Sorry if that came across as unnecessarily grumpy.   Only an idiot like me chooses to arrive in Bangkok on a day when there is no alcohol being sold. It's made worse by me making sure I had enough spare time to go out for a sneaky beer before seeing the in-laws.

It looks like it could be a good place for a quick break when moving between the LB bars with that location. The old Art Box was a fun place. I was surprised when they tore it down due to it's popularity but that's typical for Bangkok really when the developers want to build another hotel or block of condos. Hopefully this market can last longer.

If you miss the old Art Box that was located in Chuvit Gardens next to soi 10, then the SW1 Market may be of interest. I only noticed it tonight and it is located in between soi 10 and the Times Square building on Sukhumvit. It is smaller than the old Art Box and more cramped, but a good idea nevertheless. These photos were taken on a very rainy evening from the overhead pedestrian walkway. It was quite empty, but there appeared to be lots of beer and food outlets. It will probably be less fun in high season, when it gets crowded, as the space between the stalls looks very narrow and maybe enough for just 3 people across? If the weather ever clears up, I'll go and have a look-see.  SAG

It was rennovated a couple of years ago, probably during covid. Rooms are decent and clean, not 5* but nice enough. After the rennovation all rooms seem to have bum guns in the toilet. That wasn't the case before iirc. Some of the superior rooms are corner rooms at the end, so face the street. They can be noisier, but shouldn't be an issue with the AC on. It's a great hotel. Been going there for 15 years now. 

Thanks for this. I love the Japanese restaurants off Sukhumvit between Phrom Phong and Ekkamai. They can offer excellent value and there's also some good little bars as well as enough different types of p4p options to keep us deviants busy. I'm not going to recommend any specific Japanese places just yet as I'll soon be back in Thonglor surrounded by those places so will have up to date information however there's one but of information I'll add to update a previous post of mine about Japanese restaurants in this area. In this thread about Japanese Izakayas I sneaked in a recommendation for one of my favourite cheap Japanese places. It's called Unatoto and specialises in grilled eel dishes at very good prices for big portions of delicious food.  I was really disappointed to read that it closed down 2 weeks ago before I could visit again to stuff my face (it's a place that makes me go into a feeding frenzy sometimes where I order a very optimistic quantity of food and somehow finish it every time).  The good news is that they've now relocated to the new Dusit Central Park which looks pretty fucking impressive to me anyway so I'll definitely have another reason to check out those awesome views a few times now. If that eel restaurant Unatoto is as good as in the old location my Mrs might soon get bored of me pretending to want to do daily romantic strolls in the park. As a quick tangent if any visitors or BMs haven't seen the new Dusit Central Park roof garden it's worth checking out, it looks pretty spectacular and it's free. The park is easily reachable from Nana as it's linked to Sala Daeng BTS.