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Keep Calm and Try These Online Wellness Activities
These 5 renowned wellness brands are working out our kinks, imbuing Zen and keeping us fit, all from afar.
Culture
Take This Walking Tour Around the Historic Neighborhood of Bangkok’s First Modern Boulevard
Famous Thai writer Kong Rithdee shows us Bangrak and the Charoen Krung Road of his childhood.
Food & Drink
Lucky 7 Valentine’s Dinners to Help You Get Lucky
If home is where the heart is, these restaurants around our region really set ours aflutter. Here are 7 of our favorite fine-dining spots that deliver Valentine’s Day to your door.
Food & Drink
On the Hunt for Southeast Asia’s Best Peking Duck
In the run-up to Lunar New Year, we fete everyone’s favorite Chinese imperial dish. These are the tastiest Peking ducks in Hong Kong, Singapore and Bangkok.
Food & Drink
This New Thai Restaurant Takes Mom’s Cooking to the Next Level
Front Room in Waldorf Astoria Bangkok has reopened with comfort classics that’ll warm your soul.
Inspiration
T+L Hometown Hit List: Thailand
We asked our insiders for their favorite places to travel domestically. Veronica Inveen tells us what’s tops in Thailand.
Food & Drink
When Room Service Means Masterchefs and Mixologists
Hotels are bringing restaurant service and bar vibes into your suite. So you can drink, social-distance and forget about the dishes.
Hotels & Resorts
Review: Kimpton Maa-Lai Bangkok
Kimpton is rebranding itself as a luxury, locally minded lifestyle hotel, and their first property in Southeast Asia is an open house in the urban jungle.
Hotels & Resorts
This Hotel Thinks Your Idea of Fun Might Be a 15-Day Quarantine Staycation
Thanks to COVID-19, Thailand requires all inbound travelers to quarantine for a couple of weeks. In a city swimming in staycations, will Bangkokians volunteer for a luxe lock-in?
Culture
5 Must-See Exhibits at Bangkok Art Biennale
If you haven’t visited the exhibits yet, you have until the end of next month.
Culture
Here’s How Hospitality Art Consultants Create and Curate the Art in Asia’s Best Hotels
The best hotels today use their walls as portals to culture, cultivate soul, and give you reason to feel.
Hotels & Resorts
This Grand Dame Has Reopened and Its Wellness Program Will Solve All Your New Year’s Resolutions
Forget lullabies, we’d rather be rocked to sleep by a massage and a sound bath.
Food & Drink
3 of the Best Bloody Mary Recipes in Asia
January 1 isn’t just New Year’s Day; it’s Bloody Mary Day. We’re here to help you nurse that massive hangover from last night — or, let’s be honest, all of last year.
Get High in 2021: Six New Rooftop Bars Perfect for New Year’s Eve
Looking for a new perspective… literally? These rooftop bars offer sublime settings, views and vibes.
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Retox, Detox, Repeat: Trying A Hangover IV Drip After the World’s Booziest Brunch
A new restorative IV-drip bar in the middle of an actual bar means you’ll never have to fear that boozy brunch again.
Hotels & Resorts
Foreplay: Our 5 favorite golf courses in Southeast Asia
St. Andrews this is not, but plenty of dedicated pros have managed to coax some stunning, challenging championship courses out of our tropical environs. These five are way above par (or should we say under?).
Hotels & Resorts
This Bangkok Hotel Wants You to Move in for a Year for US$33,000
Who wants to be a millionaire? Hyatt Regency’s new Million Baht Club even includes birthday-party planning.
Food & Drink
Festive Season Is Very Merry Indeed at the Waldorf Astoria Bangkok
From high tea to champagne toasts, this grande dame knows how to celebrate in style.
Hotels & Resorts
Centara Is Offering Major Deals for the Holidays
Get out of town this holiday season with these three deals from Centara.
Hotels & Resorts
Eat your way through the most luxurious 36-hour staycation in Bangkok
The brand-new Capella Bangkok pours on the extras with its 36-hour one-night stay. Plunge in with your own Jacuzzi pool.
Hotels & Resorts
Why we’re setting our watches to Peninsula Time
Savvy hotels are bending the rules to fewer limitations and more time in-house for Covid-era guests.
