Behind the Door

Teens of Thailand

Bangkok's original gin bar, tucked behind a sticker-covered wooden door on Soi Nana. Fifteen seats, a hundred gins, and a team that will mix you something based on how your day went.

Yaowarat (Chinatown)
OverviewHighlightsAmenitiesFact SheetLocation

Teens of Thailand opened in 2015 as the first dedicated gin bar in Bangkok, and it helped turn a quiet stretch of Soi Nana in Chinatown into one of the city's most interesting drinking corridors. The bar occupies a narrow, two-storey shophouse with bare cement walls, retro furniture, and rotating photo exhibitions. There is room for roughly fifteen seated guests and another fifteen standing, so the energy is close, conversational, and genuinely social. The team stocks over a hundred gins and rotates a daily chalkboard of house-infused G&Ts that draw on Thai ingredients like chrysanthemum, Thai tea, and salted guava.

Walk down the alley off Yaowarat Road, past the Soi Nana sign, and look for the heavy Indian-style carved door plastered in stickers. That is all the signposting you get. Inside, the shophouse has been left deliberately raw: exposed brick, a small wooden bar counter, vintage posters, and candles providing most of the light. It feels like drinking in a friend's attic, if your friend happened to have an extraordinary gin collection and excellent taste in music.

The drink list changes daily and revolves around what the team calls Unusual Gin Tonics. Each one starts with a gin infused in-house using local Thai herbs and ingredients, then matched with the right tonic and garnish. Tell them you want something sour and herbal, or bitter and fruity, and they will build you something on the spot. Beyond the G&Ts, classics like the Negroni, Aviation, Dry Martini, and Corpse Reviver are all executed with precision.

The bar has appeared on the Asia's 50 Best Bars list multiple times, but it wears its reputation lightly. There is no velvet rope, no dress code beyond common sense, and no pretension. The space fills up early on weekends, and because it is small, the crowd ends up talking to each other. That is the whole point. Teens of Thailand proved that a great bar does not need a rooftop, a concept, or a password. It just needs good drinks and a room worth sitting in.

HIGHLIGHTS
The Gin Counter

The Gin Counter

The compact wooden bar is the nerve centre. Over a hundred gins line the shelves behind it, and the team rotates a daily chalkboard of house-infused specials. Pull up a stool, tell them what flavours you are in the mood for, and let the improvisation begin.

The Shophouse Room

The Shophouse Room

Bare cement, retro furniture, framed photography, and just enough candlelight to keep things intimate. The room holds about thirty people total, and that compression is part of the magic. Strangers end up in conversation because there is nowhere else to go.

The Double-Height Ceiling

The Double-Height Ceiling

The shophouse structure opens up above the bar area, revealing original wooden beams, a mezzanine level, and warm overhead lighting. It gives the tiny space an unexpected sense of height and architectural character that most bars this size cannot offer.

The Carved Wooden Door
AMENITIES

The Carved Wooden Door

The entrance is the first thing that sets Teens of Thailand apart. A heavy, ornately carved Indian-style wooden door, now covered in years of stickers from visitors and fellow bars around the world. The words 'Teens of Thailand' are stencilled above in simple white type, and a small backlit ToT sign hangs overhead. It is both a threshold and a statement: what is inside does not need to advertise itself.

Insider Tip

Arrive before 8pm on weekdays to grab one of the few seats at the bar counter, where the interaction with the team is best. On weekends, expect a wait after 9pm. The surrounding stretch of Soi Nana is now full of other bars and cafes, so you can hop around the neighborhood while you wait.

FACT SHEET
Address
76 Soi Nana, Pom Prap Sattru Phai, Bangkok 10100
Phone
+66 81 443 3784
Established
2015
Capacity
Approximately 30 (15 seated, 15 standing)
Specialty
Gin-focused bar with 100+ varieties
Signature Serve
Unusual Gin Tonics with Thai-infused gins
Recognition
Asia's 50 Best Bars (multiple years)
Setting
Restored Chinatown shophouse, two storeys
Make a ReservationSee the Menu
LOCATION
The Late Culture App

Coming Soon.

Check in, build your Bangkok map, and discover where to go next. Be first when it launches.