✅ UDOM SUK | Bangkok's Next Expat Area | Condos | Markets | Street Food | Shopping | Exploring
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- Udom Suk is an up and coming area of Bangkok along Sukhumvit Road on the BTS Skytrain. Not far from On Nut, this part of Sukhumvit has many new condos to rent and buy, which is attracting many foreign expats to the area. I took a look around and explored Udom Suk to see what the local life was like. There are markets, street food, shopping malls but this is still a developing neighbourhood. Will it be like the next On Nut? See for yourself.
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Hi Pat, Thanks for another great video! I'd like to rent a modest apartment in Bangkok for 1 or 2 months this fall/winter, can you suggest a good method to locating one?
@@eldeluxo www.riverviewbkk.com/ is a good option in Talad Noi area, well priced and discounts for long stays of a month or more. I've recommended a few others here too. Great location and views (from the right rooms)
@@BangkokPat Thanks Pat, Will contact them and mention that you referred me. Cheers
Ive followed Ryan for a while now, not seen a video from him for a few months. Nice to see him pop up here. Cheers
Soon all of Bangkok will be an expat area. That will be sad.
Thanks Pat for another well produced and entertaining video. Really enjoy your perspectives and narration.
I was in Udomsuk for a couple of weeks in May (Soi 9 IIRC) and agree that it's nothing special. I was struck by the number of Farangs in the area (far more than I'd expected) but that it was still very much a Thai area, which was pleasing. However once my initial excitement of being in a new area wore off, I found it rather uninteresting and was please to move onto Huai Kwang, although I expect I'd have liked it more if I'd stayed longer, as one tends to do.
The street food there was generally great with plenty of options.
Even more options if you like Char-Keow/bubble tea etc at the top of Udomsuk Rd, there must be more than 25 shops within 200 metres.... It was a shame so few of them did hot coffee.
Once you get away from Sukhumvit Rd it's a lot quieter.
I did walk past the Cat Cafe (next to all the clinics) but despite liking cats I really don't see the attraction.
What are good places to stay in Huay kwang?
@@method341 check Agoda and other accommodation sites. I stayed at The Atrium on 13 but there's lots of options.
That moment when u say "let us pound the pavement" and then the next Scene "7 Minutes later" with the big rain let me laugh hard. These are Real life experiences I must take also several times. Nice video mate :)
That's life in rainy season Frank. You can't plan too far ahead!
Plenty of information as ever, watching your videos is the next best thing to being back in BKK. Maybe later this year, fingers crossed.
Cheers Brian, hope you make it over here!
Woohoo I am famous!!! Good to see you mate!
Legend! Cheers for that mate!
@@BangkokPat no worries bro. See you soon.
Well done!
Good job pat , looks cheap Charlie area to me , if you move to Thailand from west I would think you up your status but each to there own I know a few millionaires In Sydney who still get there 30 dollar shoes repaired lol so it will find a market, I would choose asoke pay 15/250000 ….. remember the better the condo better the facility so 10000 b is not much extra to have better every thing 24 hrs per day 365 days a year
, you only live once
A nice, simple, and honest blog on Udomsuk, where my daughters live and not far from me in Bang Na. Yeah, interesting to see it on film but still a drab place to dwell. Though you're right, the pros are relatively cheap rents and a decent infrastructure. The Bangkok Mall hasn't had any work done on it for the past 5-6 years, so no one is holding their breath. (Still it's not far from 4 other shopping centres.)
Thanks Richard. Drab is the ideal description for the area.
It has direct shuttle bus to mega bangna
This was hardly Udomsuk, this was just the area around the BTS, it goes all the way to Srinakarin road, where another monorail station is being built and you have access to more malls and one of the largest weekend markets in the city. Tons of stuff to see and do once you go down the road and the surrounding roads. This video could have been an hour long.
As the thumbnail suggests, this is a BTS station type of guide centred around Udom Suk BTS station. If you wanna get technical, the area around Srinakirin Road is actually Prawet district.
