Happy shopping: Suan Lum Night Bazaar reopens tonight

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Happy shopping: Suan Lum Night Bazaar reopens tonight
By Coconuts


Suan Lum Night Bazaar reopens tonight. Photo: Facebook/ Suan Lum Night Bazaar Ratchadaphisek

BANGKOK: -- Another hot spot for shopping and entertainment has hit Bangkok as the revamped Suan Lum Night Bazaar opens tonight.

Previously an open air flea market opposite Lumpini Park, the new Suan Lum Night Bazaar Ratchadphisek will open up as a new shopping mall and night market near the Ratchada-Lat Phrao intersection, Bangkok Post reported.

The new market area will also include the Bazaar Hotel, a four-star hotel with 800 rooms, and a walking street hosting 1,800 shops of local Thai products, art, fashion, ornaments and food.

Full story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2015/12/23/happy-shopping-suan-lum-night-bazaar-reopens-tonight


-- Coconuts Bangkok 2015-12-23

[outre99]

I really don't get this non-stop proliferation of shopping malls. They other day my gf and I started counting the number of shopping malls within 20 minutes motorcycle ride from our house around On Nut BTS. We counted 26. This doesn't include small neighborhood shopping centers, large supermarkets, and local markets. And they keep building more. Every time i go into these new glitzy malls i rarely see anybody in stores actually shopping. Mostly people hanging out at coffeeshops or eating at restaurants / food courts. So i'm just wondering is proper market research and financial forecasting not part of the mall construction decision making? There seems to be oversupply of retail space in this town. Or am I missing something?

[TheKnave]

This site used to be a Saturday night flea market, mostly attended by Thais. It featured vintage motorcycle parts and car parts, as well as antiques and clothing.

Of course, the land was way too valuable to continue that, so they fenced it off, and started digging. The flea market moved across the street to a vacant piece of concrete in front of the Ladprao MRT, about 1/4 the size. Some vendors went to the Railway market east of Chatuchak, before that closed. No momentum, kind of lost its charm.

I used to go every Saturday to see the bikes, and pick up stuff for one of my enduros. GF liked the shoes and girly stuff, but, really, she liked the custom bikes...

The odd foreigner showed up, but it was mostly Thais. Very friendly and laid-back, real enthusiasts, no aggro, just fun.

I used to live a little further up Ratchada, and we would walk there and back, unless I bought something heavy

This new place looked ambitious, and I guess with the MRT right there, foreigners will see it as an alternative to Asiatique, etc., but I don't see the Thai demographic from the old place (which was packed!) showing up.

Also, I really question the choice of name, "Suan Lum Night Market". I would think most people would remember the old one at Lumpini and be confused...

As an aside, the area surrounding, and further up Ratchadapisek toward Chandrakasem is a very nice place to live, if you're on a budget. If you have a motorbike, you're Golden, because there are cheap apartments further into the sois, access to Wang Hin and Ratchada 36 and all the college hangouts and restaurants. Would be best to speak some Thai, but the restaurants just inside Soi 32 (off Ratchada) are foreigner-friendly, and see a lot of foreign business people because of several small businesses there, and the Department of Export Promotion at the corner. Good little food court attached to DEP...

No girly bars, milling tourists, no hassle. A small music pub, good Isaan restaurant. A favorite garden restaurant short distance into the Soi, but you'll have to explore and find it yourself. My bike had it on autopilot, but I could never explain...

Sorry for digressing..

Edited December 23, 2015 by TheKnave

[FourAces]

This site used to be a Saturday night flea market, mostly attended by Thais. It featured vintage motorcycle parts and car parts, as well as antiques and clothing.

Of course, the land was way too valuable to continue that, so they fenced it off, and started digging. The flea market moved across the street to a vacant piece of concrete in front of the Ladprao MRT, about 1/4 the size. Some vendors went to the Railway market east of Chatuchak, before that closed. No momentum, kind of lost its charm.

I used to go every Saturday to see the bikes, and pick up stuff for one of my enduros. GF liked the shoes and girly stuff, but, really, she liked the custom bikes...

