Local Boys Coffee Co. - Two Ways

📍 Local Boys Coffee Co. — Song Wat 994 Samphanthawong, Bangkok 10100 🛺 How to get there: MRT to Wat Mangkon, Exit 1. Walk 10 minutes past old shophouses and drying squid. You’ll know it when you see the orange. Tucked into a narrow lane off Song Wat, the OG Local Boys is small, industrial, and refreshingly unbothered by your Instagram story. Cement bar, bright orange details, a few stools—no seating theatrics, just good design and caffeine. 🥤What I got: Peanut Butter Don’t overthink it. This is espresso and peanut butter blended cold, served in a chunky metal can. It’s rich but not cloying, nutty but not “novelty,” and shockingly smooth. No sugary gimmicks. Just a well-executed coffee that tastes exactly how you hope it will when you order something called Peanut Butter. The guys behind the bar? Handsome, soft-spoken, and somehow cooler than you even if they’re just rinsing cups. ⸻ 📍 Local Boys Coffee Co. — Thonglor Thonglor Soi 13, Bangkok 🚆 How to get there: BTS to Thong Lo, Exit 3. Take a motorbike or walk about 10–15 min. You’ll pass luxury cars and bored poodles. The café is behind the back of The Third Place Thonglor. Thonglor’s version is bigger, sleeker, and surprisingly low-key for a neighborhood where iced coffee sometimes costs more than rent. Still orange. Still minimal. Still run by people who understand that making a good drink doesn’t require yelling about it. 🥤What I got: Warrior Robot This is not some sparkly soda-espresso hybrid. It’s a beast: strong caramel coffee topped with a scoop of custom caramel ice cream, Biscoff cookie for crunch, and chewy little blobs of house-made caramel jelly. Sounds like a sugar bomb, but the sweetness is measured. There’s structure to it. Coffee still leads the way. It’s the kind of drink you order because you’re tired of being sensible and want to chew on your feelings. ⸻ Final Thoughts: Both locations feel like someone’s stylish cousin opened a coffee shop without telling you. Subtle, sharp, zero fluff. If you want big flavors without being coddled, Local Boys gets it right.