I live there and have for 6 years. Love it but don’t come.
I stayed there in 1985, House backed onto a Lake with 4 Metre Pythons Slithering around. Not much there then, mostly all on Sukumvit Road. Caught the Bus back to Soi 22. Took over an Hour, Hot Sweaty but only 2 Baht. Some of the Roads were Dirt. About 200Mts from Sukumvit it was the Country Side. Good Vid, Thanks.
Pat, once again top notch video. Interesting information very well presented. You definitely have a touch for presenting
Thanks Dennis!
Good overview Pat. Years ago I lived on nearby 101/1 and thought it was a pretty good area but nothing special. The Rama IX park east of Seacon Centre is a big plus Imo but it's not really local to the BTS vicinity. I would also recommend a trip to the ferry pier at the end of Sanphanwut Rd west off Bang Na. The ferry goes to Bang Krachao. Not really walkable from Udomsuk but close by. It also is close to Thailand's first railway line from Samut Prakan - Thang Rotfai Sai Kao Rd. Not sure if you've done an urban archeological video of this bit of railway history.
Cheers Chris, I visited Bang Krachao from Klong Toei for a river video 2yrs ago, and I plan on featuring the Paknam Railway in a video soon.
@@BangkokPat A fellow rail fan looks forward to it. I've never actually sought out it's former route. I wonder if there are any vestigial traces of it.
I went to Udom Suk years ago before it had a BTS
Pat - "You'll be co-working with Jesus Christ himself".
Me - I actually LOL'ed.
How else could I link the two topics? Had to think of something.....
Love the videos pat my question why are there no benches or waste bins anywhere . apart from some bins outside 7/11 I feel silly walking up and down soi cowboy with a empty pizza box
Me too, I hate walking around with litter. If I remember correctly, it was after the mass brainwashing post 9-11 when there were supposedly terrorists on every corner putting bombs in bins or in bags under benches.
Season square and king rama9 park Down udomsuk road
What a good vlog. I particularly like that you give your edits space ( length of cut, ambient sounds)for the viewer. Thanks.
I lived in On Nut for 5 years and the highlight of the area fro me was the "Skywalk". From Bang Na BTS walk and weave under the Highway and above the noise of the road traffic. You can walk to Udom Suk BTS. One day they will hopefully link up with the "Skywalk" starting at Soi 101/1 and go all the way beyond Punnawithi BTS Station. I sincerely hope. Thanks for another interesting video, Pat.
I lived on 103 from 2009 - 2015... I loved the area. Close to Nong Bon and Rama 9 Park, as well as a load of shopping centres....
Very informative, thank you 🙏 🇬🇧😉
Udom Suk? I prefer Ari:)
So would l....
Nice work Pat. Very informative and entertaining. Keep it up 👍🏽
Thank you Christian!
Great video Pat: yet another highly informative, well produced piece with a great deal of humor! Keep them coming :)
Thanks Gary!
Cloud 11 could be the new digital hub in SE Asia (content creators) and change the area more into the new hangout like Ari, worth looking into for another video in future perhaps
Definitely will be back around there again, thanks😎😻
I did a walk around all the places you went too....and noticed the 3 foot drop for the shops.
Poor shops must get flooded all the time now
When l shot the video there had just been flooding after heavy rain
Got to be the worst entrance to Sukumvit, I rented a serviced apartment in The Rembrandt, the final straw was the car aircon packing up in a Friday night traffic jam, then I moved to Lat Phrao which was a great move, thanks Pat, you bring alive all those great memories
Good to hear you made the move Richard.
Thanks for sharing. We’re moving here tomorrow. Thankful we didn’t get the house with the homeless guy doing the ghost things! 😵💫
Hope you like it! I can get you a cheap deal on that building if you want, but its shared toilet facilities with those ghosts....
@@BangkokPat thanks! But no thanks 🙏 happy to be a contributor to the washing machine remnants in the canals though.
