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Shopping in Bangkok is not limited to one or two major streets. There are many areas throughout Bangkok affording ample choices and easy access. The principal shopping areas in downtown Bangkok which boasts many specialist shops, shopping plazas, and department stores include Silom, Siam S quare, Ratchadamn, Pratunam, Ploenchit, and Bang Lamphu. Siam Paragon is a business card of modern Bangkok. It’s one of the biggest shopping centers in Asia preparing to celebrate it’s 5th birthday in December. Paragon offers all kinds of international fashion brands, wide range of specialty stores and restaurants together with a multiplex movie theater (15 large screens; one of them has the biggest screen and seating capacity in Asia). If that’s not enough why not visit attractions like Siam Ocean World - the largest aquarium in South east Asia, an exhibition hall, the Thai Art Gallery and an opera concert hall?
How to get there: BTS Sky Train to Siam Station Taxi / Bus no. 15, 16, 25, 54, 204, 501, 508
Central World Shopping Complex The largest outdoor activity square in downtown Bangkok covers an area of 8,000 square metres, which is ideal for large-scale activities such as The New Year's Countdown party. It has 400 dancing fountain heads incorporated into the plaza and can accommodate up to 100,000 people per day.
Separated into 6 different shopping Zones, each with unique design and ambiance, shopper could enjoy myriad shopping experiences and easily locate which zoning they are in or wanted to visit. The most product is clothing fashion brand name and Cosmetic & Skin care, clinic & health care, Art & handcraft, Automobile accessories, fabric & accessories, leather goods & shoes, book & stationery, mobile & service, Electrical & Appliance, silver, jewelry, furniture, etc.
How to get there: BTS Sky Train to Chidlom Station, Taxi / Bus no. 25, 29, 34, 36, 47, 50, 93, 501
Remark: Open on 28th September 2010
MBK Shopping Center is an abbreviation from Mahboonkrong. It’s one of the biggest malls in the Thai capital. There are more than 2500 shops spread along eight 330-metres long floors. It’s a perfect place to shop for mobile phones and electronics, furniture, cheap clothing (not of a great quality though!) A wide range of specialty stores and restaurants is also available.
How to get there: Take the BTS to the National Stadium station and walk from there. Bus no 25, 29, 34, 36, 47, 50, 93, 501
Platinum Fashion Mall The Platinum Fashion Mall is Thailand largest Fashion Mall and One Stop Wholesale shopping. This Fashion Mall is designed in the national wholesale shopping concept. This Fashion mall supports many services for fashion traders and product is clothes, Leathers, accessories, gift shop, miscellaneous etc, retailers and people such as inventory cargo, outbound and inbound transportations, car parks, elevators and others. These services help everyone in the Platinum Fashion Mall to more convenient for shopping and trading.
How to get there: BTS Sky Train to Ratchathevee Station

 

MBK is strongly recommended (safe and aircon) with shops and foods centre
MBK is 6 floors of little shops that sell assorted goods. Everything can be bought here at very good prices. It is hectic and busy especially at the weekend, but if you are looking for a bargain then this is a great, if not a tiring place to start. They have two shops that we can strongly recommend, and deserve a mention simply because a lot of people look for this and don't find them. The first is on the sixth floor and is called Seven Sis, here you can have words printed on to pretty much anything, hats, t-shirts, shirts, you name it. The beauty is that not only is it great value, but it is also stitched and not screen, this means that your t-shirt or whatever will not fade out in the wash or even start peeling. You can either buy the t-shirt there, or take your own. Take a look at the picture of the shop by clicking here. The other shop too mention will do any form of printing for you, name cards (although they are cheaper on the sixth floor near SevenSis, stickers and posters. The stickers really are very well done, and can be designed any way that you want. The shop is called Number One DESIGN, and is on the third floor. Take a look at the picture ? Click here. You should also not miss the food court on the sixth floor, it must be one of the biggest in Bangkok, the food is great, and everything is amazing value. Yes ALL the pics of Bangkok the food court included are here take a look! MBK basically has everything you could ever need, from unique items mentioned above to Mobile Telephones (be sure to ask whether the phone is 'second hand' or not) to excellent fake Louis Vuitton bags, to originally made local shoes and such. If the fake LV bags interest you then all we can say is that you will need to ask and look around as they are not on display and we prefer not to mention the shops that carry them. MBK is a shopping must on any visit to Bangkok

 

Big C Supermarket. If you have some time to spare, go to the massive supermarket with everything from food to household furnishings and electronics. I got some of my favourite snacks such as Lay’s, Chupa Chups, tao kae noi crispy seaweed snack, Pocky and Koh-Kae Peanut Snack at a much cheaper price here.

IT Malls

For those IT buffs out there, you will be in technology heaven in Bangkok’s IT malls, where dozens of shops selling all kinds of gadgets and other technology and IT related goods – from the latest top of the range laptops and desktop PCs down to pirated games and software.
Phantip Plaza on Petchaburi Road (nearest BTS Ratchathewi or Chit Lom) is the biggest of these and usually the busiest – it can become tiring in here having people constantly asking you if you want to buy their “sexy movies”. Still, that aside, there’s many a bargain to be found.
Fortune Town on Rachadapisek (‘Rachada’) Road (nearest MRT station Phra Ram 9) is a bit less hectic and newer, although it’s also considerably smaller.

