Thread: NANA - I Remember the Time

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

No mate.

The original Thermae was in a small short soi next to the Ambassador Hotel. If you had been there you would never forget the place.

It was shut down and reopened down Sukhumvit Rd and it was nowhere near as unique or good.

Last time I was in there it was grab a granny night with them all dolled up as school girls plastered with makeup to try and entice the nip perverts.

Soi 7/1....
two iconic words....
Eden Club.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Last time I was in there it was grab a granny night with them all dolled up as school girls plastered with makeup to try and entice the nip perverts.

I must admit there were some howlers there but after 1.00am office girls would turn up in groups looking for a bit of extra cash.

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

I had a few beers with Kim Fletcher yesterday and he claims the following:


2. Robin Williams never had a meal in the White Rabbit. He normally ate in a Restaurant on Soi 23 whilst filming Good Morning Vietnam.

3. Big Dave's Big Chair ended up in Jamesons in Pattaya and was later taken away by a Thai recycling fellow.

Kim welcomes one and all to his bar in East Pattaya to have a beer and discuss the good ole days. https://www.facebook.com/fletchersfolly/

Makes sense as most of the filming was done in Moonshine on 23. Good detective work on the chair

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

Without doubt the most macabre place I went to after hours was the Thermae up an alley next to the Ambassador Hotel.

When you entered through the toilet you knew then and there it was going to be different.

Some crazy fuckers in there and normally an interesting night to be had.

Remember it well, its a sight that stays with you! went there one night with a friend who was not given to exaggeration, he went to the toilet there as you do - there was an aborted fetus (his description!) in the urinal trough (it was a huge trough if you recall!)
I didn't bother to go check, he was pretty freaked out!

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

I had a few beers with Kim Fletcher yesterday and he claims the following:

1. Matthew Swire (his partner in Jools) partnered with Michael Jackson (an Australian) in a bar called Thriller in Nana Plaza, not Manilla.

There's either 2 Michael Jackson's who both owned bars in SEA called Thriller, or he's wrong.

Originally Posted by beerlaodrinker

What was the name of the small cluster of bars that was halfway between nana and cowboy? Was drinking in there one night and enjoyed it. Next night i return3d and it was gone. Bulldoz3d at about 2 in the morning. I heard someone with a bit of clout and money wanted there land back

Clinton Plaza.

Originally Posted by Simon43

I recall around 2003 'owning' a couple of bars just up the road at Sukhumvit 1 Plaza. Life seemed good then, but it was all a smokescreen LoL

hey 2000-2003 were good times in Bangkok, the place was getting momentum and booming

Originally Posted by Headworx

There's either 2 Michael Jackson's who both owned bars in SEA called Thriller, or he's wrong.


Clinton Plaza.

Yep Chuwit needed a garden. About same BLD. Beer night before. Walked by next morning and gone.

Originally Posted by Headworx

A free pitcher of pool water goes to the first playa who remembers what was in the back left-hand corner .

the shower show of course

Originally Posted by Headworx

There's either 2 Michael Jackson's who both owned bars in SEA called Thriller, or he's wrong.

I'm just the messenger mate.

I will be seeing Matty Swire at the end of this month and will ask him direct.

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

I'm just the messenger mate.

I will be seeing Matty Swire at the end of this month and will ask him direct.

you really are a washed up expat with your silly name dropping, nobody cares about fooking bar owners

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

I'm just the messenger mate.

I will be seeing Matty Swire at the end of this month and will ask him direct.

Yeah it'd be interesting to know. I guess there's some chance MJ started with a bar called Thriller in NEP before moving to Manila (where I met him) then Angeles City (where BLD Met him and I use to see him occasionally). In any case, he was certainly the black-sheep of a very wealthy family.

Originally Posted by hallelujah

What was the go-go on Cowboy with a glass floor that you looked up to from downstairs or am I imagining this? I thought it was Shark Bar, but I've just Googled it and it doesn't seem to be the one.

Playskool.

