Pattaya Hotels

[Member #4838]

LK empress. Become a dump with smelly and damp rooms. Had to check out after a night. Still 100% girl friendly.

Moved to Somerset pattaya. Great rooms, great bed, excellent breakfast. Very stick but girl friendly. 100% check in with ID and call you before releasing it to them. I kinda liked this.

Huge price gap between the 2, but if within budget, somerset pattya ticks all boxes inc an excellent location.

LK was great. Hope they finish their renovations and up their game again.

Somerset seems like the perfect location but it's pricey.

[NemanLion]

LK empress. Become a dump with smelly and damp rooms. Had to check out after a night. Still 100% girl friendly.

Moved to Somerset pattaya. Great rooms, great bed, excellent breakfast. Very stick but girl friendly. 100% check in with ID and call you before releasing it to them. I kinda liked this.

Huge price gap between the 2, but if within budget, somerset pattya ticks all boxes inc an excellent location.

LK was great. Hope they finish their renovations and up their game again.

[XXL]

Natural Beach Hotel

A hotel that I did not like. Cannot recommend it. Hard to put my finger on exactly why I did not like it. Rooms were small. Two twin beds I had to push together. I just got a bad vibe from the place. Stayed there two nights. It just did not represent a good value to me. Especially after staying in the Flipper Lounge.

1. Maytara (good value and location).

2. Flipper Lounge (excellent security and location).

Is there a Flipper Lounge, or do you mean Flipper Lodge?

[SubCmdr]

Natural Beach Hotel

A hotel that I did not like. Cannot recommend it. Hard to put my finger on exactly why I did not like it. Rooms were small. Two twin beds I had to push together. I just got a bad vibe from the place. Stayed there two nights. It just did not represent a good value to me. Especially after staying in the Flipper Lounge.

1. Maytara (good value and location).

2. Flipper Lounge (excellent security and location).

3. Natural Beach Hotel (cannot recommend).

I have one more hotel to try before I declare my all time favorite hotel for the area.

A comment was made which by passive aggressive inference implied that I am a dead beat because I am writing hotel reviews.

Did you get Evicted from your Apartment?

Doesn't your alter ego Forty Drinks (AKA: BBFS guy; AKA Edward Tenderfoot realize that I don't live in Thailand? That I have never visited Thailand? That everything in my posts are made up stories with geographical details that are gathered from Google maps?

Now you and your ilk can choose to believe this Although your beliefs would be shattered by just meeting me at the Bus Bar and having a drink. I got the first round. Man to man conversations can ensue.

Or you can take a look at one of many reasons given below by another poster:

I have friends that have lived in Pattaya a long time that only get chicks from gogos and only take them to short time love motels like Viva. They do not want to stay the night with them and they do not want them in their homes.

Now, may I get back to giving reviews based on my experiences?

Or would the majority of readers prefer for me to just STFU. Last time I checked I was not getting paid by the word to write these posts and make a contribution to the Thailand Threads. I do it because others have provided information to them that I have found useful and I wish to give back. The post by the OP above is an example. I did not know about Viva until he mentioned it.

Thanks you Mr. E!

[Banana Boi]

Maytara Hotel

Maytara was almost the first hotel I booked on my very first trip. They're still using some of the same photos from nearly 10 years ago! I opted for Tweet Tweet Nest on Soi 8 instead as Soi 7 and 8 were 2 hot sois way back when. Here's a video looks like Tweet Tweet Nest is called The Weekend now. The rooms were nice nearly 10 years ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vUH07BRC_w.

[SubCmdr]

Maytara Hotel & Spa

I recommend it. Good location. Right on the Baht Bus line. Walk to everything I like to indulge in. Large (for a hotel) well appointed rooms. Girl Friendly. Security is a bit lax. I did not find it to be a problem. Pool and Spa onsite. Did not partake.

More information can be found on Google Maps.

[SubCmdr]

Did you get Evicted from your Apartment?

Is anyone reading the SUBs khrap. LOL. Hahaha.

Not only are you reading it, you are responding to it. Puts you in good company. Thank you!

[Mogwai]

There's a brand new hotel right opposite LK Empress. It's called Hermann Hotel.

It's there for a couple of years already, so it's not brand new anymore. The location is great but it has quite a lot of bad reviews on Tripadvisor, so I have never bothered to check it out.

