5/5 Vincent M. 1 month ago on Google • 5 reviews New
I've
never
eaten
there,
but
often
go
for
the
drinks,
vibe,
and
live
music.
After
over
a
dozen
years
in
SE
Asia,
a
single
night
here
is
one
of
my
fondest
memories.
Soi
Buakhow
was
raised
to
accommodate
traffic
during
monsoon
season.
Unfortunately
that
means
Buakhow
is
a
dam
to
any
nearby
road
east
of
it.
And
Triangle
Bar
is
a
dozen
or
so
meters
east
of
soi
Buakhow.
Sois
23
and
25
merge
at
rge
wester
side
of
the
bar
(hence
the
Triangle).
The
bar
itself
is
raised:
floods
occur
annually.
So
we
all
were
high
and
dry.
The
band
stopped
playing
at
midnight,
but
The
Triangle
served
drinks
until
0200,
and
at
0145
they
announced
that
we
(quite
a
packed
crowd)
could
stay
on,
but
needed
to
order
and
buy
booze
before
0200.
Since
the
Triangle
was
an
island
in
the
floodwater,
it
was
packed
full
of
fabulous
folks.
I
chatted
with
a
Welshman
from
Cardiff,
two
Scots
from
Aberdeen,
a
Brazilian
from
Rio,
and
a
tres
chic
80-year
old
Vietnamese
woman
from
French
Indochina
days.
About
0400
the
waters
were
down
to
knee-high,
so
I
waded
over
to
Buakhow
and
my
hotel,
with
a
dozen
other
Trianglers
(wouldn't
you
know
it,
motorbikes
drove
west
at
fairly
fast
speeds
creating
chest-high
waves
left
and
right
into
the
pedestrian
waders).
I've
traveled
all
over
the
world,
and
that
night
at
the
Triangle
Bar
was
one
of
the
most
memorable
in
my
life.
Since
then,
I've
taken
numerous
American
and
Thai
friends
to
the
Triangle.
The
live
bands
are
great;
the
staff
are
great;
the
management
on
that
monsoon
night
was
greatest
of
all.
Shame
on
me
for
not
reviewing
the
Triangle
Bar
years
ago.
Everyone
I've
ever
introduced
to
the
Triangle
has
loved
the
place,
and
returned
to
Triangle
whenever
they
return
to
Pattaya.
(I've
never
dined
there,
so
I
can't
review
their
food.)
NOTES:
prices
are
quite
reasonable;
but
wheel-chair
accessibility
is
dodgy
at
best,
because
you
have
to
get
several
feet
above
soi-level.
I
spent
well
over
500
on
that
memorable
flood
night,
but
normally
about
300
or
400
baht
max.
The
zero
rating
for
food
is
because
I've
never
dined
there.