SOI L.K. METRO (CENTRAL PATTAYA)

[phantomtiger 0]

I've stayed in this area in the past and in no way does it even come close to the Walking St atmosphere. The original post said this area could become the next big entertainment center--personally, I dont think so but only the future will tell when this projects finished.

[MrMango 667]

I've stayed in this area in the past and in no way does it even come close to the Walking St atmosphere. The original post said this area could become the next big entertainment center--personally, I dont think so but only the future will tell when this projects finished.

I have stayed there also, and you are spot on - A great Neighborhood bar area, similar to Jomtiem, but no Walking street.

[Jantrevor 31]

Those fish and chips look a little greasy.

Use peanut oil and up the temperature.

 

Jan

[fountainhead 1]

 

hmm... i remember being really drunk and trying to dance with the guy holding a bucket in that pic. i have really bad taste! lol

[Mirkwood 342]

Wow Mulphy promoting Soi LK Metro.

 

What a refreshing change.

[mulphy 3]

Wow Mulphy promoting Soi LK Metro.

 

What a refreshing change.

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.

Edited December 10, 2006 by mulphy

[ozboy 31]

Well done Mulphy,a very comprehensive report on SOI LK METRO.I personally stayed there in metro apartments in sept/oct this year and found them to be very good accomodations indeed,so much so that i will be back for a further month in May,and maybe even looking at march.

I must admit to not sampling any of the wares in your fine establishment yet but will change that next time round,but i was known to sample the long island tea at the v/w bus,with and without the company of a couple of well known members on here.

ozboy

[MrMango 667]

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.

I don't think that you did anything to him. He was just reacting to your constant promoting of your Soi,

 

You are located in a nice little Soi with a few nice bars, restaurants, and guest houses - No more - No less, but the next Walking street, it is not.

 

IMHO of course...

[stevoman 2]

Nobody is FORCING Milkwood to read Alex's posts,as he makes it blatantly obvious in the title exactly what is contained within!

I too know this Soi very well as I stay there on all my trips to Pattaya,and agree with almost everything Alex says,

Surely it is obvious by now that the ONLY reason why Alex is not on Milkwoods ignore list is that his one enjoyment in life on this board appears to be in winding him up constantly,and much to my surprise,knowing Alex quite well, he appears to be succeeding.

C'mon Alex just cease rising to this guys idiotic trolling behaviour and he will soon disappear back into his "Twilight World".

[mulphy 3]

I don't think that you did anything to him. He was just reacting to your constant promoting of your Soi,

 

You are located in a nice little Soi with a few nice bars, restaurants, and guest houses - No more - No less, but the next Walking street, it is not.

 

IMHO of course...

 

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.

[Scumbag 0]

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.

He is a regular visitor...

 

If people read Mulphy's original post carefully you would see that he stated that he didn't think that Soi LK Metro is another Walking Street.

 

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.

[mulphy 3]

He is a regular visitor...

 

If people read Mulphy's original post carefully you would see that he stated that he didn't think that Soi LK Metro is another Walking Street.

 

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 .

Edited December 10, 2006 by mulphy

[Braveheart 0]

Personally I will stick to Walking St and the surrounding areas

That is your choice but you will never experience anything new if you only stick to what you know.

 

Its been a while since I walked Metro and maybe time to do it so look out for me tonight Mulphy. If we make it there then will be sure to pop in for one or two. Thanks for the heads up and long time now that I paid it a visited.

Wise choice Hilly and I doubt you will be dissapointed. nice to see you posting here again.

 

I have stayed on Soi LK Metro on my last two trips. I now really like the area but haven't done a lot of drinking there, yet. I will be staying there again on my next trip (10 days away.. )

 

For those who haven't been I would encourage you to go have a look. At the moment the area is quieter than others but that has its advantages. One of the things that I like is that the bars are separate so can have there own music. Also there are some very sexy ladies to be found on this soi.

I agree the area is quieter and well worth the trip for those adventurous enough to stray off the beaten path.

 

Mulphy did a good job in his post outlining the area. Don't expect Walking St. in ANY fashion. It's quieter, more laid back and not touristy.

 

Many places have at least a couple of rooms for rent.

 

Try the Drunken Duck for Kow Pad Gung or Spaghetti Boulanese for 80 Baht. Or the No Name restaurant for a quiet meal.

 

The Place2Bee has really inexpensive beer.

 

On Soi Chaiyapoon (off Soi Buakhoa) are 4 or 5 restaurants. My favorite is Neeroy's Bradford Curries. Fish and Chips 99 Baht. (See pic.) Canterbury Tales is good as well. Got a huge Cumberland Sausage dinner there.

