What happened to Silom bars: all closing?

[yimlitnoy]

On 9/1/2018 at 6:22 PM, markaoffy said:

How much a pint Guinness in Irish pubs in Silom ?I’m prepared to pay 200 baht but not 350+

 

 

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200 Baht on Happy Hours only for a pint of Guinness

[lamyai3]

On 9/2/2018 at 3:21 AM, adammike said:

Why would you imagine that I would ever drink beer from a can.

Can technology's come a long way in recent years... 

[Nyezhov]

On 9/1/2018 at 5:24 PM, Ks45672 said:

You sound like the kind of person who would be sitting outside the 7/11,drinking a can of whatever is cheapest stuff in the fridge.... 

Me! Me! ? ? 

 

Pick up fag ends from the street too!????????

 

Dont video me bro ?

[adammike]

6 hours ago, lamyai3 said:

Can technology's come a long way in recent years... 

And the beer inside them?.Raging bitch is just about my favourite beer/ale, which funnily enough perfectly describes the poster who thinks I would ever drink from a can though he may just be a basic one.

[lamyai3]

6 hours ago, adammike said:

And the beer inside them?.Raging bitch is just about my favourite beer/ale, which funnily enough perfectly describes the poster who thinks I would ever drink from a can though he may just be a basic one.

That's the point, they've succeeded in doing away with the metallic taste of years gone by. Cans tend to be more consistent than bottles nowadays, craft beer shops have many of both - Raging bitch comes in cans too.

Given the choice though I'll pour it into a glass. 

[Nyezhov]

8 minutes ago, lamyai3 said:

That's the point, they've succeeded in doing away with the metallic taste of years gone by. Cans tend to be more consistent than bottles nowadays, craft beer shops have many of both - Raging bitch comes in cans too.

Given the choice though I'll pour it into a glass. 

Glass is more environmentally conscious....

[anon537687643]

200 Baht on Happy Hours only for a pint of Guinness

Where?


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[Dick Crank]

silom is a lonely area of town in the evening. i remember living there for a couple months and walking down empty dark streets regularly.

 

it did have a steampunk kind of attraction, reminded me of the movie blade runner, but there are better areas to have a beer in if your not getting off work over there.

[adammike]

On 9/5/2018 at 2:06 PM, lamyai3 said:

That's the point, they've succeeded in doing away with the metallic taste of years gone by. Cans tend to be more consistent than bottles nowadays, craft beer shops have many of both - Raging bitch comes in cans too.

Given the choice though I'll pour it into a glass. 

It's just that I never ever drink from cans I just don't, I also don't like drinking from the bottle ,water is the only thing I drink from a bottle,I want my beer chilled and in a glass.I bring my own glass to my favourite 7-11.I usually just drink tiger beer in Thailand and that's only because I am obliged to purchase something when I go in a bar and I don't spend much time in them these days. 

 

[lamyai3]

14 hours ago, adammike said:

It's just that I never ever drink from cans I just don't, I also don't like drinking from the bottle ,water is the only thing I drink from a bottle,I want my beer chilled and in a glass.I bring my own glass to my favourite 7-11.I usually just drink tiger beer in Thailand and that's only because I am obliged to purchase something when I go in a bar and I don't spend much time in them these days. 

 

Yes, on draught, served in a glass is my preference by a country mile. 

[yimlitnoy]

On 9/5/2018 at 11:20 PM, markaoffy said:

Where?


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Shenanigans Pub corner Patpong and Suriwong.  Let's hope, if the manager is reading this, that they consider having a different promotion cheaper beer every day of the week until closing hours like The Pintsman was doing and an extension of the Happy Hour to 8 PM..

 

Then I am happy as I can drink every day at affordable price... and remain happy until closing time.

Edited September 8, 2018 by yimlitnoy

[The manic]

On 8/3/2018 at 5:04 AM, Ks45672 said:

The londoner has moved way down petchburi road

 

Don't know if its the same management as the former sukhumvit one but yes, Farang style pubs are definitely dropping off the map 

 

I guess increasing the alcohol tax every couple of months must have been killing them combined with a new class of tourist that prefer cans of beer from the 7/11

 

 

Since the clampdown on street life between soi 3 and 19 there is simply less footfall in that area. There used to thousands of expats and tourists milling around. I an many others just avoid Bangkok now. The fun has gone.

[anon537687643]

Shenanigans Pub corner Patpong and Suriwong.  Let's hope, if the manager is reading this, that they consider having a different promotion cheaper beer every day of the week until closing hours like The Pintsman was doing and an extension of the Happy Hour to 8 PM..
 
Then I am happy as I can drink every day at affordable price... and remain happy until closing time.

Happy hour is too early


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[anon537687643]

Since the clampdown on street life between soi 3 and 19 there is simply less footfall in that area. There used to thousands of expats and tourists milling around. I an many others just avoid Bangkok now. The fun has gone.

That’s a positive


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[Nyezhov]

1 hour ago, markaoffy said:

That’s a positive


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I saw one white face all day yesterday. Wonderful. If I want to see whitey in a big city, Ill go to NYC and hunt for them among the Somalis, Ethiopians and Chinese. ????

