This is city’s first attempt at a “natural” wine bar offers only bottles from organic and biodynamic producers, or ones who use trusted natural winemaking processes. There’s also plenty to eat with a cold-cuts counter and raw bar alongside tapas plates and more substantial dishes like chickpea soup, cucumber and zucchini salad with Greek yogurt sauce, house-made pasta and oven steamed sea bass with white wine. Not into wine? Go for one of the Italian craft beers.  

 

 

Fresh, simple, well-executed, original yet devoid of gimmicks, there's a reason why the food at Bunker has been more hotly anticipated than any other restaurant this year. Some of the menu's 16 dishes verge on tapas portions, but the flavors are anything but small:  the wagyu beef tartar is spiked with daikon radish and radish sprouts; the cured foie gras torchon paired with candied cashew and chili mango; the smoky plate of fatty wagyu short rib falls from the bone in perfectly glazed, inch-thick slices. The space's craggy concrete lines are also something of a novelty, softened by turquoise banquettes and octogonal globes of light. 

 

Good food takes center stage at Thonglor's loft-like, open-plan new community mall. Its ground floor spans vendors including Maison Jean Philippe (bread), Roots (coffee), Peppina (pizza), Meat & Bones (ribs), The Beer Cap (craft beer), Xiao Chi (Taiwanese buns) and Eastbound (Vietnamese). Its communal dining area is always packed to the rafters with Bangkok's coolest young kids, who after dining head upstairs for shopping and desserts.

 

This grand old villa reborn as a cocktails and Italian grill restaurant boasts some of Europe's most prized meats, including Galician beef and prosciutto and pork neck from the Ca' Lumaco Estate (between Modena and Bologna). On top of this, fresh seafood is also on the menu, cooked on big wood-fired ovens and then grilled to accompany pasta or risotto. Overall, there's a lightness of touch here that makes this much more than just an ordinary steak house. Bartender Pailin “Milk” Sajjanit was just named Southeast Asia Bartender of the Year in Diageo's World Class competition, too. 

 

Despite the consultation of Eduard Bosch, a former chef de cuisine at one of the most prestigious modern kitchens El Bulli in Spain, Islero does something far more traditional. Head chef Pedro Serrano dishes out authentic Spanish food like Iberico ham croquettes, grilled octopus tentacles served with beans in Castilian stew, baked fish fillet with potatoes and almonds and the highlight Josper-grilled, Segovian-style suckling pig. There are still some nods to El Bulli's modernism, like olive spheres and deconstructed Spanish omelet served in the form of cream and espuma in a martini glass. 

 

 

 

 

The debut restaurant of twin German chefs Thomas and Mathias Suhring follows their departure from Mezzaluna, the ultra-fine-dining restaurant at LeBua hotel. It's been a hot topic among Bangkok’s foodie community. Partly because they’ve opened in partnership with Gaggan Anand—owner of the top restaurant in Asia's 50 Best two years in a row—and partly because the twins have always cooked superb food. At Suhring, the chefs introduce diners to a different perspective of German food that’s not just about hearty chunks of pork knuckle, sausages and sauerkraut, with tasting menus spread across your choice of seven- or nine-courses, all served in a beautiful mid-century house.

 

While working as head chef at New York's Jewel Bako, Japan-native Masato Shimizu became the youngest chef in NYC ever to win a Michelin star at just 29. Now he's moved to Bangkok and opened this omakase (chef’s selections) sushi restaurant serving just 20 diners a night. Having trained from the age of 18-25 in Tokyo's toughest kitchens, the results are superb. Reservations essential long in advance. 

 

This omakase opening is helmed by chef Seiji Sudo, previously head chef of the Bangkok branch of Ginza Sushi Ichi, who here serves up something far different. Offering what's known as a "Sushi Sho style" omakase experience, the prettily-plated, delectable courses aren’t limited to a sequence of nigiri but rather switch in items like conch, iwashi roll, grilled mixed rice with hairy crab meat and uni and Seiji's signature sushi soup.

 

Sathorn’s latest contemporary art gallery comes in the form of a large, open space with airy high ceilings perfect for welcoming large-scale artworks. The opening exhibition saw Chiang-Mai based artist Mit Jai Inn cover the walls, floor and ceiling of the space with his abstract paintings.

The creative agency of the same name that works with brands like Gucci, Vogue, GQ, Monocle and Dior now has a space dedicated to showcasing their custom photography, graphic and illustrative works. After hosting exhibitions at various galleries around town in the past, the new gallery now joins the artsy street of Charoenkrung and promises work from many big names. 

This new fitness complex is huge—easily one of the biggest in the city—and offers all kinds of different classes. It's like a community space for fitness freaks, all hinged around Thai boxing, dance classes (911 The Studio), yoga (911 The Bloc) and open gym (Smash Gym). In the same facility you’ll also find a clean-eating restaurant (Calories Project), cafe (The Coffee Society) and a barber shop.

Traveling all the way from Singapore, this trampoline park joins the gym community Training Ground, in the form of a friendly, intimate atmosphere compared to Bangkok's other huge arenas. Split between a public zone and three primate rooms for group sessions and events, trained staff are always available to teach customers basic moves free of charge.

he city's first tanning salon offers sun-deprived city dwellers that instant surfer glow, whether from sun beds or spray-on booths imported from the US. Skin testing is required before using the machine to determine the recommended duration of use (average 4-6 minutes, maximum 10 minutes), and it takes up to 3-4 times to see outstanding results. You should take at least two days break between sessions.

At Asia's biggest trampoline park, you can bounce about in a giant room packed with 80 interconnecting trampolines—whether it's for serious exercise or simply to have some fun. The Free Jumping zone lets you ping around at leisure or practice some pro moves, while the Bounce Fit zone shows you just about the most fun way possible to keep in shape.

 

This spa offers hot sand tubs which use volcanic Japanese sand selected for its larger than average grains. They claim that the 50 essential vitamins and minerals contained within this sand will improve your immune system, stave off signs of aging, detoxify your system and improve blood circulation. 

Hit the city’s first ski training playground before planning that trip to Niseko. The training slope here is imported from Netherlands that’s just the right gradient for beginners. The three Alpine Endless Revolving Slopes offer 6x11-meter running surfaces suited to adults, while the kids’ playground zone caters to children over three years old. Need lessons? There’s a Canadian ski trainer with over 40 years’ experience.