Cafés in Phra Khanong & On Nut

On Nut station and On Nut Road

On Nut station (E9) opened on 5 December 1999 as the eastern end of the BTS, and stayed the terminus until the 5.2 km extension to Bearing opened in 2011.³ That extension added Punnawithi and Bang Chak stations.¹ On Nut is nine stops and about 15 minutes from Siam.⁴

Soi Sukhumvit 77, also called On Nut Road, roughly follows a canal east from the station.⁴ Coffee Is Coming, at 608, has outdoor seats and opens daily 07:30–19:00. People Park, at 486, holds Little Zoo Cafe, Tonchabub Cafe and WHO CARE. vast.coffee is on On Nut 14, Trica at 252/1-2, and Magpie, further out at 914 On Nut Soi 28, runs daily 08:00–20:00.

Mae Nak and Wat Mahabut

Thailand's famous ghost story belongs to this canal. In the common version, Nak dies in childbirth while her husband, Mak, is away at war, and lives with him as a ghost on his return; when he finds out and flees, a monk traps her spirit in a jar and sends it into the Phra Khanong canal. It has been filmed repeatedly, from 1959 to Pee Mak in 2013.² Her shrine stands beside the canal at Wat Mahabut, off On Nut Road.²

Women come to pray for safe deliveries and for husbands in military service, and lottery players come too.⁴ Devotees tie colored cloth around a bo tree and release live fish into the canal.² A 1997 boundary change moved the shrine into Suan Luang district, to some local dismay.¹ Blue Mountain gives its address as the temple, on On Nut Soi 7, and It's coffee time and Bake Urban are on the same soi.

Sukhumvit 48 to 62

South of Sukhumvit, the even-numbered sois have their own cafés. On The House, on Sukhumvit 48, opens at 07:00 on weekdays and closes at 16:00. Nourish Cafe, at 137 Sukhumvit 50, serves vegan food and runs 07:00–21:00 on weekdays and 09:00–17:00 at weekends; Breve BKK and Blue Moon Cafe are on the same soi.

Further east, Fika & Co. is on Soi 62 and Smith's Café and Espresso Bar at 2108 Soi 62/1. Tiny Tree Garden pairs outdoor seats with air-conditioning and takes Tuesdays and Wednesdays off. So Vegan serves daily 11:00–20:00.

Bang Chak and Wachiratham Sathit

Sukhumvit 93 has a close run of cafés, with Area93 Specialty & Roasters at number 251, Kathy's & Friends Cafe at 87 and Cocomama, a roasted-coconut café, at 99. Le Latte and Tavy's Home are on Sukhumvit 97/1.

Further on, Wat Wachiratham Sathit hosts Songkran events, and the soi named for it has cafés of its own.¹ 65Cafe' opens daily 07:30–18:00 at 25 Wachiratham Sathit 23, Tinpresso is at Soi 21, and บ้านกาแฟป้าตุ่น at Soi 57. Wat Thammamongkhon's stupa, modeled on the Mahabodhi at Bodh Gaya, is lit at night and works as a landmark for the neighborhood.⁵

Out toward Srinagarindra

The MRT Yellow Line runs down Srinagarindra Road, with Suan Luang Rama IX and Si Udom stations on this side.⁷ Suan Luang Rama IX, the city's largest park at 500 rai (80 ha), opened on 1 December 1987.⁶ Mivana Organic Forest Coffee, at Premier Corporate Park off Srinagarindra, is forest-themed, set among tall trees and creeping vines, and an iced Thai-style coffee cost 110฿ as of January 2025.⁸ Part of Moon and Saffron Hill Cafe are in the sois nearby.