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Sukhumvit Scene
ISSUE # 31
February, 2015
Who’s Doing What And
Where In The Scene?
There’s a new club coming to the
middle of Soi 4 soon; as well as a new
Japanese restaurant on Ruam Rudee;
the Circle 11 condo is going up at a
dizzying rate; the Hyde Soi 11 condo is
star ng to ramp up; part of the Aetas
Hotel on Ruam Rudee is coming down
and the Citrus hotel on Soi 11 is now
open. See page 6>
Rumors, Lies & Gossip
Valentine’s Day
Special Section
There may be a new development
coming to the corner of Soi 6 across
from the Q House project; the destruc on of the buildings between Soi
14 and Asoke appears to be moving
ahead and there’s another death on
the most infamous island in Thailand.
See Page 9>
Maya’s Indian fare in
the Holiday Inn on Soi
22. See page 14.
See Page 8
Restaurants Doing Cool
Things In The Scene
Restaurants in the scene this month
include a high in the sky Indian place
serving upscale, eclec c food on Soi 22,
a unique dining in the dark place in the
Sheraton Grande, a brand new Mexican
place on Soi 23 serving tacos and more,
and a classy Thai place on Soi 8 with a
great ambience. See Page 14>
Jazz great Jerry Byrd is at Wolff’s on Soi
11. See page 22.
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Sukhumvit Scene
New Location.
Same Great Pub.
Issue #31 • February, 2015
Publisher
Ann Aikins
Editor
Tom Aikins
Art Director
Lili Prapasorn
General Manager
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Advertising
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Contributing Editors
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The Pub For All Reasons
Moving To Sukhumvit Soi 19 Soon
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Climax on February
7. See page 20.
Dine In The Dark at
Barsu. See page 15.
Contents
News........................................................6
Cover Story.............................................8
Rumors, Lies & Gossip.........................9
Sukhumvit Restaurants......................14
Entertainment & Nightlife.................20
Live Music Venues...............................22
The spicy shrimp tacos at
Sabroso. See page 15.
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News Of The Sukhumvit World
There may also be plans
for a sports viewing room although that is not confirmed
at this point and the upper
outdoor level of the building
may play host to a hot tub for
open air frolicking. More details will be forthcoming soon
as the new place, as yet unnamed tries to open its doors
in March.
The Aetas Hotel on Soi
Ruam Rudee, seen below, is
going to be drastically changing its appearance some time
It looks there’s going to
be another food and drink
destination on Soi 4 in the
next couple of months as the
former Finnegan’s Pub (see
above), in all its shabby glory,
will be transformed into a
slightly more upscale bar and
restaurant serving American
food and classic rock music
along with a bevy of lovely
hostesses.
soon. How drastic?
Well, how about
knocking the top
16 floors off of this
24-floor structure?
Why would they
do that? Because a
court order, reached
after a few years of
litigation and deliberation, has ordered
them to do so.
Seems that when they
were in the planning stages
of construction, some city
officials were “persuaded”
to overlook a key provision
in the law that allows for
only eight-story buildings on
streets that are a
certain width. Local residents complained and eventually prevailed in
court, resulting in
the recent decision by the court.
We’re wondering,
just how in the hell
do you knock 16 floors off of
a building? And when you do,
can you make money with
only eight floors of rooms
left? Should be interesting to
watch if nothing else.
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Mexican restaurant located in
the Prime 11 condo building
in Soi 11 across from Oskar.
It follows in the ill-fated footsteps of Angel City Diner and
the tapas restaurant Catalan
before the diner. Both were
failures so the group that continues to try to make money
here may actually do so this
time although its other Coyote outlets failed in other
Bangkok locations. At least
there are contractors making
money.
The photo at the top of the
page shows the new facade
of the Yoka Yoka Japanese
restaurant in Ruam Rudee
Village which used
to house the longtime Circle restaurant where we
first ate in 1996.
According to plans,
a new incarnation
of Circle will be on
the third floor of
the building while Japanese
cuisine is served on the first
two floors.
Below left is a view of the
Circle 11 condo being built
across the street from the
new Citrus Hotel (see photos
at bottom). This
place is going up
at an incredible
rate as opposed
to so many projects we’ve seen
over the years
here. They must
be ready to top off
the building very
soon. It could open
in a year or less the
way they’re going.
And the Citrus
Hotel opened on
February 1. We haven’t been
inside yet but its boutique
concept looks somewhat interesting and we’ll be checking out its amenities soon.
And other new places that
are opening soon include two
restaurants on Soi 8. Raya is
a large seafood place that’s a
branch of the very successful
Phuket location located on the
old Le Banyan plot of land and
Little Italy is a vegetarian
Italian place with indoor
and outdoor seating about
300 meters down the soi
on the right that will be
open very soon.
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Yes folks, that time of year
is here again —the time to
show our significant others
just how much we love them.
We’re not exactly sure why
St. Valentine is the patron
saint of love and we were too
lazy to look it up so we can’t
enlighten you on this point
but suffice it to say that the
modern version of Valentine’s
Day probably bears little resemblance to the original
celebration, whatever it may
have consisted of, and we are
now expected to spend lots of
money on gifts and dinners to
reaffirm our tender affections.
So, with that in mind, here
is all of the information we
could find in regard to suitable places to celebrate your
Valentine’s Day with your
loved one in the Sukhumvit
area. Please enjoy your evening whatever it may involve
doing.
We’ll start, since this listing is no particular order, with
the Amari Boulevard’s Season
Thai Terrace restaurant which
is presenting a Valentine set
menu starting with a tartare
of chunk crabmeat wrapped
with Scottish smoked salmon
accompanied by green asparagus jelly; roasted tomato
consommé with dry gin and
shrimp mousse dumpling;
pink guava sherbet on honey
and lemon smoothie; baked
rock lobster tails with red
wine Hollandaise sauce and
braised spinach with leek and
deep-fried saffron risotto.
Or marinated grilled Australian lamb chops and duck
foie gras with fine herbs sauce
and mixed berries; braised
spinach with leek and deepfried saffron risotto and berries au gratin with a port wine
Zabaglione accompanied by
Tiramisu ice cream
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The price 1,699 baht each
including one glass of sparkling wine and it is served on
February 13-15 from 6-11 PM.
