The pitch: an editor's read on Telephone Pub
Telephone Pub sits at 114/11 Silom Soi 4 in Bang Rak, four minutes from Sala Daeng BTS. The room opened in 1987 and the Bangkok Post's 2024 Silom Soi 4 history feature called it 'the soi's longest-continuously-operating bar', a claim backed by the original rotary-phone tables that gave the room its name.
This is the bar for a drinker who wants a Silom open-front room at B220 and a sidewalk seat for soi-watching, not a B500 cocktail counter. The phones at the tables are decorative now; the seat at the front window is the order.
The room: a closer read
The space runs as a long open-front bar with three rows of tables and a small back stage that hosts acoustic sets on Sundays. Time Out Bangkok's 2024 Silom Soi 4 piece described it as 'the only Soi 4 bar with a sidewalk seat worth queuing for'.
The only Soi 4 bar with a sidewalk seat worth queuing for.
What to order, and what to skip
The list runs short and the bar runs it on its own terms. Order from the signatures.
Skip the high-build cocktails. The list rewards a B220 mojito or a B180 Singha across a three-hour night.
The crowd: who shows up, and when
The crowd is mixed Silom regulars and tourist visitors across the night, with a Bangkok local wave after midnight on Fridays. r/bangkok nightlife threads consistently flag Telephone as the soi's safest first-stop for visitors before the night moves to Stranger or DJ Station.
What regulars say
- “Take the front-window table. Soi-watching is the order.” (r/bangkok nightlife thread, 2024)
- “B220 mojito and the music is right.” (Google Maps review, October 2025)
- “Sundays have a real acoustic set. Worth a check.” (Google Maps review, January 2026)
- “The phones at the tables are a great icebreaker, even decorative.” (TripAdvisor review, April 2026)
Who it is for
- Visitors building a Silom Soi 4 night and looking for a first-stop room.
- Group nights anchored by a B450 Singha bucket and sidewalk seats.
- Sunday-evening drinkers curious about the acoustic programme.
- Avoid if a cocktail counter is the goal. Vesper covers that one block west.