Terminal 21 Bangkok

Terminal 21 in Bangkok is the latest shopping mall to be opened in Bangkok and for those of you asking whether Bangkok needs another shopping mall the answer has to be "it depends".

Terminal 21 is diffferent from the other high end malls because it has a large number of privately owned shops rather than your typical brand named chain stores.

The brand named stores are there - don't get us wrong - but they take up just the first floor whereas the other floors (apart from the food hall and cineplex) are dedicated to shops that offer items that are fairly unique.

General Information

Telephone	+ 66 (0)2 108-0888
Opening Hours	Mon- Sun 10 am - 10 pm
BTS / MRT	Asoke / Sukhumvit
Address	Sukhumvit Soi 19, Sukhmvit, North Klongtoei, Bangkok, 10110
Credit Cards	All Major cards accepted
Email	info@terminal21.co.th
Pros	Unique stores offering items not necessarily found elsewhere - excellent food hall / restaurants
Cons	Newest malls always get busy
Main Hotel:	Grande Centre Point Sukhumvit which is located in the same building.
Official Web site:	www.terminal21.co.th

Terminal 21 stands out in bangkok due to its architecture and overall design as it is created to look like an airport terminal from the outside and compliments this by clothing the information desk girls in air stewardess uniforms.

The other highly unique aspect of Terminal 21 is that each floor is decorated with city landmarks from around the world - one notable landmark is the Golden Gate Bridge of San Francisco which links different sides of one floor.

Other floors pay homage to London, Tokyo, Paris, Rome and a number of others.

How To Get There

The best way to get to Terminal 21 in bangkok is to catch the sky train and get off at Asoke station. Alternatively, you could take the MRT underground and get off at Sukhumvit both of which offer almost direct access to the mall

As with all malls and shopping centres in Bangkok, taxi drivers know where to go so if you have no easy access to either the skytrain or subway, just grab a taxi and they'll get you there but be warned, traffic on Sukhumvit can get jammed.

Lower Ground Floor (Caribbean)

The lower ground floor offers up the best burgers in Bangkok - Mos Burger. If you've never had a MOS burger, make this something you do when in Thailand. They are to die for. After that, you can chase it (or them) down with some ice-crean from Baskin Robbins or some juice from De Juice. If you prefer a sugar rush, grab a Mister Donut or a sweet crepe from Crepe box.

There is a bit of a mish-mash of places on this level. Banks, Bakery, Chinese dumplings and even Asia Books

Ground Floor (Rome)

The first floor is "Rome" and is dedicated to brand named shops such as Adidas, Camel Active, Jaspal, Nike and G2000 to name but a few. There are roughly 20 shops on this floor

Mezzanine Floor (Paris)

It's not often you get to walk along the Champs Elysees whilst in Bangkok but you can at least get a sense of it at Terminal 21 - well, to some degree anyway.

This is where the non-brand named shops begin although there are still some brand named favourites such as Esprit, AIIZ, Etude and Charles & Keith (Bags and shoes).

But you don't want to shop there ! Why not take a peek at places like CINEMA or STRAWBERRY GOODNIGHT which sell in-trend and casual attire. Forget the rather soppy and cutesy names which is all the rage in bangkok - take a peek and perhaps walk away with something unexpected.

For those of you who just have to have a coffee, there's a Starbucks on this floor too

1st Floor (Tokyo)

Up a level is the Tokyo floor with many different stores to choose from with some notable names such as Sugar & Cream (Ladies fashion), Ange'Lover, NA'TSU, OH-SAP! and Happy Corset. Generally, all the shops are calssified as In-Trend and fashion stores. We particularly like the names Lady Phat, Pinky Skully and Post-Nerd. They conjure up images of the owners desparately trying to think of a unique name for their shop / stall and randomly opening a dictionary and pointing to any words on the page and bolting them together. Although you have to wonder whether the name Sweet Drug was given a second thought.

For those of you who had a Starbuck's on the floor below and need another jolt to get you to the next level, there's always Coffee World to get you unhinged.

2nd Floor (London)

If you've managed to get to all the shops up to this level, you'll probably keep going and you are dedicated bangkok lover and shopper. Either that or you had that second shot of coffee.

Terminal 21's London level offers up more fashion stores and more random stabbings at a dictionary to think up novel names for a shop. This floor offers up names such as Bang Bang, Explendid, Boy Best One, Carrot, BAM BOT, Gay Ray, Garlici, Gooddyz, Dezemberism, Human Fight, Destroy Pop and Superzaaap. Most of these offer up t-shirts, jeans and sports wear but poke your head around as many as you can because very often something will turn up to surprise you.

With your head now truly spinning from the shop names that can only come from Bangkok owners, it's quite possibly time for another drink but to calm the nerves and to stop the coffee rush, grab a smoothy type drink from Squeeze which offers up very tasty and "healty" drinks to refreshen you for your niext flight up to the 3rd floor (Istanbul)

3rd Floor (Istanbul)

The 3rd floor moves away from the fashion clothing and heads for fashion accessories such as bags, jewelry. This level is worth a decent walk around because there is quite a mixture of stuff and although you might find a lot of this stuff elsewhere in Bangkok or Thailand, it can be quite interesting just browsing.

Shop names on this level get a little more memorable but someone never fails to impress and has provided us with Bunny Neversad and whilst this is istanbul, we have Borsemogan Italy

4th Floor (San Francisco)

The coffee gave you the jolt needed to make it up to the 3rd floor and the frsh juice of the 3rd floor allowed you the burst of energy to get to the 4th and now you are starving ! If so, you've come to the right place as the 4th floor of Terminal 21 is dedicated to food..lots and lots of lovely, delicious food.

There are loads of places to choose from including: Sunrise Taco, Red Mango, Hachiban, Pepper Lunch, Steak Lao, Piri Piri, Canton House, Tony Romas and Swensens !!! There is certainly something for everyone but if this part of San Francisco doesn't grab your fancy, move on up to the next level where you can find KFC, Royal Kitchen, Jeffer Steak, a number of Japanese restaurants and a whole bunch of Thai restaurants

5th Floor

The 5th floor is mainly furniture or furnishings although there is an excellent Canon dealership with a whole range of canon cameras, lenses and accessories

There are a number of places to eat on this level but the most favoured is The Fifth Avenue which is like a food court where you are given a ticket upon entering and then you can order from any of the stalls and pay one fee on exiting. All items are added to the ticket when you order. The ticket is swiped at the shop to add the sum and then swiped on exit to total the amount.

6th Floor (Los Angeles)

It almost beggers belief to think that there is room in Bangkok - or Thailand for that matter - for another mobile phone shop / booth and yet, the 6th floor of Terminal 21, has its fair share of mobile phones (new and second hand), mobile phone accessories and mobile phone service providers such as AIS and DTAC

Movie Theatres

No self respecting shopping mall in Bangkok would be without a modern movie theater and Terminal 21 is no exception.
The screens are all modern and have the latest sound equipment, 3D glasses and so on, so if you are either stuffed to the gills from all the food on the 4th and 5th floors or just buzzing from all the coffee, what better way to end your world wide shopping trip than to relax in front of one of the latest movies in either Thai or English.