Call 02-255-2930.
The Okura Prestige Bangkok is presenting three exciting dining options for Valentine’s week-end.
At Up & Above on the 13th
and 14th there will be a fourcourse Valentine’s set menu
with a flower for each lady,
priced at 5,000 baht net per
couple from 6-10:30 PM.
Elements restaurant offers
on the same days a five-course
set menu, a bottle of sparkling
wine and a flower for every
lady priced at 9,900 baht++
per couple from 6-10:30 PM.
At Yamazato, the hotel’s
signature Japanese restaurant, Master Chef Shigeru
Hagiwara presents traditional
Japanese Valentine’s dishes
during a Gozen lunch priced
at 850 baht++ per person that
is available from 11:30 AM2:30 PM as well as Kaiseki and
Teppanykai dinners priced at
3,000 baht++ per person that
are available from 6-10:30 PM
on the 12th, 13th and 14th.
Yamazato and Up & Above
are located on the 24th Floor
and Elements is located on
February, 2015
the 25th floor of the hotel.
Call 02-687-9000.
amBar in the Four Points
Sukhumvit 15’s al fresco rooftop venue at poolside is of-
lected list. Show the world
that there’s nothing wrong
with being single. Call 02-3093201.
The
Westin
Grande
Teppanyaki at the am Bar buffet on Valentine’s Day.
Sukhumvit at Soi 19 is offering a five-course set dinner
beneath a canopy of stars
beside The Pool with starters such as a Seafood Platter,
Pan-fried jumbo sea scallops,
main courses of Grilled Angus
beef tenderloin and
Lee Shamrock will be performing
foie gras or Pan-fried
at the Beer Vault’s Anti-Valentine’s fillet of sea bass along
Day.
with desserts that is
served from 6-10:30
PM for 5,500 baht net
per couple, including
two welcome glasses
of sparkling wine, a
bottle of white or red
wine and a special gift.
At the hotel’s Seasonal Tastes restaurant, sip sparkling
wine and share a dinband playing.
ner buffet featuring Alaskan
Available on Saturday Feb- king crab and freshly shucked
ruary 14, the dinner is served oysters as well as Australian
from 6-10:30 PM.
The Pool at the Westin
The BeerVault in the Four
Grande Hote.
Points is celebrating Anti–
Valentine’s Day again this
year. Once again, the most
annoying day in the calendar
is approaching. The day that
seems to be millions of couples kissing and holding hands
or exchanging gifts like those
boxes of chocolate and bouquets everywhere you look.
How irritating is that?!
Take advantage of the
all-day special deal and get
a bucket of imported beers beef tenderloin and lamb cutfor 900 baht. You can pick lets intensifies along with Panany four bottles from a seContinued on page 10>
fering a dinner buffet for two
(with main course, soup, dessert, and many more), plus
one seafood platter and a
bottle of red or white wine. All
for 4,500 baht net per couple.
There’s also a live acoustic
February, 2015
RUMORS, LIES & GOSSIP...
More rumblings are going on in regard to the future of certain plots of land
in the area, as usual. The
latest concerns the huge
plot across from the new Q
House project on the corner of Soi 6. Apparently, this
land has been up for sale for
some time but the stumbling
block that’s been keeping a
deal from happening is the
fact that this plot, which has
been empty forever, also includes the Baptist church
at the rear of the property.
Trying to come to some sort
of accommodation with the
church has been an ongoing process, according to our
very well-placed source, but
when and if this happens
then look for a project to be
announced some time since
this is a highly valuable piece
of property and something
will be going up here.
The aforementioned Q
House project which is already under construction is
going to be a 42-story condo
with selling prices of between 350-400,000 baht per
square meter which is about
the same as some of the most
expensive pieces of property
in Manhattan. Of course, the
selling price of that land was
the highest ever recorded in
Thailand at about 1.8 million
baht per square wah (four
square meters) so the condos ain’t gonna be cheap.
We also learned recently
that the land and buildings
adjacent to Soi 14 that are
scheduled to be developed
also include all of the property that stretches to the corner of Asoke Road making it
a pretty sizable piece of land.
This will make it a very big
project, what ever it eventually becomes. Our guess is a
hotel but that’s only a guess
at this point.
And apparently the owner at Hemingway’s, the large
restaurant on Soi 14 that is
included in that plot is none
too happy with the situation
since he spent a king’s ran-
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som over an 18-month renovation period and now is supposed to vacate the premises
around the end of March.
considering the amount of
money that was spent, two
years of operations has certainly not been enough time
to even begin to recoup the
total investment in the project.
We hear that legal action
against the land owner is being explored but the chances
of that being successful are
probably nil at best. Live and
learn.
One of the major reasons
being cited for the relative
lack of tourists visiting the
Land of Smiles lately has
been the fact of political uncertainty and the fact that
the country is under martial law. One thing that the
TAT and other organizations
seem to turn a blind eye to is
the fact that there continues
to be an inordinate amount
of negative publicity internationally about things that
go on here that are scaring
people away.
These are not inconsequential things, either. The
recent taxi problems at Suvarnabhumi are a prime example as well as the dead
bodies that keep turning up
on Death Island (Koh Tao). As
we write this, another backpacker’s body has just been
discovered there, this time
an attractive young female
British tourist. Troublesome
taxi drivers are one thing but
dead people are another. We
can’t help wondering what
the hell is going on down
there.
By the time you read this
we’ll know what kind of repercussions this latest death
will have caused in the international press but we all
know it’s going to be another
nightmare, especially since
the September murders
haven’t been resolved in a
satisfactory way yet. All we
can say is this is definitely
Amazing Thailand.
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fried foie gras served at your
table, a grill station with snow
fish, salmon, rock lobster and
other offerings for 2,290 baht
net per person including a
welcome glass of sparkling
wine, a rose and a special
Valentine’s gift for each lady
from 6-10:30 PM. Call 02-2078000.
The 180 Sky Lounge at the
Grand Swiss Hotel on Soi 11 is
offering a romantic moment
with a panoramic city view on
their rooftop with an Unlimited Beers and Wine with Tapas
Corner. Also included is a welcome glass of champagne and
the price is 799 baht++ per
person and 1,599
baht++ per couple on
Valentine’s Day
This promotion is
available until April
25, 2015 from 7:309:30 PM on the 18th
floor of the hotel.
