Promenada - The Beginning of The End?

[mania]

And coming soon doesn't seem to mean much when you look at the sign for Baja Joes Mexican restaurant which has been coming soon since the beginning.

Now that is disappointing news...

I asked the manager at Ragu's about it a week or so ago.

He said it was on hole as Dukes at Maya was now taking precedence.

So I guess it may be a while yet

Speaking of Maya it is the one mall I have never been to.

I just pretty much avoid Huay Kaew Road at all costs...except for when I need to get to Grace Clinic

[northernjohn]

And coming soon doesn't seem to mean much when you look at the sign for Baja Joes Mexican restaurant which has been coming soon since the beginning.

Now that is disappointing news...

I asked the manager at Ragu's about it a week or so ago.

He said it was on hole as Dukes at Maya was now taking precedence.

So I guess it may be a while yet

Speaking of Maya it is the one mall I have never been to.

I just pretty much avoid Huay Kaew Road at all costs...except for when I need to get to Grace Clinic

You haven't missed much.

However it might have an interesting night life on the roof if

you are looking for night time action.

[Aussieroaming]

I like Promenada but I must say I have been there when it was pretty empty. I think it would be a shame if it closed down.

[piewarmer]

Promenadas bowling alley was mentioned in the original flyer as seen on Thai visa well before construction began. I cannot find the old thread now....

A lot of expats who bowled with me were very excited. Shame. we all hoped Central plaza or Maya would build one instead, more disappointment. There's at least 2 big ones in Patts.

The alley was also mentioned in City life http://www.chiangmaicitylife.com/news-archive/the-malls-are-coming-fast-and-furious/

[WinnieTheKhwai]

I asked the manager at Ragu's about it a week or so ago.

He said it was on hole as Dukes at Maya was now taking precedence.

So I guess it may be a while yet

Speaking of Maya it is the one mall I have never been to.

I just pretty much avoid Huay Kaew Road at all costs...except for when I need to get to Grace Clinic

LOL. Yes, I visit Nimmanhaemin twice a year. When the kids have their dental checkup. (Dentaland).

I have actually been at Maya once. One of my best U-turn moves ever, coming down the Superhighway pretty much in the grass ALL the way on the left, then just meters for the traffic light forced all the way right for a U-turn and JUST made it through on the orange light. It was beautiful, but sadly before I had a dash cam to share it with the world.

[northernjohn]

I asked the manager at Ragu's about it a week or so ago.

He said it was on hole as Dukes at Maya was now taking precedence.

So I guess it may be a while yet

Speaking of Maya it is the one mall I have never been to.

I just pretty much avoid Huay Kaew Road at all costs...except for when I need to get to Grace Clinic

LOL. Yes, I visit Nimmanhaemin twice a year. When the kids have their dental checkup. (Dentaland).

I have actually been at Maya once. One of my best U-turn moves ever, coming down the Superhighway pretty much in the grass ALL the way on the left, then just meters for the traffic light forced all the way right for a U-turn and JUST made it through on the orange light. It was beautiful, but sadly before I had a dash cam to share it with the world.

You had me there for a minute.

I thought you meant you went in to Maya and came right out when

you said one of your best U turns ever.

Got to thinking it over and one little fact that might help them (very little)

but a bit is if the Theater would play other shows than the ones

all the other ones are playing. Play the block buster but not in every theater.

[narkeddiver]

I asked the manager at Ragu's about it a week or so ago.

He said it was on hole as Dukes at Maya was now taking precedence.

So I guess it may be a while yet

Speaking of Maya it is the one mall I have never been to.

I just pretty much avoid Huay Kaew Road at all costs...except for when I need to get to Grace Clinic

LOL. Yes, I visit Nimmanhaemin twice a year. When the kids have their dental checkup. (Dentaland).

I have actually been at Maya once. One of my best U-turn moves ever, coming down the Superhighway pretty much in the grass ALL the way on the left, then just meters for the traffic light forced all the way right for a U-turn and JUST made it through on the orange light. It was beautiful, but sadly before I had a dash cam to share it with the world.

You had me there for a minute.

I thought you meant you went in to Maya and came right out when

you said one of your best U turns ever.

