Good British Style Pubs in Bangkok

[Bpuumike]

One pub that stands out from the crowd of large Irish type bars is The Pickled Liver on Sukhumvit soi 7/1 (In between the entrance stairways of Nana BTS.). Just walk past the girlie bars to the end of the soi. Small, friendly, English run bar. The name of the bar is tribute to George Best, so not sure how that will work with a Millwall fan.

Enjoy!

I'm sort of confused.

Do you mean walk down Soi 7 past the seafood restaurants and beyond the German Beer Garden?

Would like to find it.

Soi 7/1 not Soi 7.

Got it, thanks

[citizen33]

Agree about the Black Swan and Checkinn 99. The Australia Pub in Soi 11 not too bad (but don't drink their red wine). 2 Irish pubs in the Silom area near Sala Daeng BTS, O'Reillys in Silom itself and Molly Malones in Soi Convent are OK. Good luck!

Another Irish bar further down Silom Road, where it crosses Surasak, is Jameson's. I spent a couple of nights drinking there while staying in the Holiday Inn a year or so ago. Tolerable if not fantastic, but perhaps you could add it for a Silom pub crawl.

[Beechboy]

Isn't the Pickled Liver on that little side enclave on Soi. 11 anymore?

Turn left just past the 7-11 and it's virtually opposite.

Where does S. 7 come from? There are/were no bars beyond the beer garden except for that Volkswagen thing.

[rak sa_ngop]

Isn't the Pickled Liver on that little side enclave on Soi. 11 anymore?

Turn left just past the 7-11 and it's virtually opposite.

Where does S. 7 come from? There are/were no bars beyond the beer garden except for that Volkswagen thing.

The Pickled Liver moved well over a year ago. Old location was the small soi off Soi 11 (Cheap Charlies was at one end).

New location is soi 7/1. It is the short dead-end soi in between the the BTS Nana station access stairways. The bar is at the end of the soi opposite Maximes restaurant.

[millwall_fan]

Thanks for the heads up on The Pickled Liver. I went there when it was in soi 11 a couple of times. Nice pub So soi 7/1 now thanks, Jameson's which you mention on Silom has a crap website (so important nowadays), but we'll give it a try.

What I now really need to know on this thread is pubs/bars AWAY from Sukhumvit. You guys have come up with some great suggestions for convivial hostelries all along Sukhumvit, But where else can we try? Last night, for example, we went to Villa supermarket at Ari BTS. After a hectic half hours shopping ( and 20 minute queue for a parking space) we found Hobbs bar. a perfectly acceptable, though mainly Thai bar that sold draught Boddingtons at 200 Baht a pint with some kind of happy hour that I never did get the hang of, but which amounted to buy a pint get a half free. They also had a good range of Belgian, German and American boutique beers as well as London Pride ad London Porter in bottles. Now my guess is, these bars are dotted all around Bangkok and that I don't need to go down Sukhumvit every time I want a decent beer! Anyone able to drink outside the box?

[MrRed]

Are you after buying a place in Bangers? or anywhere for that matter.

[hanno]

Third the Black Swan. Good food. Not cheap and the service can be a little off at times. But as I stay at Terminal 21 when in BKK, it is only a short stagger away.

[rak sa_ngop]

Thanks for the heads up on The Pickled Liver. I went there when it was in soi 11 a couple of times. Nice pub So soi 7/1 now thanks, Jameson's which you mention on Silom has a crap website (so important nowadays), but we'll give it a try.

What I now really need to know on this thread is pubs/bars AWAY from Sukhumvit. You guys have come up with some great suggestions for convivial hostelries all along Sukhumvit, But where else can we try? Last night, for example, we went to Villa supermarket at Ari BTS. After a hectic half hours shopping ( and 20 minute queue for a parking space) we found Hobbs bar. a perfectly acceptable, though mainly Thai bar that sold draught Boddingtons at 200 Baht a pint with some kind of happy hour that I never did get the hang of, but which amounted to buy a pint get a half free. They also had a good range of Belgian, German and American boutique beers as well as London Pride ad London Porter in bottles. Now my guess is, these bars are dotted all around Bangkok and that I don't need to go down Sukhumvit every time I want a decent beer! Anyone able to drink outside the box?

Can you be a bit more specific as to the location of the Hobbs bar you found? I have checked on the net and can only find a Hobs (House of Beer) in Thonglor, Sukhumvit. i.e nowhere near Ari BTS

Once you get away from Sukhumvit and Silom there are very few other decent bars IMO. That's why it would be good to know of any others.

[millwall_fan]

Are you after buying a place in Bangers? or anywhere for that matter.

No way! I'm happy to be back in teaching again nowadays - with things like 'weekends' and 'holidays'! I'm a pub man though, nothing better in life than a good hostelry IMHO.

Peace Lover: Hobbs bar is in the small shopping complex that houses Villa supermarket, right by the steps of Ari BTS.

[TheSpade]

I was there last week and never even noticed the bar. I thought it was just restaurants. I will check it out some time sounds like a decent spot.

[meom]

Agree about the Black Swan and Checkinn 99. The Australia Pub in Soi 11 not too bad (but don't drink their red wine). 2 Irish pubs in the Silom area near Sala Daeng BTS, O'Reillys in Silom itself and Molly Malones in Soi Convent are OK. Good luck!

O'Reillys has been sold and is called O'Brian or something like that.

I used to enjoy their 80 baht Chang draught but that's gone up to 120 baht.

[rak sa_ngop]

Agree about the Black Swan and Checkinn 99. The Australia Pub in Soi 11 not too bad (but don't drink their red wine). 2 Irish pubs in the Silom area near Sala Daeng BTS, O'Reillys in Silom itself and Molly Malones in Soi Convent are OK. Good luck!