Zeta Cafe in the
Holiday Inn on Soi
22 is offering a buffet dinner on 13th
February, 2015 and
lunch and dinner on
February 14 to celebrate
Valentine’s
Day. The price is 899
Baht++ and you can
get a free glass of
sparkling wine with a
group of four or more people.
At the hotel’s Maya Restaurant and Bar on Valen-
tine’s Day you can
Maya Restaraunt is perched
indulge in a roatop the Holiday Inn
mantic four-course
on Soi 22.
dinner overlooking
the city skyline including a bottle of
sparkling wine and
a complimentary
stay at the hotel for
4,999 baht++ per
couple. This offer
is valid for a Deluxe
room type only including breakfast
and Wifi. Advance
booking is required
and rooms are subject to availability.
Call 02-683-4888.
The Valentine’s
Day special at the
Park Plaza Hotel
on Soi 18 features
or a grilled beef fillet wrapped
an 899 baht net four-course bacon with pepper sauce and
dinner that includes a glass of then dessert. Call 02-658white wine or red wine.
7000.
The appetizer course is a
At the Sheraton Grande
smoked salmon wrap Caesar Sukhumvit Hotel on Sukhumsalad followed by a pumpkin vit Road the Thai restaurant
cream soup and main dishes basil, is offering a four-course
that include pan-fried sea Valentine’s menu for 4,000
bass with butter lemon sauce, baht++ per couple.
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The beef carpaccio at Scalini Italian restaurant on Soi 24.
At the hotel’s Rossini’s
Italian restaurant, Chef Luca
Cesarini is presenting special
four-course “Lui e Lei” menus
with a different dish for her
and him for 6,000 baht++ per
couple.
At the Orchid Café, the hotel’s buffet restaurant, there
will be a special Seafood Buffet Dinner.
And at The Sala, you can
experience a romantic fourcourse set dinner under the
stars for 4,500 baht net per
couple.
Reserve your table after 9
PM at basil, Rossini’s and Orchid Café, and receive an extra
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The Scalini Italian restaurant in the Hilton Hotel on
Soi 24 is offering a five-course
romantic dinner prepared by
Chef Egidio Latorraca along
with live music. It’s priced
at 2,500 baht++ per guest.
Guests can also add 1,500
baht++ to stay at the hotel for
the night.
Also, the Lapse rooftop
pool bar is serving an excluFebruary, 2015
sive dinner in a private area
which has a view of the Bangkok skyline on the 26th floor.
There will be a five-course
menu, a bottle of Champagne
Gremillet Brut Cuvee, Love
& Passion macaroons, a fiveglass wine pairing and also a
special gift from the chef. The
price is at 12,000 baht++ per
couple and for 15,000 baht++
per couple you can stay the
night at the hotel.
Scalini restaurant is located on the second floor of the
hotel and is open for dinner
from 6-11 PM. Lapse Pool Bar
is open from 6-11 PM. Call 02649-6666.
Aloft Hotel’s Crave restaurant will be presenting an Italian and Seafood buffet that
will also include two glasses
of sparkling wine and all ladies will get a long stem rose
for 2,900 baht++ per couple.
Call 02-207-7000.
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All You Can Eat Buﬀets
Am Cafe, Ambassador Hotel, Soi
11, 11:30 AM-2 PM daily, 499
baht++, 02-254-0444.
Bistro 33, Soi 33, 02-630-3033,
Sunday brunch for 1,200 baht plus
VAT includes free flow of beer,
wine or spirits. Without alcohol
it’s 500 baht. Served from 11 AM
to 3 PM. Kids under 12 eat for 250
baht.
Blue Spice, Grande Centrepoint
Hotel, Terminal 21, Daily Noon2:30, two eat for the price of one,
580++, 02-681-9000.
Champions Sports Bar, President
Palace Hotel, Soi 11, 02-651-2933,
Sunday noon-3 PM, Singaporean
food for 295 baht++.
Crave, Alo Hotel, Soi 11, Sat &
Sun brunch, noon-3 PM, 600 baht
net, 02-207-7080.
Hong Teh, Ambassador Hotel, Soi
11, 11 AM-2 PM, 6-10:30 PM daily,
dim sum buﬀet, 499 baht++, 02254-0444.
Huntsman’s Pub, Landmark Hotel,
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Medinii, Con ntent Hotel, Asoke
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Sunday, Noon-3 PM, Danish smorgasbord for 495++, 02-653-0017.
Sui Sian, Landmark Hotel,
Sukhumvit Road, 02-254-0404,
All you can eat dim sum buffet for
550++ Lunch Monday to Friday.
And Sunday All you can eat dim
sum plus a selection of traditional
Chinese dishes for 650++.
Taste, Westin Grande Hotel, Sunday noon-2:30 PM, international,
Japanese and dessert buffet all
for 1790 baht net (kids eat for 895
baht and two under 10 dine free
with every adult), 02-207-8000.
The Hub, Galleria On 10, Soi 10,
lunch buffet, 450 baht++, during
October buy one get one free, 02615-9999.
The Living Room, Sheraton Grande
Sukhumvit, Sunday, Noon-3 PM,
jazzy brunch for adults (including free flow of beverages) 3,500
baht, food only is 2,300 baht, kids
3-11 1,200 baht, 02-649-8353.
The Orchid Cafe, Sheraton Grande
Sukhumvit, Sun-Thurs Dinner Buffet 750++ for appe zers & desserts
buﬀet, 980++ for appe zers & desserts buﬀet and 1 main course, FriSat Seafood Dinner Buﬀet, 1,650
baht++. 02-649-8353.
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Sukhumvit Restaurants
Maya’s High Rise Act
Delivers On All Fronts
There are both Indian restaurants in the area as well
as view restaurants — some
outdoors, some in — and in
good numbers, but the Holiday Inn’s Maya restaurant
combines both concepts and
does a great
job of it.
While viewing the lights
of the city you
can also dine
on high end
Indian cuisine
as well as listen to carefully
presented music as the night
goes on.