[XXL]

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LK empress where I stayed last seems to have bad reviews as its running down.

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There's a brand new hotel right opposite LK Empress. It's called Hermann Hotel. I'd be curious what kind of pool they have. I need a pool at least shoulder-deep as I like to do my own aquarobics. A couple of months ago Hermann Hotel still looked like some rooms were still unfinished, but the hotel was operating all right.

The problem with LK Empress is not so much its being run-down as its Indian customers making a racket at all hours.

I tried to get hold of a pool-view room at Areca Lodge for september but they were all booked-up on Agoda and Trip dot com. Other rooms at Areca Lodge are no good.

[UglyAzzMan]

I found the Flipper Lounge to be in a good location, girl friendly, tight security, breakfast buffet and an overall good value.

Did you get Evicted from your Apartment?

[Member #4813]

I am interested if anyone can make a direct comparison for me.

1. They both seem to be the same quality hotel, true? (safety, cleanliness, wifi).

2. Avalon has joiner policy: if you sign up for two people, first guest is free and second guest is 1000 baht (I know this is true as the manager just emailed me this morning).

Amethyst is unlimited guest (I think this is true). Both are definitely girl friendly. True?

3. What is the relative distance of each to the action? The amethyst is 20 minute walk to Soi 6, true? I think the Avalon is further away. Is a taxi / Bolt difficult to get at 2 am?

4. Do either hotel have a decent gym, with a minimum of free weights and a usable treadmill?

5. How does one get a quiet room at either place?

Incidentally, the Avalon gives a huge discount if one books 120 days in advance. I am going to Pattaya Jan 6. So I have almost 2 months to get this discount.

Any help with my final concerns would be extremely useful. Thanks, MG.

[Paolo99]

Stayed there for one night lately, I booked their superior room for around 2 K including breakfast.

I completely forgot that soi 7 was a girly bar's soi and confused that place with another one when I booked it, but I booked it a bit in a hurry.

My first impression when I entered the room was that I didn't really liked it much but later thought it's not bad at all.

The whole building (which is small BTW, only 7 floors plus rooftop) seems to be made using very good quality materials. They've got a fitness room with fresh free bottle waters (not really big but good size if you're alone inside), a nice swimmingpool on the rooftop, and a very good quality sauna (not on the same floor than the swimmingpool).

Wifi was excellent in my room, and they offer some complementary snack and two cans of coke and sprite in the room. That's not expensive for them, but it comes as a good move compared to many other places getting the mini bar full of very over priced products. Breakfast was correct too, and it is served untill late (11 am). The location is great, around the middle of the soi (closer to second road), only 5 minutes walking distance to Central festival, you can easily reach soi 6 or WS using the baht bus.

One can still hear the bars once in the room, but it's not loud so I could sleep very well there. Aircondition is very efficient and built in the roof of the room, so it's not directed to the bed like in some very bad built rooms.

The only thing I didn't like was the disposition of my room (which looked a bit small too) and there were not designed places to hang the wet towels.

They've got some weird rules too, like forbidding their guest to bring in food or beverage from the outside, making some references to Whisky or wine (maybe they want to keep drunkards out of the place).

To summarize, 2 K seemed a bit pricey, but if oen can get it at around 1,6 K would be an excellent deal in my opinion.

[SubCmdr]

I found the Flipper Lounge to be in a good location, girl friendly, tight security, breakfast buffet and an overall good value.

[BionicMan]

There are also houses with pools that are not open above. The pool is under a shelter.

Sure, but it has not to be taken for granted. So a word of caution is always recommended. It can be a detail not openly clear by the pictures or by descriptions.

Sometime the "secluded" pool can be in one villa and not in the others.

[NemanLion]

Got no response here so wrote direct to Bayview. Response below.

There is a registration fee of THB1,000 / guest / registration, however for bookings made via our hotel website (http://www.thebayviewpattaya.com) we are happy to waive this fee. To receive this waiver, please book for 2 people when making your booking, even if you are checking in alone.

I'm open to other suggestions of a 4-5 star on the beach that is EASY girl friendly without fine print.

LK empress where I stayed last seems to have bad reviews as its running down.

Anything clear on Pattaya Discovery Beach hotel. Seems to be friendly and not friendly depending on source. Wrote to them directly. 3 days no response = bad sign.