Bangkok — Where We Ate & Drank

Five trips through Bangkok — it's our Southeast Asia hinge city — and the list keeps compounding: Gaggan for the circus of it, BKK Social Club for the ice program, and rooftops we've stopped counting. November through April is the dry run; Songkran in April is a citywide water fight you don't opt out of.

This guide covers 16 bars we actually visited, from cocktail studios like Dry Wave to jazz haunts like Smalls. Every spot earned its place by surviving our return visits.