Samui 2022 - Whats happening !

[khunPer]

The purpose of this thread is to focus on what's happening on the island, and what is open.

If you wish to tell about deserted beach roads, or post Samui-rants, please start your own thread, or use one of the already opened...????

 

Seems like the nightlife begins to reopen

Saturday 8th April...

 

Green Mango is re-opening.

 

 

[gearbox]

I think Hooters and Hard Rock Cafe are going to open very soon, saw workers cleaning around Hooters recently. The Ark bar renovation is ongoing, the rumour is they'll open in 2-3 months.

In Chaweng most of the beachfront hotels and restaurants are now open, but the visitors are way way less than pre covid. IMO good time for a visit.

[khunPer]

 

April 1st (today, home it's not April's fool)
Ark Bar is opening

Nothing else mentioned than "surf up beach bar".

 

April 8th

The Green Mango Club is reopening

"Special offer 22:00-24:00".

[phetphet]

23 hours ago, khunPer said:

Green Mango is re-opening.

Will you be dancing on stage wearing a mask khunPer?  ????

[richard_smith237]

How is the night life after April ?

 

Did things re-open ?

Closing times ?

Any late night / after hours hide-aways etc ?

[Tropicalevo]

19 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

How is the night life after April ?

 

Did things re-open ?

Closing times ?

Any late night / after hours hide-aways etc ?

Things are opening up.

I cannot say exactly what as my nightlife stops at 22.00 from choice. (First check out tomorrow is 06.00!)

The other 3 questions

Yes.

Whenever.

Yes.

[richard_smith237]

3 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

4 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

How is the night life after April ?

 

Did things re-open ?

Closing times ?

Any late night / after hours hide-aways etc ?

Things are opening up.

I cannot say exactly what as my nightlife stops at 22.00 from choice. (First check out tomorrow is 06.00!)

The other 3 questions

Yes.

Whenever.

Yes.

Thanks... 

 

Would be interesting to know from others what the night life is.

 

In Bangkok it is of course not like it was before, yet there are still plenty of places to go out. 

Night clubs etc are still closed of course. 

 

I read that a few of the big places such as Green Mango are opening up this weekend...  is that an indication of back to normal, I wonder ?

 

 

 

 

 

[CG1 Blue]

Hoping that the Green Mango opening will be the catalyst for other places to open in the surrounding area. Although I guess it'll take time for enough tourists to come back to make those places viable. Fingers crossed we're getting there!

Also, will be be very interesting to know how the Green Mango will operate when it opens. How restrictive the Covid measures will be, and how much it will resemble a night club.

I look forward to hearing back from anyone who is lucky enough to go there on Friday. 

 

P.S. Thanks KhunPer for starting this thread!

[khunPer]

19 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

How is the night life after April ?

 

Did things re-open ?

Closing times ?

Any late night / after hours hide-aways etc ?

After April is difficult to predict, but in April closing time is 24:00 or midnight. Ark Bar announced the are open 14-24, Green Mango Club talks about 22-24; however, some things might rapidly change in amazing Thailand.

 

Late night after party might be Black Bamboo Pub, they normally seems to be above anybody else and is said to be open late for quite some time...????

[FrankMCG]

It's a great info about Green Mango! Let's take a look today! 

[gearbox]

23 hours ago, FrankMCG said:

It's a great info about Green Mango! Let's take a look today! 

A friend was there last night... apparently it was packed and they ran out of ???? ????

[Tropicalevo]

38 minutes ago, gearbox said:

A friend was there last night... apparently it was packed and they ran out of ????????

The beer was probably past its sell by date anyway. ????

[CG1 Blue]

9 hours ago, gearbox said:

A friend was there last night... apparently it was packed and they ran out of ????????

Oh dear ???? and probably no 7/11s open nearby for them to re-stock

 

I don't suppose your friend gave you any other info, e.g. was the whole club open or just the area at the front, what was the mix of customers like - mostly locals, tourists etc., and were any other places open along SGM? 

 

 

[gearbox]

2 hours ago, CG1 Blue said:

Oh dear ???? and probably no 7/11s open nearby for them to re-stock

 

I don't suppose your friend gave you any other info, e.g. was the whole club open or just the area at the front, what was the mix of customers like - mostly locals, tourists etc., and were any other places open along SGM? 

