Old German Beerhouse on 11
11, GF Eleven hotel, Soi Sukhumvit 11, Kloengtoei Nuea, Watthana, Bangkok 10110
Old German Beerhouse on 11 earns its status the honest way: nearly four decades under the same family, from an open-air Soi 23 garden in 1986 to the renovated Eleven Hotel ground floor that reopened in August 2019. Paulaner and Krombacher arrive from Germany. Happy hour runs 17:00 to 19:00 then resets from 22:30 until close. Bundesliga with German commentary, Premier League, and Formula 1 on commercial LED screens. Breakfast from 08:00.
You walk through the ground floor of Eleven Hotel on Sukhumvit Soi 11 and land in a room that has been operating German food in Bangkok since Margaret Thatcher's first term. Old German Beerhouse opened its first location in 1986 in an open-air garden on Sukhumvit Soi 23, famous from the start for a whole roast pig cooked on a hand-turned spit at the restaurant entrance every Friday evening. That Friday tradition continues today at the Soi 13 sister branch. In 2003 the family moved to Sukhumvit Soi 11 as Soi 23 redevelopment forced a relocation, taking the opportunity to rename and rebuild under the current brand. That Soi 11 address traded under the name The Old German Beerhouse until 2018, when renovation temporarily shuttered it. The family opened the Soi 13 branch to keep continuity, then in August 2019 the newly renovated Soi 11 site reopened as Old German Beerhouse on 11. Beer is the core proposition. Paulaner and Krombacher are imported from Germany; Singha, Chang, and Heineken cover the local and international tier. The food menu runs across both German classics and a wide range of Thai dishes, serving a room that includes expats, tourists, local families, and business groups with equal comfort. Breakfast begins at 08:00 and the kitchen runs through until 02:00. Happy hour operates twice daily: 17:00 to 19:00 in the evening, then again from 22:30 until closing at OGB on 11. Both branches show English Premier League, Bundesliga with German commentary, and Formula 1 on commercial-grade LED screens large enough to be read from across the room. No service charge is levied, a rarity in Bangkok at this category. Parking is available in Grand President Tower II, and the venue is wheelchair accessible. Private parties, buffet events, anniversary dinners, and corporate functions are all catered for with personalized menus and dedicated service. Worth arriving at 17:00 to catch the first happy hour before the screens fill with football.