The best things to do in Bangkok this weekend (November 13-16)

The Taiwan Documentary Film Festival has quietly carved its own corner of the calendar, offering films that linger long after the credits roll. Its lens turns on Taiwanese lives with a patience that feels intimate rather than performative, capturing family routines, political tensions and cities suspended between memory and reinvention. Returning this November, the festival spreads across Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Khon Kaen and Songkhla, linking audiences who might never meet but share a curiosity for stories lived elsewhere. Each screening folds the familiar into the unfamiliar, making landscapes feel like streets you’ve walked and lives feel like echoes of your own. It’s subtle, generous storytelling that proves cinema can shrink distances without ever feeling forced or ornamental. 

November 12-16. House Samyan and Century Sukhumvit

House heads, lace up your dancing shoes. Ian Pooley is landing in town, the German maestro whose sleek, soulful grooves shaped nights from Berlin’s Panoramabar to Glastonbury’s muddy fields. His sound sits somewhere between Chicago grit, Detroit warmth and Parisian polish – the sort of rhythm that sneaks up on you, elegant but never aloof. For one night, he’ll be spinning alongside Jayja and Pam Aanantr, two selectors who know how to stretch a mood till it glows. Expect bodies moving, strangers grinning, and that rare feeling when the room exhales in perfect sync. It’s not about nostalgia, nor novelty – just the kind of house that reminds you why dancefloors still matter.

November 13. B600 via here and B800 at the door. Siwilai Radical Club, 9pm onwards

The floating bookshop everyone’s been whispering about, the Doulos Hope, is sailing back to Bangkok and will be moored at Khlong Toei Port. Fresh from her stint in Sattahip, she’s ready to welcome those who missed her last year. Picture this: rows of shelves bobbing gently on the water, stacked with more than 2,000 titles covering everything from science and cookery to poetry and maps. The ship belongs to GBA Ships, a German non-profit that sails the world spreading stories and knowledge rather than slogans. 

Until November 30. B20. Khlong Toei Port, 1pm-8.30pm

Can faith exist when we're all scrolling? It's not a question White Temple necessarily answers, but one it asks you to feel through your body, through sound, through silence. Thai artist Dujdao Vadhanapakorn and Taiwanese artist Chen Jun Yu have created this collaborative performance at the Jim Thompson Art Centre, blending art and technology like some sort of contemporary ritual. You're not just watching. You're a confessor, releasing secrets through your mobile, through sound, through shadows, through the presence of someone you'll never know. Between technology and belief, between chanting and Wi-Fi signals, something emerges. The performance becomes a bridge, connecting physical Bangkok with the digital world, linking languages, cultures and faith in ways that feel both ancient and desperately now.

November 13-14. B300 via here. The Jim Thompson Art Center Event Space, 6.30pm

Mew are calling time. After three decades of shimmering soundscapes and melancholic euphoria, the Danish trio are taking their final bow. Formed in 1995, they’ve spent thirty years making the kind of music that feels both cinematic and intimate, like a dream you half remember. Their 2003 album Frengers carried them across borders, its songs reworked from earlier records and threaded with that strange beauty only Mew could muster. Two years later came And the Glass Handed Kites, a record that sealed their cult status among those who prefer guitars to glimmer rather than roar. Their last offering, Visuals, arrived in 2017, closing a chapter that shaped a generation of dreamers. Farewell tours can feel performative, but this one promises to be pure nostalgia and gratitude.

November 14. B2,600 via here. Moonstar Studio, 8pm

For two evenings, Chef Edward Chong of Peach Blossoms joins forces with Chef Wayne Liew of Singapore’s beloved Keng Eng Kee Seafood to create a menu that bridges street flair and fine dining restraint. It’s Singapore on a plate, but filtered through Bangkok’s polished lens – smokey wok flavours meeting delicate plating, spice softened by sophistication. Think hawker classics reimagined with a touch of theatre, each course quietly telling a story of memory and reinvention. It’s the first time the two chefs have cooked side-by-side in Bangkok, a meeting that feels less like a showcase and more like a love letter to the food that raised them.

