8 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

real reason is nothing to go there for unless you have kids by the sound of it

 

Or you skate.

Let's take a wander down central Soi Bua Keow...amongst the remaining bars, restos, massage shops, and clubs.

 

 

The new Holiday Inn Express, which opened a few months before Covid hit is closed...until at least 1 April. But I suspect it will be much longer.

 

Brooklyn Diner opposite Soi LK Metro is closed.

 

 

The newish (and big) P Plus Hotel on Soi Excite, which opened about a year before Covid hit, is closed. Only a lone guard in the booth guarding this empty investment.

 

13 minutes ago, Pattaya Spotter said:

Let's take a wander down the remaims of bombed out central Soi Bua Keow...amongst the remaining bars, restos, massage shops, and clubs.

 

 

The new Holiday Inn Express, which opened a few months before Covid hit is closed...until at least 1 April. But I suspect it will be much longer.

 

Brooklyn Diner opposite Soi LK Metro is closed.

 

 

The newish (and big) P Plus Hotel on Soi Excite, which opened about a year before Covid hit, is closed. Only a lone guard in the booth guarding this empty investment.

 

Nothing new there, maybe we should equalise the negativity by posting places open

1 minute ago, scubascuba3 said:

Nothing new there, maybe we should equalise the negativity by posting places open

The purpose of my op, and continuing posts, is to document the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on my hometown of Pattaya. It is a visual record of the places we have lost...some temporarily others permanently. It is not to be negative. If these images bother you, I might suggest you "Ignore" this thread (or start one on businesses that are surviving).

3 minutes ago, Pattaya Spotter said:

The purpose of my op, and continuing posts, is to document the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on my hometown of Pattaya. It is a visual record of the places we have lost...some temporarily others permanently. It is not to be negative. If these images bother you, I might suggest you "Ignore" this thread (or start one on businesses that are surviving).

It's not your thread by the way, you just started it. I appreciate some people's default is negativity and like I said nothing new in the above post, the Holiday Inn Express closed for the first time last year around April, the Pizza place at least 6-9 months ago for sale

1 minute ago, scubascuba3 said:

It's not your thread by the way, you just started it. I appreciate some people's default is negativity and like I said nothing new in the above post, the Holiday Inn Express closed for the first time last year around April, the Pizza place at least 6-9 months ago for sale

I think the person who starts a thread, especially one that they update with new posts, it is their thread. I didn't say the HI just closed...or any of the others just closed. This isn't a flashing news thread but a record of what has happened. Brooklyn Diner may have been for sale for awhile but as recently as a month or so ago it was open. As I suggested, please feel free to hit "Ignore" for this thread.

2 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Nothing new there, maybe we should equalise the negativity by posting places open

 

Would the positivity of the small percentage that remain open quell the despair of the many that have lost on the ones that are closed, never to reopen?  

 

Where, or when, does reality come to the fore?    

5 hours ago, Leaver said:

 

Would the positivity of the small percentage that remain open quell the despair of the many that have lost on the ones that are closed, never to reopen?  

 

Where, or when, does reality come to the fore?    

 

I have seen more new openings this week, than confirmed closings.

 

 

Everything will work out....

12 minutes ago, mike787 said:

Everything will work out....

Trust the plan...

If you own a business going downhill yes it's sad as is if you've lost your job but for most retirees it should be mostly business as usual so not much to moan about, everyone I know is happy with their life right now. If you're back in cold UK yes it's miserable 

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

If you own a business going downhill yes it's sad as is if you've lost your job but for most retirees it should be mostly business as usual so not much to moan about, everyone I know is happy with their life right now. If you're back in cold UK yes it's miserable 

99% of the people in Pattaya aren't foreign retirees...life isn't all about them. And this isn't the Blighty UK Visa Sub-Forum but the Pattaya Thai Visa Sub-Forum so the weather there is irrelevant. 

8 minutes ago, Pattaya Spotter said:

99% of the people in Pattaya aren't foreign retirees...life isn't all about them. And this isn't the Blighty UK Visa Sub-Forum but the Pattaya Thai Visa Sub-Forum so the weather there is irrelevant. 

mostly foreign retirees that read this forum, in case you didn't know, I suspect the real negative people are abroad, possibly where it's cold

Just now, scubascuba3 said:

mostly foreign retirees that read this forum, in case you didn't know

And you know this how...you have done a survey of the membership or have access to the site's analytics? 