Tips & News
This Gourmet Food Festival Is Including a Dinner by Stranded Refugees in Its Lineup
Why #cheflife is as much about Michelin two-starred headliners as unknown refugees. This year’s annual World Gourmet Festival in Bangkok will help some of the globe’s neediest make a new life for themselves and their families.
Food & Drink
Travel Back in Time at these Adorable Old-School Eateries
Across Southeast Asia time-capsule cafés and bars provide a glimpse of—and a reassuring anchor to—neighborhood diners in simpler times.
Tips & News
This Art Exhibit is a Celebration of Breasts and Stupas
Pinaree Sanpitak, one of Thailand’s most internationally acclaimed artists, celebrates the sacred and the sensual with two interactive—even edible—exhibits in Bangkok.
Food & Drink
Toast to International Gin & Tonic Day with These 3 Recipes From A Few of Our Fave Bartenders
Everyone knows gin-and-tonic is good for you. But have you ever considered what a truly global invention it is?
Hotels & Resorts
These Are the Coolest Hotel X Artist Collabs Out This Year
Colorful things happen when artists and hotels work together.
Tips & News
Bangkok’s Tallest Building is Offering Roof-Top Exercise Classes
If a HIIT class 78-floors above ground won’t make you sweat, we’re not sure what will.
Food & Drink
How to Pair Natural Wine with Vegan Pasta
A more Earth- and body-friendly version of the heaven-sent combo you love.
Hotels & Resorts
Pair your Bangkok Staycation with a Glam Burlesque Dinner
Park Hyatt Bangkok’s birthday celebration will be next-level glam.
Food & Drink
The Meatchop Butcher & Spirits
This stylish steak mecca brings laid-back Brooklyn vibes to Bangkok’s CBD.
Food & Drink
How Lockdown in Bangkok Gave Me a Renewed Appreciation for Local Restaurants
With malls and bars closed during lockdown, we deepened our love for local eating in Bangkok.
Food & Drink
Your First Fine-Dining Meal Post-Pandemic Should Be at This Neo-Indian Restaurant
Each dish on their transportive tasting menu is not only stick-to-your-bones good, but also uses ingredients from their urban garden and upcountry farm.
Hotels & Resorts
The Best Hotels To Book For An Extended Stay
No need to live out of a suitcase: extended stays these days mean city-center locations, spacious modern abodes and top-notch 24-hour dining.
Hotels & Resorts
Four Stylish Stays That Won’t Break Your Budget
High-contrast mid-city stays that deliver stylish comfort without breaking the budget.
Hotels & Resorts
You’ll Want To Book These Places For Your Next Business Trip
All work and no play is no way to do business travel. Mix up your next corporate trip with rooftop cocktails, sightseeing or soaking up the sun.
Culture
This Recipe for Pad Thai Will Cure All of Your Quarantine Woes
Classic Thai comfort food from one of the country’s most beloved Michelin-starred chefs, Thitid “Ton” Tassanakajohn
Hotels & Resorts
Bangkok Hotels Are Turning Rooms Into Office Spaces
This might be your solution to getting work done without distractions from your children…or the fridge.
Inspiration
The Newest and Most Luxurious Ways to Cruise the Chao Phraya River
A fleet of luxury boats is plying Bangkok with some of the classiest cocktail hours in town and meals that’ll sate the most selective sailors.
Food & Drink
This Fine Diner is Making Sure Nobody in Bangkok Goes Hungry
Chef DK of Haoma is serving thousands of meals a days to jobless people and families in Bangkok.
Hotels & Resorts
Experience Next-Level Comfort with Oakwood
An alternative to mainstream hotels, serviced apartments offer more space, in-room facilities and privacy.
Food & Drink
Boost the body and mind at these Bangkok Eateries
At the new Mövenpick BDSM Wellness Resort, healing starts with nutritious, delicious meals at Khum Hom and Tamarind.
Hotels & Resorts
5 Luxe Thai Getaways Where You Can Start the Year Off the Right Way
We can’t imagine a better beginning to 2020 than a holiday at one of these gems in the Cape Hotel Collection.
Food & Drink
Crowning Jewels at Waldorf Astoria Bangkok
Whether you need a full evening’s fantastic agenda or a just few special hours, Bull & Bear steakhouse, The Loft and The Champagne Bar shine bright like three diamonds above Bangkok.
