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DRINKING & NIGHTLIFE
BAR
WTF
(
www.wtfbangkok.com
;
7 Soi 51, Th Sukhumvit; 6pm-1am Tue-Sun; Thong Lo exit 3)
No, not that WTF;
Wonderful Thai Friendship is a funky, friendly neighbourhood bar that also packs in two
floors of gallery space. Artsy locals and resident foreigners come for the old-school cock-
tails, live music and DJ events, poetry readings, art exhibitions and truly tasty bar snacks
whose influences range from Macau to Spain. We, like them, give WTF our vote for
Bangkok's best bar.
BADMOTEL
(
www.facebook.com/badmotel
;
Soi 55 (Thong Lor), Th Sukhumvit; 5pm-1.30am; Thong Lo exit 3 & taxi)
The
new Badmotel blends modern and kitschy, cosmopolitan and Thai, in a way that has struck
a nerve with Bangkok hipsters. This is manifest in drinks that combine Hale's Blue Boy, a
Thai childhood drink staple, with rum, and bar snacks such as
nám prík ong
(a northern-
style dip), here served with poppadum.
BAR
TUBA
(34 Room 11-12 A, Soi Ekamai 21, Soi 63 (Ekamai), Th Sukhumvit; 11am-2am; Ekkamai exit 1 & taxi)
Part
storage room for over-the-top vintage furniture, part restaurant, part friendly local boozer,
this quirky bar doesn't lack in diversity, nor fun. Indulge in a whole bottle (they'll hold
onto it if you don't finish it) and don't miss the moreish chicken wings or the delicious
deep-fried
lâhp
.
BAR
CHEAP CHARLIE'S
(Soi 11, Th Sukhumvit; 4.30-11.45pm Mon-Sat; Nana exit 3)
You're bound to have a hard time con-
vincing your Thai friends to go to Th Sukhumvit only to sit at an outdoor wooden shack
decorated with buffalo skulls and wagon wheels. Fittingly, Charlie's draws a staunchly for-
eign crowd who don't mind a bit of kitsch and sweat with their Singha.
BAR
GREASE
NIGHTCLUB
