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.

If anyone would like to add a review or information please email Dave at webmaster@pattayagogos.com

Updated June 2009 with 77 bars listed as operating GoGos with girls dancing in bikinis or less

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19-69 Club

Naklua Road

Renamed from Kittens, closed summer 2006

Soi Pattayaland 1

Closed, now Sawadee Boys

A

All Girls

Soi Pattayaland 2

Closed in 2007. Now Popcorn but that is closed too

Closed.

B

Bentley's

2nd Road

 Bentley's

Opened in October 2005 with Pool & GoGo, By Sept 2006, that bar had reverted to a pool hall. Entry now moved to bar reviews page

Betty Boum

Pattaya Soi 13/3 (Soi Pattayaland 1)

A new GoGo for the new year of 2009. The venue was previously Spicy Girls A-GoGo which relocated to Soi 13/2.

Apr 09 Key							Takeaway: Room:
£1.30
	65	99	90	2 for 1 on Thai whisky 120

  Review Feb 2009: 100 Baht Bottled

The bar has reduced their drinks prices But not by quite enough to tempt me. There is no draft beer but bottled beer has been reduced by 10 Baht to 100. There is a 2 for 1 offer on Thai spirits too.

There were also a few more dancers in the mid range between First and Las Vegas. The dancers were again bikini clad and seemed generally demure. The bar looks very smart but 100 Baht bottled beer is not really good value for the entertainment.

  Review Jan 2009: Ambitious

Interesting how this bar got its name, given that it is one letter away from the Soi 6 gogo Betty Boup which in itself is not exactly a common name for a bar.

The single unit bar is nicely decorated with a central stage, bench seating on one side and stools on the other. The owners have even invested in an upper gantry stage accessed by rather a difficult looking ladder. Lets hope the upper tier ladies don't get too mao.

No such danger at the moment, the bar is well understaffed with just 5 dancers and a couple of hostesses. There were 2 or 3 dancers on stage wearing a rather unrevealing bikini. The dancers were attractive, one particularly so.

The bar has a DJ and some lighting bits and pieces to match.

The bar looks pretty ambitious and as drinks to match its ambition rather than its reality. There is no draft beer and bottled beer is rather high at 110 Baht.

For the moment the entertainment is simply not worth it. But at least there are signs of ambition that they may one day justify the high end prices. In the meantime they need a few more girls wearing a few less clothes and sporting a few less inhibitions in customer relations.

Betty Boup Dance Club

Pattaya Soi 6 (Soi Yodsak)
(Beach Road end)

Dancing from 3pm

A surprisingly traditional gogo bar where you don't have to select a girl before entering. Converted to gogo on October 1st 2006

Nov 08 Key						Takeaway: 700 Room: 300 All in package: 1000
Pint £1.30
	55	90-95	75	85-125	100

  Review April 2009: Nearly Traditional

The bar is still going strong providing a venue on Soi 6 where you can go in without selecting a girl out front. Especially good on those days when there doesn't seem anyone who quite fits the bill, but you really would like a cold beer.

Betty Boup is more or less a traditional gogo except that maybe the girls are angling for short time rather than long time.

There are generally 4 or 5 girls on the stage in gogo skirts and bikini top. The girls have recently proved forgetful in terms of knickers.

The beer and drinks are priced at a friendly level.

So given that most of the gogo elements are good, and that the girls can be quite hands on, fun should be assured. But in reality it is very much up to how you click with the girl on your lap. Some girls can be a bit pushy and some can give up a bit quick if a rapid short time is not on the cards. But somehow that is the Soi 6 rub. One simply has to enjoy the moment and if it doesn't work, then you can look forward to the next try.

  Review Nov 2008: End of the Run

Betty Boup does me proud as somewhere to pull up for a beer, should no-one else attract my attention when running the Soi 6 gauntlet.

But somehow it rarely captures me to stay for very long. The bar seems jam packed with pretty girls, but somehow they always find a few oldies to offer to 'take care' of me.

If you don't succeed in finding a suitable girl to 'take care' then the entertainment is pretty minimal. Just 4 or 5 girls shuffling and overdressed in bikinis.

The bar is basically sound, the drinks are reasonable and there isn't any undue hassle. If only the pretty girls would jump on my lap, then I would think it was the best bar in North Pattaya.

  Review March 2008: Wide Range of Girls

Betty Boup always seems to have a fair few customers so it must be doing something right.

The bar is basically a short time bar. But the method of selecting a girl is far superior to the Soi 6 norm of momentary glance as you walk past. At Betty Boup you can relax a little before making up your mind. You can have a drink and a look around with out committing. And even watch the dancing.

The girls are generally fun on your lap, but of course are pretty quick to suggest retiring upstairs.

There's a wide range of girls in the bar, both in looks and outlook.

I've had a very mixed bag of good times and not so good in the bar but it is always worth a return visit.

  Review July 2007: Lady Drink Hassle

In the interests of balance, the bar was discussed on the Pattaya forums and the consensus was that there are way too many pushy ladies in the bar. As I know at least one very pushy girl who fits the bill, then I feel this should be recorded.

  Review June 2007: Couch Dancing

The mix of gogo and short time seems to be working well and the bar is now very popular.

Popularity always brings in the girls so there must now be about 30 girls at the bar. And of course there are a fair few that are well pretty.

The dancing on stage is pretty coy and bikinis are the rule, although a little audience encourage may shed a few inhibitions. The girl dance for a reasonably short stint of 3 or 4 songs. Sometimes, maybe when there are enough girls, those with lady drinks get excused dancing.

The real selling point of course is the soi 6 couch dancing. Plenty of intimate fun for all.

My only quibble to date is the one of the girls gets the Thai Anxiety award for the most unreasonable lady drink hassle in all of Pattaya.

    Review Oct 2006: Prim & Proper

This is a pleasantly presented bar that is operated like a small Walking Street GoGo rather than the half way gogos, Kiss Kool & Mandarin.

In particular the girls are dotted about the bar rather than waiting outside for pick up as per the soi 6 norm.

There were a dozen girls in the bar of which 4 were dancing a 4 song stint. It is all a bit prim and proper with all girls being clad in skirt, knickers and a bikini top. There were a couple of large ladies but a couple of attractive girls too.

Comfortable bench seating is the norm but there are stools surrounding the central stage. The music is for oldie farangs but the girls did enjoy a selection of Thai songs.

The girls were also being a bit prim when entertaining customers with not much sign of the customary soi 6 diddling. Of course short time rooms are convenient though.

I had a pleasant hour there and had the impression that I may have departed before the fun starts. Someone had just presented the girls with a bottle of Sang Som. The bar has the good policy of excusing girls dancing duty when being plied with lady drinks.

The drinks prices are clearly set out on a menu on each table.

Blue Angel A-GoGo

Pattaya Soi 7
(near 2nd Road)

Small gogo bar opened in June 2007. Sold and renamed at the beginning of 2008 to Sexy A-GoGo see below

The Blue Lagoon A-GoGo

Centre Condo, Pattaya Tai

Opened in February 2006. Changed hands and became Wet 'n' Wild A-GoGo in May 2007. Note that the name has now been transferred to the Beach Road venue

Blue Lagoon A-GoGo

Best Friend Complex
Beach Road (between Royal Garden Plaza & Soi Pattayaland)

From 2pm

Opened Jan 2007. Recently enlivened with Jacuzzi shows and naked table dancing. Billed as a Bikini Fun Pub, then Blue Lagoon 2 but eventually named itself as if the original Blue Lagoon A-GoGo

Oct 08 Key							Takeaway: 600 All in: 1500
Pint £1.20
	50-70	60-105		80		100

  Review April 2009: Water Fun

The bar is beginning to grow on me as I usually find a few pretty girls happy to spend a few drinks with. It is a bar that is quite hands on but not entirely. It is down to the girl what sort of interaction is in order.

The bar has a team of dancers on quite a long circuit of the central stage and then a couple of songs on one of the table dancing stages. There are usually more girls hostessing than dancing which is good in my books.

There is also a team of showgirls who play in the Jacuzzi, two at a time. They can be quite naughty and there are stools by the side for customers who like to take a close look.

There are good prices on drinks.

I've had a couple of issues with service girls being a bit hasty and pushy to get lady drinks in. But on the whole the service is fine.

  News Dec 2008: Refit

In anticipation of a busy high season, the Blue Lagoon A-GoGo has replace a significant amount of bench seating with stools. The benches along the long walls have now gone but rather counter to usual practise there are still stage side benches.

  Review Nov 2008: Water Features

The bar puts most of the factors in place to make for a good bar. There is cheap beer, some pretty girls and a mixture of entertainments such as a Jacuzzi.

Perhaps the location is just a little too far back to make for a very popular gogo, but I have enjoyed a few visits to the bar.

About 4 girls dance on the central stage, 2 more on side stages and another 2 or 3 continually soap themselves in the 2 Jacuzzis. This takes up about half the girls on duty which is about ok.

I think the bar is trying for afternoon opening but that is based on a conversation with little shared language ability.

  Review Feb 2008: A Change of Door

Since I last visited the door has switched from being on the right hand side looking from the beach to the left hand side. It seems a pretty extensive change for very little effect on the bar.

The bar seemed to have lost a little of the recent lively upswing but maybe it was just unlucky timing. My regular girls had moved on to pastures new but the potential replacements were a bit underwhelming for me. But still they were friendly enough and the beer is still cheap.

If a pretty girl were to jump into my lap then this bar would surely rate as a good bar. But as there were no girls so obliging, then it rates as one worth a quick look next time.

  Review Oct 2007: Enlivened

The bar seems to have improved of late with the addition of  a Jacuzzi show, stage shows and some naked table dancing in the corners.

And indeed this was accompanied by an improvement in customer numbers. And whenever customers turn up then so do a few pretty girls.

In fact a  couple of show girls showed up for a chat and they proved to be amenable company.

For the sake of 40 Baht for a draft Chang (other drafts are available at 60 Baht), then the bar provides very good value for money. It is just a bit of a pity that bar hasn't got enough cash left over to pay for lights. Some of the shows are so dark as to be near pointless.

  Review by polleke, Oct 2007: Nothing to say

Found myself and 2 other customers inside. There were about a dozen below average girls. 4 of them on stage and 2 in a bathtub doing something I still don't know.