A
recent
visit to this
18-month old
venue left us satisfied from
a culinary standpoint and
suitably impressed with the
overall concept that the restaurant is presenting to its
well-heeled clientele.
The decor is definitely
upscale with an overall motif
that suggests both opulence
and contemporary style.
The space is
divided
into
several areas,
some
with
a view, others without,
that provides
diners with a
choice of ambience while
they enjoy the
meticulously
prepared food
of Indian chef
Hardip Bhatia.
There’s also
an elegant private room that
can accommodate a bout a
dozen guests for special occasions.
The glass-walled kitchen
provides a peek at the behind the scene action here
when you first enter the
space and shows off the large
copper cooking vessels that
contribute to the flavors of
the food. Chef Hardip, when
questioned about the unique
flavor of the black dal (which
is very difficult to stop eating)
that the non-reactivity of copper provides a slightly different taste.
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food was uniformly delicious
and in the case of certain
dishes like the saag (spinach)
entree we sampled — along
with the lamb and chicken
murgh tikka, along with the
dal — we only wanted more.
As the night goes on and
the music kicks in, this interesting and innovative restaurant becomes even more
alive and offers diners a great
combination of its two major
strengths: great food and an
atmosphere, including the
view, that enhances the dining experience.
Maya, Holiday Inn
Sukhumvit, 02-683-4888
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Sabroso Is Sukhumvit’s Latest Mexican Find
Sabroso, on Soi 23, is the
newest Mexican restraurant
in the are and ranks up there
with any of the best you’re going to find in Sukhumvit. Coowner Jorge started the original Tacos & Salsa locatged on
Soi 18 and along with partner
Emma has created a cozy little taqueria-style eatery that
serves up authentic flavors
and just plain good
tasting food.
Aftere
living
in Los Angeles for
six years and eating from th etaco
truks and hoel in
the wallp[laces the
saturate the city
we developed an
affinity for simple home-style
tacos and Sabroso manages
to capture the essence of these
flavo\rs very well.
The champanoso,
pictured above left,
is a prime example,
incorporating the
Dining In The Dark
Bruce Springsteen wrote
many years ago about dancing in the dark but now in
Sukhumvit you can dine in
the dark. Simply go to the
Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit’s Barsu gastro lounge and
you’ll be able to experience
what has to be one of the
strangest dining experiences
we’ve ever encountered in
our long history of restaurant reviewing.
It’s strange in a good
way, however, and when we
say dark we mean DARK. You
can’t bring anything inside
the dining room that could
emit even a whisper of light
and that includes mobile
phones and watches with luminescent dials.
So when you get into the
room, after being guided
into it by your guide who is
incapable of seeing (they’re
literally blind) it’s a someFebruary, 2015
what unsettling experience at
first. But after you’re seated
and you gradually become
acclimated to the total darkness and feel around gingerly
in front of you to find your
cutlery, water glass, bread
basket, etc., you begin to feel
comfortable.
And our guide, Khun Moe,
who stayed with us for the
evening, talked to us whenever she was bringing food
or drinks or clearing plates.
Her voice became a comforting presence and her ability to
locate everything on the table
and to place the plates and
glasses easily was somewhat
uncanny but a lifetime of living in the dark must make
things a lot easier.
We would hope that anyone who visits this unusual
room leaves a healthy tip for
their guide in addition to the
service charge on the bill since
fried pork bits that are loved
in LA. The spicy shrimp tacos
pictured below left and chorizo and cheese variety above
are also great exampless of simple mexican
cuisine and the tortilla
soup to the left is one
of the best we’vew
had in Bangkok.
It’s not all tacos
here as the menu
also contains more
than tacos including
grilled steaks, a chicken breast dish, fajitas,
burritos and chimichangas
along with some startes and
desserts.
We’d be happy to eat tacos
any time we come here, however, and so will you.
Sabroso, Soi 23, 090-123-8379.
what these people do, in
spite of their circumstances,
is quite remarkable.
As for the food, there
are four different set menus
that you can choose from
— western, Asian, vegetarian and a surprise menu.
We had fun guessing what
each course was and upon
leaving the restaurant found
that we were mostly correct
except for the main meat
course which turned out to
be beef cheeks and not osso
bucco or lamb shank as we
thought.
We found out what we
were served after we went
back out into the main
room of the club where the
maitre‘d, a great guy named
Jai, showed us pictures of
the food on an iPad.
This is a very unusual dining experience but it’s also
fun and intimate and eyeopening in its own way.
Dining In The Dark, Barsu,
02-649-8333
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Freebies And...
Atrium Interna onal Buﬀet,
Landmark Hotel, Sukhumvit
Road, 02-254-0404, Kids can
eat for free at Atrium’s buﬀet
when accompanied by their
parents. Every child under
12 years of age accompanied
by one adult eats free during
lunch or dinner. Maximum two
children per adult.
Cellar 11, Soi 11, 02-255-5833,
Tuesday is Ladies Night with
free red or white wine for all
ladies all night.
Det 5, Soi 8, 02-653-1232, free
buﬀet every Friday from 7:30
with diﬀerent interna onal and
Thai dishes every week.
Narz, Soi 23, 02-258-4805,
Massive Thursday, ladies get in
free, get five free drinks before
midnight, with DJ Nut, MC
Conga, DJ Don and DJ Champ.
...Specials
Above Eleven, Fraser Suites, Soi
11, 02-207-9300, Ladies Night on
Wednesdays starting at 9 PM, Salsa
music and fifty percent discount for
ladies drinks.
Am Café, Ambassador Hotel Bangkok, Soi 11, 02-254-0444, Every Saturday night there is an all-you- can
eat authentic Thai cuisine dinner.
Thai classical music is featured and
also fruit carving and Thai food demonstrations. The price is 599 baht++
and it runs from 6 -10 PM.
American Bar & Grill, Soi 8, 085-4861155, Monday is Steak Night with all
steaks 50% off. RIBS NIGHT is Sunday
night when you can eat all the ribs
you want for 595 baht. Authentic
Maine Lobster Rolls now available
for special price of 525 baht.