Originally Posted by hallelujah

old Country Road on 19,

I spent many an evening there. 2nd floor was better than 3rdf floor. imho.

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

Thermae

The absolute best. Bit like Alice's resturant.

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

you really are a washed up expat with your silly name dropping, nobody cares about fooking bar owners

Fok off Butters.

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

No mate.

The original Thermae was in a small short soi next to the Ambassador Hotel. If you had been there you would never forget the place.

It was shut down and reopened down Sukhumvit Rd and it was nowhere near as unique or good.

As it was regarding most everything back in the day - things were better.
The old charm faded long ago.

Really surprised that no one has mentioned the [sort of] off-the-beaten trail of the old upper Klong Toey neighborhood, which had a lovely and unsavoury reputation, as did Chinatown [a Norton mention] - when the Sukhumvit and Silom locales were in their infancy.

Originally Posted by TheRealKW

Playskool.

Really? Playschool was the blowjob bar half way down the soi? The place with the glass was, uhm. More towards soi 23. Forget the name. Baccarat?

Baccarat with the glass floor, owned by the Irish boiler room mafia and the French Marseille mafia

Netting 50m THB a month, I shit you not

Originally Posted by Norton

Fok off Butters.

stop supporting blindly lowToy, he is a crazy fool who has been drinking and staying here too long

Originally Posted by TheRealKW

I spent many an evening there. 2nd floor was better than 3rdf floor. imho.

Think it was the first bar I ever had a night out in in the Sukhumvit area. I remember necking some old stegosaurus at the bar about 7 pints into the night (and her younger mate). The shame!

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

stop supporting blindly lowToy, he is a crazy fool who has been drinking and staying here too long

He sends pies once a week. Great fookin pies!

Originally Posted by nidhogg

Really? Playschool was the blowjob bar half way down the soi? The place with the glass was, uhm. More towards soi 23. Forget the name. Baccarat?

Oh yes, so it was.

Very nostalgic to read the posts of all the old timers. I first set foot in Thailand in 1993. There was still a feeling of freedom and escapism that made Thailand paradise on earth.

I havent been to LOS for 6 or 7 years, but has it really changed so much ?

Nana was still a great place to wind down when I was there last. Sitting in 2 Doge drinking beer and watching people hustle their thing was still s blast.

Elephants and ladyboys sucking in tourists was great entertainment.

So what hat has changed so much? The prices? The attitude of people plying their trade?

My feelings are that the whole world has changed. Facial recognition software means big brother is always watching. Meth amphetamine drugs have people acting crazy ( which I think is a big part of why the people in Thailand have lost their status of being relaxed, calm people) .... and things just are not that cheap anymore .... that’s just my take on things, but the bottom line is the whole world has changed.

The nostalgic days are dead and buried. But is it just a sign of the times ? I would be very surprised if such glory days ever return. Apparently Philippines is very cheap now, but the people there just don’t have the sense of humor that the Thais have, which still makes Thailand my destination of choice when it comes to tropical getaways.

My memories of Nana are ...
2003 a couple of hard-core Aussie Bikies telling me to explore the three floors of debauchery from Job Samui.

Eventually spent time there staying at Nana Tai Mansion at the end of soi 4.
Was a convenient refuge for exploring Bangkok and being within walking distance of the British Embassy.
Got to know the mama and pap shop owners at the end of the soi reasonable well, also the small Thai restaurant owned by a Thai who has visited South Africa and had a son the same age as my first born.

We could just nip around the back of the hotel through the tobacco factory and into the lake/park then head into the uk/thai convention centre for lunch, nice fish and chips for 120baht about £2 at the time.
Of an evening the sister in law would come and baby sit, the missus and I would head of down the soi on the motorcycle taxi to check out the shows...

The knights in white satin show springs to mind as the most memorable.
Along with the 50 baht burgers at closing time..
Quite funny going into the ladyboy club on floor three and one of them was squeezing its nipple releasing some creamy liquid that it said was milk.....hmmm.

All good at the time, not a chance in hell I'd ever go back there though.
Been that done that.