Didn't even finish my beer I think this place doesn't last for more than 6 months as it stays as it is at this moment

  News July 2007: Poor Show

A forum member reported that show girls are not barfineable something you should be aware of before you commit money to lady drinks etc.

Bubbles

Soi Pattayaland 2

Started life as Bubbles and changed its name to Crystal. Crystal Girls closed in Feb 2007 and became Crystal Boys. Planned to re-open in 2008 as Bubbles (with girls) but didn't happen.

C

Champagne A-GoGo

Soi LK Metropole off Soi Diana Inn

Mon-Sat: from 7pm
Sun: from 4pm

www.champagne-a-gogo.com

Opened in August 2005. Nearly all available girls are dancing continuously. Best bet for some female companionship is to chat to a service girl.

British owned. The pool table is free. There is a free Sunday barbecue from 5:00pm.

Free pizza on Wednesday and Friday. From 7pm to 9pm every day some drinks are 2 for 1. A good point is that one gets the second drink after finishing the first,  they don't come together. 2 for 1 does not apply to draft beer though.

May 09 Key							Takeaway: -cannot take coyte before 11pm -800 coyote after 11pm -550 dancer before 1am -350 dancer after 1am Room: Fan 300 + BF Aircon 500 + BF
Pint £1.70
	to 9:00	60	65		2 for 1	120
from 9:00		60	90

  Review March 2009: Poor Ratios

This is gogo that maybe best reviewed by somebody else. I consistently find nothing to keep me amused whilst noting that the bar seems to be quite popular.

I guess the difference is that I like to chat and play with the girls whereas the majority of customers are content to watch.

There are several options for watching, there are overdressed coyote dancers on the side tables and there are a fair few dancers on the main stage generally topless or bikini clad. Perhaps about average as dancing teams go, but that always means there are a few that pass muster. They dance more songs than is comfortable to wait for you (should you be lucky enough to get a girl in the first place)

There are also a couple of show stages that are a little more worth watching.

Thinking about it, for me there really is just one problem with the bar, there are too many girls set to dancing and not enough making an effort for lady drinks and bar fines.

  Review from Materialsman, Nov 2008: Uncle Festus

When we walked in I glanced down to the bottom left, and there was what appeared to be a very large LCD screen showing a sort of British soft porn movie involving an Uncle Festus lookalike cavorting naked in a bathtub with two naked Thai girls and a sex toy fashioned out of pipe lagging, it was only when I got closer I realized that it was actually a live spontaneous show. The reason I had assumed it was British soft porn was the fact that no matter how hard the girls were trying to instill some life into Festers flaccid member, it was to no avail, perhaps he needed ‘Thing’ to give him another helping hand? Actually, I do have some sympathy with the guy, sympathy which he later lost incidentally, as public sex is not for everyone. So we settled in to watch the action on stage, but also with a morbid and perverse curiosity to view what was happening in the shower behind us.

After we had ordered a couple of Heinekens I noticed an LED display saying buy one get one free on bottled beers between 8-9 p.m., sadly we were in there at 9:30, no big deal as I am not a Cheap Charlie, but I thought I should mention it as it is a pretty good deal.

As for the girls on stage, a pretty mixed bunch of perhaps twenty five girls ranging from naked to bikini clad, youngish to fairly grizzled old pros, a lot of the girls seemed bizarrely to be wearing a single stocking, what’s that all about? Perhaps Heather Mills McCartney was having a garage sale of her lingerie collection before she moved out of Paul’s place??

In keeping with the Addams family theme, one of the mamasans, quite a big strong lady, appeared to be a cross between Morticia and Grandmama Addams, quite scary! Whilst the other mamasan was really quite a pleasant looking lady, nice body if I may say so, looked damn good in tight jeans. Whilst enjoying my second beer in there, I can report that luckily the two girls in the shower had finally tired of trying to inspire Uncle Festus into more salacious activities, and they had all returned thankfully fully dressed to the main auditorium, unfortunately Uncle Festus had retained the piece of wet pipe lagging and proceeded to act out his BDSM fantasies by incessantly whipping any naked flesh that come into his view, I know that these toys do not hurt anyway near as much as it sounds like when making good contact with flesh, but the constant repetitive sound of him administering a damn good thrashing to the ladies whilst standing directly next to me hastened our exit, before I was obliged to tale the bloody thing off of him and stuff it right where the sun doesn’t shine! On second thoughts, it was a good job I didn’t do so, he probably would have enjoyed it!

I must also make a mention of one other guy in there, sadly in a wheelchair with a disability, think of Steven Hawkins, yet he was having an absolute whale of a time, swigging beer and Tequilas, he had one of the best looking girls in there keeping him company, plus the mamasans were taking good care of him, and he had a huge grin on his face, good luck to you mate, after all, isn’t it moments like that that make Pattaya such a special place for us all?

  Review June 2008: Building Back Up

The 30 day closure a couple of months ago hit the bar rather hard. Obviously the closure itself hurt but then it was followed by a quiet month whilst the bar gathered back the girls and the customers.

There are now about 15-20 girls in attendance with about 7 dancing at any one time. About half the dancers were topless and the rest bikini clad. The girls were fairly average with a couple of pretty girls. I made a quick exit when approached by a near 50 year old dancer though.

There were a fair few customers but it is not yet quite back to the levels before the closure.

Drinks prices are reasonable and music is fairly restrained. The dance rota of 7 songs is way too long if you are waiting for your girl to 'go dance'. It then becomes a cue to go and have a look at Oasis just around the corner.

It is a fairly relaxed bar, perhaps targeting local residents rather than those on a flying visit.

  Comment from Pattaya Addicts, May 2008: Not Fizzing

It's open but is not like before. Very few girls. No nudes, girls being painted or showers.

Sign girl told me they where shut down for 30 days because of nudity and do not have nude shows.

  News April 2008: Back but No Draft

The bar has duly opened after the police closure but no longer has draft beer. Hopefully a temporary problem.

  News from Pattaya-Live March 2008: Licensed to Close

The owner of champagne A-GoGo has confirmed that champagne will be closed for 30 days for a minor licence infringement.

He said that the police had given him some time to sort out the licence problem without any closure, but a bit of lip from the staff meant a 30 day closure.

So Champagne is set to open in about 3 weeks time (24th April). In the meantime, there are just 77 girl gogos operating at the moment.

Classroom A-GoGo

Pattaya Soi 13/4 (Soi Pattayaland 2)

The dancers follow a coyote dress code rather than gogo wear, so the bar is listed under bars

Classroom 2 A-GoGo

Pattaya Soi 2

From 8pm

classroom-honeypot.com

Large gogo with overdressed girls. Recently supplemented by a Jacuzzi and spanking stage

Oct 08 Key							Takeaways: - dancer 600 - showgirl 1000 before 10pm - showgirl 800 after 10pm
Pint £1.60
	to 10pm	49*
		49*	106		95-105	100

*small glass

  Comments by jj & DavidT, April 2009: Flourishing in Class

I admit that the seating drawbacks noted. Also the diversity of the dress and entertainment seems a bit bizarre, yet somehow it all seems to work in the end.

But the dancers are regularly bar-fined. One day just this week there were only 5 left at 2AM; the servers were pressed into service as dancers.

C2 seems to be a late nite venue. Nothing much seems to be going on before 10pm and things pick-up rapidly thereafter.

Somehow this place seems to flourish.

Also noted that mamasang Larn has impressed on the management team

  Review April 2009: Large Classes

I am struggling a little bit with this venue, it never seems to click.

I wandered it an early hour and there weren't more than a handful of customers in but somehow there was nowhere left to sit. The venue is really quite large and it has not scaled down very well. Without the table dancing in operation there are an awful lot of seats that are simply too far away from the action now confined to the central stage and Jacuzzi. There are also a couple of other bays of seating that simply aren't pointed in the right direction.

There were quite a few dancers covering quite a range attractiveness and quite a range of coverage too. Some were topless yet some were well overdressed in skirts, knickers, bras and blouses.

The draft beer was cheap and the service staff were friendly.

I am always happy to pop in and give it a try but rarely has it persuaded me to stay long.

  Review by Materialsman, Oct 2008: Squeaky Clean

Well, time was moving on apace, so it was time for a trip down memory lane and The Classroom 2 A Go-Go in Soi 2 where I have had many a happy time over the years. Walked in to a fairly quiet establishment, but the line up was pretty reasonable, and a lithe lovely soaping herself in a Jacuzzi type bath. Actually, I wondered to myself after watching her soap herself squeaky clean for over an hour, ‘If I paid the bar for her, would she come back to ‘my loom’ and insist on another shower, if so, why?’

Well, we enjoyed the schoolgirl clad dancers, when suddenly the music changed and the good lookers ran off stage and the ‘showgirls’ appeared. When did Classroom2 become a ‘bells and whistles’ pussy show bar? So, we sat through a couple of shows, including ‘pussy smoke cigarette’ show, which took me by surprise as I thought smoking was banned in air conditioned bars? Smoking was definitely bad for this particular girl’s health, as she appeared to be smoking two or three at a time! Thankfully, this show wasn’t too long, as whatever hidden talents this girl obviously has, being slim and a looker wasn’t amongst them.

The bar had started to fill up by then, a party of bemused looking Asians, and a gang of loud Aussie back-backers had come in off the street, but that was the pattern of events, a couple of songs for the dancing girls, then show time again. To my eternal shame, one of the mamasans identified me as being an old time Pattaya monger, and roped me in for a bit of audience participation due to lack of interest from the other attendees, so yours truly got pushed up on stage for both the ‘pussy shoots darts at balloon’ show, and the ‘pussy fires bananas’ show, which culminated in the last banana being fired out after I had retaken my seat and wasn’t ready for it leaving me with a couple of nasty looking white sticky stains to both my shirt and trousers, much to the amusement of my drinking buddy.

Drinks I think were a strangely priced 106 baht a bottle, which I guess is okay considering the show, but a little pressure for ‘tips’ was prevalent after each extravaganza, though I tried to protest that I should actually receive my share of the tips for my ‘performance’, but to no avail. I don’t begrudge the poor girl her tips, she probably doesn’t get much in the way of bar fines.

