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Shadow
The Shadow Bar on Soi Rambuttri
must be good - it was so packed on a Friday
night, we couldn't get in! The result
- we don't know much about this place!
Details anyone? Click
here...
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New venue
Simon McMurchie (smurch52@hotmail.com)
"Hi! We've just opened a new club
at Le Royal Meridien Hotel in Bangkok
playing Funky House, Breakbeat Hip Hop
& R&B. Let me know if you want to come
or want anymore information about the
club. Simon.." That's a night off
Khao San Road anyway... Check it out!
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The Living Room
We got this from Brian (jagcreature@hotmail.com):
"Saw a great Blues Band at the Living
Room pub on Sukhumvit... They have a good
following from travellers and Expats living
here... It was a good night out... They
have a website and forum too I believe...
www.thelivingroombangkok.com"
We'll have to get down there and do a
review... Anyone know anything about this
place?
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Although microbrewries are more associated
with German beer, The Londoner Brew Pub
brews British bitter and mild - it's not
bad either! This place is huge, but is
so popular it often gets full, especially
when the football's on (English premier
league of course). They offer a regular
schedule of events and promotions - Wednesday
and Thursday nights offer 'Two-for-one'!
Wednesday nights it's for anyone, Thursday
nights it's for teachers (?) - bring your
teacher's ID to claim your discount (including
15% on food). Regular quiz nights are
organised with some pretty decent prizes.
This is a great place to go if you want
a 'western night out' - Wednesday's are
eminently affordable. You'll meet people
who aren't travellers but aren't always
expats either - people who have been about
a bit but settled in Thailand. A pretty
good mix of people.
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Cheap Charlie's
Soi 11 Sukhumvit Road
Bangkok
No telephone - no fax
- no email!
Nick (naka_nick@hotmail.com)
from Bangkok writes:
I looked at your site for the first time last
week and was surprised you didn't have any information
about 'Cheap Charlie's Bar'. Fact is, if you
haven't been to 'Cheap Charlie's', you haven't
really been to Bangkok. This place will fit
the average traveller's budget a little better
than some of the bars you have featured.
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More of an 'alcohol kiosk' than a bar,
you'll find Cheap Charlie's on the corner
of a fairly nondescript Soi (Soi 11) on
Sukhumvit Road. A little hut houses a
good range of beers, spirits and soft
drinks. Costs are kept down by the fact
that you either stand in the street with
your drink or sit on one of the few bar
stools available. Managed by Mr. Satit,
this place was apparently left over from
the Vietnam War. According to some, the
place got its name because it was a place
where you could buy cheap cocaine back
then. Sounds a bit too convenient to be
true for my liking! At the moment mainly
expats make it down here, but especially
if you are heading off to witness the
red light stuff on Nana, this is a good
place to make your first stop of the evening.
Go down Soi 11 and take the first left
- you can't miss it. Don't go down with
a bad stomach though - you can only 'piss'
in the toilets!
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Wong's Place
27/3 Soi Sri Bumphen,
off Soi Ngam Duphli
Tel: 02-286-1558
Fiona (fionam@khao-san-road.com)
writes:
During my last stay in Bangkok, I met up with
some English guys who had been in Bangkok longer
than 5 minutes! They took me to the sort of
bar I expected to see more of in Bangkok - Wong's
Place. Wong's Place is stuck in the 60's, but
is not a cliche in any way. It's a small place;
you sit on bar stools around a rickety old bar.
It sells probably the cheapest beer and whiskey
in Bangkok, so expect to get inebriated!
Wong himself is a very relaxed bloke with a
very 'hands-off' managerial style. You can get
your own beers from the fridge and pay up later
- the atmosphere is built on trust. Nobody would
want to rip this nice guy off! Wong has a selection
of videos from every era - select a decade and
he'll give you want you want. From hippies,
through to New Romantics, it's all there! Unfortunately,
I don't know enough about modern music to know
how well stock he is on boy bands, etc.!
Wong's Place is the sort of place you want
to go - relaxed and charming. Very much like
the man himself! Check it out. It'll ad to the
tales you tell when you get back home!
Fiona
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on 4 Restaurant" at the Amari Watergate Hotel
Jane Anderson (janderson@ghd.com.au)
writes:
The food at "Thai on 4 Restaurant"
at the Amari
Watergate Hotel is awesome. A little more
expensive but definitely worth it. About $10
to $20 (Australian) per main course. Great service,
great food - the paw paw salad is to die for
, and the beef green curry is hot!!
