Pros: Live music nearly every day of the week, spicy gab glaem.
Cons: Way out in Lad Prao.
Pros: The "colorful" clientele, Alchemist Bar a few steps away.
Cons: The rest of Soi 11.
3. Jam, B100
Pros: Edgy exhibitions, Wednesday cult movie night and a pair of adorable resident dogs.
Cons: Backpacker vibe, miles from the next bar.
Pros: The raw shop-house charm and live luk krung music.
Cons: Everything else on the menu is kind of pricy.
Pros: Eclectic live music, the head-spinning Marrakesh-inspired decor.
Cons: You're stuck on the dark side of Ekkamai.
6. WTF, B140
Pros: The exhibitions upstairs, stimulating chatter of Thonglor's cool crowds.
Cons: Those same cool crowds.
Pros: The bumper lineup of DJs spinning everything from mo lam to Afrobeat.
Cons: There's often a cover charge.
Pros: The grandiose old-world charm of the former Soviet Embassy.
Cons: The flavor-of-the-month rent-a-crowd.
Pros: Weekly events from some of Bangkok's most prolific party organizers, close to BTS.
Cons: Cheap buckets can bring out the worst in people.
Pros: The proper dancefloor.
Cons: EDM.
Pros: Those views, of course.
Cons: The tourist crowd.
