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Northerners do like a bargain!

Interesting, I will bear that in mind. I do like the Mercure, I was very impressed with the front of house staff.

Have a google.

Are you able to get it started Knobby?

Thanks for the review, great price and location, but not enough to sway me from Citrus Suites or Dawin as nearby comparisons.

Take it on the flight, it will be better than the food been served.

The Adelphi Suites would be my choice as I prefer the relative calm and discretion of the Soi. That said, I stayed in The Mercure on Soi 11 which is neither calm or discrete and loved it.

What job was he doing?

Just got back from flying London to Chicago with United, I have to say it wasn't great. The food was truly awful and I am by no means fussy. My son's screen wouldn't work which on a nearly 8 hour flight is a real downer, they did however offer him a voucher for use on booking his next flight with them! The Stewardesses are older regular Mumsy types which is fine, but listening to them talking shop across the aisles seemed a bit unprofessional. We also had two further internal flights with United, both ends were delayed for nearly an hour. Maybe it was just my rotten luck, but I would think twice before using them again.

Must be some Bastard who continually messages blocking your inbox!

I'm not so sure that is so much the case these days, maybe still with the older generation but from Millennials down I don't think they give two hoots. Everyone in that generation is now very familiar with Ladyboys, all the Social Media platforms have enabled that. My kids are in their early twenties and Ladyboys to them are as familiar and normal as Chicken Green curry with rice.

Good to see the Patts board is back up and running again.

Yeah, clearly an issue their end Jim, hopefully it will be resolved asap.

I remember eating them 30 odd years ago at the MCG.

I can see why this place is a favourite for BM's, it is £100 a night which is good value although there are others priced less that are still excellent. I was given a room on the 12th floor at the front, it was a lovely view across the City. The staff were tremendous, on checking out the girl came out to the front and waited with me until the taxi arrived, she didn't need to but it was noted by me and appreciated. The room itself was a good size with a nice armchair and foot stool and a desk and counter area. The bed was very comfy and I heard zero noise from outside.The bathroom was adequate, a simple shower hose attachment that in the holder gives a difficult angle but a bit of fiddling makes it manageable, no bath tub but for me I probably wouldn't use one anyway My one gripe is that the lighting is not great and that hunting all the switches can be a faff. I will definitely return and I reccommend booking through Agoda.

It's been nearly 15 years since this thread had a bump, even BMthanks hasn't had a say on it. Some BM's may recall thanks he was very prominent and loved to comment on almost everything, sadly absent for a good while now. Anyway, I spent a night on Sunday at The Dawin. I booked through Agoda at a cost of £60, this was considerably cheaper than Citrus Suites and The Adelphi but a tad more than the Dynasty Inn and Nana Hotel. The Hotel is modern with a nice casual bistro style eaterie at the front and then through to reception. All staff were attentive and pleasant and check in took 5 mins. My room was on the 3rd floor, there appears to be only one lift that probably has space for 4 people or two with cases. The room was spacious, i had a desk and armchair and the wall were clean and newly painted. Hanging space was plentiful. The bathroom was adequate but not high end, the shower was was on a flexi hose like you would have on bath taps but the water was hot and powerful. The bed was big and comfortable and I experienced no noise issues. Would i book again? Yes, for a night but not longer, it's bang opposite Why Not and those girls would spot my every move of ingoings and outgoings! I will try and provide an update on The Citrus suites later this month.

Agree on all of the above, what I didn't like so much was the reception area, it seemed that at any point of day or night there was people sleeping on the couches and generally milling around. The reception staff were very casual and the whole place gave off a vibe that it was more a long term crash pad place rather than a Hotel. Quite far down the Soi especially for wet season but rooms were an excellent size.

A classic example of what Britain and the USA have brought to the culinary table....no wonder that Europe laughs at our cuisine! Still, I'd take it over Cordon bleu or Weiner Schnitzel any day of the week!

Probably be more in the USA and parts of Europe

£250 approximately for the two jabs here in UK

I think anyone living or spending large portions of time in LOS should think about having the Dengue jab. I believe they are available privately here in the UK, probably for a considerably more amount than what you are paying.

So is mine when I have a BBQ.

Our food isn't great but is American any better, I doubt it. Still, could be worse, could be eating snails drowning in garlic and butter or trying to find a morsel of meat on some poor frogs leg.

Yeah, a three course Christmas dinner is gut swelling enough for us.......looks decent though!

Chuck it in the middle of a bowl of Somtum and they will love you forever!