So off we went out of the door, and the girl in the Jacuzzi was still soaping herself up, trying to find and cleanse body orifices she had previously missed. Overall the place was okay, but I preferred the old style of purely dancing girls, don’t need to see the pussy shows as I am a jaded ex-pat, but it may suit some.

  Review June 2008: Put to Shame

The bars seems to be very much a mixed bag. The bar was pretty quiet when I stopped by, but a friendly service girl told me but it was very crowded the night before (Pattaya bars are often crowded yesterday and tomorrow but never today)

The girls were also very mixed in attire. There was one beautifully built girl dancing topless, but most of the others were wearing skirts and blouses, and in many cases, bras too. I am wondering if the large chested girl should be asked to cover up. I have a theory that the others were overdressed because they were put to shame by the beauty,

The drinks prices were quite constrained and the music was forgettable which is better than being loud.

No real reason why the bar shouldn't make for a good visit, but as none of the girls felt like being friendly to me, I didn't stay long. Nearby Soi 6 is way too inviting for this bar to be anything less than great.

  Review by polleke Oct 2007: Not Much Fun

There were more girls inside than I expected. Most of them average to below. 8 girls dance on a central stage and 1 girls is in a bathtub.

When more customers arrived 4 girls were ordered to a side stage by the owner and the 2 mamasans and 1 papasan ( build over lady)

Drinking prices were okay.

Not that much fun in this place. Left after 2 beers and a ladydrink.

  Review by jj Oct 2007: Undercover

Classroom 2  just recently reopened after a 30-day time-out penalty by the local boys in brown.

It is obvious that they are suffering quite a hang-over from that event. Everything was under cover. Except for periodic short 2-song "shows" where the gals ended up nekkid, nothing was showing.

Another odd observation is that fully half of all the customers entered the bar with a lady in tow. There must be a message there somewhere but I have no idea what it is. Seems like a place to avoid until the hang-over wears off.

Club Nevada

Pattaya Soi 13/2 (Soi Post Office)

From 1pm

Tends to run out steam after 8pm

Afternoon gogo with very steady trade and little reason to change much. There are convenient short time rooms. The bar is popular in the afternoon and early evening but tends to run out of girls and steam beyond 8pm.

Aug 08 Key						Takeaway: 600 All in package: 1300 (45 min limit)
Pint £1.20
	50-60		65		100

  Review June 2009: Nevada not Nirvana

There were about 12 girl in the bar of which 6 were dancing. Of the 6, usually half are naked and the others prefer bikinis. They dance to rock music which sometimes features long tracks, so the dancing stint can often be overly long. There are usually a few good looking girls, but there also the inevitable off-Walking Street heavies.

The girls now seem to prefer their own company rather than circulate seeking the company of customers. Maybe it is better in the afternoon, but my recent early evening visits have been lonely affairs.

The drinks prices are reasonable at 50 Baht or a draft Chang and 60 Baht for a draft Heineken. Served in a good sized glass too.

  Review Dec 2008: Refreshment Break

This has become a bar that I visit regularly but rarely stay long. It is conveniently located near Beach Road and Royal Garden Mall. It is a good place for a refreshment break when strolling around the area.

The bar has scaled back its girls and somehow there are never enough to spend much time entertaining customers. They tend to do a long dance stint even when there are next to no customers in the bar.

On the positive side there are usually a few attractive girls in attendance and about half the girls dance nude.

The drinks are cheap with a long running 50 Baht draft Chang and draft Heineken is 60 Baht.

The bar seems to be best in the afternoon when there are more girls and more customers.

  Review, May 2008: Undanceable Rock

The bar seems to have picked up a little since the last report. Nothing has really changed about the bar but having a few more ladies means it works so much better.

The bar is primarily an afternoon bar catering to expats. The music is strictly rock focusing on the 70s. Some of it is totally undanceable for the girls.

Most, but not all, of the girls dance naked but the girl nearest the door puts her wrap back on presumably in anticipation of a police visit.

The girls tend to do a fair stint at Nevada so presumably they are well looked after by the bar. They know how to look after the customers but are not really quite so hands-on as Hot & Cold at the other end of the soi.

An easy place to stay for a couple of beers but I have rarely stayed for a long haul.

  Review, August 2007: Downward Spiral

The bar seems to be struggling with the low season of late and does not seem to be responding well.

They clearly have a lack of girls which generates a lack of customers and hence a lack of girls.

Also when the bar is down to their last half dozen girls, they still insist that most of them are dancing. This policy may encourage newcomers peering through the door to stay for a while, but sends the customers they have got already packing.

In addition the bar has decided to play safe with the morality police on the prowl. So it is not as if there is much to see on stage either

  Review from Peter, July 2007:  First Stop

A friend has been to Thailand 10 times and I have been three.

We spent most of our time in Pattaya in Club Nevada.

It is his favorite hang out during the day and it was my favorite hang out since trip two.

It was the most comfortable, best music, no hassle, and has some amazing looking girls.

I cannot say I have been in a better gogo in Pattaya and I have been in at least half of them.

I would just like to say that on my next trip, when I get up in the (late) morning in Pattaya, Club Nevada will be my first stop. Again.

  Review Dec 2006: Never Changing

Cheap beer, nude dancing, and girls who are pleasant company who are happy to entertain further in convenient rooms. What more do you need?

It is surely not the party atmosphere of Walking Street, nor is it the downright naughty that you will find at the other end of the soi.

The girls seem to exert very little pressure for lady drinks and barfines but seem to get blessed with a plentiful supply of both from bar regulars.

Just a pleasant bar to relax over a couple of beers, have a chat and wonder where to go next for somewhere a bit more extrovert.

Club Oasis A-GoGo

Soi Buakhao
(between Soi Diana Inn & LK Metro)

From 5pm

www.nightcluboasis.com

Popular, off Walking Street, GoGo. Opened Dec 18th 2006. Now with short time rooms. Beware of the expensive lady cocktail scam... And make sure you get your change back, the service staff can be forgetful.

June 09 Key							Takeaway: - evening until 11pm 700 All in: - 1300
Pint £1.40
	5-9pm		70
from 9pm		60	95	80	100-125	125*

* There are nominally lady drinks at 95 Baht but the ladies usually default to the expensive version served in a cocktail glass without asking the customer.

  Review March 2009: The Little Things

The bar is very well located offering an aircon oasis when strolling around Sois Buakhao, LK Metro, Diana and, Leng Kee and Chayphun.

It is quite an attractive bar with a central stage for a dozen dancers and 3 other table dancing stages.

The girls are split into two dancing teams each taking aturn on stage for about 5 songs. The girls dance in bikinis or topless with a few taking off their knickers for the final song of their set. There are usually a few pretty girls amongst the dancers.

It is a bar that targets Pattaya regulars and at first glance all seems well organised. But somehow I seem to get irritated by minor grievances on every visit. There are two levels of lady drink and the most expensive usually appears without asking. The prettier girls seem to like to hunt for the lady drinks just a few minutes before it is their turn to dance. And girls at your side are likely to be whisked away by the mamasang to other presumably more profit making customers. Small change is often assumed to be a tip.

But saying that it seems to be a very popular bar, often being full or there abouts.

  Review from Materialsman, Nov 2008: Worn at the Edges

Another first time visitation for me. I have heard good reports of this place, but either my own taste in girls is extremely restrictive, or we just picked a bad night, for with one or two exceptions it resembled a bit of an elephant’s graveyard of a Go-Go, plenty of dancers in the bar, but not to my ‘spec’, it resembled a home to the girls that were perhaps a little bit worn at the edges to put it nicely, but each to their own, and things can change on a daily basis, if not an hourly basis in the bars of Sin City.

  News June 2008: Afternoons

The bar is trying afternoon opening again from 3pm. It has been pretty quiet so far though.

  Review May 2008: Settling Down

The mamasang has worked in many Walking Street bars and has previously run a pretty tight regime of ensuring that customers are matched to girls.

Oasis though has settled down into a very hassle free gogo where you are likely to drink alone unless you make an effort to call over a girl.

I asked the mamasang about this, and she said that they have decided that is what the Soi Buakhao customers prefer.

So the bar offers minimal hassle, cheap beer and farang rock music at a reasonable volume. Sounds like your local pub back in farangland. But of course there are topless dancing girls and short time rooms if you feel the urge. So the best of both worlds.

But perhaps a little too restrained though for my tastes.

  Review by Polleke, Oct 2007: Good Value

Got in at 10.30 pm. Inside there is a central stage with 8 girls doing a 4 song shift. There are also 4 tables in the corners with a girl dancing. So there were about 24 girls on duty that night. Did however see some girls returning from ST.

I was approached by a nice lady and called in a lady who was dancing at the moment. Had a very good time with some hands on fun from both ladies.

There are no shows. But nevertheless a nice place to spent some time.

The bin was 1680 bin which includes 2 barfines (550 each, 2000 LT) 1 bottle of Heineken, 1 diet coke and 4 lady drinks, so overall not too expensive I guess.

  Review Aug 2007: Getting Something Right

The early momentum is being maintained and the bar is still proving to be very popular.

There is nothing particularly unique about the bar that readily explains the popularity. One has to put it down to a good location, effectively signposted with a lot of neon. The bar also know that the location is better for expats than holidaymakers and so provide a competitively priced draft beer.

The music is also expat friendly and played at reasonable volume.

There are a fair few girls on the books and some of them are attractive. Even so, where the bar gets full there are not really enough girls to go round.

The girls do about a 5 song dance stint in various amounts of clothing. It seems a successful policy to allow the girls to choose their own attire as it somehow turns out a little more sexy than a bar imposed uniform.

A few of the girls can get quite up close personal with their drinking partners but many seem to sit demurely by their sides.

I can only put the success down to getting a lot of the small things right. But surely this bar can now be rated a good success.

Crystal A-GoGo

Soi Pattayaland 2

Soon to re-open as Bubbles (with girls), see above

D

Pattaya Soi 8

Opened January 2006 and went dark 3 days later. Now Bada Bing

Closed. Now Dynamite Boys

E

Asian tour party venue

Not fully included in list as it does not advertise public admittance and may in fact have a cover charge designed to deter.

It's a companion to the Model Club and features the Russian/Uzbekistan girls that dance at Galaxy Cabaret.

This venue is on the site of the new but failed Pattaya Dragon complex.

