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Suan-Lum Night Bazaar
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Suan-Lum Night Bazaar

  • : 3.5   

Address: Corner of Rama 9 & Wireless Road
Getting There: Look on their website for a map listing all the options to get here by bus, taxi or train. Taxis know the area well since it is easy to spot and is the corner of Rama 9 and Wireless. Or take the MRT to Lumphini station and follow the signs to the Bazaar.

Hours: 3:00pm-12:00am
Phone: n/a
Website: http://www.suanlum-nightbazaar.com/
Amenities: Parking Live Music Drinks Food

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3 Reviews for “Suan-Lum Night Bazaar”


  1. 1 werewolf Author is:

    My first 12 months as a Bangkok resident I lived across the street from the night bazaar. Several times each week I would get off the train, and instead of going home to my apartment I would go to the beer garden.

    Now that it seems it’s demise is inevitable I can say that I will definitely miss the night bazaar, and especially the beer garden when it is gone.

    The market itself was always a high priced tourist trap… Chatuchak market at triple the price.

    But the beer garden offered free Thai style live entertainment in the form of live English and Thai-language rock & dance music plus coyote dancing on a stage at one end of the beer garden. The beer garden itself seems to be large enough to seat about 1,400 people… maybe more.

    There is a very good selection of Thai food on offer, and the drink of choice is usually a beer ‘tower’ holding anywhere from 2 to 6 liters of beer, consumed by a group of friends enjoying the live entertainment, the hot food, cold beer and outdoor ambiance of one of Bangkok’s low-end landmarks.

    The customers include foreigners and Thais together,with a broad range of demographics.

    The service staff is numerous. Literally hundreds of young men and women (mostly university students) competing to take your food or drink order. The girls are almost always in skin tight dresses with beer company logos printed on them, and they make great eye candy and do a lot for the enjoyment factor.

    This is a place where price is a consideration. Four people can go here to eat, drink, listen to music and watch the dancing for three or four hours and walk away having spent 1,500 baht.

    All in all, while the market is overpriced, the beer garden offers one of Bangkok’s better ‘value’ venues.

    • : 4   

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  2. 2 amanta Author is:

    The CPB won a court decision allowing them to evict all tenants so a new mall and condo can be built. It’s too bad really as Bangkok doesn’t really need more of either.

    Good place to visitors but gets old fast if you live here. Worth a visit if you’re passing through. Open from 6pm-12 or so which is nice since JJ market is so hot to walk around during the day.

    • : 3   

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  3. 3 dreampipe Author is:

    This core of the Bazaar continues to live on even though there appears to be a new project looming on the horizon to take the land.

    I like Suan Lum and hope it lives on. The shops are fun to cruise through and I always find some t-shirt there I like. The small designer furniture shops are fun as well and usually I see something unique.

    The food court is okay but nothing amazing. The beer gardens are fun for the beer but the food has been hit and miss at times.

    There is plenty to do and see here and I always take out of towners here. This place is a gem and I hope it stays put in one for or another.

