Wassy Beer Bar brings live music and a bit of friendly competition to Soi Buakhao.

The bar regularly hosts live bands, with the music giving it more energy than the typical roadside beer bar, while a pool table keeps things moving between sets. Monday nights bring killer pool, and the long early-evening happy hour has become part of the routine, with cheap beer and discounted SangSom drawing people in before Buakhao really gets going.

It’s an easy-going, sociable setup that works equally well for a few quiet drinks, a game of pool or staying on once the band starts.

When you find a spot where the music is good, the beer is cheap, and the girls are lively, there’s rarely ever much reason to rush on.