EKKAMAI

If you’re dying to try the latest in cold-brew coffee concoctions, browse racks of vintage offerings, scoop up fashions by indie Thai designers or you just love to be the first in your circle of friends to know about anything, then you want to be hanging out in Ekkamai. Located conveniently along Sukhumvit Road between Thonglor and Phra Khanong, this is the place to be if you are an up-and-comer on into any of the arts scenes. Featuring side sois that are still undiscovered, cute Thai houses that remind you of the Bangkok you see in old postcards and the occasional hip pop-up market, you can feed your body and creative soul in Ekkamai.
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Let fantasy fly in Ekkamai’s kink-forward speakeasy ‘Playroom’

Let fantasy fly in Ekkamai’s kink-forward speakeasy ‘Playroom’

New to Ekkamai is a sultry speakeasy made for fancy date nights and celebrations that we all survived the rough ‘n tough 2020.  Set atop her crowd-pleasing French restaurant...

Spicy Isaan bites meet amber wines at 100 Mahaseth in Ekkamai

Spicy Isaan bites meet amber wines at 100 Mahaseth in Ekkamai

Love wine, but prefer sipping it with some spicy and pungent dishes? A nose-to-tail Ekkamai diner will bring together a culinary odd couple later this month of Isaan-style tapas...

Gaggan Again: Star chef opens ‘curry house dream’ in Ekkamai

Gaggan Again: Star chef opens ‘curry house dream’ in Ekkamai

Since closing his Michelin-starred resto last year, chef Gaggan Anand’s been keeping busy. After opening another dining spot named after himself on Soi Sukhumvit 31, the...

Look out! Earth is doomed at Bangkok Planetarium

Look out! Earth is doomed at Bangkok Planetarium

The stars are crashing down this month at Bangkok’s home to all things space and science. With its Digistar 5 theater system, 5.1 surround sound and two 4K-resolution digital...

Love Meat Tender: Ekkamai gets new steak joint ‘Chunn’ on Soi 61

Love Meat Tender: Ekkamai gets new steak joint ‘Chunn’ on Soi 61

Quality steak doesn’t exactly come cheap in downtown Bangkok, but the Ekkamai area recently welcomed a new restaurant that serves home-cooked meat dishes that look like they can...

EXPOSED: Paws Bangkok’s Sunday cat cafe is front for kitty trafficking

EXPOSED: Paws Bangkok’s Sunday cat cafe is front for kitty trafficking

For two weeks now, people have been entering what they thought was just another Bangkok cat cafe to nibble cake and make goo-goo eyes at adorb fluffballs. Little did they know...

Police raid fails to stop Ekkamai condo’s Chinese Airbnb listings

Police raid fails to stop Ekkamai condo’s Chinese Airbnb listings

Numerous Airbnb listings remained active today for an Ekkamai condo raided by the cops and allegedly used as an unlicensed hotel by Chinese operators. More than a dozen such ads,...

Bangkok is Burning: Vogue ambassador Amazon Sun is bringing ball culture realness to Thailand (VIDEO)

Bangkok is Burning: Vogue ambassador Amazon Sun is bringing ball culture realness to Thailand (VIDEO)

Strike a pose, shante, work it, throw shade, fierceness — these phrases have their origins in gay ball culture. If you’ve watched RuPaul’s Drag Race, seen the...

Brunch at Ekkamai’s Nowhere: Endless small plates of on-trend food, including a savory waffle course

Brunch at Ekkamai’s Nowhere: Endless small plates of on-trend food, including a savory waffle course

Restaurants around the city offer varying brunch menus, values, and concepts. From over the top, gourmet extravaganzas, to those that focus on quantity over quality, to those...

Barefood Bangkok makes vegan nut cheeses and beef-mimicking beet burgers that might fool you

Barefood Bangkok makes vegan nut cheeses and beef-mimicking beet burgers that might fool you

Let’s get real: the majority of vegan cheeses and veggie burgers ain’t foolin’ no one. From the texture to the flavor to the way they cook and melt, most of these healthy...

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