Cafe Royal closed?

[dab69]

Had saved an emailed confirmation of my last trips reservation (weird souvenir huh?) so I thought I would reply directly to Nai at the hotel.
Almost two days later I got :

"Delivery has failed to these recipients or groups:

Le Cafe Royale (info@lecaferoyale.com)
Your message couldn't be delivered. Despite repeated attempts to deliver your message, querying the Domain Name System (DNS) for the recipient's domain location information failed."

They were the first and only hotel I had stayed at since my first trip in 1997. Well one time they were overbooked for my overstay and had to settle for a night at the Ambiance.

[pronto]

At the link: http://www.newcaferoyal-pattaya.com/

"Sorry we are closed"
(nothing else on the page at that above link)

[dab69]

I know Nai purchased/manages a (girlie)bar on walking street- maybe he can shed some light on this if someone happens to run into him...

What does the hotel look like on the outside- deserted?

[gerefan2]

Bar and restaurant closed and in darkness. Hotel open, believed to be honouring bookings.

[aussie_]

What does the hotel look like on the outside- deserted?

DSC_0898.jpg

The photo was taken on Saturday night 13th January. Castro was also closed last night, apparently someone was becoming a monk so they closed on one of the busiest nights of the week but they will be open again tonight. The soi was quite dark, hopefully no more closures or it will be getting like Sunee Plaza where i saw a guy walking around with a torch on Friday night.

[arsenal]

I suspect the rents make running a successful business there very difficult.

[scottish-guy]

So who owns the property then - is it the shadowy Mr S (who seemed to own half of BT at one time) or is he dead now?

[dab69]

I suspect the rents make running a successful business there very difficult.

even without overpriced farang managers salaries to pay...
(Nai and Noom were worth even more than whatever they were paid)