November 13-14. Starts at B2,888. Reserve via here. Pavilion Restaurant, Dusit Thani Bangkok, 6pm and 7pm

Caim has a knack for unearthing the kind of tracks that make you question where the last five hours went. The Amsterdam-based DJ and producer, known offstage as Mark Peeters, weaves through techno, trance, breakbeat and house with the ease of someone who’s lived a lifetime in record sleeves. His sets stretch late and deep, the sort that blur sunrise with afterglow, honed through residencies at Mood, the Tribe and Breakfast Club. Beyond the decks, he runs Lonely Planets Records, a label that mirrors his taste for stripped-back rhythm and quiet euphoria. In the studio, he crafts organic techno with the faint shimmer of trance memories. Bangkok gets a slice of that atmosphere this week, joined by Sarayu to complete the trip.

November 14. B300-500 via here and B700 at the door. Bar Temp., 9pm onwards

DJ Steaw lands with the kind of house music that gives a memory you can dance to. The French producer behind Rutilance Recordings, House Puff and Steaward has spent over 15 years shaping the genre’s modern identity, crafting grooves that are rich, soulful and endlessly warm. His sets move with jazz-like ease, hip-hop swing and basslines that don’t demand attention so much as seduce it. From Fabric to Tresor, he’s built a reputation for keeping crowds suspended between euphoria and calm. Joining him are Skinny Mark and Charles Davies in a back-to-back that promises both precision and playfulness, while Jazzie C, Bangkok’s own godfather of groove, brings decades of dancefloor wisdom, the kind that never goes out of style.

November 14. B200 via here and B400 at the door. Beamcube, 9pm onwards

Oskar Bistro slips through the looking glass this weekend with Wonderland, a night where logic takes a well-deserved break. Think glowing teapots, mischievous beats and a dancefloor ruled by queens rather than kings. DJ Jules Blons teams up with Pulsa on drums to spin a soundtrack that feels delightfully off-kilter. The dress code is simple enough: go down the rabbit hole. Neon cocktails glow in the dark, macarons appear like edible riddles, and the whole place will be a playful delirium. It’s the sort of evening where time forgets itself, and you end up staying longer than you meant to, grinning like the Cheshire Cat.

November 14. Free. Oskar Bistro Bangkok, 9pm-2am

time spilling across the riverside stretch of Phra Arthit Road near The StandardX. The weekend celebrates all things reuse and revival with a Thai funk and molam soundtrack humming in the background. More than 30 vendors have been handpicked for their knack for sourcing the good stuff, rare garments, curious accessories and those second-hand treasures that still carry someone else’s story in the seams. The organisers mean it when they talk sustainability: shoppers are encouraged to bring their own bags and buy with intent. Between the river breeze, the live bands and the soft shuffle of hangers, it feels less like a market and more like a love letter to slow fashion.

November 15-16. Free. The StandardX, 4pm-11pm

Stay Awake and Dirty Magic are getting the band back together, and Bangkok’s rock faithful can already hear the feedback ringing. For one night, two of the city’s most-loved outfits will return to the stage, bringing back the noise, the nostalgia and the kind of sweat-soaked camaraderie that once defined its scene. Expect riffs that hit like old memories, choruses shouted rather than sung and a crowd that feels less like an audience and more like a reunion of old mates. It’s the sort of night where pints get raised mid-song and strangers end up harmonising by accident. Whether you were part of that first wave or just missed it by a few years, this is the sound of a city remembering how good it used to be loud.

November 15. B370 via here. Speakerbox, 7pm-midnight

Bangkok’s performing arts scene gets its moment this year with a festival dedicated to giving artists space to create, experiment and share. For professionals and newcomers alike, the stage becomes a playground where ideas meet skill, and every performance is a chance to connect with an audience hungry for something fresh. Over 70 shows from across Thailand span genres from drama, dance and musical theatre to mime, puppet shows and stage readings. Stand-up, visual theatre and multimedia experiments push boundaries, making this festival less about schedules and more about the thrill of watching something live, surprising and utterly alive.

