Adelphi Pattaya

I have stayed at the Adelphi Pattaya 5 times.  

At this point I am very familiar and extremely comfortable staying at this hotel.  With the number of trips and my familiarity, I feel like Pattaya is my second home and the Adelphi my go-to hotel.

It has all the things necessary:

• Convenient location
• Close to the action on Soi Buakhao
• Quiet
• Guest friendly
• Comfortable rooms
• Modern building, clean and fresh
• Efficient, diligent and friendly staff
• Good-sized rooms with storage
• Balcony for many rooms
• Rooftop pool
  
• Nice lobby chairs with coffee shop
• Desk, chair, electrical outlets, good lighting
• Good-sized bathroom - big toilet, specious shower with moveable and holdable shower head
• Quiet, quick acting AC 

The price has been right on all my trips (a little over $50 USD per night), plus, I have never had an issue. 

Adelphi Pattaya Location

The Adelphi Hotel is located on the easterly side of the Central Pattaya area about 2 and a half blocks from the beach or a little west of 3rd Road.

Central Pattaya Area Map

The Adelphi Hotel is not a beach hotel, but a good hotel in the heart of Central Pattaya.

The blocks in Pattaya are very long, it isn't a quick, easy walk to the beach from the Adelphi.  Think a long and hot walk.  Fortunately you can get to the beach fairly easily by baht bus.

If you want a quick walk to the beach, you need to stay on Beach Road.  Of course, the closer to the beach, the higher the hotel prices.

Adelphi Pattaya is Close to Conveniences and the Action

Blow Up View of the Adelphi Hotel Location Showing Nearby Conveniences (Adelphi is noted in the lower right-hand corner)

A Pharmacy is right next door to the east.  I buy Sidegra, costing $400 ThB for a box of 4 which would be $3.25 USD per pill.  I purchased some medications when I was ill.  I just asked the pharmacist for advice and was directed to a solution.  Pharmacy prices are modest.  

I normally drop off a small load every day around noon when I go out for my mid-day meal at one of the nearby laundry's just west of the Adelphi. The clothes will be ready the following day.  Laundry's usually take Sunday's and Thai Holidays off, so adjust your schedule accordingly.  The laundry person will let you know.

I buy a case of water at the mini-mart a little farther to the west.  I may buy some cheap junk food when I'm stumbling back to the hotel after bar time.  I think they might be open 24 hours.  

Lots of Conveniences Right at Soi Buakhao:

• Money exchange booth
• My favorite barbershop
• 7 - 11
• Treetown with the food court, coffee shop and countless bars 
• Baht bus line goes both directions on Soi Buakhao

Soi Buakhao has more bars, restaurants, pharmacies, massage shops and hotels than you can count.

Some Basics About Adelphi Hotel

• Address: 390/14 Moo 9 Chaloam Phrakiat 21 Alley
• South side of the Soi
• First floor accessed by multiple Steps to get up to the front door.  There is an outside elevator if you cannot climb stairs, but it seems cumbersome.  It's best if you can climb stairs.  With all the steps up, flooding will not be an issue.
• Sliding front glass door
• Front desk to the right as you enter
• Lobby chairs, coffee shop, elevator and first floor restrooms to the left
• Need a hotel card to get to upper floors from the elevator

• 8 floors
• I'm not sure what is on floor 2 as I did not check (maybe the lobby is floor 2 and floor 1 is mechanical stuff?)
• 64 rooms on floors 3 through 7 (14 rooms maximum per floor)
• The 2 rooms each floor fronting the street are much larger (and more expensive) with a loveseat and a comfortable chair
• 8th floor is the rooftop pool
• You do need to climb a flight of stairs from the 7th floor to get to the pool (i.e. the elevator does not go to the 8th floor)