Bangkok womens feet are god tier level 👌
Thanks Tyrone, My imagination is running wild.
I use the Udomsuk BTS station a lot as I have had a house out in Chalerm Prakiet for over 15 years. I like the area out there as It's close to Rama IX and Nong Bon Parks. It's also close to the airport but not under the flight path. Not a lot of tall buidings either so not quite as crowded. Central Bang Na and Seacon Square are close by too.
I live there too, opposite king rama9 park for my daily walk. Live just behind big c food market retail park, very convenient for me to walk to the shops and into the park.
@@TheBobster1969 I frequent those parks a lot whether for running or cycling. Very nice place!
@BangkokPat Hello! Incredible channel! Question) I just don’t believe in the prices for apartments per month that you show. This is apparently with a one-year contract, right? Because now I live for $20 a day at the next station)))
I've been waiting for you to make a video on Udom Suk. It was where I stayed at when I first came to Bangkok, so I have a bit of an emotional connection with it. Thanks for the shot at 0:23 of the shop at the foot of the escalator to the bts station, good to see it's still there.
I used to buy my milk tea and pastry buns filled with all kinds of goodness there, from pork floss to taro, shredded coconut and so on.
I think they had around 20 different fillings or more.
A little further down the road, around Udom Suk 11 or 13 is Sun Cafe (very orange), run by a nice Thai man who refused to charge me double for a double espresso.
Great to hear that mate. How long ago was that?
@@BangkokPat Right at the beginning of 2020, roughly 2 months before everything stopped moving.
Next time I’m in 101/1 I need to turn left !!! I haven’t had a walk down Udon suk but I will change that. Most areas along the sky train will now go though changes. Digital Park is decent inside Pat a lot of food and drink inside which is handy and I will be honest I like wine connection inside , really nice food. Plus Tops supermarket downstairs handy when I need some bacon . Not many main stores like other malls inside. I remember when cloud 11 was a bar/food complex that’s going back . Great vlog Pat of an upcoming area
❤🌺😉คนไทยยินดีต้อนรับ ขอขอบคุณ แอดมิน ที่แนะนำทุกมุมของกรุงเทพมหานคร
Thank you very much!
I never heard that expression and l am British, "Vinegar Strokes"☁️ was it the foam in the Klong that inspired you 😂
I think it's taken from The Inbetweeners
I don't even know where the
Place is insisted in Bangkok
But thanks anyway for sharing .
I'm watching you from the north New England of the united States .
Right now it is getting darker
And darker every days now.
During in the winter times.
God morning BKK Pat,I just love your ways with words,like “make the wind blow up your skirt,asking for more”
I try to widen the variety of vocabulary in videos!
@@BangkokPat that comment from you is like music to my ears Bangkok Pat !
prices are good , thought they would have been a lot more being Bangkok , although 24sq mtrs you would not want to be a body builder 5555
Does it snow in Bangkok? Completely agree the buses open up a whole new world - especially if you've no idea where they're heading
The only place I have seen snow in Bangkok was in my freezer. Which reminds me that it's time to defrost the fridge again.
@@sbalogh53 I was pretty sure I was seeing things there ..
It snowed in my Bkk Xmas video
0:57....LOL......thanks for notifying about Udom Sok - gr8 alternative...🙂
It's not everyones cup of tea!
should have added a bit more to the ghost story with a few twists then at the end add the h/less man 55555 , another good video Pat ... after the video finishes you may exit to the right on the way out and collect your Gold OSKA Award ...... cheers
"Udom Suk walk" is at around Soi 39.. Crowded in the evening, Slightly more than 1 KM from the Song Tiao terminal.
I did go there eventually but too crowded to shoot any video, I got some scenes that I played over Ryans chat but I prefer getting shots without peoples faces in them so didn't include that bit.
I don't understand why someone would leave their home country just to be around other expats. My idea Thai life is to be as far away from western life as I can get.
