Siam Square
Siam Square is a shopping and entertainment area in the Siam District of Bangkok, Thailand. The area connects to other important shopping centres and links to the other shopping districts by sky bridge, such as Siam Center/Siam Discovery Center, MBK Center, Siam Paragon, Ratchaprasong shopping district and Sukhumvit.
Within Siam Square itself, there is a wide range of shops and services, including tutor schools, restaurants, cafe, designer clothing boutiques, record stores, bookshops, Hard Rock Cafe and banks. The customers vary from young-aged school and college students to office workers and foreign tourists. It is sometimes referred to as the "Shinjuku of Thailand".
Locations
Siam Square is in Pathum Wan district and is bordered by Henri Dunant, Rama I and Phaya Thai roads. Opposite across Rama I Road are Siam Paragon and Siam Center/Siam Discovery Center, which can be accessed via the Bangkok Skytrain’s Siam station, as well as a pedestrian bridge; MBK Center is across Phaya Thai Road, and accessed from the Bonanza Mall, via a covered, air-conditioned pedestrian bridge. Parking in Siam Square is available for a nominal fee, but is typically congested, especially on weekends.
Restaurants
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Hard Rock Cafe – Popular tourist spot in Bangkok.
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Scala – Chinese restaurant on ground floor of cinema.
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S&P – A Thai restaurant chain with a Thai and international menu.
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See Fah – Another Thai chain of restaurants.
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Coca – The first Thai suki (Thai steamboat) restaurant chain in Thailand.
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MK – A popular Thai suki chain restaurant.
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It Happened to be a Closet – Small kitchen serving Italian cuisine located on the second floor of a clothing boutique under the same name.
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Vanilla – A Italian restaurant and gift boutique.
Shopping
Aside from chain stores, such as a two-story Watson’s pharmacy branch, there is a myriad of shops and boutiques, selling local designer-label apparel, jewelry, music and bric a brac. The Bonanza Mall, opposite MBK Center, is a congested warren of stalls selling discounted fashion items for teens and university students.
