Category: Eating Out

Cabbages & Condoms Restaurant Bangkok

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Cabbages & Condoms is a rather infamous restaurant and tourist attraction in central Bangkok mostly famed for it’s delicious Thai cuisine and unorthodox condom theme.

The concept

The Cabbages & Condoms restaurant is actually run by a local charity, PDA, that works to promote aids awareness and education on family planning within the community. Not only does it help reduce the amount of pregnancies in Thai teens, but it also helps support local development in Thailand.

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Despite the serious message behind Cabbages & Condoms in Bangkok, the restaurant takes on a rather light hearted and creative tone. Look closer at the pretty lamps and light shades, and you’ll notice the light shining through an intricate structure of condoms.

These quirky touches run throughout the restaurant: life-sized cops made out of condoms, a game show style spinning wheel of sexual diseases, and complimentary condoms in place of standard after-dinner mints… it personally puts me off my dinner a bit though. I’m such a prude…

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However, despite what some people might find to be a slightly crude theme for a restaurant, the whole setting comes together quite tastefully and elegantly. The Cabbages & Condoms restaurant offers an ambient environment of charming fairy lights, colourful decor and traditional, Thai wooden furnishings.

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The upper floor of the restaurant overlooks a natural courtyard area sheltered by interspersed tall trees for a more wild and pleasant feel. It’s perfect for a romantic or special dinner while on holiday in Bangkok – or simply a change of scene for expats.

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Cabbages & Condoms menu

The menu at Cabbages & Condoms offers a variety of simple, affordable Thai dishes and more extravagant, expensive dishes (expensive for Thailand anyway). Dishes start from 120 baht for mains like Fried Bean Curd & Cashew Nut, Pad See-Ew (fried chicken and noodles with soy sauce) and Som Tam (papaya salad).

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Middle-of-the-range options on the Cabbages & Condoms menu include Beef Massaman Curry and Chicken Panang Curry for 250 baht. Finer dishes such as lamb or steamed whole bass with fresh mango sauce cost up to 400 baht per dish. Cabbages & Condoms have a great and extensive menu for sampling the Thai cuisine while in Bangkok – or just for a change of scenery for expats.

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How to get to Cabbages & Condoms Bangkok

Take the BTS to Asoke station on the Sukhumvit line. Cabbages & Condoms is located on the right hand side of Sukhumvit Soi 12 just a few hundred metres from the station. It’s about a 5 minute walk down the Soi.

Balco Rooftop Bar & Bar B-Q Restaurant Bangkok

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The Balco Bar and Bar B-Q is a rooftop bar in Bangkok very different to the other upmarket, chic rooftop bars of the city. Set on the riverside of the Chao Phraya river, the Balco Bar offers a much more casual atmosphere, with reasonable prices and a relaxed atmosphere. The Balco Bar isn’t just a rooftop bar, it offers an authentic, Thai dining experience with stunning cityscape surroundings.

A typical night at the Balco Bar

I don’t mean to generalise, but let’s face it, Thai people LOVE barbecues. Not barbecues as we know them in the west, but barbecues as in the Thai style of cook-it-yourself grilled meats. And shit loads more meats. That’s a Thai-style barbecue restaurant. And so the Balco Bar and Bar B-Q offers a pleasant, laid back atmosphere of contented Thais, grilling the crap out of their big, proud piles of meat.

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Despite it’s rather exclusive location above the expensive River City Shopping Centre, there’s no need to worry about a dress code at the Balco Bar and Bar B-Q like at the other Bangkok Rooftop bars. Just turn up in flip flops and a t-shirt and no-one will bat an eyelid – they’re all too busy drinking their beer towers and incinerating their bacon.

Despite this chilled out atmosphere though, the service is superb and the charming staff are always on hand to help you with their superior barbecuing expertise.

