Dry Wave Cocktail Studio
Supawit "Palm" Muttarattana opened Dry Wave in January 2024 above the SODALITY complex on Thonglor Soi 13, and within eighteen months it stood at No.5 on Asia's 50 Best Bars 2025, taking the Disaronno Highest New Entry Award on the way in.
Why go
The house format is the Super Classic: two classic cocktails from different eras merged into a single new recipe, per Time Out Bangkok. The flag bearer is the 1806-1988, which the Asia's 50 Best profile describes as an ingenious mishmash of a booze-forward bourbon old fashioned coupled with citrus notes of a cosmopolitan.
Muttarattana built that discipline at Backstage Cocktail Bar and Vesper before going out on his own, and the list flagged the trajectory early with the Campari One To Watch Award in 2024. The room plays it quiet: wave-patterned sandstone walls, a marble-topped bar that seats you in front of the build, and an outdoor terrace wrapped around a mature tree the design left standing.
Order this / avoid
- Order: start with the 1806-1988, then let the bar walk you through the rest of the Super Classic menu; the point of the format is tasting how two eras resolve into one glass.
- Avoid: walking in at prime time on a Friday or Saturday. The bar advises booking about 72 hours ahead for weekend seats. A late solo bar stool is the realistic walk-in, and even that is odds, so message ahead.
What locals & experts say
- Asia's 50 Best Bars (2025): No.5, with the Disaronno Highest New Entry Award; the profile credits a founder who
honed his craft at Backstage Cocktail Bar and Asia's 50 Best Bars stalwart Vesper.
4 - BK Magazine (2025):
Bangkok's big cocktail bar success story this year,
charting the jump from No.98 on the 2024 Asia list to No.5, plus Bar of the Year and Best New Bar at the BAD Awards 2025.5 - Bangkok Bar Show Awards (2025): crowned Thailand's best bar, per Friday Bangkok.7
Good to know
- Timing: nightly from 7pm. The close is reported as 1am, with some listings claiming 2am on weekends; the bar treats Instagram as its channel of record and posted hours drift, so check @drywavecocktailstudio the day of. That account was unreachable for this verification (2026-07-25).
- Booking: DM @drywavecocktailstudio or call +66 99 339 4559. Roughly 72 hours ahead for Friday and Saturday; walk-ins are taken as seats free up.
- Getting there: 2nd floor of SODALITY, 263 Thonglor Soi 13. About 10 minutes by car from On Nut, which is why the trip plan slots it tonight after Haawm; from elsewhere, BTS Thong Lo then a ride up the soi. The whole Thonglor cluster runs Mondays, so missing it tonight costs nothing this trip.
Verdict
must-visit — No.5 in Asia and Highest New Entry within eighteen months of opening, Thailand's Best Bar 2025 on top, and a menu format you cannot order anywhere else: two classic recipes from different eras engineered into one drink. The rung rests on the award and the format; the newness is a footnote.