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Thappraya Road

Renamed to Pilgrim's Restaurant and then closed

Thappraya Road
(Near corner with Pratamnak)

Beer bar said to be a good possibility for lesbians. Closed in August 2009.

Pratamnak Road: Soi 6

Bar and Restaurant

306/89 Thappraya Road
Chateau Dale Plaza (between Pattaya and Jomtien)

Lounge bar and restaurant. Expensive looking bar nestling in amongst the expensive looking restaurants. Previously Cuvee Lounge. Closed by mid 2008.

Thappraya Road Soi 15 (Soi Norway)

Beer bar

Beer bar

Shophouse bar

3rd Road
Corner Pattaya Tai

Bar noted as a favourite

Beer and short time bar opened in autumn 2008. Keep an eye out for your change.

  From Pattaya-Live, August 2009: Latest Impressions

Not so high quality ladies these days.

  From Pattaya-Addicts, Sept 2008: First Impressions

Good looking bar with high quality ladies but they are asking top dollar and may be out of place in a fairly remote soi.

  From Chicaboom, Sept 2008: Plans

The plan is to do a quality British breakfast from 8.00 am and also offer good food throughout the day.

Midday we have at least 8 ladies all dressed in uniform eg  nurse, secretary etc, these girls will dance, serve and be very willing hosts to our clientel.

Short time rooms are available and we think it will become a good funtime place to spend the afternoon.

Nice seating area outside if you fancy a quiet beer. Evenings will be very much the same same with more stunning hosts and we may try some live music.

All major sporting events will be shown on our 3 lcd screens and to stand out from the crowd we have a 10 foot long hdi projector with all the surround etc , giving out an awesome experience.

Thappraya Road

Bar & Restaurant which originally didn't last long and closed by Aug 2007. However it has now re-opened for 2007 winter high season.

Thappraya Road
(At junction with 3rd Road)

Bar & guesthouse

Country Road

3rd Road
(near Thappraya Road)

The PTK Band plays from Mon-Sat: 9pm-1.30am

Large beer bar with music opened in June 2007

  News Oct 2007: P.T.K. Band

The Band name is P.T.K. Band. The bandleader and Guitarist is Phuk.

The Band previously played at Country Road II, Soi 19 in Bangkok but relocated to Pattaya in June 2007

Thappraya Road
(at the junction of Pratamnak)

Open beer bar

  Review April 2010: Door Bait

On of those crap bars where the token pretty girl on the door escorts you in and then vanishes as soon as your order has been taken.

The only entertainment on offer was a TV showing Thai soaps and music that is older than I am...and I am old already.

Bottled beer was a waste of money at 75 Baht.

Cuvee Lounge

306/89 Thappraya Road
Chateau Dale Plaza (between Pattaya and Jomtien)

Lounge bar and restaurant. Expensive looking bar nestling in amongst the expensive looking restaurants. Has now become Blues Sports Bar and Grill, see above

Pratamnak Road: Soi 4

Beer bar. Very small, Thai style

Diamond Bar

Pratamnak Road: Soi 4

Beer bar

Noon - Midnight

website

Short time bar previously the Harley Pub

  From Pattaya-Live, August 2009: Latest Impressions

Not so high quality ladies these days.

  Review from Pattaya Secrets, Feb 2007: All Veterans

This used to have some lovelies but sadly disappointed... Around 8-10 girls... all veterans... Had a chat with two of them... very funny and pleasant... but about as sexually stimulating as Mrs Doubtfire... They admitted most of the ''sexy'' girls had gone away with farang or gone home already....

  Jan 2005:

The Harley bar is big. It looks like an old fashioned Western themed bar you might see in Arizona. They have 3 or 4 pool tables in the back. If you decide to take a girl, there is a 150 baht bar fine and 200 baht for a ST room in the hotel. The rooms are nice since it is a relatively new hotel. Red silk sheets.

