Extraordinary Rooftop Bars In Thailand

Spectacular Glass Bridge Connects Chiang Mai Rooftop Bar

Chiang Mai’s highest bar, Meliá Chiang Mai's 360-degree rooftop bar dubbed MAI The Sky Bar affords sweeping views of the Ping River to the city’s east and famed Doi Suthep Temple on the mountaintop to the west. Perched on the 22-floor, the bar features rooftop terraces at varying heights, with a spectacular glass bridge connecting the bar’s highest seating areas. Surrounded by glass balustrades that give way to stunning views of Chiang Mai at sunset and by night, the bar’s entertainment includes live bands and DJs. Drawing on Meliá’s Spanish roots, the city’s most happening venue’s menu serves a variety of tapas and pinchos, grazing boards and desserts under sections dubbed “Para Picar”, “Tableros” and “Postres” respectively. The mixologists craft a selection of beverages including imaginative cocktails that reference Chiang Mai’s forests and mountains.

The bar will host an exciting line-up of events including a ‘Beats and Baubles’ Christmas Eve Party, a New Year’s Eve Countdown Party, and its Spanish Gastronomy Series. From Jan. 5-9 and Feb. 2-6, the Spanish Gastronomy Series will feature visiting chefs Alejandro García Martín and Manuel Robles Cons respectively. Each chef will host four-day culinary showcases culminating in lively Sky & Vine Finale nights with curated menus, wine pairings, and live entertainment on the Upper Deck.

Meliá Chiang Mai's 360-degree rooftop bar MAI The Sky Bar

Bangkok Rooftop Bar with Transparent Infinity Pool Commands 34th Floor

Together with INNSiDE by Meliá Bangkok Sukhumvit’s jewel in the crown, a transparent infinity pool, The Giant Swing Pool Bar commands the 34^th floor. Nestled between bar and pool, a compelling contemporary interpretation of Bangkok’s Brahman structure The Giant Swing makes for a dramatic photo backdrop. Adjacent to the infinity pool is an expansive rooftop terrace, dotted with outdoor lounges and sunbeds, that evokes an Ibiza mood accompanied with panoramic vistas. Open from 10am until midnight, the open-air pool bar serves Mediterranean, Thai and international snacks and dishes such as INNSiDE’s Burger and cool beverages including imaginative cocktails. By night, the pool bar becomes an upper-floor extension of the hotel’s 33^rd floor LUZ Bangkok Tapas Bar. A spectacle unlike any other in Bangkok, tapas bar guests peer into the bottom of the infinity pool.

Replete with guest DJs, live percussionists, a giant pan of paella, and sweeping views of Bangkok’s skyline by night, ‘Viva la Fiesta’, which means ‘long live the party’ in Spanish, is staged every Wednesday from 7 pm until late on INNSiDE by Meliá Bangkok Sukhumvit’s 33rd and 34th floors. Revellers will bid farewell to 2025 and count down the new year at the Giant Swing Pool Bar for a night of rooftop fun and music from live DJs from 6pm on Dec. 31 until 1am on Jan. 1.

INNSiDE by Meliá Bangkok Sukhumvit's The Giant Swing Pool Bar

New Pattaya Sky Bar Soaks Up Gulf of Thailand Vistas

Perched on the 12^th floor of the newly opened Meliá Pattaya Hotel, Yitong Sky Bar makes for a chic rooftop space that pairs sweeping views of the Gulf of Thailand with imaginative cocktails. The venue is part of Yitong Chinese Restaurant & Sky Bar that serves Cantonese and Sichuan cuisine promoting health and sustainability; food and beverage menus have a prime focus on “goodness for the body, mind and soul”. “Kuaile De” made up of gin infused with goji berry, honey, lemon juice, topped with cava, “Chun Hou” with brandy, orange curacao, lime juice, rosella tea, and rose syrup, and “Tian De” featuring Campari with ginseng, Chinese liquor, and brown sugar syrup are among Yitong’s innovative signature cocktails. Paying homage to the longstanding Chinese communities of Chonburi and their shrines and markets, the name Yitong translates to “together”, with dishes served family-style to encourage shared meals and connectedness.

High above the shoreline, Yítong Sky Bar will ring in 2026 with its ‘New Year’s Eve Countdown’ party to a backdrop of Pattaya’s skyline by night. Gourmet canapes, free-flow house wine, local beer, and a midnight flute of sparkling wine are on offer. Meliá Pattaya Hotel, which debuted February 14 this year, also offers a “Chill & Cheers Escape” stay package that includes a welcome cocktail at Yitong Sky Bar.

Newly-opened Meliá Pattaya Hotel's Yitong Sky Bar