NancyL Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Today Hubby and I are recovering from a great night out at a Smith Pub & Restaurant, a new place on Chang Klan Rd., just across from the Park Hotel. Despite the name, it is very much a Thai night spot. Cheap, cheap prices, attentive staff keeping the glasses always full, wonderful Thai food and the price for chang beer is great -- 3 large bottles for 129 baht. They have similarly good prices for beer towers, pitchers, etc. A Thai friend with us said they have a special every Wednesday night that really brings in the Thai people -- four people can share one bottle of 100 pipers for 100 baht. Yup, that's right one bottle of whiskey for 100 baht. Last night they had three bands, each did a set of 45 min - 1 hr and they played recorded music between the sets. The songs were mostly popular Thai pop, Thai pop from the 1970s and they did a very good job with a few American/British songs from the 1960s - 1970s. I think they have bands every night. Certainly they do on Wednesday nights when the place is packed with the people enjoying the 100 pipers special. The Thai food was some of the best I've had here in CM. It was a very fun evening for an amazingly good price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainiain101 Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Nancy I noticed the place last week and that the sign displayed the name 'Smith' in the same way as 'Smiths Residence'. Anyone know if it is the same Dr Smith who owns both? Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yelly Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 I've been wanting to check this place out. Thanks for the write-up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuang Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 ..Nancyl.....is the place rowdy with those "CentrePoint" kids, I don't want to go for a urine test during police raids... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyL Posted July 10, 2011 Author Share Posted July 10, 2011 (edited) ..Nancyl.....is the place rowdy with those "CentrePoint" kids, I don't want to go for a urine test during police raids... Oh my goodness, I didn't see anything especially rowdy, nor did anyone appear to be a teenager. Don't know about how it is on Wednesdays during their 100 baht for a bottle of whiskey night. Maybe someone can visit on Wednesday evening and report. The manager said the place had been open for only 33 days, so perhaps you're confusing it with another place in the area. Edited July 10, 2011 by NancyL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie1968 Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 will try the place out when next in town charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptheos Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 About time we had another good place on Changklan - will definitely check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
true blue Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 sounds simalar to salems joy, just further down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techno Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 ..Nancyl.....is the place rowdy with those "CentrePoint" kids, I don't want to go for a urine test during police raids... Oh my goodness, I didn't see anything especially rowdy, nor did anyone appear to be a teenager. Don't know about how it is on Wednesdays during their 100 baht for a bottle of whiskey night. Maybe someone can visit on Wednesday evening and report. The manager said the place had been open for only 33 days, so perhaps you're confusing it with another place in the area. Shame about the thai food but the 100 pipers deal sounds good to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyL Posted July 11, 2011 Author Share Posted July 11, 2011 ..Nancyl.....is the place rowdy with those "CentrePoint" kids, I don't want to go for a urine test during police raids... Oh my goodness, I didn't see anything especially rowdy, nor did anyone appear to be a teenager. Don't know about how it is on Wednesdays during their 100 baht for a bottle of whiskey night. Maybe someone can visit on Wednesday evening and report. The manager said the place had been open for only 33 days, so perhaps you're confusing it with another place in the area. Shame about the thai food but the 100 pipers deal sounds good to me Techno, I don't understand your comment about the food. The food was fantastic. As I said in my OP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinnieTheKhwai Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Number & quality of the staff / beer ladies? This seemed missing from your review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyL Posted July 11, 2011 Author Share Posted July 11, 2011 Number & quality of the staff / beer ladies? This seemed missing from your review. So sorry to have left out this important point. From my standpoint, I don't really care just so someone keeps my glass full all the time! Actually, one of their waiters was pretty cute. Otherwise, there was a Chang girl, in the regulation uniform and several other waitresses that could have been Chang girls if they'd only had that dress. Actually, it was a fairly slow evening and all the patrons received more than adequate attention. I expect they bring in reinforcment troops for their busy Wednesday night. I wonder if they have "100 Piper girls" like they do beer girls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaimiller Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Number & quality of the staff / beer ladies? This seemed missing from your review. So sorry to have left out this important point. From my standpoint, I don't really care just so someone keeps my glass full all the time! Actually, one of their waiters was pretty cute. Otherwise, there was a Chang girl, in the regulation uniform and several other waitresses that could have been Chang girls if they'd only had that dress. Actually, it was a fairly slow evening and all the patrons received more than adequate attention. I expect they bring in reinforcment troops for their busy Wednesday night. I wonder if they have "100 Piper girls" like they do beer girls? It would seem they exist but not sure if they have them at Smiths Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyL Posted July 11, 2011 Author Share Posted July 11, 2011 Number & quality of the staff / beer ladies? This seemed missing from your review. So sorry to have left out this important point. From my standpoint, I don't really care just so someone keeps my glass full all the time! Actually, one of their waiters was pretty cute. Otherwise, there was a Chang girl, in the regulation uniform and several other waitresses that could have been Chang girls if they'd only had that dress. Actually, it was a fairly slow evening and all the patrons received more than adequate attention. I expect they bring in reinforcment troops for their busy Wednesday night. I wonder if they have "100 Piper girls" like they do beer girls? It would seem they exist but not sure if they have them at Smiths Those outfits don't really do them justice, do they? The Chang girl looked much more stately in her figure-hugging tight white dress. She wasn't all hunched over, either. Much better posture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mestizo Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Number & quality of the staff / beer ladies? This seemed missing from your review. Also conspicuously missing from the review was a detailed assessment of the restroom facilities. Where they up to standard? -Mestizo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinnieTheKhwai Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Number & quality of the staff / beer ladies? This seemed missing from your review. Also conspicuously missing from the review was a detailed assessment of the restroom facilities. Where they up to standard? -Mestizo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses G. Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 ..Nancyl.....is the place rowdy with those "CentrePoint" kids, I don't want to go for a urine test during police raids... Oh my goodness, I didn't see anything especially rowdy, nor did anyone appear to be a teenager. Don't know about how it is on Wednesdays during their 100 baht for a bottle of whiskey night. Maybe someone can visit on Wednesday evening and report. The manager said the place had been open for only 33 days, so perhaps you're confusing it with another place in the area. Shame about the thai food but the 100 pipers deal sounds good to me Techno, I don't understand your comment about the food. The food was fantastic. As I said in my OP. Maybe he is not a fan of Thai food? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinnieTheKhwai Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 (edited) Almost all such pubs will do French fries and other fried snacks. So people who don't like the more hard-core Thai food probably will not feel left out. Edited July 12, 2011 by WinnieTheKhwai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vacationman Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 After seeing this review online we decided to give Smith Pub and Restaurant a try last night. Got my 3 Chang Beers for 129 baht. The food menu starts at 39 baht for full meal such as Chicken Fried Rice and about 20 other dishes. Huge menu with a lot of choices. Deep Fried Peanuts and Fries are also on the menu. We got there sort of early 6 p.m. First live band started playing at 7 p.m. Very good RELAXING Music, NOT blasting your head off like many places. To Answer the question of one poster... YES the bathrooms are very nice and CLEAN. Western Style and all new equipment. Highly recommend this place for FOOD, Drink, Music and the Bathroom. Thanks for the Post to let us know about your new find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binjalin Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 must visit! thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sojourner Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Gonna bring the gang tonight and try it out. Funny how things always come around. The structure has been there for years and was always a middle of the road restaurant in my opinion. Sounds like the new management has improved things. Watch out for the rumble of V twins LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yelly Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 After seeing this place mentioned on ThaiVIsa, I made the mental note to remember it next time the husband and I wanted something new. This place is fantastic! All of the food we had was incredible (pad see ew seafood, fried mushrooms, stir-fried asparagus, and shrimp fried rice) and the beer deal is great (129 for 3 large Chang classic, only 109 for three of the Draught or Light). My husband could not believe how tasty the food was. We were there at 7 pm on Friday night, though, and there were only two other tables of people there the entire time we ate. We left shortly