Got to thinking it over and one little fact that might help them (very little)

but a bit is if the Theater would play other shows than the ones

all the other ones are playing. Play the block buster but not in every theater.

They already do play different movies - Maya is the only cinema showing Citizen Four as far as I am aware

[northernjohn]

I asked the manager at Ragu's about it a week or so ago.

He said it was on hole as Dukes at Maya was now taking precedence.

So I guess it may be a while yet

Speaking of Maya it is the one mall I have never been to.

I just pretty much avoid Huay Kaew Road at all costs...except for when I need to get to Grace Clinic

LOL. Yes, I visit Nimmanhaemin twice a year. When the kids have their dental checkup. (Dentaland).

I have actually been at Maya once. One of my best U-turn moves ever, coming down the Superhighway pretty much in the grass ALL the way on the left, then just meters for the traffic light forced all the way right for a U-turn and JUST made it through on the orange light. It was beautiful, but sadly before I had a dash cam to share it with the world.

You had me there for a minute.

I thought you meant you went in to Maya and came right out when

you said one of your best U turns ever.

Got to thinking it over and one little fact that might help them (very little)

but a bit is if the Theater would play other shows than the ones

all the other ones are playing. Play the block buster but not in every theater.

They already do play different movies - Maya is the only cinema showing Citizen Four as far as I am aware

Sorry I assumed wrongly people would take it as Promenada.

Besides that is only one movie and very seldom happens.

[NancyL]

For those of us who live in the 'hood, Maya is turning into a nice, convenient mall to go to see a movie. Went yesterday afternoon and enjoyed 'Big Game' weeks before it will open in the U.S. in the comfortable theater, having bought our tickets on-line for 90 baht each. Just a short walk from home and easy to cross that nasty intersection because the cars are stopped for minutes on end. There were at least 15 - 20 others in the theater, too. Not bad for a Wednesday afternoon.

When we got out of the movie around 6:30 pm, we found the mall to have a fair amount of foot traffic and had to wait behind a few people when we went to Rim Ping to purchase some items for our dinner. It's good to see people starting to utilize Maya as a neighborhood mall, as a place to hang out, like they do Kad Suan Kaew. It will be even better once the new Duke's opens there.

I just can't see making a 45 minute drive one-way to go do the same thing at Promenada. Not when we can walk to Maya. It good to see that mall succeeding to show that CM isn't totally turned into a giant ring-road suburb -- that it still has a live-able city center.

[Greenside]

I agree with you Nancy that Maya will work by force of its location and despite not yet having a really compelling mix of tenants. I only posted to ask how you figure that Promenada is a 45 minute drive away from Nimmenhamen (unless you're including a half hour wait at the lights by Maya! Horse and carriage, perhaps?

[NancyL]

I agree with you Nancy that Maya will work by force of its location and despite not yet having a really compelling mix of tenants. I only posted to ask how you figure that Promenada is a 45 minute drive away from Nimmenhamen (unless you're including a half hour wait at the lights by Maya! Horse and carriage, perhaps?

Maybe it just seems like 45 minutes when you're in the back of a song thaew or tuk-tuk. And yes, if you get stuck at the Maya intersection for a cycle or two, it definitely can take 45 minutes to get to the Prom. Frankly, the only reason we go there is to eat at the restaurants -- if a friend offers to give us a ride!

[thaibeachlovers]

It was the beginning of the end the day it opened......didnt it open when only two businesses were ready?

I went for the first time in the run up to xmas. I was looking for shoes. Findig or Bata sorted but they are not there just some cheap charity affair. No shoe shops.

Ok i need to destress where is the coffee shop must be at least 4; haha i didnt find one!

What a depressing place it was. I was one of 50people and felt like everyone was staring at you.

I will never go back its the biggest waste of many peoples money i think i have seen in chiang mai.

Sad for the lessees inparticular.

It was obviously intended to cater for the rich of the north, given that there is no viable public transport to get there. Perhaps there just aren't enough rich people prepared to go there. The trendies go to Central Airport or the new malls closer to town.

I like going there for the movies and Rimping ( I loathe driving in C M, anywhere, so Promenada is great for avoiding the traffic and it is easy to get there ), but the prices in the shops are ludicrous, so I don't buy anything. The food court is OK, but with those prices for places like Dukes .

