Top 5 shopping mall in Thailand

Suggestions of tourist

1. MBK (Mah boon krong).
This is my pick for #1 Mall because of size and price. It's situated right next to the National Stadium sky train stop so is easy to get to. There are more than 3,000 shops on 8 floors. They sell Thai crafts, silks, make-up, clothes, copied DVDs and CDs, computer games, food, toys, electronics, computers, cameras, vitamins, medication, perfumes, gold, jewelry, purses, leather goods, and furniture. It's also the place in Bangkok to buy cell phones, with more than 300 shops selling both used and new phones. A large movie theatre is on the top floor with tickets around $2.50 to see a new movie. Prices at MBK are amazing and, at the stalls on the higher floors, you can barter.
It's also packed full of restaurant and cafes, so it's easy to stop for a rest and a snack or a full lunch or dinner if you're tired. On the fifth floor, there is a very large International Food court called Fifth Food Avenue that serves excellent Indian, Thai, Chinese, Greek, and Vietnamese food among other cuisines, at inexpensive prices. If you want to eat here, I'd recommend either Fifth Food Avenue, Chester's (Thai fast food) or one of the Thai noodle places that are on every floor.

2. Central World Plaza (formerly known as World Trade Center).
This mall has been renovated twice in the last five years, the most recent renovation happening this year. It's a very large upscale mall on Rajadamri Road about a 5 minute walk from Chidlom sky train station.

The mall has hundreds of stores including many of the upscale Western designer brands. It has an excellent food court and a lot of new Asian and Western restaurant from cheap chains to more upmarket eateries. It also has the largest supermarket I've seen in Thailand, which sells many of the Western foods you couldn't get here before. Prices aren't cheap, but it's worth going if you're really craving that British or American nosh. It also has an ice-skating rink and a cinema.

3. Siam Paragon. Siam Paragon
is the newest mega mall in Bangkok. Slap bang next to the main sky train station, Siam, it is the most upscale mall in Bangkok. It's on 21 acres of land, has many floors and includes a large food court downstairs, many upmarket restaurant throughout the building, a huge Thai craft center, cinemas, a large supermarket, the biggest English bookstore in Thailand and southeast Asia's largest indoor aquarium. There's also a fabulous True Internet cafe that serves perfect lattes and where you can get high-speed internet access on a huge flat screen computer for only 50 baht per hour (currently around $1.30).

4. The Emporium.

Located at Phrom Phong sky train station, it is the former number # 1 shopping mall in Bangkok. Next to Siam Paragon and Central World Plaza it now looks quite small, but it still has a nice appeal.

It has many Western designer brands, a large department store, nice movie theatre, one of the best food courts in Thailand, and lots of other restaurants. I also enjoy the two English book stores, the design exhibit on the 6th floor, and the Starbucks and Au Bon Pain cafes on the first floor. Both cafes have a beautiful view of the park next door and are relaxing to spend a couple of hours in reading the newspaper and people watching.

5. Seacon Square.
This older mall is more of a traditional Thai mall. It's quite a way out of the city, relatively near the new Suvarnabhumi International Airport, and is absolutely enormous. I chose this as number 5 because it is so Thai. It doesn't have the glitzy designer stores most of the other malls have. Instead it's comprised of mostly Thai companies and stores. There are a few Western restaurants, but many more Thai ones. It also has a big Office Center, Yoyoland - a children's amusement centre that has a roller coaster and log flume and a Robinson's Department Store. There is a big Thai Food Market, and lots of little stalls selling inexpensive Thai products