Top Nightlife Areas in Bangkok

Anyone visiting or living in Bangkok comes at least for some part because of the happening nightlife. So if you are going for a trip to BKK or have been living here not too long and a bit overwhelmed by the range of places to hang out, here’s the top 3 best nightlife areas in Bangkok to give you a clue at least in which area to head out depending on what you are out for.

Sukhumvit:-Located right next to Siam, this is Bangkok’s most prominent nightlife area. To be more precise Sukhumvit is the general area which is divided into several smaller sub-areas which are all conveniently located along the Sukhumvit BTS Skytrain line. The hotspots are

 Nana:- Lots of beer bars, go go bars including one of Bangkok’s three main red light districs, Nana Plaza in Sukhumvit Soi 4, countless of bars also great for playing pool. Nana has Bangkok’s highest concentration of hookers. Besides that there are lots of international restaurants and some of BKK’s best night clubs especially in Sukhumvit Soi .

Asoke:- Located right next to Nana, a bit more quiet though still a bunch of good restaurants, girl and beer bars in Sukhumvit Soi 22 (no. 2 beer bar street after Soi 4) and another Redlight district: Soi Cowboy, Bangkok’s brightest street connecting Sukhumvit Soi 23 and Sukhumvit Soi 21 (Thanon Ratchadapisek) right outside the Asok BTS / Sukhumvit MRT station.

Phrom Phong:- Located right next to Asoke, the main action here is going on in Sukhumvit Soi 33 though more and more Japanese Karaoke Bars here replacing the beer bars (which are concentrating in Nana). Still decent range of pretty good international restaurants in the whole area.

Thong Lor:- Bangkok’s Hi-So district located right next to Phrom Phong. Every time I come here I seem to spot a super hot and beautiful Thai Movie star (though normally my friend recognizes her as I don’t watch Thai TV too much). Here you find not just Bangkok’s best wine and cocktail bars but also some of Bangkok’s most beautiful women.

Ekkamai:- Located right next to Thong Lor. Not too much going on there right now but still a few less known (and pricey) bars and clubs, seems it’s trying to catch up as fast as possible these days and being the second Thong Lor in town.

Khaosan:-All these three best nightlife areas have their own typical crowd. While Sukhumvit (see above) attracts a lot of expats and tourists and RCA (see below) is the playground for the local boys and girls (though also becoming more and more popular among foreigners) in Khaosan it’s mostly the young and hip backpacker folk dancing on the street while sipping Chang Beer they bought in the 7-eleven or from the street vendors after midnight (when it’s not permitted to purchase alcohol in the shops). Of course there are still a lot of bars (some of the most popular one’s being Gulliver’s, Gazebo, 999 West and Brick Bar) and a few clubs.Khaosan is quite a lot more than just Khaosan Road. Obviously the most action is going on right on Khaosan Road but this is just the center of Khaosan area and there are many side streets that have a lot more bars and clubs to offer.Since there are so many tourists in the area it doesn’t really matter when you come here. Khaosan is partying hard and wild from sunset to sunrise 365 days a year. Though there are slightly more hot chicks (beautiful Thai girls and women, some hookers, some not) heading to Khaosan on Friday and Saturday nights.

RCA:-RCA stands for Royal City Avenue. In fact this is Bangkok’s largest nightlife area. Though it’s still a local favorite, more and more foreigners come here and do how the locals do by opening a bottle of Johnny Walker (or some Thai whiskey) in some of Bangkok’s most famous nightclubs.The good thing about RCA like with any other local Thai nightlife area is that people are authentic and there are barely hookers around (at least not foreign oriented, what doesn’t mean you can hook up the normal way with someone) the downside is that the young Thai folk that normally get sponsored by their rich parents is kind of showing off while standing together in groups and sipping their black label with soda and ice.The three most popular clubs in RCA are Route 66, Flix and Slim. Besides that there are lots of other smaller venues as well as restaurants, bars and lesbian bars.While Thai people have normally go in the clubs for free, foreigners have to pay a cover charge (usually 200 or 300 baht including one drink). Also, different from most other nightclubs in Bangkok (with exceptions like the ones in Thong Lor, Ekkamai and a few venues in Sukhumvit Soi 11 like Levels and of course all the five star hotel clubs) all clubs in RCA have a dress code, means strictly no shorts and flip-flops / sandals.Sukhumvit, Khaosan & RCA: Bangkok’s best nightlife areas. Of course there are a lot of other happening spots in Thailand’s capital and I have barely mentioned BKK’s three red-light districts here.There are currently more than 70 Go Go Bars in Pattaya and the majority of them are located all along Walking Street and its little side Sois. From all the nightlife places it’s the Go Go’s that have the most attractive girls and that’s the reason you need to pay more than anywhere else for buying lady drinks, paying their bar fines and taking them for short time or long time.

It’s always a great way to start your evening by visiting a couple of Go Go Bars and if you do so, you might want to come at around 9pm as that’s usually the time when the girls start working and traditionally dance on stage altogether. There are huge differences in the quality of girls and the entertainment from place to place.A lot of people have never heard of Soi LK Metro but this is the second hot spot for Go Go Bars – much smaller than Walking Street of course but still home to about a dozen Go Go’s and the atmosphere in those places is a lot more “laid back” and less cheeky than in Walking Street. Soi LK Metro is a 150m L-shaped Soi located in Central Pattaya, connecting Soi Diana with Soi Buakhao.

The biggest and most famous bar is Showgirls A Go Go but my favorite one is called Lady Love that has fun and naughty girls as well as an open shower where the girls are putting lots of soap on their naked bodies while dancing to the music.The girly bars are by far the most prevalent entertainment place in Pattaya. It’s almost impossible to say how many bars there are as new places come up while others close down all the time but there are easily more than a thousand bars in Pattaya! Why are they so popular? Well, if you are bored and don’t know what to do (which happens more quickly than you might think), you just hang out at the beer bars as most of them have cheap beer all day and all night, free pool and live sport on big TV screens.The girls in these beer bars are the most entertaining and fun to hang out with. If you compare them to the go go girls they’re a lot more easy going and don’t ask you for a lady drink 10 seconds after you sat down (they usually wait until you offer a drink to them).

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