Axis & Spin, Continent Hotel, 02686-7000, On Mondays there’s a
Wine Tasting and Premium Cheese
Platter promotion with five kinds of
wine from 7-9:30 PM for 999 baht
999++. On Tuesdays and Thursdays
there’s all you can eat premium
snacks and a free flow of beer and
wine from 5:30-8: 30 PM for 999
baht++.
Beer Vault, Ground floor, Four Points
By Sheraton Hotel, Soi 15, 02-3093201, Trivia Night with Lee Shamrock is on every Thursday with a beer
bucket to be won. Second Saturday
of each month is Tequila Night with
free tequila tastings and games.
Bei Otto, Soi 20, 02-260-0869,
Weekly lunch special for 295 baht
includes appetizer, main course and
dessert with coffee or tea. Selections change every week and include
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some of the restaurant’s best dishes.
Bikram Yoga Bangkok, Soi 23, 02664-0984, Special Introductory Offer: 10 Day Trial - 10 Days Unlimited
HOT Yoga for 999 baht (only 99 baht/
day). Bangkok residents and first
time students of BYB only.
Bistro 33, Soi 33, 02-630-3033,
There’s a new Sunday brunch with
a free flow of alcohol for 1,200 baht
and 500 baht with no alcohol. which
now includes a barbecue section
and cook to order eggs. Kids can also
make their own pizzas. Every day
there’s a set lunch for 250 baht with
main coursae selections and dessert
and coffee included.
Black Swan, Sukhumvit Road near
Soi 14, 02-626-0257, Happy Hour 4-8
PM, Carlsberg 120 baht, Heineken
and Tiger 100 baht pints only, Greene
King IPA 180 baht pints. Fridays from
6 PM while they last, free snacks
at the bar. Low Season Specials,
Heineken and Tiger pints 100 baht
all day Monday, Carlsberg 120 baht
Tuesday, Tiger and Tiger light bottles
80 baht all day Tuesday and Wednesday, Heineken and San Miguel light
bottles 80 baht all day Thursday,
Guinness and Kilkenny Irish 200 baht
all day Saturday.
Chequers, Soi 4, 02-255-3993 Sun-
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Okura’s Up & Above
Goes To The Next Level
This short article will not
do justice to the Okura Prestige Hotel’s Up & Above restaurant, one of three quality
food and beverage outlets in
this five-star hotel, but it will
give you an idea, at least,
of the type of quality that is
available here in the Sukhumvit area on a regular basis.
Located just off the Ploenchit BTS station (and therefore on the eastern frontier of
our self-proclaimed Sukhumvit world) the Okura is a luxury hotel that offers some topnotch dining. Our recent visit
to the all-day Up &
Above restaurant —
with its magnificent
views which you can
glimpse in the photo
at right — provided
us with a glimpse of
the overall approach
here.
Our meal consisted of one of the new
“combonation” dinner menus
(pictured left) being offered
at the restaurant that are set
menus at three different price
levels for different numbers
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of guests. The restaurant was
accommodating enough to
provide us this menu at lunch
time as well, so we were able
to sample some of the buffet
items offered then. There’s
also a Sunday brunch here
and the overall theme at any
of these offerings is quality
food matched with great service.
The Okura Prestige is offering discriminating diners an
attractive alternative to the
many area restaurants that
pay lip service to real quality
and value that a top restaurant could and should be offering its guests.
Up & Above, Okura Prestige Hotel, Ploenchit Road,
02-687-9000
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day special, 2 PM - 5 PM Pay 1000
baht for any main dish on the menu
(except steaks - add 200 baht) and
drink as much as you like of local bottled beer, house spirits and
wines.
Hanrahan’s, Soi 4, 02-225-0644, Every day, mix and match beer buckets
with 5 bottles for 400 baht. Choose
from Heineken, Chang, Tiger, Tiger
Crystal, Beer Lao, Carlsberg, Asahi,
Singha and San Miguel Light.
Hong Teh Chinese Restaurant, Ambassador Hotel Bangkok, Soi 11, 02254-0444, Try the “All-You-Can-Eat”
Dim Sum lunch and dinner prepared
by Hong Kong Chef Lau Chi Kwong
featuring over 35 varieties including steamed and fried Dim Sum, a
choice of soup, a choice of a main
dish and a dessert. Priced at 555
baht++.
Huntsman’s Pub, Landmark Hotel,
02-254-0404, The Sunday Roast features a large selection from the carvery that includes roasted Australian
beef prime rib, roasted New Zealand
lamb, honey glazed Gammon Ham
and much more. Every Sunday from
11:30 AM - 4 PM. at 690 baht++.
L3 Eatery, Le Fenix Hotel, Soi 11,
02-305-4000, A new Japanese Lifestyle Lunch Buffet featuring dishes
such as sushi & sashimi, Japanese
sala , Japanese Pizza, Yakitori BBQ,
Assorted Tempura, Gyoza, Chicken
Karake, Yakisoba, Kare Raisu, Classic
Fried rice with shoyu, Samon Kabutori, Saba Teriyaki is priced at Baht
279 net per adult.
Leapfrog, Galleria 10 Hotel, Soi
10, 02-615-0999, Three-course set
menu for 690 baht net, 6-11 PM
nightly. Funky Fridays, buy one get
one free on Heineken draft, AOC red
and white wine, signature cocktails
and tapas trees. Friday, 3Js promotion, buy one, get one free, bottle or
glass, of Jim Beam, Jack Daniels or
Johnny Walker from 7 PM on. Thursday is Ladies Night when ladies get
a free drink with every food order
from 6:30-9:30 PM.
Orchid Café, Sheraton Grande
Sukhumvit, 250 Sukhumvit Road,
02-649-8121, Dinner, Sunday –
Thursday is priced at 1,485 baht++
per adult and 800++ per child. Dinner, Friday – Saturday at the Weekend Grande Seafood Buffet is priced
at Baht 1,750 baht++ per adult and
950++ per child. Dine after 9 PM and
get 50% off food (Sunday – Thursday
only).
Snapper New Zealand, Soi 11, 02651-1098, Kai Moana Seafood Pizza
is now only 590 baht with Prawns,
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Quick Bites On Sukhumvit
Above is the tuna kee mao dish
served at Suda, the open-air Thai
place on Soi 14 that’s been there
for 50 years, literally. It’s been
our favorite place for Thai food
for about 17 years now and the
menu is filled with stuff we like
and at very good prices. The
crab curry is also one of our
favorites as well as many more.
