Bangkok Nightlife and Entertainment

Bangkok is not only colorful in daytime but also after sunset when the city takes on a different light and comes to life to offer amusement 24-hours around the clock.

Bar / Beer Bar. A lot of bars selling drinks (mostly beer) and there are music and bar girls to chat and entertain you. The drinks are not expensive.

A-Go-Go Bar. In-door, air-conditioned bar with comfortable seats or stools, most of tourists prefer to drink beer or whisky, chat with bar girls, and see a lot of A Go-Go dancing. Normally the drink list and prices are shown. Sometime visitor ask for the price of drinks first. Generally it is very reasonable.

Pubs. The English style pubs are popular among business man, tourists, and foreigners. Many pubs are in the hotels and several Thai pubs are located in Bangkok. Cocktail Lounge. Most of cocktail lounges welcome any visitors no matter whether they are member or not. Receptionists and PR girls are normally assigned to welcome you, and hostesses are to accompany you and be sure she can speak English.

Cocktail lounges offers easy chair and live band to make the customer feel relaxed. The standard is better than the bars and it is, of course, more expensive.

Discotheques. There are many discotheques, either in the hotels,or in huge cavernous halls around the city. Laser technology and superb hit sounds, and music by DJs are very exciting.

Massage Parlour. There are two types of massage parlours. The "modern" and the "ancient". The modern massage parlour offers regular massage and body massage. The ancient style massage is designed to give the body a thorough working over, from head to toe. For those who have back problems please be careful with the ancient massage.

Music Lover and Live Band. For those who like the romantic climate, or to enjoy the music with dimly lit atmosphere, it is advisable to go to hotels and good restaurants, and sometimes the lobby lounge of first class hotels.

Karaoke. Drinking and singing "Karaoke-style" among friends and with hostesses is very popular among Japanese and Thai people. Several cocktail and Karaoke lounges have common room and private rooms for this enjoyment with TV or large projector screen.

Cabaret Show. Cabaret shows are available in the hotels and in special cabaret theater.

Escort Service. In many tour and guide magazines available at hotel, you will find advertising on guide and escort services. Please check for details before committing to the service.

Patpong road is close to many hotels. Even your hotel is far away there is no problem at all. Just get on a taxi or tuk-tuk and tell the driver to go to Patpong. Not only the night life attractions, one can find good restaurants such as Chinese, Japanese, Thai cuisines, sea food, European, American and fast food. There are also convenient store, bookstore, drug store, etc. A lot of visitors go to Patpong where it is the center of the bars. Within a small area of two roads, Patpong 1 and Patpong 2, there are probably about 100 bars. Also, on Soi Taniya there are many bars, and Karaoke lounges.

Patpong is very popular among tourists and visitors. It is open everyday and the attractions are during the night time.

Patpong night bazaar is another place for shopping for hand-made products, paintings, souvenirs, etc.

Why Patpong is so popular? May be the beer is cheap, the girls are friendly, the music atmosphere is good, A-Go-Go dancing is attractive, many selection of bars, and people can spend the whole evening for relaxation.

Here is Patpong road at night time.

Patpong road has turned out to be a busy place for shopping at night in the night bazaar. A lot of traders come in the evening and even at 8-9 p.m. to assemble their small outdoor shops.

Walking along this area is an exciting event for visitors. Many kinds of products, e.g. clothing, leather bags, watches, handicrafts, ceramic, wood carving, paintings, etc. are sold every night.

Not only the night bazaar, Patpong area offers many kinds of entertainment, bars, beer bars, discotheques, pubs, a-go-go dancing, and shows.

It is easy to have drinks, refreshment, and foods there.

A part of the streets at Patpong, including Soi Thaniya at night time is shown here. This area has a lot of foreign tourists walking around and enjoy themselves.

Soi Cowboy is located between Sukhumvit Road Soi 21 (Asoke) and Soi 23 (Prasarnmitr). The atmosphere is for nightlife enjoyment. There are beer bars, pubs, A Go Go bars and many shops.

List of bars, pubs, are :

The Ratchadaphisek Rd. from the intersection with Rama IX Rd. to Sutthisan Rd. has many interesting entertainment facilities, hotels, restaurants, discotheques, karaoke lounges, and massage parlours.

Starting from the Ratchada-Rama IX intersection, on the left there are new Cleopatra and the Amsterdam massages. On the right, there are Uthopia massage and two discotheques. The new entertainment complex called "Siam Niramit" has just been opened recently.

Four shopping centers are located within walking distances. They are : Lotus, Siam Jusco, Carrefour and Robinson. On this road there are at least 8 hotels and several massage parlours.

Sukhumvit , Soi 24 has a lot of entertainment centers, pubs, bars, and restaurants. The famous seafood restaurant is easily found when you enter this road. There are also Japanese, Vietnamese, Thai and European restaurants.

Khao Sarn Road is located between Chakpong and Tanao ..roads near Wat Chana Songkhram and Bang Lampoo ..Intersection. Along this road there are guest-houses, ..budget hotels, restaurants and pubs with friendly atmosphere ..and they are inexpensive. Lots of shops and food stalls are ..all over the place. Visitors can easily come to Khao Sarn ..road by taxi or Tuk-Tuk, just tell the driver to go to .."Thanon Khao Sarn" or "Pai Thanon Khao Sarn", and ..enjoy yourself.