Yes , I feel the same but: Not everybody is capeble to learn a foreign leguage .... or open for a nother culture
@@_Alfa.Bravo_ Those are the guys that need to stay home. There are so many 35+ single women who will treat you like gold in Thailand, but guys just want the 20 yr old who are out for your money.
@@invictus1973 So true !!! Bravo !!! My Mekong Pearl from Isaan is 37 ... no one ever had more power and passion. Heaven on earth
Each to there own, maybe people don't want to feel isolated,or they could be working for an Embassy so their colleagues are expats. Just look at Thonglor lol.
I think I prefer the middle ground on this. It's good to avoid living in touristy areas but it's great to live in a building where there are other farangs or living in an area like udomsuk where there are restos where you can bump into other farangs. . Not everybody is fluent in Thai so making friends is easier with people who speak your language. Several years ago I stayed at a condo on 101/1 that had a good mix of Thai and farang. Suited me just fine. And yet as Ryan said the area forces you to speak Thai.
Pat I am really torn between Phillipines and Thailand. Not sure where to go .
Talad Udom Suk is a great little fresh food market. Not far away, Talad Tonsai next to Bearing BTS has significantly improved over the last few months (a great night market popular with the locals)
Thanks Justin, fresh market is great. Bearing is quite far if you're living in Udom Suk!
@@BangkokPat thanks BKK Pat, Bearing is only 2 BTS stops away from Udom Suk, and well worth a visit in the evening.
24 m2 = 258 sq feet, that is pretty small living for more than week or so.
Yes I agree, it is rather cramped.
On Nut seems to be a large expat area likely due to a Tesco and Carefour store there. Expats like to walk to a store not spend an hour on the skytrain crammed full of people going to the store.
I first stayed in Udom Suk in 2019 I went there twice it's great.
Man you didn't get any video of the walk? That place was my evening every night just about. Red table, Chang, Bbq tilapia and long talks with the girls running the bar there. Good times. You also missed the mahoosive night market not too far from there. And all the bars and clubs along the main road. Maybe next time.
Oh wow I just spotted this old comment. I fly back to BKK in a few weeks again.
I've lived in the Udom Suk area for some 22 years now, at first I was viewed as a 'novelty' but that has changed with all the condo developments in the last decade or so when the Skytrain was extended from Onnut to Samrong, and later beyond. Due to the Skytrain this place became easier to meet up with all the other farangs you may know paying huge rents in the more 'traditional' farang areas, say Prakhanong and onwards into town. It's not perfect here, is anywhere? Pat's video is generally realistic and factual, but if you're used to the 'farang scene' further into town you may miss it. There are a few exceptions, and they are currently few. However some new farang places have sprung up, pubs, bars and restaurants, all that is needed now in this area is a farang orientated supermarket if you really need that. I don't think you'll have to wait long.
BTW - you forgot to leave the details above for that non-cat lovers channel, which turned out to be an awesome one - fast and furious....🙂...so here is the link: ruclips.net/user/RyanLeeTVThailand
Oh yeah, and the locations map. Will do that when l get back. Thanks
Hope that cheered you up...
Thanks for the great video. Watched it yesterday at 2pm. Walked the area at 9pm and at 1pm today signed a new lease at ideo mix suk 103.
Another good video. Keep it up you’ll be at 100,000 subs before you know it
Thanks Tim, but I seriously doubt this kind of content will get 100k subs. Look at the top channels, they do what the people really are interested in.
@@BangkokPat Don't to be hard on yourself you do a good job. It's one of my favourite thai channels. I love Bangkok apart fron the traffic & pollution otherwise it has everything a man needs.
I saw something recently about Cloud 11. It’s meant to be part of something called “Bangkok Cybertech City,” focused on innovation.
Sounds very space age...
I arrived in Bangkok on the 15th, I been having bad taxi cabs, WTF. Anyone have a comment about taxi service.
Try the apps Bolt or Grab, I've heard great things about their simplicity and upfront pricing.
