Those Boyztown hotels

[Olddaddy]

You never heard them mentioned on forums nowadays....

oh those were the days my friends I thought theyd never end da da da 🎵🎶🎶🎶🎵🎵🎵🎵

But I always used to stay in the Ambiance hotel , and the one opposite, forget the name now started with C as in Cxnt 

I do wonder if these are still going ?

How times change , I guess madame Jim pulled the plug🔌 at the right time 

[vinapu]

5 minutes ago, Olddaddy said:

 

oh those were the days my friends I thought theyd never end da da da 🎵🎶🎶🎶🎵🎵🎵🎵

 

stop  thinking about old days , long gone. Think about future , like coffin or urn problems

[Olddaddy]

Just saw a YouTube video on The Penthouse Hotel near Boyztown 

Has slings( great for bottoms , legs up ,  in the room along with dancing poles 👯‍♂️and jacuzzi 

Anyone tried it ?

 

[Londoner]

Strange as it may seem in these  "quiet" days ,  the popularity of the gay hotels was such that it was hard to find a room a Ambiance or  Le Cafe Royale. Serene was a cheaper gay-friendly option  and was blessedly quiet owing to to its being set back from the soi. Penthouse attracted some gay guests but appeared to me to be  aggressively straight and was surrounded by noisy lady-bars.

The gay hotels served as useful meeting-places for newbies such as I and, together with Cocobanana (later named Panorama), enabled gay visitors to discuss venues and share experiences with more seasoned travelers. My partner and I remained loyal to Ambiance until five or so years ago when Boyztown's late night show bars ,  as did Macbeth, " murdered sleep." We still miss it but increasing age demands more sleep than was allowed in Boyztown....and that refers to  both of us!

 

[vinapu]

Copa, Ambiance and Serene are still operating in Boyztown soi. No personal experience with Serene. I never like Ambiance owing to it's maze of corridors which I consider outright dangerous.

I used to alternate between Copa and Classroom hotel above A_Bomb bar next soi  and like both as rooms are spacious and well appointed and entry to Classrom is very discreet by side door by-passing bar and reception but recently I like Zing better as mentioned in another thread.

[daydreamer]

20 hours ago, vinapu said:

I like Zing better as mentioned in another thread.

@vinapu, do you travel from the Zing on Thappraya Road to either Pattaya or Jomtien by songtaew?  That would be easy during the slower season, however, during high season, many songtaews are packed full, with no room.  You might watch more than a dozen trucks pass by before there is one with open space.

About twenty years ago, I stayed at Mr Mac's Hotel, and songtaew travel was a daily issue.  I know that now we have Bolt and Grab, but that seems too much trouble for every time you step out of the hotel.

 

[vinapu]

2 hours ago, daydreamer said:

@vinapu, do you travel from the Zing on Thappraya Road to either Pattaya or Jomtien by songtaew?  That would be easy during the slower season, however, during high season, many songtaews are packed full, with no room. 

 

 

Yes , I always use songtaew and  no, I don't recall any problem getting to and from Zing  hotel in either direction. Surely from time to time odd songtaew is coming full and won't stop but I don't  recall waiting   for more user friendly one  more than few minutes , at least  not during day time which is for me  , broadly speaking 6 am to midnight.

Past midnight few times I took motorsai for 40-60 baht and on few occasions simply walked from Jomtien Complex there but that was not because lack of transportation but I felt like walking. My last time there was beginning of February . not exactly low season. Never used Bolt or Grab in Pattaya, did in Bangkok though.

[floridarob]

On 7/6/2026 at 4:11 PM, Olddaddy said:

Anyone tried it ?

Go try it and let us know.... just hope it doesn't end in you joining the PFC🛬

[t0oL1]

Copa is super. Tried it and loved the superior room, although I also like smaller rooms(less impressive to "visitors").

Shout out to the manager-(?) Glen Campbell.

 

Was at Serene beer bar and noticed the cool "tunnel" to the hotel. Their reception area is awesome. 

The banner there still read 30 days -14,000 baht? Just thinking about the history in the rooms there...

[Olddaddy]

5 hours ago, t0oL1 said:

Copa is super. Tried it and loved the superior room, although I also like smaller rooms(less impressive to "visitors").

Shout out to the manager-(?) Glen Campbell.

 

Was at Serene beer bar and noticed the cool "tunnel" to the hotel. Their reception area is awesome. 

The banner there still read 30 days -14,000 baht? Just thinking about the history in the rooms there...

 

Never stayed at the Cops since July 2018

I ended up having a argument with whoever was in charge who acused me of spilling coffee on their sheets despite staying a week in the room and of course charged me an extra 1500 baht to clean the sheets 

Stayed in the Penthouse room 

Never stayed there again and they can get f.....d !!! 🖕

Of course the manager had to relay his messages to me via the Thai receptionist who said the owner said you booked through a third party website your not our customer !!

