checkinn99 to close after 60 years

[thai3]

Well it would have been 60 in a few more months, they have to the end of the month according to stickman this week, sad.

http://checkinn99.com/pdfs/2-art.pdf

[saakura]

What was it, a short time sex motel?

[MyFrenU]

No surprise whatsoever,always empty,ridiculously overpriced for a beer it's not rocket science is it?Probably run on the expert marketing strategy so prevalent in Thailand that the emptier you are the more you charge for a beer,just to make up the shortfall TiT!

[thai3]

No surprise whatsoever,always empty,ridiculously overpriced for a beer it's not rocket science is it?Probably run on the expert marketing strategy so prevalent in Thailand that the emptier you are the more you charge for a beer,just to make up the shortfall TiT!

100 baht for lao dark before 8.30 overpriced?, you sound like my mrs moaning about the price of water when 'it's only 10 baht in the shops' It's always been full when i have been

[thai3]

What was it, a short time sex motel?

Don't know much about Bangkok then- it's oldest nightclub dating back to 1957, and that's the stone age here. Between Sukhumvit 5-7 and opened when there were still rice patches and banana trees growing up the road Opened as the Copa cobana it was 12 years old when this was taken in 1969, on the left. The Landmark Hotel is where the shops were on the right. Manhatten hotel on soi 15 had just opened. Looks like this photo was taken around mid day- where are they all?

Edited June 5, 2016 by thai3

[Misterwhisper]

Sad to hear that another venue of Bangkok's great old days as an entertainment city is about to vanish for good. Why do they have to close? Lease running out? Or is the land lord going to bulldoze the entire block in order to build yet another boring shopping center?

I remember the old Thermae. What a bizarre place - and that was exactly what made it so interesting. I stopped frequenting it after it moved a couple of blocks down the road. It just wasn't the same anymore.

Then there was of course the original Napoleon Lounge in Patpong (it later moved to Sukhumvit Soi 33 and never really kicked off there).

Also in Patpong was Crown Royal, a delightful drinking place with an ingenious owner (Izzy).

Not sure if other classic Patpong venues like Gaslight, Mizu's Kitchen or Madrid still exist. Haven't been to Patpong in more than a decade.

[thai3]

sounds like the landlord (indian) wants them out, putting the rent up x3 and taking a chunk of the space at the back anyway for a development

Edited June 5, 2016 by thai3

[thai3]

Patpong was never the same after touch bar closed suk when checkinn was built

Edited June 5, 2016 by thai3

[marko kok prong]

Stickman would only go to take photo's he is not a butterfly[so he tells everyone].

[Tywais]

What was it, a short time sex motel?

Don't know much about Bangkok then- it's oldest nightclub dating back to 1957, and that's the stone age here. Between Sukhumvit 5-7 and opened when there were still rice patches and banana trees growing up the road Opened as the Copa cobana it was 12 years old when this was taken in 1969, on the left. The Landmark Hotel is where the shops were on the right. Manhatten hotel on soi 15 had just opened. Looks like this photo was taken around mid day- where are they all?

That happens to be my photo when I was there from 1968-1969 and originally posted in this topic - http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/575072-bangkok-photos-from-1967-1968-period/#entry5547269

So be sure credit is given.

[thai3]

i forgot this time I did say it was yours when I posted it a couple of weeks ago, got any more from that era?

[Roota]

Also in Patpong was Crown Royal, a delightful drinking place with an ingenious owner (Izzy).

Not sure if other classic Patpong venues like Gaslight, Mizu's Kitchen or Madrid still exist. Haven't been to Patpong in more than a decade.

Interesting clientele in the old Crown Royal. Like Izzy many of them were ex-Air America chopper pilots.

I heard that Mizu died a few years ago. The place was still open last time I looked but just barely. That interior is (was?) an absolute museum of the way Bangkok used to be.

Madrid is still going strong and the food's as good as ever.

[johninbkk]

I just loved CheckInn 99. I always thought it good value. What a shame.

Same goes for The Coffee Shop. Thermae on Sukhumvit, down the Sleaziest back alley. It was F A N T A S T I C......

I'm surprised no has mentioned the hotel on Petchaburi Rd, Gee can't remember the name. Had a "Coffee shop" at the front and always full, live bands and plenty of food. It was notorious in the late Nineties for Uni students to to work off their Uni fees.

Heading down town it was on the right side in between Asoke and Prayathai. Really old styled Thai hotel.

