A major transport hub, Victory Monument is not the prettiest Bangkok district, but it does have some great restaurants and interesting streets to explore.
Around & Around we Go © Mike Behnken
🔍 Why Visit Victory Monument?
Victory Monument isn’t Bangkok’s most beautiful area, with endless concrete overpasses and bus stations. Despite its lack of natural beauty, it’s home to some great restaurants and a mix of interesting bars on Soi Rangnam.
The Victory Monument area is also where you’ll find King Power, Bangkok’s biggest duty-free shopping mall, as well as a variety of small shopping malls, clothing shops, street food stalls and other quintessential aspects of everyday Bangkok life.
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🏮 Things to See and Do in Victory Monument
A lively evening in Bangkok © Connie Ma
| Attraction | What To Expect |
|---|---|
| Victory Monument – Landmark | Built in 1941 to celebrate Thailand’s victory over France in 1940, Victory Monument is a large monument that’s used as a distance marker for Bangkok in maps of Thailand. The monument is home to a popular food and clothing market and serves as a bus and minivan hub. |
| Century: The Movie Plaza – Shopping | Century: The Movie Plaza is a shopping mall located next to BTS Victory Monument. While it isn’t as impressive as the shopping malls in nearby Ratchaprasong, Century serves as a great shopping hub for the Rangnam and Victory Monument area. |
| Centre One – Shopping | Another small shopping mall, Centre One is located on the Victory Monument roundabout. Its myriad small shops offer a wide range of wholesale clothes and accessories similar to what you can find at City Complex or Platinum Fashion Mall in nearby Pratunam. |
| King Power Duty Free Complex – Duty Free Shopping | Located on Soi Rangnam, a small street located close to BTS Victory Monument, the King Power Complex is Bangkok’s largest duty-free shopping mall. Prices for brand name goods here are some of the lowest in the city — remember to bring your passport and plane ticket. |
| Bangkok Dolls & Museum – Museum | Bangkok Dolls is a small, somewhat hidden museum located a short distance from Victory Monument BTS Station. In addition to the charming doll museum, there’s a shop offering a range of handmade Thai dolls, all of which are produced on site. |
| Santiphap Park (Peace Park) – Park | Santhipap Park is a small but relaxing park located between Soi Rangnam and Ratchawithi Road. Five minutes from BTS Victory Monument on foot, Santiphap Park fills up with local residents at 6 pm every evening for free aerobics classes. |
| Phayathai Palace – Historic Site | Built in 1909 when Phaya Thai was still predominantly an area of farmland, Phayathai Palace is a beautiful early 20th century Thai palace. The palace, which over the years has served as an international hotel and retreat for King Rama V, is largely unknown to tourists. |
| Thai-Japan Youth Centre – Sports | Located in Din Daeng, the Thai-Japan Youth Centre is a sports complex that’s 10 minutes from BTS Victory Monument by taxi. Facilities include a running track, public tennis courts, gymnastics equipment and a martial arts training facility. |
Hotels in Victory Monument
⭐ Best Luxury Hotels in Victory Monument
| Hotel | About |
|---|---|
| Pullman Bangkok at King Power – Booking.com | Located in the King Power Complex on Soi Rangnam, the Pullman Bangkok at King Power is Victory Monument’s only five-star hotel. This quiet and luxurious hotel has a rooftop swimming pool, fantastic day spa and one of Bangkok’s best wine bars. |
🏢 Best Mid Range Hotels in Victory Monument
| Hotel | About |
|---|---|
| Royal View Resort – Booking.com | This small three-star hotel is located right beside Santhipap Park, making it a relaxing place to escape the noise of Victory Monument itself. Ask for a room on one of the higher floors for an excellent view of the city skyline in Phaya Thai and Ratchaprasong. |
| Century Park Hotel – Booking.com | Century Park Hotel is a comfortable four-star hotel located about 10 minutes from BTS Victory Monument on foot. Rooms are spacious and the hotel’s swimming pool highly relaxing, but its location next to a major flyover means that rooms on the lower floors can be noisy. |
