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Correct me if I am wrong but there were the basement, near the food court.  Not the ground floor.

I would always get my espresso there because it was cheaper than anywhere else in that mall.

On 7/3/2018 at 11:37 PM, sgoodes said:

I'm actually having work done by Dr Warin and cannot fault his manner and price. Back to him in 3 months for the next stage.

I am going to give him a try.  Just a cleaning first visit to see how that goes.

On 7/2/2018 at 8:19 AM, champers said:

www.studiosmilethailand.com

Near Dolphin roundabout. I found it using Thai Visa's search function "tapasit".

I had a not so great experience there.  The main dentist on their website is the one who treated me.  The guy who is supposedly US trained etc.  Maybe he was having a bad day but he was kind of rude when I was there.  I just went for a cleaning like I always do when checking out a dentist for the first time.  He seemed to rush through it and didn't seem to be too through. Just did the ultrasonic cleaning and no scraping.  He found a cavity and wanted to do that then and there.  When I said I would think about it he seemed to get more rude.  He also yelled at his female assistant a few times.  They were not very busy.  I think I was the only person there the whole time.

Don't trust reviews you read on here and possibly elsewhere.  They delete negative reviews.  I think there is some stupid Thai law about it.  So the only reviews you ever see are good ones.  There is a good chance this post will be deleted. 

I have yet to find a decent dentist in Pattaya.  I have gone to many places that had good reviews and was always disappointed.  Some expats I know go to the dental hospitals in Phnom Penh now.

10 hours ago, moonseeker said:

Agreed with most. Excellent bread and choice. The Quiches I respectfully disagree. Rather pay 20 Baht more and get a Quiche with cheese and bacon and taste of those ingredients. Maybe they could do a Premium Quiche? 555555.... Best Quiche in ?? or possibly Asia @ MANDARIN ORIENTAL or their coffee shops around town in BKK. Sensational stuff on sale and IMO still fair priced. Enjoy. MS>

Why are you comparing grocery stores to a 5 star hotel in Bkk?  I'm sure it's better and probably 10x the price.

On 5/4/2016 at 9:07 PM, paulyd2k said:

I don't actually think it would be a great attraction although I like the one in bkk, it is pretty vibrant and very varied, but pattaya is not really known for it`s big spenders, and you wouldn't just come here to shop, well yes but not that type of shopping ,lol. look at the new harbour in pattaya klang very few people scuttling around there now, and many places will be gone soon I think, and it`s not full yet anyway, also big c north pattaya is slowly going downhill, more empty shops about now and even black canyon coffee has gone now, so whilst it sounds great for new attractions coming to pattaya, most of the people shopping are the Russians but lot less now, and falangs treating there 20 year old girlfriends to new phones and gold or clothes, it just aint cosmopolitan enough, everything is mostly the same everywhere, shops bars,go go`s. it still has a very long way to go to become a nice beachfront resort,

Harbour is busier on weekends.  It will survive just like Avenue and Royal Garden have managed to survive.  They don't seem to have much overhead once they are built so they seem to manage to keep the lights on one way or another.

On 3/2/2018 at 6:50 PM, bert bloggs said:

To be blunt Jomtien is the end of the line , there is no highway out , and it is not "easy" to get to unlike central and 21 . it would be a waste of time building there now . you would more than likely only get thr locals and tourists staying there . by the way i like Jomtien  , used to love it when it was "a day out" and you had to hire a baht bus to get there ,shows how long it is from when i first visited Pattaya. lol

Not if the mall was on Thepprasit.  That would be the most logical place for it.  It's just down the road from the big box stores on Sukumvit and they seem to be doing ok.  Jomtien doesn't need a mall and more franchise food places.  It does need a decent grocery store though.  Although I suppose Big C south is not too far away.

On 6/30/2018 at 11:05 AM, The manic said:

Because you did it wrong.

I get a kick out of the ex whoremongers that think they are now better than the renters because they got a long term lease.

I have seen it in those little green sign pharmacies.  It's in the same type glass bottles the people on the street sell it in but more official looking with brand name labels etc.  That's still no guarantee it doesn't have other stuff put in but less likely.

24 minutes ago, BuaBS said:

They worked , made enough money to do what they want incl being lazy and unproductive.