I asked the girl how much and she asked me why I was asking and then quoted 1000 Baht (going rate is 700). They had some good looking girls though

  July 2004:

Suffered the uninvited and ego sapping attractions of the oldest woman in the bar who would not go away even when given the cold shoulder treatment. Only option is to leave. Why on earth do the managers allow this to happen. Never again...even though it is my local short time bar.

Elephant Bar

Pratamnak Road: Soi 4

Restaurant & bar. Restricted to seasonal opening in 2009

 Review Nov 2008: Motorway Service Station Style

I am occasional visitor to Soi 4. My last intended visit was curtailed when my mate said it looks more like a motorway service station than a bar or Thai restaurant so we ended up in the more traditionally Thai Cabbages and Condoms next door.

The latest time I stayed for a couple of drinks. For the cost conscience the bar does a perfectly good draft beer for 45 Baht in a decent sized glass so no probs there.

But really the bar no longer looks or feels like a bar any more, just a rather large eaterie.

  Review May 2008: Restaurant Prices

The food has always been pretty good, never been the cheapest, but decent enough quality and large portions and again my Beef hot pot didn't let me down, no complaints what so ever with the food.

Now the drink prices. They must have doubled the prices, a can of coke 60 baht and a bottle of Singha now selling at 95 baht. Doesn't even have air con.

  News Jan 2008: Restaurant Expansion

The bar area is now completely restaurant seating. Unfortunately it looks a little like motorway service area seating. There is a live band though, to up the stakes.

  News Aug 2007: More Works

The builders are in. The bar is being extended down one side. It looks like an auditorium like affair is being built in the bar area at the back

  News July 2006: Elephant A-GoGo

The bar has installed facilities for GoGo dancing. Reportedly open already but I haven't seen any reviews yet.

Free Drop Bar

Pratamnak Road: Soi 4

Beer bar

  From David, March 2006: Why Not Drop In

A nicely made and appointed bar/restaurant managed by a pleasant Irishman. Draught Kilkenny, Heiniken and Cider.

On two floors with two pool tables on the second floor. The toilet is also up there - a steep staircase - so go easy on the canned Guinness. Also has golfing connections, internet room and free book swap.

Pleasant, quiet location with the right prices for food and drink.

Freeway

Pratamnak Road

Freeway closed in the summer of 2007, now The Stork Club

Beer bar

Pattaya Tai (Pattaya South Road): Soi Day Night

Cafe, bar, beer garden & bakery

Harley Pub

Theprassit Soi 8

Renamed Eden Bar, see above

Hippo Bar

Pattaya Soi 2

Hippo Bar is the standard hotel bar & restaurant inside the Welkom Inn. Of more interest is the short time bar associated with the same hotel and that is listed under Welkom Inn below

Hollywood Discotheque

Soi Phet Trakun

Night club popular with the gay community. Closed n Pattaya Tai and relocated to Soi Phet Trakun in North Pattaya.

  From Pattaya City News, Oct 2006: Blazing Hollywood Entrance

In May of 2004 a fire engulfed the entrance of Hollywood Discotheque located in South Pattaya. A problem with the exterior lighting was blamed for the fire which luckily resulted in no deaths or major injures.

In October 2006 it happened again as the entire entrance to the club was engulfed in flames. The fire occurred at around  as staff were arriving for work. There were no customers inside the club and once again, no injuries or deaths were reported.

Firefighters were quickly on scene and once again found it difficult to gain access to the fire because of the location of the club and the narrowness of the access roads. Eventually the fire was brought under control and the damage was accessed and the cause of the fire was put down to an electric short circuit.

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Ibiza

Pratamnak Road
(near junction with Thappraya road)

Disco In the previous re-incarnation this night spot was noted for being the one that boogie through dawn.

  News July 2007: Dark

It seems that the latest incarnation was not a success and the venue is once again dark. Strangely resonating with bar closure problems on the Spanish island of the same name.

