Sky Bars
 

I would like to go to a sky bar/restaurant whilst in Bangkok. Are we ok to go to the bars with my children age 17 & 11 to sit and watch sunsets etc?
Thanks

for sure ...

There are many Bangkok sky bars. The Dome Sky Bar at Lebua State Tower and Red Sky, Central World come to mind. However a review of the latter stated "children not allowed". Prices are expensive, and especially for dinner I would review the menu prices first. :)

Three-Sixty at the Millennium on the River - Many people claim this to be the best rooftop bar in Bangkok

Octave at Marriott Sukhumvit Soi 57 - My personal fave, but the hotel is a fave, too.

Your hotel concierge should be able to tell you whether your children would be allowed in the bar at the time you plan to go.

My favorite is Sky Bar at Lebua. Children seven years and older are welcome if accompanied by an adult. Policies and Dress Code. The atmosphere is fine for children. Bangkok Magazine article.

I wouldn't eat there, however. (The restaurant is called Sirocco.) My friends who have tell me that the food is OK, just C+/B-. Essentially you're paying for the view, not the food. And it's extremely expensive. Last time I was there I took a look at the menu; dinner could easily approach $200 per person. Here's the menu; note the absence of prices.

I recently stayed at the Continent Hotel at Asok. They have a restaurant/bar on the 38th (ish) floor. So not as high as some of the others. I thought the food was pretty good though and not too crazy expensive. View is decent but not super special.

I would imagine that someplace on the river would be a better view in general.

Don't know if the OP is still reading, however I would suggest the buffet at the top of baiyoke tower, formerly the tallest building in bkk. The city views are good and the buffet is cheap with solid "B" food and a fairly wide spread of cuisines. Depending on the age of the children, there is an option to head outside and take in the city views from an open air rotating observation deck.

EDIT: would also suggest the restaurant on the 25th floor of the Grand China Hotel in Chinatown. Has a nice lounge-y vibe and is convenient if you've been sightseeing.

Have a great trip!

Another one to consider

http://www.bangkok.com/magazine/brewski-rooftop.htm

I've been to Brewski a couple of times. Nice views, music isn't ear-shatteringly loud, large selection of craft beer, pretty good food. Prices aren't exactly a bargain though they do select one draft beer on "special" for 200 baht every day. It's worth a visit.

The buffet is cheap (I bought from a discount place online for about $45 for 2 including the buffet, observation tower and top floor revolving tower entrance), but I wouldn't describe as as particularly good. I'd definitely describe it as C or C+ if feeling generous. The poor food was compounded by the fact every mainland Chinese tour group was visiting the restaurant when I was there.

For roof top bars, my favourite (though I haven't been to that many) is Park Society at the So Sofitel. Lovely atmosphere and a good view. Prices are pretty high for Bangkok but much cheaper than Lebua with a much nicer atmosphere. Love the view too.
http://www.bangkok.com/magazine/park...ar-sofitel.htm

Wow $6 USD for the special beer? Is that a half liter pour?

It's a pint so, yeah, 500 ml.

Craft beer, on the whole, is quite expensive in Thailand (thanks to the protectionist tariff schemes to shield Chang, Leo, and Singha from competition.) Prices in Bangkok - from what I've seen at various locations - are rarely under 300 thb for a pint of draft beer from Stone, Anderson Valley, etc.

A 12 oz bottle of Anderson Valley, in a supermarket, is priced at over 200 thb here in Chiang Mai.

Eh? A pint is 568ml, not 500ml.

Though, I agree 200 isn't bad for a craft beer in a bar. I bought some Fuller's beers (real pint sized) in a supermarket in Bangkok once that were about 200 baht each.

Actually, a pint is 473ml.

If you're talking about an American Pint, then yes. But Fullers will always refer to UK Pint.
Get a dry Pint or 500ml Pint on top of it to confuse everyone.

""The imperial pint (≈ 568 ml) is used in the United Kingdom and Ireland and to a limited extent in Commonwealth nations. In the United States, two pints are used: a liquid pint (≈ 473 ml) and a less-common dry pint (≈ 551 ml). Each of these pints is one-eighth of its respective gallon, but the gallons differ and the imperial pint is about 20% larger than the US liquid pint.""

That's what's done in BKK. So you know you should get something between 473ml and 568ml.
That's why I love the metric system.

I never realised there was an American pint.

In general I'm all for metric, but that extra 68ml in precious.

I was at the Brewski Sky Bar last night and the "pints" there are 470 ml (so I stand corrected.)

About 10-12 different beers on tap and over 100 different varieties of beer when counting bottles too. The 200 thb special was Maha Nakorn, a Thai craft beer of the wheat beer variety. (Pretty good, actually.) Most of the other "pints" were in the 260-300 thb range.

Leo and Singha are both products of Boon Rawd Brewery.

The protectionist garbage is solely a nod to the two families who control Boon Raed and Thai-Bev (Chang).

Spot on. I listed it by brand for the TV members who read the forum but don't live here and may not be as familiar with the parent companies.

Ahhhh, so the "special" beer is craft beer. Well that changes everything.

^

Not to mention that domestic law requires breweries to make at least 10 million liters per year.

Now that I was not aware of. Nor surprised to head of it's existence.

Yes, that law that limits permissible brewers to those that manufacture at least 10 million liters per year is what keeps the Thai craft brewing scene from developing. Some are finding ways around it, though. The Thai brewers of Chiang Mai Wheat (very tasty) moved operations to Cambodia and "export" their beer from Cambodia back into Thailand.

TimeOut has a list of skybars

It's not super high up (maybe 15th floor?), but the Four Points has a rooftop pool/bar/restaurant that kids/teenagers would probably enjoy more than a fancy resto. Chill, casual, and if you download the Eatigo app, you can sometimes eat there for 50% off.