They must specialise in building malls in the wrong places/ wrong designs in LOS. Avenues in Pattaya was/ is a disaster, and I knew it would be on opening day. Who wants to walk around shops in the heat? The point of shopping malls in LOS is surely that you are in AC comfort once in the mall.

[rijit]

I've been here for about a year and have no idea where this mall is or why I'd want to go there.

And the point of your post is?????????????

His point seems pretty obvious but yours isnt.

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[northernjohn]

As I said earlier the movies can all be seen in the other theaters.

Perhaps if they would bring in some different ones it would get people to go there for a movie and a meal.

While there they might see some other shop they like.

I enjoy going to movies and I do enjoy their restaurants but it is a long way to go for just one. It would be nice

to go for both and see a movire that is not playing elsewhere.

[WinnieTheKhwai]

I've been here for about a year and have no idea where this mall is or why I'd want to go there.

It's in between Don Chan interesection and the Middle Ring underpass on the New Sankamphaeng Road.

You might want to go there to visit a restaurant like Duke's without parking trouble, to buy kids toys, visit banks without a billion people waiting there, see a movie, or just soak up the free air-conditioning when its 40 degrees out.

It's not mandatory to visit though and neither is any other shopping mall.

Hope this helps.

[elektrified]

It was the beginning of the end the day it opened......didnt it open when only two businesses were ready?

I went for the first time in the run up to xmas. I was looking for shoes. Findig or Bata sorted but they are not there just some cheap charity affair. No shoe shops.

Ok i need to destress where is the coffee shop must be at least 4; haha i didnt find one!

What a depressing place it was. I was one of 50people and felt like everyone was staring at you.

I will never go back its the biggest waste of many peoples money i think i have seen in chiang mai.

Sad for the lessees inparticular.

It was obviously intended to cater for the rich of the north, given that there is no viable public transport to get there. Perhaps there just aren't enough rich people prepared to go there. The trendies go to Central Airport or the new malls closer to town.

I like going there for the movies and Rimping ( I loathe driving in C M, anywhere, so Promenada is great for avoiding the traffic and it is easy to get there ), but the prices in the shops are ludicrous, so I don't buy anything. The food court is OK, but with those prices for places like Dukes .

They must specialise in building malls in the wrong places/ wrong designs in LOS. Avenues in Pattaya was/ is a disaster, and I knew it would be on opening day. Who wants to walk around shops in the heat? The point of shopping malls in LOS is surely that you are in AC comfort once in the mall.

I don't think the prices are at all ludicrous. Chi Chang Promenada often has sales and prices are cheaper than anywhere else; Power Buy, Siam Electric, etc., etc. We bought a number of things there last year (vacuum cleaner, WD external drive and a couple of other items) as the prices were so good and they were very helpful and accommodating.

Food court? Closed as far as I know. Prices like DUkes? I don't get that one... Promenada has ice cold A/C available. I remember one time while watching a film at their cinema, I didn't think I could make it all the way through the film as I was absolutely freezing!

[midas]

I've been here for about a year and have no idea where this mall is or why I'd want to go there.

" why I'd want to go there. "

To gaze and wonder with absolute amazement how a development company with a track record could have made so many overly ambitious assumptions in this case

[roger1999]

The location doesn't work for me but it sounds like a nice place. No crowds, easy parking, great restaurants and a cinema.

[thaibeachlovers]

It was the beginning of the end the day it opened......didnt it open when only two businesses were ready?

I went for the first time in the run up to xmas. I was looking for shoes. Findig or Bata sorted but they are not there just some cheap charity affair. No shoe shops.

Ok i need to destress where is the coffee shop must be at least 4; haha i didnt find one!

What a depressing place it was. I was one of 50people and felt like everyone was staring at you.

I will never go back its the biggest waste of many peoples money i think i have seen in chiang mai.

Sad for the lessees inparticular.

It was obviously intended to cater for the rich of the north, given that there is no viable public transport to get there. Perhaps there just aren't enough rich people prepared to go there. The trendies go to Central Airport or the new malls closer to town.

