Pathunam Market
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Pathunam Market
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Pathunam Area
Around Petchburi Road soi 21
Bangkok,
Thailand
Type: Shopping
Pathunam is an area of central Bangkok. It is well known for its clothing market. Here, inexpensive ready-made clothes of all kinds are on sale – both for retail and gross sales. This takes place both in the streets and in department store like surroundings.
The heart of the Pathunam market is located in the small soi’s between Sri Ayutthaya and Petchburi road, at the foot of Baiyoke Sky Hotel. Here the streets are filled with a bazaar of vendors offering all kinds of clothing. Though these small streets, a crowd of potential buyers mill around, looking for some of the best clothing deals in the capital. Whether you are looking for jeans, t-shirts, underwear or whatever, you find it here, often in very cool versions, but be prepared to bargain. This is a market and as such, all the usual rules of psychological sales warfare apply. Come prepared to haggle.
Spread out among the different sellers is numerous opportunities for eating Thai Street food. Like with everything else you do in Thailand, your next meal is never far away.
For the visitor, Pathunam offers a number of exciting possibilities. First, there is the opportunity to purchase clothing at prices that go unrivalled anywhere else in Bangkok. At the same time, the selection is extremely broad. Any kind of clothes you might desire should be found somewhere in the soi’s around Pathunam. This is where many Thai’s go to shop, as well as foreign whole sellers, and especially the Thai presence can be felt. This is not a tourist trap – this is where you go to shop and look around for clothes, maybe even hang out. It is a Mecca for any clothing buyer looking for a great deal.

A potential alternative to Pathunam is Bo Bae Market, another clothing market focused on value. Another more organized option is Maboonklong Department Store (MBK) but as this is more clearly retail, the prices also go up slightly. Another similar option would be The Platinum Fashion Mall.