Saturday Night on Nimmanhamin===LAME!

[Justfine]

5 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

In Pattaya I wouldn't even be going out till 10 pm.

I did a zillion clubs when young. Couldnt be bothered anymore. Mostly crap music and boring.

[heybruce]

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

What does the OP expect? It is after all Chiang Mai, the most boring tourist city ( possibly ) on the planet. The authorities obviously want everyone to visit temples in the daytime, eat out and go to bed before midnight. They have done a great job of preventing anyone having a good time, like one can have in Pattaya, Bangkok or possibly in Patong.

 

Lamphun has a more exciting night life, so that's really saying something.

Some of us recall five years ago when Nimmanhamin had more nightlife options than could be counted and Zoe stayed open and packed all night.

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Seems folk in C M think restaurants are the same as "night life". 5555555555555555

You clearly don't know how the Thai people socialize--with lots of food and lots of drink, all served by pretties. 

Edited July 3, 2018 by heybruce

[heybruce]

1 hour ago, Justfine said:

Nightlife is for 18yo to 30yos.

Perhaps for you.

[moontang]

What happened to Republic?  Did Patio close, also?

[heybruce]

7 minutes ago, moontang said:

What happened to Republic?  Did Patio close, also?

Beer Republic has a sign saying it closed when the lease ran out and it will relocate "in the city".  I assume they mean in the old city.  It was a good place to satisfy a craving for imported beer, but not really a nightlife spot in my opinion.

 

I'm not familiar with Patio.  Where is/was it?

[moontang]

11 minutes ago, heybruce said:

Beer Republic has a sign saying it closed when the lease ran out and it will relocate "in the city".  I assume they mean in the old city.  It was a good place to satisfy a craving for imported beer, but not really a nightlife spot in my opinion.

 

I'm not familiar with Patio.  Where is/was it?

the place with the same jackass owner, adjacent to Republic.

[heybruce]

7 minutes ago, moontang said:

the place with the same jackass owner, adjacent to Republic.

Oh, that place.  I never paid much attention to it.  Pretty sure it went with Beer Republic. 

[Puwa]

It was all downhill after we lost the Drunken Flower.

 

[Justfine]

8 hours ago, heybruce said:

Perhaps for you.

You one of those sad 65yos sitting in bars?

[Justfine]

8 hours ago, heybruce said:

Some of us recall five years ago when Nimmanhamin had more nightlife options than could be counted and Zoe stayed open and packed all night.

You clearly don't know how the Thai people socialize--with lots of food and lots of drink, all served by pretties. 

You are a farang.

[ZeVonderBearz]

Like lots of cool or hip area the big boys with all the money always take over and rip away at everything that made it great. 

[Justfine]

1 hour ago, ZeVonderBearz said:

Like lots of cool or hip area the big boys with all the money always take over and rip away at everything that made it great. 

The area last night was 80% Chinese. Generally blocking the footpaths whilst yapping away.

[Bassosa]

13 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

What does the OP expect? It is after all Chiang Mai, the most boring tourist city ( possibly ) on the planet. The authorities obviously want everyone to visit temples in the daytime, eat out and go to bed before midnight. They have done a great job of preventing anyone having a good time, like one can have in Pattaya, Bangkok or possibly in Patong.

 

Lamphun has a more exciting night life, so that's really saying something.

It's good that they do this. Keeps the beach lovers at the beach! It's beyond me why Chiang Mai should be like Pattaya or Patong. No place on earth should ever have the ambition to be like those two places.

[heybruce]

4 hours ago, Justfine said:

You are a farang.

Yes, I'm a farang with Thai friends who showed me the best places and how to get the most out of Chiang Mai nightlife.  I've rarely visited tourist bars since.

[heybruce]

55 minutes ago, Bassosa said:

It's good that they do this. Keeps the beach lovers at the beach! It's beyond me why Chiang Mai should be like Pattaya or Patong. No place on earth should ever have the ambition to be like those two places.

It's quite normal for a university city to have a nightlife that is not oriented towards western sex tourists or geared towards sedate retirees.  Chiang Mai still has these kind of places, they're just no longer at Nimmanhamin.

[moontang]

2 hours ago, Bassosa said:

It's good that they do this. Keeps the beach lovers at the beach! It's beyond me why Chiang Mai should be like Pattaya or Patong. No place on earth should ever have the ambition to be like those two places.

But it's ok for it to be a LGBT hub?

[Justfine]

2 hours ago, heybruce said:

It's quite normal for a university city to have a nightlife that is not oriented towards western sex tourists or geared towards sedate retirees.  Chiang Mai still has these kind of places, they're just no longer at Nimmanhamin.

Geared towards 20yos.

[Justfine]

Found another good restaurant to eat at. Trying kayaking tomorrow.

 

Might try the Goodview or Riverside Bar if I can stay awake past 9pm.

[thaibeachlovers]

19 hours ago, Justfine said:

I did a zillion clubs when young. Couldnt be bothered anymore. Mostly crap music and boring.

Who's talking about clubs? Not me. IMO clubs are boring.

[thaibeachlovers]

18 hours ago, heybruce said:

Some of us recall five years ago when Nimmanhamin had more nightlife options than could be counted and Zoe stayed open and packed all night.

You clearly don't know how the Thai people socialize--with lots of food and lots of drink, all served by pretties. 

I have zero interest in how Thais socialise, and I have been in Thai clubs. Need ear plugs the sound is so loud.

Chiang Mai is a tourist city, and should cater for tourists.

[heybruce]

4 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I have zero interest in how Thais socialise, and I have been in Thai clubs. Need ear plugs the sound is so loud.

Chiang Mai is a tourist city, and should cater for tourists.

A tourist city?  How many universities are in Chiang Mai?