    • : 4   

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nickd
I had the misfortune of learning about their "minimum customers" policy. That is, if less then 3 customers purchase tickets to a given movie, they cancel the movie. Not sure if this is a standard policy in Thai theaters but it's totally ridiculous. You have a customer that pays their way to the theater to watch a movie at a time advertised by the movie theater, and then they cancel it? Yes, they refunded my 120 baht ticket, and the 50 baht I spent on popcorn and soda, but still. I surely will not go to this theater again, especially during daytime hours. Too risky. Safer bet going to MBK, Siam Paragon, or Emporium for sure. The Plaza looked promising too as the Mall pretty much revolves around the movie theaters. There are movie posters throughout the mall, many waiting areas showing movie previews, and some premium options with their karaoke theaters. It's also less expensive overall than the big mall options. However, it's also a bit dated and rundown. I wish I could comment on the "inside the theater" experience but didn't get in and will not be going back. Any business with such a selfish policy that disregards the customer so is not worth spending money in.
doctorbond
Had a semi-decent breakfast here one morning when I woke up too late to get my free one at my hotel. There were two other westerners in the place picking at their breakfast, reading their papers and happy not to be making conversation (presumably english) I thought the prices were high and not great value but the food was ok
dreampipe
The last Bond film with Craig was better than this one for sure. The gadgets were missing and that was a shame. Apart from the cool computer and phone stuff there were no gadgets. Seems they are trying to make the stories more believable but that won't work cause the stunts are so over the top it is not even funny. Craig is cool. Just watch Layer Cake to be sure but they need to tighten up these stories. This Bond is not having as much lady fun, seems to be unhappy all the time and not creating a mantra for himself. I enjoyed the flick but if you dig deep the flaws are all over the place. Bummer since Craig and the big budget they are throwing at this should make for a better film.
doctorbond
Called in here a few Sundays ago to check out the Roast Dinners. I was with three Thai lady friends who all bravely decided to go 'Farang' and order the roast dinner themselves. In the bar a Grand Prix race was showing on the TVs. The TV's were turned up to full volume. Almost nobody was talking in the pub because they couldn't hear each other. Having been seated directly below one of the TV's and realised that we were going to have trouble talking, I moved us closer to the door where at least we had a fighting chance of exchanging a few words. We ordered out roast dinners. I have to say, the food was quite excellent - succulent slabs of roast beef and all the trimmings you could imagine and also, a nice touch, an individual gravy boat each so we could top up the gravy as we ate. Eventually, some guy in a really fast car beat the others who were in cars that weren't quite as fast and the TV volume was turned down. A matter of timing I expect - if I had gone there when the TV's weren't at full volume I could have easily given this place a 4+ just for the food but the noise levels really pissed me off. The portions were huge and my companions, not used to such heavy food, couldn't finish - but they all said they enjoyed it.
nickd
Freezing cold like many Thai theaters this theater is one of the coldest. I don't understand it, clueless management. Froze my butt off. The seats are also small, older, and very close together. The sound system, loud, very loud. The price however is pretty cheap at around 120 baht a ticket but you definitely get what you pay for.
nickd
Extreme disappointment. At the end of this movie I was upset that they failed again with Daniel Craig. He's an amazing actor and has been in some quality films but put him in a Bond film with a boring plot and it's what it is, a failure. I don't remember him smiling once or exhibiting that Bond charm. It was the depressed Bond out for revenge and that's all. Normally, Bond is saving the planet from some serious threat. I won't give anything away but it's just so minor and insignificant in this one. There was also no Q and fun gadgets, and enough with the Bond Martini. The made a very obvious point of telling you the ingredients a few times in this one. Who cares? Give me a story and some of the old Bond antics and thrills. I don't need to know how many measures of Gin are in the Martini. There was action but it was predictable and the stunts were again borderline unbelievable. This was the worst Bond film I've seen to date and that includes the Timothy Dalton one's. Horrible.
bkkbaz
Popped into the larger of the two facing shops last night, and noticed that the smaller, original location is no more - the building is completely empty. It was my first visit in a while, since I find the food rather bland and the prices unrealistically high, but sometimes you just need a burrito, and there are precious few options late at night. A takeaway large burrito with both cheese and sour cream cost around 255 baht including taxes last time I was here, which I didn't feel was great value. Last night the same item cost me 309 baht, with rude service to boot, and has if anything become even more bland. I won't be back.
GoodLife
Have stayed in the platinum suit many times when staying for weeks. It has a kitchen, livingroom and seperate bedroom. It is a bit worn, but very good size bed, space, bathroom. The staff will make sure you are taken care of. This was my Fav hotel for 3 years but now with many new places springing up, i have moved to others. If you are on business or want some place that feels like home this is a good place to stay.
dreampipe
When it come to local beef, good value and decent service I think this place is pretty good. Sure there are more expensive options in town but I think the top quality steaks here are quite tasty and the family farm has been around a long time. There take away dairy products are also good.
bkkbaz
I ate here for the first time over the weekend with friends - we avoiding the generally high prices by taking advantage of a decently-priced set lunch menu. There's a choice of appetisers, pastas, main courses and desserts, with prices varying depending on whether you opt for two or three courses, and whether you order a pasta course or a regular main course. From memory, the prices were 349 baht for two courses with a pasta, 399 for two courses with a main, 449 for three courses with a pasta, and 499 baht for three courses with a main. The food was excellent, and the service exemplary. Not for the budget-conscious perhaps, but a great find for food fans.