BACCARAT

The music is the draw here. R&B runs through the night, and the room fills gradually rather than going off at nine, so you can sit and talk early and end up on the dancefloor later without ever quite deciding to. People describe it as busy but not crushed, which is a harder balance to strike on Sukhumvit 24 than it sounds. Drinks and service both come in for praise. If you want a late one in this stretch of Bangkok without committing to a full club, it works.

The door is where things get complicated, and I won't dress it up. One reviewer describes being refused entry while white guests walked in without bookings, and calls the bouncer's manner offensive. Another pair had a table taken from them mid-evening during a guest DJ night by a group who'd bought a bottle, with staff rudeness from the moment they arrived. That's not everyone's experience, but it's enough of a pattern that I'd go in with my eyes open.