Until November 23. Free. TK Park, BACC, Sky Garden at Samyam Mitrtown 

PASAYA invites you to rethink what wellness can feel like, offering a weekend dedicated to better sleep and sustainable self-care. Designed by health experts, the Longevity Wellness Experience encourages restorative rest while nurturing both body and mind. Guests explore four pillars of wellbeing; eat, sleep, pilates, and heal through hands-on activities that quietly shift how you move, breathe and unwind. Aqua Pilates guides you through fluid movements that stretch and release tension, while sound healing washes over you in waves of serenity, wrapped in PASAYA’s signature blankets. Hot-cold therapy alternates between ice baths and steam to invigorate circulation and ease fatigue. Massages by GoWabi complete the ritual, restoring muscle and mind for those ready to slow down, breathe deeply and leave feeling remarkably renewed.

November 16. B450. Marriott Townhall, midday-8pm

Artist LOLAY, also known as Thaweesak Srithongdee, returns with a solo exhibition layered and unexpected as one of his favourite muses – Thai noodle salad. The humble street dish, a lively mix of Thai and Chinese influences, becomes his metaphor for modern life: tangled, flavourful and inseparable from the swirl of local and global culture. His paintings play with the familiar and the absurd, using humour to question how we absorb and reflect the world around us. Each work feels like a snapshot of everyday encounters stitched with personal memories, friendships and soundtracks that colour his days. Playful yet quietly sharp, LOLAY’s art reminds you that life’s complexity doesn’t always need unravelling, sometimes it’s best savoured as it is.

Until November 23. Free. Fazal Building, 11am-7pm

Arin Rungjang's solo project starts with Thong Yod – those traditional Thai golden drops – and spins them through sculpture and film until they become something altogether more questioning. What begins as dessert transforms into a meditation on how we remember, how culture shifts and how history's so-called truths often deserve a proper interrogation. Golden teardrops hang suspended like falling rain throughout the exhibition, whilst stories from distant lands flow together in ways that blur boundaries between past and present. It's essentially about the fluidity of narrative – how memories from different eras can suddenly converge and reshape our understanding of what actually happened. Rungjang's work asks you to reconsider the weight of time itself, using something as humble as a sweet treat to unlock bigger questions about cultural inheritance and collective memory. 

Until February 15, 2026. B300 at the door. MOCA Bangkok, 10am-6pm

Malee Naree, also known as Watcharakoranan Panya, paints like she’s decoding human contradiction. In her exhibition In Layers, each piece slips between tenderness and tenacity, dream and daylight, revealing how the human spirit is stitched together with both grit and grace. The closing work, I Am a Robot, plays with the edges of identity, asking what happens when technology starts to mimic our emotions a little too well. Yet beneath the metallic glint lies something deeply human.

Until November 30. Free. Blacklist Gallery, 10am-6pm

Tsai Kuen-Lin's solo exhibition does something radical: it makes rivers audible. During his residency, the artist submerged recording equipment beneath the Chao Phraya River, Ping River and Ang Kaew Lake, capturing underwater symphonies most of us will never hear. Mae Nam – Mother Water – treats these recordings as living archives rather than ambient noise. What makes this particularly compelling is his material shift: gone are the PVC pipes from earlier outdoor works, replaced now with clay and ceramics embedded with traces from those exact recording sites. Sound becomes tangible; earth meets liquid. It's an exhibition that asks you to reconsider water not as backdrop but as protagonist, carrying memories of communities who've shaped and been shaped by its currents. Wind, earth, water, fire – all four elements collapsed onto gallery walls, whispering stories we've forgotten how to hear.

Until January 10. Free. SAC Gallery, 11am-6pm

Japanese street artist Aruta Soup makes his significant Thai solo debut with work that refuses to take itself too seriously – a rarity in contemporary art spaces that often mistake solemnity for depth. His paintings marry free-flowing linework with colours that practically vibrate off the canvas, capturing a specific kind of joyful energy that feels increasingly difficult to manufacture. At the centre sits ‘ZERO,’ his bandaged rabbit character who's become something of a mascot for optimism despite looking like he's recently survived something unfortunate. The rabbit represents fresh starts and hope, which sounds almost painfully earnest until you see how Aruta Soup renders it: with enough playfulness to undercut any potential schmaltz. It's street art that's migrated indoors without losing its original spirit – still accessible, still speaking to connection rather than exclusion.

