mulphy

Noi invites you to her birthday party on wednesday 3rd january 2007. Noi is the manager of The Rockhouse and wife of the owner (Mulphy). Party starts from 8 pm and goes on until late . Free food , great music , nice people and fellow board members will make this an enjoyable evening. Myself and Noi hope to see some of you there. Happy New Year to you all.

my understanding is that you cannot drive after 7pm and before 7 am on red plates and that you also cannot drive on red plates at weekends. i dont know why , but apparently it is law in thailand. when you buy your new car it wont have the book ,as this is the registration document on which the plates are ordered. the plates tell you what provence your car is registered in and thats why you get stopped by the police on red plates when driving out with the provence you are registered in. i would like to know the answer to this myself.

steve, you are correct to correct me, but, when i bought my unit in august of 2005 , there was a choice of 15 empty units in the street and 13 units up for sale. making 28 possible units up for grabs. the soi has undergone a huge change since then, i think there are only 2 units empty now and 2 open businesses up for sale , to my knowledge. so ok, it would have been safer to have said half empty. cheers , and merry xmas.

whitespider, no problems my friend,if your in or around the soi we will meet somewhere for a beer eventually. i dont mind an opinion being against the place being up and coming if the person giving it is honest and has payed the place a visit. im only against the opinion of the non visitor or the guy with another agenda. one year ago, the soi had 3 quarter of its units empty, now its about full . there are some nice bars in the street, the stereo, fcuk inn, the stags head,metro apartments, memories, my own place and champagne a gogo, in fact just about every bar is nice, with one or two exceptions. lots of very good accomodation to be got and already well used in that area. so because im here all the time and see the place grow, i think it is up and coming, but differences of opinion are welcome.

there is only one of us making misleading posts and im afraid its not me. if you believe your statements to be accurate then fair enough, your opinion is certainly welcome, even if it is not an opinion shared by most. but in reality ,do you just get some sort of stimulation out of disagreeing with anything i post ? you dont see me making misguided posts about the electronic industry in australia which you informed us was your area of expertise, thats because i know about as much about that subject as you know of running a business in the entertainment sector in pattaya. that would be nothing. yet it doesnt stop you .

elk, do a member search on me,i think youll find i post on a wide number of topics.

whitespider, the soi has been in business for just over a year, it has already survived the quiet season . ive been in the soi practically every day in the last 16 or 17 months , ive seen the soi very quiet and with only a handful of units occupied to what it is today . it now supports about 70 different businesses, and is still growing. i made a reasonable trading profit in my first year of business which ended in november. how many other businesses dont make a profit in there first year in better known locations . my figures are up about 50% like for like on last november and december so far. now i dont know any other business in the sois financial details, but im willing to bet most are in the same boat as me . it is clearly an up and coming business area, and is certainly not anywhere near as quiet as some posters on here make out . i mean its hard to make that kind of judgement by just passing through on any one night. of course its not walking st busy and it never will be, but id be willing to bet its already in the top 5 or 6 entertainment areas in pattaya , which is extremely quick growth for a new area within pattaya. i am positive it will grow further and become along with neighbouring soi buakhou and soi diana the 2nd most popular drinking/mongering area in town. there is a massive increase in bars , restaurants, clubs etc in the soi buakhou , diana , metro area and im sure there will be more to come as more and more businesses relocate away from the beach area. i would make a very bold statement to you and say i think it is already the prime accomodation area in pattaya. its virtually full almost all year round , though many residents may chose to stay here but still drink/monger elsewhere. you only need look at how many board members here and on other forums say they stay on soi l.k. metro. so of course , your welcome to your opinion , but i believe your wrong and the soi is already putting itself on the map.

weres the shouting, no capitals in my post. i know your refering to the headline, but as far as im concerned bullet headings are always printed in capital. so i dont regard that as shouting or a problem. weres the shouting, no capitals in my post. i know your refering to the headline, but as far as im concerned bullet headings are always printed in capital. so i dont regard that as shouting or a problem. i now see the thread in the newly created business section, fair enough , but i dont think it is really a business post, certainly not advertising any individual business, but up to the powers that be.

