hi guys. i used to drop into the madrid bar a few years ago and found it a great place. cold beer great food and the staff not too pushey .any chance of a update on the place . james

Where was it located?

Where was it located?

hi . it is on soi number 2 patpong . james

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I don't visit Patpong, it's revolting.

Where was it located?

hi . it is on soi number 2 patpong . james

Do not recall a Soi 2 patpong in Chiang Mai.

It's still exactly the same by the sound of your description. It's great for people watching!

thanks john great to hear that . james

thanks john great to hear . i must drop in again soon . if only for the club sandwich and a glass of singa . james

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I don't visit Patpong, it's revolting.

I agree. The Golden Beer Bar in front of NEP is far superior.

thanks john great to hear . i must drop in again soon . if only for the club sandwich and a glass of singa . james

Aparently their larb pizza is very good but I haven't tried it

It's been there 41 years & changed very little. Good grub at good prices. Friendly staff. Not pushy. No "extras".

It is NOT in pat pong 2.

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I don't visit Patpong, it's revolting.

and thats just an opinion nobody wa rally asking for!

@TS: Sure it was "Madrid Bar"? Only know of this "other place" more a restaurant then a bar... but forgotit's name sounded somewhat spanish..

thanks john great to hear . i must drop in again soon . if only for the club sandwich and a glass of singa . james

Aparently their larb pizza is very good but I haven't tried it

hi . corect there pizza is very good .and so is the service they have a low staff turnover .and it helps to keep the customers cumming back . some guys have been customers for 10 years or more, lots of locals thiais and expats visit every day . james

hi . i was not talking about pat pong in general just a drinking spot. if they could afford to move to another location it would loose its special charm . go there and try it . its also on u/tube if you care to look . type in madrid bar bangkok and it pops up . james

I don't agree with those who say Madrid's pizza is the best in town, but it's right up there near the top.

It's a homey, unpretentious place with an interesting clientele. Easy to walk past and not know it's there.

hi .yes it has very interesting cliants .and quiet a history going back to the vietnam war.it was said to be a drinking spot for the cia guys stationed in thailand .some famous cold war warriors used to drink there . james

Yes, Nice place. I been going there for about 15 years, however have been in Surin that last 4 years for don't make it there much. Still the same, good prices, decent food and relaxing. Do miss Khun Saa

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Yes, Nice place. I been going there for about 15 years, however have been in Surin that last 4 years for don't make it there much. Still the same, good prices, decent food and relaxing. Do miss Khun Saa

hi . yes the food is as good as ever. and so is the beer with a good selection of local beers .and very nice girls . james

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<br />Where was it located?<br />

<br /><br /><br />hi . it is on soi number 2  patpong  . james<br />

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Hey! Mods!!??

What's this doing in Chiang Mai...........?

We have enough sleaze up here without some sort of spill over from Patpong....

Where was it located?

guys . the madrid bar is located on soi number i .just off silom rd . as you come around the corner from silom rd .its on the right hand side . james

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I don't visit Patpong, it's revolting.

I agree. The Golden Beer Bar in front of NEP is far superior.

The parking lot of the Nana Hotel is like a budget priced Shangri-la for real men.

Where was it located?

guys . the madrid bar is located on soi number i .just off silom rd . as you come around the corner from silom rd .its on the right hand side . james

I used to hang out there in the early 70s. It was famous for its pizzas - these were still a novelty then. It must have moved though as the original was on the left side of Patpong coming from Silom between the Lone Star (moved to Washington Square) and the Napoleon (long gone). I think it was the place where Jim Bowman topped himself by drinking rat poison at the bar. I gave up on Patpong after the night market started.

you are correct about the night market. its a bloody shit fight . pardon the english .esp when it raines. and they are setting it up and removing the stalls. .james

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I don't visit Patpong, it's revolting.

Oh well, aren't we the holier-than-thou farang in the house?

Patpong is not revolting; it's a piece of Thailand history. It has several fascinating establishments (which are hardly sleazy in the least, which I assume is your implication with your simplistic "revolting" epithet), including the above-mentioned Madrid: longest-operating bar restaurant on Patpong, pretty much decorated as it was in the 1960s when it opened, and still serving what I (and many others) deem the best pizza available in Thailand. So there you have it.

ajaan . i could not agree more about the madrid bar, thank you . james