24 hours in Bangkok works if you stay on Sukhumvit and let the clock choose your stops. I start with breakfast near Asok and a quick BJ bar on Soi 8, take a soapy massage on Ratchada after lunch, rest, then spend the evening on Soi 4 and in Nana Plaza. Prices move, so check on the night.
What Does 24 Hours in Bangkok Look Like?
The times are my plan, not opening hours, so read the linked page before you go.
How Do I Start the Morning?
Wake up, drink water and eat something light before any beer. I have had roadside fruit for breakfast and a coffee at Asok, and both worked. Change money in town, as airport rates are significantly worse.
Then walk to Soi 8 for a BJ bar. On a flight-day visit I reached Lolitas around 10:30am, and I called 10am to 4pm the worst time for choice. A BJ bar runs roughly ฿1,000 to ฿2,000 including a drink, in a back or upstairs room, so no hotel is needed. Kasalong is nearby. If you want a Nuru instead, Chrome Bar quoted ฿2,000 for an hour at 11am. Ask before you go up, and use a condom.
Where Do I Fit in Brunch and a Soapy?
Brunch is Thai food and a Chang beer, or lunch at Hooters in Nana Plaza. Beer bars charge roughly ฿70 to ฿120 a beer, so keep it to one or two.
For the soapy, take the MRT from Sukhumvit station at Asok north to Huai Khwang for Ratchada. The big parlors there keep daytime hours from around noon. A soapy runs from about ฿2,000 to ฿6,000 or more, with the standard section nearer ฿2,000 to ฿3,500. I paid around ฿2,800 at Mango including the VIP room, and A+ was an extra ฿500. At Addict I paid around ฿2,500, with a second pop roughly ฿1,000 more, so ask first. My best massage parlors post has the rest.
Why Rest Before the Night?
Because heat and humidity ruin plans, and many visitors give up mid-afternoon and head for the pool. I schedule the rest instead. Go back near Asok for a coffee, sit in the Terminal 21 food court or take a traditional massage at roughly ฿250 to ฿500 an hour. Then shower, charge your phone and check the interactive maps. Above Eleven on Soi 11 is the easy sunset drink if you want one.
What Do I Do in the Evening?
Start with the open-fronted beer bars around the Nana Hotel on Soi 4, a cheap warm-up that fills from early evening. Then eat: street vendors line the Soi 4 pavement late, with dishes around ฿40 to ฿100. Pick busy stalls with food cooked to order.
Gogo bars open around 7pm and Nana Plaza is busiest from about 9pm. Rainbow, Billboard and Butterflies are on the third floor, as in my Bangkok gogo bars post. Gogo drinks are roughly ฿150 to ฿250, a lady drink ฿200 to ฿400 and a bar fine ฿600 to ฿2,500 or more. At Butterflies I was quoted ฿1,000 to the bar and ฿3,000 to her for a short time at about 10pm. Read the menu, check the bill and count your change. Soi Cowboy is the alternative, from BTS Asok.
Where Do I Find a Freelancer After Midnight?
Freelancers skip the bar fine. The Soi 7 beer garden fills with them early in the evening, women work the Sukhumvit Road pavement between Soi 3 and Soi 15 after about 10pm, and after midnight the Soi 11 clubs take over, Insanity in particular. Thermae is a long-running late spot, but it has moved before, so check. More on Soi 4 is in my Nana Hotel freelancers post.
Agree price, what is included and a condom before you leave, and walk away if any answer is no. Consent runs both ways.
How Do I Get Home?
Most bars close at 1am or 2am and the BTS stops around midnight, so use Grab or Bolt, where the fare is fixed in the app. A guest-friendly hotel lets a visitor up if you register her ID, but some add a joiner fee of roughly ฿300 to ฿1,500, so ask before you book. Choose your area on where to stay.
