Your report sounds like a promo for this club.

If there is an entrance fee and BKK club drink charges I don't give it much chance of being 'so packed with people who weren't there just for the free food and drink' in the months to come

Editor: Our reporter had a good time, so of course it's a promo! But if the Phuketwan Party Princess didn't enjoy it and think it was a great place, we'd tell you so. We didn't get paid to praise it. Give it a fly and tell us your view.

Posted by Philip on July 19, 2009 18:25

I was there. Had to wait 15 minutes to get into an elevator as this was the only way into the club. Not a good way to welcome your guests. Too loud--made a 747 take-off sound like a day in the woods. Painful laser & strobe lights. Not sure what the cover will be but if it is high they will have trouble surviving.

Posted by mango on July 21, 2009 11:44

Oh dear, another story about Phuket joining ''??the jet set". 1. "jet set" is now such a cliche that I wonder if your writer had her tongue in cheek when writing it (or, more likely, yours when editing the piece - and please read that any way you wish). 2. I was there and was, like all the others, invited, so we were, effectively, there for the food and drink. 3. It was not, to be fair, that good, nor unique. Phuket/Patong has tried these "high-end" things before and it does not work; the market is not sustainable beyond friends and relatives (Sr* P*nw*, for example). 4. Clubs and bars in a shopping centres are not and will never be trendy.

Editor: I am turning the other cheek. We certainly need some new cliches.

Posted by Andy J on July 21, 2009 16:47

I didn't go but heard there was one way in and one way out. Is this within regulations? (I doubt it). There was a fire in some night spot in Patong a while back... I thought the authorities would be much keener on this by now. PhuketWan, try an undercover piece on Phuket's top 5 clubbing spots and visit them on the sly to check fire exits and the like. I'm sure your findings would make for interesting reading.

Editor: I am sure the Sound Club would have a clearly signposted stairway exit, as required under regulations. A former governor did the rounds of Phuket nightspots after the deadly Bangkok New Year blaze. Some failed to measure up, but undertook to make improvements.

Posted by Duncan on July 22, 2009 09:56

I was also at the party and wow, I honestly loved the club. If it was the first club opening party for someone who posted here before then I understand, but I've been to club openings around the world and every time there's sth wrong. Like in Sound the SOUND died for 10 minutes. I felt really bad, like I worked for the club or sth you know. But these are the things that ALWAYS happen. It never should but they still do. One time i remember the drinks in the bar finished in 2 hours, how bad is that? But the club (in europe) still works really well, because people just love it. There is always gonna be negative people, gotta swallow it. And someone mentioned food here? Where was the food? Didn't get a bite!
And the waiting downstairs for the 1 single elevator WAS BAD. But the party was good, that's what matters.

Posted by Guest on July 23, 2009 23:23