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Nightclubs and Music Venues

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6
MAP N6 • Sathorn Square
Complex, 98 North Sathorn Road
• 02 108 2000 • Open 9pm–2am
Tue–Sat • Adm on weekends
Downtown’s most elegant dancing
spot occupies the two top floors of a
skyscraper. The music varies nightly.
DJ Station
7
MAP P5 • Silom Soi 2 • 02 266
4029 • Open 10pm–2am daily • Adm
Ever-popular Hard Rock Café Silom Soi 2 is dominated by gay
clubs, and this three-floor nightclub
Hard Rock Café
1 is the most popular.
MAP P3 • 424/3–6 Soi 11,
Maggie Choo’s
Siam Square • 02 658 4090 8
• Open 11:30am–1am daily MAP M5 • Novotel Bangkok
With a formula that has been tried Fenix Silom Hotel, 320 Silom Road
and tested worldwide, this is one of • 091 772 2144 • Open 7pm–2am daily
the city’s liveliest night spots (see p56). One of Bangkok’s most imagi native
nightspots, this has 1930s decor,
Bamboo Bar
2 live jazz, and good food on offer.
A brilliant spot for jazz lovers,
Bamboo Bar has an excellent resident
band, an elegant tropical atmosphere,
and attentive waitresses who ensure
they keep the drinks flowing (see p56).
WOOBAR®
3
MAP P6 • W Bangkok Hotel,
106 North Sathorn Road • 02 344
4000 • Open 9am–midnight daily
A variety of sounds, from techno
to funky house, are played at this
beautifully sophisticated hotel bar.
Jazz band at Maggie Choo’s
Mixx Discotheque
4 Saxophone
MAP Q2 • President Tower
Arcade, 973 Phloen Chit Road 9
MAP T6 • 3/8 Phaya Thai Road
• 02 656 0383 • Open 10pm–2am • 02 245 3592 • Open 6pm–2am daily
daily • Adm A Bangkok music institution for
Known for its superb acoustics and 30 years, Saxophone offers live jazz,
sound system, this club plays hip- blues, and reggae. It’s a friendly
hop, R&B, and house music. spot that is also popular with locals
for its excellent Thai food.
Levels
5 Tapas
MAP T6 • Aloft Hotel, 6th floor,
MAP P5 • Soi 4, Silom Road
Sukhumvit Soi 11 • (08) 2308 3246 0
• Open 9pm–3am daily • 02 656 4249 • Open 7pm–2am daily
Different styles of music play in each The city’s best small club, playing
of this hot club’s three party zones, mostly house music, Tapas has
which include a chill-out lounge bar. pavement seating to relax in.
See map on pp84–5

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