Maggie Choo's beneath Bangkok's Novotel Silom is the 1930s Shanghai-styled basement bar in a restored 1847 vault. Cheongsam-clad swing dancers and nightly live jazz band.
Tip: Entry via a small wooden door street-side, downstairs into the vault. No cover, cocktails from 400 baht. Tables fill from 21:30 Fri-Sat.
Address: 320 Silom Road, Suriya Wong, Bang Rak, Bangkok 10500
DJ Station at the end of Silom Soi 2 is Thailand's most famous gay nightclub. Three-level dance house with high-energy circuit beats, drag cabaret at midnight nightly.
Tip: Doors 22:00, peak 00:00 to 02:00. Cover 300 baht with drink, photo ID required, closed-toe shoes only. Metal detector at the door.
G Bangkok on Silom Soi 2/1 (formerly G.O.D.) is the late-night three-floor gay dance house five minutes from DJ Station. After-hours circuit room with cruising upstairs.
Tip: Doors from 22:00, peak after 02:00 when DJ Station closes. Cover 200-300 baht with drink, drinks from 150 baht, photo ID required.
The Stranger Bar on Silom Soi 4 is Bangkok's premier drag-show destination, Bangkok Pride Award 2025 Best Tourist Attraction. Four nightly drag shows from 21:30.
Tip: Entry 460-500 baht with two drink tickets. Arrive before 21:00 for a counter seat; the 23:50 show is the headline cabaret.
Q and A Bar on Soi Sukhumvit 21 is the vintage-train-carriage speakeasy from the Sugar Ray Ekkamai team. Eighteen seats, rotating monthly cocktail menu of classics.
Tip: Reservation only, no walk-ins. Spot the green marble wall and small sign in an unmarked alley. Cocktails 450-650 baht; rhubarb Negroni the signature.
Havana Social down a Sukhumvit 11 back alley is the phone-booth speakeasy modelled on pre-revolution Cuban Havana. Salsa class Sundays, Latin live band nightly.
Tip: Dial the secret code on the phone booth out front to enter, the Cubano sandwich seller has the digits. Cocktails 350-500 baht, salsa floor opens 22:00.
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.
DJ Station at the end of Silom Soi 2 is Thailand's most famous gay nightclub. Three-level dance house with high-energy circuit beats, drag cabaret at midnight nightly.
Tip: Doors 22:00, peak 00:00 to 02:00. Cover 300 baht with drink, photo ID required, closed-toe shoes only. Metal detector at the door.
G Bangkok on Silom Soi 2/1 (formerly G.O.D.) is the late-night three-floor gay dance house five minutes from DJ Station. After-hours circuit room with cruising upstairs.
Tip: Doors from 22:00, peak after 02:00 when DJ Station closes. Cover 200-300 baht with drink, drinks from 150 baht, photo ID required.
The Stranger Bar on Silom Soi 4 is Bangkok's premier drag-show destination, Bangkok Pride Award 2025 Best Tourist Attraction. Four nightly drag shows from 21:30.
Tip: Entry 460-500 baht with two drink tickets. Arrive before 21:00 for a counter seat; the 23:50 show is the headline cabaret.