not at all, just trying to find out what your experience in thailand was and try to work out what knowledge you have of commercial rents and business costs associated with the running of an entertainment based venue in pattaya, as you posted earlier on the thread about this subject. however given your answer, it is now obvious that you have absolutely no experience on the subject, and so i wonder why you posted your comments , when you have no idea what you are talking about. can only be one reason and that is to attempt to wind me up. you follow me from board to board and thread to thread doing this, i dont know why. would you care to explain.

what happened to the thread about soi l.k. metro ? why has it been deleted ? it as far as i know didnt contain anything controversial, had almost a couple of thousand hits and a few hundred posts . so who would be responsible for removing it and why would they do it.

mr mango, if you dont mind me asking, where in pattaya do you live and where or what in pattaya is your business .

what does the pig and whistle charge.

well we are going to have to disagree again then, because nothing you have said has any semblence to the truth of the matter. at the end of the day if its your honest opinion , then fair enough, but i think youve misread the opening post and headline,in which members are asked a question, and thats why you appear to be typing things that are not relevant to the thread. example being ,you think im saying this soi is comparable to walking st, wrong. the heading says IS IT AN UP AND COMING ENTERTAINMENT AREA,? that is asking a question, not telling people something is a fact. im not that interested in who you wrongly think that thaibird is . that is upto you , but if only you knew the truth, he is probably my least favourite guy in pattaya , so it is actually funny that you think i might be him. lastly, im not stupid enough to think that anything i or any other on here posts cant be called out , that doesnt worry me as im only posting accurate reports, no matter what you say. mr magoo is my affectionate name for you based on the fact that the character was almost blind and by not properly reading the thread you have come to some wrong conclusions just like he does. its not meant to annoy you or hurt you, so if youd prefer i ll stop using it.

torrenova, you are correct,i did post this same post word for word on both secrets and on pattaya chat over a month ago, but not everyone on pattaya talk uses any of these 2 boards, so whats the harm in introducing the soi to these people . you then go on to say it might be more believable if mulphy didnt keep shouting about it, but thats were i disagree with you. all im doing is describing the place and introducing the place to others. its the others who are making the comments good or bad about what they find. actually im more than happy with the feedback the thread has created, because the vast majority of posters have positive thoughts on the soi. im sorry if bar owners in different parts of town dont like to see other areas promoted , i say that because most of the objecters seem to be other bar owners or customers who associate themselves strongly with another bar . not only on here but on secrets as well. walking st is the main entertainment area of pattaya, im not suggesting it isnt , but its not my idea of the best entertainment area . my taste wont be everyones, but noise pollution, stinking toilets , high prices , hawkers and beggars is not high on my enjoyment list . so thats why it is a good idea to promote other areas. incidentally, if someone wants to post about any other area of town , i certainly wont get upset. i ll just see it as another good source of information for the members.

mr magoo, i wasnt going to bother with a reply to you but then thought , fuck it. what false image have i given of the place? ive written it up exactly as it is, bar for bar. did i make something up or add a few bars or what? i mean tell me what is false. 100 metres long you reckon, id say a good bit longer than that, remember its an L shaped soi , with 2 sides. in fact pretty much the same length as soi 6 , or 7 or 8 . relevantly speaking you say there are not that many bars or restaurants. relative to what? i also inform people of the surrounding area of soi diana and soi buakhou , so taking all of the little sois like soi leng kee, soi chayapoon etc into consideration, theres not much difference in the amount of bars in walking st and off shoot sois. only difference being the type of bars in many cases. so if you dont like the soi and surrounds fair enough, but to come on here and give false information to others because you dont like the soi ,or are annoyed at someone promoting it is not very clever, is it ? also to all you posters out there, why do some of you get pissed off when somebody promotes something? its information for the masses and thats what this board is for, information. i notice its only a minority of people who get upset about promotion. i cant help thinking sometimes that there is a degree of jealousy in some of the posters towards the business owners here. well if that is the case, then you dont need to be jealous anymore. let me tell you owning and running a business out here is not a bed of roses. some say "your living the dream" what dream ? oh before i go, i better explain to you about thaibird, or charlie, the belgian guy who owns mai lu si bar in soi l.k.metro. he is the original poster on secrets board who posted that soi l.k. metro was another walking st. so mr magoo,or mango or whatever other names you hide behind, you ll see it isnt me. i post as mulphy and only mulphy, no need for me to hide behind a name to speak my mind, i just speak it anyway.