Jade Club

Thappraya Road: Soi Jomtien Nivate

1pm-8pm

Short time bar in an attractive garden/swimming pool setting

  Review from Pattaya Secrets, April 2010: Still Good

Still good compliments for the BBQ garden, pool and the rooms. Mentioned that the all in price was 1000 Baht.

  Review from Pattaya Secrets, Feb 2009: Thumbs Up

The quality of the girls has improved since last year. They still charge 200bt to cover the BBQ, but you can recover this through your bar bill if you chose not to eat.

The ST activity costs 1000bt and barfine-room costs 300bt not a bad way to spend a Wednesday afternoon, got to give it the thumbs up

  Review May 2008: Oldies

The bar seemed to be in a party mood but the girls were enjoying their own company. An old and unattractive lady attached herself to me so I shooed her away. When another oldie joined me as a replacement, I figured it was time to be off

  News Feb 2007: Expensive

The bar seems to have dropped out of favour a little as the girls now ask for 700 Baht + 300 for the room. The Wednesday afternoon BBQ is free for anyone who buys a drinks ticket for 200 Baht. Drinks prices are reasonable at 60 Baht for a bottled beer.

  Review from Pattaya Addicts May 2008: Dark Bar

Daily action in a bar with a dark and dingy room with a few chrome poles and anywhere from 15 to 30 ladies working daily. Beer is reasonable and its a decent place to hang out. best day to go is Wednesday where for 300 Baht you get a free drink and an all you eat barbecue for your baht, the sausages are the best I've tasted outside of Lincolnshire.

Some nice girls and there are short time rooms in a block alongside a swimming pool, 300 Baht for rooms and 1000bt for ladies ST.

2nd Road: Soi 17

Bar closed by November 2006

Kinnaree Place

389/110 Moo 12
Pratamnak Road: Soi connecting mid Soi 4 to Soi 5

Afternoons to 9pm

Afternoon short time bar billed as a gentleman's club. Closed as Kinnaree Palace in summer 2009. Re-opened in march 2010 under new management and a slightly new name.

300 Baht for room, 1000 Baht for girl. Beers at 75-85 Baht, Thai spirits at 70 Baht. Beware of expensive Lady Tequilas at 140 Baht but normal lady drinks are 100 Baht.

Complimentary arbecue and entertainment on Saturday afternoons.

  Review April 2010: Suay

Kinnaree is a luxury afternoon hideaway and short time bar.

The new owners have made a very wise upgrade by installing aircon in the main bar area. Plenty of good quality seating and excellent decor make this just about the most luxurious looking bar in Pattaya. There is a show area for Saturday afternoons that looks fun.

There were plenty of girls on hand of which a few were attractive.

The drinks were inexpensive with a bottled beer at 75 baht and a lady drink at 100 Baht.

All in all a great place for a drink with your mates.

I was not quite so convinced by the short time aspects of the bar though. The girl who latched onto me was a rather hardened freelancer who spoke about the similarly appointed Stork Club closing as customers dwindled away. Perhaps this bar will go the same if they allow oldie freelancers to dictate customer care.

I think that hostess bars in general need to find a good way for customers to dictate terms, and to be able to select girls rather than vice versa. After all that's what GoGo's and Soi 6 bars basically do and they work just fine.

At the moment the girls seem to be in the driving seat, and can ignore customers, or move on to others at their own discretion. Fair enough really, but someone has got to think about trying to get customers to keep coming back another day.

The Lion Pub

3rd Road Soi 17
(half way to Theprassit Road)

Short time bar

  October 2005:

The way this bar is run is weird even by Thai/Pattaya standards. The attention you get seems to depend on whether the boss is in the bar when you drop in. No boss there today so the only entertainment I had was scratching my balls on an otherwise empty plastic sofa and gawking at a muted TV. The ten or so girls present were chatting among themselves, smoking and mobiling.