Below is the pumpkin soup with
a grilled shrimp from Cellar 11
on Soi 11, Sukhumvit’s premier
wine bar/restaurant. The menu
here is international an there’s a
great value Sunday brunch with
lobster and steaks included.
Above are the barbecued ribs
at American Bar & Grill on
Soi 8. They’re one of the more
popular menu items and are
moist and juicy and almost
falling off the bone as well as
being big. And on Sundays
you can eat all you want for
595 baht.Below is the gnocchi in tomato sauce from La
Cantina Italian restaurant on
Soi 16 which has recently been
remodeled. And there’s a new
menu that includes dishes from
various parts of Italy all cooked
in a home style manner with
fresh ingredients.
Above is the black paella
served at a brand new place
on Soi 23, Gaudi Barcelona
that specializes in tapas. We
didn’t ask but assume that the
black color comes from squid
ink, and it tastes quite good.
At a price of 100 baht it’s also
a good deal. Below are some
of the deep-fried seafood
items you can get at Snapper
New Zealand on Soi 11 (behind Cheap Charlie’s). Their
specialty here is fried seafood
from New Zealand as well as
steaks and other New Zealand
delicacies.
Check Out Sukhumvit’s Only
Sports Pub With A 75-inch TV.
Watch the EPL, NBA, NHL, F1 and many others. This is the largest Hi-Def screen
in all of Sukhumvit and along with our comfortable seating, good sound system
and ice cold beer there’s nothing
else you need to enjoy any game
to the fullest.
Located above American Bar & Grill on
Soi 8. Call 085-486-1155 for schedule
information or check out our website
at www.americanbarbangkok.com/
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Mussels, Smoked Fish, Calamari,
Scallops and Anchovies. Every Monday at Snapper NZ for only 490 baht
you can dine on as much fish and
chips as you like. Order from the
Fish and Chip section with any combination of chips, offer for single
plates only. Snapper Seafood Degustation Menu will be offered every third Wednesday of each month
for 1,690 baht. Matching five dishes
with five handpicked NZ wines from
the menu. Snapper Club Card discount applies. Reservations essential. 02-651-1098.
Sui Sian Chinese Restaurant, Landmark Hotel, Sukhumvit Road, 02254-0404, Try the all you can eat
dim sum buffet 550++ Lunch
Monday to Friday. And Sunday
All you can eat dim sum plus a
selection of traditional Chinese
dishes for 650++.
Tenderloins, Soi 33, 02-258-4529,
Check out the ham and turkey buffet every Fri-Sun at lunch and dinner, for 350 baht+. It includes, soup,
salads, apple pie and ice creams.
Tiger draught, Tiger bottles and Tiger Light are now available everyday
for 99+ There’s also a selection of
freshly baked pizzas at 99 baht+.
Get a burger for 299 baht plus VAT
along with a free glass of wine or a
local beer. There are many varieties
to choose from like a chili burger
or a blue cheese and bacon burger.
And there’s now a sandwich special available for 199 baht which
includes a free beer or wine also.
A set lunch is available daily at 300
baht+ from 11 AM-5 PM including
steaks, beef stew, fish chips and
many mmore dishes.
The Clubhouse, Soi 23, 02-6641376, Every Wednesday is quiz night
with Lee Shamrock and Carlsberg
for 95 baht.
The Game, Sukhumvit between Soi
9 & 11, Men’s Night is on Thursdays
from 7 PM - 9 PM with 99 baht drink
specials.
The Nest, Le Fenix Hotel, Soi 11,
02-255-0638, Every day 6-9 PM is
Sunset Special time with local beers
at 80 baht, cocktails at 150 baht and
other special prices. Monday, mojitos are two for one until 10 PM.
Wednesdays there is House of Soul
with free entry and soulful funky
house vices, groups of 4 girls or
more receive a free “Nest Cocktail
Bucket.”
The Sala, Sheraton Grande Hotel,
Sukhumvit Road, 02-649-8888,
From now onwards, you can check
out an outside Mongolian Barbecue
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Entertainment & Nightlife
Pang Nakarin Kingsak
Climax Rocks Sukhumvit
With Another Great Concert
On Saturday night, February 7, Thai pop star Pang
Nakarin Kingsak will be making an exclusive appearance
in a free concert at Climax,
the rockingest club in the
Sukhumvit area that’s located
in the basement of the Ambassador Hotel on Soi 11.
Pan’s been onstage for 21
years now and has written hits
like “Sabai Dee” and “Auem
Mai Tueng” “Kham Tob,” “AGard,” “Kob Mai Dai,” “Tham
Arai Sak Yang,” “Nang Sue
Roon,” “Man” and many others over the years.
As mentioned, this is a free
concert which is in itself quite
impressive since Pang commands up to 1,500 baht per
ticket at large venues throughout the country so a chance to
see him in an intimate club
environment like Climax is going to be quite a treat. All that
you’ll pay is the normal entry
fee which includes a drink although it’s free for ladies up
until 1 AM.
This is another in a continuing series of free concerts that Climax owner Khun
Maew puts on to pay back her
many loyal supporters. Call
086-039-6333 for more info.
of your choice for only 50 baht
per person per hour with a
150 baht maximum charge.
It’s open from 11 AM to 11
PM and they have a great selection of games including our
favorite, Diplomacy. There are
also snacks and drinks available and there are two levels of
game rooms. Give them a call at
02-651-4349 or 081-875-5722
for more information.
Meeples & Me — A
Board Game Refuge
If you’re a gamer then there’s a great new
(relatively) place for you to visit in Ruam Rudee
Village on Soi Ruam Rudee. It’s called Meeples
& Me Board Game Cafe and it’s located right
about in the middle of this plaza.
You can come in and play any board game
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lamb chops or a grilled pork
chop among others. Desserts
vinaigrette as an appetizer
followed by either a braised
oxtail ragout with rosemary
Crave Restaurant’s
open kitchen.
include Eaton mess, a summer
fruits trifle or a rhubarb, apple
and ginger crumble with custard sauce. The cost is 900
baht per person and includes
a free glass of sparkling wine
and wine or cocktails are available at happy hour prices with
selected
wines
available at 800
baht per bottle.
