Best bars in Bangkok
Bangkok had eight bars on Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2026, more than any other city, and three on The 50 Best Bars 2026. Here are the ranked cocktail bars, the award-winning bartenders behind them and the rooftops worth the elevator ride.
Cocktail bars
- Thonglor
- No.4 Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2026 · The Best Bar in Thailand
- No.5 Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2025 · Highest New Entry
- No.27 The World’s 50 Best Bars 2026 · New entry
Opened in 2024 by Supawit “Palm” Muttarattana and Niwarin “Ae” Phlainoi. The menu is built on “Super Classics”: two established cocktails merged into one new drink.
Behind the bar: Supawit “Palm” Muttarattana, Tanat “Khem” Suttirak, Tamaryn Cooper
▶ Ankit Fadia - 2. Bar UsSoi Sukhumvit 26
- No.6 Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2026 · Ketel One Sustainable Bar Award
- No.4 Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2025 · The Best Bar in Thailand
- No.4 The World’s 50 Best Bars 2026
Founded in September 2023 by Sudarat “Taln” Rojanavanich and Veerach “Aum” Sawaengsupt. The menu reads like a tasting menu, with starters, mains and “after” drinks built on Thai flavours such as guava leaf, green chilli and makrut lime.
Behind the bar: Sudarat “Taln” Rojanavanich & Veerach “Aum” Sawaengsupt
▶ Yan Hui Tan - 3. Lennon’s30th floor, Rosewood Bangkok, Ploenchit
- No.7 Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2026 · Highest New Entry
A speakeasy and vinyl bar with more than 6,000 records that guests can pick and play. Its Bartender Series brings guest bartenders from around Asia.
Behind the bar: KT Lam
▶ DrinkCollectiv - 4. Bar SathornThe House on Sathorn, W Bangkok
- No.17 Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2026 · Highest Climber
- No.48 Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2025 · New entry
A lounge inside The House on Sathorn, a heritage house built in 1889. It runs a Bartender Takeover Series with visiting bartenders.
▶ W Bangkok - Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok, Charoen KrungTemporarily closed (listed as temporarily closed on Google Maps, checked 14 October 2026).
- No.20 Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2026
- No.19 Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2025
- No.30 The World’s 50 Best Bars 2026
An Art Deco hotel bar on the Chao Phraya River, led by Philip Bischoff. Its drinks programme draws on Latin America, with tequila and mezcal to the fore.
Behind the bar: Philip Bischoff
▶ The Nomad Barista - 6. OpiumAbove Potong, Chinatown (Yaowarat)
- No.25 Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2026
- No.43 Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2025 · New entry
- No.92 The World’s 50 Best Bars 2025 · 51–100 list
A speakeasy hidden inside the restaurant Potong. It takes cues from Bangkok’s Chinatown and classic New York bars and is named after the opium den that once occupied the space.
▶ Ankit Fadia - 7. G.O.DBangkok
- No.31 Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2026
- No.26 Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2025 · New entry
A church-like bar from Niks Anuman-Rajadhon and Attaporn De-Silva, the team behind Teens of Thailand and Asia Today. The drinks are spirit-forward and the mood edgy and experimental.
Behind the bar: Niks Anuman-Rajadhon
- 8. Aqua BarAnantara Siam Bangkok
- No.48 Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2026 · New entry
A hotel bar whose menu is called “Potions of the Garden”. New to Asia’s 50 Best Bars in 2026.
- 9. VesperConvent Road, Silom
- No.56 Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2026 · 51–100 list
- No.29 Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2025 · Legend of the List Award
A European-inspired Bangkok institution with more than a decade on Convent Road. It is led by bar manager Tom Hearn, formerly of the American Bar at The Savoy.
Behind the bar: Tom Hearn
▶ The Cocktail Hunter - Yaowarat (Chinatown)
- No.69 Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2026 · 51–100 list
- No.90 Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2025 · 51–100 list
From the team behind Bar Us. It moved to Yaowarat and launched an ingredient-driven “Grocery Store” cocktail concept.
