Silom: Nightlife

Thailand's 'Wall Street' is by day a place of financial institutions, law firms and multinational corporations.

By night however, Silom slips out of its suit, transforming into a bustling shopping street and frenetically paced hedonist's playground. Alongside a cramped but creatively stocked night market (think bootleg DVDs, tourist trinkets, T-shirts, fake watches), sit some of the city's most renowned and raucous streets, namely red-light district Patpong, Soi 2 and Soi 4.

From Live Soccer to Live Sleaze

With its great selection of pubs, clubs and bars, Silom rarely disappoints the party crowd. Fancy sipping a Guinness while watching the latest football match beamed live from Europe? Make your way to Molly Malone's Irish Pub (formerly The Irish X Change) in Soi Convent, or O'Reillys right underneath the Sala Daeng BTS station.

Want to experience Silom's sleazier side? Head to world-renowned sex-district Patpong, where you'll find a procession of tightly packed go-go bars, touts flashing explicit menus, and promises of racy memories if only you follow them upstairs (read our Patpong Revealed feature for more insight and ideas).

Or perhaps you fancy more trendy, more wholesome? Then seek out one of the clubs with live bands or beat-spinning DJs strung along Patpong Road. These get very busy around midnight, and include Radio City, Twilo, Funky Dojos and Lucifers.

Nearby Silom Soi 4 - something of an age-old institution among long-time Bangkok revellers - is also home to a few clubs pushing pulsating beats, including the grotto-like house music club, Tapas, and hip-hop den Luminous (go to Silom clubs for a listing of all venues).

Gay Silom: Pink Appeal

The gay community and visitors also find their feet here. Silom - especially Soi 2, Soi 4 and nearby Suriwong Road - is considered one of Bangkok's most gay-friendly stomping grounds. Rainbow boys come to flirt (and, yes, occasionally pick-up) at legendary gay bars like Balcony Bar and Telephone Pub, ogle dream boys at the gay go-go bars off Suriwong, or dance into the small hours at full-on gay clubs like G.O.D. and DJ Station.

Silom is conveniently accessible with the BTS (Sala Daeng station) and MRT (Silom station).

Patpong, Bangkok

One of the world's most (in)famous red-light districts, Patpong is where it all started (Thailand's Go-Go culture). It has even been immortalised in a James Bond chase-sequence.

Its two parallel side-streets, found between Silom and Surawongse Roads, house around 100 neon-lit strip bars offering risque sex shows, purchasable pole-dancers and post-op ladyboys. But while for men Patpong is likely to mean 'adult', for women, families and the kids Patpong definitely means 'market'. At night this teems with hawkers and humble stalls selling what is mostly tourist tat... (Read More)

Silom Clubs

Clubs in Silom include Twilo, Lucifers, Funky Dojos, Luminous, Tapas and Breaks. (Read More)

Silom and Sathorn Bars & Pubs

From homely sports pubs to swish swanky hotel lounges, bars and pubs in Silom and Sathorn include The Barbican, Hu'u, Met Bar, My Bar, Noriega's, V9, Zeta Bar, Zuk Bar, Molly Malone's and O'Reillys. (Read More)

Learn More About Silom:

Shopping, Where to Eat, What to See & Do, Getting Around

Learn More About Nightlife Areas:

Sukhumvit,Ratchada and RCA, Khao San Road, Silom and Chidlom and Ploenchit

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