Like most places, you get what you pay for, Bangkok is no exception. It wouldn’t fit my lifestyle expectations, but if the residents are happy, great. Nice overview.
Prices will go up there in a few years, just like On Nut, but it's a bit too noisy for my liking Jeff.
I was curious about something so I Googled it and I was right. Apparently most westerners live in houses so a tiny condo would be a big adjustment. I know I'm not interested in that style of housing.
Depends on budget and needs l suppose. My bed has to be far from where l chill out or sit in my office area
Hi pat I stayed in Udom suk on and off between 1986 and 95 I think soi 103 and down to soi pravit it was the back blocks then, good work mate Cheers
It must have been rice fields in those days Bruce!
what are seemingly informational asides are some of the best bits in your videos, Pat. I’m speaking specifically about the sky train / expressway explanation here. It’s mind boggling how they do stuff like that. Please keep up the good work! mahalos & aloha 🤙🏾
I've waited years to tell someone that geeky info....now l have a channel to put it all into!
Is there any talk for NEW bicycle Paths being made? That traffic is Way to crazy to ride a bike in.
I very much doubt there are plans for anything so safe on Bangkoks streets.
The ghost story sounds like something taken straight out of a Scooby Doo cartoon - hahaha... love it!
I suspect it was, and the bloke who told me it was a guy collecting plastic by the side gate in the soi, I asked him if it was open and he told me ''never'' and I asked why, so he said nobody ever went there, I asked why again, and that's what I was told.
I'm surprised you didn't mention that this is where one can catch the free shuttle bus to Ikea at Mega Bangna (and also a different shuttle to Central Bangna). It's the only reason I know about the area😋
That aside, thanks for another great video...as usual!
I saw the bus and should have mentioned it in the transport bit, silly me!
you said digital nomad 🤦🏻♂️
Is that word still relevant or are they called something different now?
@@BangkokPat Ah we're the same age Pat so I'm prob not best person to ask , hah, but just hear the term abused so much by travel vloggers like us (though you are successful and I am not) it's getting long in the tooth, especially with so many English teacher now calling themselves that, but you have the channel that's already very successful so I'm prob not best to take advice from 🙉
@@MoreFormosa But you gotta realise I am also taking the piss by mentioning co working spaces, especially if you saw my Double pricing video about how I described these types. The reason is that yes, the word is overused and anyone with a laptop is pretending to be earning money online. Many are simply bullsh*tting because they think its impressive and makes them feel smug. Many wish they could do that kind of work, country to country, on the beach, blame the influencers for making it ''trendy''
@@BangkokPat I'll check out the video you mentioned, sounds like a good topic. And yes, so true, everyone thinks that they're digital nomads, but very few can pull it off. Keep up the interesting and atmospheric videos, can tell only a matter of time before your channel is gonna really blow up, just keep posting!
Another entertaining informative episode Pat. On the subject of ghost stories, is there anything like a paranormal society in Bangkok? A place where ghost story junkies can meet and swap and go "Wooooo!" at each other ;).
Thanks Andrew, l am not quite sure if there are any paranormal groups!
@@BangkokPat There should be!
The market and street food there are well worth a visit particularly because it is conveniently next to the BTS station.
Very near indeed, a walk up soi 103 is also well worth it for great food, but this is Thailand, the home of culinary miracles and oddities...
8 baht on some buses too .. 🚌
George Orwell from Newcastle. Hilarious.
He knows his stuff, does George 😎
New Expat Area Im dreaming of this !!!
Dreaming of it as a place to avoid maybe?
My girlfriend lived (near) there before she moved to my country. Been there a few times. Its nothing special from what I could tell but everything you need is pretty close by. Transportation, food, supermarkets and shops and rent is very cheap. I believe my girlfriend only spend 2000 bath a month for rent. but, the rooms don't have any luxory either :D
Anyways, it is still very much a Thai area. Not that many foreigners that I noticed.
Very nice and interesting video as usual. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks.