before 9. It was raining, though, so maybe it kept any sort of crowd away? Regardless, the security guard held an umbrella over our head while we prepared our rain coats, etc, for the bike ride home. Very nice. No band, pretty dead. And the music was LOUD. I saw it mentioned that it wasn't loud, but I disagree. We were almost yelling at each other in conversation. Not enough to keep us away, though. This is a new, affordable, favorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paagai Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 The structure has been there for years and was always a middle of the road restaurant in my opinion. Not been down that way in a while.... Is this place where Sylom Joy used to be? Another poster mentioned it above, but AFAIK Sylom Joy has been closed for ages - I think moved elsewhere. Had some good times there way back when. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naboo Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 I took a couple of friends there a few weeks ago on a Wednesday night having remembered the post by Nancy and the Wednesday special, arrived about 8pm and there were no customers. Went across the road to Samo (drinks promotions there are not what they used to be) for a couple of drinks, returned at 10pm to see if had livened up but there was still nobody there. There used to be a very popular place there which shut down about a year ago. No idea why it closed down. Also a few bars on the left between Smiths and the RattiLanna Hotel have also disappeared, including one run by an English guy and his wife. It was a nice little area of bars a couple of years ago, but now only Samo and the deserted Smith Pub remain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zziffle Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 The Smith Pub & Restaurant is no more. Went by there today and they're tearing down the building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terminatorchiangmai Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 I took a couple of friends there a few weeks ago on a Wednesday night having remembered the post by Nancy and the Wednesday special, arrived about 8pm and there were no customers. Went across the road to Samo (drinks promotions there are not what they used to be) for a couple of drinks, returned at 10pm to see if had livened up but there was still nobody there. There used to be a very popular place there which shut down about a year ago. No idea why it closed down. Also a few bars on the left between Smiths and the RattiLanna Hotel have also disappeared, including one run by an English guy and his wife. It was a nice little area of bars a couple of years ago, but now only Samo and the deserted Smith Pub remain. This English guy and his wife are now on the kamphaeng ding Rd. look for the sign Citirin , truly a very nice guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binjalin Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 Its not a new place at all its the old sai lom joy - just a bit of paint and its all the same - only they dont do coctails now which used to be great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HansBlinkers Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 1322802693[/url]' post='4885992']1313932016[/url]' post='4640579']I took a couple of friends there a few weeks ago on a Wednesday night having remembered the post by Nancy and the Wednesday special, arrived about 8pm and there were no customers. Went across the road to Samo (drinks promotions there are not what they used to be) for a couple of drinks, returned at 10pm to see if had livened up but there was still nobody there. There used to be a very popular place there which shut down about a year ago. No idea why it closed down. Also a few bars on the left between Smiths and the RattiLanna Hotel have also disappeared, including one run by an English guy and his wife. It was a nice little area of bars a couple of years ago, but now only Samo and the deserted Smith Pub remain. This English guy and his wife are now on the kamphaeng ding Rd. look for the sign Citirin , truly a very nice guy Is this Nick and Nit, you speak about? I'm out of town at the moment and haven't been to their new place. Are they still open late for the football? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terminatorchiangmai Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 I took a couple of friends there a few weeks ago on a Wednesday night having remembered the post by Nancy and the Wednesday special, arrived about 8pm and there were no customers. Went across the road to Samo (drinks promotions there are not what they used to be) for a couple of drinks, returned at 10pm to see if had livened up but there was still nobody there. There used to be a very popular place there which shut down about a year ago. No idea why it closed down. Also a few bars on the left between Smiths and the RattiLanna Hotel have also disappeared, including one run by an English guy and his wife. It was a nice little area of bars a couple of years ago, but now only Samo and the deserted Smith Pub remain. This English guy and his wife are now on the kamphaeng ding Rd. look for the sign Citirin , truly a very nice guy Is this Nick and Nit, you speak about? I'm out of town at the moment and haven't been to their new place. Are they still open late for the football? Yes Nick is his name and he is open till very late or early morning, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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