The Balcony Pub

9 Jack Daniel and coke and I walk out of there barely tipsy? That’s not right. I’m actually not a big drinker whatsoever but still sober after 9 drinks, that tells me not all is legit here. I’m easily affected by alcohol, next night at a different bar, 2 Jacks and coke and I’m well and truly past my limit. Scammers. Very disappointing.

The first bar I ever drank at in Bangkok. They have great staff, great food and great prices. The live music when I go provides a much better atmosphere than other bars that simply play the same music every night and the upstairs karaoke room is private and provides alternative fun away from the busy Soi downstairs. It has become one of my go to places when out in the area.

It's more about the immediate locale than this bar. It's inevitable that one would walk along the main road, under the sky train station before getting inside this lane way, where I found a few groups of big fat rats under the tree eating, playing and virtually shagging as if they were protected animals. Merchants around appeared to be pretty unconcerned. This happened 2 nights on the road for me so it must have been happening daily. With the fear of prevalent Hantavirus scare, it's pretty off putting to say the least to eat and drink in this area. I hope the merchants around should ban together to compel the local government to do something before something bad (business?) happened to this area and Bangkok generally.