| True Siam Hotel – Booking.com | The True Siam Hotel is a quiet, comfortable three-star hotel hidden on Sri Ayutthaya Soi 12, just a couple of minutes from BTS Victory Monument. A short walk to street food and great restaurants on nearby Soi Rangnam make this hotel a convenient, low-cost option. |
| Bizotel Bangkok – Booking.com | The Bizotel Bangkok is a simple, minimalistic and functional three-star hotel on Soi Rangnam just five minutes from BTS Victory Monument. The hotel is a short walk from Santiphap Park, with a variety of restaurants and street food vendors nearby. |
💰 Best Budget Hotels in Victory Monument
| Hotel | About |
|---|---|
| 21 Living Place – Soi Rangnam | 21 Living Place is a serviced apartment located on Soi Rangnam, less than five minutes from BTS Victory Monument. Furnished rooms, free Wi-Fi and a convenient location — along with discounted weekly and monthly rates for long-term guests — make it a good choice. |
| HI.Mid Bangkok Hotel – Booking.com | HI.Mid Bangkok Hotel is a short walk from BTS Victory Monument. Surrounded by great cafés and restaurants, this budget hotel offers dorms and private rooms, making it a good choice for budget travellers that want to be close to public transportation. |
🍕 Places to Eat in Victory Monument
Roast Duck w/ Fried Egg w/ Rice © Mikhail Esteves
| Restaurant | About |
|---|---|
| Wine Pub – Wine bar / Restaurant | A huge selection of wines at relatively reasonable prices, Wine Pub is a sophisticated, atmospheric place for dinner which has numerous weekly special deals for dinner and drinks. |
| Victory Point – Street food | Exit BTS Victory Monument and walk towards the monument itself. Located in front of Centre One shopping mall, Victory Point is made up of an assortment of open air food stalls serving fried noodles, soup and other Thai dishes. |
| Doy Kuay Teow Reua – Thai / Boat noodles | Although its location is about as unromantic as one can be — built alongside a rather dirty canal — this restaurant’s excellent boat noodles, which cost just 15 baht a bowl, bring in hundreds of diners a day. |
| Kuang Seafood – Seafood, Soi Rangnam | Soi Rangnam is one of Bangkok’s best streets for authentic Thai dining, and Kuang Seafood is undoubtedly one of its most famous restaurants. With tanks of fresh seafood visible from the street, it’s impossible to pass by Kuang Seafood without feeling hungry. |
| B Resto – Italian / Thai, Soi Rangnam | This small Italian/Thai restaurant is located next to Santiphap Park on Soi Rangnam. The menu is made up of a wide range of dishes, but it’s the authentic Italian pizzas that steal the show, as well as the great range of classic cocktails. |
| Eat Am Are – Steaks / Burgers, Soi Rangnam | Located on the corner of Soi Rangnam and Phayathai Road, Eat Am Are is popular with local university students and Rangnam residents. The menu includes a variety of cheap steaks and burgers, with tables quickly filling up after sunset. |
| Everest Kitchen – Indian / Nepalese, Ratchaprarop Road | Everest Kitchen is a small Indian and Nepalese restaurant located on Ratchaprarop Road, right next to The Complete condo building. The restaurant is small, noisy and crowded with diners after sunset, but the food itself is fantastic and very fairly priced. |
| Tida Isaan – Isaan Thai, Soi Rangnam | Step into Soi Rangnam and you’ll quickly spot Tida Isaan — an open air Isaan restaurant right behind Century: The Movie Plaza. Tida Isaan attracts locals, expats and tourists alike seeking tasty northeastern Thai food. |
| Isaan Rot Det – Isaan Thai, Soi Rangnam | Located a little further down Soi Rangnam, Isaan Rot Det serves excellent (and extremely spicy) Isaan food with no-frills service, making it a great choice for lunch or dinner if you’re in the area. |
| Great Grandson Noodle Bar – Thai | Although it’s called Great Grandson Noodle Bar, this quiet neighbourhood restaurant serves a huge variety of Thai dishes. Meals are inexpensive and the juice bar outside delivers to diners inside the restaurant. |