November 8-December 21. Free. Maison JE Bangkok, 11am-7pm

Santiago Zarzosa's exhibition tackles gravity and energy through abstracts that actually earn the term. His large-scale paintings feature poured pigment cascading downwards, balancing fluidity against density whilst spontaneity wrestles with control. He reads these collisions as metaphors for masculine and feminine forces: opposing, attracting, completing each other without requiring resolution. Meanwhile, his Geometrical Explorations series shifts register entirely. Here, graphite, charcoal and watercolour create delicate frameworks where ruler-drawn precision meets improvisational gesture. One hand measures; the other improvises. The resulting pieces map internal landscapes rather than external ones, charting where calculated thought and instinct meet without either dominating. It's work that resists easy categorisation, which feels appropriate for an artist examining dualities. Call it philosophy rendered in pigment, or just call it unusually thoughtful painting that doesn't apologise for its ambitions.

Until November 30. Free. Matdot Gallery, 10am-6pm

This exhibition is a mirror held up to a country suspended in uncertainty. In Thailand, instability has stopped feeling like an interruption and begun to resemble a permanent state – politics without direction, policies that drift, and a population caught between fatigue and quiet despair. Anxiety Storage and Artsaveworld respond to this condition with work that wears irony as armour. At first glance their pieces seem playful, even comic, but beneath the surface is an unmistakable weight: frustration, grief, the stubborn refusal to collapse. What makes the show distinctly Thai is its humour, born out of contradiction and absurdity, a coping mechanism that lets people laugh in order to keep standing. In the cracks of satire, fragments of hope remain.

Until November 16. Free. MunMun Art Destination, 10.30am-7pm

Ghost 2568 feels like a haunting farewell – the last in a trilogy of Bangkok’s most quietly radical art events. This year’s edition, Wish We Were Here, curated by Amal Khalaf, follows previous chapters by Korakrit Arunanondchai and Christina Li. It unfolds along the Chao Phraya River, where screens, performances and whispers of movement question what survival looks like when space for freedom keeps shrinking. The works speak of homes that vanish, of longing that refuses to. It’s an elegy for what’s been lost and a love letter to what remains: connection, imagination, and defiance. More than a festival, Ghost feels like a shared hallucination – one that asks how we might still belong, even as the city keeps slipping from our grasp.

October 15-November 15. Free. Bangkok CityCity Gallery, 11am-7pm 

Buckle turns ten this year. The exhibition charts a decade of the Buckle collection, tracing the spark of its rebellious beginnings and its evolution into a streetwear staple. Each corner of the space tells a story, from early sketches that defied convention to bold pieces that carved their own rulebook. The archives invite a closer look at the textures, cuts and unexpected details that made Buckle a fixture in fashion capitals, while moments of the collection are frozen in display, like snapshots of style history. Walking through feels like wandering through someone else’s diary, only one filled with attitude, creativity and a knack for making the ordinary feel unapologetically iconic.

Until November 16. G/F, Central Embassy, 10am-10pm

A four-month experiment that asks what happens when those guiding us through exhibitions stop being mere explainers and start becoming storytellers, confidants, maybe even co-conspirators. Curated by Pongsakorn Yananissorn, the programme gathers twelve hosts – to rethink how knowledge moves through art spaces. Through workshops and shared encounters, they explore what lingers after the lights dim and the last viewer drifts out. The focus rests not on the artworks alone but on the people orbiting them: the artists, the visitors, the community that quietly sustains it all. GHost 2568 turns the act of guiding into something intimate and alive – a reminder that art, at its best, is a conversation still unfolding.