 

 

Only the area at the front is open, and from his judgement most were tourists. There were many bars open before the Green Mango opening, however no idea how many customers they are getting. The ladyboy cabaret opposite Combo has opened too.

Overall it seems the northern part of Chaweng is getting back in business.

[CG1 Blue]

4 minutes ago, gearbox said:

Only the area at the front is open, and from his judgement most were tourists. There were many bars open before the Green Mango opening, however no idea how many customers they are getting. The ladyboy cabaret opposite Combo has opened too.

Overall it seems the northern part of Chaweng is getting back in business.

Sounds positive. Green shoots of recovery, fingers crossed! 

[PoorSucker]

1 hour ago, gearbox said:

ladyboy cabaret opposite Combo has opened too.

Finally, spring season started 

[khunPer]

Chaweng's nightlife the night 9th to 10th April...

I specifically waited till the night after the re-opening of Green Mango Club to get an impression of how the nightlife is, when it's a bit more "normal" – and it is pretty much back to normal, but still different, with the same clubs, the same DJ's, the same (old) music, and the same (little older the two years ago) local ladies, plus a huge amount of both expats or regulars, and younger tourists.

 

Henry Africa and Dream Girls – yes, you need to dream a little longer about these girls - are still closed, and so are Hard Rock Café and Hooters, but who would travel 5,000 miles or more to amazing Thailand to visit that kind of places, apart from my friend, who wish to visit every Hard Rock Café around the World, but hasn't been here yet...????

 

Some impressions from my nightlife-walk between 11:30 pm and 1:15 am

 

The intersection between soi Black, soi Green Mango and soi Sound...

 

Soi Sound, where most bars are open and with good space inside (either most of the waitresses have been rented out, or not enough customers for beer bars, or lack og both)...

 

Beach Road seen from soi Sound facing north...

 

Beach Road in front of Ark Bar...

 

Ark Bar on the beach seems to be under re-construction – the hotel is still closed – so only a smaller temporary "Surf Up"-section is open and far from what it used to be, but the fire show is still there...

 

Beach Road by the entrance to soi Green Mango; it seems that all the usual katoys that normally are standing along the land-side of the Beach Road on the stretch between Ark Bar and Green Mango are back in work...

 

Soi Green Mango with still closed Dream Girls and Henry Africa...

 

Entrance to Hip Hop Hush...

 

Hush was as usual quite packed inside...

 

Soi Green Mango views from the named club, Galaxy with the Russian show-girls is still closed, and so has the two small clubs Down Under and Sweet Sould Café been for long time, from before the Covid-pandemic...

 

And also a packed Green Mango Club, where only the front stage is open...

 

Here Green Mango Club viewed from the rear with soi Green Mango in the back...

 

The upper Green Mango Club-dance platform is full of happy tourists...

 

People are still heading for after party in soi Black, or just heading home that way...

 

However, Black Bamboo is packed as usual in the late hours, but all clubs and bars were open late...

[CG1 Blue]

3 hours ago, khunPer said:

Chaweng's nightlife the night 9th to 10th April...

I specifically waited till the night after the re-opening of Green Mango Club to get an impression of how the nightlife is, when it's a bit more "normal" – and it is pretty much back to normal, but still different, with the same clubs, the same DJ's, the same (old) music, and the same (little older the two years ago) local ladies, plus a huge amount of both expats or regulars, and younger tourists.

 

Henry Africa and Dream Girls – yes, you need to dream a little longer about these girls - are still closed, and so are Hard Rock Café and Hooters, but who would travel 5,000 miles or more to amazing Thailand to visit that kind of places, apart from my friend, who wish to visit every Hard Rock Café around the World, but hasn't been here yet...????

 

Some impressions from my nightlife-walk between 11:30 pm and 1:15 am

 

The intersection between soi Black, soi Green Mango and soi Sound...

 

Soi Sound, where most bars are open and with good space inside (either most of the waitresses have been rented out, or not enough customers for beer bars, or lack og both)...

 

Beach Road seen from soi Sound facing north...

 

Beach Road in front of Ark Bar...

 

Ark Bar on the beach seems to be under re-construction – the hotel is still closed – so only a smaller temporary "Surf Up"-section is open and far from what it used to be, but the fire show is still there...

 

Beach Road by the entrance to soi Green Mango; it seems that all the usual katoys that normally are standing along the land-side of the Beach Road on the stretch between Ark Bar and Green Mango are back in work...

