Bang Saray Community

Bang Saray is a fishing village on the coast of Chonburi province, south of Pattaya on the road to Sattahip. A quiet seafront, its own beach, a market and cafés on the pier instead of nightlife streets. Pattaya is about half an hour away along the highway, and in the evening you come back to a place where you can hear the sea.

Why people choose Bang Saray

People move here when they’ve had enough of the city but don’t want to leave Chonburi. Work, meetings and big shops stay close by, in Pattaya and Sattahip, while life runs at the calm pace of a small village.

In return you have to accept that there are noticeably fewer places to go than in town. That’s why a neighbour’s advice is worth so much: which condo is quieter, where to get a scooter fixed, which coffee shop is good for working with a laptop.

What happens in the chat

The Bang Saray Community chat grew out of exactly that need. It was started by the founder of IT Party Pattaya: neighbours needed a place to ask about housing, a doctor or a school, and to find a handyman or a ride into town.

It’s local mutual help with no IT in the mix. People discuss renting and buying property, cafés and markets, roads and weather, and arrange trips together. One regular fixture is the Bangsaray Fishing Games, a series of fishing tournaments that had reached its ninth edition by spring 2026. The chat also announces what’s happening in the village itself and passes on useful things from the wider community: currency exchange, transfers, meetups in Pattaya. The chat is in Russian.

From the chat to guides

The community has answered the most common questions in blog articles. For those choosing a home — a review of ten condominiums with the questions worth asking before you sign a lease. For remote workers — cafés and restaurants: where to go with a laptop and where to go for the sunset. For everyday life — a guide to shops and services: groceries, pharmacies, scooter repairs, pet services. And for the weekend — what to see nearby: beaches, markets, water parks and Nong Nooch botanical garden.

Some of these round-ups are based on archived posts from the chat, so it’s best to check opening hours and prices with the neighbours before you go.

How things work here

The chat is small, and that’s its strength: people know each other, questions don’t get buried, and a request like “anyone going into town, could you pick up a parcel?” gets answered faster than in any big community. The rules are the same as everywhere in the ecosystem: introduce yourself, no spam, clear any advertising first.

If you’re considering Bang Saray as a place to live, come in and ask. The answers will come from people who have already made that choice.