I like going there for the movies and Rimping ( I loathe driving in C M, anywhere, so Promenada is great for avoiding the traffic and it is easy to get there ), but the prices in the shops are ludicrous, so I don't buy anything. The food court is OK, but with those prices for places like Dukes .

They must specialise in building malls in the wrong places/ wrong designs in LOS. Avenues in Pattaya was/ is a disaster, and I knew it would be on opening day. Who wants to walk around shops in the heat? The point of shopping malls in LOS is surely that you are in AC comfort once in the mall.

I don't think the prices are at all ludicrous. Chi Chang Promenada often has sales and prices are cheaper than anywhere else; Power Buy, Siam Electric, etc., etc. We bought a number of things there last year (vacuum cleaner, WD external drive and a couple of other items) as the prices were so good and they were very helpful and accommodating.

Food court? Closed as far as I know. Prices like DUkes? I don't get that one... Promenada has ice cold A/C available. I remember one time while watching a film at their cinema, I didn't think I could make it all the way through the film as I was absolutely freezing!

My wife always takes a shawl to cover with in cinemas as she finds them too cold. Perhaps if you take a blanket they might get the message.

Prices like DUkes? I don't get that one

Must be great being so affluent that you don't get it. A meal there can cost as much as a rice farm worker's monthly wage.

[beau thai]

It was the beginning of the end the day it opened......didnt it open when only two businesses were ready?

I went for the first time in the run up to xmas. I was looking for shoes. Findig or Bata sorted but they are not there just some cheap charity affair. No shoe shops.

Ok i need to destress where is the coffee shop must be at least 4; haha i didnt find one!

What a depressing place it was. I was one of 50people and felt like everyone was staring at you.

I will never go back its the biggest waste of many peoples money i think i have seen in chiang mai.

Sad for the lessees inparticular.

It was obviously intended to cater for the rich of the north, given that there is no viable public transport to get there. Perhaps there just aren't enough rich people prepared to go there. The trendies go to Central Airport or the new malls closer to town.

I like going there for the movies and Rimping ( I loathe driving in C M, anywhere, so Promenada is great for avoiding the traffic and it is easy to get there ), but the prices in the shops are ludicrous, so I don't buy anything. The food court is OK, but with those prices for places like Dukes .

They must specialise in building malls in the wrong places/ wrong designs in LOS. Avenues in Pattaya was/ is a disaster, and I knew it would be on opening day. Who wants to walk around shops in the heat? The point of shopping malls in LOS is surely that you are in AC comfort once in the mall.

I don't think the prices are at all ludicrous. Chi Chang Promenada often has sales and prices are cheaper than anywhere else; Power Buy, Siam Electric, etc., etc. We bought a number of things there last year (vacuum cleaner, WD external drive and a couple of other items) as the prices were so good and they were very helpful and accommodating.

Food court? Closed as far as I know. Prices like DUkes? I don't get that one... Promenada has ice cold A/C available. I remember one time while watching a film at their cinema, I didn't think I could make it all the way through the film as I was absolutely freezing!

My wife always takes a shawl to cover with in cinemas as she finds them too cold. Perhaps if you take a blanket they might get the message.

Prices like DUkes? I don't get that one

Must be great being so affluent that you don't get it. A meal there can cost as much as a rice farm worker's monthly wage.

You are right. We often duck a trip to the movies if we have forgotten extra clothes. But still warmer than MK Restaurants which we also avoid without extra clothing. The cost of keeping these places unpleasantly cold is huge. Daft.

Wine Connection is great at Promenada - they run their 'lunch promo' until 6pm- any pasta/pizza for 149baht incl soft drink,. And the normal pizza/pasta alone for the highest price of both is 240baht. I like the food, service and ambience but I guess it wont suit all, given some of the other threads about pizza (yawn).

And once you work out that portion sizes in Dukes are vast, and order 1 lasagne for 2 people (enough for us) the cost is certainly not prohibitive- unless you choose to compare with 25baht Pad Thai in the street.

[onthedarkside]

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[TheAppletons]

I've been here for about a year and have no idea where this mall is or why I'd want to go there.

It's in between Don Chan interesection and the Middle Ring underpass on the New Sankamphaeng Road.

