MBK Center

MBK Center, also known as Mahboonkrong, is an enormous marble shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand. At eight stories high and 330 meters long, with 2,500 shops using a total selling area of 89,000 square metes, this shopping mall used to be one of the biggest malls in Asia when it was first founded in 1985. It is particularly well known for its many vendors of mobile phones and other electronics, as well as furniture stores.

This is one of the most popular shopping centers in Thailand for tourists, it basically has everything you can think of, designer watches, pirated dvd's, good food, quality suits etc. It is easy to get lost in MBK, so make sure if your in a group, that you all have mobile phones or just stick with your group.

 

 

 

 

 

Location

 

Located in Pathum Wan district, the mall is situated on one end of a shopping thoroughfare that eventually becomes Sukhumvit Road. Other shopping centers are nearby:

• Siam Square can be accessed from the second floor by a covered, air-conditioned pedestrian bridge over Phaya Thai Road to Bonansa Mall (mainly female clothing and accessories.

• Via Siam Discovery Center and Siam Center, Siam Paragon, can be accessed by a pedestrian overpass linked to the Bangkok Skytrain National Stadium station. Access to the walkway is through the Tokyu department store on the second floor or from the third floor of the shopping center.

Shopping

 

MBK is a great place to shop, it pretty much has everything that any other market in Thailand has. Although the goods are slightly more expensive then most outdoor markets.

It is a good place to go if you are short on time, wanting comfort of aircon and having a variety of international food. If you have covered all of MBK and still want to shop, it is close to most of Bangkok's famous shopping malls and markets.