TopCheap Charlies Bar  A must do travel spot, it's odd, it's unusual it's oozing culture, it started in 1982 and not much has changed...read more. This bar and the small sub-Soi beyond is a treasure chest, consider it as a small Icon of what to expect from one of the Three (3) zones in Khao San RdCheap Charlie's was first established by a partnership of Charlie and his brother Satit with initial investment of only ten thousand baht in 1982. The Counter was acquired for free and Charlie started selling beer at 20 baht a bottle. The only thing that's changed over the past 20 years is the "Brik a brat" decor, the price is still the best in town and although there is no hospitality comforts the crowds just keep coming. This is the place the to start your night, always a large social crowd in the outdoor casual gathering, all to quickly you'll find it hard to know where to stand, it swells and the only defining line is a chalk mark on the ground to say drinking or non drinking! Logistics
Atmosphere: casual
Price: cheap > Open daily - evenings
360 Spherical photo:  Friday evening 8 pm at the bar zoom all the way out to make a ball shape then rotate it .. Cheap Charlie is a street bar in a side alley to Soi 11, Sukhumvit, Bangkok. It has been in operation since 1982 and has become a small Bangkok institution. It's an adventure of gnarled wood sculptures and decorations, well worth a visit. Open from 16:30 until midnight. Stickman (a famous Bangkok guru) states: "What can only be described as an outside bar, Cheap Charlies isn't really even a venue, but an area. Inexpensive drinks - local beers and mixed drinks set you back just 70 baht - are sold from behind a counter. There's no protection from the elements and in what is an authentic Bangkok streetside experience. Customers sit, stand or perch next to the elaborately decked out serving area, a mish mash of decorations from wooden carvings to bones to street signs to the unidentifiable. The venue doesn't even have a fridge and cold drinks are placed in ice buckets to chill. There's no air-conditioning, no toilet and just a small number of seats. A hole in the wall venue without any walls, it always seems busy, probably because there isn't a Bangkok guidebook written which failed to mention it - and most rave about it. ... The rainy season sees the peculiar sight of customers standing around chatting while holding umbrellas. From a business perspective, the venue's numbers are truly astounding - Cheap Charlies has been a licence to print money for a very, very long time!" Location
7, 2/7 Soi Sukhumvit 11, Khlong Toe Nuea, Watthana, Bangkok 10110 Longdo map is in Thai & English for taxi,
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Getting there: approx 300 from BTS (skytrain) station NANA - view, exit gate 3, turn right to Soi 11, about 200mtrs in look for the sub-soi to cheap charlies 
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