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by AussieBoy » June 4, 2012, 6:08 pm
Currently staying here B1280 a night for 10 nights, usually stay AEK Udon Apartments, never been able to beat the overall quality price there, But decided to have a short stay Udon on way home from China.
Back to the business of my Pannarai stay, which is now day 5 with Nunu the wife, who wanted to try the new place in town, but she is a lover of AEK Udon also.
1: Looks new, and so it should as it is a new building Thai style
2: Neat and clean, with lots glass in foyer makes it light and airy, clean crisp lines and large 600mmx 600mm ceramic tiles on the floor cream coloured throughout the foyer and all rooms.
3: Well air conditioned Foyer with some large lounge seating to relax in, lots of glass to see the front entrance and Soi dog with the big faded green Irish Clock wall to the south of the lounge foyer
4: I'll back up a bit and say the entrance is very good for vehicle access and parking to unload baggage, with a well thought out hoarding covering the main entrance area
5: Someone was thinking for a few seconds on this entrance, seems to meet western standard type entry, with a choice of 2 stairs or a RAMP to gain access to the foyer. For those old codgers in a wheel chair or walking stick
6:Pool area and dining room run off the lounge foyer area, with the main reception desk opposite the elevators, so no try sneaking in any woman of the night, or boys if you’re into that.
7: The top floor is where we stayed, the Northern side or North by north east a bit more correct, that’s where the Day & Night music comes blasting in, or a steady thumping, or your brain get used to it and you never notice it after a few days, but can be annoying when watching TV.
8: The top floor rooms on the eastern end does not get good Wireless connection, so after complaining, not much they can do, maybe install another transmitter, I set up my lap top at the front door on a stool in the room to get good reception, went out for lunch day 5 and they asked me if I would like to move to a room with better reception, the cleaners must have said something to the management, and the new room was on the South side looking over the pool and Irish Clock, so a bit quieter, management sent 3 people to help me move and transfer baggage, good service
9: Better to put Rj45 cat 6 wall plugs in when building to give every room good net access, for the few extra Baht
10: Room 1 on the top floor has poor drainage, shower keeps filling up, needs cleaning, or was built wrong with poor falls.
11: Vanity basin leaks, stuck the old noggin underneath to have a look, lots silicon, but still leaks out on to floor.
12: All else is crispy clean, a full house with every one driving there would see shortage parking space, but that would be a rare occasion, maybe, time will tell.
13 Room has a nice ceiling mirror to check out the ugly farang looking back at you.
14: Plenty cupboard space and small safe to keep the dreams in or valuables.
15: Could do with some extra hanging space for the bath towels to hang on for drying
16: Very close to the complex, get Irish clock and a few other land owners to put a bridge way across to the complex parking lot, over head, it’s only 50 mts, may need high rise apartments to make that viable
17: The south side rooms are quieter from the night noise of D&N, overlooks the pool, each unit has a small balcony just enough for those smokers to lean over.
18: The glass doors going to the balcony have no safety marks at eye level, could pose a problem if you close the door behind you on while on the balcony and forget, or someone else does, and farang has too much turps, needs some marks or stickers to see the glass.
19: There’s a little bar fridge, wide screen TV and desk with GPO outlets, bag shelf and 2 door closet
20: Close to most of my travels in town, food outlets, bars ETC,
21: Value for money my view is on the high side, but would suit a lot of people, (The AEK Udon at a 1/3 of the price with no breakfast and undercover parking, not as nice looking rooms, suites me fine,) But a change is as good as a holiday, and I can see many people liking this place. And for B1280 a night is cheaper than local motels back in OZ of simular style expect to pay B2000- B3000 for something simular in a regional town from my Oz travels.
22: Breakfast comes with the price, basic eggs toast butter jam , Thai food juice, OK does the job of filling the belly, I’m a bacon and egg man myself so I buy the bacon and get them to cook it for me, only time I eat bacon and Egg is when I’m on holidays or once a week Sunday breakfast eat outing, so I look forward to a good breakfast tomato bacon eggs on toast, splashed with Worchester sauce even if I have to supply the bacon and sauce.
23 Her self wanted to stay 2 nights and save the Baht and move to AEK, that would have saved me B7000, but then I would have to buy breakfast, or another way to look at it, 1 days work extra back in Oz for me to stay at Pannarai for the 10 days compared to AEK.
24: The workmanship is better than expected, with no steps of different width or height, tiling is of good finish, above average for Thai finishing standard
25: Don’t know if they do dinner, haven’t seen any one in the dining room at night but maybe they do, well that’s all Chop Sewy and ChoW
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