What'S Happened With The Woodstock Bar And Grill?

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

I was looking up something online lately re the Woodstock Bar and Grill, and discovered their website appears to be dead... I haven't been out to that soi in Thong Lor for a while... Is the Woodstock Bar still open???

http://www.woodstockbkk.com/

They have a Facebook page too, but it points to the same dead website.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Woodstock-Bar-Grill/254097288774?sk=info

[AmericaninBKK]

We ordered food by phone from there a week or two ago so I'm gonna say still open.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Thanks for that info... Maybe they just neglected to pay their web hosting bill.

[mightyharriss]

I believe that their long standing manager has left..... I feel bad for Woodstock.. great place in wrong location on Thong Lor to be fair... There is now A LOT of competition there

[janverbeem]

We ordered food by phone from there a week or two ago so I'm gonna say still open.

Has it been delivered yet?

Edited January 26, 2012 by janverbeem

[vpi78]

We ordered food by phone from there a week or two ago so I'm gonna say still open.

Has it been delivered yet?

55555

[dddave]

I believe that their long standing manager has left..... I feel bad for Woodstock.. great place in wrong location on Thong Lor to be fair... There is now A LOT of competition there

Interesting that "Bourbon Street" has now moved into essentially the same area; Ekkamai. There are a huge number of condo developments currently going up between Thong Lo and On Nut so I'm guessing that owners are thinking the market will come to them.

[Misterwhisper]

It's not even *on* Thonglor, but tucked away rather deep in Thonglor Soi 13, which is basically a shortcut between Thonglor and Sukhumvit Soi 49. With very little pedestrian traffic and even less parking space, the location is less than ideal and whenever I drive past (which is often) the place looks absolutely empty and deserted. Seems the only thing that keeps them going is "Food by Phone" orders. So let's keep ordering, shall we? Their hamburgers are really tasty; always have been since the shop first opened on the second floor of Nana Plaza some 20 years ago and quickly became a true expat magnet. Not sure why they eventually moved to that desolate out-of-the-way location. Might be that their Nana Plaza lease expired or that the rent became too high.

[davee58]

I used to regularly visit Woodstock in Nana Plaza whenever I was in Bangkok, and have been to their new location a few times in the past.

Not been there for a couple of years now because their website has been down. It is not worth wasting time travelling to such a out of the way location when It might be closed,

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Woodstock website still down today five days after my original post...

The reason, BTW, that I happened to go looking for their website last week was, in the past, Woodstock has been one of the pubs in BKK to show the U.S. football Super Bowl game, which is upcoming... So I was curious to see if they had any plans for that this year...

[Kilgore Trout]

It's not even *on* Thonglor, but tucked away rather deep in Thonglor Soi 13, which is basically a shortcut between Thonglor and Sukhumvit Soi 49. With very little pedestrian traffic and even less parking space, the location is less than ideal and whenever I drive past (which is often) the place looks absolutely empty and deserted. Seems the only thing that keeps them going is "Food by Phone" orders. So let's keep ordering, shall we? Their hamburgers are really tasty; always have been since the shop first opened on the second floor of Nana Plaza some 20 years ago and quickly became a true expat magnet. Not sure why they eventually moved to that desolate out-of-the-way location. Might be that their Nana Plaza lease expired or that the rent became too high.

My complaint is that they have the name "woodstock," great pictures and posters of amazing bands from 60's and 70's, but every time I'm there they play crap pop or Thai music. They have certainly gone downhill from the Nana days.

[vpi78]

It's not even *on* Thonglor, but tucked away rather deep in Thonglor Soi 13, which is basically a shortcut between Thonglor and Sukhumvit Soi 49. With very little pedestrian traffic and even less parking space, the location is less than ideal and whenever I drive past (which is often) the place looks absolutely empty and deserted. Seems the only thing that keeps them going is "Food by Phone" orders. So let's keep ordering, shall we? Their hamburgers are really tasty; always have been since the shop first opened on the second floor of Nana Plaza some 20 years ago and quickly became a true expat magnet. Not sure why they eventually moved to that desolate out-of-the-way location. Might be that their Nana Plaza lease expired or that the rent became too high.

Their spot in Nana was taken over by one of Rainbo GoGos that the Japs love so much so I wonder if there was a package deal that resulted in Woodstock moving to little Tokyo there at Thong Lo Soi 13.

That Homerun Sports bar may be even worse-located if that is possible. Another good place with good food in the wrong location.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

I always wonder what goes into those kinds of seemingly very off-kilter location decisions...

There's probably reasons for them somewhere, but I'll be darned if I can figure out what the reasons might be.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Odd thing...

I happened to be reading Dave the Rave's website the other day, and he had this entry listing for the Woodstock Bar, indicating it is/was scheduled to relocate back to the lower Sukhumvit area... I wonder if that's true, and if it has anything to do with their website being dead.

BTW, Woodstock website remains dead even as of today.

Edited February 4, 2012 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[WAERTH]

As the well known humorist Mark Twain said "the report of my death was an exaggeration"

I am sitting right now next to the owners of Woodstock and they are surely open for business, this is their message. The website has been down for 8 months already. At the time we didn't feel the urgency to keep it. We are working on a new one now. They thank everyone for their concern, they know the location is not as convenient. And thanks for the compliments about the bar. They hope to see everybody soon.

Edited February 9, 2012 by WAERTH

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Did they address the plan posted on Dave the Rave's website re the pub supposedly having a plan to move back to the lower Suk area sometime soon?

BTW Waerth, thanks for updating and answering the question posed in the OP...

[WAERTH]

They say that at this moment they have no plans in that direction.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Thanks again... Obviously, you can't always believe what you see/read on the web...

BTW, hate to mention this, but what kind of general public-oriented business owner in today's world leaves their website dead for 8 months, and expects to do any kind of business?

At the time we didn't feel the urgency to keep it.

Edited February 9, 2012 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[WAERTH]

Hi,

I am home now. I guess that is a discussion you would need to have with the owners if you swing by Woodstock and they are there !