Maggie Choo’s

Australian interior designer Ashley Sutton took the concept of the secret speakeasy bar to the next level when he created Maggie Choo’s. Inspired by Shanghai in the 1950s, the bar is a visual spectacle of stone sculptures, dungeon-like smoking rooms and heavy steel doors. If the qipao-clad ladies aren’t ushering you to your table, they’re lounging on swings hanging on chains from the ceiling. The drinks list, created by celebrity mixologist Joseph Boroski, offers swanky choices that hype up local fresh ingredients. Entertainment varies on a nightly basis. Expect DJs spinning upbeat hip hop tunes one night and a velvet-voiced crooner singing jazz and blues in another. Maggie Choo’s is always a reliable venue for impressing first-time visitors to Bangkok.