Could somebody recommend a good place to have a suit made in bkk?

Cheap price, good work...

Never heard of such a place. You get what you pay for.

Generally tailors have 2 or 3 differant quality of maker. If you screw them down too much on price they will use their lowest quality maker.

I would recommend the one at the stairs of "National Stadium" BTS station.

Opposite side of MBK right next to a minimart.

The game is that there are 1000 tailers per mile in Bangkok but only about 4 or 5 monster sweat shops that actually crank out the clothes. The tailor shops here are nothing more than fitting shops, I dont think there is a single one that actually has a tailor in the classic sense of the word.

So there are a million scams for the unwary. The most common of which is to find out when your flight leaves and run you out to the last possible second. Nothing better than a dissatisified customer who has to run to catch an international flight. Most of the dissatisfaction comes from substituting fabrics. You pick the exquisite wool blend from England not knowing that the entire inventory of that fabric in Thailand is the last five yards on the roll in the shop. When you pick your suit up with 8 minutes to get to Don Muang you find it made out of lovely Cambodian Yak fur and in shades you did not think possible to find.

I can highly recommend Raja on Sukhumvit Soi 4 next to NEP. Around the corner just next to Landmark is Rajawongse his cousin which is also a good shop. They are very careful with the fitting and what you pick out you will get when they tell you that it will be done. It is the shop used by many of the long term Embassy staff which is how I found them.

I worked with three seperate tailors while I was in Bangkok. The important information is that you should avoid D'Oriental Fashion at ALL costs, they are located at Chula Soi 16 Banthadthong Rd. They are scam artists, dishonest, and WILL cheat you, if you're a tourist they know you'll be leaving and there is absolutely nothing you can do about it. For a full account check this other thread where I talked about all three tailors.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?sh...43entry645143