Editor’s Note: Updated September 2026. This review is based on our stay in a Garden Room and reflects the hotel as we experienced it. Practical details have been checked again, but rates and hotel services may change. Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok […]
Editor’s Note: Updated September 2026. This review reflects our original dining experience; menus, prices, and individual dishes may have changed since our visit. Bangkok can make choosing a Thai fine-dining restaurant feel almost unfair. The city has everything from extraordinary […]
Editor’s Note: Updated October 2026. This review is based on our earlier spa visit and photographs. Current menu and booking details were checked separately. Crossing the Chao Phraya River was a welcome change of pace after a day spent walking […]
Editor’s Note: Updated September 2026. The Tea House location in Thonglor reviewed below is permanently closed. This article remains an editorial record of our visit. ChangChui Creative Park still lists a related Tea House venue, but we have not visited […]
Editor’s Note: Updated September 2026. Our cocktails and impressions come from an earlier visit; opening hours and dress code were checked against the bar’s website. Havana Social Bangkok hides behind a phone booth off Sukhumvit Soi 11. We came for […]
Editor’s Note: Updated September 2026. This review is based on our 2018 visit. The lounge remains open and afternoon tea is still listed by G Hotel Kelawai, while current menus, prices and serving times should be confirmed directly with the […]
Editor’s Note: Updated September 2026. This review records our 2018 experience at The Bar Upstairs Bangkok. The venue and Brasserie Cordonnier officially closed on July 10, 2019, so the menu, prices, and dress code below are historical. The Bar Upstairs […]
Editor’s Note: Updated September 2026. This review preserves our original experience, photographs, prices, and scores from the article published in 2018. The drinks described are from the former Compass menu; practical details were checked separately on September 19, 2026. In […]
Editor’s Note: Updated September 2026. We visited the Authors’ Lounge in 2018, so the Oriental afternoon tea set, individual dishes and impressions below reflect that experience. The practical details near the end of this review were checked against the hotel’s […]
After Hibiki Japanese Harmony, I was curious to explore another side of Japan’s whisky industry through Nikka and its founder, Masataka Taketsuru. Nikka From the Barrel won me over with honey and dried fruit on the nose, followed by creamy […]