 

Edited October 3, 2018 by Nyezhov

[EVENKEEL]

On ‎9‎/‎7‎/‎2018 at 4:28 PM, lamyai3 said:

Yes, on draught, served in a glass is my preference by a country mile. 

Filled with ice, no doubt. Leo with a glass of ice......ahhhhhh

Edited October 3, 2018 by EVENKEEL

[SheungWan]

The more desired range of drinking prices seems to be on better offer in Pattaya.

[Ks45672]

6 hours ago, SheungWan said:

The more desired range of drinking prices seems to be on better offer in Pattaya.

 

It was always much cheaper to live in pattaya 

But the women in bkk are on another level

[Dick Crank]

9 hours ago, Ks45672 said:

 

It was always much cheaper to live in pattaya 

But the women in bkk are on another level

 

Anyone know what the prospects are female-wise in the Uk for men over 50 these days?

[The manic]

18 hours ago, markaoffy said:

That’s a positive


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What bothers you about bars and pubs staying open?  How can empty dead streets be positive?

 

17 hours ago, Nyezhov said:

I saw one white face all day yesterday. Wonderful. If I want to see whitey in a big city, Ill go to NYC and hunt for them among the Somalis, Ethiopians and Chinese. ????

 

What colour are you?

[The manic]

The pubs closed because they stopped being pubs. They installed TV and showed wall to wall sports..moronic..Pubs are not sports bars .and they blasted out UDM...Pubs are not nightclubs..Plus because of the war on fun.and freedom by the unelected authorites in Bangkok there is just insufficient footall to sustain such places. Its a Sh*te  hole these days. Go to Saigon..Its rocking..go to Hanoi. ..Rammed! No footie premier league crap and no wall to wall techno except at the backpacker dumps...I have visited all the pubs mentioned in this article..never returned to one. 

[Nyezhov]

11 minutes ago, The manic said:

 

 

What colour are you?

Well I gots me some brown arms, my nose is cherry red, my butt is porcelin white and I got this spot of purple on my...never mind....

 

I'm piebald! How about you Mate? Green with envy if you saw my pic mind you....

[SheungWan]

2 hours ago, Dick Crank said:

Anyone know what the prospects are female-wise in the Uk for men over 50 these days?

 

For uneducated lower-class guys from the provinces, lower than ever.

[Dick Crank]

5 minutes ago, SheungWan said:

 

For uneducated lower-class guys from the provinces, lower than ever.

 

Does Benny hill fall into that category?

[SheungWan]

Just now, Dick Crank said:

 

Does Benny hill fall into that category?

 

Dead milkmen are superstars in LK Metro if not in Silom.

[The manic]

On 8/3/2018 at 8:03 AM, korkenzieher said:

Price increases is my opinion. Was there last year, 'bout this time. Asking 350 baht for a pint of 'Craft Beer' in some places. Little in the way of reasonable prices for food or drink, from what I could see. Paid over 600 baht for street food someplace around soi 18. Area basically deserted after about 6pm because the Thai cannot afford to stay there after work. If rents have spiked too, well, it still boils down to people having to buy your stuff in order to pay the rent, whatever the level. You would have to drag me back, to be honest.

No tourist footfall, Some low spending Expats,  Arabs, Indians Chinese.  Its not pubs that are closing...Its that Bangkok is simply not worth visiting. The Bangkokians now go to Pattaya for a bit of freedom. By killing of street life the authorities killed of a large section of commercial night life. Lower Suk, once one the most interesting stretches of road in the world has all the character of a busted condom. Cultural and economic sabotage.

[adammike]

57 minutes ago, The manic said:

No tourist footfall, Some low spending Expats,  Arabs, Indians Chinese.  Its not pubs that are closing...Its that Bangkok is simply not worth visiting. The Bangkokians now go to Pattaya for a bit of freedom. By killing of street life the authorities killed of a large section of commercial night life. Lower Suk, once one the most interesting stretches of road in the world has all the character of a busted condom. Cultural and economic sabotage.

It's still the most visited city in the world though,I lived for 30 years in Amsterdam plenty of bars now charge €7-10 for a imported craft beer I have seen Cider at €12 for 33cl.met a couple of old friends for a meal and went to a bar in the centrum but away from the centre €50 for 4 scotches and 2 jenevers all the major cities are above my pension grade. I am glad I partied hard when it was affordable and I had a libido.I just go shopping now.

[Nyezhov]

4 hours ago, The manic said:

By killing of street life the authorities killed of a large section of commercial night life.

Well Sleazy Suk may be dead but there others are still alive...been to Bang Rak at night lately?

[The manic]

On 8/3/2018 at 7:22 PM, likeke said:

We still have Hanrahans on soi 4 in Nana. Good Irish bar/restaurant. Good food and plenty of tv sets for sports.

TVs have no place in pubs and bars unless they are sports bars. TVs are a distraction, they kill off conversation and attract unwanted customers who dont drink much. 

[Ks45672]

On 10/4/2018 at 2:11 AM, Dick Crank said:

 

Anyone know what the prospects are female-wise in the Uk for men over 50 these days?

In the uk....... Lol

Corn or grass fed is all what you need to be asking...