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This is another place that doubles as a restaurant and picks up pace later in the evening as customers clean their plates. Live music, generally easy-listening, and the crowd is both Thai and expatriate. Laid back and comfortable. Menu mostly Thai.

 

This place is probably no different from any other disco—the music’s loud and almost everyone there who is single hopes to meet someone of the opposite sex. All the women are Thai, all the men are foreigners, and almost no one goes home alone. Go figure.

 

Maybe the most famous bar in Bangkok, without a doubt it’s the classiest. Smart yet relaxed. A favourite hang-out and jazz venue for almost 60 years. If Bogart was meeting you for a drink, it would be here.

 

If you’ve never been here or to its namesake in Amsterdam, the concept sounds a bit far fetched, but it really funky and fun. Sexy young women in futuristic gear serve drinks to a stylish, well-heeled clientele. As the name suggests, all customers sprawl on oversized white beds, although there are chairs if you really want them.

 

This small, dark place is cosy to some, smoky and crowded to others. It doesn’t matter which side you’re on, you’re here for the jazz, which can be superb. It can be a bit rough around the edges, but surely that’s the point. The staff and clientele are welcoming and friendly.

 
 
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