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Chef Ian Kittichai Is Giving Regional Thai Dishes a Well-Being Boost
At Khum Hom, the restaurant at the Mövenpick BDMS Wellness Resort, the chef is radically rethinking the cuisine.
Food & Drink
Our Favorite New(ish) Bar Openings
From a funky wine spot in Hong Kong to a bar inspired by Indian heritage in Singapore, these are the new spots where you’ll probably find us drinking these days.
Inspiration
Reasons To Travel in February
T+L’s monthly selection of trip-worthy places, experiences and events.
Hotels & Resorts
This Might Be Bangkok’s Wildest Hotel Suite
A new suite in a beloved boutique hotel lets you feel the call of the wild in the middle of Bangkok.
Food & Drink
Bangkok’s Multi-Stellar Michelin Masters
The long waiting lists at these restaurants are worth the wait.
Inspiration
Where to go 2020
Twenty places to visit this year, including the majestic Hunza Valley, Bangkok for those with an appetite, and a new-look Kyoto.
Hotels & Resorts
Live Like Royalty In This Bangkok Hotel
Steps from the city’s top embassies and luxury shopping centers, The Athenee Hotel is an ideal urban haven.
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1919
If you’re craving Italian aperitivo with Sunday-session sharing plates, the new eatery from prolific Bangkok restaurant group Foodie Collection is the place to settle in.
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Samrub for Thai
The maestro who’d been running the line at Nahm for years, chef Prin Polsuk, has been teasing our palates with pop-ups of his deeply researched, forgotten Thai-cookbook recipes. Now he’s settled into his own space, a tiny chef’s-table, open-kitchen restaurant hidden within like-minded locavore 100 Mahaseth.
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Crimson Room
With a mini amphitheater in the middle of the city, the team behind award-winning Rabbit Hole has turned the speakeasy trend on its head— or just taken it back a century, to the Jazz Age.
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Mia
Don’t let the awesome wallpaper fool you. On the wide-ranging menu at the city’s new Instagram darling, the tastes more than match up to the aesthetics.
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Siri House
Finally, a place that transitions seamlessly from day to eve. The clubby Siri House invites you in from breakfast right through midnight.
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Lunch with a View at Mahanakorn Bangkok SkyBar
Bangkok’s newest sky-high venue has just opened for lunch on the 76th floor of the Kingpower MahaNakhon building.
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Charcoal Bangkok
Kebabs take center stage, with melt-in-your-mouth meats, veggies and paneer served in a bright, modern setting. Eat all you can at their smart Sunday brunch, or come at night to try their India-inspired cocktails, crafted to complement the flavors of the tandoor.
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Butter and Bubbles Are Aplenty at This Restaurant That Boasts Bangkok’s First Michelin Three-Starred Chef
An ambitious new restaurant boasts Bangkok’s first Michelin three-starred chef on the floor—and up in the clouds.
Culture
7 Reasons You Should Explore Bangkok’s Thonburi Side
A flashy new mall has lured more visitors over to the Thonburi side of Bangkok’s Chao Phraya river than ever before, but its Khlong San neighborhood has long been a local hub for Sino-Siamese eats and a lively social scene.
Hotels & Resorts
Marriot Marquis Bangkok
Located in the heaving center of Bangkok, this 1,388-room hotel provides easy access to the city (and a luxury retreat from its mayhem) just a short walk from multiple public transport stations.
Hotels & Resorts
These Are Our Favorite Business Hotels Around Asia
Traveling on the job doesn’t have to be boxy and boring. These upscale hotels do the hard work for you, leaving more time to enjoy your surroundings.
Food & Drink
8 Bangkok Restaurants Redefining a Genre
We’re just going to come right out and say it: Bangkok’s dining scene has never been more delicious or compelling than it is right now.
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Front Room
For this fresh Thai fare with a Danish accent, little is lost in translation.
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100 Mahaseth
This über-sustainable nose-to-tail proves just how many tasty ways you can skin a cow.
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Funky Lam Kitchen
Two princes fulfill their culinary destiny with a hipper-than-thou, hotter-than-many, hill-country restaurant that gives old Laotian and Northern Thai recipes a decidedly modern update.
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Saawaan
Take a hearty trip through Thailand via a tasting menu brimming with delicious dishes we’d like to see a la carte. (The duo of female chefs at the helm is a fab added bonus.)
