Pattaya Beach Nightlife

Pattaya was once a sleepy fishing village before its booming in the early 1960's. Its reputation mostly comes from nightlife and so to say “sex industry”. But for the last decade, Pattaya establish itsekf as an upmarket destination. Many tourist attractions aim to be a place for family. However, the adult entertainments are still the major attraction. These are many kinds of entertainment you may enjoy in Pattaya.

Walking Street

Located in the most crowded area in Pattaya which is South Pattaya, with the many bars, go-go bars, massage parlours and discos are along in the famous neon-drenched strip known as Walking. Unique and unruly, it's shut off to traffic during the evening, with raunchy shows, bar games, competing stereos and lots of booze all combining forces to make one huge party zone. Vying to satisfy crowds comprised mainly of men are armies of girls so friendly that even shy guys can confidently get cozy.

 

More of the same can be found slightly further north at Soi Pattayaland 1, 2 or 3, especially go-go and beer bars. Soi Pattayaland 3, known commonly as Boyz Town, caters to the burgeoning gay crowd. Towards Central Pattaya Road, Soi 7 to 8 is slightly less hectic but packed with clusters of open-air beer bars, restaurants and bars. And all along Second Road, are little pockets of beer bars.

 

 

Pattaya Beach Nightlife

 

Nightlife in Pattaya Beach is wilder and louder than in Jomtien Beach.  There are many pubs, beer-bars, discos and go-go, Discos, Ladyboy Cabaret, Pubs & Live Music, and Gay Nightlife…

Go-Go Bars





These enclosed bars in which scantily clad girls strut, shuffle and sway seductively around steel poles, are the reason many come to Pattaya. The rules are easy to grasp: Entry is free, photography forbidden, music loud, booze flowing, girls available. Nudity in Thailand is illegal, but here in Pattaya's go-go land rules are made to be broken. Prices for drinks average around 100 baht for a beer or shot and mixer, with drinks for your half-naked host coming in at slightly more. If you go ga-ga over a girl and want to relieve her of her menial duties, a bar fine will be payable (usually between 300 and 600 baht). After that what you pay, and for what, is your and her business.

 

Most are clustered along Walking Street and its adjoining sois, between 40 or 50. There are far too many to list, but well-known establishments include Happy A-Go-Go (Soi Happy), Super Baby (Soi Diamond) and Angel Witch (Soi 15). The latter has well-choreographed and seductive shows involving everything from live snakes to sticky UV paint and full nudity. Club Boesche (Soi 16, Covent Garden Complex) a relative newcomer, is also proving popular, chiefly for its large floor-sunk Jacuzzi occupied by rotating pairs of uninhibited young ladies.

 

There are more slightly further north on the three quieter 'sois'(streets), Pattayaland 1, 2 and 3. Favourites here include rock-n-roll themed Tahitian Queen (Beach Road, Near Soi 13), Misty's (Pattayaland 2) and Classroom A-Go-Go (Pattayaland 2), which features girls in ponytails, white socks and gymslips. A handful can also be found on Sois 6, 7 and 8, including Silver Star 2.

 

Beer Bars

 

They're ramshackle, cheap and loud but often a lot of fun 'Pattaya's beer bars are legendary! Some are found in enclosed shop houses, but most come jam-packed together inside tatty open-plan corrugated sheds, each comprised of little more than a few stools and raised speakers assembled round a rather sorry-looking central bar. There are literally hundreds scattered around town, with many opening from around midday onwards and serving beers (during happy hours especially) for around the 50 baht mark.

 

There are numerous hostesses to lure you in, serve you drinks and flirt with you. They will make you feel like a handsome man and to get you drink. But if you want to make something with those girls in another level, you have to ask her case by case if she is available.

 

You find them all over Pattaya, but the densest concentrations are to be found in and around Walking Street, lower Beach Road, at various points on Second Road (around Soi 2 and 3, between Soi 7-13), and Sois 6, 7 and 8.

 

Discos

 

In Pattaya's discos, no one can hear you scream 'the music's too darn loud! Hot, sweaty and packed to the rafters on most days of the week, Pattaya Beach has a veritable assortment that ranges from those popular with boozy tourists and entrepreneurial working girls, to those appealing mainly to honest local folk just out for a good time with pals. The soundtrack? All hail because here in Pattaya hip-pop and Thai hits reign supreme! Here's a selection:

 

• Candy Shop (Walking Street, next door to Lucifer Disko) At this snazzy open-fronted bar/club, Southeast Asian J-Los wriggle and writhe beside blingin'backpackers. The live band is raucous and fun.

