5 wine bars worth the trip across Thailand, editor-ranked by TableJourney. All Thailand guides.
Eat Me ★ 4.5 · Bangkok
1/6 Soi Phiphat 2, Convent Road, Silom, Bang Rak, Bangkok 10500
Eat Me in Bangkok's Silom has run modern eclectic plates and an Asia's 50 Best wine-list since 1998, the gallery-walled room from Tim Butler beside the Australian Embassy.
Tip: Wine list runs to 30 pages; ask the sommelier to point at the bold New World section if you like Shiraz and Malbec.
Wine I Do ★ 4.4 · Bangkok
100 Soi Charoen Krung 36, Bang Rak, Bangkok 10500
Wine I Do in Bangkok's Charoen Krung 36 is the natural-wine cellar from Tarn Sungwarn, set inside a converted shophouse with a Spanish-influenced tapas menu.
Tip: Closed Tuesdays. Walk-in only most nights, the back room is the chef's-table option for a sharing menu.
Vivin Grocery ★ 4.4 · Bangkok
Soi Sukhumvit 49/9, Khlong Tan Nuea, Watthana, Bangkok 10110
Vivin Grocery in Bangkok's Sukhumvit 49/9 is a French-curated wine bar and retail cellar with cheese counter, Burgundy by the glass and bottles-to-go pricing.
Tip: Closed Sundays. Retail-corkage 200 baht on any bottle from the shop; the cheese boards travel home well too.
Wine Pub Pullman King Power ★ 4.0 · Bangkok
8/2 Rangnam Road, Thanon Phaya Thai, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400
Wine Pub at Pullman King Power in Bangkok's Rangnam is the city's largest by-the-glass wine list at 50-plus pours, a hotel-cellar mainstay since 2010 with live jazz Fri-Sat.
Tip: Live jazz Fridays and Saturdays from 21:30. Tuesday is half-priced wine night by the glass.
Wine Connection Tapas Bar Asoke ★ 3.8 · Bangkok
Robinson Sukhumvit, 259 Sukhumvit Soi 19, Khlong Toei Nuea, Watthana, Bangkok 10110
Wine Connection Tapas Bar in Bangkok's Asoke is the value-priced wine retailer and tapas chain with branches across the city, the casual everyday wine-and-food room.
Tip: Bring-your-own corkage policy 200 baht. Pizza and tapas combos run weekday lunches and weekday afternoon happy hours.