 

Two 7-11's and 2 Family Marts within a block and a half.

 

Several pharmacies, opticians, gold merchants and clothing stores withing a block.

 

Beware of Soi Diana at night. It's a race track.

 

Buses run both directions on Soi Buakhoa. It's easy to get where you're going. Motorbike taxis at both ends of Soi LK Metro as well.

Good description of amenties available in the area and it is well worth the visit.

 

I've stayed at Keerati Home Stay, eaten at several of the restaurants and visited several bars and both of the ago-go's on Soi LK Metro. It's an up and coming area without a doubt. I've stayed at Jasmine Mansion just around the corner and there are a wealth of good eating and drinking places in the other side streets nearby. I've stayed on or near the place for all of the 3 1/2 months I spent in Pattaya this year. It will never be a Walking Street but it can be a very enjoyable area. A lot of potential in the businesses located in the area I think.

 

Agree with you about the food in Soi Chaiyapoon. I've had the fish and chips at Canterbury Tales, Neeroys and Seaside and they were all good food at a very reasonable price.

~Sa-teef

I've stayed at Metro Apartments and enjoyed my stay very much. There is nothing you need that is not immediately available in the area.

[Evil Penevil 7,628]

obviously im trying to promote SOI L.K. METRO , , i think its well worth promoting.

 

 

 

A very informative write-up which deserves a tip of the evil pen. I'll have to pay a visit to your establishment if for no other reason than you did such a fine job in describing the area.

 

For me, the attraction of Soi L.K. Metro will be: 1) the Eden Club; 2) the Eden Club; and last but not least, 3) the Eden Club. But it's nice to know there are other venues in the vicinity as man does not live by pussy alone. Also, it's great if a bit of an upscale alternative is evolving to Walking St and Soi 6. Niche areas that cater to different groups and preferences will become Pattaya's version of "sustainable development," rather than the overspill of lowest-common-denominator clones from Walking St. Different strokes for different folks pretty well sums it up.

 

And don't let anybody deter you from your promotional efforts. This ain't no NeverNeverLand. Without strong doses of marketing, no area - or individual business - can succeed in an environment like Pattaya.

 

Again, my compliments on a bang-up write-up.

 

 

 

Evil

 

Edited December 10, 2006 by Evil Penevil

[FatherMojo 2]

That was a fairly accurate report on Soi LK. As Mulphy stated, it is not Walking Street but an L-shaped street with bars, guesthouses, resturants and other businesses normally associated with tourists.

 

I have been to the Irish Bar, San Miguel's and have stayed in a couple of the guesthouses.

 

If you have never been there, deviate from your normal goat path and take a chance. Many of us are creatures of habit and tend to hit the same spots over and over. I am guilty of this myself. But every now and then I step out of the usual and try to visit a new spot. Soooooo.... expand your horizons and go where you have not gone before... be it Soi LK or the outlands of Naklua. Take a trip, you never know what you will find.

 

 

FatherMojo

[lv2play 0]

Thanx Mulphy,a great and helpfull report for my upcoming visit.

After staying many yrs on Jomtien i wanted to check out soi LK metro last trip.

As many other plans in pattaya i failed.

For my next trip i booked the areca lodge,guess just in time after reading the nice development of the soi.

See you then ,i will surtainly pay my respect and visit the rockhouse.

[MrMango 667]

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.

I read your post Quote:-

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. End quote

I did a check and I could not find a member named thai bird here - Is this another of your pseudonyms?

 

 

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.

The area may be decent, but relatively speaking there are not "many bars and restaurants". As I remember, it is maybe 100 meters long!

 

 

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.

Can't speak for mirkwood, and I have no problems with you. I am only trying to correct the false image that you are constantly projecting for your small area, IMHO, of course...

Edited December 10, 2006 by MrMango

[Mirkwood 342]

Surely it is obvious by now that the ONLY reason why Alex is not on Milkwoods ignore list is that his one enjoyment in life on this board appears to be in winding him up constantly,and much to my surprise,knowing Alex quite well, he appears to be succeeding.

 

Ok Stevoman, if you going to come out with comments like that lets see the evidence.

 

I think I've actually said I'm fed up with Mulphy promoting his bar twice in my life. Its the truth. I am fed up with it. Not just on here either. In fact its not just Mulphy. I'm fucking sick of all the bar owner promotion posts. FLB and Secrets have the right to do it as they run message boards.

