Malaysia Hotel

[tamtam]

Has anyone here stayed at Malaysia Hotel lately? Is it still an OK hotel?

[gayinpattaya]

3 hours ago, tamtam said:

Has anyone here stayed at Malaysia Hotel lately? Is it still an OK hotel?

Avoid. It's a shit hole. Restaurant has been modernised, the lovely old ladies who served us for years are gone! They seem to be catering for the chinks. 

[Travelingguy]

9 minutes ago, gayinpattaya said:

Avoid. It's a shit hole. Restaurant has been modernised, the lovely old ladies who served us for years are gone! They seem to be catering for the chinks. 

No need for racist slurs.

[gayinpattaya]

Just now, Travelingguy said:

No need for racist slurs.

I'm not racist. 

[floridarob]

57 minutes ago, gayinpattaya said:

I'm not racist. 

You're probably the least racist person I know.....

[floridarob]

I did that with a straight face, btw 😆

[reader]

On 11/23/2023 at 5:46 AM, gayinpattaya said:

I'm not racist. 

Don’t sell yourself short. You’re a hell of a racist.

[TotallyOz]

Inappropriate comments like this get a ban for 3 months. Next time, one year.

[macaroni21]

Here's a new video on Youtube touching on Malaysia Hotel and the Ngam Duphli/Sri Bamphen area. Interesting bits of information.

 

[reader]

Enjoyed the video and the narrators.

My experiences of staying in the area was between 2003-2009 when I was a devotee of the legendary Babylon, about a 10-15 minute walk away.  I stayed either at the Pinnacle or Malaysia hotels and had no complaints about either. At the Pinnacle I used to book through a local guy who lived in the hotel (think Jimmy was his name) who could save you a few hundred baht a night.

I don't recall the area being a hippe ghetto it was in the 80's and 90's and never recall feeling unsafe walking around.

But once Babylon began losing its allure, I began staying primarily in the Silom area.

[siriusBE]

13 hours ago, reader said:

My experiences of staying in the area was between 2003-2009 when I was a devotee of the legendary Babylon, about a 10-15 minute walk away.  I stayed either at the Pinnacle or Malaysia hotels and had no complaints about either. At the Pinnacle I used to book through a local guy who lived in the hotel (think Jimmy was his name) who could save you a few hundred baht a night.

Good old days. I really miss the Babylon (the old one at the beginning of the road, now an apartment house and of course the new Babylon). The Pinnacle had a quite high gay factor during those days. From time to time I still book Pinnacle the have a confirmed homebase from where I do some trips around BKK and Hua Hin because it's so cheap. Pinnacle is a bit ran down nowadays, but still ok for that purpose.

I had never the impression of a hippy ghetto though.

[Patanawet]

4 hours ago, siriusBE said:

Good old days. I really miss the Babylon (the old one at the beginning of the road, now an apartment house

Surely the original Babylon building is now the new venue of Le Bouchon, the French restaurant formerly on Patpong 2.
I was late to meet friends for lunch and hopped on a motor bike taxi at the subway station and said "Le Bouchon" and he said "oh, you mean Babylon".

[floridarob]

2 hours ago, Patanawet said:

and he said "oh, you mean Babylon".

His Gaydar went off 😉

[Patanawet]

22 hours ago, reader said:

Enjoyed the video and the narrators.

He missed a couple of points though
Malaysia was indeed built for R.&R. for U.S. Vietnam troops BUT only for the officers. They built a condo block behind, for the lower ranks --Pitak Court.
Close to Pitak was a small restaurant frequented by the King and Queen of Sweden when they came here on their scouting Jamborees.
At the entrance to the Malaysia carpark  and part of the hotel, was a large Issan Music Bar. Live Issan music and usually packed solid. Many bar boys.
They later converted it into a massage area (straight).
For years, the carpark was busy with freelancers plying their trade.

The video mentioned Wong's Bar, still there and frequented by several Soi4 customers.

 

 

[thaiophilus]

2 hours ago, Patanawet said:

Close to Pitak was a small restaurant frequented by the King and Queen of Sweden when they came here on their scouting Jamborees.

Would that have been Malee, my usual  breakfast stop when I stayed in the Malaysia? Owned by US/Thai couple Peter and Golf, photos on the walls of their many VIP guests. When they first opened, the BiB sent an officer round to negotiate their tea money, but they introduced him to Golf's cousin, whose Army uniform had a lot of brass on it. After that they had no problems 😉

[Patanawet]

17 minutes ago, thaiophilus said:

Would that have been Malee,

Yes thanks, I was getting a headache trying to recall the name.

[thaiophilus]

An article here about the hotel's history:

https://www.khaosodenglish.com/life/arts/2017/11/24/salute-50-years-late-nights-bangkoks-malaysia-hotel/

[reader]

47 minutes ago, thaiophilus said:

Would that have been Malee, my usual  breakfast stop when I stayed in the Malaysia? Owned by US/Thai couple Peter and Golf, photos on the walls of their many VIP guests. When they first opened, the BiB sent an officer round to negotiate their tea money, but they introduced him to Golf's cousin, whose Army uniform had a lot of brass on it. After that they had no problems 😉

Yes, remember it well. Great place. Food at reasonable prices in old Thai style surroundings.

21 minutes ago, thaiophilus said:

An article here about the hotel's history:

https://www.khaosodenglish.com/life/arts/2017/11/24/salute-50-years-late-nights-bangkoks-malaysia-hotel/

Thanks for the link. Brought back many memories and all of them good.

It was Bangkok at its best in those years.