  September 2005:

Some attractive, well built and friendly girls. Their ST room/shower is the best I have seen in a long, long while.

  2004:

A lot of fun on a party night. About 20 mostly attractive girls keep the customers entertained by party games and dancing.

Perhaps they spend too much time entertaining and not quite enough chatting with the customers.

On a subsequent non-party night I was treated like a leper.

Center Condo
Pattaya Tai

Beer bar

  January 2006:

Popular with residents and visitors alike.

Pattaya 3rd Road (near junction with Soi 17)

Thai style outdoor bar & restaurant with live music didn't last long in 2006. Also notable as the location of my wedding reception.

Pattaya Tai (junction with Soi 24)

Beer bar closed on last walk past in June 2009

Manhattans Steakhouse

482/1-4 Thappraya Road

081 293 0490

Restaurant

  Review from Thai Visa, Dec 2006: World Class Expensive

The deco and atmosphere was fantastic. A real classy feel to the place. A pre-dinner cocktail was 415 Baht (menu price 350 Baht + 10% service and 7% tax).

Starters from 415 Baht
Steaks starting at 1750 Baht (+ vegetable side orders at 110 Baht each)

The meal was very good, but no better than the Mata Hari, Posidon or Queens all within a small distance of this Manhattans.

  Review from Thai Visa, Dec 2006: US Prices

I've had nothing but good reports from my friends who have dined here. It's been my experience that quality steakhouse restaurants are not available in Pattaya and that includes the ones mentioned above. My friends report that some of the side a la carte dishes are nothing special and can be avoided if you want to cut-corners on the tab.

The prices are equivalent to a good quality steakhouse here in the U.S. (not that bad considering cost to import quality beef).

Mini Golf Pub

Thappraya Road
(near junction with 3rd road)

Restaurant with mini golf course

  January 2006:

Belgian run. The mini golf course has become very shabby over the last few years due to lack of maintenance. The expensive menu has remained. I would guess it will be up for sale and the site redeveloped soon. Shame as there are not many minigolf courses (not tried Nova Lodge yet). Cost of a round is 100 Baht/person. Putter, scorecard and pencils included.

Thappraya Road

Beer bar

Thappraya Road
Pattaya

Bar & Restaurant

OK Corral Saloon & Pub

Soi Rungland
(near junction of 3rd Road and Pattaya Tai)

www.okbarpattaya.com

Beer bar with pub grub. Organises golf tournaments

  From OK Corral, Sep 2007: Daily Schedule

OK Corral is run by long time Pattaya bar owner Denis offering beautiful clean air con rooms.

• Golf days: Tues, Thurs and Sunday
• Darts: Fri
• Pool match: Mon
• Quiz: Sun and Wed,

Oxybar

Thepprasit
(Opposite Soi 17)

www.oxybar.asia

Oxygen Bar

  From Oxybar, April 2009: 92% Oxygen

You can breathe in nearly pure oxygen at the same time you enjoy a drink and breathe in the hi-tech atmosphere.

Oxygen Party bar employs oxygen concentrators that provide up to 92% oxygen mixed with 8 different aromas. The benefits of oxygen are: Heightened concentration, alertness and memory. It gives you more energy as 90% of your energy comes from oxygen and only 10% from food and water. Oxygen is vital to your immune system, memory, thinking and sight; and it promotes healing and counters aging.

PaPa's Place

Pratamnak Road
(near junction with Thappraya road)

Beer bar

Pee Tuu Bar

Pratamnak Road
(near junction with Thappraya road)

Beer bar

Thappraya Road

Bar & Restaurant opened around the beginning of 2007 but quickly closed

Pratamnak Road: Soi 4

Beer bar

Thappraya Road
(Near Theprassit)

Beer bar opened in 2010

Soi 17
(Between Red Lion and Caddy Shack)

Aircon bar opened in January 2009

  From Rhapsody, Jan 2009:

We have big screen TV for sports, new pool table, air con, the bar is for guys who like to chill enjoy sport (football or what ever your choice), shoot a few frames of pool or just have fun with the ladies, up to you. Happy hour 12noon - 6pm San Mig/ Heiniken 55bt, Singa/Leo/ Chang 45bt.