A view from the Balco Bar

The Balco Bar and Bar B-Q is set among a myriad of foliage and hidden amongst it’s own rooftop garden. Being on the 5th floor of the River City Complex, it’s not as impressive as other Bangkok rooftop bars such as the 65th floor Sky Bar, however the Balco Bar does boast a different perspective with tranquil views of the river.

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It’s a pleasant experience to sit and watch the boats go by amidst the cityscape backdrop along the Chao Phraya river. The Balco Rooftop Bar does however seem to have quite a few obstructions that hinder this romantic riverside view. On top of that, the bar area features live music in a popular Thai fashion; an entertainer in a sequin dress and cowboy hat, singing unpleasantly out of tune in a karaoke stylee – You get the picture. It does kind of ruin the mood a little, but it’s all in good fun.

Balco Bar and Bar B-Q Menu

The Bar B-Q menu at the Balco Bar Bangkok is very reasonably priced for a rooftop bar in the capital city. Prices start from 120 baht for your typical Thai dishes, however, as you may have guessed from it’s name, barbecue style food is more of it’s specialty. You can order sets for the barbecue or individual items such as bacon, seafood, steak, chicken, prawn, noodle and vegetables.

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Individual items cost between 40 baht and 80 baht for a small portion (perhaps 4 or 5 pieces of meat, for example). Sets start at 245 baht for one person or 450 baht for two people. This includes a variety of meat, noodles and vegetables. In keeping with the authentic Thai style of dining, beer towers are also available at a very fair price as well.

How to get to Balco Bar & Bar B-Q

You can catch a ferry to River City from Sathorn Central Pier; take the BTS to Saphan Taksin and follow signs for the ferry. If you wait at the middle pier, you can catch a public ferry to River City for just a few baht. Make sure to get off at pier number 3, Si Phraya – on some ferry lines this is sometimes the first stop.

When you get off the boat, walk down the lane and turn left at the end, then walk past the Sheraton Hotel and you will see the River City complex. Alternatively, you just catch a taxi straight to River City. You will need to take the elevator inside River City to the 5th floor.

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Steve Cafe & Cuisine Bangkok

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Off the beaten track and hidden among rickety, wooden plank pathways along the Chao Phraya riverfront, Steve Cafe & cuisine is truly a unique, hidden gem amongst the hustle and bustle of Bangkok. If you’re an expat wanting to try something different in Bangkok, or simply on holiday longing for somewhere a little more adventurous and local, the laid back Steve Cafe may be just what you’re looking for.

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A journey to Steve Cafe

It’s certainly not an easy feat trying to navigate one’s way to Steve Cafe. Balancing your way along the maze of thin, creaky boardwalks; squeezing through drunken, saucy gangs of fishermen getting lairy on Sangsom; and dodging old locals hauling rice sacks on their backs is a mini adventure in itself. (It’s not that bad – I just got REALLY lost. Follow my directions below to avoid the rabble of local drunks)

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Navigating your way to the little riverfront restaurant is all part of the fun of visiting Steve Cafe & Cuisine in Bangkok though. The quaint, little alleyways and energetic atmosphere of these riverside stilt houses represent authentic, local Thai culture perfectly.

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When you arrive at Steve Cafe, you’ll be pleasantly surprised by the contrastingly clean and inviting-looking riverfront building tucked away at the end of a winding alley of ramshackle, wooden planks. Greeted by a welcoming sign on the teak wooden doorway, you’ll be asked to remove your shoes and stow them on the homey shoe rack next to the entrance.

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The layout of Steve Cafe is authentically casual, bright and airy: simple white furniture lines the terrace along the river front, while the inside section features cozy sofas and mismatched seating. The basic setting is complimented with the odd charming, subtle decoration such as rambling roses climbing pillars, minimalist Thai temple paintings on the walls, a typical Thai spirit house embellished with offerings of flowers, and random old stuffed toys in hanging cages… wait, wtf? Creepy.