Until November 16. Free. Bangkok Citycity Gallery, 11am-6pm

If you’ve ever tumbled into a Junji Ito spiral at 2am, you’ll know his horror isn’t about sudden shocks. It’s the kind that worms under your skin and refuses to leave, lingering long after the page is closed. Think cursed beauties that regenerate no matter how many times they’re destroyed, balloon-headed predators dangling from nooses, and entire towns spiralling into obsession. The Junji Ito Collection Horror House brings those worlds to Bangkok, a walk-through that turns manga dread into something physical, sprawling over 1,500 square metres. Tomie’s ruinous charm and Souichi’s nail-chewing mischief are ready to greet visitors. The real kicker? Ito himself lands on October 11 at SF Cinema, MBK, a chance to meet the mind behind the nightmares and feel, just a little, like fiction is bleeding into life.

October 10-January 5. B300-1,000 via here. MBK Centre, 11am-8pm

For the first time, the Prix Pictet has arrived in Thailand, bringing with it 12 photographers whose work has been shortlisted for the award’s tenth cycle. The theme, ‘Human’, is both vast and uncomfortably precise. Each artist approaches it from a different angle, tracing the mess and wonder of being alive – whether through documentary, portrait, or images that test the very limits of light. The subjects are unflinching: the violence of borders, the fragility of childhood, the slow collapse of economies, the endurance of Indigenous communities, the marks left behind by industry. Collectively, they ask who we are and what we have done to the planet entrusted to us. Founded seventeen years ago, the Prix Pictet has never felt more urgent.

Until November 23. Free. Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, 10am-8pm

Ploenchan ‘Mook’ Vinyaratn has turned Bangkok Kunsthalle into a space where weaving isn’t just craft, it’s conversation. Her most ambitious institutional installation to date reimagines fragments of past textile works, letting textures, colours and forms collide in ways that feel both deliberate and accidental. The building itself – once the Thai Wattana Panich printing house – anchors the work, with 399 circular fabric pieces echoing its original logo, each stamped with words from children’s books once produced on-site. Collaborating with other Thai women, Vinyaratn deconstructs looms and rebuilds them into monumental forms, creating works that pulse with collective memory, resilience and quiet audacity. By the time you leave, the fragments have stitched themselves into a living narrative, a reminder that history, imagination and community can fold seamlessly into one.

September 26-November 30. Free. Bangkok Kunsthalle, 2pm-8pm

Shereif Eldesouky’s new exhibition is a meditation on how we break apart and find our way back. The Egyptian mixed-media artist, now based in Bangkok, draws on memory and sibling love, framing both as fragile yet astonishingly resilient. His chosen metaphor is the reef: sometimes bleached, sometimes reborn, always in flux. The pieces trace cycles of sorrow and repair, suggesting that the same emotional currents that pull us away can, in time, return us to one another. Eldesouky mirrors this in his process, painting, dismantling, then reassembling fragments into forms that speak of survival and renewal. It’s at once personal and planetary, asking us to see our own bonds in the same light as coral – vulnerable, but never beyond revival.

September 20-November 15. Free. Bangkok 1899, 11am-6pm

Leather has always been more than surface – it carries memory, texture, even contradiction. Unveiling Leather: The Language of Modularity gathers seven artists to test just how far that thought can stretch. Here, leather isn’t draped neatly over chairs but stitched, folded, bent and layered until it becomes structure, not skin. Some works recall architectural precision, sharp and geometric, while others surrender to the material’s natural instincts, twisting and flexing into forms that feel almost alive. The exhibition lingers on modularity, on how shapes adapt as easily as lives do, shifting to meet new spaces and new demands. There’s tradition woven through each piece – craftsmanship and heritage intact – but the focus tilts firmly toward the present, where innovation and imagination tug leather into uncharted terrain.

September 20-December 7. Free. Four Seasons ART Space by MOCA Bangkok, 10.30am-7.30pm

Bangkok doesn’t really need another rooftop, but it does need a pool party worth ditching your Saturday plans for. Sunset Splash x Innerbloom is angling for that spot – set high above the city with the skyline as its backdrop. The dates are scattered across the year (September 13, October 4, November 8 and December 6) like seasonal markers for when you should probably bring your swimsuit. Expect the Innerbloom DJ crew working the decks, joined by live sax and percussion, plus dancers who make the whole thing feel more festival than hotel amenity. Drinks are dialled up with bubbles and cocktails – free-flow for women between 2pm and 4pm – and the food is just as curated as the soundtrack. 

