Hustlers Pool and Sports Bar
Times Square Building B2-2A ซอย 14 Suk Chai Alley, Khlong Toei, Bangkok 10110
The handicap system is the honest detail that matters. Singles and doubles tournaments run every Sunday and the format is genuinely designed to keep the table competitive across skill levels, not just to fill seats. The brick-walled basement removes all daylight and outside noise, which means a Wednesday league night feels exactly as focused at 8 PM as at midnight. If you want structured pool competition in Bangkok rather than just a bar with a table in the corner, this is the right address.
The stairs drop you below street level and the room announces itself before your eyes adjust: the low thud of cue on ball, nine screens throwing light across brick feature walls, and 11 Brunswick tables stretching back through carpeted silence. The basement setting is not incidental. It is what makes the place work. No windows, no passing traffic, no ambient Bangkok noise bleeding in. The focus is complete.\n\nEach table runs championship cloth maintained to professional standard. That is not marketing language here. Past VIP guests include Jimmy White, Thorsten Hohmann, Efren Reyes, Corey Deuel, Shane van Boening, and Darren Appleton. The room has held that level of play and the surfaces reflect it. Merchandise at the counter covers the full range: professional cues, break cues, jump cues, cases, tips, chalk, and gloves for anyone who plays seriously enough to want their own kit.\n\nSports coverage on the nine screens pulls in Formula One, cricket, rugby, snooker, and Premiership football, with custom channels available on request. The projector screen cycles music videos between matches. Monday and Wednesday evenings belong to the local pool league; Sunday afternoons rotate between singles and doubles tournaments under a handicap system that keeps the field honest regardless of who walks in.\n\nThe bar runs happy hour on local bottled beers daily from 5 to 7 PM. Food covers both directions: Thai options including Tom Yum, Pad Thai, papaya salad, and stir-fried chicken with cashew nuts sit alongside Western burgers, sandwiches, and pizza. Outside food is permitted.\n\nOne practical note worth stating plainly: the basement means zero natural light at any hour. A noon visit and a midnight visit look identical. On league nights the room fills and the sound of simultaneous games builds into something close to white noise. On a quiet Tuesday afternoon you can hear a single cue strike from across the floor.