1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Phayao is very popular with Thai tourists. It's also a convenient base to explore the hill area and the Mekong river. Excellent main roads north and south.

Restaurants along the lakeside are very popular.

Pattaya could learn a lot from Phayao to it's benefit.

Maybe Pattaya prefers the higher spending international tourists?

Dear God now we have pictures of lakes................????

 

Sabai Lodge.

4 minutes ago, Chivas said:

now we have pictures of lakes.

What's wrong with pictures ?  It's a nice lake ????

 and you only posted one picture of the  Sabai lodge demolition site to keep us amused ????

1 hour ago, Pattaya Spotter said:

Maybe Pattaya prefers the higher spending international tourists?

Don't know about Pattaya so much these days..but Jomtien is very busy every weekend with Thai tourists,

yesterday  busy all the way along to the 2 restaurants at the south end  "Bpoo Ben"  was doing good trade  "Loong Sawai"  about half as busy   but I think maybe they relied more on  those large Thai disco tour buses.

 

Photo from last year before all the WuFlu nonsense.

2 hours ago, Pattaya Spotter said:

He's one of those 20-somethings who likes to brag to everyone he's never paid a barfine...NOT!

Nothing wrong with treating yourself to the top tier for your birthday in my mind.

3 hours ago, johng said:

What's wrong with pictures ?  It's a nice lake ????

 and you only posted one picture of the  Sabai lodge demolition site to keep us amused ????

Clearly that went right over your head.....

7 hours ago, johng said:

Don't know about Pattaya so much these days..but Jomtien is very busy every weekend with Thai tourists,

yesterday  busy all the way along to the 2 restaurants at the south end  "Bpoo Ben"  was doing good trade  "Loong Sawai"  about half as busy   but I think maybe they relied more on  those large Thai disco tour buses.

 

Photo from last year before all the WuFlu nonsense.

Looks like they got a VIP escort...mobile cabinet meeting?

On 8/17/2020 at 7:39 AM, jacko45k said:

If it takes your fancy, and you have the money, I don't see that.

A lot of girls in the beer bars were freelancing, in the guise of being paid staff, before the virus.  They can leave whenever they want.  Most were on the apps also. 

 

If a girl refused to go with you because you were not prepared to pay a bar fine, finish your drink, go to a nearby bar, message her on an app, and she will be there in 5 mins.  Yes, a ridiculous situation.  

On 8/14/2020 at 2:07 AM, Chivas said:

I totally give up. The OP is Sabai Lodge.

lot of great memories of staying at sabai lodge over the years....it was a great location on soi 2 as many baht buses turned from second road down soi 2 to beach road so very easy to get around...a decent beach area was a short walk one direction and big C and movies etc short walk the other way....for walkers it was great to have  areas up past dusit to wong amat with nice shade and not that much traffic..

 

 

big variety of rooms from basic to the dolphin poolside rooms....adequate restaurant, several pools with good amount of shade...generally pleasant front desk staff and maids and other staff...laundry and lots of massage shops along along soi 2...

 

few years back there were also a lot more good beer bars in area but those have mostly disappeared as the entire soi 1,2,3, 4 area has been turned into l more hotels and condos...i remember when soi 1 had ten or so old abandoned houses that once upon a time must have been some pretty nice second homes for bkk rich...not sure why so many seemed abandoned but now all gone..

 

thanks for the memories sabaii lodge....

Well done pomchop, couldn't have summed it better. Happy days, especially with all the bars in the general area of soi1 and soi2 now all sadly gone. 

On 8/6/2020 at 8:18 PM, Leaver said:

Maybe the new hotel is Chinese owned

Maybe - or maybe not. So what do you want to say? 

1 hour ago, CNXexpat said:

Maybe - or maybe not. So what do you want to say? 

Just saying, if were were to know who the owners and / or investors were, we may know a little more about the future of the property, or the motives for building.  

 

What do you want to say?  

14 hours ago, Leaver said:

What do you want to say?

What does he want you to say?