September 13, October 4, November 8 and December 6. B500 via here. W Bangkok, 2pm-9pm

75 years after Charles Schulz first drew a small dog with improbable dreams, Snoopy is still everywhere – dancing on T-shirts, perched on mugs, drifting across the cultural imagination with the ease of someone who never grew up. This anniversary exhibition, arriving in Bangkok for the first time, asks what it means for a cartoon beagle to outlast presidents, wars and changing fashions. More than 100 works are on display, gathered across four zones that slip between art, couture, pop culture and nostalgia. Contributions from Thai and international artists sit beside collaborations with major fashion houses, while archival strips remind us that friendship and humour are never dated. 

September 6-December 7. B350-890 via here. RCB Galleria 1-2, River City Bangkok, 10am-8pm

Weekend rituals in Bangkok rarely feel new, yet Namsu’s brunch manages to create one. Every Saturday and Sunday, Chef Honey Rae Zenang draws from her Shan roots and years of training in Japanese kitchens to compose something that resists easy categorisation. The table becomes a conversation between cultures: Yunnan comfort, Japanese precision, Shan heart. There are noodles that carry memory, onsen bowls that blur culinary borders, and drinks – sparkling tea, poppy milk – that refuse to behave like background notes. Nothing is arranged for spectacle, yet each plate has the quiet assurance of food made by someone who understands both restraint and abundance. What emerges is less an event than a rhythm, a gentle reminder that eating together can still feel both unexpected and necessary.

Every Saturday and Sunday. Reserve via here. Namsu Bangkok, 11am-3pm

There’s a curious magic in stepping back millions of years – a chance to wander a world before ours, where giant creatures roamed freely. This event offers just that: an immersive trek alongside Thai dinosaurs and prehistoric beasts, as if the clock has unwound to a forgotten era. Each step pulls you deeper into a landscape shaped by colossal terrestrial rulers, their shadows still lingering in the imagination. It’s less a simple exhibition and more a portal to ancient earth, where awe and curiosity collide. For anyone who’s ever been fascinated by the primeval, this is an invitation to experience wonder unfiltered – a rare glimpse of a world lost but never forgotten. July 1-November 2. B150-350 at the door. Museum Pier, 10am-6pm

CRAFT doesn’t serve meals so much as curate moods. Tucked inside Kimpton Maa-Lai Bangkok, this all-day refuge operates on its own tempo – where a burrata-loaded toast feels just as right at 9am as it does at noon. Breakfast isn’t a time slot here, it’s a mindset. The menu meanders from bacon-draped French toast to Thai seafood porridge that lands somewhere between comfort and ceremony. For those in pursuit of chlorophyll, there’s a smoothie bowl so green it feels almost virtuous – kale, mango, spinach, all spun together with the quiet insistence of health. But indulgence lives here too. Tofu and tempeh arrive with chilli peanut sauce, a sort of soft rebellion for the plant-based crowd. Burgers come double-smashed, wraps are generously stuffed, and yes, there’s lobster – perched Waldorf-style, open-faced, unapologetic. Gluten-free options appear, if you ask nicely. Come Friday and Saturday evening, the space slips into a new rhythm with live DJs spinning laid-back grooves as daylight fades. Every day. Reserve via 02-056-9999 and craft.kimptonmaalai@ihg.com or via Line @craftbkk. CRAFT, Kimpton Maa-Lai Bangkok, 7am-11pm    