scumbag, thanks for pointing that out to the readers , some of whom , know fine well, what the opening post is saying , but just like to stir things. its only a tiny minority and the decent people can see straight through them ,so they are not fooling anyone .

mr mango, if you read my opening post fully, you ll see that i am trying to detract away from the idea that soi l.k.metro is anything like walking st. it is a decent entertainment area on its own , and of course is supported by the many bars and restaurants close by in soi diana and soi buakhou. so for the first time you actually find yourself in some sort of agreement with me, even though you didnt realise you had. as for mirkwood, i dont think ive met him, so dont know his problem , i get the feeling hes an irregular visitor to pattaya , but i may be wrong.

mirkwood, why does that bother you ? do you have something against soi l.k. metro ? i know by your constant comments about me , that you have no love for me, but why would that detract from a good soi ? what did i do to you? did i shag your wife, take your lollipop off of you or bitch slap you or something ? because if i didnt, then i dont understand why your on my case again. maybe youd care to explain.

progress report on the offer, a few takers on the free barfine , but a huge jump in guys simply barfining my girls. ive got about 8 out on barfine tonight before 9 o clock, leaving me 5 or 6 in the bar, i need some more girls.

my reference to soi 2 and soi 3 is to the bars and hotels in the 2nd road end. thee are not many bars and hotels on the beach rd end of soi 2 and 3 but what is there tends to be upmarket, i do agree. sorry if i gave any confusion.

Ok guys, a couple of months ago a poster named thai bird opened a thread on soi l.k. metro in it he stated that soi l.k. metro was now the second walking st in pattaya. what he was trying to put over was that ,similar to walking st, soi l.k. metro was introducing a no through traffic policy in the evenings, thus turning the place into a pedestrian area. now i know this guy pretty well, hes a belgian national , and english is not his strongpoint, though he thinks it is. however, as the talk of a new walking st grew, i think this guy came to believe that he had began to create a new walking st. how wrong could he have been. i think his comments about it being a new walking st are well short of the mark and in fact have been damaging to the soi as many visitors to the soi expect to see WALKING STREET when they get here . in fact there is only one walking st , its the only venue in pattaya with a huge array or variety of clubs , gogo bars and bars all so close together.hence it attracts most customers and most ladies. well the ladies go where the customers go, coz thats where they think they ll make most money. makes sense to me. but is walking st all things to all people? i like a night out in walking st now and again , i couldnt and wouldnt do it every night . my reasons would be , high price of drinks, inflated bar fines and self inflated short time and long time rates . add on the amount of vendors, beggars, the smell from the toilets, the amount of arabs and russians, and for me at least it turns into a night out full of hassle , instead of a great night out. Soi l.k. metro , basically, its a pretty new soi , most businesses being no more than a year old , with some into there second year . its an L shaped soi which adjoins soi diana to soi buakhou . everything is new in the soi, as it should be for such a young location . the soi has great accomodation , at a price to fit every budget , from small rooms at around 300 b a night through middle ranged places like the metro apartments, the thai archer and the rockhouse to the more expensive options of keerati home stay or the metropole hotel . so definately a place here for everybodys taste. it also has some very good bars and gogo, s , though of course not on the scale of walking st. the stereo bar, pretty busy, music based bar, with some nice hostesses, nice decor, open faced bar, big with the pool playing community.nice rooms for rent too. the stags head, again pretty busy bar, music and sport based bar, pool table, nice decor, air conditioned , and decent hostesses. new rooms for rent here as well. murphys bar , owned by steve from cork , claims hes the only real irish bar owner in pattaya , nice atmospheric irish bar, not really into sport , more music based , always a good fun bar. holds legendery parties every friday night , if he cant find a reason to have a party , he ll make one up. ive been to jackie chans birthday party and thaksins going away party at murphys.budget rooms for rent. the metro apartments , this place constantly gets a real good write up in all of the boards ,nice , good quality rooms at a decent price. nice comfortable bar area , free pool tables, a few nice ladies on the staff and a very nice owner in dennis . the drunken duck , again decent budget priced rooms , decent looking bar area , some nice ladies on tow , but for me kind of lacks a bit of atmosphere , crank up the music a wee bit more would be my advice. but it might have the atmospher your looking for. storms hotel , very popular bar , particularly with the visitors and ex pats from the north east of england , storm himself is from sunderland , though some people think hes from lillypud on account of him being so small (sorry storm), busy hotel , busy bar at times, they like there pool in there too. the travellers rest , again nice mid range accomodation at a decent price,makes a mean english breakfast , host to the popular travellers rest golfing section and a few pool teams , a quiet relaxing place in which to have a drink or read a newspaper, certainly not a place where you ll be hassled. the british lion , popular bar , with a new owner ,has a decent crowd in most nights, no accomodation though, very much an english type bar . het zottekot, fairly new bar in the soi , belgian owned , i think relocated from soi len kee , located under the thai archer guesthouse . the bar is nice, well fitted and decorated , popular with the belgian and dutch fraternity , pool table and great belgian stew on the menu. the thai archer upstairs features very nice rooms fitted out thai / bali style , good value. dons blackrock bar , run by joy ,the hardest working thai ive ever met, works her arse off everyday , a real character, with great english . open fronted bar underneath her very very poular budget accomodation . big screen t v for sport , and pool table . seems to be very popular for a drink in the middle of the night . champagne a gogo , into its second year now and getting better all the time , decent music, some decent girls and reasonable prices compared to most other gogo ,s in town. some good shows on in the evening. has also decent accomodation upstairs for long or short time hire. bar san miguel , new bar on the soi , fronted by the well known lloydie, formerly of lloydies bar but run in conjunction with 2 other partners. bar fitted out by san miguel , hence the bright yellow colour scheme and blue bar stools , open bar, about 10 staff , including some ladyboys and a few ex soi 6 girls , no accomodation as far as im aware but of course short time pleasures available. my own place the rock house , very nice accomodation , nice fitted out bar , comfortable, air conditioned , good music via a computerised system from which the customer can choose his own music .as the name suggests mostly a rock type bar. the accomodation is very big at around 70 square meters . apartments very popular , but the bar needs more regulars , come on guys , what you waiting for? have around about 10 girls on duty now. WWW.THE-ROCKHOUSE.COM . lilo lils , open beer bar , quite a lot of ladies, a few good lookers, and rooms to rent. the famous lolitas , i dont think i need post much on this place, already well established as one of pattayas best loved blow job bars , sister bar to lolitas in bangkok . nice inside , well decorated, but whos interested? most folk just want on to the famous dentists chairexperience . memories gentlemans club , a very well presented gogo bar , formerly based on an american diner idea and converted into a gogo by the canadian owner. some nice girls too, though could do with more , decent prices on bar fines, lady drinks and has decent accomodation upstairs , under rated in my opinion , not a bad place at all . mai lu si , belgian owned bar ,( thai bird) this cafe style bar is pretty popular with the belgian /dutch community and for some reason with some japanese guys. has as far as i know one apartment for rent which looks quite nice , a few girls in there too look not bad either. the cock and bull , apartments for rent and bar downstairs , very nice apartments for rent , and very well fitted out open faced bar , relaxing sort of place, though i think could do better if employing a few more ladies and giving us a little musical entertainment .only one mans opinion. r&p guesthouse , recently taken over , budget rooms for rent , open bar, starting to get a few ladies in now and getting busier. the scandanavian import company, rooms for rent, laundry, bar and coffee shop , also importers of scandanavian beers and food stuffs . the place to be , open bar /guesthouse, owned by joe and his thai lady, decent budget priced accomodation, very cheap drink prices , only new on the soi, doing ok but still to grow a wee bit . bills bar and guest house , havent seen bill around in a long while, operated by his thai lady , not always open ? basic beer bar and budget rooms for rent. blue moon , very nicely fitted out air con bar , pool table, music and sport, nice rooms for rent and in house laundry. f.c.u.k. inn , very well fitted out air con bar with very nice rooms for rent, pool table and music based , a few good girls too. les the owner wishes to sell the bar as he wants to return to working off shore and for other personal reasons . would make a great walk in business for anybody looking for a place . i believe the asking price is 2.2 million baht , id say a bargain, no further expense needed by any potential buyer. compare that to silly prices on open beer bars in soi 7 and 8 changing hands at 3 to 4 million baht and youll see what i mean.( les , do i get commission if i sell it) lol. lloydies bar , formerly owned by lloydie before he moved on to bar san miguel , open fronted bar, pool table, big screen tv, music , and some decent ladies. budget rooms for rent. quite a busy bar generally. ok , i think i covered all the bars, apologies if i missed any. now in the very near future we will have the opening of the eden club, sister to the famous eden club in bangkok. isnt finished being built yet so cant comment on decor, so it only remains to be said that this place will fulfill your every fantasy. also in the near future we will have the opening of the new place owned by the same people who created papagayos on soi diana , been working on it for a long time and seem to have spent a real shit load of money, remains to be seen what they will do with it, but rumour has it it will be a huge short time place. the soi also contains various restaurants , the most upmarket being the little mermaid, danish owned , very good , up there with the best in town but bring your wallet. well worth the treat though. the krogen next door is swedish owned specialises in scandanavia cusine and is great value. a few doors along we have the newly opened speedy pizza , pizza bar but with so much more to ofer, full dining menu and decent drinking place. if you need a travel agent, a laundry, a beauty salon, a massage, a hair salon, currency exchange, visa shop , family mart, 7/11, a solicitor or property shop , well they are right here on your door step. if you cant get what your looking for your sure to find it within a few hundred yards on adjoining soi buakhou. for me, i say the place is up and coming , ive seen it grow over the last year from nothing to what it is today, i do appreciate it has a lot of growing to do yet , but in my opinion it already outstrips places like pattayaland 2, soi 7 or soi 8, or as i call both of them, (soi attack on your ears) , if only soi 7 and 8 operators listened to what the customer say and done away with the racket my opinion would be different. much more upmarket than soi 2 or soi 3 , though a fair bit to go to get as busy as selected bars in that area like the atlantic bar. nicer than soi 6, though we all know why soi 6 has a special meaning to most of us , better than soi buakhou and soi diana by a mile , though if rumours are to be believed then soi diana will be going through a massive change next year, with some nice hotels being planned were the open beer bars are. i must stress that these are my own views , yours may differ significantly, especially if you have a business interest in some of the sois ive mentioned . i dont detract from the decent places in these sois such as papagayos in soi diana or jasmine mansions in soi buakhou and many others. obviously im trying to promote SOI L.K. METRO , , i think its well worth promoting. if only the street had some more regulars then id say it could be the next best thing after walking st that pattaya has to offer. so now tell me your views, will it be a HIT or will it be a MISS ? -------------------- The Rockhouse, Soi L.K.Metro, Pattaya.

just keep looking out for the offers on the message boards or pop in when your in town. in fact if youve got a particular deal in mind , when your in the bar, just ask, whats the worst that can happen? i might even say yes.

last night, eight barfines out of 13 girls available.

the trouble is guys im not sure how long farm fresh status lasts for. so make your moves quickly.

sinkorswim. thats not really a dumb question, because lots of people dont know where it is. it is between soi diana(soi13, on second rd) and soi buakhou. its an L shaped soi , where all the businesses are pretty new, being open for only around the last year . very popular for accomodation, with some of the nicest budget priced rooms in pattaya. i cant remember exactly but i think it has 27 bars of differenting quality, ranging from gogos to basic bars. it is home to the famous lolitas blowjob bar and very soon will be home to the famous eden club of bangkok. its a very nice soi, possibly and probably the most attractive in pattaya, but it isnt overrun with customers like walking st is. of course walking st has more to offer but a good night out can be had in l.k.metro