F

Far East Rock A-GoGo

Beach Road: Soi Post Office

From 1pm - 10pm

Afternoon gogo catering for expats into rock music

Jan 09 Key							Takeaway: -to 5pm 850 -from 5pm 550 - All in 1500
Pint £1.20
	50-60	90	80	130	130	90

  Review Jan 2009: Underwhelming

I have been somewhat underwhelmed when I have recently stopped by this bar. It hasn't really changed very much over the last few years, its just that a little less good than it used to be.

There are slightly less girls, they are slightly older on average and the decor is now slightly faded.

On the positive side the beer prices have been the same for ages and the bar continues with the oldie farang friendly rock music.

There are usually a few customers in the bar who are enjoying playing with the girls, so not a bad place. Never any undue hassle either.

Presumably the relatively early closing is something to do with running one shift of staff rather than two.

  Review May 2008: Foundering

The bar seems to be struggling a bit at the moment. I have been left to drink alone on my last couple of visits due to a general lack of girls.

There is also a general lack of customers too. This may be down to the girls being a bit overdressed in bikinis. Or perhaps it is down to lady boy welcome staff putting a few people off.

Still, there is nothing particularly bad about the bar. The beer is cheap and the music is farang friendly. And the girls seem friendly enough too.

As always it could be just bad luck but I think it is simply edged out by the better local competition from Nevada and Hot & Cold

  News, Jan 2008: Far East Rocked

Far East Rock has made the UK news as it is listed as one of the assets of Angela Miller. She has been prosecuted for running brothels in the UK where Thai girls were working in semi slavery to repay ridiculous trumped up debts incurred to get a chance of working in the UK.

She was sentenced to 4 years and will serve more if she opposes the confiscation of her assets.

She had been extradited back to the UK after being on the run for 6 years in Thailand.

  Review, Sep 2007: Fourth Choice

Far East Rock seems to be the least popular of the afternoon gogos in the area. It is outdone by Cub Nevada for prettier and nude dancers. It is outdone by Hot & Cold for up close and personal attention. It is outdone by TQ1 for those that want to have a banter with their mates.

There's probably no good reason why it shouldn't compete with the others but momentum seems to have made this the least popular. Prices are generally competitive and the music is attractive to the afternoon expats.

The kateoys on the welcome staff at the door are probably a big negative for many potential customers. It seems strange to use kateoys when it does not seem to be a big thing within the bar.

The poor ranking generally reflects in a lower standard of girls but there are usually a few that one would be happy to share a drink with.

Never seems too bad, but I generally soon get tempted to move on to one of the nearby competitors.

  Review, March 2007: Afternoon GoGo

Seemed reasonably popular on an afternoon visit with plenty of customers who were enjoying some hands on fun with the girls.

In the evening katoeys guard the door so I don't know whether it changes character.

The music is pitched at those who like their rock from the 70's and 80's.

The draft beer comes in decent size glasses to make for a reasonably cheap session.

About 6 girls dance at anyone time which is probably a couple more than necessary s it would leave a couple more girls on hostess duty. Previously girls danced nude but on this visit they were generally topless

  Review, August 2006: Bar for a Rainy Day

A pending downpour and a lack of katoeys on the welcome staff afforded an opportunity for a rare visit.

Signs about the shortened opening hours have been taken down so presumably the bar now operates until late.

The aging bench seating has been reupholstered so the bar now looks a little smarter. There are also drinks menus dotted around which I am always happy to see.

Traditional, 'up to the girls', dress code was in force on the stage but most girls were a little below average in looks.

A couple of customers were being well looked after but somehow the bar did not click for me and I braved the rain for a short hop to the opposite bar.

First A-GoGo

Pattaya Soi 8

From 7pm

Opened on 28th January 2009 in the venue that was previously Zoo A-GoGo

May 09 Key							Takeaway: 800 until 11pm 600 11pm-1:30 300 after 1:30 Room: 600 (no barfine)
Pint £2.30
	7-10pm		60	60	60	95-180
from 10pm			85+		130-150

  Review from Pattaya-Addicts, May 2009:  Large and Airy

Large and airy, a central dance podium, two separate dance stages around the sides, two dozen or so dancers with a generally good standard. Large screen TVs around the walls showing sports for those who are no longer interested in watching the dancers. And the girls were actually dancing.

There were a couple of shows, but I guess because the girls appeared to be new these weren’t as slick as some of the others you can see around town.

  Review Feb 2009: 60 Baht Happy Hour

Since opening, the bar has reduced its previously top end prices down to more realistic levels and there is also a very good 60 Baht happy hour which runs to 10pm.

  Review Feb 2009: 60 Baht Happy Hour

Since opening, the bar has reduced its previously top end prices down to more realistic levels and there is also a very good 60 Baht happy hour which runs to 10pm.

The bar has recruited a few more girls and they now have half a dozen that are well attractive. Unfortunately they don't seem to be very interested in circulating amongst the earlybird 9pm customers so I wasn't tempted to stay long. The dancing at the early hour was strictly bikini clad.

  Review Jan 2009: First But Will it Last

The new GoGo is located on the north side of central Soi 8. It was previously the location of Zoo A-GoGo. I have heard that there was a previous incarnation of First A-GoGo on the same site many years ago.

The gogo is large with a central stage plus an unused side stage and a Jacuzzi.

There is an area with sofa seating and the rest of the bar is stools. The gogo generally looks good.

It is always difficult for bars to recruit girls for the opening and this bar had just 6 dancers. Less than average too. They were all bikini clad. I was told that the Jacuzzi girls were a little more revealing but they hadn't started yet.

The Pattaya Ghost informs me that all 3 of the Jacuzzi girls were eminently 'doable'.

The drinks prices are way too much for this early days entertainment with no draft beer and bottles at 100-110. Spirits were on the menu as 130 Baht.

The service girl taking my order was a good English speaker and she was happy to chat to make up for the lack of available dancers.

But really the bar is currently poor value with expensive drinks, few ladies, and dancers with too many clothes.

The bar seemed basically friendly and free of hassle. I will certainly drop by again to see how they fare.

G

Closed

Goldfingers A-GoGo

Beach Road: Soi 7

Previously a girls A-GoGo but went Ladyboy in June 2007 and closed in December 2008.

Gorkle Pattaya Club

Soi LK Metropole

Previously Memories A-GoGo. Bought out in July 2007 and renamed Gorkle Club. Closed & re-develpoed as Ice coyote bar in May 2008

H

Honey Girls A-GoGo

Soi Honey
(Between 2nd Road & Soi Buakhao)

Opened on 12th February 2008. Closed by September 2008. The venue was gutted in January 2009. Now split into single units

Hot & Cold A-GoGo

Pattaya Soi 13/2 (Soi Post Office)

From 3pm
Start of shift for most girls is 6pm

 Hot & Cold A-GoGo

A mixture of girls but they are all up for some diddling fun.

Jan 09 Key							Takeaway: 500 dancer 800 service All in: 1300
Pint £1.40
	to 8:15	45				90-150
from 8:15		60	90	60	80

  Review Feb 2009: More Dilapidated More Expensive

The bar struggled to maintain momentum over the peak season as there simply weren't enough girls to round. (But no doubt the finances were healthy).

However things seem back to normal and there are enough girls on the bar that 2 or 3 will soon jump on your lap.

However a couple of less welcoming features have started to emerge. The first is that perennial lady drink upgrade without asking first. This is clearly a new policy as it has not happened for years of regular visits. I put a stop to it as far as I was concerned, but I notice that an awful lot of girls are now drinking 150 Baht Breezers. The standard lady drink went up not so long ago from 80 to 90 Baht.

The other misguided policy change, is for the girls to dance for 5 songs rather than the previous 4. To be slightly blunt, not so many of the girls are employed for their on stage grace. They are for more gainfully employed as literal lap dancers. The extra song just makes customers wait longer and the girls get even more tired after their 9 or 12 hour shift.

Still plenty of fun to be had but keep an eye on what your girls are drinking.

  Review June 2008: Seedy Fun

The state of the decor is getting worse and worse with time. The stained concrete ceiling effect is second to none. The benches are falling apart and the foot rests are nearly rotted through.

But what the hell, it is a great bar. The girls are up for more naughty fun than nearly all the competition put together.

There are a few potential downers though, there are a fair few oldies and chubbies. All the girls can be good fun but it depends a little on personal taste on how one deals with the choice.

There are plenty of attractive girls employed by the bar, but it often seems that they are all otherwise engaged. In fact the bar must do really well for the girls as some seem to be whisked away as soon as they turn up for work.

In fact the high turnover means that if you feel a bit stuck for choice, then wait a drink or two, and a few returnees will soon appear.

The other characteristic of the bar is that the girls like to jump on your lap in teams of 2 or 3 rather than as individuals. But if you can't stand the heat, then don't diddle in the fire of Hot & Cold.

  Review by polleke, Oct 2007: Hands on fun

For being one of my fave bars, I hadn't paid a visit for 6 months. Fortunately nothing has changed only the line-up.

2 minutes after entering I was treated with a balls massage from 2 girls that jumped aside me. After a couple of minutes they were replaced by a more fancied girl and the treatment went on.

I am aware they are not the most beautiful girls in town but hell it must be one of the most hands on fun dens in Pats. I too saw customers entering and leaving right away, but for me I hope the place stays the same for a long long time.

Be aware: the girls are pushy for threesomes, just stay firm, unless of course you want a threesome.

  Review by jj, May 2007: Bar Shuffle

Consistent with the post-Songkran bar shuffle, the staff at Hot & Cold has undergone about a 50% change.

Many of the 'older' gals have departed as well as a few of the service staff. Their replacements are perhaps younger but seemingly no less experienced!

As before, the mamasaan seems to ensure that there is a wide variety of ladies in the mix. She just seems to have reduced the average age by a few years.

The customer service, whether from the dancers or the service staff, is still very much hands on and up close and personal.

Now if they'd just fix their termite-ridden seat problems, they could rise to the top of the Pattaya bar scene once again

  Review by jj, Jan 2007: High Price of Service

The service staff of H&C have always been known for their hands-on customer service. This has proved so popular that the mamasaan has instituted a new fee scale. It seems that the service staff has proved so popular that they are being barfined at least as often as the dancers. To discourage their early departure, their barfine is now 800 baht, while that for the dancers remains at 500.

