Nightlife

Inside a hostel sheltering sub-budget backpackers, an effeminate gay man slowly spreads his arms in tai chi movements. Across the room, other guests drink at the bar, chew on mushroom bruschetta and listen to Guerilla Poubelle blare from a laptop.

BANGKOK — Be cool and say “Slainte!” next Friday instead of “cheers” when pubs everywhere celebrate alcohol’s most sacred day.

BANGKOK — Friday night is the last chance to swig cocktails and inexpensive beer at a boheme alley bar in a sweaty sub soi off Sukhumvit 11.

BANGKOK — Cigarettes will be more expensive and the price of booze will rise or tumble under new sin tax rules which will take effect Saturday.

he two-page spread shows gorecore dead bodies. Flip. Semi-nude models cower on the next page. Flip. Another page turn returns to violent carnage.

BANGKOK — Erotic massage parlours and bars will be allowed to reopen Wednesday in the lastest phase of coronavirus business reopenings.

BANGKOK — A number of Bangkok venues said they are unsure what measures to take during the national mourning period as no official guidelines for nightlife and entertainment venues have been issued.

BANGKOK — After checking out a Mon-style Songkran on Friday, we didn’t think we could find another authentic Songkran experience closer to central Bangkok – until we did.

BANGKOK — Some luxury hotels in the Ratchaprasong area said they will likely cancel their New Year's Eve parties in light of the death of His Majesty the King.

BANGKOK — Is it going to be a speakeasy hidden behind a locker or a Chinatown joint sourcing Thai ingredients? Will Thonglor’s Rabbit Hole dominate a second year?