Call 02-258-4529.
The Dream Hotel on Soi 15 will
be serving a fivecourse candle-lit
set menu for 1,999
baht per couple
with two free bottles of POP Pommery Champagne
at the Flava Lite
Bar on the rooftop
poolside level. Call
02-254-8500
Bei Otto, the German restaurant on Soi 20, will be offering a four-course set dinner
consisting of smoked duck
breast carpaccio with mix leaf
salad and orange-balsamic
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cherries, homemade pappardelle pasta and shaved
parmesan or a pan-fried
salmon fillet on green vegetables, herbed steamed rice
and lemon- butter sauce with
a caramel layered dark chocolate brownie with raspberry
there will be a special Grand
Dinner Buffet priced at 2,400
baht++ per person with free
flow wine available at an additional 1,200 baht++ per person.
The hotel’s Tsu restaurant
will be serving up premium
and fresh sushi with a set
dinner menu priced at 3,900
baht++ for two persons with
an ala carte menu also available.
At the Nami restaurant
there will be teppanyaki prepared right before you with
a set dinner menu priced at
3600 baht ++ for two persons
as well as an ala carte menu.
The New York Steakhouse
will offer a set dinner menu
priced at 7,900 baht++ for two
persons including two glasses
of sparkling wines with two
seatings — one at 5:30 and
one at 8:30. There is also an
The oxtail ragout
at Bei Otto.
under the Stars for 590 baht++ per
bowl or 780 baht++ including fresh
fruits and desserts. It’s served daily
from 7-10 PM.
The Square Restaurant, Novotel
Ploenchit Hotel,
02-305-6000,
There will be a Fisherman’s Market
Dinner Buffet Promotion in January and February from Monday –
Thursday, 6-10 PM for 960 baht++.
Holders of selected credit cards
receive a Come-2-Pay-1 offer. Children under 12 eat for 50% off; under 6 free of charge.
Wolff’s, Soi 11, 090-926-1777 Saturday nights try the set dinner of
duck liver pate or soup of the day,
wagyu rump steak, a glass of Cote
Du Rhone red wine and Wolff’s cake
for dessert for 980 baht++.
Zest Bar and Terrace, Westin
Grande Hotel, Sukhumvit Road
at Soi 19, 02-207-8000, Friday
Unwind every Friday from 6:30
on includes one welcome glass
of Prosecco, a free flow of
selected wines, beers, house
spirits and cocktails, a complimentary set of tapas and live
music from the Black Coffee
Band. It’s priced at 890 net.
Happy Hours
and mint sauce. The cost is
995 baht++ per person. Call
02-260-0869.
The JW Marriott Hotel will
be serving different specials
in different outlets starting
with the Marriott Café where
a la carte menu available. Call
02-656-7700.
Deutsches Eck on Soi 20
will be offering German specialties in a set menu starting with smoked salmon and
salmon tartare followed by a rich beef
broth, a combination
of Australian tenderloin and New Zealand Lamb chops on
a French vegetable
ragout and a white
and dark chocolate
mousse with a wild
berry compote for
dessert. The price
is 1,580 baht per
couple. Call 02-2620263.
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Amari Boulevard Hotel, Soi 5, Beer
Garden barbecue and happy hour:
Buy one, get one free from 5:30 – 7
PM. every day. 02-255-2930.
amBar, Soi 15, 4-9 PM every day,
buy one get one free - Bacardi
Breezer and Vodka Cruiser, 02-3066000.
Barfly, Soi 33, Every day 5-8 PM,
local beers for 80 baht, 080-6299655.
Barsu, Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit,
8-10 PM Tues-Wed, buy one get
one free from special drinks menu,
02-649-8888.
Beer Vault, Soi 15, 5:30-9:30 every
day, buy one get one free on selected beers, free snacks l 7:30,
02-306-6000.
Bistro 33, Soi 33, From 4-8 PM get
dra , local beers and house wine
for 110 baht each plus VAT or get
a free flow of local beers, wines
and selected cocktails for 500 baht
including complimentary pizza and
snacks from 5-8 PM, 02-260-3033.
Black Swan, Sukhumvit Rd near
Soi 14, Greene King IPA 180 Baht,
Carlsberg 120 baht, Heineken and
Tiger 100 baht pints only. Bo led
beers Heineken, Tiger, San Miguel,
Singha and Beer Lao pale, 80 baht.
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Fridays from 6:30 PM ll 7:30 PM,
free snacks at the bar, 02-626-0257.
Chequers, Soi 4, 4-8 PM daily, local beers and house spirits 75 baht,
wine 95 baht, 02-255-3993.
Dee Lounge & Beer Garden, Novotel Ploenchit Hotel, Corner of Soi
Ruamrudee, Mon-Sat from 4-6 PM
Carlsberg and Singha dra beer is 99
baht net.
Down Under Bar & Grill, 10 am-7
PM, every day, local beers 75 baht,
02-651-2940.
Hanrahans, Soi 4, 4-8 PM daily, beers
65-80 baht, local and imported, dra
pints 80-100 baht, bucket of 5 bottles, 400 baht noon-midnight.
Hemingway’s, Soi 14, 02-653-3900,
3-7 PM every day, local bottled beers
are 80 baht, selected pints are 100
baht, Stoly for 80 baht and house
wines for 90 baht, and other featured drinks. Sunday it’s happy hour
prices all day.
Huntsman Pub, Landmark Hotel,
Sukhumvit Road near Soi 6, 02-2540404, Monday - Saturday 3-9 PM,
Buy one, get one free. Sunday 11:30
AM - 9 PM.
Hustler’s, Times Square Bldg,
Sukhumvit Road, 02-653-0359, Til 7
PM every day, all drinks 50% off.
Rendevouz Bar, Landmark Hotel,
Sukhumvit Road near Soi 6, 02-2540404, Daily, 5:30-7:30 PM, Buy one,
get one free.
Robin Hood Pub, Soi 33/1, 4-7 PM,
Every day, Chang & Tiger Pints 80
baht, Heineken 90 baht, Carlsberg
100, 02-662-3390.