 

• Differ (North Pattya, behind Big C superstore on Second Road) Trendy nightspot with live music and a stage. Judging by the car park bulging with Mercedes and BMW's, very popular with middle class Thais.

 

• Hollywood Disco (South Pattaya Road) A typical Thai discotheque where locals and tourists meet. Popular with the gay community.

 

• Lucifer Disko (Walking Street) Sinful, sweaty hip hop fun. The big main room with underground cave d้cor, stalactites and devil faces resembles hell. However, if you like live hip hop blasting from speakers bigger than many of the girls who flock here, this might just be heaven. Double charging for westerners (drinks), but free entry.

 

• Marine Disco (Walking Street) An old established disco from way back. Heats up about 1am. Several other 'Marine Discos'operate inside Marine Plaza on Walking Street, open until 05:00 or 06:00.

 

• Tonys Entertainment Complex (Walking Street) A famous and rather flashy albino discotheque 'everything from walls and stools to sofas is white. Tourists and off-duty bar girls cavort to live rock, pop and hip-hop, alongside DJs. However, plus points like free entry and very attentive service are cancelled out by very expensive drinks bills 'they double charge foreigners (beers around 150 baht).

 

• X-Zyte (373/41 Moo 9, Third Road) More an arena than a nightclub. Its vast dark interior features a giant stage with huge screens on either side. Flamboyant stage spectaculars, live Thai songs and pyrotechnics later make way for coyote girl dancers, a few boys, and DJ spun hip-hop and hits. Popular with sleaze-free locals so save your “how much?'pick-up line for Walking Street. Entry fee is 300 baht and includes a drink.

 

 

Ladyboy Cabaret

 

Pattaya Beach's cabaret shows offer harmless and exotic entertainment suitable for the whole family. Expect over-the-top costumes, opulent sets and buxom bosoms that defy gravity.

 

Tiffanys (464 Moo 9, Second Road)

A Pattaya institution and must-see suitable for all ages. With over 30 years of lip pouting, eyelash fluttering and hip swiveling under its garter, this is Southeast Asia's oldest, and perhaps most opulent, ladyboy cabaret. Performances at 18:00, 19:30 and 21:00 each night take place inside a palatial 1,000-seat theatre as dazzling as the show (Book tickets here or read our review).

 

Alcazar (Second Road)

Beautiful transsexuals mime old and new favourites, deliver comic impersonations and dramatic skits while dressed in glitzy outfits. Tourists by the busload. (Book tickets here).

 

Malibu (Second Road, corner of Soi 13)

A low-key, open-air ladyboy cabaret nestled amidst a cluster of beer bars on Second Road. No entry fee, just roll up and order a beer.

 

 

Pubs and Live Music

 

If you do not like wild nightlife is just not you, maybe some traditional entertainments are suit for you.

 

Pub Culture

Here are some recommended pubs which offer offer a comfy home-style mix of pub grub, draught beers, easy listening music, sports TV and friendly people. Some of them have pool tables, good beer and cozy atmosphere.

-          Kilkennys (Walking Street)

-          Rosie O'Grady'’s (Soi 7)

-          Jamesons (80/146 Moo 9, Soi Sukrudee)

-          Shenanigans (next to Marriott Resort & Spa, 218 Second Road)

-          Gullivers (Beach Road)

-          The Pig and Whistle (Soi 7)

-           Hard Rock Caf้ (429 Beach Road

-          Green Tree (436 Second Road

-           Hopf Brew House (219 Beach Road)

-          The Blues Factory (Soi Lucky Star, Walking Street)

-          Bamboo Bar (South Pattaya Road, near the junction with Walking Street)

-          Moon River Pub (179/168 North Road)

-          Jazz Pit (255 Soi 5

 

Gay Nightlife

 

Pattaya offer lively boys who can make your whole night happy. The popular places Gay bars and go go are;

 

-          Boyz Town (Soi Pattayaland 1 & 3 and Soi 13/4)

-          Throb/Splash (325 Pattayaland 3).

 

The highlight is a well-tone guys with a very tight pants. And a lovely dancing from them.