In the room
The room
Cross the Ping on Nawarat Bridge and San Pa Koi Road is on the far side, in Wat Ket, about two kilometres from Deaf Shop. Number 46/1 is a laid-back café by day and a cocktail bar by night, packed with retro games and consoles, mostly Japanese, which is the first thing you notice and the thing the name is about. The bar stools face the decks. That detail is the one that puts it on these pages.
DJ Bird brought his vinyl collection here from his former bar, First Press: jazz, funk and city pop at the core, with hip-hop, house and electro added since. Some of the records are for sale. Social, and loud when it wants to be.
Who made it
The people
DJ Bird, whose First Press collection this is. No opening date is published for the current room.
Which night
The night
A night with a visiting DJ. Travelling DJs play styles from funk to drum and bass almost every night, and the stools face them. A cocktail at the stools. The hours are odd and the source disagrees with itself: 10:00 to midnight, and Time Out says both open daily and closed Monday. The Monday closure is the safer reading, and no 2026 source has settled it.
Insider tip
Walk in knowing
Take a stool facing the decks and ask what is for sale. Cross the river by Grab; the walk over Nawarat Bridge is thirty minutes.
Why it fits
Why it is in the atlas
A café-bar whose stools face the decks, built around one DJ's collection carried over from a previous bar. The social end of Chiang Mai's vinyl set, across the river.
Plan the trip
When to go, hours, getting there
Best time to go
A night with a visiting DJ, which is most nights. Avoid Monday until a source settles it.
Hours
10:00 to 00:00. Time Out (18 Aug 2025) says both open daily and closed Monday; the Monday closure is the safer reading. No 2026 source has confirmed the hours.
Getting there
46/1 San Pa Koi Road, Wat Ket, Mueang Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai 50000, east of the Ping river. About 2 km from Deaf Shop: a Grab, or thirty minutes on foot across Nawarat Bridge. Phone 097 978 9894.
FAQ
Questions people ask
Where is The Toys Club?
46/1 San Pa Koi Road, Wat Ket, east of the Ping river in Chiang Mai. About 2 km from Deaf Shop: a Grab, or thirty minutes on foot across Nawarat Bridge. Coordinates: 18.78657, 99.007041.
When is The Toys Club open?
10:00 to midnight. Time Out's August 2025 listing says both open daily and closed Monday, so treat Monday as doubtful. No 2026 source has confirmed the hours.
Who plays?
DJ Bird, with the vinyl collection he brought from his former bar First Press, and travelling DJs playing styles from funk to drum and bass almost every night.
Can you buy records?
Some of the records are for sale. Ask at the bar.
Why is The Toys Club in the Sonic Paths atlas?
A café-bar with stools facing the decks and one DJ's collection carried over from a previous bar: the social end of Chiang Mai's vinyl set.
Sources (2)
- Time Out Chiang Mai, The Toys Club listing, 18 Aug 2025
- Time Out Chiang Mai, top 11 places to dig for vinyl, 18 Aug 2025
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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