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As for the view at Steve Cafe, the opposite side of the river provides a rather sparsely populated view: void of impressive Bangkok high rises or grand, Thai temples as you might get at other famous restaurants on the Chao Phraya river like Amorosa. When visiting Steve Cafe, expect a more simple, broad riverfront setting – just sit back and appreciate the rare calm of the big city.

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The soft, lapping sounds of the river, along with the decent mix of popular, easy going background tunes from artist’s like Jack Johnson, give Steve Cafe a pleasantly relaxing ambience. Furthermore, despite the humble surrounding landscape, it’s still fun to watch the little boats and ferries go by, and the giant, creepy river fish thrashing around in the water while the locals feed them from the busy neighbouring dock.

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The menu at Steve Cafe

The menu at Steve Cafe is thickly packed with a huge range of both traditional and modern Thai dishes. Typical meals cost between 140 baht and 200 baht for simple dishes like Pad Thai & fresh prawns or Southern style sour soup with lotus stems & tofu; or up to the 400 baht mark for more elegant dishes such as deep fried sea bass with herbs.

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Food is reasonably priced considering the decent portion sizes and quality – dishes are obviously cooked with love at Steve Cafe. You’ll find pretty much any Thai dish you can think of on the menu at Steve Cafe from dry curries, soup curries and sour soups, to veggie dishes, salads and stir fries.

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How to get to Steve Cafe

Steve Cafe is set in a peaceful area, hidden behind a beautiful temple and museum through the local back streets. The best way to get to Steve Cafe is by ferry. You can take the BTS to Saphan Taksin pier, then take the ferry to pier no. 15, Thewet Pier. This should cost about 15 baht depending on which boat you board.

Once at pier 15, walk straight down the road for a couple of hundred metres until you reach a small bridge on the left hand side. Cross the bridge, turn left and follow the road around the u-bend. Just ahead on your left hand side there should be a narrow alleyway – walk down and turn left at the end. This will take you a temple entrance.

Make your way behind the temple until you come to a parking lot with a museum on the right hand side. Just past the museum is a wooden walkway towards the river that leads to Steve Cafe.

Website: www.stevecafeandcuisine.com

Asiatique Riverfront Market Bangkok

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Bangkok shopping budget: $$

Average clothes prices: 100 – 300 baht 

Asiatique is a charming riverside market in Bangkok, very similar in layout to the designer shopping villages found across Europe. With it’s wide range of entertainment, bars, restaurants and unique boutique shops, Asiatique attracts a mixture of both local Bangkok Thais and tourists from all over the world.

Not only do the shopping arcades of Asiatique provide a romantic setting of quirky decorations and creative shop exteriors, but the riverside market also offers Thai cabaret shows and deluxe ferris wheel rides for 250 baht a go. As for the food at Asiatique, there is a huge choice of ice cream parlours plus pizzerias, kebab vans, chicken spit roasts, French gourmet and Japanese restaurants to choose from.

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When it comes to the shops of Asiatique, the shopping experience is rather similar to that of Bangkok’s famous Chatuchak Weekend Market – plenty of cool, indie clothes and accessory shops; cute hand made jewellery boutiques; and numerous textile and souvenir shops. The only difference between the two markets really, is that Asiatique is considerably smaller than Chatuchak and therefore less frustrating. On top of this, the charming style and pretty lights also add to Asiatique’s more chilled out ambience.

Asiatique Market is conveniently divided into different sections: the first section closest to the Bangkok riverside is dedicated more to unique boutiques and fashionable clothing. Here, you can find cool dresses, casual tops, funky fedora hats, punky caps and cute, handmade jewellery. You can pick up a unique pair of elegant, hand made earrings from 95 baht; a pair of denim shorts for 99 baht; or a cool, printed men’s t-shirt from 150 baht a piece.