4 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

mostly foreign retirees that read this forum, in case you didn't know

The name of the forum is the Thai Visa Forum...not the Thai Retirement Visa Forum.

Enjoyed that thanks, the more it's closed down the better IMO.

In an act of complete insanity (or confidence in Pattaya's future), someone has decided that now, in the midst of the greatest health and economic calamity to hit the world (and Thailand) in a century and which has devastated the tourism industry, is the perfect time to open a swanky whisky bar smack dab in the heart of Soi Bua Kaow (perhaps the rent was too cheap to pass up). Old No. 7 Bar is located opposite Sawasdee Siam Hotel and as you can see from the pictures is a beautiful space...someone really took some time, and spent some baht, to get this place up and running. It would look completely at home on Soi Thonglor or Ekkamai in Bangkok. They just opened their doors this week and the owner/manageress says she will have a  full complement of hostesses in a week or two. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

36 minutes ago, Pattaya Spotter said:

In an act of complete insanity (or confidence in Pattaya's future), someone has decided that now, in the midst of the greatest health and economic calamity to hit the world (and Thailand) in a century and which has devastated the tourism industry, is the perfect time to open a swanky whisky bar smack dab in the heart of Soi Bua Kaow (perhaps the rent was too cheap to pass up). Old No. 7 Bar is located opposite Sawasdee Siam Hotel and as you can see from the pictures is a beautiful space...someone really took some time, and spent some baht, to get this place up and running. It would look completely at home on Soi Thonglor or Ekkamai in Bangkok. They just opened their doors this week and the owner/manageress says she will have a  full complement of hostesses in a week or two. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well after the roaring success of the upscale Soi Bukow bistro and the upscale Volare Italian restaurant....I guess they wanted a piece of that upscale Soi Bukow action too.....

7 minutes ago, redwood1 said:

Well after the roaring success of the upscale Soi Bukow bistro and the upscale Volare Italian restaurant....I guess they wanted a piece of that upscale Soi Bukow action too.....

I'm mostly interested in pieces of the up-skirt action. 

I think as long as the whiskeys don't cost more than 49 baht and 39 baht during happy hour, the place should do great....

56 minutes ago, redwood1 said:

Well after the roaring success of the upscale Soi Bukow bistro and the upscale Volare Italian restaurant....I guess they wanted a piece of that upscale Soi Bukow action too.....

Might be nice to visit after my 99  baht special in The Hungry Hippo.

Location, location, location ????

14 hours ago, TaaSaparot said:

 

I have seen more new openings this week, than confirmed closings.

 

 

 

it's nearly at the point where there is not much else left that can close.  

4 hours ago, redwood1 said:

Well after the roaring success of the upscale Soi Bukow bistro and the upscale Volare Italian restaurant....

 

Volare was a very busy and successful business, until they decided that was not enough.

 

Not even sure why you would even bother mentioning The Bistro.

 

Although, having said that you can now find it on Beach Road.

1 hour ago, kinyara said:

Location, location, location ????

 

And sometimes, you just have to open blinkered eyes, to see whats going on.

 

 

13 minutes ago, Leaver said:

 

it's nearly at the point where there is not much else left that can close.  

 

So, we should be hearing a lot less from you now? 

1 hour ago, TaaSaparot said:

 

So, we should be hearing a lot less from you now? 

 

No.  It's all these new openings that you post about that will close also.  Like a second wave.  ????

6 hours ago, TaaSaparot said:

 

So, we should be hearing a lot less from you now? 

We can but hope!

40 minutes ago, HashBrownHarry said:

We can but hope!

 

You bring so much to the forum, Harry.  ????

 

Do you actually have any thoughts of your own, on anything????

Just now, Leaver said:

 

You bring so much to the forum, Harry.  ????

 

Do you actually have any thoughts of your own, on anything????

Yes, mostly disagreeing with the nonsense you spout.

 

lol