As I and others have noted, H&C may not include many stunners but they are the tallest! With the imported H&C2 staff and some new hires, H&C now seems to offer the tallest group of dancers in the city.

Other aspects of the bar's operation remain as before: 4-5 song sets with plenty of dancers ensuring that your lap dancer will remain with you a majority of the time. Friendly hands-on service; little pressure for the 80 baht lady drinks. Classic tunes played at a reasonable level. 11pm 'shows'. H&C offers something for everyone.

  Review from Pattaya Today: Night March, Oct 2006: Nothing Too Flash

One of the longest-running ogling dens around town. The music is OK, and the drinks prices are very reasonable.

The damsels are not the best lookers in town, but I doubt there’s anyone who expects much in the way of ‘talent’ away from the dens of Walking Street. That said, there are plenty to look at and they come in all shapes, sizes, and age ranges.

They’re certainly a touchy-feely lot and for customers who may feel the need for a short lie down with an accommodating companion, the total cost will run to 1,300 baht.

Worth wandering into if you are at a loose end one late afternoon or happen to be out and about in the Soi Post Office/Yamato area

  Review by jj, Sept 2006: Tip Up Seats

Once again, I have to commend the manager and staff for providing a fun venue.

But some work needs to be done on the facility. I'm happy to say that the worst offender in the seating hazards has been repaired. No more exposed nails. But I was sitting in the corner near the front of the bar and was afraid that I and my 5 stone companion were going to collapse the seat, it was so shaky. No sooner did we move, than a customer almost fell to the floor when he flipped the cushion on one of the tiered seats.

All in all a great place for a fun evening, but watch your step -- or where you put your tush.

  News from Pattaya Secrets, August 2006: Taking the Piss

Police from Bangkok raided the Hot and Cold Bar in Soi Post Office. at 3:30 in the morning. The customers (only a couple) were allowed to leave The bar girls were checked for id and were piss tested .Several girls from Laos who did not have id were taken away.

Hot & Cold 2

Pattaya Soi 13/1 (Soi Yamato)

Brought back into service in May 2006 but closed again in Jan 2007. The bar is now up for sale

I

Ice A-GoGo

Soi LK Metro
(off Soi Buakhao)

 Ice A-GoGo

Converted from coyote dancing to GoGo dancing on 1st December 2008. The venue was previously Gorkle Club, and before that Memories A-GoGo

  News April 2009: Gone

Ice seems to have given up its gogo experiment and returned to coyote dancing. They have opened up the front doors so that passers by can at least see the dancing on the central stage. The bar is now dark

J

Jupiter

Soi Pattayaland 2

Previously known as Planet Rock closed in Dec 2006 and is now Wild West Boys.

K

Kiss Kool Bar

Pattaya Soi 6  (Soi Yodsak)

Bar from 1pm
Dancing from 5pm

Half way between a short time bar and a GoGo. The girls are lined up outside but there is dancing inside for entertainment

Oct 08 Key						Takeaway: 500 after 9pm 1000 before 9pm Room: 300 (no barfine) All in: 1000
Pint £1.80
		80-100	60		90

  Review June 2009: Mandatory Lady Drinks

Can't say I got a very friendly reception on my last visit. I smiled at a pretty girl sitting outside only to find that she was a newbie and had a friend acting as a minder. I wasn't very enamoured by the uninvited minder and indicated that I found 3 to be a crowd. The minder didn't take it well and decided that the bar had just implemented a no lady drink - no company policy and she whisked the original girl away on that pretext.

I sorted it out but the incident rather soured the visit.

But at least the bar has a fair few girls, the drinks are reasonably priced and the decor is good.

  Review Jan 2009: Up To Speed

The previously reported scaling down of the number of girls was apparently the aftermath of a police raid.

The numbers now seem to have returned to previous levels. Saying that, I haven't actually been tempted in yet to see if the extra numbers have restored the bar to its former glory.

The bar is nicely decorated in a tiger theme and the drinks prices are reasonable.

The girls are at least 20 years old and the bar doesn't employ lady boys.

  Review Oct 2008: Superfluous Dancing

Kiss Kool seems to have scaled down since my last visit. And in the jargon of my trade, it hasn't scaled down well.

There were just half a dozen girls waiting outside, a couple of dancers and one other girl drinking with a customer. The lack of momentum means that there are no customers being entertained by the dancers. Selecting a girl at the door tends to ensure an intense short time interview, which makes the dancing superfluous.

And it got worse. My girl said: I go dance, She said 5 minutes but it was interminable. The bar was by this time totally empty apart from me and my girl. And she was bikini clad dancing in an inane unsexy shuffle to dance music that was of no interest whatsoever.

Really a dreadful way to entertain the only customer...who predictably didn't stay long.

...oh, and there was no draft beer either, so not a particularly cheap way to get bored silly.

  Review Nov 2007: Hard Sell

Kiss Kool is proving to be pretty conservative with little changing over the last year or so.

The bar seems popular with plenty of ladies. There is comfortable sofa seating in an attractive tiger skin decor. There's a large screen TV but it can show some pretty irrelevant programmes to what is the business of the bar.

There are usually 3 dancing girls modestly attired in bikinis. They are not really the focus of the attention as most customers will have a personal service girl on hand.

The bar operates more as a short time bar than a gogo with the girls up for selection as you walk in rather than circulating around the inside of the bar.

The girls seem to be aging a little and I found the bar to have a slightly hard edge with the hard sell to go upstairs.

But there seems little reason to change a well tried and tested formula so I don't supposed things will change much in the foreseeable future.

  Review March 2007: Half Way Decent

The bar area is attractive with comfortable sofas done out in a tiger theme. There is a large screen TV but variable programme choice means that this proves more of an distraction than an entertainment.

The bar is half way to a gogo in that there is bikini clad dancing on show but the real entertainment is the hands on grope provided with a view to a short time upstairs.

The draft beer is reasonably priced as are the lady drinks.

I would visit more but I dislike choosing a girl from the line up at the door after just a quick glance. And if you don't choose a girl, the default house selection always seems to disappoint. 

  Review from jj, Sept 2006: Dancing Not So Hot

A few changes, unfortunately none for the better.

Music was much louder -- to the point of being unable to engage in normal conversation.

• Deang - the 'show girl' - got herself a sugar-daddy and has left permanently.
• Maun - the sexy dancer - has returned home with no return date in sight.
• Porn - the second sexy dancer - remains.

All in all, the dancing was tame in full bikini with only an occasional teasing flash.

Once the gals were seated however there was fun for all on the couches, even if the conversation was subdued.

At 80B, lady drinks are still a bargain.

Kitten Club

Beach Road: Soi Pattayaland 2

From ~5pm

Surely the worst gogo in Pattaya with policies such as not revealing expensive drinks prices until the final bill. Keep a watch on your bin for padding.

Note that there is a camera in the bar that relays the action to the Penthouse hotel rooms above

June 09 Key								Takeaway: 600 Room: 550+barfine
	to 7pm	2 for 1
from 7pm		79	130	125	150	190	139

  Review from Pattaya Today: Night March, June 2009: Ladyboys

The bar underwent a complete remodelling a few months back after being forced to close for some misdemeanour or other.

While the new layout is more attractive than the previous rabbit-warren incarnation, the overall quality of the dancing damsels is borderline freak show.

Apart from the ladyboys, the genuine girls dancing damsels are a mixed bunch. While a couple are arguably attractive (and given the lighting I think they may well have started life as boys), most are either overweight or just plain frightening.

Drinks prices are ridiculous for what’s on offer: 150 baht for spirits, 139 baht for a lady drink, and 79 baht for draught beer.

Not worth a cracker unless your tastes run to the gender-confused.

  News April 2009: Back

Kitten Club has re-opened with the promise of new water features. I'll leave it to somebody else to give it a look. It was closed with a notice on the door saying closed for being 2 sexy.

  Review from Pattaya Addicts, Feb 2008: Ladyboys

I paid 900 bath for two drinks. One soda for me and one breezer for the lady I barfined!

I decided to look into Kitten club because I had read that they had now moved the ladyboys to a separate bar. How wrong I was.

The service staff marched me right to the back of the bar and then 3 tall ladyboys descended on me like pigeons around fallen breadcrumbs.

  News from eyebee, Dec 2007: Split Kitten

Kitten Club seems to have split into two. There are now two doors; one saying Kitten Club and the other Obsessions. They look to be two separate clubs.

Now Obsessions in Bangkok's Nana Plaza is a ladyboy bar so there is the possibility that this is the case in Pattaya too.

Due to high prices and customer unfriendly policies such as unpriced bills in the bin, Kitten Club is on the Thai-Anxiety, "Never Again" list. So it may be a while before further details are available.

Kitten Club also has a large impressive new neon sign.

Review from Thailand Nightlife Roundup, Dec 2007: Avoid

There is a closed circuit channel on the Penthouse Hotel melonf78TV so you can, more or less, see girls dancing inside the kitten club downstairs.

Unfortunately, the Kitten Club is a disaster. Up close you realize most of the girls are skanky and some of the girls are ladyboys and one in particular was aggressive and acting stupid. They dance over some jets of air which lifts their skirts Marilyn Monroe style but hey who wants to see ladyboys' skirts fly up? So, although I have mixed feeling about the hotel itself, I have no mixed feelings whatever about the Kitten Club: AVOID.

  Comment from Pattaya Talk, Nov 2007: 125 Baht Coke

After ordering a coke, I settled in to watch the lovely kittens play in the tank. The coke arrived and the bill did not have a price on it. I asked for a bill and found my 10oz. coke was 125 baht. No wonder they do not list prices on the tab.

Never again!

  Review from Asia Bugle, Aug 2007: Rabbits & Kittens

I find the place more and more like a rabbit warren with most of the dancers about as welcoming as a dose of myxomatosis. It usually has 15 to 20 ladies of the chrome pole shuffle with three or four reasonable lookers. The best part, naturally, is the bathtub, where two or three dancers tend to be absorbed in the cleansing properties of soap and water. Basically, it’s another place that is long past its heyday.

  Review from Pattaya Secrets, April 2007: Claws are Back

I tried the place again last month. There is no price on the bin so you only find out how much it is when you go to pay the bill. They are I think the most expensive drink prices in any a-gogo in town and by not putting the price on your bills they're obviously hoping you'll keep on ordering oblivious to how much it's costing you.

