10 Awesome Independent Stores in Thonglor, Bangkok

Patom’s eco-friendly philosophy is “from farm to city”. In partnership with Bliss Foundation, Patom produces and sells personal care products with fresh, organic ingredients straight from their farm along the Ta-Chine River in Nakorn Pathom Province, which has been in the owners’ family for 53 years. The bright, etherial, glass-enclosed shop sells a range of beauty products like coconut hair serum and lemongrass tangerine hand wash, fresh produce and house-made juices. A delicious café also serves up Thai-style bento boxes like rice vermicelli with organic mushroom curry and spaghetti with organic tomato sauce.

Opened by a group of friends with a shared passion for music, the owners of this retro music shop scour the globe searching for unique and rare albums, favouring 1990s alternative rock and early 2000s Brit Rock. The rare-finds shop is also a boutique music venue, attracting up-and-coming local artists and bands to intimate crowds of up to 40 people.

“Book lovers are slaves to print.” This is the moniker of Dasa Books – which itself translates to “slave” – and its concept echoes through the multi-level collection. The quirky shop houses more than 22,000 books, carefully organised in a thrice-weekly updated “Dasa-Base” that lists the books in stock by category, author, title, and price. The owners seek out rare and unusual finds, as well as storied favourites, treating visitors to hours of browsing and thumbing through pages in a number of languages, with the help of very friendly staff.

This men’s accessories shop treats the men of Bangkok to high-quality Thai leather goods, at the fraction of the cost of an Italian equivalent. Originating as an online leather goods retailer, the shop in Thonglor now stocks shoes, laptop bags, wallets, and more in its crisp and elegant showroom.