Adelphi Hotel in Pattaya Rooftop Pool

Pool Area 

• Lounge chairs, umbrellas, some chairs and tables
• Hotel provides pool towels
• Outdoor showers to rinse off
• Restrooms
• 2 ladders to get into the water
• About 3 feet deep on the shallow end
• About 5.5 feet deep at the deep end
• Water is nice, warm, clean and refreshing

Adelphi Pattaya Hotel Rooms Have the Good Things 

• Roomy walk around space
• Easy to clean hard floors and surfaces.  I love coming back to my spotless room, cleaned by the diligent staff.
• Desk chair at the desk with drawers
• Good bathrooms (I love the shower head on a long hose you can remove from it's sliding holder)
• Closet, drawers and shelf space
• Room safe
• Refrigerator
• Electrical outlets for your phone and computer
• Kettle to boil water for coffee or tea 
• Provided glasses and coffee cups
• Provided instant coffee, tea, sugar and fake cream

I love puttering around in the morning drinking coffee in my room and the balcony like I am retired, then having a cup or 2 late in the afternoon to perk up before going out on the town.

King bed, roomy, easy to clean floors, closet, drawers, refrigerator and room safe in the closet

Desk with drawers and a desk chair. Electrical outlet near the desk. Kettle to boil water for coffee or tea

Good sized bathroom, decent lighting at the sink with countertop space, large toilet, large shower with a moveable and handheld shower head

Adelphi Pattaya is Nice to Hang Around

On a long trip to Pattaya...far away from your home...with a very long plane ride to get there... you will arrive tired. 

With the excitement of the trip, you will power through and enjoy the nightlife on your first night if you are like me...an aging man, who still loves to party and meet ladies.

But if you are also like me and been working hard for decades and increased how much you worked in the last month or so before Pattaya, putting yourself in a position to avoid worry about work on your trip, you will feel exhausted after a few days.

So I like to hang around the hotel slowing things down a bit so I feel rested, not rushed and refreshed.

On my road trips to enjoy the scenic mountains, deserts and plains of the USA, I go, go, go, from early morning until late at night.

With the extremely high hotel prices($200 to $300 or more USD) in the US for lodging, I can't justify a trip of too many nights and I pack in the sight-seeing, doing as much as possible each day. 

In the last 10 years, I have had enough vacation time to take a 2 week or more epic road trip every year,  but not the budget for lodging.

With the Pattaya hotel prices being so reasonable I enjoy just being at the hotel. 

Sleeping and napping as needed, especially if I am overtired or not feeling well.  Enjoying the morning leisurely drinking coffee on the balcony, updating my records, reflecting on the fun I had the night before or hanging out at the hotel pool. 

Adelphi Hotel Downside

The Beds

The beds aren't that great.  They seem cheap and heavily used. The mattresses are not thick and forgiving.  When I wake up early and still need rest it is not easy to drift off to sleep again for a needed few more hours.

Usually one side or the other is tolerable.  If you need a great bed, you need to be a lot more picky and willing to spend a lot more for your room.

I find that after a few days I get used to it and sleep enough after expending a lot of energy exploring most of the afternoon and partying all night.  

All the other good things for me outweigh the disadvantage of the beds.

An Upside for Some May Be a Downside for Others - The Distance to Soi Buakhao

The Good

It's far enough away from Soi Buakhao that you don't hear the noise from the music and the bars if you go to bed early.

If you're on the lower floors you may hear some street noise later at night - garbage trucks roll through the city right after bar time and souped up motorcycles roar down the empty Soi's at high speeds.

The Bad

I don't mind the longish walk out to Soi Buakhao for my explorations and nighttime adventures.  But, on some nights I can hardly make that last walk from Soi Buakhao.  Especially on my August trips when the heat and humidity did not relent even late at night.

Adelphi Pattaya Wrap Up

Adelphi website - Adelphi Hotel in Pattaya 

I'm sure you'll love the Adelphi Hotel in Pattaya.  

I just hope everyone doesn't book it when I go on my next trip.