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Le Du
Delicately engineered plates starring local, seasonal produce are dreamed up by a celebrity chef who traffics less in “twists” than whiffs—call it, the edge of Thai.
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Sorn
Following the trail of history to old village recipes from soldiers and subsistence farmers made these southern boys an instant hit.
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Spinning Straw into Gold at 80/20
With a fresh revamp and a reorientation to tasting menus, one of the city’s secret faves is stepping out of the shadows.
Hotels & Resorts
Waldorf Astoria Bangkok
With its coveted location overlooking the Royal Bangkok Sports Club, the Waldorf Astoria Bangkok is an impressive debut for the esteemed hotel brand in Southeast Asia.
Hotels & Resorts
8 Creative Hotels For Digital Nomads
With designer digs and creative spaces, a new crop of hotels is making it easier than ever to ditch the nine-to-five and embrace the digital nomad lifestyle.
Food & Drink
5 Michelin-Recommended Dishes in Bangkok You Can Actually Afford
Michelin Guide inspectors trawled the city for its best fine dining, but they also recognized 35 Bib Gourmands—good value, consistently quality meals. Several holes-in-the-wall made the list, teeing up a great primer on Bangkok street food. Here are five of our favorites.
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4 Bangkok Rooftop Bars With Killer Views
The Southeast Asian City of Angels definitely looks its best from high up in the sky. Soak in the stellar panoramas from these stylish watering holes.
Inspiration
3 Bangkok Spas You Have To Try
You can’t walk a block in the capital with out passing two things: a 7-Eleven and a massage place. In truth, we’d entrust our sore muscles to plenty of the latter, but the following spas truly surpass your standard street-side foot rubs .
Tips & News
A Conversation With 3 Of Asia’s Green Gamechangers
It’s not easy being green, but these three eco-innovators across Asia are reshaping their industries one upcycled garment or zero-waste restaurant at a time. Dianna Hubbell talks to the visionaries about building a brighter, more sustainable future.
Food & Drink
5 Unforgettable Dishes You Have to Try
Whether they’re served in a bar, a humble street restaurant or a Michelin-worthy gastronomic temple, some specialties are worth seeking out no matter where in the world they may be.
Hotels & Resorts
Avani Riverside
Set overlooking Chao Phraya, the Avani Riverside affords sweeping views of the urban skyline but still manages to feel removed from all of the bustle of Bangkok.
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Anantara Siam Bangkok Hotel
Located in the grand, graceful space that was once the Four Seasons Bangkok, this hotel enjoys a prime location in the very heart of the city, offering easy access to the luxe shopping malls of Chitlom and the nearby embassies.
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The Okura Prestige Bangkok
Occupying the top floors of an energy-efficient building near Bangkok’s embassy row, the Okura Prestige offers a clean, modern design that incorporates Thai artistic influences with Japanese functionality.
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SO Sofitel Bangkok
Abutting Rama IV and Sathorn Road in the capital’s frenetic financial district, this much-hyped property is geared toward artsy, style-minded types as much as business travelers—check-ins are done via iPads and in-room tech amenities are powered by Apple Mac mini.
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The St. Regis Bangkok
In keeping with the St. Regis ethos, the property melds unabashed opulence with tasteful restraint.
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The Peninsula Bangkok
This legend, with a loyal fan base, has been voted one of the world’s best hotels by T+L readers more than once. A paragon of understated elegance, the hotel is famous for its impeccable service and riverside restaurant.
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The Siam Kempinski
Despite its proximity to the city’s buzzing shopping district, this city-resort feels like an oasis with its 401 guest rooms and suites set amid lush landscaped gardens and cascading water features.
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Banyan Tree Bangkok
Banyan Tree Hotels and Resorts excel when it comes to spas and the Bangkok outpost is no exception. Partaking in one of their holistic treatments with a sweeping panorama of the skyline is truly an indulgent experience.
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The Sukhothai Bangkok
The Sukhothai hotel takes its name from the capital of Thailand’s first kingdom, which means the “Dawn of Happiness” in English. The city inspired a golden age of Siamese architecture.
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Mandarin Oriental Hotel Bangkok
For more than 130 years distinguished travelers have followed the legendary Chao Phraya River, through the heart of Bangkok, to the doors of one of the world’s most luxurious hotels, Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok.