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Enquired about the mercure and the reply via email was as such:
Greeting From Mercure Hotel Pattaya
Regarding to your enquiry below our Hotel charge for visitor fee 500 THB. Per day per person and age must be over 18 years old and keep I. D card at reception desk for IN-OUT the hotel.
Kind regards
Chinnapong
Hope it helps.
Slightly off topic as I am looking for a base for the summer months for myself and family which due to the circumstances has to be away from the action. Have previously stayed in bangkok and koh samui with the missus so she is not totally ignorant of what goes on! Could anyone advise how family friendly is the Jomtien beach area or is everything still in your face?
I have looked at some villas on the internet called butterfly villas which are between Jomtien and Pattaya and have been advised area is safe and is near where some of the royal family stay. Is this true and has anyone heard of the place?
If the place is totally non family friendly then I will have to look elsewhere. Only reason I am considering the area is because some friends have a villa nearby.
Any advise would be appreciated.
[QUOTE=GroinStrain]... Could anyone advise how family friendly is the Jomtien beach area or is everything still in your face?...[/QUOTE]
Relax. There is no "in-your-face" p4p activity along Jomtien Beach Road, day or night, and most accommodations are perfectly family friendly.
Sorry to say that I had very bad experiences at LK Metropole also at their condo style apartment building on the corner (different trip). Can't recommend. If you really have a lot of time on your hand see my 2007 reports.
Frank
Can anybody contribute recent experiences at this place?
[url]http://www.opeydeplacepattaya.com/[/url]
I stayed there a few years back, nothing fancy of course, for that price, but relatively central, clean and convenient. Internet access only downstairs.
Thanks.
[QUOTE=Frankfurter]Can anybody contribute recent experiences at this place?
[url]http://www.opeydeplacepattaya.com/[/url]
I stayed there a few years back, nothing fancy of course, for that price, but relatively central, clean and convenient. Internet access only downstairs.
Thanks.[/QUOTE]
A friend of mine stayed there in January and liked it so much he stayed there in April and plans to stay there on his next trip.
He is a fussy old git as well.
[QUOTE=GroinStrain]Slightly off topic as I am looking for a base for the summer months for myself and family which due to the circumstances has to be away from the action. Have previously stayed in bangkok and koh samui with the missus so she is not totally ignorant of what goes on! Could anyone advise how family friendly is the Jomtien beach area or is everything still in your face?
I have looked at some villas on the internet called butterfly villas which are between Jomtien and Pattaya and have been advised area is safe and is near where some of the royal family stay. Is this true and has anyone heard of the place?
If the place is totally non family friendly then I will have to look elsewhere. Only reason I am considering the area is because some friends have a villa nearby.
Any advise would be appreciated.[/QUOTE]I stay in Jomtien a few times and it is probably the most family friendly spot you can find in Pattaya. It is a good 5 min taxi ride to Walking Street, so it is away from all of the girlie bars of walking street.
[QUOTE=Frankfurter]Sorry to say that I had very bad experiences at LK Metropole also at their condo style apartment building on the corner (different trip). Can't recommend. If you really have a lot of time on your hand see my 2007 reports.
Frank[/QUOTE]
I would definitely concur on the 'condo style apartment on the corner' - it absolutely sucks. I was offered a 1-bedroom deluxe for 1000B (great price), but it was on the 4th floor, *no elevator* (think about doing this with six beers in you and a drunk girl on your arm). It was the only room they had in the hotel, and I thought with 1000B I can't go wrong. besides, Areca Lodge as all sold out.
But the elevator is one major problem, and there was no hot water either. So if that is all they have available to you, I would strongly recommend you walk. They call it, by the way, the 'New wing', but don't let that fool you - it sucks.
The main building, however, is pretty good. I have stayed here three times, and all three times it has been very good. Never hassled about anything, rooms are large, clean and quiet, bathrooms are well maintained, etc. I would recommend the old building, for sure.
[QUOTE=Member #3068] On a separate note, anyone have suggestions for 2-bedroom luxury cond/villa rentals?[/QUOTE]
Residence Gardens and Pinewood on Second road ahve 2 bedroom apartments. I've never stayed in either but I saw a Pinewood room a few months ago. The room looked very nice and I may stay there next time.
Residence Gardens has a website but I'm not sure if Pinewood operates a website.
kumbu:
i agree, the condo is really bad, wlan wasn't working for most of the time and it is extremly (really!) noisy (from the open-air bar beer across). no elevator, i was also on the 4th floor. the best feature of my spacious condo was the fact that i could watch the working girls hanging out infront of [url=http://isgprohibitedwords.info?CodeWord=CodeWord901][CodeWord901][/url]'s on soi lk metro/diana:-))
These are the only two hotels that I have stayed at in Pattaya.
Marriott is nicer but for room cost savings, breakfast savings, internet savings and laundry savings choose the Nova Platinum. It has all the same amenities.
I used the in-house massage in my room and although it is more expensive the girl had better skills than other places I tried. Some places they just rub oil on you so it is not really a massage. Also you have more privacy. Another good veggie massage place is Queen of Massage. They have some young girls there although I used an older one. The only problem was the guy snoring in the cubicle next to me. If someone is going to snore I want it to be me.
Great point about the Marriott that is often overlooked. It is a nice break to all of the action.
Galaxy Suites vs. Tim Boutique.
Tim's is more expensive, but is it worth it?
[QUOTE=Wolfie0066]Galaxy Suites vs. Tim Boutique.
Tim's is more expensive, but is it worth it?[/QUOTE]
I have read reports about the Galaxy Suites and they over book then bigger rooms and don't tell you until you arrive. They then offer you a shitty little room.
The reports I have read on Tims that it is good.
[QUOTE=Wandere][url]www.penthousehotel.com/[/url]
Have Fun![/QUOTE]It's located one the 1st soi ( side street) from Walking St. down the Soi about 50 meters. You won't miss it because it has a huge Las Vegas style sign on the front.
So as you are walking away from the main entrance of Walking St you will see the Soi ( side street on your left). It's the 1st one.