chrisandsu Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 On 7/10/2020 at 11:41 PM, overherebc said: The whole thing kicked off when Mr Coulson opened the first bar, last building on the row at the Chang Hotel end. Next one was Don McAllister I think, where the new shop is. It just started expanding from there and at that time the majority of 'expat bars' were scattered around Ban Chang. Prior to the strip the most popular bar was the Oasis on the road from Maptaphut, the road nearest the beach, and when things starting going down with fewer expats working in Maptaphut a lot of the staff from the Oasis moved to the Camel etc. The strip did have one or two Thai only bars but they didn't last long.. Basically the strip started 97/99 slowly built up and for the past few years has been slowly dying, but who knows the future nowadays. Early days a lot of guys worked in Maptaphut and they were the main customers. Then the golfers from Pattaya for a couple of years. Sorry didn’t see this reply . Thanks for the explanation , first time I came down to bc was around 2004 and it was heaving . Does seem to be less and less expats every time I come back . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 10 minutes ago, chrisandsu said: Sorry didn’t see this reply . Thanks for the explanation , first time I came down to bc was around 2004 and it was heaving . Does seem to be less and less expats every time I come back . Don't quote me on the actual years, I could be a bit out on some dates but the 'gist' is near enough I think. ???????? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Phala Pier getting back to business again after refurb'. At the moment no real 'big food' menu. For a couple of weeks or so will be finger food and beer etc, coffee for the driver. January should see a gradual return to a fuller menu. Nice to sit for a cold beer and chill for a while at the moment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 5 hours ago, overherebc said: Phala Pier getting back to business again after refurb'. At the moment no real 'big food' menu. For a couple of weeks or so will be finger food and beer etc, coffee for the driver. January should see a gradual return to a fuller menu. Nice to sit for a cold beer and chill for a while at the moment. Should add that I don't the tel' number, it might be on facebook??, worth calling before going just to make sure open/closed and, as I said, what's the 'finger food' of the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilai Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Great new grilled chicken place just opened on Phala Road (Yellow sign on the right immediately before Phalagoon Resort if coming from Ban Chang). Eat in or take away. Also does sticky rice, Somtam and other Isaan dishes. Can recommend. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithsimmonds Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Can concur with the above post...loved the Chicken and the Som Tam Thai (Papaya salad) is just the way i like it....gonna be a regular stop off for me.???????? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 On 8/15/2020 at 11:35 AM, chrisandsu said: Sorry didn’t see this reply . Thanks for the explanation , first time I came down to bc was around 2004 and it was heaving . Does seem to be less and less expats every time I come back . As it was 2009. Only 3 or 4 bars left now it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longball53098 Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 On 3/9/2022 at 9:21 AM, overherebc said: As it was 2009. Only 3 or 4 bars left now it seems. IMHO the "Bar Strip" is effectively gone and being replaced with Thai businesses. Sure there are a few bars remaining but slowly they are dying. The oil and gas folks are all gone for the most part and the tourist golfers are gone and Covid killed the rest of the business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 (edited) On 3/10/2022 at 10:33 AM, longball53098 said: IMHO the "Bar Strip" is effectively gone and being replaced with Thai businesses. Sure there are a few bars remaining but slowly they are dying. The oil and gas folks are all gone for the most part and the tourist golfers are gone and Covid killed the rest of the business. It's been dying a slow death for a good few years. As you say Covid was the final nail in the coffin. Edited March 19, 2022 by overherebc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve187 Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 I found a restaurant on sukumvit on the left just past mega home going towards Ban chang, set inside at the rear of the large 'garden centre' where they sell water features and statutes, good food good prices, quite big with air con - https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@12.7160805,101.0373344,3a,86.9y,283.51h,91.82t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sRQxErEUPHEpeAKGknMjz1w!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewsterbudgen Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 We moved to Ban Chang 6 months ago, and try to eat out at least once a week. So far, these are the restaurants we have been regularly going back to: Piper Tree Ciao Bella Long Time Finnegans I think we need to venture nearer the beach! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve187 Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 19 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said: We moved to Ban Chang 6 months ago, and try to eat out at least once a week. So far, these are the restaurants we have been regularly going back to: Piper Tree Ciao Bella Long Time Finnegans I think we need to venture nearer the beach! not sure where piper tree and long time are, ( i see piper tree and long time are on the bypass road, but there is '24' and phala rib hous opposite each other on Tesco road, phala closer to the beach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVENKEEL Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 (edited) 9 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said: We moved to Ban Chang 6 months ago, and try to eat out at least once a week. So far, these are the restaurants we have been regularly going back to: Piper Tree Ciao Bella Long Time Finnegans I think we need to venture nearer the beach! Try the Crab House in Phala. Nice on the beach vibe. Edited September 25, 2022 by EVENKEEL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LennyW Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 15 hours ago, steve187 said: not sure where piper tree and long time are, ( i see piper tree and long time are on the bypass road, but there is '24' and phala rib hous opposite each other on Tesco road, phala closer to the beach And Micasa just along a bit inside the soi on where Rib house is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LennyW Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 15 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said: We moved to Ban Chang 6 months ago, and try to eat out at least once a week. So far, these are the restaurants we have been regularly going back to: Piper Tree Ciao Bella Long Time Finnegans I think we need to venture nearer the beach! Excellent restaurants inside Grand Garden Hotel and the new Kantary hotel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty1286 Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 On 9/25/2022 at 7:05 PM, brewsterbudgen said: We moved to Ban Chang 6 months ago, and try to eat out at least once a week. So far, these are the restaurants we have been regularly going back to: Piper Tree Ciao Bella Long Time Finnegans I think we need to venture nearer the beach! Purple Parrot does excellent UK style grub Rib House very good. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewsterbudgen Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 28 minutes ago, scotty1286 said: Purple Parrot does excellent UK style grub Rib House very good. Definitely plan to try the Purple Parrot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotandsticky Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 29 minutes ago, scotty1286 said: Purple Parrot does excellent UK style grub Rib House very good. +1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longball53098 Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 17 hours ago, hotandsticky said: +1 where is the Purple Parrot? Is it now in the old Meeting Place location? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotandsticky Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 1 minute ago, longball53098 said: where is the Purple Parrot? Is it now in the old Meeting Place location? ddress105/42 moo 4 phayun road. Ban Chang District https://www.facebook.com/atastefromfaraway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longball53098 Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 1 minute ago, hotandsticky said: ddress105/42 moo 4 phayun road. Ban Chang District https://www.facebook.com/atastefromfaraway OK . do you know if the place is take away only or they have indoor seating? I do not use Facebook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotandsticky Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 3 minutes ago, longball53098 said: OK . do you know if the place is take away only or they have indoor seating? I do not use Facebook. Both 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Is Nina's place still going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LennyW Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 56 minutes ago, overherebc said: Is Nina's place still going. She was open but only selling noodle soup, post on FB on Friday says it is shut again due to ill health, not sure about this week. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LennyW Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 On 9/25/2022 at 7:35 PM, brewsterbudgen said: We moved to Ban Chang 6 months ago, and try to eat out at least once a week. So far, these are the restaurants we have been regularly going back to: Piper Tree Ciao Bella Long Time Finnegans I think we need to venture nearer the beach! Another good one if you have not tried it yet is Zum Adler, just down Payoon road opposite the entrance to Eastern Star. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 The Lord Nelson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 On 9/30/2022 at 11:50 AM, longball53098 said: where is the Purple Parrot? Is it now in the old Meeting Place location? It used to be called 'Smarties'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LennyW Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 23 minutes ago, brianthainess said: It used to be called 'Smarties'. And before that, The Meeting Point, and before that A & L 3 in 1. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longball53098 Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 I guess I missed it back in May of 2022 but Pizza Hut opened a take-away place with a 2 table seating area. On Suk near the Motorcycle shop on the corner of Soi 25 (Bar soi). I pulled this off Google maps. https://www.google.co.th/maps/place/Pizza+Hut+1150+-+Banchang+Rayong+(พิซซ่าฮัท+สาขาบ้านฉาง+ระยอง)/@12.7225318,101.0504271,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipONRu4BUgSOX2FAHwu39Cnp_ND6m4VSWa0I0MBm!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipONRu4BUgSOX2FAHwu39Cnp_ND6m4VSWa0I0MBm%3Dw203-h270-k-no!7i3024!8i4032!4m7!3m6!1s0x3102f3eef22f5e0b:0x8d1eec86794f5157!8m2!3d12.722692!4d101.050356!14m1!1BCgIgAQ?hl=en&authuser=0 Some folks that don't get out too much like me may be interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eff1n2ret Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 Has anyone eaten at the Kantary in Banchang? Just had a flyer in the letterbox (well, it's nice to get anything in the letterbox these days) - Special Valentine's Day set menu dinner at their rooftop restaurant. Several courses, not including booze except for "Sparkling Wine". I guess a commanding view of the Banchang Hospital, and romantic background noise from the traffic on Sukhumvit. At 1200Baht per head plus (in the small print) 10% service charge plus VAT I'm not especially tempted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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