Board game cafés in Bangkok: where to play, what it costs, when they open

Most Bangkok board game cafés charge by the hour, per person, and let you play anything on the shelf. Many also sell an all-day pass, which is cheaper than three or four hours. Staff, often called game masters, will help you pick a game for your group and teach it, which is the main reason to go to a café rather than buy a box and argue over the rules at home.

Two things are worth knowing before you go. Plenty of the games are Thai editions, so if your group needs English rules and cards, ask when you arrive. And a café with a full shelf is not a meetup: if you are on your own and want people to play with, look at the hosted board game nights instead, or at COUCOU and Battlefield below.

Every café below was checked on 18 October 2026 on its own website or social page and its Google Maps listing. Hours change on public holidays, so check before a long trip.

Where they are

All thirteen open cafés are pinned. Tap a pin for the name and a link to its entry. The closed ones are not on the map.

The cafés at a glance

Siam, MBK and Chula

The Stronghold, Siam Square

A big, castle-themed room on Siam Square Soi 9, next to the SQ1 mall and a Tsuruha pharmacy, a short walk from BTS Siam. It charges ฿69 an hour per person or ฿239 for the day, and a private room for up to ten people is ฿699 an hour. It also runs a large shop of games for sale. Open daily from 12:00 to 23:00. Reviewers say most games are in Thai, with some English ones. Website · Facebook

Quest, MBK Center

On the seventh floor of MBK (room M8/2), connected to BTS National Stadium. Quest is a board game café and a trading card shop, with weekly Pokémon, Magic and Lorcana tournaments, so expect a card-game crowd on some nights. The Thaiger gave the price as ฿60 an hour per person in October 2025, with a day rate as well. Open daily from 11:00 to 22:00. Facebook

Dice Cup, Chula Soi 5

In Suan Luang Square on Chula Soi 5. Dice Cup calls itself the largest board game café in Bangkok, with more than 400 games to play and 3,000 for sale, plus food, drinks and private rooms. It opens at 14:00 on weekdays and 11:00 at weekends, and stays open until midnight. It doesn't publish its prices online, so ask at the counter. Its old website now goes somewhere unrelated; use its social pages. Facebook · Instagram

Siam Board Games Cafe, CentralWorld

The café side of Siam Board Games, a Thai game publisher. The CentralWorld branch is inside B2S on the fourth floor, between BTS Siam and Chit Lom, and is open daily from 12:00 to 21:00. Play starts at ฿49 an hour, depending on the promotion running. There are branches in B2S or similar shops at Central Eastville, Central Westgate, Mega Bangna, The Mall Ngamwongwan, Lotus's Bangna-Trad, Central Future Park Rangsit and Fashion Island, so if you are already at a mall, it may be the nearest. One reviewer found the games mostly in Thai. Website

Tortuga, Banthat Thong

An izakaya and board game bar on Banthat Thong Road, on the Chula side. It is a bar first: come for food, drinks and a game rather than an hourly table. Open daily from 16:00 to 02:00, which makes it the late option on this side of town. It doesn't publish a game fee. Facebook

Victory Monument, Ratchada and Kasetsart

Turn The Tables, Victory Monument

A third-floor games room on Soi Ratchawithi 3, upstairs from Let's Say Café, which supplies the food and drink. Google Maps lists it under Let's Say. It calls itself a co-playing space and runs Magic: The Gathering events, and reviewers mention an owner who speaks very good English. Open daily from 14:00 to 22:00. A 2024 guide put the price at ฿50 an hour or ฿180 for the day; the café doesn't publish a current price. Facebook

Tea Run Fun Toy, Ratchada

On Ratchadaphisek Road near MRT Huai Khwang, with laser tag next door. It opens at 14:00 on weekdays and 12:00 at weekends, and stays open until 02:00 on Friday and Saturday nights. Regulars can buy a ฿699 monthly membership. A 2024 guide gave hourly prices of ฿39 on weekdays and ฿59 at weekends; ask for today's rate. Facebook

Box & Brew, Kasetsart

On Phahon Yothin Soi 40, next to a FamilyMart and opposite Kasetsart University, so expect students. Open from 12:00 to 21:00 on weekdays and until 22:00 at weekends. A 2024 guide gave ฿40 an hour or ฿200 for the day; the café doesn't publish a current price. Facebook

Ekkamai and further down Sukhumvit

GameHaus, Ekkamai

At 495/1 Sukhumvit 63, on Ekkamai Road, sharing the building with Mary's Cafe. This is the old Kopi-O, which moved from Sukhumvit 31. Reviewers say the game masters explain rules in Thai and English, and one put the price at ฿60 per person an hour late last year. Open Tuesday to Sunday from 11:00 to midnight; closed on Mondays. Facebook

COUCOU Social Game Bar & Café, Ekkamai

A game bar on Ekkamai Soi 12 built for meeting people. Entry is ฿80 per person, which covers unlimited games and snacks, and you're expected to order something from the bar or kitchen. It runs weekly social nights: Meet & Play on Wednesdays from 18:00, The Social Guild on Thursdays from 18:00 for expats and locals in their 20s and 30s, and Social Night on Saturdays from 19:30, mostly in English. Open Tuesday to Sunday until 02:00; closed on Mondays. Walk in or reserve a table. Website

Battlefield Bangkok, Sukhumvit 101/1

Battlefield is mainly a tabletop role-playing and Warhammer place, in a hobby shop on the second floor at 71 Sukhumvit 101/1, opposite the Olive Hotel, reached by the skywalk from BTS Punnawithi. Its weekly D&D, Warhammer and Magic groups are the main draw, but there are board games on the shelves too, and it costs nothing to drop in and play. It has been running since 2009, its coffee shop sells drinks and food, and its staff speak English and Thai. Open daily from 12:00 to 23:00. It also hosts a Thursday game night. Website · Facebook

Further out

More Than a Game, Rama 3

More Than a Game turned 11 in 2025 and marked it by reopening in the Rimtara Building at 376/196 Rama 3 Road, after leaving I'm Park at Chula. It has a big library, games to buy or rent, a full food menu and free parking. Its own posts and its Google Maps listing give different opening hours, so call 081 964 9091 before you go. Hungry Hub sells packages of games with two dishes and three drinks for ฿299 on weekdays and ฿349 at weekends. Facebook

Fun House, Thawi Watthana

Only worth the trip if you live in west Bangkok. Fun House is on Phutthamonthon Sai 3 Soi 21, says it has thousands of games, and is open daily from 13:00 to midnight. Book on 089 001 0939. Facebook

Closed: don't make the trip

Older guides and map results still list these. All have closed or moved:

• Knight's Tale at U-Center, Chula: marked permanently closed.
• Sheldon Ekamai, the 24-hour café on Sukhumvit 63: permanently closed.
• Meeples & More, Ruamrudee: permanently closed.
• More Than a Game, Thonglor 13 and I'm Park Chula: closed; the café is now on Rama 3.
• Dice Cafe in Ari: closed in mid-2023, going by its own last posts.
• Kopi-O, Sukhumvit 31: moved to Ekkamai as GameHaus.

Which one to pick

• Coming alone or new in town: COUCOU's social nights or Battlefield, where staff speak English and play is free.
• A group in central Bangkok: The Stronghold or Quest, both a short walk from the BTS.
• The biggest shelf: Dice Cup.
• Late at night: Tortuga, COUCOU, or Tea Run Fun Toy on Fridays and Saturdays.
• Cheapest: Battlefield, which charges nothing to play.

For a hosted game with a set start time, see the Bangkok board game night calendar. For the different kinds of game-night crowd, from social deduction to chess, read our guide to quiz and game nights.