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The other half of the shops at Asiatique, nearest the roadside of the shopping village, cater mainly to tourists. Shops in this section tend to sell a repetition of bohemian style clothing, ethnic jewellery, colourful bangles, soft furnishings and Thai trinkets.

There are a particularly high number of pashmina shops which sell beautiful scarves and wallhangings in this area. The only drawback with these, is that the salesmen are unpleasantly over-keen and, although the pashminas are high quality, the prices aren’t so cheap. Pashminas will typically sell for around 400 baht while wall hangings will cost from 1200 baht for an elaborately embroidered small size.

Do make sure not to accept the first price offered in these shops though, as the salesmen working in this chain of stalls tend to start at an extremely high amount – expect to haggle the price down a lot. They’re very greedy! You can’t really innocently have a nose and window shop at these stalls either – they’ll pounce on you as soon as you stop to take a sneaky peek. Shame, I do love to have a nose at pretty things…

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Anyway, this roadside section is highly useful for souvenir shopping or buying home furnishings – there are some lovely ornaments, lights and soft furnishings kicking around. In this part, expect to pay from 20 baht for the cheapest pair of earrings, 150 baht for a standard scarf and from 60 baht for some of the wooden bangles. There is also a decent range of better quality, ethnic jewellery at a higher price too if you prefer – around 400 baht for a hand made leather and charm necklace, for example.

How to get to Asiatique Riverfront

Asiatique is open from 6pm until midnight, 7 days a week. The weekend gets super busy at Asiatique, however week nights at the riverside market are pretty quiet. The easiest way to get to Asiatique Bangkok is to take the free shuttle boat; this leaves from Sathorn Central Pier which also happens to be attached to the Saphan Taksin BTS station.

So, you can either take the BTS to Saphan Taksin or, if you’re staying near the Chao Phraya river in Bangkok, you can catch a ferry to the central pier. The pier is very clearly signposted for the free shuttle boat – it runs from 6pm until 12pm.

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Sabai Jai Gai Yang Local Thai Restaurant Bangkok

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Sabai Jai Gai Yang, also referred to as Baan Tawan Gai Yang, is an authentic, local neighbourhood restaurant to drink and dine in pure Thai style. Located in the sleek and modern district of Bangkok, Bang Na, Sabai Jai Gai Yang is a breath of fresh air where you can enjoy proper Thai food in natural Thai surroundings.

Sabai Jai Gai Yang Style

Sabai Jai Gai Yang is a casual Bangkok hangout where you can simply relax and chill out in your shorts and flip flops. The laid back, family orientated, local ambience make it a a great ‘off the beaten track’ restaurant away from the hectic tourist atmospheres or contrastingly snobbish undercurrents of other Bangkok restaurants and bars.

The Restaurant

The Bangkok restaurant has both a traditional open air section and an air conditioned indoor section. In the typical Thai restaurant style, Sabai Jai Gai Yang consists of a partially sheltered tent like surround, fold-up metal seating, plastic table covers and the standard drinks trolley at the head of the table.

Despite it’s relatively small size, there is a stage at the front where local bands play Thai tunes and pop music towards the later hours of the evening. It can get a bit loud and difficult to hear each other speak during these hours, but if you’re keen to listen to some proper Thai music in Bangkok, you’ll definitely find it here. I can’t help but feel a bit stressed out listening to the crazy overpowering beats of too much authentic Thai music myself though…

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Sabai Jai Gai Yang is the kind of Bangkok restaurant to let loose, nothing fancy; buy a beer tower or two with friends and share taster dishes in the middle of the table, Thai style.

Sabai Jai Gai Yang Menu

Sabai Jai Gai Yang have an extensive menu of both Isaan dishes and Thai food. The battered, plastic menus are thick with pages of dishes in both English and Thai. Although staff don’t speak much English at Sabai Jai Gai Yang, the menus are pretty clear with plenty of pictures to help you choose.