 

Saying that, the other bar owners like Hammer, Torrenova, Pieman, Rightsaid and Llyodie don't ram it down your throat like this.

 

 

When are the boards going to get back to people having a laugh and decent trip reports?

 

I can just switch the Pattaya news channel on if I want to see bar adverts.

 

Mulphy, I don't have any problem with you. I'll be in to have a pint with you next week to prove it.

 

It's your fault anyway. If I see somebody who's going to get bitter and twisted about something I have to attack.

 

 

( Oh and your Scottish)

[alpeaco 1]

Nice report Mulphy. Sounds OK this Soi LK Metro, so have every intention of paying it a visit, and hopefully the Rockhouse too, when I visit in Feb. However as I've only been to PTY the once last Feb I have a big list of places to visit, inc. Soi 6.

 

Will try my best to drink and monger in as many bars as I can.

 

Al

 

[fountainhead 1]

just adding a couple pics of the more "hidden half" of the soi...

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/72724961@N00/318901983/

 

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/72724961@N00/318901986/

[mulphy 3]

I read your post Quote:-

 

I did a check and I could not find a member named thai bird here - Is this another of your pseudonyms?

The area may be decent, but relatively speaking there are not "many bars and restaurants". As I remember, it is maybe 100 meters long!

Can't speak for mirkwood, and I have no problems with you. I am only trying to correct the false image that you are constantly projecting for your small area, IMHO, of course...

 

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.

[dotcom_OD 0]

Let me say, that I do enjoy Soi LK Metro and surrounding areas of that Soi and offshoots too. The bars, restaurants and more importantly the locals are what make that Soi different from WS. You either like the area for what it is or not.

 

Now, Mulphy, as far as promoting here on the Members Board, I do hope that Martin, considers a separate area for promotions by owners of bars, hotels, restaurants, and other business that we could all trust. Nothing against your business but in the last 2 weeks, there has been a lot of posts which have not about promoting business' in Pattaya. I do feel that LD 1 and your business has a good following as well as FLB, etc, etc.

A separate area of the forum which would be the owners and their promotions would be just the solution. Hopefully this will appease everyone.

[chantrycat 0]

Why try to compare it with Walking Street? A much better comparison would be Pattayaland II which is (and has been) going downhill for years now. I am in Pattaya now. Recently did a post on changes to Pattayaland II made in the week - basically 1,000 baht barfines before 10pm at the new Rodeo Girls and Crystal (formerly Bubbles) go gos. Was the same as Jupiter go go before it became a boy bar last week. I also checked out Classroom, Mistys, All Girls and Kittens - didn't barfine in ANY of them - the good looking girls seem to have gone elsewhere. Used to like Pattayaland II a lot - Classroom was a favourite for me but the lookers are just not there any more.

The unpredictable nature of the past ad hoc afternoon barfines in Mistys was invariably a disappointment (they have now given up afternoon opening – now starts 6pm).

The current 1,000 barfines seem like barowners saying "fuck off all you regulars...we only want the stupid new farangs" - no inclination to be viewed as stupid as well as parting with my baht for a barfine for a non-looker. Unlikely to be going back to Pattayaland II for a while - other than maybe net trip just to check out if its still on the downhill slide.

 

Did view Soi L.K. Metro again yesterday - on Sundays the Champagne go/go does a buckshee buffet shortly after opening at 4pm so its a nice early start - girls weren't bad and got quite cuddly with one in particular girl but I then left for Walking Street. Maybe will go back to rendevous with the cuddly girl in Champagne this evening This soi must have the capability of outclassing Pattayaland II - is also close to Third Road where a lot of ex pats reside - I keep an apartment the year round there - note mention of the new developments for this L shaped road - and being so close to soi baukow (must learn how to spell that soi!) cannot really fail to grow in popularity - compare Pattayaland II!

[fountainhead 1]

Was the same as Jupiter go go before it became a boy bar last week.

 

oh no, say it isn't so... you're the 2nd person to say that.

 

where did the staff go?

 

i swear by this -- from May to October, they had some real (female) hotties...

[torrenova 644]

I play pool for Witherspoons on occassion (Fridays) and obviously am home and away in the area. Some good bars (a bastard when the rains come though !) and some great people but the go-gos are crap.

 

I like the area but then I also like Naklua. Perhaps if Mulphy would stop SHOUTING all the time and get a mate to post about how good LK Metro is rather than doing it himself then we'd believe it a little more. Why just re-hash a post made everywhere a month or so ago ?