Located by the main Chaengwattana Road, this cafe by the Santichaikul sisters (Piraya, Pakkaporn and Panicha) began as a madeto-order bakery shop selling through Instagram (IG: Waft_ Me). The new, full-scale operation offers waffles, coffee and smoothies, as well as homemade patisseries (Pakkaporn “Mint” Santichaikul is a graduate of Le Cordon Bleu). Highlights include the Wafger—a customizable waffle that lets you pick between plain, chocolate or wholewheat waffle, ice-cream flavors and topping (B155)—and the Chocolate Lava (B160), available with a choice of five different lava fillings, including the unfamiliar, slightly savory Thai tea. The shop also offers a short list of main dishes, including the Popeye Cheesy Burger (cheese and spinach bun, beef patty, egg and cheese, B195). Coffee is sourced from a Chiang Rai roaster, starting from B75 for a hot latte.

 

This project from a group of four college friends proves that hipster cafes have grown way beyond Thonglor-Ekkamai. But they do more than just single origin coffee, also offering a car wash service that starts from B140 for a wash and B320 for a wax. On the coffee side, they occasionally have beans from small, local producers like Roots and Brave Roasters, though their main supplier is the same roaster as Dean & Deluca, while they get their Italian soda syrups from Socrates (Sugar Ray). Alcohol comes from the Smiling Mad Dog crew, including Brothers cider (B80) and St. Bernardus beers (B200). There are only three choices of pastas for a quick meal: Tobiko sesame cream, bacon chili and Thai spicy sauce (all B120). The team also plans to introduce a cocktail menu for the evenings.

 

Pichakorn Ujjin and Wanravee Asvutmangkul, who for the past four years ran 77th Café at Nawamin Festival Walk, have now stepped out of the community mall environment for a standalone spot right behind Durakij Bandit University. Sevendays Café is a onestop chillout space offering coffee (from B77 for hot latte), pastries and serious meals. On the patisserie side, Wanravee bakes all the items daily—you can even watch her work by taking a seat on the second floor beside the transparent baking room. The sweet highlights include Queen B (B147), a hot fudge brownie topped with ice-cream, crumble, marshmallow and whipped cream, and Sevendays Honey Toast, served with seasonal fruit and ice cream made by the owners’ family (be sure to try the Very Berry and strawberry cheesecake flavors, too). Their home-style Thai food is also worth a try, like the baked pork rice served with boiled egg (B97).

 

Another cafe that popped up after establishing their cred on Instagram, Trust Me I’m a Baker has opened as a proper shop focused on macarons (B25), cupcakes (B15) and monthly baking workshops. The cafe also does brownies (B55), chocolate cakes (B65) and scones (B65), which make delightful little gifts. The shop can only fit around 10 customers, but do hang around at the bar seats for a cup of cappuccino (B55)—they’re made with handpicked beans from local roasters.

 

This project by two sisters is a very pretty picture thanks to décor that ticks all the right boxes—Japanese-inspired furniture, dried flowers, cacti, wooden tableware. Some of the kitchen accessories are also for sale. Their real draw is 3D latte art, with baristas who can make various animal shapes appear as though they’re popping out of the milk foam on your coffee (Creamy Caffe Latte, B120). The scones are also pretty tasty, served in sets of three with whipped cream and homemade strawberry sauce (B105). For those after something more substantial, they do proper meals like chicken green curry served with roti (B115) and spaghetti with bacon and sausage (B160), too.