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Mahaniyom Cocktail Bar.

Cocktail bar · Bang Rak · $$$ · Icon · must-visit · visited

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50 best cocktail bars award. They use a lot of Thai, local ingredient influences, and they name the drinks by the ingredients.; For example, they have a beautiful black and white layered drink called 'Squid', which is infused with dried squid, and squid ink is used to top the drink. They also have a drink called 'Cow', where the infusion of the liqueur is made from beef trimmings mixed with homemade brandy. The drinks are not just creative, they’re absolutely delicious. I travel a lot and try many drinks, and must say that you can't find cocktails like these anywhere else in the world.

Jeff's note

Mahaniyom Cocktail Bar

Two bartenders and a chef run a single supply chain across two floors on Maha Set Road: 100 Mahaseth butchers and dry-ages downstairs, and Mahaniyom turns the trim into cocktails upstairs, each drink named for the one ingredient it uses whole. Eighteen months after the March 2022 opening it was No. 19 on the World's 50 Best Bars.

Why go

Ronnaporn "Neung" Kanivichaporn, a co-founder of Backstage Bar, opened the room with Chennarong "Jan" Bhumichitr in partnership with 100 Mahaseth chef Chalee Kader, and applied the restaurant's nose-to-tail logic to the ice well. The menu reads as a market list: Pomelo, Coconut, Orange, Squid, Cow. Orange, for one, runs an orange-infused vermouth against a distilled orange hydrosol, garnished with chips made from the leftover peels. BK Magazine describes the look as "Thai-Rococo, but with a bit of disco," neon two-headed tiger included.

Order this / avoid

  • Order: the Squid, Jeff's pick, a black and white layered drink infused with dried squid and topped with squid ink; BK Magazine details the build as dried squid cooked in tomato juice with ginger brine, vodka, and sake. Then the Cow, beef trimmings infused into homemade brandy with brown butter and peppercorn, topped with milk and blue-cheese bubbles, which BK calls "a wagyu steak in a glass." The kitchen sends up snacks from downstairs, bone marrow included.
  • Avoid: Monday nights. It has run Tuesday to Sunday since opening; re-confirm on Instagram before walking over.

What locals & experts say

  • World's 50 Best Bars (2023): new entry at No. 19, per Time Out Bangkok one of only two Bangkok bars on that year's list. ref
  • Asia's 50 Best Bars (2023, 2024): debut at No. 22 with the London Essence Best New Bar Award 2023, then No. 18 in 2024. ref
  • BK Magazine (July 2026): No. 76 on the Asia's 50 Best Bars 2026 extended list, "down from No.71 last year, but this nose-to-tail cocktail spot remains a favorite in the city for its bold ingredients." ref
  • 50 Best Discovery: "Sustainable, forward-thinking cocktails served in a funky, fun and immersive environment." ref
  • Jeff (first-hand): he has drunk the Squid and the Cow, and rates the cocktails as unfindable anywhere else in the world.

Good to know

  • Timing: evenings, Tuesday to Sunday, closed Monday (BK Magazine; re-confirm current hours on the bar's Instagram).
  • Booking: recommended for weekend nights; the room is one shophouse floor. Walk-ins land early in the week.
  • From voco Surawong: about 1km, a 15-minute walk west along Surawong then down Maha Set Rd. Book dinner at 100 Mahaseth downstairs and make it one building, one night.

Jeff's take (his words)

  • The award: 50 best cocktail bars award. They use a lot of Thai, local ingredient influences, and they name the drinks by the ingredients.
  • The drinks: a beautiful black and white layered drink called "Squid," which is infused with dried squid, and squid ink is used to top the drink. "Cow," where the infusion of the liqueur is made from beef trimmings mixed with homemade brandy.
  • The verdict: the drinks are not just creative, they're absolutely delicious. I travel a lot and try many drinks, and must say that you can't find cocktails like these anywhere else in the world.

Verdict (Chef Jeff ladder)

must-visit — A drink language that exists nowhere else, beef-trimming brandy and squid-ink layers built on a restaurant's off-cuts, validated fast by World's 50 Best (No. 19, 2023) and Asia's 50 Best (No. 18, 2024), and by Jeff's own palate. The 2026 slide to the extended list is a footnote; the uniqueness and craft are the basis, and it is a 15-minute walk from the hotel.

Order

  • Squid (dried-squid infusion, squid-ink layer)
  • Cow (beef-trimming liqueur with homemade brandy)
  • the single-ingredient menu, drink named for what is in it

Good to know

  • Booking: recommended
  • Timing: open-late, closed-mon
  • Best for: drinks, date, big-night, groups-ok
  • Avoid: Monday nights; it has run Tuesday to Sunday since opening, re-confirm on Instagram before walking over
  • Verified 2026-07-25

Where

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Sources & mentions

  1. [1]
    The Infatuation Bangkok (2025)

    Vichayuth Chantan, July 24, 2025: 'The Corn cocktail uses the produce down to the cornsilk, while the Bamboo uses grilled parts of the plant to infuse into vodka, along with brine from their pickled shoots'; included in the 20 Best Bars In Bangkok guide

  2. [2]
    Asia's 50 Best Bars (2026)

    No.76 on the 2026 extended 51-100 list, published July 14, 2026 by Josh Ong; 'each cocktail simply named after a core ingredient, ranging from cashew to cow, the latter of which materialises as a blend of red wine, brandy, beef fat, brown butter, clarified milk and blue cheese air'

  3. [3]
    BK Magazine

    opened March 15, 2022 by Ronnaporn 'Neung' Kanivichaporn (Backstage Bar co-founder) and Chennarong 'Jan' Bhumichitr with chef Chalee Kader; room is 'Thai-Rococo, but with a bit of disco'; Cow is brown butter, peppercorn and beef fat in brandy, topped with milk and blue cheese bubbles, 'a wagyu steak in a glass'; Squid is dried squid cooked in tomato juice with ginger brine, vodka, sake, squid-ink layer; drinks B390 at opening; Tue-Sun

  4. [4]
    Time Out Bangkok

    World's 50 Best Bars 2023: new entry at No. 19, one of two Bangkok bars on the list

  5. [5]
    Time Out Bangkok

    Asia's 50 Best Bars 2023: debut at No. 22 with the London Essence Best New Bar Award

  6. [6]
    Asia's 50 Best Bars

    No. 18, Asia's 50 Best Bars 2024

  7. [7]
    BK Magazine

    Asia's 50 Best Bars 2026 extended list: 'Mahaniyom Cocktail Bar is at No.76, down from No.71 last year, but this nose-to-tail cocktail spot remains a favorite in the city for its bold ingredients'

  8. [8]
    50 Best Discovery

    'Sustainable, forward-thinking cocktails served in a funky, fun and immersive environment'; address 104 Maha Set Rd, Si Phraya, Bang Rak; drinks named after single ingredients (Pomelo, Squid, Cow, Coconut, Orange)

  9. [9]
    Jeff (first-hand)

    drank the Squid and the Cow; rates the drinks as unfindable anywhere else in the world

Record

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mahaniyom
city
Bangkok
group
Cocktails
category
Bar
cuisine
Cocktail bar
area
Bang Rak
price
$$$
editorial class
Icon
ladder verdict
must-visit
provenance
visited
confidence
high
status
Open
address
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coordinates
13.72897, 100.51832
last verified
2026-07-25
curated page
places/mahaniyom.md
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