This was a review I wrote on another board of my favourite hotel in Pattaya having stayed in the AReca, Sandy Springs and many other hotels
stayed at 'The Vault' on a recommendation from an great Ex-pat friend of mine and to him I shall ever be grateful.
I stayed in one of the very large Long rooms which was Light, airy & Spacious. The rooms were beautifully appointed and contained a very comfortable double bed with 4 pillows supplied, a very comfortable sofa and armchair. The wardrobe had a door activated light, was very large and had plenty of coat hangers supplied (little details like the coat hangers and pillows are trifles to some, but meant a lot to me). there is an in-room safe, Microwave, Stereo CD/tape/radio and DVD player with larger than usual TV. Everything in the room smacked of newness
There is a free laundary service and any laundary I put into the basket was returned by the evening.
All guests have free internet access with no time limit in the internet cafe down stairs or free internet connection in-room. The penthouse rooms have a computer in-room.
Michael, the owner, is a very personable and friendly guy willing to help in any way that he could and was more a friend than a hotelier. In fact on the occasion of my first morning he was in the process of bailing out a drunken guest from the local constabulary that had taken a swipe at one of the brown shirts in a moment of drunken pique. he had, the night previously, tried to stop him from leaving the hotel as he was extremely drunk, 'but fools willout' and assisted him in his dressing when he insisted on staggering into the Pattaya night. The staff were also very accommodating and friendly and on the occasions of my accompanied return from my nightly sortee's my 'lady guest' was treated with discretion and respect. The cleaning staff were very efficient and discreet also.
There are 3 standard rooms at 1100 Baht, 4 Long rooms at 1300 Baht and 2 Penthouse rooms at 2800 Baht. These are are the same as the other rooms, but include a full kitchen, washer/dryer, 10 ft bar, pentium 4 PC with ADSL connection and printer, seperate jacuzzi and large shower, there is also a separate bedroom with DVD/VCD/CD player as well as in the living room and for those intent on getting your money's worth from a Gogo dancer, there is a Gogo stage with pole!!!
The Vault can be found on Pratamnak Road, opposite The Tower baiyoke hotel and adjacent to the Camelot hotel and is within five minutes walking distance from Walking Street
There is nothing negative that I can say about this place other than that there is no swimming pool. My absolute favourite hotel in Pattaya....Excellent and represents incredible value for money.