Soi Eric
"Spick and Span"

© Nightlife -  Travelers' Net
Text and Pictures by Michael Bjorklund

One soi down from Soi Seadragon you will find Soi Eric. You can tell that they want to keep it clean and it's by far the cleanest sidestreet to Soi Bangla. When you walk into the soi you will find establishments not commonly connected with bars. Once you get past these, there's only bars left. They also have the cleanest toilets around and it only costs you 5 baht to use them.

There's a Pizza joint in the end of the soi but you can sit anywhere and still be served.

     In the daytime, Soi Eric actually has a lot to offer. But only the first part of it. There's an exchange booth, an artist, a tailor, a dive shop etc etc. But it is of course the night life that's makes Soi Eric special. Soi Erics trademarks is that it's very clean, that they only have one disc jockey for the whole street and that they have the best toilets in Soi Banglas entertainment area. Soi Eric has all the ingredients of a good bar street without some of the hassles that usually comes along with them.

In Soi Eric you can find Uomo Patong Collection, Le Bistro, Star Fashion, Jeep Pharmacy, Bank of Ayudhya (exchange booth), Deaf Artist Somsri Shop, Private Diving and Ristorante Pizzeria Italia. And the of course the bars: Reindeer, Shark-Otto, Bulldog, Bachelor, Black Magic, Corona, New York, Showgirl, Paris, Peter, Mexico, Krazy Kanuck, Gold Wing, Black Rose, Rainbow, Freedom and Monty's Corner. There's also one A Go Go located in the end of this Soi, the Flash A Go Go.