Sanya Apartments

[zyphur 31]

Hi,

Can anyone give me their opinions on staying at the Sanya Apartments? I've heard the rooms are great but there is a lot of noise.

How would fellow BM's rate this against Opey de Place?

Thanks for your comments guys.

[explorer2190 0]

Hi

 

I stayed there in late 2007. I stayed in one of the larger rooms (I think No 10)

 

Good points

Friendly staff

Friendly and helpful Boss and his wife.

Big rooms cleaned/changed daily

Big in room safe

Free wifi

Well placed for Baht bus/ walking to walking street and second road.

Food available 24/7 after short walk to Pattaya Tai

 

Bad points

No Balcony

Bed big but poor quality/tired matress

Furniture worn, settee torn and needed re springing.

Noisey at night and morning from several local Thai karioke bars in square.

Noisey very early in the morning on market days when market being set up.

No lift

No Pool

 

The place has a lot of loyal returning customers due to the hospitality and friendliness of the owners. The boss and his son are from Holland. Smaller rooms are available at cheap prices.

 

The beds and furniture may have been replaced by now. You also must pay up front for your stay.

 

Hope this is of help.

[zyphur 31]

Many thanks 'Explorer' your comments much appreciated.

 

Hi

 

I stayed there in late 2007. I stayed in one of the larger rooms (I think No 10)

 

Good points

Friendly staff

Friendly and helpful Boss and his wife.

Big rooms cleaned/changed daily

Big in room safe

Free wifi

Well placed for Baht bus/ walking to walking street and second road.

Food available 24/7 after short walk to Pattaya Tai

 

Bad points

No Balcony

Bed big but poor quality/tired matress

Furniture worn, settee torn and needed re springing.

Noisey at night and morning from several local Thai karioke bars in square.

Noisey very early in the morning on market days when market being set up.

No lift

No Pool

 

The place has a lot of loyal returning customers due to the hospitality and friendliness of the owners. The boss and his son are from Holland. Smaller rooms are available at cheap prices.

 

The beds and furniture may have been replaced by now. You also must pay up front for your stay.

 

Hope this is of help.

[yankineire 0]

Hi,

Can anyone give me their opinions on staying at the Sanya Apartments? I've heard the rooms are great but there is a lot of noise.

How would fellow BM's rate this against Opey de Place?

Thanks for your comments guys.

 

I have been staying at Sanya twice a year for all my vacation time. It is a cute, comfy place and was bargain priced. So I am obviously a fan of Sanya Apartments. But my last two stays were HORRIBLE. There is a karaoke bar next door to Sanya (all part of the same structure/bloc) and they play thunder-loud music all night long, from about 9pm to 7am. They must have about 2000 watts of bass/subwoofer equipment, so my room was shaking with each drum beat. The windows vibrate. I tried using ear plugs but the sound is so loud, this did not help at all. I had circular wave patterns oscillating in any glass of wine I poured, no matter what surface the glass rests upon. This should convey to you how extreme this noise pollution is, and how unlikely it is that you could sleep anytime except between 7am and 9pm. Sadly, I had to book another hotel the last trip because I was suffering from sleep deprivation that ruined my holiday. On a personal note, even if the karaoke bar went belly-up, I would not stay anymore. Here is why: First, on Tuesday and Friday, the dirty dusty rock plaza in front of Sanya becomes a tent city, erected by rude plebians with sledgehammers at 5am, and the whole environment smells of dog crap and unwashed Thais. Add to that insanity a constant, deafening sound of several different music sellers who play terrible Lao/Issan "country" music all day long until the sun sets (just in time for the karaoke bar to open and take over with THEIR noise pollution). Secondly, while the owner/namesake, "Sanya" is a very nice elderly Thai lady, her Dutch husband is only nice when he is sober (which only lasts the first few hours after he shows up at 11am). Once he has a few "San Mig" beers (by noon or so) he becomes a cross-eyed sloppy monster, and degenerates through 1-2am when his wife finally drives him home. He slurs and hurls insults all day and night, argues with EVERYONE, and reveals his uneducated, crude swamp-land personality in obscene gestures (he pinched my TG's butt when he was in such a stupor). I will not be staying at Sanya any more and must advise others to refrain from booking there (unless they are totally deaf). Do yourself a favor, if you doubt my objectivity: Go to Sanya (or send a friend there) at 3am. Stand in front of the entrance and TRY to talk to someone beside you... you cannot. You probably can't even hear yourself! Now I stay at either "Greenery House" or "Marin Place", both of which have free GOOD wifi (Sanya's is LOUSY and only works intermittently).

[Henk AllStars-Apartments 0]

Hi

 

 

A few minutes from that marketplace is a new Apartmentbuilding.

Allstars-Apartments.

It's new, clean and has a nice little bar. Beverage-prices o.k.

Very quiet airconditioning, nice tv-set with dvd-player.

Also minibar, reasenable.

The owners are from holland and Thailand.

The stay was nice and comfertable.

Good place, good price!

[chuckrivera 1]

Hi

 

 

A few minutes from that marketplace is a new Apartmentbuilding.

Allstars-Apartments.

It's new, clean and has a nice little bar. Beverage-prices o.k.

Very quiet airconditioning, nice tv-set with dvd-player.

Also minibar, reasenable.

The owners are from holland and Thailand.

The stay was nice and comfertable.

Good place, good price!

 

It's pretty far out of the way, tiny rooms (15m2 - 30m2), no weekly or monthly rates and electric at ฿8/unit; I think I'll pass. What place offers daily rates only and then charges for electric?

 

Besides, this thread is about Sanya Apartments, not your overpriced guesthouse.