Isaan and Thai dishes at Sabai Jai Gai Yang are reasonably priced and start from around the 80 baht mark. For 80 baht, you can get their signature dish, half a mouthwatering grilled chicken (as in the name – gai yang) with spicy Thai dips. Admittedly it’s tasty, but it’s also a real ball ache to eat half a chicken with a fork and spoon!

Other typical cheaper dishes at the Bangkok restaurant include Pad Ka Praw (Basil stir fry) and Som Tam (Papaya salad) which cost around 120 baht. Bigger dishes such as whole steamed fish and seafood stir fries cost up to 400 baht per dish. Just bare in mind that this is an authentic Thai restaurant – the spicy Thai dishes at Sabai Jai Gai Yang are damn spicy.

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How To Get To Sabai Jai Gai Yang

Sabai Jai Gai Yang is located on Bangkok’s Ekamai Road Soi 1. You can get to Ekamai via BTS to Ekamai station, then head up Soi 63 (Ekamai Road) and Soi 1 is on the left hand side opposite Health Land. Although it is only Soi 1, this is a surprisingly long and sweaty walk (10 – 15 minutes) so you may want to take a taxi from Ekamai BTS station.

Sabai Jai Gai Yang is right on the corner of the main road and Soi 1 – the entrance is just around the back.

Cafe Tartine, Phloen Chit Bangkok

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Cafe Tartine is a bright and airy French cafe & patisserie serving a wide range of delicious salads, sandwiches, quiches and French desserts. The interior of Cafe Tartine is small and cosy yet spacious and light, furnished with birch wood tables and specialist wine bottles lining the walls. Customers have the option to sit either inside, or on the peaceful and comfortable terrace which has fans and cushioned seating. The road outside the cafe is rather quiet so it makes for a tranquil Al Fresco lunch.

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Cafe Tartine is perfect for a healthy treat or a relaxed, casual afternoon lunch or brunch with friends in Bangkok. The menu prices range from around 140 to 250 baht per meal and the food served there is very good quality. The most unique thing about Cafe Tartine though, is it’s Create Your Own Salad & Sandwich menu.

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With a huge choice of dressings, fillings and salad ingredients, you can have your perfect lunch for an average of just 200 baht. Although, the standard dishes on the main menu are good enough without needing to personalise them. Cafe Tartine’s Cobb Salad for example, comes jam-packed full of bacon, egg, pepper, blue cheese, roast chicken and avocado with a side of freshly baked bread.

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Sandwiches come with a side of salad and cover everything from chicken, olive and goats cheese, to prosciutto ham and melted cheese. If you’re feeling particularly hungry, you can opt for the pork chop with french fries and roasted vegetables for just 230 baht. As for drinks, home made iced tea at Cafe Tartine costs just 50 baht for unlimited refills and comes with an optional jug of syrup if you don’t like it too sweet.

However, with a divine range of flans, chocolate pies and beautiful French cakes, desserts at Cafe Tartine are definitely not to be forgotten… The chocolate & pumpkin pie and the apple tart are particularly good; desserts are not too sweet and are noticeably made with high quality ingredients.

How to get to Cafe Tartine

Take the BTS to Phloen Chit station and follow the exit to the Novotel Hotel. Cafe Tartine is only a minute’s walk from the station, just take the turning into Ruamrudee road on the corner of Novotel Hotel, and Cafe Tartine is a few hundred metres on the right hand side.

 

Agalico Tea Room & Cafe, Bangkok

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If you are living in Bangkok and feeling homesick for a proper, old English tea room, Agalico in Thonglor may be just what you’re looking for. Open everyday from 10am until 6pm, Agalico Tea Room offers stunning and elegant surroundings to enjoy a quiet and relaxed catchup with friends.

In fact, the interior of Agalico is so impressive that they even have photographers on hand taking portraits of paying customers. Okay, this may be partly down to Agalico Tea Room’s fame in Bangkok after being part of the set of a popular Thai movie, but it’s still really impressive nonetheless. On the top floor, you’ll find young Thai socialites being snapped away on camera in a room decorated in antique English Period style.

