suan lum night bazaar in bangkok





suan lum night bazaar is located at the south-eastern corner of lumpini park, 'suan' is the thai word for park and 'lum' is the abbreviated version of lumpini. open 7 days a week from 3:00 pm to midnight – some spots until 2:00am – it is so convenient and easy to find. to get to suan lum night bazaar take the skytrain to s2 sala daeng station (silom line). walk about 100m and you will see si lom mrt station. take the train to lumpini and you will see suan lum night bazaar. or just take a 15min walk from sala daeng to suan lum night bazaar.

it is a clean and well organised place for food and shopping. you will feel safe here. there are different areas for different types of dining - hawker stalls, restaurants, fast food. the food stalls at the food court sell thai and western food. there is also free entertainment with singing and dancing on a big stage.

this shopping area has many shops selling craft and clothes as well some selling packed local food like dried durian, dried jackfruit etc. prices quoted are reasonable . some shops sell boutique quality clothes. there is a money changing facility available (run by a bank) until 10pm. metered taxis and tuk-tuks easily available for your return trip.

compared to chatuchak, suan lum offers the same distillation of thai creativity and handicrafts in a much more manageable atmosphere. more organized and spacious, the feeling is relatively relaxed and it is much cleaner – even the bathrooms are clean!

this place is more refined and genteel, with a cultivated and cultural aspect as well: a marketplace for gentlemen, as it were.

definitely prefer this place to chatuchak. we took a taxi, from outside the hotel, there and returned also in a taxi.