Edited June 6, 2016 by johninbkk

[jgm005]

Madrid still exists. Had Breakfast there last week. Same owners, etc

Sad to hear that another venue of Bangkok's great old days as an entertainment city is about to vanish for good. Why do they have to close? Lease running out? Or is the land lord going to bulldoze the entire block in order to build yet another boring shopping center?

I remember the old Thermae. What a bizarre place - and that was exactly what made it so interesting. I stopped frequenting it after it moved a couple of blocks down the road. It just wasn't the same anymore.

Then there was of course the original Napoleon Lounge in Patpong (it later moved to Sukhumvit Soi 33 and never really kicked off there).

Also in Patpong was Crown Royal, a delightful drinking place with an ingenious owner (Izzy).

Not sure if other classic Patpong venues like Gaslight, Mizu's Kitchen or Madrid still exist. Haven't been to Patpong in more than a decade.

[sanukjim]

Sad to hear that another venue of Bangkok's great old days as an entertainment city is about to vanish for good. Why do they have to close? Lease running out? Or is the land lord going to bulldoze the entire block in order to build yet another boring shopping center?

I remember the old Thermae. What a bizarre place - and that was exactly what made it so interesting. I stopped frequenting it after it moved a couple of blocks down the road. It just wasn't the same anymore.

Then there was of course the original Napoleon Lounge in Patpong (it later moved to Sukhumvit Soi 33 and never really kicked off there).

Also in Patpong was Crown Royal, a delightful drinking place with an ingenious owner (Izzy).

Not sure if other classic Patpong venues like Gaslight, Mizu's Kitchen or Madrid still exist. Haven't been to Patpong in more than a decade.

Madrid(where I was the manager in 1984)still exist with the same owner Kung Dang.Now run by her daughter Jennie..On their birthday celebration on November 28th I think the price of drinks and beer is how old the place is,so this year it will be about 45 or 46 baht a drink.The oldest bar on the street still standing is the Safari Bar.The original owner was Tiger Piss Thompson (moved to the PI I think.).Some of the bars that George Papas and ? built like the The Texxan on Patpong Two are still there.The Other Office (original owner Nick) later owner Bill Mallory now owned and run by Pawn Is still there also.When Ole Patpong died his daughter ruined (for us drinkers) it by having the night market there.Quite a few memories from there in the 70s.....Dirty Jim

[AlQaholic]

Notice from the picture the roads apparently was in much better shape back then.....

[houlicha]

It's tragic to hear the Check Bin is closing. Glad Madrid is still there though.

[smotherb]

Sad to hear that another venue of Bangkok's great old days as an entertainment city is about to vanish for good. Why do they have to close? Lease running out? Or is the land lord going to bulldoze the entire block in order to build yet another boring shopping center?

I remember the old Thermae. What a bizarre place - and that was exactly what made it so interesting. I stopped frequenting it after it moved a couple of blocks down the road. It just wasn't the same anymore.

Then there was of course the original Napoleon Lounge in Patpong (it later moved to Sukhumvit Soi 33 and never really kicked off there).

Also in Patpong was Crown Royal, a delightful drinking place with an ingenious owner (Izzy).

Not sure if other classic Patpong venues like Gaslight, Mizu's Kitchen or Madrid still exist. Haven't been to Patpong in more than a decade.

Always preferred Max's and the Kangaroo and Bunny House upstairs

[RayHaas]

Cant be that bad for being #1 on Tripadvisor for years!

[thai3]

I just loved CheckInn 99. I always thought it good value. What a shame.

Same goes for The Coffee Shop. Thermae on Sukhumvit, down the Sleaziest back alley. It was F A N T A S T I C......

I'm surprised no has mentioned the hotel on Petchaburi Rd, Gee can't remember the name. Had a "Coffee shop" at the front and always full, live bands and plenty of food. It was notorious in the late Nineties for Uni students to to work off their Uni fees.

Heading down town it was on the right side in between Asoke and Prayathai. Really old styled Thai hotel.

Siam hotel?

