The Commons Thonglor is the first place I ventured out to when I arrived in Bangkok. As I was new to the city and in a new house my pawrents didn’t want to leave me alone. They came across The Commons and wanted to try it out.
My new house was within walking distance to it, so it was pawfect for me. A short 10 minutes walk and we had arrived. We headed there for lunch so it was pretty quiet as it was still quite hot. Also not so many people are out and about because of the covid restrictions.
The Concept
There are 4 stories in total. Each floor has places serving food and drinks with the higher floors having speciality stores such as a florist and beauty salon. There is also a play yard which is great for kids. They hold many activities especially on weekends along with pilates and yoga sessions.
On the top floor there is a garden section which is perfect for us four legged creatures to sniff around and go about our business. As well as The Commons kitchen offering cooking classes and a place to hold private parties.
We took a sniff around all areas before heading back down to the ground floor where the majority of food vendors are. Doggos are only allowed in the outdoor areas but they are all covered so even if it’s raining it’s still perfect.
There are plenty of seating options from standard tables and chairs to concrete steps with cushions on enabling your furry friends to sit at the same level as you.
We chose to eat at the Korean BBQ restaurant on the first floor as my hoomans love Korean food. It was outdoors too so we could all walk around together to see what was on offer. They had a BBQ samgyupsal and a kimchijjiage and both were extremely good quality. Price is a bit on the high side but definitely worth it.
Ground Floor
The ground floor is set out with different food and drinks vendors and communal seating. Each person in the gorup can choose different food or drinks options but all still sit together, so it’s a really good concept. Most places will give you a little buzzer so you can wait with your friends until the food is ready. Then you can go back inside to collect the food once it’s ready.
After they had eaten we went back down to the ground floor and found a nice seating area to base ourselves at. As doggos are only allowed outside, it meant that one pawrent had to stay with me whilst the other went inside to see what drinks options were available and then report back before ordering. Or they could have taken turns to go have a look around before ordering. Now that they know what is there it will make it easier for the next time we visit.
There’s a great bar with a large selection of craft beers and ciders. As well as a wine shop selling both bottles and glasses of wine. There was a cider promotion on when we visited and a bottle of imported fruity cider was only 100 baht. The craft beer was more expensive at 280 baht a pint.
I sat happily with my water and the occasional treat. There were plenty of other doggos there ranging from small doggos like me to a big fluffy Samoyed. I was super well behaved and didn’t even bark once, which makes a change. Especially when the server brought our drinks to us! Some of the other dogs were a bit barky, but there was music on so you couldn’t really hear. As it’s a well known dog friendly place, noone seemed to be bothered.
Live Music
Later in the evening, they had some live music playing. Even though the band were inside, they had the music playing through the speakers so we could enjoy it outside too. As the evening went on, the place got quite busy, with strict social distancing in place. It was a really pleasant atmosphere and definitely somewhere I will go back to once the latest covid restrictions are lifted.
Don’t forget to check out other pet friendly places in Bangkok while you are here. Or you can check out my shop. For now woof woof, Wylie.