★Local·Live-music lane
Soi Rambuttri
ซอยรามบุตรี
The lantern-lit crescent behind Khao San — acoustic sets, street pad thai and low-key bars. Most travelers end up preferring it to the main event.
Khao San's mellow crescent — lantern-lit pad thai carts, foot-massage chairs and guesthouse bars around Wat Chana Songkhram's wall. The backpacker street that stayed pleasant.
Lukas Bergstrom CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · resized · tap to enlarge
Visiting
- Open
- daily
- Entry
- Free
- Allow
- 1–2 h
No official opening hours published — check on the day.
Checked 10 Oct 2026 against openstreetmap.org, timeout.com. Things change: closures for royal ceremonies and holidays are common.
A night out here
- These streets are at their busiest from about 21:00 onwards.
- Agree a price before anything starts, keep your belongings close, and treat any drink you didn't watch being poured with suspicion.
- Metered taxis and ride apps are the reliable way home late; tuk-tuk quotes at closing time are theatre.
Getting there
- Phra Arthit·Chao Phraya Express Boat~4 min walk
- Phra Arthit·Cross-river ferries~4 min walk
- Phra Arthit·Chao Phraya Tourist Boat~4 min walk
- Maharaj pier·Cross-river ferries~13 min walk
Typical times, not a timetable · rail, boat and BRT routing runs right in the atlas.
While you're here
- Wat Chana Songkhram·Monastery~2 min walk
- Phra Athit Pier·River pier~3 min walk
- Santichaiprakan Park·Fort park~5 min walk
- Khao San Road·Backpacker strip~7 min walk
The neighbourhood
Soi Rambuttri sits in Old Town · Rattanakosin — Where Bangkok began.