Tropical Bert's review

[NorCalKid 1]

I stayed at Tropical Bert’s for about 3 weeks in Jan 09.Here is a little review of what I thought of the place. It is a guesthouse type place. My room was 700b a night. I believe it is 600b on a long stay rate. I have no idea how long you must stay to get that rate. I couldn’t get it for 18 days in high season.

 

Location: It is located on the corner of soi 6/1 and 2nd Rd . You can walk out the back door and directly into the back door of Saigon Girl on soi 6

 

 

 

Pros:

· It’s a nice clean place to stay.

· Price 600-700b seems reasonable to me.

· Every morning they put 2 free water bottles in your room.

· Free coffee and tea in the room.

· Room has a wall mounted electronic safe

· There was a sitting area with 2 chairs and a table in my room. (I haven’t seen the other rooms so I don’t know if they all have this.)

· Comfortable bed. ( The bed looked cheap on their web page so I was a little worried about it. It turned out to be a good bed.)

· Free WIFI I didn’t bring my laptop so I can’t comment on quality.

· Great friendly staff and guest friendly

· Quiet location

· No prepay and reservations honored.

· Good food down stairs

 

 

 

Cons:

· Key card thing. The room had a card that must be inserted in a slot to have power in the room. I think this is fairly common in guesthouse type accommodation in Pattaya.

· The bathroom is the type that the shower is not separated from the rest of the bathroom. Meaning that after a shower the whole bathroom floor is wet.

 

 

 

Neutral: (these are a few things that didn’t effect me but a potential guest may want to consider.)

 

· No lift and a steep staircase. This didn’t affect me but if you have a disability it will defiantly be something to consider.

· No security. I like the privacy of the place. But you are on your own. No one is holding your hand or checking Ids for you. Probably something to consider for a newbee. You are given a key to the back door which is locked after dark.

 

 

 

 

So would I stay there again? I might stay there the first day or 2 of my next trip. Just long enough to find other accommodation. This has nothing to do with the hotel itself. I would just prefer to be in the LK Metro/Diana area next time. If this hotel were in that area I wouldn’t hesitate to stay there again. None of the cons listed were a big deal to me. For someone wanting to be close to soi6 it would be a good choice. Either Tropical Bert’s or the Queen Vic would be my choices for a good cheap room in the soi 6 area.

 

 

 

One other thing to note. I was a little worried about the Lady Boys on soi 6/1 after people kept warning me about them. They are on the other end of the soi. They don’t come down to the 2nd rd. end of the soi. In 18 nights I never had any problems with them.

 

Out Front

 

 

 

 

The Lobby

 

 

 

A little food

 

 

The room

 

 

 

 

The steep stairs

 

 

The bathroom

 

 

Edited January 23, 2009 by win

[redwood13 56]

Good well written review

 

Re the lady boys, if you give them any inkling that you're interested, that is if you even look at one surreptitiously out of the corner of your eye, they'll assume you're just shy and just a little unsure of how to proceed and they'll certainly consider it an invitation to come on to you. A "no thank you" should stop any further advances.

 

Remember though, these are men in dresses and growing up as they have they likely know how to take care of themselves in an altercation and if necessary use a knife.

 

BTW, walked down 6/1 last Saturday night about 22:00 and there were more LB's on the soi than I've ever seen. Maybe two dozen of them on the street plus whatever in the bars.

 

-redwood

[Samsonite 181]

Thank you for the great report and photos!

[FatherMojo 2]

Good report win.

 

Nice pictures too.

 

 

FatherMojo

[chrisbrewer 0]

Very good review of Tropical Berts Win.

 

Thanks a lot mate. Think we could do with some more up-to-date reviews on here.

[basset 0]

I stayed at Tropical Bert’s for about 3 weeks in Jan 09.Here is a little review of what I thought of the place. It is a guesthouse type place. My room was 700b a night. I believe it is 600b on a long stay rate. I have no idea how long you must stay to get that rate. I couldn’t get it for 18 days in high season.

 

Location: It is located on the corner of soi 6/1 and 2nd Rd . You can walk out the back door and directly into the back door of Saigon Girl on soi 6

Pros:

· It’s a nice clean place to stay.

· Price 600-700b seems reasonable to me.

· Every morning they put 2 free water bottles in your room.

· Free coffee and tea in the room.