[thai3]

Madrid(where I was the manager in 1984)still exist with the same owner Kung Dang.Now run by her daughter Jennie..On their birthday celebration on November 28th I think the price of drinks and beer is how old the place is,so this year it will be about 45 or 46 baht a drink.The oldest bar on the street still standing is the Safari Bar.The original owner was Tiger Piss Thompson (moved to the PI I think.).Some of the bars that George Papas and ? built like the The Texxan on Patpong Two are still there.The Other Office (original owner Nick) later owner Bill Mallory now owned and run by Pawn Is still there also.When Ole Patpong died his daughter ruined (for us drinkers) it by having the night market there.Quite a few memories from there in the 70s.....Dirty Jim

Any pics jim?

[johninbkk]

I just loved CheckInn 99. I always thought it good value. What a shame.

Same goes for The Coffee Shop. Thermae on Sukhumvit, down the Sleaziest back alley. It was F A N T A S T I C......

I'm surprised no has mentioned the hotel on Petchaburi Rd, Gee can't remember the name. Had a "Coffee shop" at the front and always full, live bands and plenty of food. It was notorious in the late Nineties for Uni students to to work off their Uni fees.

Heading down town it was on the right side in between Asoke and Prayathai. Really old styled Thai hotel.

Siam hotel?

Yes, that's it.

Another late opener. It was more of a Thai scene, but still had some memorable nigts there.

[SoiBiker]

Weird place. Dated bar interior with cruise ship style entertainment. I think we were the youngest customers by a margin of about three decades. I'm sure some will miss it, but I'd say it's time had come.

[sanukjim]

Madrid(where I was the manager in 1984)still exist with the same owner Kung Dang.Now run by her daughter Jennie..On their birthday celebration on November 28th I think the price of drinks and beer is how old the place is,so this year it will be about 45 or 46 baht a drink.The oldest bar on the street still standing is the Safari Bar.The original owner was Tiger Piss Thompson (moved to the PI I think.).Some of the bars that George Papas and ? built like the The Texxan on Patpong Two are still there.The Other Office (original owner Nick) later owner Bill Mallory now owned and run by Pawn Is still there also.When Ole Patpong died his daughter ruined (for us drinkers) it by having the night market there.Quite a few memories from there in the 70s.....Dirty Jim

Any pics jim?

Yes I have photos from the mid 70s on..contact via *removed*

Edited June 6, 2016 by cdnvic
Removed personal contact details. Please contact poster via private message.

[gamini]

How sad! I remember it in the early sixties where we used to go for a late night drink. It had beautiful Filipino singers and great bar girls. One of them was Noy who later became the mamasam. She was my first Thai girlfriend and I saw her regularly over the next few years . When the bar moved to Sukhumvit it was renamed check-in 99 , but it had no resemblance to the old place. I popped in there recently because I heard that Noy was there. She would not believe that it was me until I showed her a few photographs of us together. She got the shock of her life when she realised who I was . After all , it was nearly 60 years ago that we were together . Sadly, many things have changed in Bangkok . I used to love it in the old days, but no longer.

[natway09]

Enjoyed dining on the mezzanine & then venturing down for a coffee & cognac & a bit of a shuffle on the dance floor

to what was most of the time pretty good music

[thai3]

Gamini do you mean mama noy? she died in January

Edited June 6, 2016 by thai3

[Tchooptip]

Thanks for the link

[thai3]

Madrid(where I was the manager in 1984)still exist with the same owner Kung Dang.Now run by her daughter Jennie..On their birthday celebration on November 28th I think the price of drinks and beer is how old the place is,so this year it will be about 45 or 46 baht a drink.The oldest bar on the street still standing is the Safari Bar.The original owner was Tiger Piss Thompson (moved to the PI I think.).Some of the bars that George Papas and ? built like the The Texxan on Patpong Two are still there.The Other Office (original owner Nick) later owner Bill Mallory now owned and run by Pawn Is still there also.When Ole Patpong died his daughter ruined (for us drinkers) it by having the night market there.Quite a few memories from there in the 70s.....Dirty Jim

Any pics jim?

Yes I have photos from the mid 70s on..contact via snail mail

why not scan a few upload to photobucket and post them here jim?

Edited June 6, 2016 by cdnvic
Removed personal contact details. Please contact poster via private message.

[thai3]

Checkinn closing would not be so bad if it were not in a long line of places with character and history being chucked in the skip. After Washington sq and checkinn now there are very few old places left around there, it's all bloody sports bars with tellys everywhere or modern hell holes like Hooters all over the place. In the last 10 years Bangkok has lost so many places that made it worth being in, it will end up the same as everywhere else, Mcdonalds and Starbucks land, crap in other words.

Edited June 6, 2016 by thai3