And he was right. .never been your customer since and never will be again ! 

 

 

 

 

[ToTheCore]

25 minutes ago, Olddaddy said:

acused me of spilling coffee on their sheets...

They were trying to be kind, knowing it wasn't "coffee"  

[Keithambrose]

32 minutes ago, Olddaddy said:

 

Never stayed at the Cops since July 2018

I ended up having a argument with whoever was in charge who acused me of spilling coffee on their sheets despite staying a week in the room and of course charged me an extra 1500 baht to clean the sheets 

Stayed in the Penthouse room 

Never stayed there again and they can get f.....d !!! 🖕

Of course the manager had to relay his messages to me via the Thai receptionist who said the owner said you booked through a third party website your not our customer !!

And he was right. .never been your customer since and never will be again ! 

 

 

 

 

I thought it was a dump, and I also had the "penthouse" room. 

[kokopelli3]

My self and some others found Copa to be an excellent place to stay in Boyztown.

[Olddaddy]

4 hours ago, kokopelli3 said:

My self and some others found Copa to be an excellent place to stay in Boyztown.

Oh beautiful 😍 absolutely beautiful and how may you have your beer Sir ?🍷

Perhaps in a glass ?

[vinapu]

7 hours ago, kokopelli3 said:

My self and some others found Copa to be an excellent place to stay in Boyztown.

+1

[vinapu]

2 hours ago, Olddaddy said:

Oh beautiful 😍 absolutely beautiful and how may you have your beer Sir ?🍷

Perhaps in a glass ?

you are such classy gentleman !!!

[mauRICE]

On 7/10/2026 at 5:59 AM, Keithambrose said:

I thought it was a dump, and I also had the "penthouse" room. 

It depends on what one is accustomed to; if one's been living in dumps, then a jaunt at one of these Pattaya gay hotels could feel like having a suite in Mayfair.

[Olddaddy]

On 7/10/2026 at 7:59 AM, Keithambrose said:

I thought it was a dump, and I also had the "penthouse" room. 

Oh Keith thanks for agreeing with me .....must be the first time 😱

Don't worry ..we are best mates now 👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨

[Olddaddy]

44 minutes ago, mauRICE said:

It depends on what one is accustomed to; if one's been living in dumps, then a jaunt at one of these Pattaya gay hotels could feel like having a suite in Mayfair.

Are you perhaps insinuating something? 😂

I stay usually in the CAPELLA in Bangkok thankyou very much where I am treated like the Queen I should be treated as !

 

 

 

[vinapu]

3 hours ago, mauRICE said:

It depends on what one is accustomed to; if one's been living in dumps, then a jaunt at one of these Pattaya gay hotels could feel like having a suite in Mayfair.

that would be my case

[vinapu]

2 hours ago, Olddaddy said:

Oh Keith thanks for agreeing with me .....must be the first time 😱

Don't worry ..we are best mates now 👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨

so romantic

[mauRICE]

4 hours ago, Olddaddy said:

Are you perhaps insinuating something? 😂

No, just telling it as it is that everything is relative hence we may have profound disagreements on Hotel X, Masseur Y and Restaurant Z. For example, I was in Pattaya last month and I thought the number of people around was just nice but many Pattaya regulars and veterans seem to think it was too quiet and the lowest of low seasons. I, on the other hand, don't go very often and took in everything as a treat. When asked about customer traffic, the boys I spoke to in Supertown and Boyztown said พอมีอยู่ or adequate, except when there was heavy rain.

[Olddaddy]

4 hours ago, mauRICE said:

No, just telling it as it is that everything is relative hence we may have profound disagreements on Hotel X, Masseur Y and Restaurant Z. For example, I was in Pattaya last month and I thought the number of people around was just nice but many Pattaya regulars and veterans seem to think it was too quiet and the lowest of low seasons. I, on the other hand, don't go very often and took in everything as a treat. When asked about customer traffic, the boys I spoke to in Supertown and Boyztown said พอมีอยู่ or adequate, except when there was heavy rain.

Beautiful positive post 💜

[Keithambrose]

13 hours ago, Olddaddy said:

Oh Keith thanks for agreeing with me .....must be the first time 😱

Don't worry ..we are best mates now 👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨

There is a first time for everything!

[Keithambrose]

13 hours ago, mauRICE said:

It depends on what one is accustomed to; if one's been living in dumps, then a jaunt at one of these Pattaya gay hotels could feel like having a suite in Mayfair.

True, but @Olddaddy  likes the Capella!