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Toby Jug
Silom Road
Opposite Saladeang Skytrain Station
Bangkok
Tel: (662) 281-6402 Fax: (662) 281-6814
http://www.geocities.com/paris/maison/4947/
As the name suggests, Toby Jug is
a British pub. In our view, its the best. If
you are going down Silom way and you getting
a craving for something without chilli in it
and a decent pint, this is the place. Small
- but its amazing how many people fit in. They
serve one the most extensive British menus I
have seen and the food is absolutely excellent
- they have a special which they serve everyday
for a week. Try it - wonderful value at 85-90
Baht. You won't be disappointed. For beer, ask
for the Amarit. They serve draft Amarit (a local
brew made from imported hops) in very large
glasses for on 120 Baht a time. Easy enough
to get to - get the Skytrain to Saladeang Station
and go down the stairs - can't miss it. Plan
to get a taxi back to Khao San! My personal
favourite.
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- ALAS NO MORE - RIP
- Antony
Danforth writes "The Toby Jug,
featured in your Pubs/Food section, no longer
exists. Wish it did, I was a regular at
one time."
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Hard
Rock Cafe
Siam Square
http://hrc-bkk.com/
No trip to Thailand would be complete
without a picture taken in front of the Hard Rock
Cafe, Bangkok. And luckily, the Hard Rock Cafe
in Bangkok is worth the visit (not least for its
location - Siam Square is a pretty hip place in
its own right). Great bands at this place - genuinely
good. Mainly local bands but some foreign bands
come here from time to time. Compared to local
prices, Hard Rock Cafe is expensive, but it is
worth it. Hard Rock Cafe is very much part of
the traveller's heritage by now, as such, you
should make a pilgrimage. Again, easy enough to
get to - just get on the Skytrain and get off
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The New
Light Cafe
Siam Square - Next to the Hard
Rock Cafe
Known locally as the 'No Light'
because it's basically pitch dark inside,
the New Light Cafe is a good place. About
the third of the price of the Hard Rock Cafe,
there's no band deafening you, and the food
is good and reasonably priced. Lunch times
see the New Light Full of students from Chulalongkorn
University and evenings a free for all that
includes families and teachers from the local
British Council. Good - very good.
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"Cool name! The
"No Light" has always been affectionately
called the "Low Life" and one of the best
things in Bkk has always been sitting there,
watching people getting out of tuk-tuks for
The Hard Rock... ... and paying with red folding
stuff. Where did they come from?
Chiang Mai?"
Andy, Bangkok
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"I am still a regular
customer to Saxophone whenever I am in town.
Fun loving modern BKK affluent crowd, older
than the trendy student crowds in the tiny
Thai pubs near KSR. Quality of music is
variable but the staff is quite friendly.
One caution: keep close track of your bar
bill. I have been significantly overcharged
there several times, but they always correct
it when I complain politely. Math errors?
;)"
Ching Choke city, Toronto, CANADA
"Saxophone JAMS!!! I have been going
to this place for more than 10 years and
never get tired of it. Last night (18/9/01)
was their 15th anniversary party which rocked.
T-Bone, my favourite Thai band was playing,
amongst others (I think they had all the
bands who have ever played there last night
- can't really remember....!) I don't find
it expensive, the food (despite recent reviews
to the contrary) is excellent - better than
it was before in fact, and the atmosphere
is always good, particularly when walk-ins
get up and jam with whichever band is playing.
Happy Birthday Saxophone - and may you have
many more...."
Alison, Bangkok, Thailand
adeeley@hotmail.com
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Saxophone
Pub
3/3 Victory Monument
Phyathai Road
Victory Monument
Bangkok
Tel: (662) 2465472
Saxophone Traditional haunt for well
healed Thais and foreigners who have been in Bangkok
a bit. This is much more of the Thailand experience
- nothing contrived here. This place is not designed
for tourists and few ever arrive here. A great
place to meet Thai university students who will
be eager to practice English with you. Rhythm
and Blues is the order of the day and local bands
(including a few foreigners doing jamming sessions)
belt out numbers at volumes designed to deafen.
Go regularly and check out how many times you
hear 'Honky Tonk Woman'. Form what I remember
it's a bit pricey: no one here has been for a
while so we don't know prices. If you are on a
tight budget, check out the menu first. Local
and imported beers. Take the Skytrain to Victory
Monument
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Planet Hollywood
Gaysorn Plaza
999 Ploenchit Road
G-01 Lumpini
Pathumwan
Bangkok
10330
Tel: (662) 656-1358 Fax: (662) 656-1399
http://www.planethollywood.com/
Another good place in Bangkok.
They have a number of emerging bands play
here (people like A1). The food is good (as
you would expect of a global chain) and probably
more drinks to choose from than any other
bar. Excellent shopping to
be had in Gaysorn Plaza.
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That's that then!
"Planet Hollywood is closed for good -
they went bankrupt."
Alison, Bangkok, Thailand
adeeley@hotmail.com
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