K Village in Bangkok, Thailand - an Upscale Lifestyle Mall Where Shopping, Dining and Spas Are Just the Beginning

In the last few years, Bangkok, Thailand has gotten into lifestyle malls in a big way. As the country becomes more affluent and cities like Bangkok highly developed, lifestyle malls like K Village are the cool places to shop, eat, relax with friends and even get a beauty treatment. K Village is one of the newest lifestyle malls in Bangkok. Located in the ultra-trendy Phrom Phong-Thong Lor area of town, K Village is an extremely large open-air mall with lots to offer the casual shopper, serious diner and beauty and fashion connoisseur.

Where is K Village? - Relatively easy to get to, you'll find K Village in between the Thong Lor and Phrom Phong BTS sky train stations. Best way to get to is it take a sky train to Phrom Phong station then grab a motorbike taxi or a regular taxi up to K Village on Sukhumvit Soi 26.

Shopping at K Village - I'm a huge fan of Bangkok's lifestyle malls as they're fashionable, trendy and a wonderful place to shop, eat, and people watch, as well as to take photos of some of the city's coolest new restaurants and cafes. K Village is no disappointment in that regard, that's for sure.

Shopping-wise, like most other Bangkok lifestyle malls, the shops on offer are not cheap. But, if you like unusual, stylish and fun, you'll find some wonderful things at K Village.

Look for fashionable clothing at boutiques like Apostrophe, Rebecca and By Sugar. For men, Praise has some incredible tailored pieces, and Apostrophe's men's section is extremely stylish and fun. For kids, there's the cutest little shop for girly girls - Girl's Story - and don't miss MuMu if you like your children to wear unusual, beautiful quality t shirts.

If you like to buy beauty products, D'etre has the most amazing products all made from natural ingredients, and Patch is wonderful for nail polish, lipstick and body lotion.

Don't miss doing your weekly grocery shopping at Gourmet Market either. Just like the main stores at Siam Paragon and Emporium, K Village's Gourmet Market sells superbly fresh produce, has a huge deli department and is the place to buy imported-just-about-any-type-of-food-from-anywhere.

Dining at K Village - Restaurants and cafes are where K Village really shines. With a huge choice of Thai, Asian and International cuisine, as well as your usual upscale coffee houses and ice cream parlors, I could eat every meal here and then some.

If you like Chinese cuisine, King's Palace is excellent. There's a great choice of Japanese restaurants with more than 10 eateries, including Nobu, Ootoya, and Coco Ichibanya (they serve awesome Japanese curries).

For Thai, Yum and Tum is cute and has kick-ass noodles, and if you like Italian, Capri is the spot.

For desserts, which seem to be the in-thing in Bangkok lately, you can't go wrong with Mango Tango or Crave (incredible cheesecakes and cupcakes) and, of course, there's the usual ice cream parlors - in this case, Red Mango and Homu.

After shopping and dining, stop off at one of K Village's many spas and beauty shops, (Bangkok Hands does incredible massages). Or, if you're with the wife or girlfriend and need a place to call your own, there's an iBeat (Apple products), a Callaway sporting goods store and, of course, a luxury car dealership, which if you want a Ferrari here's where you'll find one.

K Village really does have something for everyone and, with its fashionable and stylish design and packed with some of Bangkok's beautiful people, if you're looking for upscale, cool and yet relaxing, K Village is the place.

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