.

Sin Club

18 Sukhumvit Soi 4, Raja Complex, don’t bother calling. Open daily 6pm-late. BTS Ploenchit.
Down sinful Soi 4 is the Sin Club. However, the name can be a little misleading, because the only sinful thing you might be caught doing there (well, at least that’s what we want to believe) is not being able to hit the ball in the socket. They hold regular competitions in this three-story structure. You work your way from one end of the hall and battle it out until you reach the raised platform where the biggies play: hard.