Thailand Nightlife - Pattaya
Pattaya's nightlife is a modern, sometimes unsightly tapestry of the wild and debauched. The turnover of pubs, beer-bars, discos and go-go bars is phenomenal, almost as frequent as the coming and going of tourists. Therefore, we won't even try to attempt an accurate record. Instead, here is a general overview of what you can find in Pattaya and where. Go-Go Bars, Beer Bars, Discos and Gay Nightlife.
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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. Most are 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) and Super Baby (Soi Diamond). 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 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 open-plan corrugated sheds, each comprised of little more than a few stools and raised speakers assembled round a rather plain 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 50 baht. Each establishment employs numerous hostesses to lure you in, serve you drinks and flirt with you. Be warned, their mission is If the conversation is a little stilted, and their seductive strokes don't smooth things along, they'll try connecting with you on another level. With a game of Connect 4 or Jenga. As with go-go girls, for a fee you can relieve a girl of her duties (usually a smaller fee), after which you both settle on a price and place. If you have no intention of picking up, most will happily just chat with you, but you'll be expected to drink more than water. 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. Many commence dispensing their irritating-to-some, irresistible-to-others mix of cheap beers and shouts of “Hello handsome man" long before midday, though many of the girls don't look so good in daylight. In addition to beer bars, Soi 6 (also known as Soi Yodsak) is also renowned for its many "Short Time Bars", if you know what mean.
Disco's In Pattaya's discos, no one can hear you scream . The music's too DAMN 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 View Image - Walking Street, next door to Lucifer Disko Differ View Image - North Pattya, behind Big C superstore on Second Road Hollywood Disco View Image - South Pattaya Road Lucifer Disko View Image - Walking Street Marine Disco View Image - Walking Street X-Zyte View Image - 373/41 Moo 9, Third Road
Gay Bars Pattaya Beach ensures muscle boys, bikers and boy toys are kept happy. Gay-only bars and go-go bars are centred around "Boyz Town" (Soi Pattayaland 1 & 3 and Soi 13/4). Highlights along these busy, noisy, neon-lit streets include Throb/Splash (325 Pattayaland 3). In addition to being a conventional go-go bar, this also has a fish tank in which well-toned guys glide and dive gracefully through the water in very tight pants. After that there's a storming cabaret show. Sunee Plaza is just off the strip, quieter and more private.
Walking Street Generally speaking, most nightlife action geared towards tourists is found in South Pattaya, with the densest concentration Walking Street truly offers something for everyone and to suit every taste, even bars full of lady boys for those that way inclined. Add to the mix the street stalls, souvenir shops, street entertainers and you can understand why it is Pattaya's number one tourist attraction. As with the whole of Pattaya open air beer bars and complexes abound but as of February 2008 there were over 50 enclosed air conditioned bars to allow you to cool down even if they do mean you cannot sit and watch the circus come to town. |
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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 would like to spend some time with her outside of the bar, 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.
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of bars, go-go bars, massage parlours and discos along the famous neon-drenched strip known as Walking Street. 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 and armies of girls so friendly that even shy guys can confidently get cozy.
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