How do you get to the cafés in Bangkok's Ari neighborhood?

Take the BTS Sukhumvit Line to Ari station (N5), which stands over Phahonyothin Road at the entrance to Soi Ari. It is about four stops, or 10–15 minutes, from Siam, and two stops south of Chatuchak. Most of Ari's cafés are on the lanes off Phahonyothin within a walk of the station.

Which cafés in Bangkok's Ari stay open in the evening?

Casa Lapin, on the ground floor of Noble Reform on Phahonyothin Soi 7, opens daily 08:30–22:00. Hor Hidden Café serves until 22:30 and closes on Tuesdays, and True love cafe on Ari Samphan 2 runs from noon to 22:00, every day but Monday.

What was Bangkok's Ari like before it became a café district?

Ari was a quiet residential neighborhood for aristocrats, old families and senior government officials, and ministries such as Finance still have offices at the end of Soi Ari. Cafés began opening in converted shophouses in the early 2010s, when younger Thais moved in; Casa Lapin was one of the first to set the area's low-key style.

Cafés in Ari & Phaya Thai, Bangkok: Hours and Map

Ari (อารีย์) is the neighborhood around Phahonyothin Soi 7, known as Soi Ari, in the Phaya Thai district, in the area locally called Sanam Pao.¹ It was a quiet residential quarter for aristocrats, old families and senior government officials, and the Ministry of Finance, the State Audit Office and the environment ministry still have offices toward the end of the soi.¹ Cafés began opening in converted shophouses in the early 2010s, as younger Thais and people in creative work moved in.²

The cafés spread from Ari south to Phaya Thai and the Victory Monument, most of them on the lanes off Phahonyothin Road within a walk of Ari station; a handful sit near the busy junctions at the Phaya Thai end.

Local tip: Ride the BTS to Ari, walk the length of Soi Ari before 10:00 while it is quiet, and come back for dinner: Casa Lapin stays open until 22:00 and Hor Hidden Café until 22:30.

At a glance

231Cafés listed

7With opening hours

07:00Earliest opening

22:30Latest closing

Opens earliest: Authentique, from 07:00 (Daily 07:00–18:00).

Closes latest: Hor Hidden Café, until 22:30 (Mon 10:00–22:30 · Wed–Sun 10:00–22:30).

Most listed streets: Phahonyothin Rd (14), ถนน พหลโยธิน (10), Rang Nam Alley (3).

Most common features: specialty (4%), bakery café (2%), open late (1%).

Getting to Ari and Phaya Thai

Ari station (N5) on the BTS Sukhumvit Line stands over Phahonyothin Road at the entrance to Soi Ari.¹ It is about four stops from Siam, 10–15 minutes by train, and Chatuchak is two stops further north.²

Two stops south, Victory Monument station (N3) opened on 5 December 1999 above Phaya Thai Road.³ The obelisk it is named for went up in 1941 to mark the Franco-Thai War and carries the names of 656 people who died in it; it stands in a traffic circle where Phahonyothin, Phaya Thai and Ratchawithi roads meet, and many city bus routes start or end there.³

Soi Ari and Ari Samphan

A lane off Ari Soi 1 connects to Soi Ari Samphan, the second spine of the neighborhood.¹ True love cafe, on Ari Samphan 2, opens at noon and serves until 22:00 every day but Monday, and Lilou & Laliart (ลิลู ละเลียด) is at 18 Soi Ari Samphan 10. Poet House Cafe is on Soi Ari 5.

For an early start, Aribica Specialty Coffee X Amplify Coffee Roasters opens at 07:00 on weekdays and 08:00 at weekends, closing at 17:30 and 18:30 respectively; a second Aribica, the Sahakorn branch, is a few blocks away. Madame Chill Cafe & Bistro is at 134 Phahonyothin Soi 2, and Landhaus bakery is a few minutes' walk from the station.

Casa Lapin and the evening cafés

Casa Lapin, on the ground floor of Noble Reform on Phahonyothin Soi 7, was one of the first cafés to set Ari's low-key style.² It opens daily 08:30–22:00, later than most cafés in the area, and Hor Hidden Café runs 10:00–22:30, closed on Tuesdays.

North of the station, Caffe Undici is at 4/7 Phahonyothin Soi 11. West of Phahonyothin, Mana is on Setthasiri Road, Café la Rose at 66 Soi Phibun Phatthana 10, and 4cafetel on Soi Phibun Watthana 3. Several cafés in Ari start late: Hor Hidden Café and Chibi Chibi open at 10:00, and True love cafe at noon.

The Phaya Thai end

Phaya Thai Palace, begun in 1909 for King Chulalongkorn beside Khlong Samsen on Ratchawithi Road, later served as an international hotel and as Thailand's first radio broadcasting station before becoming an army clinic, now Phramongkutklao Hospital.⁴

Factory Coffee is on Phaya Thai Road. It is run by the Thai barista champion Athip Archalerttrakool and sells its roasts for home brewing, and as of 2026 its single-origin pour-overs cost 120–300฿.⁵⁶ Nearby, Authentique opens daily 07:00–18:00, Kay's boutique breakfast is on Si Ayutthaya Soi 4, and Chibi Chibi serves 10:00–20:00, closed on Tuesdays.

Cafés in Ari & Phaya Thai

At a glance

Authentique

Hor Hidden Café

True love cafe

108 Coffee

34EIGHT Coffee & Community

4cafetel

5ML Café Soi Ari

84 Coffee

A little bitter

A Little Junk Cafe

A/R/T Cafe อาร์ท คาเฟ่

ACE JOLUN

Ace of Spades Coffee and Communities

Adapt Coffee Bar Inthamara

After Dark

Aloha Fruit and Tea

AM/PM Cafe

Amis

Anan Cafe

Area1 Food and Drinks

Aribica Specialty Coffee (Sahakorn branch)

Aribica Specialty Coffee X Amplify Coffee Roasters

Arimemeow

Baan Biome Wellness Cafe

BaanSailom

Bakers Bridge Cafe

Bannsrimala

BAY Aree

Beaker and Bitter

Bedtime Cafe & Coffee

Beebright coffee

Benny's Cafe

Black Cat Cafe

Black Specialty Coffee

Blue Cloud Coffee

Book Circle

Coffee chains in Ari & Phaya Thai

Café Amazon

Starbucks

Black Canyon Coffee

TrueCoffee

D'Oro

Cafe Mikka

Casa Lapin

ML5 Cafe & Coffee

1:2 Coffee

Roots

Coffee Today

Peace 和 oriental teahouse

Oasis Coffee

Bar Storia del Caffè

MTCH

Nana Coffee Roasters

Getting to Ari and Phaya Thai

Soi Ari and Ari Samphan

Casa Lapin and the evening cafés

The Phaya Thai end

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Ari & Phaya Thai cafés: questions

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