The odd foreigner showed up, but it was mostly Thais. Very friendly and laid-back, real enthusiasts, no aggro, just fun.

I used to live a little further up Ratchada, and we would walk there and back, unless I bought something heavy

This new place looked ambitious, and I guess with the MRT right there, foreigners will see it as an alternative to Asiatique, etc., but I don't see the Thai demographic from the old place (which was packed!) showing up.

Also, I really question the choice of name, "Suan Lum Night Market". I would think most people would remember the old one at Lumpini and be confused...

As an aside, the area surrounding, and further up Ratchadapisek toward Chandrakasem is a very nice place to live, if you're on a budget. If you have a motorbike, you're Golden, because there are cheap apartments further into the sois, access to Wang Hin and Ratchada 36 and all the college hangouts and restaurants. Would be best to speak some Thai, but the restaurants just inside Soi 32 (off Ratchada) are foreigner-friendly, and see a lot of foreign business people because of several small businesses there, and the Department of Export Promotion at the corner. Good little food court attached to DEP...

No girly bars, milling tourists, no hassle. A small music pub, good Isaan restaurant. A favorite garden restaurant short distance into the Soi, but you'll have to explore and find it yourself. My bike had it on autopilot, but I could never explain...

Sorry for digressing..

Don't apologize, I liked your post, it was informative, well put and the digression was more of a P.S

[thailandstupidlife]

Where exactly at Ratchada ? Thank you.

[granuaile]

Enjoyed reading this. I live on Ladphrao near Klong Ladphrao, I remember the place across from the MRT, I think it moved behind the MRT for a while but that is gone now. I usually walk to Central Ladphrao every day when I am home in BKK, this will give me some alternative for walking. There is a railway market at the MRT station at Thailand Cultural Center, Thursday through Sunday nights... Mostly Thai,.... I sometimes walk there and take MRT back to Ladphrao.

This site used to be a Saturday night flea market, mostly attended by Thais. It featured vintage motorcycle parts and car parts, as well as antiques and clothing.

Of course, the land was way too valuable to continue that, so they fenced it off, and started digging. The flea market moved across the street to a vacant piece of concrete in front of the Ladprao MRT, about 1/4 the size. Some vendors went to the Railway market east of Chatuchak, before that closed. No momentum, kind of lost its charm.

I used to go every Saturday to see the bikes, and pick up stuff for one of my enduros. GF liked the shoes and girly stuff, but, really, she liked the custom bikes...

The odd foreigner showed up, but it was mostly Thais. Very friendly and laid-back, real enthusiasts, no aggro, just fun.

I used to live a little further up Ratchada, and we would walk there and back, unless I bought something heavy

This new place looked ambitious, and I guess with the MRT right there, foreigners will see it as an alternative to Asiatique, etc., but I don't see the Thai demographic from the old place (which was packed!) showing up.

Also, I really question the choice of name, "Suan Lum Night Market". I would think most people would remember the old one at Lumpini and be confused...

As an aside, the area surrounding, and further up Ratchadapisek toward Chandrakasem is a very nice place to live, if you're on a budget. If you have a motorbike, you're Golden, because there are cheap apartments further into the sois, access to Wang Hin and Ratchada 36 and all the college hangouts and restaurants. Would be best to speak some Thai, but the restaurants just inside Soi 32 (off Ratchada) are foreigner-friendly, and see a lot of foreign business people because of several small businesses there, and the Department of Export Promotion at the corner. Good little food court attached to DEP...

No girly bars, milling tourists, no hassle. A small music pub, good Isaan restaurant. A favorite garden restaurant short distance into the Soi, but you'll have to explore and find it yourself. My bike had it on autopilot, but I could never explain...

Sorry for digressing..

[granuaile]

It covers the distance from MRT Rachada to MRT Ladphrao. It's quite a long stretch, it is about 1 block or so from MRT Rachadaphisek and across street from MRT Ladphrao.. they've been building it for years

Where exactly at Ratchada ? Thank you.

[Asiang]

Is it really the worst place on earth ?

 

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g293916-d9606514-Reviews-Suan_Lum_Night_Bazaar-Bangkok.html#REVIEWS