Rioja

soi maeauen 2/7
which is about 2 kms down thepprasit Soi 7

Daytime gentlemen's club along the links of Kinnaree. Luxurious Spanish themed decor and decent drinks prices with a few girls on hand.

  Prices from Pattaya Secrets, June 2010

Room 350, ST 1000. Lady drinks 100 Baht. However there were reports of girls asking 1500-2000 ST.

Theprassit: Soi 10

October 2005:

I paid a few visits when it was my most local farang bar. Friendly enough but not really a bar to pick up a girl.

Generally quiet but there were always tales of a lively time on the night before my visits.

Thappraya Road

Restaurant & bar

Theprassit: Soi 10

From noon

www.secret-motions.com

Bondage, fetish and S&M club opened in April 2009

Thappraya Road

Shoot Pool Sports Pub

Central Condo
Pattaya Tai (Pattaya South Road)

Nov-March: from midday
April-Oct: from 5pm

Tel: 0878 340028

Aircon pool hall and sports bar

  From Shoot Pool, Sep 2007: Pool Hall

Shoot Pool is an air con pool hall and sports bar (hassle free families welcome) with top quality imported wiraka pool tables and large screen for all the major sporting events.

Beer prices are from 45 baht and believe that our prices are very reasonable for an air con bar.

We have a good clientele of expats and holiday makers that keep coming back.

Soho Bar

Thappraya Road (Pattaya end opposite Mini Golf Pub)

From 5pm

Short time bar opened 13th March 2007.

  Review from Pattaya Addicts Jan 2008: Chilled

A small bar on the corner, a beer bar with seats inside and out, dark inside with memorabilia scattered around the wall.

It can get a bit cramped, as it only hold about 20 people, but there are around 10 or so girls working daily, of variable quality.

Beer is reasonable and its a chilled place to hang out.

  Review from Pattaya Secrets, June 2007: Good Atmosphere

Some very nice girls, usually 4-6 on duty. Drinks are cheap, the atmosphere good and girls friendly. The music is good. Room/barfines are 300 with 700 short time.

I think it's well worth a visit and plan to go back again soon.

  Review March 2007: Soho Walk Up?

Good to see a new short time bar opening in an area of town without so many bars.

From a UK slant, the name Soho, does little for me except conjure up an image of clip joints and establishments best avoided.

Still I braved the prejudice and found a pretty standard beer bar layout with bar stools rather than the far more inviting sofa affairs. The bar is long and narrow and decorated with many pictures from London.

The bar could do with a little privacy perhaps by closing the main door. But then again, as there is no air con, then perhaps it would get unpleasantly hot.

Even after chatting for a while I found it a little hard to believe that short time was the aim of the bar. None of the girls chatting to customers appeared to be getting down to anything very sexy. In fact the girl chatting to me was hardly what you could call attentive or enticing.

Other little things to iron out were that the music was a little loud and that the best looking girls were baggsed by the owner and friends. There were plenty of girls to go around though.

Bottled beer was reasonable at 65 Baht, soft drinks were 50 Baht & lady drinks 105 Baht. There is also Tiger draft beer. I didn't ask about the short time prices as didn't want to give my inattentive drinking partner false hope.

Still early days but I rather suspect that the hardened short timers will stick with the more discreet and comfortable Jade Club just up the road.

My drinking friend did make one good point: Do you know any short time bars on a main road? Made me ponder a while but there is the Buffalo bar on 3rd Road, albeit set back a bit.

