We are not a bar, so says Drinksmith’s blurb, we are a cocktail laboratory! Charismatic mixologist, Boss, shakes, stirs and mixes away as he chats to punters sitting in comfy leather directors’ stools at the bar counter, patiently explaining the ingredients of each cocktail and origins of every exotic bottle lining the walls. It is all leather, chrome, mood-lighting and eccentric objects d’art at this latest city watering hole. Downstairs is a social bar while upstairs is home to some sexy lounge areas perfect for small groups or crooning couples. Gin lovers try the dry London Sipsmith, paired perfectly with Fever-Tree tonic or the exotic artisanal flavours of a Hebrides’s Botanics gin cocktail. There is also a respectable collection of bourbons and single malts among other spirits and the cocktail menu screams to be faithfully sampled, one temptress at a time. To keep you (vaguely) sober, snack on the spicy duck crackling or bourbon chicken before taking an Uber home!

Open 9am – 12am
Choc Chiang Mai, Mahidol Road, Haiya
Facebook: drinksmithcnx
064 648 6020