O'Reillys has been sold and is called O'Brian or something like that.

I used to enjoy their 80 baht Chang draught but that's gone up to 120 baht.

It is now called Flann O'Briens.

They started with just happy hour prices for bottled beer 70 baht/bottle, but have now succumbed to the forces of the market and are charging 100 baht net for all draught beer pints during happy hours (up to 8.00 pm) and I believe all day Sunday.

Come back, all is forgiven. Honest!

Edited October 10, 2013 by rak sa_ngop

[meom]

A lot of the regulars are giving the place a miss apparently.

You can't beat the location though so I guess a lot will be back soon.

[kblaze]

OP its difficult for western-oriented pubs to survive on Thai-only business so they tend to cluster around westerner-frequented zones, such as sukh and silom.

There is a pub at Asiatique, which is a relatively new outdoor market on the chao phraya river with some restaurants. Your wife would probably like it. You can get there from the Saphan Taksin BTS.

There is also an Irish pub on Soi Ekkamai...not too far down, on the right side... O'henrys? O'flannigans? O'something... I think

[hanno]

I'll be in the Black Swan in exactly 12 hours. No Pubs here in Siem Reap and one of my first visits is there for a nice IPA.

[millwall_fan]

OP its difficult for western-oriented pubs to survive on Thai-only business so they tend to cluster around westerner-frequented zones, such as sukh and silom.

There is a pub at Asiatique, which is a relatively new outdoor market on the chao phraya river with some restaurants. Your wife would probably like it. You can get there from the Saphan Taksin BTS.

There is also an Irish pub on Soi Ekkamai...not too far down, on the right side... O'henrys? O'flannigans? O'something... I think

Thanks kblaze. i do appreciate what you say! As a former publican myself I know you need the tourist and expats in a pub. I was just pushing the boundaries of the thread to try and find out exactly what Bangkok has to offer. I'm a Sukhumvit 'old hand' first visiting nearly 20 years ago, but I know little of the city away from there. It seems that most expats socialise on Sukhumvit and that's where we'll head-Mixed in with Victory Monument's meagre offerings The Saxaphone Pub and Hobbs Bar.

[planr]

We tried the Roadhouse BBQ bar today on the corner of Silom and Suriwong. Really excellent Singaporean beer including Black Pig Bitter and a fine IPA. Expensive at 265 + but at 8% ABV you don't need too many! The atmosphere on a Sunday lunchtime could best be described as like a morgue. But as they are one of only two venues in Bangkok currently to have these excellent beers (the brewery is called Brewerkz), we may return. I don't think the Beer Garden would impress my wife very much - I used to enjoy going there in my single days mind! I'll certainly try Jools bar, maybe tie it in with Chequers and perhaps Bully's. Still no ideas for good places away from Sukhumvit- is the rest of BKK a Brit/Irish free zone?

Roadhouse is great for good beer and quality grub. It's not really a weekend place though except Saturday evenings, and even then usually only the 3rd floor sports bar is rocking. That said, if you go at lunch time or dinner time during the week, the ground floor and 2nd floor are usually quite full as well, a good mix of both Thai and expats.

[whybother]

OP its difficult for western-oriented pubs to survive on Thai-only business so they tend to cluster around westerner-frequented zones, such as sukh and silom.

There is a pub at Asiatique, which is a relatively new outdoor market on the chao phraya river with some restaurants. Your wife would probably like it. You can get there from the Saphan Taksin BTS.

There is also an Irish pub on Soi Ekkamai...not too far down, on the right side... O'henrys? O'flannigans? O'something... I think

Durty Nelly's ... easy walking distance from the BTS.

[kblaze]

OP its difficult for western-oriented pubs to survive on Thai-only business so they tend to cluster around westerner-frequented zones, such as sukh and silom.

There is a pub at Asiatique, which is a relatively new outdoor market on the chao phraya river with some restaurants. Your wife would probably like it. You can get there from the Saphan Taksin BTS.

There is also an Irish pub on Soi Ekkamai...not too far down, on the right side... O'henrys? O'flannigans? O'something... I think

Durty Nelly's ... easy walking distance from the BTS.

good god i wasnt even close

[rak sa_ngop]

OP its difficult for western-oriented pubs to survive on Thai-only business so they tend to cluster around westerner-frequented zones, such as sukh and silom.

There is a pub at Asiatique, which is a relatively new outdoor market on the chao phraya river with some restaurants. Your wife would probably like it. You can get there from the Saphan Taksin BTS.

There is also an Irish pub on Soi Ekkamai...not too far down, on the right side... O'henrys? O'flannigans? O'something... I think

FYI: The Irish pub in Asiatique is owned by the same company as has taken over O'Reillys and is also called Flann O'Brien's.

It's a big barn (or more correctly warehouse) of a place.

[n1ckmg]

Thanks for those, guys, I've never heard of Crossbar on soi 23 or the Royal Oak, so I'll give them a go. The Robin Hood and Dubliner I know and they're OKish, nothing more and the Black Swan I've heard of and I know it has a good rep, but never been, so I'll certainly try that. Does anyone know of any similar pubs away from Sukhumvit, because the 100 Baht for a pint of very drinkable beer at The Londoner is hard to beat. I live near Victory Monument so somewhere a bit closer to there would be nice, though I'll travel for good beer and a good crowd! Cheers.

Chequers - 95 B Happy hour - Heineken and Carslberg Pints !

[millwall_fan]

Hoping to venture forth into Sukhumvit for the Six Nations this weekend. Does anyone with experience of such matters know if any places will beat the election ban and open on Saturday night?