Post-lockdown bar crawl: Where you can drink in Bangkok again

Thailand has reopened, and the lockdown is over. The booze ban is winding down, and starting tomorrow drinkers can savor alcohol, legally, until 11pm, at bars with restaurant licenses. Bars without can’t legally sell – but that’s not stopping many of them.

Some may wonder which were lucky to survive the lockdown, and where to reunite with loved ones again over a drink or two? Here’s a primer to some of the city’s watering holes. 

Cocktail bars

008 Bar

Grab your Lee-Enfield and gas mask – we’re going to war. As you push open the unmarked door of this hotel bar, you’ll be immersed in the sound of the trenches. Next, journey to the Roaring Twenties with live jazz, leather armchairs, and nuanced cocktails that will make your mouth sing (although your wallet might groan).

11/F, Akyra Hotel, Sukhumvit Soi 55 (Thonglor),…