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That's quite an assumption.  Most I have met are dumb luckers.  Trust funds or fell into money some other way.  Lots of scammers as well.  I haven't met that many truly legit self made financially secure people in Pattaya.  Lots of people pretend to be but I can usually see right through them.  There are a lot of other places in the world that will attract the type that worked hard and earned their money.  Pattaya doesn't seem to be one of them.

A typical low season thread I guess.  Not much else to do besides sitting in bars all day wasting their life away chasing balloons and happy hours.

On 6/27/2018 at 6:21 AM, DrTuner said:

After they finally finished the tunnel, rodfai has been ok to drive to 7, takes maybe 10-15 mins from the south to get to the highway ramp and then make the u-turn at Suk to head to BKK.

 

You might save about 30 mins if you're right next to 7 in the northern part of your red area. Makes sense if you drive often. I've always named that area "Naklua" though, dark side for me has been south of highway 7, east of Sukhumvit, down south until Chayapruek. There's no official definition, of course, just my .02

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Dark side is an unofficial farang reference.  It's unofficially the area east of Sukhumvit were most of the Farangs are.  So East Pattaya within the boundaries you described.  Not East Naklua.  I don't think there are nearly as many Farangs in East Naklua but I have never been so not sure.  

17 hours ago, giddyup said:

You can also get rooms for 4000 baht in Pattaya. You get what you pay for.

I looked many times for something on the darkside.  Yes you can get something for 10k which is your own self contained villa in Chokchee village or whatever it's called.  But the road floods in that low lying area near the train tracks every time it rains.  So going across Sukumvit on a scooter for shopping can be quite the adventure sometimes.  So then it starts to make sense to have a car which is more money.  

In the end it just makes more sense to pay a little more and stay on the beach side.  At least for me.  You can find reasonably priced places a little closer to sukhumvit and you can take baht busses to get around when it rains.  It's just more convenient for everything.  Only area I would consider on the darkside is near sukhumvit around Klang.  With that new underpass it's a lot easier crossing sukhumvit around there and you have the  foodland and BigC for groceries nearby.

On 6/20/2018 at 9:48 PM, jerry921 said:

Sorry for a dumb (but serious) question, but where precisely is "the dark side" in Pattaya?

East side of Sukhumvit. So not the beach side.  I think it's also referred to as East Pattaya.

On 6/25/2018 at 9:43 AM, digbeth said:

 

Not sure what the arrangement was when the Foodcourt in basement at Central beach road when it first opened, but the local Pattaya names left pretty soon, usually it's either fixed rent or a percentage taken on top of sales, plus Central never do cheap, they have another 'high-end' food court 'Food Loft' on the higher level, the only location that seems to work for that 'Food Loft' is Chidlom in Bangkok where the Hi-SOs don't cringe at 100-300+baht a dish on offer there

 

Central Beach Rd. Food court on the lower level seem to be a tourist trap most of the time, us local know the cheap charlie hangouts is Big C Extra on Klang.

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BigC Extra Klang is not the same since the little swarma place left.  Never really liked any of the other food places there.  I usually go upstairs to the BigC grocery store and get a barbecued salmon and salad and eat it down in the food court. 

Doesn't Royal Garden have a Food Loft on the top floor?  I go up there to the Starbucks sometimes because it's always nice and quiet with hardly anyone around.  That food court is almost completely empty every time I go up there.  Don't know how they manage to keep it going.

13 minutes ago, tropo said:

There's nothing silly about comparing a BKK mall to a Pattaya mall. Of course, the only malls to compare with currently are Central Mall and Harbor Mall, until T21 opens. They all look the same inside. You can compare it to any other mall in Thailand.

 

I'll put money down their food court will be the best and cheapest in Pattaya. It's their calling card.

Outside food carts are the best food so I don't care about food courts so much.  If I do get anything inside I usually get it at the Central buffet style pay by weight kiosk.  Rarely get anything at that food court anymore.  Most of that stuff is just mediocre and a bit over priced and always has been.   A new mall won't change that.  Prices only went up at Royal Garden after Central opened up.

I am more excited about less traffic around the Central area.  It's kind of a zoo most days.  If a lot of that moves up to T21 I am all for it.

