Swirl | Cellar and Wine Bar
Swirl is the cellar door of boutique importer Riesling & Co, a walk-in bottle shop on Thonglor Soi 13 claiming over 1,000 labels, where the list files by region and then producer and the German Riesling shelf runs deepest.
Why go
Drinking at the importer changes the math, and BK Magazine's 2023 wine-bar roundup says it straight: arguably one of the best and most affordable wine selections in Bangkok.
2 The cellar leans classic Old World, boutique growers from Germany, Beaujolais and the Rhone per Star Wine List, with Champagne, Loire, Piedmont and Tuscany behind them and a handful of New World bottles. Time Out's February 2026 review confirms the list reads by region and producer rather than by color, the browsing logic of someone who thinks in vineyards. A second branch opened in Ruam Rudi.
Order this / avoid
- Order: start on the by-the-glass rotation, which Time Out Bangkok finds
on frequent rotation, but are always exciting,
then pull a German Riesling or a Beaujolais grower bottle off the wall. The kitchen'sexcellent French- and Japanese-inspired small plates
(Time Out) run from cheese and cold cuts to donburi. - Avoid: coming for natural-wine funk. This is a grower-and-terroir cellar, classic-leaning; Bangkok's low-intervention rooms are elsewhere.
What locals & experts say
- BK Magazine (2023):
Run by boutique wine importer Riesling & Co, this wine-bar-slash-restaurant in Thonglor Soi 13 offers arguably one of the best and most affordable wine selections in Bangkok.
2 - Time Out Bangkok (2026):
By-the-glass selections are on frequent rotation, but are always exciting, making it the perfect place to stop by for a quick glass.
1 - Star Wine List (2026):
The Riesling selection is especially worth heading there for, but the choice of iconic producers from Beaujolais and Rhone is also hard to miss.
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Good to know
- Timing: daily; the cellar opens 2:30pm, the kitchen from 4pm, both to 11pm. An afternoon-into-evening room rather than a late one.
- Booking: walk-in scale; reservations by phone only, no booking platform.
- Getting there: Civic Park on Thonglor Soi 13, about 1.5km up from BTS Thong Lo, so a taxi or a determined walk; the Ruam Rudi branch is the closer call from BTS Phloen Chit.
Verdict
could-visit — An importer's own cellar run as a bar, with over a thousand labels filed by region and producer and a German shelf Star Wine List singles out; BK calls it arguably the best and most affordable list in town. Craft here is selection rather than cooking, there are no awards on the wall, and Thonglor Soi 13 is a detour from everything, so it sits at could-visit: the right room when you want a serious bottle at import-adjacent pricing.