IconSiam Bangkok

[Jellybean]

Gay expats and gay tourists looking for somewhere new to shop and eat, or while away a few hours, might like to consider visiting IconSiam, Bangkok’s newest shopping mall.

The following information was received via email from BBB Inn Bangkok, which I thought was worth sharing with members:

Bangkok certainly has no shortage in shopping malls. Iconsiam is the newest edition. Be impressed when you arrive by boat. It seems to float on the river bank like 3 giant banana boats (Krathongs). The huge glass front has no straight line. The whole place imitates the waves of the river. Truly modern architecture Thai style.

The main focus are 50 Japanese shops and department stores. The food court looks like a floating market. Explore the variety of Thai eating and drinking on the ground floor. The fine dining is under the roof.

You can endlessly stroll past any kind of merchandise you can think of. Enjoy the variety, the colours, the luxury. If you plan to go shopping, bring some extra cash or better a solid credit card. You will need it.

Also bring a coat. The place is freezing cold. If you want to defrost, grab a hot coffee, chocolate or tea and visit the fabulous balcony. You have a stunning view of the river.

Take the free shuttle boats from the Sathorn pier. They run from 9:00 to 23:00 h every 10 minutes.

Iconsiam is the biggest mall in Bangkok. At least right now. Until we get a bigger one.

Source: http://bbbinn.com/

And this is what Wikipedia has to say: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iconsiam

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[a447]

Looks awesome! It could give Siam Paragon a run for its money.

Let's go shopping!

[neddy3]

Will it be like Siam Paragon?
Empty shops and packed food court?

[frequent]

Will it be like Siam Paragon? Empty shops and packed food court?

True, and who wants to go out towards Nonthaburi? However I understand from friends with live-in boys that it's a very popular destination

[Patanawet]

Just what we need in Bangkok -- another mall.
Emporium and Emquartier (and Paragon) are developing another site close to Emporium --- used to the the dinosaur.
So yet another mall that I can never find the exit in!

[justaguy]

True, and who wants to go out towards Nonthaburi? However I understand from friends with live-in boys that it's a very popular destination

Iconsiam is nowhere near Nonthaburi of course. I guess you meant to say Thonburi...

[sglad]

Will it be like Siam Paragon?
Empty shops and packed food court?

High-end stores don't "pack in the crowds" but tend to have a slow but steady stream of customers, usually regulars unless there's a super mark-down or stock clearance sale which will attract the hoi polloi. Even then, regulars usually get invited to a pre-sale event where they get the first pick of what's on offer.

[Smiles]

High-end stores don't "pack in the crowds" but tend to have a slow but steady stream of customers, usually regulars unless there's a super mark-down or stock clearance sale which will attract the hoi polloi. Even then, regulars usually get invited to a pre-sale event where they get the first pick of what's on offer.

. . . and sometimes the store is actually locked with an attendant inside to make sure you aren't the riff raff. Hermes used to do this, though I'm not sure if they still do. My beloved bottle of 'Terre D'Hermes' lasts 4 or 5 years so I don't appear all that often: so long as Mr Pot is not spraying it all over his clothes.
I doubt also that many looky-loos actually step inside the Lamborghini or Mclaren store. They just put their dirty noses on the glass walls. The sales staff in those joints are ecstatic to sell one every two months or so.

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[frequent]

. . . and sometimes the store is actually locked with an attendant inside to make sure you aren't the riff raff.

If you're in luck the attendant will give you a head job (a friend of mine received such while trying on a pair of trousers)

[DoubleDutch]

Link to Wikipedia page, going by photos this new mall makes Paragon look like Walmart.
But largest mall in Bangkok? Central World seems largest now, and it is massive, it's impossible not to get lost in the mall side.

Wikipedia: "ICONSIAM is one kilometer from the nearest BTS Skytrain station, a monorail, to be completed in 2019,[7] will connect the complex to Krung Thonburi station on the BTS Skytrain Silom Line".

Siam Paragon, Gaysorn, Siam Square, Discovery, Central Chidlim, MBK are all within walking distance on Sukhumvit. Skkywalk or walk on sidewalks. Only 2 stops on BTS gets you to Patpong area and Silom. New mall is far, who wants to take the Silom line across the river, and then another extension?
Thai love to walk around in malls. Malls in Bangkok seem their version of parks of large Western cities, places to just walk around. Indoor parks with almost no seating, without fresh air, without anything green, with no view, no windows, giant air conditionined boxes.