The Li-bra-ry Café (ร้านกาแฟ ไล-บรา-รี่) in Sukhumvit Soi 24 is a beautiful café to visit and they serve some great food and drinks. Right now, I have a very nice hot cappuccino (75 baht) and my companion is enjoying a delicious strawberry smoothie (110 baht). This compares reasonably with other stylish and themed cafés in Bangkok.
After ordering our second round of drinks I noticed that all beverages are half price when ordered with a rice main dish. There is free Wi-Fi (you’ll find the Wi-Fi code on your receipt) and free albeit limited parking immediately outside. We took one of the last parking spaces before the café filled up.
The customers are mostly attractive upper-middle class young Thais. There are also quite a few other Asian visitors who I would guess are from Singapore. Most of them are women. It looks like a trendy place to be seen.
As you might guess, there are lots of books and magazines here to read but unfortunately no newspapers. If you can read English, Thai or Japanese then you should find something of interest.
Drinks are ordered at the counter and you’ll be expected to collect your own when they call your order out. I presume this is why some people have criticised this as “self-service”. Food is delivered to your table.