Kittens changed name to 19-69 but that has now closed

L

Just a temporary name for Hot & Cold during the ensuing shutdown after a police raid. There's still a sign though. See Hot & Cold above

Las Vegas GoGo

Pattaya Soi 13/1 (Soi Yamato)

From noon

Opened on 1st October 2008 in the venue that was previously 77 Club and Sweet Dreams Bar before that.

The gogo is run by the team that ran Las Vegas Bar in Jomtien most famous for the girls playing pool naked for a suitable tip. No sign of a pool table in the new venue though.

Feb 09 Key							all in: 1300
Pint  £1.20
	to 1pm					100
from 1pm		50	90	50	110

  Review Feb 2009: 50 Baht Draft

Las Vegas have reduced their drinks prices with a very reasonable 50 Baht draft (from 75 Baht).

Las Vegas have somewhat less than top notch bikini clad dancers but they are very friendly. Hands on and hands in as I like to say.

  Review from Materialsman, Dec 2008: Not to Dance

When this Bar was situated on Soi Post Office it was a regular stop off place for me and my friends during a good weekend daytime pub crawl, had many a good time there, and bedded some fairly decent girls there over the years, and the owner Peter came up with a classic retort one day that sticks in my mind even now, I has chastened him for his girls lack of enthusiasm on the dance floor, and he said My girls are here to get fucked, not to dance, and you can’t argue with that logic can you? Sadly, the in new place the girls showed a similar lack of enthusiasm, and I couldn’t see even one girl in the worth playing with.

As for the Bar, well it certainly appeared smaller than the original place, although a little bit classier in terms of décor, the old place was fairly basic if my memory serves me well.

I will give the place another try in the New Year, if only in deference to Peter and his unique style of man (woman) management.

  Review Sept 2008: Opening Night

The bar opened with very much the feel that it will blend in with its near neighbours, Far East Rock, Club Nevada, Spicy Girls and Hot & Cold. It is similarly sized too.

It will open in the afternoon and offers reasonable rates for in house short times.

The drinks seem to be set slightly higher than the opposition with a 75 Baht draft. Lady drinks were 100 Baht

There were plenty of girls on hand for the opening night, although a little questioning suggests that some were employed just for a day or two. The girls were very much a mixed bunch with a few that were presentable.

The dress code is bikini but only 3 or 4 were dancing at anyone time. Surely a good idea giving more time for smooching rather than dancing. There are no novelties such as Jacuzzis or show girls, so the bar will just have to rely on the girls providing good old fashioned hands on entertainment.

I enjoyed my stay but will have to stop by again to make a more realistic appraisal of its offerings. Everyone was eager to please on opening night.

Legs Club

Pattaya Soi 13/4 (Soi Pattayaland 2)

From 5:30pm - 1am

www.legsclubagogo.com

The next incarnation of the old Mistys A-GoGo. The soi is becoming a little gender confused so the bar sign emphasises that it will be girls girls girls. opened 26th June 2008. Still owned by the Misty's team

Jan 09 Key							Takeaway: 600 Room: 600 (inc barfine) All In: 1600-1800
Pint  £2.10
	to 8pm	45	45+			110,130,165
From 8pm		65*		95

*small glass

  News March 2009: Slimmed Down Legs

Legs Club has been reduced down to half size. A wall has been constructed such that Legs Club is now a narrow single unit bar with a side stage.

It is now similar in layout to the unsuccessful Popcorn just down the soi. There is stool seating facing the stage abd a little comfortable seating at the front and back of the bar that does not offer a particularly good view of the stage.

For the moment most other things in the bar are the same as before with about 10 dancers of which 2 or 3 are very attractive. They now just dance for 3 songs which is good.

I hope the bar can maintain momentum. It is notoriously hard to make a small gogo work. It is difficult to maintain a good balance between girls and customers.

  Review February 2009: Lucky

The bar is running at a somewhat smaller scale than when it was Mistys with maybe a dozen dancers starting the evening.

The girls dance a nice short stint on the central stage with topless being the standard dress code.

I seem to have been lucky nearly every time I have visited the bar. There always seems to be a girl I know from another bar, or else a good looking native of Legs Club.  And they always seem keen to get re-acquainted.

But on the other hand luck is generally made by a good attitude from the girls and management.

Anyway it works for me at the moment.

  Review from Pattaya-Live, August 2008: Hungry and Attentive

This is a surprisingly good venue. Managed by Tim (who should be well known to any past customers of Misty's), the girls are as classy a line-up as you'll see in most Walking Street joints but on the whole are MUCH friendlier.

There aren't many prima donna princesses in this place and many of the girls are quite alluring. I haven't noticed that the girls are too pushy for drinks but they're quite keen to get to know you -- an excellent combination, in my book.

Anyway, two thumbs up from me, Legs is well worth a visit if you are in the area and enjoy being the centre of attention of some very hungry and attentive ladies.

  Review June 2008: Legs Open

Legs Club A-GoGo opened on Soi Pattayaland 2 on 26th June 2008. The venue was previously home to Misty's A-GoGo. The new management have bucked the trend and decided that the interior is perfectly OK and did not need major renovations.

Actually the staff were familiar, as the bar have recruited dancers, service and mamasang previously working at Baby Dolls.

There were only about 10 girls working on the first night. There were dome pretty faces and about half were dancing topless. Never fair to assess the dancers on the first night though, and there will be an update when the bar has had time to come up to speed.

The drinks prices are comparable to Walking Street prices, but perversely, this is cheap for Pattayaland.

I enjoyed a short visit and even on its rather low key opening, it is already the best gogo on Pattayaland.

The gogo opens for early evening trade at 5:30pm but also closes early at 1am

Closed, now a salon

Closed

Opened in December 2008. Loma is the Thai word for dolphin. Closed in May 2009.

  News May 2009: Closed

Reported as closed in May 2009.

  Review Dec 2008: Lonely A-GoGo

Its been a couple of years since there was a gogo in Naklua. (19-69 Club closed its doors in summer of 2006).

The new gogo is a square basic looking venue with a central stage and bench seating around the sides.

There were a dozen dancers on duty of which half were dancing. They were dancing in the full range of undress from nude to bikinis. There were a few attractive girls amongst them. The bar was operating two shifts of dancing, each for 6 song stints.

The music is oldie farang friendly rock.

The happy hours draft beer was well cheap at 39 Baht. The lady drinks are cheap but they have the standard/tequila/cocktail scheme at 80/100/120 Baht that is so prone to abuse.

The girls ignored me but the mamasang helpfully pointed out that all the girls were new to Pattaya and did not know what expected of them. No doubt they will have to learn quickly otherwise customers wont stay long.

I'll give them another chance though, the bar seemed a pleasant enough place.

Closed, now Avenue Mall

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Mandarin Club

Pattaya Soi 6 (Soi Yodsak)

Mandarin Club closed on 12th December 2008 and but re-opened on 9th May 2009.

May 09 Key						Takeaway: Room:
Pint £1.40
	60

  Review May 2009: Red

The bar seemed pretty much unchanged from previous incarnations.

There are still 4 bays of comfortable sofa seating overlooking a central dancing area now cut down to 2 smallish stages. At the other side of the room there is quite an expansive bar counter. It all looks pretty good with the sumptuous red theme that is traditional to the bar.

The dancers were generally a little below par and were a little overdressed dancing in skirts, knickers and bikini tops.

There were about 8 girls on duty, 2 of which were dancing. A couple were sitting with customers and the rest were sitting out front.

2 of the girls were good looking but unfortunately I was the 3rd in line. The 2 pretty girls were in fact looking after their customers well, but my assignment was a bit prim and proper, so not really much to stay for.

The draft beer was a reasonable 60 Baht.

Memories Gentlemen’s Club

Soi LK Metropole

Converted from a restaurant to A-GoGo in March 2006. Bought out in July 2007 and renamed Gorkle Club, Now Ice Bar.

Misty's A-GoGo

Pattaya Soi 13/4 (Soi Pattayaland 2)

The bar has now relocated to Soi 15 and renamed itself to Club Mistys, see above. The venue is now Legs A-GoGo

An Asian tour party venue.

Not fully included in list as it does not advertise public admittance and has an expensive admission fee to put off passing trade.

  News, Jan 09: Closed

Reported as closed awaiting the return of Asian coach parties

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Pattaya Soi 13/2 (Soi Post Office)

See Club Nevada above

Nice 'n Eazy

Pattaya Soi 13/1 (Soi Yamato)

The bar was converted to a beer bar in July 2007 but retains the Nice 'n Eazy name

O

See Club Oasis above

Obsessions

Beach Road: Soi Pattayaland 2

Ladyboy bar to be avoided for the same reasons as the sister bar Kitten Club, next door.

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Paradise A-GoGo

Soi Buakhow (southern end)

From 7pm
From 3pm Tuesday & Friday

Opened on Sept 25th 2006, closed by Dec 2006. Reopened under new management on June 16th 2007

Apr 09 Key							Takeaway: -LT to 12am 800 -otherwise 450 All in: 1300-1450
Pint £1.20
	to 9pm	55	55			95-125
from 9pm		55	80		90-120

  Review Feb 2009: Half a Dozen Girls

I paid an early evening visit and found half a dozen girls in attendance of which a couple were pretty. Three were dancing on the central stage for a 3 song stint. The dress code was topless.

The drinks prices were reasonable enough but when there is not much doing in the bar then it is important that girls go and entertainment the customers at close quarters.  Unfortunately it seemed that the older girls were doing the carousing and the younger girls were reserved to give the mamasang a massage. Really not much to stay for then.

  Review June 2008:  Pleasant Enough

I pop by after shopping at TukCom but haven't yet been persuaded to stay beyond one drink.

The bar is pleasant enough but it struggles to get sufficient momentum to retain any top notch girls. There are some pretty welcome staff though, I don't know if they can be persuaded to accompany customers.

There were 3 dancing girls all dancing topless. But this was causing sufficient concern about the authorities to keep the front door locked to gain a little time if needs be.

The bar is reasonably priced and has farang friendly music levels.

  Review Nov 2007: A Bird in the Hand

A bar with its heart in the right place. It's just that not quite enough people seem to know this.

