BANGKOK 11 September 2020 – In a city renowned for its rooftop bars, this week marked the opening of a new standard bearer for open air drinking: Paradise Lost at the Siam@Siam Design Hotel. A neo-tropical bar and social habitat, Paradise Lost is a signature project for the team at Siam@Siam.

As the name foreshadows, Paradise Lost is inspired by a post-apocalyptic world, one in which climate change and environmental trauma have banished lush, tropical biosystems to the hazy reaches of distant memory. The only hope for resurrection lies in sustainable and thoughtful living.

Bold colours, lights and greenery at Paradise Lost

Led by Managing Director Khun Pranai Phornprapha and General Manager Justin Swart, Paradise Lost is more than two years in the making. In collaboration with Proof Creative and award-winning Australian designers MASH, the Siam@Siam team developed a multi-level, maze-like venue with 360-degree views of the Bangkok skyline. Featuring three distinct bars, stunning wraparound ledges, a multitude of hideaways for guests, bold neon lighting, and liberal dashes of neo-tropical colour, Paradise Lost is all about escapism.

“We always wanted to create something very conceptual, a hidden sanctuary which allows us to spread the message about sustainability,” notes Phornprapha, “We would like for our visitors to feel like they’ve entered another world and hope that both locals and tourists will enjoy our unique twist on the modern bar experience.”

The drinks program at Paradise Lost is managed by Head Bartender and ‘Good Times Guide’ Gabriel Lowe. Lowe is the creator of Black Bear in Bogotá and a former bar manager at Locanda, Black Cat and The Battery in San Francisco. He was listed in Zagat’s 30 Under 30, honouring up-and-coming food and drink talents of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Gabriel Lowe, Head Bartender and ‘Good Times Guide’ at Paradise Lost

The food and beverage on offer at Paradise Lost showcases the sustainable practices that a neo-tropical future might entail:  eliminating single use plastic and glass, local and hyperlocal sourcing, upcycling of ingredients and working with brands and suppliers that share the same sustainability ethos. Drinking vessels, coasters, furniture, and more throughout the venue are made from reused or recycled materials.

Upcycled drinks coasters from salvaged plastics by BOPE in Chiang Mai

Paradise Lost is also a proud partner venue for ecoSPIRITS, the world’s first low-carbon, low-waste spirits distribution technology. Through this partnership, nearly every cocktail served in the venue saves 150g of carbon emissions and supports reforestation through the planting of Paradise Lost geo-tagged trees in the endangered Kalimantan rainforest area in Borneo, Indonesia.

Sustainable doesn’t mean there is a deficit of fun or flavour. Drinks at Paradise Lost are as bold and delightful as the interiors. The cocktail menu plays homage to disaster manuals of pre-apocalypse times, offering guests a step-by-step guide to making the most of their moment. Lowe says, “Every drink is a miniature vacation, a moment of escape and enjoyment in a world where reality can be all too weighty.”

The WWW (What We Worship) Cocktail

Drinks such as the WWW (What We Worship), a play on the colours and flavours of Bangkok and Thailand. A colourful combination of low-carbon Tried & True Straight Wheat Vodka, blended with Rinomato Aperitivo and Rinomato Americano; bolstered with native citrus and local passionfruit. WWW is a drink that evokes the venue: vivid, bold and uncompromising.

The Invisible Garden Cocktail

Drinks feature world-class spirits, a new standard for Bangkok’s rooftop bars, as well as surprising and thoughtful local flavours. The Invisible Garden Cocktail is a spin on the classic Bloody Mary, featuring low-carbon Widges Gin, clarified tomato, celery, Thai peppers & lemon, salt and some heat from Scrappy’s Firewater Tincture - with a Thai chili dust rim.

The focus on quality, sustainable sourcing flows throughout the other drinks categories too, including the venue’s bespoke Paradise Pilsner, a tropical- leaning light and dry refresher with subtle sour mango nuances created in collaboration with the Rise of Civilization brewery in Saigon, Vietnam.

Food at Paradise Lost is just as thoughtful and colourful. Sitting above the hotel’s award-winning creative Thai restaurant, TAAN, and sharing a kitchen, the Paradise Lost food menu adopts its sister restaurant’s celebration of Thailand’s food artisans and their unique ingredients. One of the highlights is the Prawn Steak Roll, native fried prawn heads, layered with sour chili cream, onion marmalade & a burst of citrus, on a toasted butter bun.

The Native Prawn Steak Roll

With a rotating list of DJs and performance artists, Paradise Lost promises to be a beacon of escape, hospitality and positive energy in the Bangkok skyline. Just what 2020 needs, we suppose.

Paradise Lost is open to the public from 6 September 2020. For reservations, make your way to paradiselostbkk.com/ or info@paradiselostbangkok.com. Follow along on Instagram or Facebook.

ABOUT SIAM@SIAM
Established in 2007, Siam@Siam Design Hotels takes inspiration from the diverse and colourful neighbourhoods that surround its properties in Bangkok and Pattaya. Believing that exceptional hospitality goes hand in hand with cutting-edge design, nightlife, and culinary experiences, the hotel group boasts a growing portfolio of bars, restaurants and public spaces. Siam@Siam Bangkok is home to Paradise Lost, a bold and creative rooftop cocktail bar, as well as TAAN, a modern Thai fine-dining restaurant, and Chim Chim, a vibrant all-day diner (coming late 2020).

For more information, please visit:
www.siamatsiam.com

ABOUT MASH
Mash is an interdisciplinary design studio creating spaces and brands that ultimately help their clients achieve hospitality success. Coining the phrase ‘Art-itechture’ Dom Roberts the founder has created an emporium of innovation blurring the lines between interior design, branding and artistic endeavour. They are designers and brand-creators, bringing wonder and imagination to their clients’ venues. Their clients hail from all around this small world of ours. With projects completed in Sydney, Melbourne, Hong Kong and Bangkok to name a few. They are currently working on new endeavours in Tokyo and London. Mash is inspired to create holistic spaces where harmony between all the parts come together to create a complete venue experience. Founder Dom Roberts believes interior design and branding must co-exist and work together to enhance and create truely amazing hospitality venues.

Their work has won multiple accolades including D&AD Awards in London and Graphis Awards in New York. Their work has also been displayed in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMoMA).

For more information, please visit:
www.mashdesign.com.au