Khua Kling Pak Sod in Bangkok's Thonglor is the canonical southern-Thai family room, dry-spiced beef khua kling, sator stir-fry and crab curry served.
Signature: Khua kling beef, Crab curry, Sator pork stir-fry
Order: The khua kling beef on rice, the sator and pork stir-fry, plus a coconut sticky-rice dessert.
Tip: Heat scale is real; ask the server for the western-tongue version if you cannot handle the dry spice.
Khua Kling Pak Sod in Bangkok's Thonglor is the canonical southern-Thai family room, dry-spiced beef khua kling, sator stir-fry and crab curry on mountain.
Signature: Khua kling beef, Crab curry, Sator pork stir-fry
Order: Khua kling beef on rice, sator pork stir-fry and a coconut sticky-rice dessert.
Tip: Heat scale is real; ask for the western-tongue version if you cannot handle full southern spice levels.
Supanniga Eating Room Thonglor in Bangkok serves Trat and Khon Kaen heritage Thai recipes on Sukhumvit 55, with the same grandmother-recipe approach.
Signature: Moo cha muang, Yum tomato pomelo, Sticky rice dessert
Order: Moo cha muang (pork in cha muang leaf), yum tomato pomelo and the coconut sticky rice.
Tip: Three Bangkok branches; Thonglor is the Sukhumvit option for the BTS crowd. Reservations recommended for dinner.
Beam in Bangkok's Thonglor is the four-level underground club inside 72 Courtyard, open since 2016. Tech-house and techno on a Function-One rig, the city's serious-music room.
Tip: Doors usually 21:00 Wed-Sat. Cover 300-500 baht, photo ID required, smart casual. Limited capacity on the main floor, queue early for international bookings.
Sing Sing Theater in Bangkok's Sukhumvit 45 is the 1930s Shanghai-styled club with wrought-iron screens and lanterns. House and electronic DJs alongside cabaret performers.
Tip: Doors 21:00 Tue-Sat. No cover most nights, table reservations via SevenRooms. Smart casual, photo ID, dancing kicks off after midnight.
Onyx on Royal City Avenue is Bangkok's stadium-style EDM room, opened October 2015 with a 2,500-capacity main stage. D&B Audiotechnik rig and superstar headliner bookings.
Tip: Doors 21:00 nightly, peak crowd from 23:30. Cover 300-500 baht with one drink, photo ID required. Table bookings via Clubbable for prime view of the booth.
Route 66 on Royal City Avenue is a long-running RCA mainstay split into three rooms: hip-hop main, Thai pop side, and an EDM annex. The student and 20s crowd anchor of RCA.
Tip: Cover 200-400 baht with two drinks. Multiple rooms charged separately, photo ID required. The hip-hop room runs latest on Fri-Sat.
The Iron Fairies on Thonglor is Ashley Sutton's gothic fantasy bar: a faux-blacksmith forge filled with wrought-iron fairies, nightly jazz on a tiny upstairs stage.
Tip: Live jazz from 21:00 nightly, no cover. Famous burger plus cocktail combo around 600 baht. Look for the unmarked black door off Thonglor.
Octave at Bangkok Marriott Sukhumvit spans the 45th to 49th floors above Thonglor. Three tiers including a circular 49th-floor open-air rooftop and live DJ nightly.
Tip: Reserve via SevenRooms for a parapet seat at sunset. The top floor opens 17:00, last call 02:00. Two-cocktail minimum after 19:00 on weekends.
Rabbit Hole on Thonglor between Soi 5 and 7 is the three-storey craft cocktail house behind an unmarked wooden door. Asia's 50 Best regular, copper and brass interior.
Tip: No signage, look for the heavy wooden door near Ainu Japanese. The ground floor fills first; quieter upstairs. Cocktails 450-700 baht.
Studio Lam in Bangkok's Thonglor is DJ Maft Sai's mor lam record bar, sister to the Zudrangma record shop next door. Wednesday live mor lam from 21:00, dance floor till late.
Tip: Closed Mondays. No cover, ya dong (Thai herbal liquor) cocktails from 250 baht. Live mor lam Wednesdays, DJ sets Tue and Thu-Sun.
Iron Balls Distillery on Ekkamai is the steampunk gin distillery and bar with the still behind the counter. Booth-only basement, gin-and-tonics from house-distilled coconut gin.
Tip: Walk-in only, cocktails from 350 baht. The G&T flight is the test drive; the booths face the copper still. Closes 01:00 nightly.