In the room
The room
Ari is the neighbourhood north of Victory Monument, a good one to eat in, and Josh Hotel sits on Soi Ari 4, the north side, eight minutes from the BTS. Up one flight is Long Play: a warm, slightly mysterious room in dark tones, in Time Out's phrase, with a large projector throwing images across one wall and the records racked around it. The projector is the odd detail. Most listening rooms give you nothing to look at on purpose. This one gives you a wall.
Rotating DJs set the direction most nights. The hotel's own page puts live jazz on Friday and Saturday with the Club Patongko DJ team, which is as specific as the sources get about the programme.
Who made it
The people
Josh Hotel, which runs the bar as part of the building. The hotel's Instagram is the only account published, and it is the hotel's, not the bar's.
Which night
The night
Friday or Saturday for the jazz. Eat in Ari first, because Ari is a better place to eat than almost anywhere else on this list, then come up for the cocktail list and the wall. Tuesday to Sunday, 18:00 to 01:00, closed Monday. Tables can be reserved through the hotel's Nightify link, which is the kind of sentence that tells you a hotel is involved.
Insider tip
Walk in knowing
Eat in Ari, then go up one flight. Friday and Saturday are the jazz nights; book through the hotel if it matters.
Why it fits
Why it is in the atlas
A hotel record bar that gives you a wall to look at, which most listening rooms refuse to do, and two jazz nights a week in the best eating neighbourhood on the list.
Straight from the source
The bar's own page
Hours, the week's programme and any closure come from the bar itself. Opens joshhotel.com in a new tab.
Plan the trip
When to go, hours, getting there
Best time to go
Friday or Saturday for the live jazz. Eat in Ari first.
Hours
Tue to Sun 18:00 to 01:00, closed Monday (Time Out Bangkok, 24 Jul 2026). Live jazz Friday and Saturday with the Club Patongko DJ team, per the hotel's page.
Getting there
2nd floor, Josh Hotel, 19/2 Soi Ari 4 Fang Nua (north side), Phaya Thai, Bangkok 10400. BTS Ari, about eight minutes on foot. Phone 062 942 0338.
FAQ
Questions people ask
Where is Long Play Music and Bar?
On the second floor of Josh Hotel, 19/2 Soi Ari 4 Fang Nua (the north side of Soi Ari 4), Phaya Thai, Bangkok. About eight minutes on foot from BTS Ari. Coordinates: 13.783875, 100.544025.
When is Long Play open?
Tuesday to Sunday, 18:00 to 01:00, closed Monday, per Time Out Bangkok in July 2026.
Which nights have live jazz?
Friday and Saturday, with the Club Patongko DJ team, according to the hotel's own page. Rotating DJs play vinyl on the other nights.
Can you book a table?
Yes, through the hotel's Nightify link, or by phone on 062 942 0338.
Why is Long Play in the Sonic Paths atlas?
A record bar with a projector wall and two jazz nights a week, in Ari, the best neighbourhood on this list to eat in first.
Sources (3)
- Time Out Bangkok, Long Play Music and Bar listing, 24 Jul 2026
- Josh Hotel, Long Play Music Bar page, checked 20 Oct 2026
- Time Out Bangkok, 14 vinyl record bars, 24 Jul 2026
Every fact on this page comes from one of these, read on 20 October 2026. Where two disagree, both are shown.
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