Shopping Mall
The largest of these shopping malls is Seacon Square, which covers over 100,000 square metres. This is a bit far from central Bangkok, though, and is not on the BTS (On Nut at the far eastern end of the Sukhumvit line is as close as you can get), so many people choose to head for MBK, by National Stadium BTS. This colossal and usually packed place has 8 floors and literally hundreds of retail outlets inside, some selling some very reasonably priced goods. Next to MBK is the Tokyu department store, and in fact there are doorways opening from one directly into the other, giving you an even greater range of options while you shop.
The Central World Plaza, by Chitlom BTS, has been recently remodeled and upgraded. It is also huge and has an ice-skating rink on the premises.

The Pratunam Market Complex, situated near to the famous Pantip Plaza is a great place to seek out those designer goods. Huge amounts of stalls offer a large range of handbags, accessories, T-Shirts and fashion. This indoor market enjoys the cooling relief of air-conditioning. As well as this indoor market, the surrounding streets are full of interesting stalls that also have a good range of designer goods such as handbags and purses. The inside market is open 24 hours a day.

Patpong Night Market is very popular with tourists. Situated within the notorious district of Patpong, a place of sex shows and go-go bars, the Patpong Night Market is full of stalls selling fake designer goods at rock-bottom prices. Bargain hard and visitors can bag themselves a very cheap ‘Rolex’ watch or ‘Armani’ handbag. The goods here are of decent quality but tend not to be the real thing. You will unfortunately be on the receiving end of some hard sell in this area, both from stall owners and proprietors of the notorious bars whose glittering neon lights dominate the landscape.A concerted effort to clamp down on the sale of pirated goods began in late 2009, particularly on vendors in this area, they’re likely to appear and disappear, but there’s still plenty of genuine goods at bargain prices. We certainly don’t condone the practice.

Suan Lum Night Bazaar is an absolute must and a viable, even preferred, alternative to visiting the Patpong Night Market and even Chatuchak as it is not as cramped, has good quality entertainment and food stalls, and sells almost everything you could want from your trip to Thailand. The Night Bazaar is a quick taxi ride away from Silom road, next to Lumpini park (underground station Lumpini). The Bazaar opens around 6 and closes around midnight, it normally has live entertainment such as a live band and a wide variety of food stalls so you can enjoy an evening of fun and shopping at the same time. A definite must for anyone with a shopping list.
Emporium Sukhumvit Soi 26, is an excellent shopping centre and was for many years the best in Bangkok. It has a cinema, and a lot of quality designer wear, as well as two food courts, one with mainly Thai food and another more designer attempt at competing with the best food court in Bangkok, namely the Food Loft at Central Chidlom. The Emporium, as do all malls in Bangkok, regularly has very good sales, which are always worth checking out with discounts anywhere from 15 - 80% off at times. While this should still be a must visit on your shopping spree in Bangkok, we do recommend Central Chidlom and Siam Paragon over the Emporium. (skytrain station Phrom Phong).
Siam Paragon - For years the Emporium enjoyed the position of the leading Shopping Mall in not just Bangkok but Thailand, followed very closely by some of the Central Department Stores such as the Central Chidlom. But today, Siam Paragon, Central World and also Central Chidlom have all now, in our view at least, taken over this prestigious accolade and they offer everything, if not even more, than the Emporium. Siam Paragon opened its doors in December 2005 and is quite literally enormous. It is an absolute must for travellers to Bangkok in search of high quality merchandise. It should also be noted that the Siam Paragon is home to many of the world's leading designers and while the actual mall may close at around 10:30 many of the designer shops close much earlier, so if you are looking for Gucci, Zegna, LV etc. then an afternoon or morning visit is advised. There are also some excellent restaurants at the Siam Paragon, including Aoi which offers some of the best Japanese in Bangkok, Crystal Jade which has some of the best Dim Sum for lunch in Bangkok etc.
Bobae is a wholesale market which offers mainly clothes and textiles. Items can be bought at very cheap prices in bulk.

Central Bagna If you like enormous this is your place. Pretty much everything under the sun here and all in a clean new shopping mall. Just do not get lost!

Robinsons Sukhumvit When there was not many shopping centres in Bangkok, then this place was one of the leaders. Not so anymore. There are a few Robinsons in Bangkok still, and they do tend to be a little cheaper than some of the other major malls but it is not somewhere we would suggest going out of your way for.

Central Chidlom: Despite all the newcomers to the shopping mall scene in Bangkok, Central Chidlom is still easily one of the best. It is another beautiful shopping mall with everything available and some great sales. One of the biggest advantages of this shopping mall is its ease of navigation, it is a store and was built as such, without the hundreds of shops you will find in other places. If you do go to this shopping mall make sure you try the quite amazing food court - Food Loft - on the sixth floor. (skytrain station Chidlom).

Amarin Plaza: How this shopping mall is still open is beyond us. A lot of tailors and other shops. This place is crying out for a refurbishment or a complete makeover - perhaps another hotel?!

Central World Plaza was previously called the World Trade Centre. This shopping mall is absolutely massive, it offers everything but unfortunately it is not the easiest of malls to get around.

Gaysorn Plaza Reopened after a lengthy close and renovation in July 2002. It is a relatively upscale shopping centre with many of the world's top designers. It is opposite the World Trade Centre and the Grand Hyatt Hotel, with a variety of shops. To be honest it is a little too white bright for our liking, so be sure to take your sunglasses!

SOGO next to the Grand Hyatt Hotel - has closed down.


Siam Square This is a small area with lots of excellent local market style shops to be found. The Hard Rock Cafe and CM2 disco is also in this vicinity.