Time to get there: 6pm
Why go: The huge selection of gin labels (see opposite).
Drink this: AO Show (B300) masks its Broker’s Gin under an amazing array of flavors.
44/3 Thonglor Soi 1, 02-023-7285. Open Tue-Sun 5pm-1am
Time to get there: 8pm
Why go: You won’t get any food at the bars after this; so grab the coconut oil-poached octopus, (B680) here—amazing flavors.
Drink this: Sooth Your Soul (B450) makes use of a rare Chiang Mai leaf called bai nium infused in cognac.
Canvas, 113/9-10 Sukhumvit Soi 55 (Thonglor), 099-614-1158. Open Mon-Fri 6pm-midnight; Sat-Sun 6-12:30pm
Time to get there: 9:00pm
Why go: Joseph Boroski did the drinks for half the best hotel bars in town, but saves the best stuff for his own little bar.
Drink this: There’s no menu. The mixologist asks you a bunch of questions and then serves you something that usually costs about B500.
Sukhumvit Soi 55 (Thonglor), 02-712-6025. Open daily 7pm-2:30am
Time to get there: 10:00pm
Why go: The team are all Diageo World Class contestants.
Drink this: Earthbeet (B390) is a woody mix of beetroot-infused tequila.
L/F, Playhaus Thonglor, 205/22-23 Sukhumvit Soi 55 (Thonglor), 02-712-5747. Open daily 6pm-1am
Time to get there: 11:00pm
Why go: Great people watching and a chill back garden.
Drink this: Long Island iced tea is not very sophisticated, but here the twist of lemon makes it refreshing (B350).
Next to J Avenue, 331/4-5 Sukhumvit Soi 55 (Thonglor), 02-712-7288. Open daily 5pm-1am
Time to get there: 1am
Why go: Hideyuki Saito just ranked eighth best bartender in the world in the Bacardi Legacy competition.
Drink this: Oil cocktails, which Hide makes using techniques that remove any trace of grease. Try the Umami (B300).
Thonglor Soi 25, 02-036-6071. Open Tue-Sun 7pm-2am
Time to get there: 2am
Why go: It’s open and serving food for 24 hours
Drink this: You can get another cocktail here but we recommend the congee (B200), served with giant pa tong ko (Chinese dough).
2802 New Petchaburi Rd., 02-314-8555
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