On 5/30/2018 at 4:17 AM, MunkyBoogar said:

Where is the Pattaya T21 located? Comparing BKK Malls to Pattaya Malls is like comparing Leo to real beer!

Yea, that comparison is kind of silly.  We don't know what sort of shops it will have or the prices.  It will probably have all the same franchise food places as Central so that is not going to be anything new.   We shall see.  I don't go to a mall for a "spectacle"...lol.  Like I said, that's just a gimick. You go once or twice and the novelty wears off.   After that it's all about what they have that the other mall doesn't.  Their prices vs the other mall.  If you think it is going to be cheaper then you probably believe in fairytales.  The prices may be low at first to bring people in.  Eventually it will all settle down and both malls with adjust prices to whatever the market will bear.  TiT....remember?!  A new mall isn't going to change that.  Prices did not go down at Royal Garden after Central opened up.  In fact I think as business dropped off they raised their prices to try make up for it.  TiT...remember.

6 hours ago, ThaiBob said:

Yep. No way it will be finished 3 months. 

If they work 24hours it might be possible.  I have been surprised how fast stuff can go up.  T21 sure went up fast.

7 hours ago, Sydebolle said:

Central Festival will go through the same exodus as the Royal Garden Complex - when Central Festival opened. 

Royal Garden didn't have much of anything unique other than being the only mall in town.  Central has the Central brand department store and supermarket.  Sounds to me like T21 is going for novelty acts like a plane.  Big deal.  That will attract first time visitors but after that it sounds to me like it will be just another mall.  A food court is a food court.  So just another option.

On 5/28/2018 at 7:05 AM, DrTuner said:

I live in the hope T21 will suck in the majority of BKK hordes. Although they seem to have eased a bit and probably will completely bypass Pattaya on their quest to Sattahip beaches once the new highway is ready. At least some posititive developments.

Sattahip has beaches?  I've never seen much in the way of beaches around there.

35 minutes ago, AlexCanada said:

If Pier 21 is anything like the one in BKK, the overpriced Central Food Park will have to rethink it's marketing strategy. 

 

Can't wait until T21 opens.  Some nicer new condos beside T21 would be great too.  

These days I just get a to go box by weight and a plastic fork from the little buffet area they have in the Central Supermarket.  Usually just eat it right there at the tables by the checkout.    I think that is better food than the food court.  You can also take it into the food court.  There are signs that say no outside food but I have never seen anyone get stopped or any sideways glances from anyone.

T21 will definitely take lots of traffic from Central.  I expect there to be lots of empty space opening up on the higher floors.   They will still do ok.  The department store and the supermarket should still be big draws

On 5/28/2018 at 4:49 AM, thaibeachlovers said:

In the short term, Festival is in for a hard time, till people have realised there is no real difference between the two, and not worth making the trip up to T21 if near Festival.

Pattaya has too many malls while Jomptien has not enough, if any. 

If they are not careful, they'll end up as devoid of customers as most Pattaya bar beers, of which there are far too many, and for a long time.

I'd settle for a half decent grocery store in Jomtien.  A BigC would be really nice.  That is the biggest thing that keeps me from wanting to live there.  That one little grocery store and a couple convenience stores is not good enough and more expensive.  Friendship/BigC are much better.   Everyone I know in Jomtien make regular trips to Pattaya for groceries which would be a huge PiTA if you ask me.

If you are looking for an alternative, there is a similar hole in the wall place almost across from LK Metro on Buakao.  It's cheap and kinda cramped and you can expect to share your table during the most busy times.

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On 05/10/2017 at 10:17 PM, moonseeker said:

There are very few beautiful beaches left in Thailand. Even remote island beaches littered and worse. Who calls Thailand a tropical paradise must have very limited travel experience or a weird view of paradise. Obviously it all depends where you come from and what you are looking for, might still be a pleasant city for Indians who have disastrous living and environmental issues etc. etc. There are zillions of better places to vacation and retire, some as affordable as Thailand and with much better quality and safety in most respects. MS>

???  A 30-45 minute ferry to Koh Larn and very nice beaches.  Of course Phuket has some nice beaches.   There are lots of nice beaches scattered around.  

I have a very simple solution to this.  Give people maybe 5 or 10 baht per kg of plastic beach trash. The place would be spotless in a week.