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Don’t let the photographer weirdness put you off going to Agalico Tea Room though! With contemporary gardens full of comfortable seating, beautiful, white and blue, colonial-American decor and meticulous attention to detail, Agalico Tea Room provides a great, tranquil atmosphere to enjoy your favourite cup of tea in Bangkok… Just make sure to get there early before the best cake and scones run out.

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Agalico has a decent choice of teas to choose from and a pot will typically cost you 120 baht. Cakes and quiche cost 120 baht also, however, for a tea room, there is not a great choice of cakes and they’re not particularly amazing either. Cakes at Agalico Tea Room don’t compare to other Bangkok cafes such as Coffee Beans By Dao, Cafe Tartine and After You. The interesting atmosphere makes up for this though.

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How to get to Agalico Tea Room & Cafe

Agalico Tea Room & Gardens are located close to Thong Lor BTS. If taking the BTS, take exit 1 out or the station and walk along the main road until you reach Soi 51. Follow Soi 51 for about a minute walk until you see a large white building on your right – Agalico does not have a sign, just walk into the drive way and take the door on your left.

Roast Coffee & Eatery Restaurant Thonglor

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To date, Roast Coffee & Eatery in Thonglor is by far my best place to eat in Bangkok in terms of amazing food at decent value. Roast Coffee has definitely made itself heard in Bangkok though, and it’s top notch service and great food hasn’t gone unmissed – if planning on heading to Roast Restaurant on the weekend, it’s best to book in advance to avoid a long wait outside.

The interior of Roast coffee & Eatery is spacious and airy with sophisticated, industrial style decor and high ceilings. There is a small, shaded balcony available outside for you to sit and dine alfresco if you wish too. Menus are charmingly brought to you in the design of a vintage newspaper with a huge choice of lunch, coffees and brunch dishes.

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The coffees and iced teas at Roast Coffee & Eatery are highly reputed as some of the best in Bangkok; you can even buy Roast’s own brand of coffee beans to take home. Specialty iced teas come served in a delightful jar with lychees and mint leaves; unlike many other cafes in Bangkok, drinks are not overly sweet and have some really nice, subtle flavours. A big jar of iced tea at Roast restaurant will typically cost about 100 baht.

On to the food menu at Roast Coffee & Eatery: There is wide choice of dishes on the menu from seafood stew & crusty bread, gourmet toad in the hole and Wagyu burgers & chips to the American style crispy bacon & pancakes, goats cheese frittata and a great choice of healthy salads.

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The food menu at Roast Coffee & Eatery will set you back between around 250 and 400 baht per dish on average. However, Roast is one of those places where everything tastes AMAZEBALLS and is totally worth the money – portion sizes are generous unlike some other pretentious, over-priced restaurants and cafes in Bangkok.

Desserts at Roast cost an average of around 200 baht but are also of decent girth and tastiness for the price. Roast Coffee & Eatery is also open at night when it hosts live music and serves a range of mouthwatering cocktails from around 180 baht a glass. Roast Thonglor is a very popular cafe brunch restaurant for couples and groups of friends looking for a chilled out hangout with some of the best food in Bangkok.

How to get to Roast Coffee Bangkok

Roast is located in SeenSpace Thonglor. You can take a BTS to Thonglor station and then catch a taxi to Thonglor soi 13. Just a few hundred metres into the soi, you will see SeenSpace on your left. Roast Coffee is just up the stairs of SeenSpace and the first restaurant on the left on the first floor. You can check out their Facebook page here.

 

On Nut Night Market & Beer Garden Bangkok

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On Nut is an area of Bangkok not particularly well known for it’s shopping or lively nightlife. However, come evening time when the Thai locals finish work, On Nut comes alive with clothes stalls, food, beer and live music. By Bangkok’s standards, the night market at On Nut is comparably tiny against the other mammoth sized markets of Bangkok, but cheap and cheerful nonetheless.

