Hair of the Dog Phrom Phong
The second Hair of the Dog opened in October 2016 inside the Villa Market parking alley off Sukhumvit 33/1, two floors of the same rare-imports program running all day from 11am, with a dedicated stout fridge and a cocktail bar on the mezzanine; Time Out ranked it No. 1 of Bangkok's beer bars in April 2025.
Why go
This is the branch you use when you want the list without waiting for evening: 13 rotating import taps, hundreds of bottles and cans with a takeaway bottle-shop function, and the stout fridge that Bangkok Beer Guide singles out. The decor swaps the original's morgue for an asylum, old optometry equipment and medical lights in what BK called a "dark, mysterious atmosphere like something from a horror film," and Time Out rated the room five stars for the service as much as the cellar, staff who walk you through what suits you. The Clinic cocktail bar sits on the mezzanine for whoever in the group is done with beer.
Order this / avoid
- Order: start at the stout fridge, then let the staff steer a tap pick; Time Out notes the bar pre-filters its range to
only the best ones to serve.
Grab a takeaway bottle on the way out; drinking rarities at home skips the markup on round two. - Avoid: treating the branches as interchangeable. This one opens 11am daily; the Ploenchit original runs evenings only and closes Sundays.
What locals & experts say
- Time Out Bangkok (2025): ranked No. 1 of the city's 10 best beer bars,
where craft beer meets dark humour.
5 - Time Out Bangkok (2016):
a gloomy, red-lit chamber that evokes quirky medical vibes,
rated 5 stars.2 - BK Magazine (2016):
a huge range of craft beers from all over the world across two floors.
1 - Bangkok Beer Guide (2025):
Thirteen + 2 rotating taps and dozens of bottles of great beer at 2 locations, has a stout fridge.
4
Good to know
- Timing: 11am to midnight or later (venue site); the early open makes it the daytime option of the two branches.
- Getting there: under 100m from BTS Phrom Phong; the entrance hides in the Villa Market parking alley connecting to Sukhumvit 33/1, so trust the alley.
- Prices: import-duty territory; opening-era markers were B580 for Founders KBS and B220 for BrewDog Elvis Juice (BK, 2016).
Verdict
should-visit — Time Out ranked this branch No. 1 of Bangkok's beer bars in April 2025, on top of the brand's back-to-back BK wins: the same import-heavy list as the original plus a stout fridge, takeaway bottles, all-day hours, and a cocktail mezzanine, two floors deep in a Villa Market parking alley. Pick one branch per trip; this is the daytime-friendly one, the Ploenchit original is the one with the history.