Thread: A Few Days in Pattaya

Just spent a few days at the very long named Centara Grand Mirage Resort in everyone's favourite family city of Pattaya.

Here it is, not my pic. We arrived by car and not by airplane.




Check in was from 3pm but when we arrived the room wasn't ready which was pretty annoying.

The room and balcony were lovely. Facing the sunset. One of the few reasons I wanted to try something different to the Hard Rock Hotel was for a bigger balcony. Nice to sit outside in the sun while I wait for everyone else to wake up..

The room:

The bed would have easily fit the 3 of us but daughter decided she wanted to sleep on the chair.






View from the room:





We decided to eat at the hotel for dinner but the service was terrible. so we left.

The next day we were ushered into a room for breakfast and it was like being at a business conference. The food was fine but it the room was shite. Apparently there are 2 places for breakfast, 1 - the shit one and another nice place.

Shit breakfast room:



Just after breakfast an email pinged into my inbox asking me how my stay was going..... We ended up meeting the manager and explaining everything. They offered us an upgrade etc. but that's more hassle than it's worth.

The next day at the newly discovered nice breakfast place we get the full VIP treatment.

After breakfast we'd trundle off to find some sun loungers in the shade and spend the days swimming, eating and drinking. At 170thb for a small beer I made sure I came prepared.. despite the notices of a 500thb fine for bringing your own food/drink in.

I'd order 1 draft Singha and then top it up throughout the day.





The outside area was full of mini-pools and slides and a lovely lazy river with waterfalls. Daughter made some friends pretty easily so went off with them quite a lot. There's also a pretty big kids club that they can go in and out in for 350thb a day. Just before we left she did some ziplining thing.

Some pics from around the place:












Verdict: Lovely place. great room, kid loved the facilities. Service was shite (but luckily Glass House is nearby). Probably better options in the Pattaya area.