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The Bangkok night market at On Nut is heavily geared towards Thai girls heading out for some after-work bargain shopping. Sellers here are genuine and prices cheap, plus there are some cool clothes and shoes at On Nut night market. You can find men’s t-shirts here – but literally only about four stalls catered towards men, sorry chaps. For SuperDry fans, make sure to check out the knock off SuperDry stall which sells some cool knockoff SuperDry T-shirts for around 300 baht.

Prices vary from 100 baht for standard blouses and t-shirts, to about 1600 baht for custom made dresses and jump suits. On Nut night market is perfect for a relaxed bit of casual Bangkok shopping as opposed to the stress of delving into the bigger, gargantuan markets such as Chatuchak and Pratunam market. It doesn’t need any longer than 30 minutes to an hour to look around properly. It’s not all about the shopping at On Nut night market though…

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On Nut Beer Garden

Facing On Nut night market from the road, head to the right until you come across more food stalls and less clothes and handbags; this is the On Nut beer garden. Well… I’m not sure if you could call it a beer garden, but the bar area at On Nut night market is basically an outdoor pub surrounded by a wall of food stalls and covered with a tent-like roof.

The atmosphere is super relaxed with a gathering of both local Thais and local expats. It’s not the sleekest and cleanest looking bar – it IS a local night market after all – but, as standard in Bangkok, it’s still table service and there is a live Thai band performance most evenings. Toilets cost 3 baht per use and are of the authentic squat variety… not everybody’s cup of tea and an obvious indication that this is not the glamourous place to dress up.

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Beer is cheap at On Nut night market, costing from 40 baht per bottle to 100 baht per pint to 500 per 5L tower. There is loads of food to choose from, from 120 baht sushi sets, chicken katsu curry for 79 baht, Thai food for 40 baht and roti pancakes for 30 baht.

There are especially loads of Thai dishes and Thai desserts to drool over; it’s a great place to go and sample the local Thai cuisine without breaking the bank. And the sushi is surprisingly good – Upon realising that I was ordering raw fish from what was basically a shabby looking trolley, I did start to regret my decision, but it is actually really delicious (and I didn’t die after all).

On Nut night market is ideal for a dressed down, chilled out and cheap night out in Bangkok – Thai style!

How to get to On Nut night market

On Nut night market is easy to find in Bangkok – just take the BTS to On Nut and you can see the illuminated tents from the station. The market opens from around 6pm, seven days a week.

Banrie Coffee & Beer Garden Bangkok

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Banrie Coffee makes for both a quaint, pretty daytime cafe and a laid back, cozy night time beer garden in Bangkok. The look of Banrie Coffee is almost ruin-like, reminiscent of the remnants of a historical Thai landmark. The gardens are enclosed by an old, ancient wall with battered holes serving as windows looking out onto the Bangkok city streets. Inside the gardens, many huge trees scatter the grounds linked by colourful flags hanging cheerfully between them during the day. Banrie is open in Bangkok 24 hours a day every day with fairy lights illuminating the gardens at night.

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Banrie Coffee serves a selection of Thai food, coffee, cake, milkshakes, cocktails, wine and beers complete with live, mellow Thai music during the evenings. Bottles of wine don’t come too cheap and vary between 1000 and 2000 baht. You can buy cocktail jugs for 300 baht and beer towers for 500 baht for 2.7 liters. The chilled out atmosphere with mild, live Thai bands and the pleasant, warmly lit natural  surroundings of Banrie Coffee Bangkok make it a must visit local Thai hangout.

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How to get to Banrie Coffee Bangkok

Simply take the Sukhumvit line BTS to Ekkamai. Banrie Coffee is right next to the BTS station, at night time you can just follow the sound of music. Banrie Coffee is difficult to miss.