- Bangkok
- No.76 Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2026 · 51–100 list
- No.71 Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2025 · 51–100 list
A bar known for “resourceful” cocktails, where Bacardi Legacy 2019 winner Ronnaporn “Neung” Kanivichaporn is head bartender.
Behind the bar: Ronnaporn “Neung” Kanivichaporn
▶ Gastrofilm - 12. FireflySindhorn Kempinski Hotel
- No.78 Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2026 · 51–100 list
- No.82 Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2025 · 51–100 list
The Sindhorn Kempinski’s bar, a regular on Asia’s 51–100 list. It hosts the Bangkok Bar Show 2026 closing party.
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▶ The Cocktail Hunter - 14. TEP BarBangkok
- No.15 Bangkok Bar Show Awards (Thailand) 2025 · Cultural Bar of Thailand
Named Cultural Bar of Thailand at the Bangkok Bar Show Awards 2025.
- BangkokTemporarily closed (listed as temporarily closed on Google Maps, checked 14 October 2026).
A hidden bar entered through a photo booth, from the Find the Locker Room group. Its bartender Thanachot “Ong” Lohanimit won World Class Thailand 2025.
Behind the bar: Thanachot “Ong” Lohanimit
▶ BK Magazine
Rooftop bars
Full rooftop guide with dress codes and booking tips →
- State Tower, Silom
The “Hangover” bar: iconic, crowded and among the strictest on dress (long trousers and closed shoes for men). The standing bar needs no booking.
▶ lebua Bangkok - T-One Building, Sukhumvit
Known for its glowing jellyfish-like LED tree. Lively rather than a lounge, with no bookings for small groups: arrive around opening for a buzzer.
▶ Global Travel Mate - Bangkok Marriott Hotel Sukhumvit (Thonglor)
A 360-degree view across three floors with a relaxed lounge feel. The top floor is usually walk-in only.
▶ Fuel For The Sole - 4. Sky BeachThe Standard, Mahanakhon (78th floor)
Described as the highest rooftop bar in Thailand. Getting up there needs a Mahanakhon SkyWalk ticket.
- 5. Vertigo & Moon BarBanyan Tree Bangkok, SathornClosed for renovation until 2 December 2026.
A long open-air deck high above Sathorn, romantic and sophisticated.
- Centara Grand at CentralWorld
A circular 360-degree bar devoted to Champagne. Edge seats go first.
- Aira Hotel, Sukhumvit Soi 11
Mediterranean-styled and festive; it fills up even on weeknights.
- Hyatt Regency Bangkok Sukhumvit
A multi-level venue styled like a penthouse; the 31st-floor terrace is usually quieter than the main bar.
- 9. Above ElevenFraser Suites, Sukhumvit Soi 11
A park-themed rooftop where the Peruvian-Japanese (Nikkei) food is as much the draw as the view.
- 10. Hi-So Rooftop BarSO/ Bangkok, LumpiniListed as permanently closed on Google Maps (checked 14 October 2026).
Overlooks Lumpini Park, a view the guide compares to Central Park.
- 11. ABar RooftopBangkok Marriott Marquis Queen’s Park, Sukhumvit
The hotel’s top-floor alfresco lounge, which runs a regular series of guest shifts by bartenders from around Asia.
The bartenders
- Supawit “Palm” Muttarattana Co-founder, Dry Wave Cocktail Studio
- Tanat “Khem” Suttirak Bartender, Dry Wave Cocktail Studio (2024)
- Tamaryn Cooper Bartender, Dry Wave Cocktail Studio
- Sudarat “Taln” Rojanavanich & Veerach “Aum” Sawaengsupt Co-founders, Bar Us
- KT Lam Director of Bars, Rosewood Bangkok (Lennon’s)
- Philip Bischoff Leads BKK Social Club, Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok
- Niks Anuman-Rajadhon Co-founder, Teens of Thailand and G.O.D; co-founder, Bangkok Bar Show
- Tom Hearn Bar manager, Vesper
- Ronnaporn “Neung” Kanivichaporn Head bartender, Mahaniyom Cocktail Bar
- Thanachot “Ong” Lohanimit Bartender, Find the Photo Booth
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