Chalong Pier Road

[KarenBravo]

This year has been a bad one for the bars and restaurants down this road.

For the first time, this compact area that can all be walked with ease, is quieter than Rawai - Nai Harn in the evenings.

A simple explanation could be the traffic at Hayaek. People living south stay south.

 

A good barometer is looking at the "premier" girly bar, which has been for a few years now, ATM2.

This place used to be consistently full, even in the rainy season. Now, only two, or three punters at any one time.

 

The most shocking evidence of this local slump is to be found where the bars and restaurants face the sea, after the S-bend past the car-park.

High season is almost upon us and yet, the first two locations are shuttered up with no takers.

 

Not just Patong that's hurting.

[Somtamnication]

Not been down that road since maybe 2012. When they rebuilt the buildings on the left side going towards the pier, it lost it's old world charisma.

 

Pretty much stopped going after the best chippy place in Phuket there shut after the owner blew his brains out.

 

 

[KarenBravo]

24 minutes ago, Somtamnication said:

Not been down that road since maybe 2012. When they rebuilt the buildings on the left side going towards the pier, it lost it's old world charisma.

 

Pretty much stopped going after the best chippy place in Phuket there shut after the owner blew his brains out.

 

 

The buildings on the left replaced even uglier buildings and 80% of activity is further down the road, anyway.

The "chippy" stopped when the wife died of cancer.

[Valentine]

23 hours ago, KarenBravo said:

The buildings on the left replaced even uglier buildings and 80% of activity is further down the road, anyway.

The "chippy" stopped when the wife died of cancer.

I think it was a stroke but anyway you are right as the "chippy" only worked because of her who was a very lovely lass.

[LivinginKata]

Happy days still seems to have a good trade. About the only business down that road looks busy. 

[madmax2]

More expats are using vehicles now and there is not very much parking for them in that area

Where businesses provide parking in most areas they seem to do OK business wise

Where we live all the regular expats have at least one vehicle and quite a few have two and use them when going out for anything except a trip to the local 7/11  

[KarenBravo]

2 minutes ago, madmax2 said:

More expats are using vehicles now and there is not very much parking for them in that area

 

....except for the large car-park in front of the pier, Click Plaza or, a couple of the side-streets.

[madmax2]

2 hours ago, KarenBravo said:

....except for the large car-park in front of the pier, Click Plaza or, a couple of the side-streets.

Usually filled with buses and vans every time i have driven past it, we don't all ride a step thru

[KarenBravo]

Buses are on the left-hand side. They are not allowed in the public car-park

Maybe you should open yourself to all the parking possibilities, but, then, you don't drink in the bars, so, a lack of motivation is understandable.