· Room has a wall mounted electronic safe

· There was a sitting area with 2 chairs and a table in my room. (I haven’t seen the other rooms so I don’t know if they all have this.)

· Comfortable bed. ( The bed looked cheap on their web page so I was a little worried about it. It turned out to be a good bed.)

· Free WIFI I didn’t bring my laptop so I can’t comment on quality.

· Great friendly staff and guest friendly

· Quiet location

· No prepay and reservations honored.

· Good food down stairs

Cons:

· Key card thing. The room had a card that must be inserted in a slot to have power in the room. I think this is fairly common in guesthouse type accommodation in Pattaya.

· The bathroom is the type that the shower is not separated from the rest of the bathroom. Meaning that after a shower the whole bathroom floor is wet.

Neutral: (these are a few things that didn’t effect me but a potential guest may want to consider.)

 

· No lift and a steep staircase. This didn’t affect me but if you have a disability it will defiantly be something to consider.

· No security. I like the privacy of the place. But you are on your own. No one is holding your hand or checking Ids for you. Probably something to consider for a newbee. You are given a key to the back door which is locked after dark.

So would I stay there again? I might stay there the first day or 2 of my next trip. Just long enough to find other accommodation. This has nothing to do with the hotel itself. I would just prefer to be in the LK Metro/Diana area next time. If this hotel were in that area I wouldn’t hesitate to stay there again. None of the cons listed were a big deal to me. For someone wanting to be close to soi6 it would be a good choice. Either Tropical Bert’s or the Queen Vic would be my choices for a good cheap room in the soi 6 area.

One other thing to note. I was a little worried about the Lady Boys on soi 6/1 after people kept warning me about them. They are on the other end of the soi. They don’t come down to the 2nd rd. end of the soi. In 18 nights I never had any problems with them.

 

Out Front

 

 

 

 

The Lobby

 

 

 

A little food

 

 

The room

 

 

 

 

The steep stairs

 

 

The bathroom

 

 

Thanks for the impartial report Win, The long term rate is as you say 600 Baht per night and that is for Monthly stays, 28 Days or more. All rooms have a coffee table with either chairs or settee, WIFI like you say is free but I may need to look in to a booster as reports from the top floor are not so good as regards signal strentgh, there is free internet for customers in the bar but please ask for the laptop. I used to keep it on display until the so called music police took it and the wife away, told em to keep the wife!! Joke; for those that know Pu will also know she is the one who will do all she can to help all who call in. We do have security Win however it is not just for us and the guard patrols the whole of our small block, we are Ladyboy free at the Second Road end as you say and I am glad they were not a problem.

Bert

[BigDUSA 71]

I eat breakfast at Bert's almost every day when I'm in town. Good pub grub. I haven't stayed at Bert's but I've gone through the rooms and they are good value for the Baht.

 

Tropical Bert's has a great location only one block from Beach Rd and butt up against soi 6.

[CheshireTom 1,377]

Win,

 

Thanks for taking the time and effort to put together your report .... it's appreciated.

[ajsp9 18]

A really good, succint report provides all the relevant info for an interested guest. I've eaten there, good food, good prices.

[pauly77 1]

Usually go to Berts for evening meal,good quality,3 course Sunday Roast excellent.

Will be back there again next month-rooms look fine,not a location I would stay,but if you like the location,then it looks good.

[JohnnyK 28]

Good job.

Nice to read an honest review that reports observations and facts without either syrup or vinegar.

Reviews like this actually help people make a choice.

[Hub 203]

Win:

 

Thanks for the review. Not my style but may stop in for a brew next time meeting the fellas on soi 6.

 

Hub

[donny-darko 1]

Hi Guys,

Just got home 3 days ago and stayed in soi 6 but at Queen Vic which has become my favourite place on 6.

However i did pop into Berts for the odd evening meal which was superb, i did like the Fish and chips at berts, good food. As for Ladyboys!!!! well every day and night i used to run the Gauntlet down to beach road and was always getting the same old---" one drink please,,, have room upstair" GOD they drive you mad. There are too many Ladyboys now in soi 6 but they just jump out on you despite the NO THANKS GO AWAY, every time.

Still despite the odd day of chilly temps i had a great holiday

[ranger 0]

win

 

I had that very same room the 2 weeks prior to your stay(checked out 31st dec).

 

I agree with you its a great place to stay,at a very good price.

 

The staff are very good.