Suan Lum Night Bazaar to Reopen – Far From ‘Suan Lum’

By Lisnaree Vichitsorasatra
Staff Reporter



Original sign outside the Suan Lum Night Bazaar in a 2009 photo. Photo: Fitri Agung / Flickr

BANGKOK — Five years after the original closed, the people behind the Suan Lum Night Bazaar will reopen it next week in the Chatuchak district, over 10 kilometers from its eponymous park.

Opening years later than originally planned by the original market’s developer, P Con, the new night market will open near MRT Lat Phrao at the Ratchada-Lat Phrao intersection in a different setting than the original, surrounded with hotels, condos and restaurants rather than the stand-alone market which once spread east of Lumphini Park.

A commercial real estate blog described it as aimed at “Mid-town Ratchada folk who’ve been waiting patiently for all the heavy condominium development and investment in the area to finally pay off.”

Expect the latest seafood and fashion fads ala Siam or Emquartier, with more corporate offerings than the original, such as the several establishments already opened: Champions Sports Bars, chinese restaurant Ping’s and japanese buffet Hikaru. A theatre called “The Bazaar Theater” will open inside a hotel with the same name to offer a “Magic Cabaret,” apparently the facsimile of the original’s Joe Louis Puppet Theatre.

Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.php?newsid=1450514379

-- Khaosod English 2015-12-19

Still wondering what will come up at the original Suan Lum night bazaar site on the Wittayu intersection? A really huge parcel of prime real estate. After being evicted, only a small corner is being used for some Royal Family sponsored project.

I pass this every day during my daily walk, stretches from Ratchada MRT all the way to Latphrao MRT. For the past 3 or so years Ive watched as it was being built. I won't be there when it opens but look forward to checking it out when I am back to BKK...

Still wondering what will come up at the original Suan Lum night bazaar site on the Wittayu intersection? A really huge parcel of prime real estate. After being evicted, only a small corner is being used for some Royal Family sponsored project.

The conditional 30-year lease would make such a large plot unattractive as design and construction would probably exceed 5 years...

Still wondering what will come up at the original Suan Lum night bazaar site on the Wittayu intersection? A really huge parcel of prime real estate. After being evicted, only a small corner is being used for some Royal Family sponsored project.

Read many years ago that Central Pattana planned to build a retail and hotel complex there (as if we needed one more of those). Don't know if plans have changed since then.

But will they reopen the beer garden?