6 hours ago, jacko45k said:

What does he want you to say?

When you find out, let me know.  ????

4 hours ago, Chivas said:

 

RIP.  

Looked at the Sabi Group website.  

Sabai Lodge Pattaya is temporarily closed from 03 April - 23 December 2020.


We look forward to welcoming you back to the hotel from 24 December 2020.

 

If Sabi Lodge is going to be demolished and will no longer be available within the Sabi Group why not say so.

On 8/28/2020 at 4:22 PM, operator said:

Looked at the Sabi Group website.  

Sabai Lodge Pattaya is temporarily closed from 03 April - 23 December 2020.


We look forward to welcoming you back to the hotel from 24 December 2020.

 

If Sabi Lodge is going to be demolished and will no longer be available within the Sabi Group why not say so.

Could they be rebuilding?  

 

I doubt any new structure will be ready by December.  

On 8/23/2020 at 11:58 AM, Leaver said:

 

RIP.  

 

If that is current pic looks to me like the front desk/lobby area is still standing and they only tore down one low rise section and pool?  Also is that the restaurant building still standing on right side of pic?

So maybe just rebuilding parts and not the entire property leveled for high rise?  

6 hours ago, pomchop said:

 

If that is current pic looks to me like the front desk/lobby area is still standing and they only tore down one low rise section and pool?  Also is that the restaurant building still standing on right side of pic?

So maybe just rebuilding parts and not the entire property leveled for high rise?  

Last time I drove by a couple days ago the restaurant and the back building shown in the photo were still standing.

On 8/23/2020 at 6:26 PM, Chivas said:

It looks like the original Sabai Lodge is being preserved...that wing is where all my "happy" memories occurred. 

3 hours ago, Pattaya Spotter said:

It looks like the original Sabai Lodge is being preserved...that wing is where all my "happy" memories occurred. 

Hard to know Spotter because even one of main receptionists is in the dark. Only spoke to her yesterday morning

 

14 hours ago, pomchop said:

 

If that is current pic looks to me like the front desk/lobby area is still standing and they only tore down one low rise section and pool?  Also is that the restaurant building still standing on right side of pic?

So maybe just rebuilding parts and not the entire property leveled for high rise?  

Possibly.  Unknown what their plans are at this stage.  

Anyone wandered by lately ??

2 hours ago, Chivas said:

Anyone wandered by lately ??

I have not had a look for a couple of weeks. I will have a gander tomorrow, weather permitting.

I doubt that original wing stays just due to basic economics.  Look at all the new surrounding buildings.  All the result of single or low level buildings being torn down.  That land is just too valuable for anything else now.

Spoke to receptionist via messenger yesterday and she knows less than we appear to do. They've all gone back to their family homes etc

On 8/15/2020 at 3:33 AM, Pilotman said:

if you can't work that out mate, I can't help you. A little google research on macro economics in a  modern changing world order would be interesting for you. Movement of money from Sovereign Funds to buy assets in some else's country is classic strategic thinking.  The paper below is a good read. 

 

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/223864678_Why_do_Chinese_Firms_Tend_to_Acquire_Strategic_Assets_in_International_Expansion

How can they be assets if there is the reported over stock of empty condos, hotels and

malls?

 

Back on topic, I stayed there (Sabai lodge) on my first visit to Pattaya. Nice big pool

and gardens as reported, Central marina up the soi. Getting a bit shabby now and a huge

footprint, so not surprised at its demise, but a little sad/nostalgic.....

40 minutes ago, Chivas said:

Spoke to receptionist via messenger yesterday and she knows less than we appear to do. They've all gone back to their family homes etc

That is a shame. She is in the same boat as thousands of others; so sad.

I didn't go there yesterday because it rained almost all day. I will pop by today or tomorrow.

5 minutes ago, champers said:

That is a shame. She is in the same boat as thousands of others; so sad.

I didn't go there yesterday because it rained almost all day. I will pop by today or tomorrow.

No hurry champers just update when you are around that area....thanks