8 editor picks in Bangkok.
8 cafe places 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 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.
TipThe single-origin pour-over flight is the way to read the bean program. Closes at 19:00 daily; weekend mornings queue.
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.
TipThe filter menu changes every couple of weeks; ask the barista what just arrived. Weekend brunch from 09:00.
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.
TipAll-day brunch menu but mornings are the calmest window. The espresso tonic and the avocado on toast are the canonical orders.
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.
TipClosed Mondays. The single-origin filter rotates weekly; the matcha lava cheesecake is the bakery cabinet pick.
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.
TipWeekend brunch books out; weekday afternoons are the calmest window for the work-friendly tables in the back room.
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.
TipThe flight option lines up espresso, milk and brewed coffee from the same bean. BTS Phaya Thai is two minutes away.
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.
TipThe pour-over menu lists every single origin individually. Weekend mornings the queue forms by 09:00.
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.
TipThree floors plus a rooftop; the ground floor counter is the spot for filter coffee, the upstairs zones are the work-friendly tables. Open 07:00-20:00 daily.
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