TEP BAR - Cultural Bar of Thailand

Bars · Pom Prap Sattru Phai

69 ซ. นานา Pom Prap, Pom Prap Sattru Phai, Bangkok 10100

Rated 4.5/5 from 1453 reviews.

Data checked on 23 May 2026.

Start with the Phraya Rum four-element flight before the band takes the stage around 8. The ya dong infusions are the reason to come, not the imported spirits, so order Thai. If you want a quiet conversation, arrive at opening; the room tightens up fast once the music begins.

You climb the step into 69 Soi Nana and the room opens into restored shophouse brick, low lamps, and a small wooden stage at the back. The bar runs Thai. Bottles of house ya dong, Phraya rum from Ayutthaya, and Mekong sit forward; the imported gins are pushed to the side shelves.

The drinks list is built around three Thai categories. There is a ya dong section where the bar takes raw herbal moonshine and turns it into properly balanced cocktails. There is a Phraya Rum block of four drinks built around earth, air, fire, and water. There is a Mekong Rum section where the Thong arrives with mango, wild honey, dill, lime, and gold leaf floating on top. Cocktails sit around $12.

Bands play live most nights. The line-up is rotating but the brief is consistent: groups making modern Thai music on traditional instruments, so you get khim, ranat, and saw layered over a contemporary rhythm section. Sets pick up after 8 PM and the room fills behind them.

The building is the story. Before the current owners took it on in 2015 the space was an abandoned rice warehouse on the Chinatown edge of Pom Prap Sattru Phai. The renovation kept the bones and added the gold-trimmed altar wall behind the bar.

Book ahead on weekends and arrive by 7:30 if you want a table close to the stage; the back row sees less of the band but hears more of the room. Open 6 PM to midnight, every night.