Snapper New Zealand, Soi 11,
5-6:30 every day, beer 70 baht, large
beer 100 baht, wine & all spirits 100
baht, 02-651-1098.
Strikers, Soi 4, 10 AM - 8 PM every day, 80 baht beer and standard
drinks, 084-944-5972.
Tenderloins, Soi 33, 4-8 PM daily,
dra Heineken and Tiger - 120 baht,
house wine - 130 baht, house spirits - 130 baht, local beers - 120 baht,
02-258-4529.
Terrace Bar, Landmark Hotel,
Sukhumvit Road near Soi 6, 02-2540404, Daily, 5:30-7:30 PM, Buy one,
get one free.
The Clubhouse, Soi 23, Daily 4-7
PM, happy hour prices for local
beers, wine, spirits, 02-664-1376.
The Game, Sukhumvit between Soi
9 & 11, Mon-Fri, 10 AM-6 PM, 75
baht pints of Chang, buy 2 bo les
of Chang or Chang Export and get
1 free, buy any drink with Bacardi
White and get any drink with Bacardi
Black for free and buy 1 Bacardi and
get one free.
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Sukhumvit Live Music Venues
Above Eleven
Soi 11, 083-542-1111, Wednesday: Salsa Night with Latin Sabotaje (Margaritas and
Mojitos 150 baht for ladies),
Thursday: Live Music with
Jazz, Friday: Hip Hop Classic School with Dj.Jonathan
from New York, Saturday:
Dance House 80s at 9 PM to
Midnight.t
Bamboo Bar
Soi 3, 02-253-2462, The Jump
Band on Mon-Thurs and Sun
and the Fox Band on Fri-Sat
both play rock classics from
10:30 PM - 3 AM.
Beer Garden
Soi 7, Four different bands
alternate playing in the Cave
section of this large pickup
spot.
BeerVault
Four Points by Sheraton
Bangkok, Sukhumvit 15, 02309-3255, Lee Shamrock on
Sat starting at 9 PM.
Check Inn 99
Sukhumvit Road between
Soi 5 & 7, 081-735-7617,
Open for Happy Hours with
Live Acoustic bands 6-8:30
PM, house band Music of
the Heart starts at 8.30 PM
until 1.30 AM every night.
Sunday afternoons from 2
PM features blues and jazz.
Classic Rock
Corner of Soi 22, hard rock
and classics played nightly
from 10 PM.
Climax
Soi 11, basement of Ambassador Hotel, 086-039-6333, four
different bands each night
playing rock and pop from
9:45 til late.
Country Road
Corner of Soi Cowboy and
Asoke, 02-258-4341, 3 live
bands every night playing 60s
thru 80s classic rock, starting
early at 6 PM and going til late.
Dee Lounge Beer Garden
Novotel Ploenchit Hotel, Cor-
ner of Soi Ruamrudee, 02-3056000, Mon-Sat hear international contrmeporary sounds from
the CH3 band from 6:45 on.
DET-5
Soi 8, 02-653-1232, Every Monday, Open Mike night with regulars and guests.
Flava Bar & Lounge
Dream Hotel, Soi 15, 02-2548500, Every Friday night Khun
Lek plays acoustic music from
7-9:30 PM.
Hemingway’s
Soi 14, 02-653-3900, Every
Saturday night there is a band
in the upstairs Safari Bar with
free entry and a Happy Hour
from 4-8 PM with music from
8 PM to midnight.
Hillary 2
Soi 4, 02-656-7125, Two live
bands every night playing
pop and rock except Wed has
three bands. Starts at 8:30 PM
to 3:30 AM Fri-Sun, Acoustic
Band from 6 - 8 PM.
Huntsman Pub
Landmark Hotel, Sukhumvit
Road between Soi 4 and Soi
6, 02-254-0404, Sweet Inspiration band plays Mon-Thurs
9-11:45 PM, Fri-Sat, 9-12:45
AM; Body & Soul Band, Sun,
9-11:45 PM; J-3 Band, Wed-Fri
, 6-8:45 PM.
Queen Bee
Soi 26, 092-446-4234, jam
with local musicians every Sat
night.
Rendevouz Bar
Landmark Hotel, Sukhumvit Road between Soi 4
and Soi 6, 02-254-0404,
Smooth Midtown Band,
Mon-Thurs, 7-11:45 PM,
Fri-Sat, 6-11:45 PM.
Rosabieng
Soi 11, 02-253-5868-9,
Thai restaurant, easy
listening Thai band on
weekends from 8 PM til
midnight.
Smiles Jazz
Soi Ruam Rudee, 02-1168361, Tuesdays, Looksorn and
the Unique playing acoutic
rock and folk; Wednesdays,
Tricky3 playing experimental
jazz and the Roykhien Piano
Trio; Thursdays, Mellow Motif
playing Brazilian jazz; Fridays
and Saturdays there is a variety of acts as well as some
weeknights. Check https://
www.facebook.com/smiles-
www.sukhumvitscene.com
Mellow Motif at Smiles
Jazz & Bistro.
jazz for complete schedule
information.
The Living Room
Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit,
02-649-8353, Mon-Sat, Joshua
Lebofsky solo piano at 6:15,
Fri-Sat, The Randy Cannon
Group at 9:15, Sun, Tim Hedges Jazz Trio at 12:15
The Nest
Le Fenix Hotel, Soi 11, 02-2550638, Various bands on Thursday nights.
Titanium
Soi 22, 02-258-3758, All-girl
band Unicorn nightly playing
alternative rock and rockers
The Big Boy Band also appears
on selected nights.
Whisgars
Mahatun Plaza (over El Osito),
082-899-8746, Petite and
Mike play lounge standards on
Jazz
great
Jerrry
Byrd.
Thursdays and Saturdays and
Jafar Curry sings jazz favorites
on Wednesdays and Fridays.
Wolff’s
Soi 11, 086-611-2213, Jazz guitarist great Jerry Byrd and his
band are on at 9:30 PM from
Thurs-Sat playing mostly jazz
standards.
Zanzibar
Soi 11, 02-651-2700, different
bands play each night from
8:30 PM featuring a variety of
musical genres.
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