8 cafe rooms in Bangkok we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Bangkok | Cafe across every city.
The specialty-coffee movement reshaped how Bangkok drinks, with roasters and single-origin bars clustering in Thonglor, Ekkamai and Ari. Roots Coffee at The Commons in Khlong Tan Nuea and Factory Coffee near Phaya Thai are among the rooms that pushed the city beyond sweetened iced drinks. Rocket Coffeebar on Sathorn Soi 12 and Brave Roasters in Ari show how the scene spread across neighbourhoods, each room building its own following around the bar.
Roots Coffee The Commons ★ 4.8
335 Soi Thonglor 17, Khlong Tan Nuea, Watthana, Bangkok 10110
Roots Coffee in Bangkok's The Commons Thonglor is the city's foundational third-wave roaster cafe, opened 2014 by Varatt Vichit-Vadakan with a multi-origin.
One Ounce For Onion ★ 4.7
37 Soi Ekkamai 12, Khlong Tan Nuea, Watthana, Bangkok 10110
One Ounce For Onion in Bangkok's Ekkamai is the hidden-courtyard cafe with rotating Thai and international roasters on the bar, opened 2015 in a converted.
Rocket Coffeebar S.12 ★ 4.3
147 Sathorn Soi 12, Silom, Bang Rak, Bangkok 10500
Rocket Coffeebar in Bangkok's Sathorn is the Scandinavian-design coffee-and-brunch room from 2014, with a sister branch on Soi Methiniwet and Asok.
Kaizen Coffee Co ★ 4.2
888 Soi Ekkamai (Sukhumvit 63), Khlong Tan Nuea, Watthana, Bangkok 10110
Kaizen Coffee Co at the quiet end of Ekkamai is a sibling-run specialty bar built around an Australian-style program, with pour-over single origins.
Luka Cafe ★ 4.0
64/3 Pan Road, Silom, Bang Rak, Bangkok 10500
Luka Cafe in Bangkok's Pan Road is the all-day cafe-bistro from chef Mark Carter, with house-roasted coffee, brunch all afternoon, and a small-plate evening.
Factory Coffee Bangkok ★ 4.6
49 Phaya Thai Road, Thanon Phaya Thai, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400
Factory Coffee in Bangkok's Phaya Thai is a competition barista cafe from World Brewers Cup competitor Sarisa Kanakam, espresso flights and a custom Probat.
Brave Roasters Ari ★ 4.1
76/1 Soi Ari 4, Sam Sen Nai, Phaya Thai, Bangkok 10400
Brave Roasters in Bangkok's Ari is Aroon Boonchom's third-wave coffee cafe with a small roaster on-site, the canonical morning stop for Ari neighbourhood.
Bottomless S33 ★ 4.5
7/8 Soi Sukhumvit 33, Khlong Tan Nuea, Watthana, Bangkok 10110
Bottomless S33 in Bangkok's Sukhumvit 33 is the Nonthaburi-born roaster's three-storey Bangkok flagship, a red-brick loft cafe pouring its own beans.