You might want to go there to visit a restaurant like Duke's without parking trouble, to buy kids toys, visit banks without a billion people waiting there, see a movie, or just soak up the free air-conditioning when its 40 degrees out.

It's not mandatory to visit though and neither is any other shopping mall.

Hope this helps.

Hmmm, let's see.....don't drive here so no parking problems, no kids here, don't have any problems with banking lines, can see a movie in plenty of other places, and can afford my own air conditioning.

I can see why I don't go there if that's the sum of its offerings. Perhaps that's why no one else seems to go there either...and hence the title of thread.

You've been very helpful and I am most appreciative that you took time from your busy day to provide such thoughtful advice.

[thaibeachlovers]

It was obviously intended to cater for the rich of the north, given that there is no viable public transport to get there. Perhaps there just aren't enough rich people prepared to go there. The trendies go to Central Airport or the new malls closer to town.

I like going there for the movies and Rimping ( I loathe driving in C M, anywhere, so Promenada is great for avoiding the traffic and it is easy to get there ), but the prices in the shops are ludicrous, so I don't buy anything. The food court is OK, but with those prices for places like Dukes .

They must specialise in building malls in the wrong places/ wrong designs in LOS. Avenues in Pattaya was/ is a disaster, and I knew it would be on opening day. Who wants to walk around shops in the heat? The point of shopping malls in LOS is surely that you are in AC comfort once in the mall.

I don't think the prices are at all ludicrous. Chi Chang Promenada often has sales and prices are cheaper than anywhere else; Power Buy, Siam Electric, etc., etc. We bought a number of things there last year (vacuum cleaner, WD external drive and a couple of other items) as the prices were so good and they were very helpful and accommodating.

Food court? Closed as far as I know. Prices like DUkes? I don't get that one... Promenada has ice cold A/C available. I remember one time while watching a film at their cinema, I didn't think I could make it all the way through the film as I was absolutely freezing!

My wife always takes a shawl to cover with in cinemas as she finds them too cold. Perhaps if you take a blanket they might get the message.

Prices like DUkes? I don't get that one

Must be great being so affluent that you don't get it. A meal there can cost as much as a rice farm worker's monthly wage.

You are right. We often duck a trip to the movies if we have forgotten extra clothes. But still warmer than MK Restaurants which we also avoid without extra clothing. The cost of keeping these places unpleasantly cold is huge. Daft.

Wine Connection is great at Promenada - they run their 'lunch promo' until 6pm- any pasta/pizza for 149baht incl soft drink,. And the normal pizza/pasta alone for the highest price of both is 240baht. I like the food, service and ambience but I guess it wont suit all, given some of the other threads about pizza (yawn).

And once you work out that portion sizes in Dukes are vast, and order 1 lasagne for 2 people (enough for us) the cost is certainly not prohibitive- unless you choose to compare with 25baht Pad Thai in the street.

Will they allow you to buy one meal between two people ie pay for one meal only with two sets of cutlery?

I've tried to get my wife into Sizzler on that basis, but she won't do it as she says they won't allow that.

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[thaibeachlovers]

I've been here for about a year and have no idea where this mall is or why I'd want to go there.

It's in between Don Chan interesection and the Middle Ring underpass on the New Sankamphaeng Road.

You might want to go there to visit a restaurant like Duke's without parking trouble, to buy kids toys, visit banks without a billion people waiting there, see a movie, or just soak up the free air-conditioning when its 40 degrees out.

It's not mandatory to visit though and neither is any other shopping mall.

Hope this helps.

Hmmm, let's see.....don't drive here so no parking problems, no kids here, don't have any problems with banking lines, can see a movie in plenty of other places, and can afford my own air conditioning.

I can see why I don't go there if that's the sum of its offerings. Perhaps that's why no one else seems to go there either...and hence the title of thread.

You've been very helpful and I am most appreciative that you took time from your busy day to provide such thoughtful advice.

Winnie took the time to help you because he thought you were serious and you insult him. Way to go, NOT.

[mania]

Prices like DUkes? I don't get that one

Must be great being so affluent that you don't get it. A meal there can cost as much as a rice farm worker's monthly wage.