By the time Friday limps to a close, The Mesh on Sukhumvit 22 has already started to hum. Not with the polite clink of cutlery or background jazz, but with live voices – raw, melodic, sometimes heartbreaking, occasionally euphoric. Each week, the space shapeshifts into something looser and louder, as solo artists and acoustic duos take their place beneath the warm spill of lights. The soundtrack drifts from indie originals to bittersweet covers, filtered through the kind of intimacy only a small venue allows. You’re invited to nurse a cold brew from their Best Brews list, pick at something smoky or fried, and stay longer than you planned to. It’s not groundbreaking, and that’s the point. It’s familiar in a way that feels grounding. A soft exhale after the week. A room full of strangers mouthing the same chorus. Something to look forward to. Every Friday. Reserve via here or 02-262-0000. The Mesh, Four Points by Sheraton Bangkok, 7pm onwards

At Ms.Jigger, lunch isn’t just a break in the day – it’s a curated escape, reimagined through the ‘Pranzo Perfetto’ experience. Let’s begin with the star: weekend lunches. Served from 11:30am to 5:00pm, the set menu is accompanied by a generous spread of free-flow antipasti – an unfiltered celebration of Italian flavor. Expect bruschetta, marinated olives, seabass carpaccio and golden fried dough balls glazed with tomato and anchovy. Focaccia arrives warm and unapologetically indulgent, filled with mortadella and mascarpone. This is a leisurely interlude – a stylish Italian affair that’s perfectly designed to sabotage your dinner plans. Prices start at B950 and B1,050 for the weekend set lunch with antipasti. During the week, weekday lunches offer a shorter, yet no less satisfying, detour into Italian comfort. Served from 11:30am to 2:30pm. Think beef carpaccio with rocket and parmesan, or citrus-cured salmon dotted with balsamic caviar, followed by mains like wagyu fettuccine, wood-fired pizza or a rustic Luganega sausage that hardly needs the side of mash. At B750 for two courses and B850 for three, it’s a surprisingly affordable luxury. Everyday. Starts at B750. Reserve via 02-056-9999 and msjigger.kimptonmaalai@ihg.com or via Line @Ms.Jigger. Ms.Jigger, Kimpton Maa-Lai Bangkok, 11.30pm-5pm

Reap Factory offers a quick and affordable tree-course lunch starting at B450. Available daily, the Express Set Lunch Menu features six options that include Thai, Western and Japanese dishes, all made with fresh, responsibly-sourced ingredients. Thai choices include Set A, which comes with satay gai, pad krapao salmon or salmon kra-thium prik Thai, and chao guay for dessert. Set B features a spicy glass noodle salad, sweet and sour pork or golden-fried chicken, and pandan noodles in coconut milk. It’s a delicious and speedy way to enjoy a variety of flavours. Reap Factory Courtyard, daily

Biscotti welcomes chef Giuseppe Bonura, a native of Syracusa in Sicily, to the team. Imbued with a modern twist on traditional Sicilian flavours, chef Giuseppe’s new menu spotlights authentic ingredients and contemporary flare. Dishes include Panzanella Alla Siciliana, a refreshing tomato salad with almond cream, pine nuts and balsamic red onion; Arancini, Sicilian croquettes filled with beef ragu and caciocavallo cheese, served with a spicy tomato sauce; and Risotto Al Branzino, a wonderfully fragrant sea bass risotto. His stunning main course offerings feature stars such as pan-fried sea bass with spelt, mussels, clams and artichoke in a rich prawn bisque, and fantastic desserts like sweet mandarin cannolo, which combines orange ricotta, mandarin compote and hazelnut ice cream for a perfect finish. Reserve via 0-2126-8866. Biscotti, midday-10.30pm

This collaboration presents a fitness experience with The Ripple Club’s transformative aquatic workouts. Offering two class types – Ripple Signature and Ripple Box – The Ripple Club introduces aqua cycling and aqua boxing to Thailand, providing a fresh approach to aquatic fitness. The program delivers a low-impact, full-body workout suitable for all fitness levels, using water’s natural resistance to strengthen muscles while reducing stress on the joints. Combining high-intensity cardio with targeted strength training, both classes maximise efficiency in less time. Participants enjoy benefits such as stress relief through rhythmic movements, enhanced muscle recovery, and decreased soreness, creating the perfect balance between fitness and rejuvenation. Every Sat and Sun. Check the program here. W Bangkok, 8.30am-9.20am and 9.30am-10.20am