Another Sunee Bar Closes

[rtu55]

I stayed one month in Yensabai condo in March and April last year overlooking Sunne plaza and Jasmin bar. Never during that month, neither from my balcony or from walking past the bar strolling around Sunee, did I ever see a customer in thar bar. Not once. Not one. In fact the two staff boys there had barking dogs in the bar at most times in the evenings, so even if I had wanted to have a drink in an empty bar I would have chosen another beer bar because aggressive dogs are not a good way to get customers.
In my stay in Pattaya in November and December things had changed. Now Jasmin bar had cute shirtless boys in the bar, and I and many other customers enjoyed the bar. So it surprises me that they have closed because it looked like they were attracting customers. So maybe the reasons for the closure are something else.

[Oliver]

Has Queens' Bar closed? no sign of life last night.

[Manforallseasons]

Has Queens' Bar closed? no sign of life last night.

2 nights ago while on a rare visit to Sunee (these days) they were also closed but sign on the door read closed for painting?

[francois]

Haven't you ever gone slumming in Sunee Plaza in Pattaya? Hard to miss Jasmine.

I have been to Sunee a lot (its located around 2 hours drive from the nearest slum) but have no idea where Jasmine is/was?
Was it in the east (dark) St or the western most St?

Same soi as Ouds and Ting Tong Red. Between those two bars. There were some cute boyz without shirts for awhile but that seemed to changed recently.

[a447]

It wouldn't surprise me if Queens Bar has closed. Last month when I was hobbling around Sunee, I didn't see any customers there at all.

[egel]

Queens Bar closed for painting. Now that sounds like refurbishment AKA ....closed permanently. Same same Happy bar.

[Nirish guy]

Oh well, I'm sure they'll all open up again once high season comes around.......oh, no, wait a minute....... :-(

[newalaan2]

Hard to miss Jasmine.

Always knew it was there, but it's one of the few I never visited in all my years. Likewise all the bars/terraces from Ouds up to All of Me have always had the problem of nothing to look out at. The wall around the pool area and a few motorcycles is about all there is. When enjoying a relaxing drink, if you are not engaged with a waiter, then you need something of interest to create a bit of atmosphere, it's difficult to people-watch with no people. At least with the bars further up the soi past All of Me and around Double Shot there are bars opposite with plenty of traffic, boys working at the bars and interacting with eachother. Obviously there is occasional foot traffic on the drag from Ouds to All Of Me but really you are just staring out at the pool bar wall. Ouds just gets away with it as he is near the end of the soi, across from Apollo and next to Forest Bar where boys often congregate. Also Oud himself and the staff there are entertaining enough to hold your interest.

When Apollo went though a period of not being open every night that whole side of the soi across from Jasmine and the other bars was quite dark. That was the problem also with Montys Bar in the soi opposite Colonial Bar, he and subsequent owners found a bar on that site could never really take off as there is just nothing of interest to take in around it.

When a bar like this closes it's the end of a process; probably the patient was already dead and on life support aka farang money until it ran out or the doner got real. Maybe bad publicity or bad management were factors but most lightly low foot-fall on the soi is the background cause.

I think it's just down to location. Even when (I think it was called) Memories was there it had a loyal clientele, lots of publicity and was always talked about on Oogleman's board where the members often held parties etc.. but many times I used to pass it and there would be no customers in the bar. Passing trade like me just continued passing it on their way to the bars with a more interesting outlook further up the soi.

But's that's just my impression as an occasional visitor.

[loke]

All of me is the only bar that does some decent customer service and promotions . The best ones survive.

[Manforallseasons]

All of me is the only bar that does some decent customer service and promotions . The best ones survive.

Seems to me that after the barmy army leaves their is not much left to serve or promote on any given evening.