Prices across the board are well reasonable, for drinks, lady drinks, take-aways and take-ups.

The music is farang friendly as are the girls. There are usually about 10 girls in the bar of which about half are set to dancing. 3 dance topless on the central stage and the others use a side stage and a table dancing stage.

The prettiest girls in the bar are on welcome duty and I have never seen them come inside. This tends to rather emphasise the less than top notch girls inside.

A few bars try and make up for this by being hands-on friendly, but I haven't yet been so entertained in Paradise.

The bar is a fine place for a couple of drinks but I soon find it is time to move on. I coined a little saying: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, but a hand in the bush is worth four more... And I like to go in search of the four more.

  Review June 2007: Return to Paradise

Although I didn't think about it at the time I must have been the first customer as I seemed to interrupt their opening day staff meeting still continuing half an hour into their advertised opening time.

I didn't spot many changes to the decor since the previous incarnation, but the prices painted on the walls showed that the bar intends to be very competitive on price. Bar fines are 450 Baht, lady drinks are 80 Baht and there is a 50 Baht draft beer. There was also a drinks menu on each table.

The mamasang had apparently not worked in a gogo bar and the dancing girls didn't seem to have much more experience either.

Nobody seemed to know much about making introductions so it all seemed a little shambolic, but the mamasang was doing her best to go around asking. The heart seemed in the right place so I am sure everyone will learn quickly.

The opening cast of dancing girls were a little middling and they were reluctant to take off their bikinis but that is often the case. The monetary benefit of revealing a little more soon puts things right ,and success usually draws in a few more cuties.

Early days, but I think the prices will impress and give the bar a good chance.

Renamed as Jupiter but now Wild West Boys.

Pook Bar A-GoGo

Pattaya Soi 6

Located upstairs from the Pook bar. Closed in March 2008 for renovation as lady boy venue. Later became a girl coyote bar, 6 Up

Popcorn

Soi 13/4 (Soi Pattayaland 2)

Opened 6th October 2007 in the venue that was previously All Girls. Closed in October 2008. Re-opened in February 2009 but only lasted a month and closed in March

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Rodeo Girls

Soi Pattayaland 2

From 6pm

www.rodeo-girls.com

A much improved bar after having recently being bought from the Jupiter/Crystal/All Girls group. Rodeo Girls previously converted to Wild West Boys but converted back to girls in Dec 2006.

Oct 07 key						Takeaway: 1000 to 9pm 500 from 9pm
Pint £1.60
	69	99	99	99	110

  Review Jan 2009: Come On Down

The bar now has a few more girls but still does not operate in a traditional fashion.

About half of the 10 girls in the bar dance at any one time. They dance for 5 songs strictly in bikinis. They are quite a select cast and are all attractive. They are good at smiling at the customers while they dance too.

Yet as soon as they finish, the smiles are turned off and they find a seat and wait alone for their next dance.

The mamasang offers the chance to get a girl down, but that seems to entail an immediate lady drink. Maybe a personal thing but I don't particularly like calling down girls via the mamasang. It sort of implies a little more interest than I like to show. Much better to make it less formal and invite a girl over with a one to one smile or a gesture.

  Review May 2008: Thrown Off

I cannot work out what how this bar is meant to work. They had just 6 girls in attendance and 5 of them were dancing. This meant that there were simply no girls remaining to circulate amongst the few customers.

How are they supposed to get a few lady drinks when they are dancing all the time?

What is the customer expected to do, get bored watching the overdressed bikini clad shufflers. Presumably one could quote a number to the mamasang and takeaway a girl, but this business model only seems to work at high end bars with very attractive girls.

To be fair, the girls were attractive though. I am sure I would have bought a few lady drinks if the opportunity arose. But it didn't, so I moved rapidly on.

  Review by polleke, Oct 2007: Friendly

We came in just half a hour before closing time.

Its a small gogo with a small stage with 4 girls dancing and 8 girls remaining to entertain the customers.

Since I didn't expect too much, I was really surprised by the above average girls, that were also very friendly. (maybe they wanted a bar fine regarding the late hour).

We really liked the place and will certainly pay another visit.

  Update from Rodeo Girls, Oct 2007: New Perceptions

After 10 plus months of being under new management the bar now has a reasonable number of locals that frequent the bar and a very decent percentage of return customers.

We have made a conscious effort to change the perception of the bar since taking ownership and, we believe, the effort has been successful.

We look forward to celebrating our 1 year anniversary on Dec 2.

  Review, Aug 2007: Back to the Real World

Strange times indeed, the last remaining bar in the group that has helped price Pattayaland off the expat's favourite gogo list has reduced its prices to a more reasonable level. In particular lady drinks have been reduced from 150 Baht to 110 Baht. I am not sure if the barfines have also been reduced.

The bar had 4 dancing girls on the side stage and plenty more hanging around on hostess duty whilst waiting for their turn to dance.

There were a few pretty faces amongst the girls and they were making an effort to circulate and say hello. There were a fair few customers too, so hopefully the lower prices will have a positive impact.

I would have stayed longer if it was for the fact that the draft beer was undrinkable...mai aroy.

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Sexy A-GoGo

Pattaya Soi 7
(near 2nd Road)

Small gogo bar opened as Blue Angel in June 2007. Became Sexy A-GoGo on 2nd Feb 2008.

July 08 Key						Takeaway: -500 -300 after 1:30 Room: 600 (barfine not required) All in: 1600
Pint £1.20
	50	95	80		100

  Review June 2009: Numbers Are Up

The bar is a small and narrow and is a little inconsistent but I find this generally a pleasant bar to have a drink or two.

I've had to shoo away a few oldies in my time but there also a couple of pretty dancers and the staff are friendly too.

There's usually 4 dancers either topless or bikini clad depending on the preferences of the girls. There are then 4 to 6 girls waiting their turn on hostess duty.

Draft beer has been 50 Baht for a while, undercutting the neighbourhood price of 65 Baht.

In a low key, no hassle sort of way, this is the friendliest gogo in the Soi 7/8 locale. Probably not the sort of place where you could whoop it up though.

  Review March 2009: Numbers Are Down

The bar seems to be in a bit of decline at the moment and there were just 4 dancing girls on my last visit. The mamasang explained that it was a temporary shortage when some girls went home after their pay day.

On previous visits the bar has usually had at least a  couple of attractive girls and it is generally a friendly and pleasant bar.

However gogos need enough girls to have capacity to look after customers that drop by, or else they are unlikely to drop by again. 

  Review July 2008: Tender Loving Care

There has been a significant improvement in Sexy A-GoGo. The previously overdressed and over-aged dancing team has been given a makeover and were dancing in sexy nurses outfits. And for the first time in ages in the bar, some of the girls were taking off their tops.

A few younger prettier girls have also been added to the line up but a couple of the cuties seemed a bit anchored to the door rather than sitting with the customers. Presumably they were charged with enticing people in.

In addition the bar has introduced a 50 Baht draft beer which competes well with the 65 Baht norm for the soi.

Hopefully these improvements will gain a bit of momentum for the bar.

  Review Feb 2008: Still a Bit Loud

Not really much to recommend this bar as yet. There were 10 ladies on duty of which a couple were attractive. They were wearing rather too much with a leather look bikini.

The dance rotation was to have 4 dancers on stage for 4 songs so a good rapid turnaround. The music is farang friendly but a little too loud. A sort of music compromise that doesn't really suit anybody.

The drinks prices are not exactly cheap for draft drinkers as there isn't any, but that apart the drinks are typically priced.

There weren't many customers to make a good survey but a couple of guys were being well looked after by a couple of hands-on dancers.

As is often the case though, the lack of good points on paper doesn't mean that much. I had a very pleasant visit due to good company from one of the girls.

  News Feb 2008: Sexy

Two Scandinavians, Danish Kim Holm and Norwegian Gunnar Nordahl held the grand opening of their new A Go Go joint in Soi 7 on 2nd February.

The new A Go Go bar with the name Sexy is a friendly place with reasonable prices, music from the 60's and 70's and boasting some really nice wall paintings.

Sexy Girls A-GoGo

Beach Road: Soi 8

From 7pm

Small gogo now trying hard to make more of an impact

Feb 08 Key						Takeaway: Room: - all in 1800
Pint £1.50
	65		60	100	100-150

Beware of 150 Baht lady tequilas

  Review Jan 2009: Law of Averages

I haven't got past the first drink at this bar for quite a while now.

Mostly they just have too many girls dancing and not enough schmoozing with the customers. I really don't know why bars like to have a high proportion of girls dancing, especially at the B grade bars, where the girls are not exactly eye candy.

The bar likes to have about 5 dancers on the central narrow stage and one on the balcony. They dance either bikini clad or topless. There is also a Jacuzzi but this is just for show, not participation.

Other customers have been a bit luckier in tying down a girl for company so surely there are a few customers who will rate the bar. But the law of averages will dictate that this will be a minority.

Drinks prices are reasonable with a draft beer at 65 Baht.

  Review May 2008: Footrests

The bar is for sale but is still running fine.

The central stage layout continues to be an improvement on the old side stage. Amazing how they squeezed the stage in. There is not even enough room for a step to rest your feet on in front of the bench seats. Instead you have to rest them on a metal footrest under the table.

The girls are average but average still means that there are a few that get plenty of barfines.

There is also a Jacuzzi show but of course there is no room for anybody to get a ringside seat.

The music is dance. If I am enjoying a lady drink chat, the long dancing roster usually gets me reaching for the check bin.

  Review from Pattaya Rag, Oct 2007: Worthy

Worthy of a mention is Sexy Girls A-Go-Go Soi 8. This place was the surprise of the night and the best bar of the night. Terrific music, (for me that usually means anything but hip-hop), plenty of attractive ladies and a Jacuzzi show by two enthusiastic ladies who were fortunately blessed, naturally, in the chestie area.

There were more than a few girls worthy of mine and a novelty of the bar is the girls slide down a fireman's pole, commando style, to get on the stage. Commando style refers to a style of dress rather than a style for slipping down a chuffing pole!

For the record and IMHO, this is one of the best off Walking Street go-go bars and could even give some of the on Walking Street bars a run for their money.

  Review Sep 2007: 7 Songs

Oops noted a flaw in the bar, I bought a girl a drink and she was good company so I postulated staying a little longer. But then I counted the dancing girls and realised they dance for 7 long dance music songs.

