Top Wine Bars in Thailand

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.

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-chosen 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.

Winellar ★ 4.3 · Chiang Mai

santitham · 132/1 Moo 1, Chang Khian, Mueang Chiang Mai 50300

A cellar-and-kitchen off Jed Yod pairing organic, seasonal Thai-leaning plates with a natural-wine list, the city's most serious low-intervention room.

Italthai Cellar at Amari Bangkok ★ 4.1 · Bangkok

4th floor, Amari Bangkok, 847 New Petchburi Road, Bang Kapi, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400

Italthai Cellar at Amari Bangkok in Ratchathewi is the hotel's fourth-floor wine room with a selected by-the-glass program and pairing menus.

Tip: Reservations through Amari's dining line; daytime visits are quieter for tasting flights. Pairing menu is the move when the kitchen is on full service.

Ivy's Wonder Wine Bar ★ 4.1 · Chiang Mai

nimman · Nimmanhaemin Road Soi 7, Suthep, Mueang Chiang Mai 50200

A cosy Nimman wine bar with a broad by-the-glass list and small plates, a work-friendly daytime cafe that turns into a relaxed pour bar after dark.

Cru 2nd Floor Wine Bar ★ 4.0 · Chiang Mai

old-city · 8-10 Samlan Road, Phra Singh, Mueang Chiang Mai 50200

An intimate upstairs wine room near Wat Phra Singh, a quiet Old City perch for boutique old-world bottles and charcuterie above the Samlan Road bustle.

Why Not? Italian Restaurant & Wine Bar ★ 4.0 · Chiang Mai

nimman · 14 Nimmanhaemin Road Lane 11, Suthep, Mueang Chiang Mai 50200

A long-running Italian restaurant and wine bar off Nimman with a deep old-world cellar, pairing wood-fired pizza and pasta with Italian bottles by the glass.

The 1892 Bar ★ 3.9 · Chiang Mai

nimman · 189 Suthep Road, Suthep, Mueang Chiang Mai 50200

A dim wine-and-whisky room off Suthep for slower drinking, pouring old-world reds and single malts to a quieter crowd away from the Nimman clubs.

Grape Wine Bar ★ 3.9 · Chiang Mai

chang-khlan · 61 Tha Phae Road, Chang Khlan, Mueang Chiang Mai 50100

A relaxed Tha Phae wine bar with a broad by-the-glass list and cheese and charcuterie boards, an easy Old City drinking room before the walking streets.

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.

Tip: Bring-your-own corkage policy 200 baht. Pizza and tapas combos run weekday lunches and weekday afternoon happy hours.

Wine Connection ★ 3.8 · Chiang Mai

wat-ket · Central Festival, Fah Harm, Mueang Chiang Mai 50000

The Chiang Mai deli-and-bistro of Thailand's big wine-retail chain, a dependable place for well-priced glasses, cheese boards and bottles to take away.