6pm: Martinis always taste better at altitude, and the 55th floor of the new Centara Grand Hotel overlooks Siam Square and a satisfyingly panoramic slice of the city. Sit on silk cushions at the wind-protected tables on the veranda as the neon-lit Art Deco arch subtly changes colour overhead. (Centara Grand at Central World, +66 2 100 1234, 11.30am-2.30pm and 5pm-1am, centralhotelresorts.com).

8pm: Eat at Long Table, where the ‘long table’ in question seats 70 people in this mesmerising new restaurant. Hardwood pathways lead you past mirrored modern art installations to sleek booths or a corner of The Table, where designer-clad waiting staff serve up modern Asian dishes such as grilled Wagyu sirloin. Take your post-meal digestive on the 25th floor balcony. (25/F, The Column Residence, Sukhumvit Soi 16, +66 2 302 2557, 11am-2am, longtablebangkok.com).

10pm: There might just be time to pick up some fake designer market clobber before the triple bill of Tina Turner. Elvis and Tom Jones kicks off. Newly refurbished for the summer, Pat Pong’s best kept secret promises a free show of three international megastars, or at least, reasonable facsimiles thereof. (76, Patpong Soi 1, Silom Road, +66 2 266 4567, 7pm-2am, no website).

11pm: Book ahead for the futuristic lounge of Bed SupperClub, a none-more-white alien pod in the middle of Sukhumvit where diners eat fully reclined on designer divans. The club here approximates a cocktail party on the space shuttle, so expect ambient grooves and a knowingly hip crowd that gradually slink down from the attached restaurant. International cocktail maestros are on hand with inventions such as the Kiwi Secret or Full Moon. (26 Soi Sukhumvit 11, Sukhumvit Road, +66 2 651 3537, 7.30pm-1am, bedsupperclub.com).

1am: Street eats are the late night finale of choice in Bangkok, and you can join the post-clubbing crowds for a classier selection at Soi 38 Night Market, a famous Sukhumvit food stop. Friendly clubbers of all social strata dissect their evenings over cheap (from 30 Thai bhat) and cheerful plates of roast duck, fish ball noodles and pad thai before hailing one of the ever-present tuk-tuks (Soi 38, Sukhumvit, 8am-3am, no website, no phone number).

2am: Bring the night full circle by directing your tuk-tuk driver to the glowing ‘blooming lotus’ design of the newest addition to Bangkok’s high-end hotel scene. The 505 rooms are fashioned along elemental, feng-shui-chic lines, modern Asian design coupled with traditional sliding panels that open up the bathroom for maximum chi flow, at least conveying the illusion of serenity in the unabashed chaos of central Bangkok. (Centara Grand at Central World, +66 2 100 1234, centralhotelresorts.com).