| Bean Around Café – Café, Soi Rangnam | Located opposite the King Power Duty Free Complex on Soi Rangnam, Bean Around Café is a small local café that’s popular with Rangnam residents. Open from 7 am, it’s one of the few cafés near Victory Monument to serve breakfast. |
| Baan Pa Jazz – Thai, Ratchawithi Soi 7 | A favourite of Thai street food gurus, Baan Pa Jazz is a tiny restaurant hidden on Ratchawithi Soi 7 (accessible from Ratchawithi and Soi Rangnam). Pa Jazz cooks a great variety of Thai dishes at reasonable prices, starting from 10 am daily. |
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🍻 Nightlife in Victory Monument
Blue on Blue Band © Timo Kozlowski
| Bar / Club | About |
|---|---|
| Baan Bar – Bar, Soi Rangnam | Located on Soi Rangnam a short walk from the King Power Complex, Baan Bar is a small but hugely popular bar within easy walking distance of BTS Victory Monument. Drinks are strong and inexpensive, making this a favourite of local residents and expats. |
| Raintree Pub – Live music, Soi Rangnam | Raintree is a live music pub on Soi Rangnam that specialises in Thai folk music. With interior decorating that makes it feel more like a 1970s living room than a local bar, Raintree attracts a crowd of locals and expats seeking fun live music and no-frills drinks. |
| Jo Home Gallery and Skytrain Jazz Pub – Live music | Although there’s not much jazz on offer — live music is normally 90s alternative rock covers — Skytrain Jazz Pub is one of Rangnam’s best live music bars. Located atop a small shophouse close to the BTS, getting up the five flights of stairs is quite a journey, but the view is worth it. |
| Saxophone Jazz Pub – Jazz / Live music | Saxophone is one of Bangkok’s best live music bars. With live performances by the house band and guests, Saxophone’s combination of great drinks, classic Thai food and live jazz, rock and blues makes it one of Victory Monument’s best nightspots. |
| Wine Pub – Wine bar, Pullman King Power Hotel | Bangkok might not be the best city on earth for wine lovers, but Wine Pub — a great wine bar located inside the Pullman King Power Hotel — is undoubtedly a fantastic place to try a huge range of wines from around the world. |
🚌 Getting to Victory Monument
| How To Get Here | Details |
|---|---|
| 🚌 By BTS Skytrain | The Victory Monument area is easy to access using the BTS Skytrain. From BTS Siam, take the Sukhumvit Line towards Mo Chit and exit at Victory Monument Station. A large skybridge connects all sides of the monument with the BTS Skytrain station. |
🗺️ Bangkok Area Guide
Bangkok has numerous areas of interest to tourists - see our Quick Guides to each Bangkok area to help you get a sense of what you can find in each district.
| Area | Nearest BTS / MRT | Known For |
|---|---|---|
| Rattanakosin | Sanam Chai MRT | Grand Palace, Wat Po, Bangkok's historic royal core |
| Bangkok Riverside | Saphan Taksin BTS | Chao Phraya views, Asiatique, luxury riverside hotels |
| Khao San Road | Sanam Chai MRT (then walk/taxi) | Backpacker hub, cheap guesthouses, bars, street food |
| Siam Square / Chit Lom | Siam BTS / Chit Lom BTS | Bangkok's central shopping district, Siam Paragon, Central World, Erawan Shrine |
| Lower Sukhumvit - Nana and Asoke | Nana BTS / Asok BTS / Sukhumvit MRT | Hotels, restaurants, nightlife, Terminal 21 mall |
| Central Sukhumvit - Thonglor and Phrom Phong | Phrom Phong BTS / Thong Lo BTS | Upmarket dining, EmQuartier malls, expat-heavy neighbourhood |
| Silom and Sathorn | Sala Daeng BTS / Silom MRT / Chong Nonsi BTS | Business district, Patpong, Lumphini Park, rooftop bars |
| Chatuchak | Mo Chit BTS / Chatuchak Park MRT | Chatuchak Weekend Market - one of the world's largest |
| Ari | Ari BTS | Quiet, leafy neighbourhood with good cafes and local restaurants |
| Victory Monument | Victory Monument BTS | Transport hub, local market food, day-trip minibus terminals |
| Phaya Thai | Phaya Thai BTS / Airport Rail Link | Airport Rail Link terminus, budget hotels, local market streets |
| Upper Sukhumvit | On Nut BTS / Udom Suk BTS | Local neighbourhood, good value hotels, expat community |
| Ratchadaphisek | Thailand Cultural Centre MRT | Train Night Market, local bars, nightlife strip, Esplanade mall |