In recent years I have kind of lost my taste for large western meals

so cannot really comment on Dukes meals prices but............

I will say I do still need a burger once a month or so & the burger at Dukes is not only quite good

& consistent but priced lower than a dbl cheeseburger set at Mcdonalds

That is saying something considering the two meals. I don't know about rice farmers but at both Dukes & McDee's I always see many Thai

customers at prime times

[beau thai]

So Prom is a great place to go precisely because it is quiet. I find Central Festival just too noisy and too busy so i avoid it.

On Friday and saturday from about 6pm there is live music (free) between the two buildings by the small lakes and fountain. For that event there are about 40 food and drink stalls and plenty of tables and chairs. They have even set up a beach and paddling pools and there are a few live animals. It seems to be a predominantly thai audience.

There is also a rolling skate rink where you can hire all the gear (skates,helmets,knee/elbow pads) and an astro turf off rink area for kids to practise.

They run a free shuttle service to various hotels and the City, which may even be detailed on their website now.

Their marketing for footfall is poor to put it mildly, and I guess that with few rents ( and those tenants they have are probably on a deal), the marketing budget is non existent.

But running the website/ facebook better to highlight events is not a high cost item. Maybe they just lack the drive and/or knowhow.

[thaibeachlovers]

Prices like DUkes? I don't get that one

Must be great being so affluent that you don't get it. A meal there can cost as much as a rice farm worker's monthly wage.

In recent years I have kind of lost my taste for large western meals

so cannot really comment on Dukes meals prices but............

I will say I do still need a burger once a month or so & the burger at Dukes is not only quite good

& consistent but priced lower than a dbl cheeseburger set at Mcdonalds

That is saying something considering the two meals. I don't know about rice farmers but at both Dukes & McDee's I always see many Thai

customers at prime times

I always see many Thai customers at prime times

??? Plenty of very wealthy Thais around, but I guarantee you won't see any rice farm workers eating at Dukes, though their children might be serving you.

[NancyL]

Sure, Duke's is fine with you order one entry and bringing cutlery for two if you're reasonable about the rest of the meat -- like ordering drinks and not just sticking with the free water. One of our favorite things is to order one entree and a Caesar salad and split them for two -- we each have an entree and a salad. Or a pizza and a salad.

[elektrified]

Prices like DUkes? I don't get that one

Must be great being so affluent that you don't get it. A meal there can cost as much as a rice farm worker's monthly wage.

In recent years I have kind of lost my taste for large western meals

so cannot really comment on Dukes meals prices but............

I will say I do still need a burger once a month or so & the burger at Dukes is not only quite good

& consistent but priced lower than a dbl cheeseburger set at Mcdonalds

That is saying something considering the two meals. I don't know about rice farmers but at both Dukes & McDee's I always see many Thai

customers at prime times

I always see many Thai customers at prime times

??? Plenty of very wealthy Thais around, but I guarantee you won't see any rice farm workers eating at Dukes, though their children might be serving you.

What is your problem? Who cares if rice farm workers eat there or not. Their prices are certainly affordable. These days the clientele is something like 70% Thai. If you can't afford it go eat pad thai on the street.

[WinnieTheKhwai]

It's in between Don Chan interesection and the Middle Ring underpass on the New Sankamphaeng Road.

You might want to go there to visit a restaurant like Duke's without parking trouble, to buy kids toys, visit banks without a billion people waiting there, see a movie, or just soak up the free air-conditioning when its 40 degrees out.

It's not mandatory to visit though and neither is any other shopping mall.

Hope this helps.

Hmmm, let's see.....don't drive here so no parking problems, no kids here, don't have any problems with banking lines, can see a movie in plenty of other places, and can afford my own air conditioning.

I can see why I don't go there if that's the sum of its offerings. Perhaps that's why no one else seems to go there either...and hence the title of thread.

You've been very helpful and I am most appreciative that you took time from your busy day to provide such thoughtful advice.

Winnie took the time to help you because he thought you were serious and you insult him. Way to go, NOT.

If I had to be insulted every time someone writes something on an online forum then I'd really have to set some time aside.

To be honest I feel the same as he does about Maya, but that could be the other way around if I lived or worked next door to there. With Promenada I pass it several times a day .