Cafés for a date in Bangkok
From matcha bars and specialty coffee to garden cafés and heritage shophouses, these are Bangkok cafés that work well for a slow, easy date. Each one has notes on what to order, when it's quietest and how to get there.
Brunch and bar spot in Nonthaburi.
Riverside creative complex with a café, bookshop and restaurant.
Garden estate venue in a soi off Punnawithi in Bang Chak.
Garden café where you can meet corgis.
Café in a restored old building near Chinatown.
Garden café among trees on Sukhumvit 66.
Lobby café and bar at Kimpton Maa-Lai.
Social-enterprise forest coffee café off Srinagarindra.
Bang Na branch of Horme Cafe.
Fairy-tale garden café for coffee and croissants in Khlong Sam Wa.
Matcha-focused atelier on Song Wat Road.
Glass-walled café in an office space by BTS Phra Khanong.
Matcha concept café on the 2nd floor of One City Centre.
Nordic-style café and bakery in Lat Krabang.
Specialty matcha café on Soi Sathorn 2 near Sala Daeng.
Rangsit branch of Horme Cafe, off Phahonyothin Road.
Café and co-working space off Srinakarin 16.
Japanese-style matcha café and bakery on Hua Mak 17.
All-day rooftop café and restaurant on the 7th floor of Canvas Ploenchit.
All-black brunch and dessert café in Lat Krabang.
Small matcha café in Lat Krabang, rated 4.9 on Google Maps.
Craft chocolate café in an old Song Wat shophouse.
Spot on Charoen Krung Road in Si Phraya.
Chinese tea house on the 2nd floor of Dragon Town on Banthat Thong.
Small matcha bar at True Digital Park.
Glasshouse café in the garden of Raintree Office Garden, Rama 9.
Japanese tea and matcha bar on Soi Ruam Rudi 2, near BTS Ploenchit.
Spot off Charoen Nakhon 10 in Khlong San.
Spot on Charoen Krung 82 in Bang Kho Laem.
Matcha spot on Thonglor 19.
Café by day and bar by night on Soi Sathon 11.
Coffee shop with a heritage feel on Soi Somkid near Chidlom.
Café in Khlong Nueng, near the Rangsit universities.
Spot in a shophouse on Song Wat Road, one of the old town's café streets.
Terroir's Song Wat Road outlet, a stop on the old town café walk.
Piccolo Vicolo's Wang Burapha–Samyot branch on Maha Chai Road.
Café on Fueang Nakhon Road in the old town.
Hideaway café from the Farm to Table team near Pak Khlong Talat.
Riverside café off Charan Sanitwong Road in Bang Phlat.
Coffee roastery and brew bar in a soi off Chan Road.
Café and restaurant on Ratchamontri Road in Phasi Charoen.
Spot on Phahonyothin Road in Bang Khen.
Piccolo Vicolo branch in a lane off Phetchaburi Road.
Coffee café by day and bar in the evening on Phahonyothin Road near Saphan Khwai.
Spot in the Puey 100-year learning park in Khlong Nueng.
Café inside Phaya Thai Palace.
Café in an old Chinese riverside house in Talat Noi.
Spot on Phloen Chit Road.
% Arabica on the ground floor of UOB Plaza on Sukhumvit.
Brunch and coffee in a 150-year-old shophouse on Charoen Krung 44.
Spot in a soi off Charoen Krung in Bang Kho Laem.
Café in an old Chinese courtyard mansion in Talat Noi.
Café and eatery in Taling Chan.
Café on Pan Road in Silom.