 

I think it's safe to say that students outnumber tourists by a wide margin in Chiang Mai.

 

The fact that you only know of one kind of Thai nightlife shows that you don't get out much.

Edited July 4, 2018 by heybruce

[thaibeachlovers]

6 hours ago, Bassosa said:

It's good that they do this. Keeps the beach lovers at the beach! It's beyond me why Chiang Mai should be like Pattaya or Patong. No place on earth should ever have the ambition to be like those two places.

I'm not saying C M should be like them, but the so called night life here is pathetic. It is after all a tourist city, so they should allow some decent night life in a selected area, like Loi Kroh. The present collection of bars are just sad. 

[heybruce]

3 hours ago, Justfine said:

Geared towards 20yos.

Many of them are.  Others have a mixed crowd. 

 

BTW, you already said you are in bed by 10 pm.  Why do you keep posting here?  You need a hobby.

[thaibeachlovers]

1 minute ago, heybruce said:

A tourist city?  How many universities are in Chiang Mai?

 

I think it's safe to say that students outnumber tourists by a wide margin in Chiang Mai.

Either you miss the point or are being argumentative. C M is a tourist city, but it has nothing for tourists at night other than restaurants. Thai students are well served with places they like.

[heybruce]

3 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Either you miss the point or are being argumentative. C M is a tourist city, but it has nothing for tourists at night other than restaurants. Thai students are well served with places they like.

And those are the kind of places I was thinking of when I started this topic; fun, dynamic places that are geared to the young but are open to all.  Where have I ever stated or implied that Nimmanhamin needs more tourists bars?

[thaibeachlovers]

3 minutes ago, heybruce said:

And those are the kind of places I was thinking of when I started this topic; fun, dynamic places that are geared to the young but are open to all.  Where have I ever stated or implied that Nimmanhamin needs more tourists bars?

No idea, but I doubt many western tourists go there, as it's not near most of the hotels or guest houses. I gather expats like it though. Most tourists will be either in the old city or in the night market area. I've never been to Nimmanhamin at night, and no desire to do so, but if there were decent bars on/ near Loi Kroh, I'd go there.

[heybruce]

5 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

No idea, but I doubt many western tourists go there, as it's not near most of the hotels or guest houses. I gather expats like it though. Most tourists will be either in the old city or in the night market area. I've never been to Nimmanhamin at night, and no desire to do so, but if there were decent bars on/ near Loi Kroh, I'd go there.

You seem obsessed with tourist bars.  That is not what this topic is about.  If anything it is about non-tourist bars, specifically the demise of such bars in the Nimmanhamin area.

 

Feel free to start a topic about Loi Kroh bars.  I haven't seen one of those for a while.

[moontang]

There was a lot of friction at the Nimman bars even ten years ago, about the closing times, due to its residential nature.  The noise was always problematic.  Now, you can add greedy landowners and a general crackdown on drinking...so it isn't going to improve there.  There used to be at least six places that resembled college bars in the US, that were focussed on lots of beer drinking+, at cheap prices counted 35 cases of large Leo's being brought in one night.  All were welcome, most farang were too busy brooding or mongering on the east side, but the few, who did go seemed to have saw the light.  Almost no Chinese, too.  About eight years ago....RIP  Nimman. Like Sukhumvit, it is there, but it's not there...so many other choices in BKK, though.

Edited July 4, 2018 by moontang

[heybruce]

26 minutes ago, moontang said:

There was a lot of friction at the Nimman bars even ten years ago, about the closing times, due to its residential nature.  The noise was always problematic.  Now, you can add greedy landowners and a general crackdown on drinking...so it isn't going to improve there.  There used to be at least six places that resembled college bars in the US, that were focussed on lots of beer drinking+, at cheap prices counted 35 cases of large Leo's being brought in one night.  All were welcome, most farang were too busy brooding or mongering on the east side, but the few, who did go seemed to have saw the light.  Almost no Chinese, too.  About eight years ago....RIP  Nimman. Like Sukhumvit, it is there, but it's not there...so many other choices in BKK, though.

It was excellent eight years ago, it was still pretty good five years ago.  The decline became a freefall after the coup, though I'm not sure how much the two events are related. 

 

I think rent increases are the primary driver--the student bar scene made the area trendy, trendiness was used as an excuse to increase rents, increased rents drove out student bars and replaced them with expensive, boring, high-end restaurants, bars and shops, most of which close in a year but are replace with more of the same.

 

I wouldn't mind if the fun places had all gone to Santitham, or along the river, or anywhere as a group.  It's mostly the dispersion that is sad, there is no longer an area with a concentration of cool places to select from.

 

That reminds me--anyone with experience in Chiang Mai Land?

Edited July 4, 2018 by heybruce

[moontang]

28 minutes ago, heybruce said:

It was excellent eight years ago, it was still pretty good five years ago.  The decline became a freefall after the coup, though I'm not sure how much the two events are related. 

 

I think rent increases are the primary driver--the student bar scene made the area trendy, trendiness was used as an excuse to increase rents, increased rents drove out student bars and replaced them with expensive, boring, high-end restaurants, bars and shops, most of which close in a year but are replace with more of the same.

 

I wouldn't mind if the fun places had all gone to Santitham, or along the river, or anywhere as a group.  It's mostly the dispersion that is sad, there is no longer an area with a concentration of cool places to select from.

 

That reminds me--anyone with experience in Chiang Mai Land?

That movie that brought the Chinese out of their cages, may gave had more of an impact than the Generals.  Was that 2012?

 

CM Land is kind of peculiar...high land values, flooding...old school Thais...went to a few kind of dodgy coffee shops over there.  Everyone said this girl was 20, including the girl, herself, but I really have my doubts.

Edited July 4, 2018 by moontang