I live in Hong Kong and last month electricity bill was the 10,000 baht rent in one of those condos
Pat,I watch your estate agenty videos with outmost attention while i plan my escape
Thats astronomical pricing for electric. Mine is usually 1-1.8k a month
@@BangkokPat housing in HK is even more astronomical,this place is becoming an expensive shitehole,i keep my eyes and ears glued to your Bangkok districts series
One day ill manage to get out of here
Thanks again. Always very informative and helpful.
appreicate the realness
Pat---The jump cut at 5:54 was brilliant. Worthy of Kubrick. Good information...but probably not the 'hood for me! Thanks for the info. Cheers, RPS
You don’t hear ‘vinegar stroke’ much these days! 🤣🤣👍
Not sure of it's origin but it seems to fit,
Another great video Pat. Good research and very informative. I have to admit the first minutes of street footage turned me off. That being said, maybe Ryan is a pioneer of the next up and coming. But then I have to say, if that holds true I expect it will be a minimum of five years down the road.
There are worse places like Nana and other expat ghettos.
@@BangkokPat I think we can agree Jeroen won't be featuring properties at any of these locations anytime soon.
Good one Patrick... 👍
Thank you for all of your videos, I really enjoyed them. I am looking to move to Southeast Asia sometime next year. I really learn a lot from your videos. They are very informative. Keep up the good job
What's wrong with taking the bus? 😂 I find a better way to see areas untouched by the BTS or the MRT or see daily life, plus it's cheaper
I am doing a bus video at the moment!
@@BangkokPat Excited to see it! Bangkok buses are an experience to be had! Health and safety isn't even contemplated 😂
The Bangkok Mall, if completed it will be the 2nd largest mall in the world and the largest in Southeast Asia and 2nd in Asia after the mall in Iran.
When it's finally opened....
@@BangkokPat During this time, the management is devoted to The Em Sphere and The Mall Ramkhamhaeng .Speed up the work to open up within the next year.and renovating various branches.Recently completed, the latest is The Mall Tha Phra.
So the cat cafe is going to be a whole episode unto itself? Yay! 🐈⬛🐈🙏🍺😁 Please don't tell me I'm wrong. 🤣🤣
No it won't be, for now...
@@BangkokPat there is hope, then. 🐈⬛
Staying at one of the condos you listed, I'd say that Udom Suk isn't for the expats who don't want to learn Thai or are expecting a full on western life. I've been to the market you showed and I've had vendors speak to me in English albeit not that proficiently. I've also been to Udom Suk Walk which honestly has some pretty mediocre mookrata although other options are available.
Bangkok Pat (“but..”) / (“anyway”)
There's no getting away from those words on this channel!
The True Digital Mall has a Rabbit 🐇 cafe and a great work space for Nomads
One of the best areas in Sukhumvit I use to stay in Baan na Udomsuk was great living experience before I move to US
Window lickers that did make me chuckle 😂
Plenty about who'll fall for any old crap.
Like your perspective not overrated not underrated Bangkok very authentic and humanity.
Udom Suk is a 90B taxi to either Asoke or Mega Bangna Mall
20K subscribers coming right up. You deserve it.
Great video about the neighborhood. Sad to hear about Soi 2's residents. There's a great tom yum noodle place that opens up at night near the market, worth a visit if you happen to be in the area.
good work as always. a miserable place to live. but then again, the street life and exotic wibe is hardly anywhere to find in bangkok anymore.
Well Done Pat.
Great content
Please do a video on your favorite area of Bangkok. Thanks!!!!
The Skywalk from Udom Suk Station to Bangna is the longest on the BTS line and will join with another station soon
Good priced condos there , when I visit I be heading to the Ratchayothin area as i mentioned ..
The wealthy tower didn't look all that wealthy.
Probably because it's in bad shape inside (many of that age are)
nice video. always enjoy them
Cheers David.
😺😸😻
thanks Pat, I never even heard of that area :)
Thanks K S, it's still a bit obscure to some!