 

Soi Green Mango with still closed Dream Girls and Henry Africa...

 

Entrance to Hip Hop Hush...

 

Hush was as usual quite packed inside...

 

Soi Green Mango views from the named club, Galaxy with the Russian show-girls is still closed, and so has the two small clubs Down Under and Sweet Sould Café been for long time, from before the Covid-pandemic...

 

And also a packed Green Mango Club, where only the front stage is open...

 

Here Green Mango Club viewed from the rear with soi Green Mango in the back...

 

The upper Green Mango Club-dance platform is full of happy tourists...

 

People are still heading for after party in soi Black, or just heading home that way...

 

However, Black Bamboo is packed as usual in the late hours, but all clubs and bars were open late...

Thanks very much for the tour. The nightlife is in much better health than I expected at this point in time. I feel optimistic for the first time in 2 years 

[PoorSucker]

Thank you Per, how about opening hours. 

Here in Pattaya they enforce 11pm closing time. 

[khunPer]

10 hours ago, PoorSucker said:

Thank you Per, how about opening hours. 

Here in Pattaya they enforce 11pm closing time. 

Relative late,;I left 1:30 am when party was still in full action with all re-opened venues in the Green Mango area open, however the beach pubs announced closing time as 12-Midnight...????

[khunPer]

So in reply to @PoorSucker and other interested in the subject, the security guard at Black Bamboo's entrance told me last night that closing time is 3 am, so I would have enough time to enjoy a drink there instead of leaving early at 2:15 am, it seems to be the same closing time for all venues in that area...????

 

Perhaps more interesting - for some - the for long time closed O'Neil's Bar at the corner of soi Green Mango and soi Sound on the intersection with soi Black - as it appears in the background in my photo from earlier post's photo...

 

 

- just looks like a closed bar with the roller shutters down. Only last night I wondered, as I remember that O'Niels have no roller shutters, there used to be huge strong steel chains around all loose equipment like bar stools. Then I realized that O'Neil's had gone and a new dark steel construction - quite similar to how Black Club were build - was erected during the lock down. The corner has been quite dark since O'Neil's closed, but now I noticed that there is a closed door on the corner with a text above it saying...

Cubanos Samui
Ultra Premium Club
Urban-Latino Music

 

 

Perhaps we are soon having a new music and dance venue for ultra premium tango-dancers - I better begin to take dance lessons... - yes it is a quite popular trend to dance tango...????????

 

 

 

 

[CG1 Blue]

Any sign of the live music bar on the corner of the beach road and Soi Green Mango opening? The place just before Dream Girls, I think it's called Palms. 

[gearbox]

1 hour ago, CG1 Blue said:

Any sign of the live music bar on the corner of the beach road and Soi Green Mango opening? The place just before Dream Girls, I think it's called Palms. 

Not opened yet. It was open last year during the darkest covid times, but now still closed.

[khunPer]

On 4/15/2022 at 1:35 PM, CG1 Blue said:

Any sign of the live music bar on the corner of the beach road and Soi Green Mango opening? The place just before Dream Girls, I think it's called Palms. 

The band Joker Parade is not back - or they play somewhere I don't know, or haven't been to - and Palms is still closed.

 

Chica Loca Bar in soi Sound is open, they used to have reggae bands, sometimes a rock band, but I didn't see any band when I passed.

 

If you wish live music either Old School Bar by the Lake, or Ma-Ha-Te in the road into Chaweng leading to the Central-roundabout, they both have live music and young Thai girls; the latter might not come there to meet farangs, but you never know...????

[khunPer]

May 6th & 7th Samui Bike Week

 

[PoorSucker]

Noticed that Rasta bar moved 500 south when I visited this weekend, also good live music. 

[FrankMCG]

On 4/10/2022 at 9:22 PM, khunPer said:

Relative late,;I left 1:30 am when party was still in full action with all re-opened venues in the Green Mango area open, however the beach pubs announced closing time as 12-Midnight...????

Thank you for sharing, my friend! All the best! 

[FrankMCG]

On 4/18/2022 at 9:35 AM, PoorSucker said:

Noticed that Rasta bar moved 500 south when I visited this weekend, also good live music. 

Not only music ????

[gearbox]

[CG1 Blue]

On 4/18/2022 at 5:35 PM, PoorSucker said:

Noticed that Rasta bar moved 500 south when I visited this weekend, also good live music. 

Where is Rasta Bar?