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For restaurants, you might want to try Sara Jane's. Look it up - it has a good write-up and directions on tripadvisor. It is in the Sathorn area and has excellent Isan food, including great bbq chicken (kai yang), papaya salad (somtam), and sticky rice (khao niow). Another restaurant worth a look is Cabbages and Condoms on Sukhumvit Soi 12. It has both indoor seating and outdoor seating in a garden area with not-too-expensive Thai food and often features live traditional Thai entertainment.

Couples as well as single women do go to the strip clubs. If you are curious, you might try the Soi Cowboy area, which I always thought was more couples friendly. It is right off Sukhumvit Soi 21 (Soi Asoke) near a BTS and subway station and more or less walking distance from Cabbages and Condoms, if you wind up in that area. Having said that, it has been a few years since I went to Soi Cowboy, so my information may be dated now.

Tilapia has information on a few excellent and inexpensive restaurants in the Rattanakosin area not far from KSR. Hopefully he'll get a moment to mention those too. Cheers.

Huai Khwang, while as naughty as the best of 'em, is very Thai. Language could start to be an issue there if ahsagl is short on Thai language skills.

Exacto - I don't think you'd have a problem being unwelcome. Perhaps not super friendly, like in some places. But I don't think you'd get hassled. Almost everywhere I go for anything is "for locals", since that's all we've got out here. And I've never been unwelcome anywhere. I've been to that neighborhood and I didn't have any problems at all. BUT, English was not spoken a lot there. I had to use my Thai (as I do out here).

The Cowboy doesn't do it for me. Really, in the erotic club department, only the high end places like I suggested are something I think a woman who doesn't have a strong lesbian bent would find entertaining. Nana is also over the top. And I really dislike Patpong. That covers BKKs foreigner locations. Also, while I am not trying to be too judgemental, some of the patrons of Soi Cowboy are, well, maybe not the most suave in the world. The Cowboy is a down and dirty kind of place, whereas something like The Pimp has some class to it. On the other hand, we are talking a huge difference in cash and the OP did not mention how much he wants to spend.

I would highly recommend Asiatique Riverside Market as a great place for Food and live music. it is on the expensive side of Thailand but still cheap as far as uk prices and also to me the Skybar at Lebua is a must but check out dress code before going or you may be turned away..