Bangkok dinner cruise

Why book your own boat?

A Bangkok dinner cruise on a shared boat sits you next to strangers. Your own boat is just your group, your menu and your music.

You sail at sunset past the Grand Palace, and dinner comes out as Wat Arun lights up gold across the water.

A birthday for 30 or the whole office of 200, there's a boat that fits.

Ask Tanner your number, and he holds the boat. For the rest of the night, see our Bangkok nightlife guide, or compare the shared boats on our Bangkok river cruise page.

What does an evening for 12 cost?

An evening for 12 costs ฿18,000 for the open bar, plus your own river boat for 3 hours, which Tanner quotes to your plan.

Insider tip: the open bar is the line that grows with the group, so tell Tanner your real number early. Ask Tanner to price your evening today.

Which dinner cruise boat suits you?

The right dinner cruise boat goes by your number: up to 16, up to 40 seated, or 150 to 200. Every boat is yours alone.

For up to 16, our own river boat is the easy pick. For a formal seated dinner of up to 40, take the teak barge on the river, an evening with real style. For the whole company, a river catamaran takes 150 to 200, with dinner, an MC and a band or DJ.

Insider tip: the barge and the catamaran are quoted to your plan, never sold by the seat, so the menu and the running order are yours. Ask Tanner which boat fits your number.

What will you see from the deck?

From the deck you see old Bangkok lit up: Wat Arun, the Grand Palace and the river bridges, down the river and back.

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Every Chao Phraya dinner cruise runs this same stretch, so the view is the same on a big boat or your own.

Wat Arun, the Temple of Dawn, glows gold; the Grand Palace sits across the river; ICONSIAM and Asiatique shine on the banks; and the Memorial and Rama VIII bridges light the way.

From 13 November to 13 December 2026, the Vijit Chao Phraya festival lights up both banks of the river with light, colour and sound, the Tourism Authority of Thailand's festival calendar shows (checked November 2026).

Insider tip: sit facing the old city on the way up, and the temples are on your side both ways. Ask Tanner to time your boat for the festival nights.

What can you add to the boat?

You can add a DJ, a band, a photographer or hosts to the boat. Dinner is only the start.

• The DJ: on deck from ฿8,000, or a live band and an MC.
• The show: flowers and a backdrop for the photos.
• The photographer: ฿10,000 to catch every toast.
• Hosts and performers: hosts and performers for your party keep the energy up with the DJ.

After the boat, the cars take you to one of Bangkok's best rooftop bars, then your own VIP section at one of the best clubs in Bangkok, some open until 4am.

Name it, and it's done. Plan it with Tanner.

When is the best night to sail?

Sail at sunset and you catch the city lights coming on.

Loy Krathong, Tuesday 24 November 2026, is the big one: float your krathong off the side under the full moon. New Year's Eve puts you on the water at midnight. Songkran, 13 to 15 April 2027, gives you a calm, dry evening away from the water fights.

Insider tip: book two to four weeks ahead, and by early November for Loy Krathong and New Year's Eve. Ask Tanner to hold your date now.

Sunset or after dark?

Board before sunset and you get both: the sky going orange, then Wat Arun lit gold.

It's the easiest Bangkok boat party there is: the bar opens once you're aboard, and the club is a short drive from the pier.

Since 12 May 2026, selling and drinking alcohol is banned at public piers and on public passenger boats, under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Committee's notice published by the Department of Disease Control. The rule names public boats, not private charters, so the drinks start once you're on your own boat.

Tanner's pick: sail at sunset, never later. The first half hour on the water is the best of the evening. Ask Tanner for the sunset slot.

Bangkok dinner cruise in short

• What it is: a Bangkok dinner cruise with us is your own boat on the Chao Phraya, with nobody else on board.

• Our own river boat takes up to 16; a teak barge takes up to 40 seated and a river catamaran 150 to 200.
• Shared hotel cruises run set routes at set times; your own boat sails when you choose.
• Your own boat runs 3 hours; the open bar is ฿1,500 a guest, and Tanner quotes the boat.
• Alcohol is banned at public piers and on public passenger boats since 12 May 2026; the bar opens on your own boat.
• Loy Krathong, Tuesday 24 November 2026, is the best evening of the year on the river.

Checked November 2026.

How it works

One message, and the whole evening is handled.

• Ask Tanner your date and how many of you.
• He sends the boats that fit, with one price for the boat, the food, the bar and the music.
• You pick one, and he books it all, cars included.
• The car picks you up, and the drinks are cold when you board.

Plan it with Tanner, and he lines up the whole evening, pier to club.