Yes, another question about the Tarntawan

[frequent]

"I'm prepared to brush off all the nasty comments about my question. So prepare to be ignored."

Methinks someone did not understand my post.

Poor old paborn, a master of inconsistency. Two self-congratulatory posts earlier about how he’s ignoring me and now a post threatening to ignore me

[arsenal]

I've never stayed there and feel I've missed out on one of life's great pleasures.

[Oliver2]

My commiserations; you certainly have. You'll be telling us that you've not stayed at Ambiance next.

[Nirish guy]

Yes the mattress is firm not soft but I have found them to be very good for sleeping and fun.

The last part I absolutely concur with - like everything in life I guess it's a bit of a trade off, but it IS reasonable enough to get a half decent nights sleep and certainly isn't the worst so I wouldn't worry too much about it.

[Smiles]

Granted that this may be quite a generalisation, but from long observation I would say that most hotels in Thailand have firmer mattresses than what you are used to in the West. Some very much firmer!
Personally I prefer it that way -- it took some climatisation -- and now our house has 'firmers' in both bedrooms. Screw the visitors.
Good luck finding a softy.

[arsenal]

No Oliver, I haven't stayed there either. Gay ghettos with all their bitchin, bellyachin, moaning an screamin queenin are not my cup of tea.

[a447]

Actually, the Tarntawan is no longer the exclusively gay ghetto I believe it once was.

These days hetero couples, Japanese golfing groups, single women, families, guys bringing back bar girls, etc stay there.

Maybe "gay -friendly" would be a better description.

[frequent]

Maybe "gay -friendly" would be a better description.

Even that's a bit bold from what I've been told. "Not gay unfriendly" is how a friend who stayed there recently described it, commenting also that it's certainly not as gay friendly as under the previous management

[Oliver2]

Sixty stays, four of them under new management. No more and no less gay-friendly.

[a447]

I haven't noticed any change in the attitude towards gay guests since the new management took over.

Everyone is still very polite and friendly.