Pratamnak Road: Soi 5

Massage, bar & salon

Star Meeting Point

Pratamnak Road

 Star Meeting Point

Now The Stork Club see below

Stork Club

Pratamnak Road
(on the Pattaya side incline)

Hostess bar opened in March 2009. The venue was previously Freeway, then Star Meeting Point and then back to Freeway. Closed in 2010

Summer Bar

Thappraya Road

Beer bar proved short lived and closed in May 2006

Tigglebitties Tavern

584/38 Moo 10 3rd Road: Soi 17
(a third of the way to Theprassit Road)

Tel 038 427101

www.tigglebittiestavern.com

Beer bar opened in autumn 2006

  Review from Thai Visa, May 2010: Good Food

55 Baht San Miguel, 60 Baht Spirits, 80 Baht lady drink.

They also have some really good food. The best American breakfast in town.

  Review from Pattaya-Live, August 2009: Very Nice Bar

Impressed by the design and comfort, its a very nice bar .

Had a few and we were well looked after by the staff of about 12, mostly decent lookers.

  Review April 2007: Pirates & Bras

Tigglebitties is a large beer bar with plenty of stools at the bar and and plenty more dotted around the many tables and dancing poles.

The decor is naval and pirates complete with hanging bras, presumably the pirates booty. The bar is only partially enclosed from the street so there is no feeling of privacy.

There were several girls on hand, of which a couple were attractive. But they did not make the slightest effort to get any better acquainted beyond what would you like to drink?

Pleasant enough but surely a little disappointing to those reading the promotional material. This suggests that the bar sees itself as The Buffalo Bar but better.

Thappraya Road: Soi 12 (soi Pattaya Park)

Bar & restaurant that briefly opened in Spring 2007 when the soi was well used by Russian tourists staying at Pattaya Park Hotel. The Russians now seem to have deserted so the bar closed.

Beer bar

Soi Day Night
(off Pattaya Tai)

Bar & restaurant. Finnish restaurant with noted chef

Now closed

Bali Hai Entertainment Plaza
(just south of Walking Street)

Japanese venue opened in Autumn 2008

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Pattaya Soi 18

Disco

 Review from Pattaya Secrets, Jan 2007: Nice Looking

I decided to check out the Yensabai Marine disco in the Yensabai Marine Mansion this morning around 4:15am. I walk in to a very nice building, went up one floor where I was greeted buy two cuties. One escorted me into the disco. There are like five people in the place. It's a huge nice looking room but no customers.

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Notes

Pattaya bars most likely to be listed are those that occupy a permanent looking standalone building. Beer bars in complexes will not be listed unless mentioned in dispatches. Gay/Thai/Karaoke bars are not listed due to a lack of expertise in those areas. Gogo bars are listed on a separate page. I have added food reviews but this is not a comprehensive service. I will only list eateries where people have submitted comments

The following reviews are those that I come across on the web, in guide books, from contributors and of course from my own visits. Reviewers may be unreasonably harsh and bar owners may present a rosy picture of their bars...so don't take everything at face value...go and see for yourself. Click on the street name to obtain a map of the bar area.

And a couple of words of warning:

• In short time rooms...keep an eye on your wallet to ensure that it stays with you long time.

• To those with Thai wives, be aware of the motor cycle taxi network used to keep tabs on errant husbands.

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Takeaway Prices

July 2007:  Short Time Edging Up

From Pattaya Secrets and tallies with my own observations

• Dancing Girl ... ST 1000 / LT 2000 (assuming good performance). I would suggest that you should be willing to add an extra 500 to the GoGo fee if you get stuck on a model class girl and you find yourself unable to say no.
• Beer Bar Girl ... ST 500 / LT 1000 (quickie) to ST 700 / LT 1500 (for an entire evening of effort)
• Street Freelancer ... ST 500 / LT 1000 (no questions, no exceptions)
• Short Time Bar Girl... Traditionally ST 500 with 250 for the room (+ small tip for good service) but now edging up to ST 700 and 300 for the room

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