I didn't feel like watching 30 minutes of bikini clad shuffling so check bin krup.

  Review April 2007: Just a Minute

It is always good to see a bar making a positive effort to make more of an impact.

There is a slightly eccentric Thai owner on meeting and greeting duties who makes an effort to ensure that customers are well looked after.

There are now many new and prettier faces on the dance stage and amazingly some of them were dancing with real enthusiasm. I noted that it produced good feedback for one girl, as no sooner had she finished her dance stint then she was off out of the door, barfined.

The bar has now changed its opening hours and opens at 4pm (though strangely noted on the door as opening at 15.59)

Somehow the efforts of the dancers and staff rubbed off and made for a lively early evening session.

  Review Oct 2006: Stage Centre

The narrow venue has been remodelled to replace the rather high side stage with a lower centre stage.  There is now additional bench seating where the old stage used to be.

Certainly an improvement to the bar, both in terms of looks and proximity of the girls.

The bar is very narrow and the designers have done well to fit in the extra seating. However they have rather had to limit the space used by seated customers. There is no floor place to put your feet! Instead there is a metal rail making for seats that are half bench half stool.

The girls were a little below average and many were dancing topless. There were about half a dozen dancing at anyone time.

The girls weren't being very friendly towards me, but to be fair, I saw three girls successfully talking customers into a barfine during the course of a single beer.

Closed. Now Bada Bing

Silver Star A-GoGo

Pattaya Soi 8

From 7pm

www.silver-star-agogo.com

Long established gogo on Soi 8

Feb 08 Key						Takeaway: -festivities 1000 -dancers 600
Pint £1.50
	65	105		130-150	110-170

Convenient short time room which lacks in privacy as the only shower is communal.

  Review March 2009: Odd Stacked Against Them

The bar has been around for a fair time and must be doing something right.

Perhaps the secret is having a fair team of above average girls. Probably the number one asset for any gogo.

From there it goes downhill a bit. There were 8 girls dancing in bikinis or topless on the central stage. At the end of a track they would all shuffle around one place so the dance stint must be 8 songs. A bit of a long wait if you are enjoying a girl's company.

Doesn't seem to be much of a problem to me though, as the girls ignore me, as they do most of the customers in the bar.

The bar is also into the silly tip seeking move of sellotaping small coins into 5 baht stacks. As a matter of principle I take the coins and later donate them to a more deserving cause.

  Review July 2008: Smiling

The bar is not on my favourites list and so it has been a while since the last visit.

I noticed that the shower cubicle had become a Jacuzzi. It is a far more attractive idea to be out in the open rather than hiding away behind closed shower doors.

The girls on stage were actually good at casting their eyes around the room and smiling at customers catching their gaze.

There were some attractive girls around, but once off stage they went in no hassle mode. They left the lonely customers to their vacant stare at the dancing girls.

There wasn't anything drastically wrong, its just that other bars a bit better (and a bit cheaper).

  Review Nov 2007: 9 Songs

The bar has had a bit of a make over and is unsurprisingly similar to Silver Star 2 in the next soi.

There is a largish central stage surrounding by bench seating and stools. The benches are a little narrow and one tends to feel a little exposed as there are no substantial tables or drinks ledges to hide behind.

There is now a shower cubicle but the glass doors block the viewing to most of the bar. No doubt those in the seats nearby get a good view. Two girls were doing their thing inside. Surely can never be such a good idea as an open Jacuzzi as the glass stifles any chance of interaction with the customers.

The central stage was packed with dancers who were generally topless. It is certainly one of those bars where you check bin when your girls goes to dance as the girls were doing a 9 song dancing stint.

There were plenty of pretty girls in the bar but they didn't seem to be making much effort to circulate whilst waiting for their dance stint. Maybe it was just little too early.

Seems to have potential but it didn't click on this visit.

  News Nov 2007: Renovated

The bar has now re-opened after taking time out for renovation. There is a new design and a water feature of  shower cubicle which has the problem of steaming up. The bar has taken a random selection of girls from Silver Star 2 in Soi 7

  Review April 2007: Slow Start

Whilst waiting for a date on Soi 8 I visited during the opening hour and it was very disappointing. There were a lot of so-so girls on stage doing a long dance stint of about 8 songs.

There were few other girls in the bar and they seemed more intent on doing there own thing rather than making any effort to look after early evening customers.

Presumably livens up later but I would give the early hours a miss.

  Review from Pattaya Pages, Sept 2006: Hectic

Lots of girls, lots of nice breasts on show, short skirts and shoes are the only uniform. Music is too loud, and the place has that hectic out of control atmosphere that normally comes at midnight. Girls are not too pretty, but not pushy either. Not a bad place, nothing special.

Silver Star 2 A-GoGo

Pattaya Soi 7

From 7pm

www.silver-star-agogo.com

The former Fawlty Towers bar and restaurant in Soi 7 has been converted into a gogo bar which opened on June 8th 2007

Feb 08 Key						Takeaway: -festivities 1000 -dancers 600
Pint £1.50
	65	105		130 to 150	110-130

  Review Feb 2009: Bronze Star

The bar always seems quite lively with about half the girls dancing on stage or in the Jacuzzi.

The dress code for the dancers is bikini clad or topless depending on the wishes of the dancer. They seem to attract a few above average girls too.

There's also a traditionally naughty Jacuzzi show perhaps entertaining the customers set back against the wall rather than poolside.

Every seems fine but not a bar where I have been tempted to stay very long. I am not quite sure why, just never seem to get the luck of the draw. Perhaps they still remember the time when I refused to tip the toilet boy.

  Review June 2008: Toilet Jockey

Probably just one of those things, but I have rarely been entertained in this bar. I think I must have offended someone in the past and they still remember to this day.

If there is no-one to chat to then one is left with just the dancing to watch and that is a little below average. There are a fair amount of girls though, so a few will hit the mark.

There is a Jacuzzi water feature but it seemed more for watching than participating.

And if you are not really enjoying yourself the expectation of a tip for the toilet jockey is even more irritating.

  Review by polleke, Nov 2007: Fun with an Aftertaste

When we entered we joined a real party. Lots of average friendly girls and lots of customers.

There is a central stage with 8 girls dancing. They also have a bath with 2 girls soaping each other.

The mamasans ran round the place to see everybody was having a good time.

My friend and I had a couple of real cuties on our lap and we decided to barfine the girls. Unfortunately my cutie was having her period. I really don't understand that bar owners keep those girls dancing.

I had a good chat and a good time with her, and made no problem about the lady drinks, but I can imagine that some customers would get pissed off.

So, fun with a bitter aftertaste

  Review, June 2007: Plenty of Customers

I made an early evening visit and the bar seems to have made a good early impact with plenty of customers.

There were about 20 dancing girls in the bar, half a dozen on the front stage and a couple in the Jacuzzi a little further back.

The dancers either were wearing either a wild west bikini affair or else a transparent negligee with knickers. Maybe not quite top notch but there were a few pretty girls on show.

The seating consists of small benches around the edge of the bar and stools around the main stage. For some reason there are no stools around the large jacuzzi.

The dance music was reasonably loud and selected for the dancers rather than the customers.

The drinks prices seemed top end with 95 Baht draft. No sign of a happy hour.

Renamed Sexy Girls A-GoGo, see above

Pattaya Soi 6 (Soi Yodsak)

A renaming of Mandarin Club that never stuck

Spicy Girls A-GoGo

Pattaya Soi 13/2 (Soi Post Office)

Closed on 31st January 2009, 10 years after it opened

Soi Pattayaland 1

Re-named as 2 XS then closed. Now Sawadee Boys

Closed as a girl A-GoGo in October 2005 and re-opened in March 2006 as a katoey A-GoGo.

Beach Road: Soi 4

Closed

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Tahitian Queen

Beach Road (Near Soi 13)

From 1:30pm.
Shift change at 7:30pm

www.tahitianqueen.com

More of a local pub than a gogo. The guys seem to go for a chin wag rather than to check out the girls.

Mar 09 Key							Takeaway: 1000 decreases later on All in deal: 1300
Pint £2.50
						110
		110	105		120

Has a burger and chips menu. Also tacos, fried shrimp and some pretty good Thai food in the back for the girls. Regular health checks for the girls.

  Review, May 2009: Expensive

How on earth does this bar get away with selling near the most expensive draft beer in Pattaya. The 110 Baht is simply not value for the disappointing entertainment.

The girls were overdressed in bikinis and were not much more than shuffling to the 70's & 80's rock music.

And when not dancing they were doing their best to ignore me even when sitting close by.

Anyway don't listen to me, I am a little biased against non-sexy overpriced bars. Better to take advice from those that like that sort of thing, there were plenty in the bar that seemed to be enjoying it.

  Review, December 2008: Chatty

TQ 1 is a very popular bar, it always seems full.

And yet it has few attractions for this particular reviewer. The girls are overdressed in bikinis, there are large sections of seating with only an end on view of the long thin stage, and one tends to be either ignored or hassled by the girls.

The reason for the popularity is more cultural than due to the gogo aspects. The bar has become a meeting place for farangs who simply like a chat with fellow farangs. This seems to be particularly an American thing.

Anyway you can't argue with a popular bar. If you fancy a chat with your mates, then get down there.

  Review by Dmitri, March 2008: Still Smoky and Full

Still smoky and a full place. It is a shame such a small place gets packed with smokers leaving no air to breathe for others. I had a real headache just after one hour.

People stay in front of you waiting for you to leave to get a place, kind of stressful.

Lady drinks are now 110, not 100 as previously reported.

  Review June 2007: Too Smoky

This bar always seems to turn me into Mr Grumpy. The bar always seems full and often there is no chance of a comfy seat. On my last visit I found a suspiciously vacant seat only to find out why...the chain smokers at the next table.

The replacement location was a stool out of the way of anything much interesting. The girls dance in bikinis but most of the customers are enjoying a bit of banter with their mates and don't seem so interested in the girls anyway.

It is always a very popular bar, so perhaps one day I will get to see why.  

  Review Oct 2006: Always Full

I probably am being a bit unreasonable but I do like to have a comfy seat in a GoGo and space by my side to accommodate a friendly hostess. This bar always seems full and my simple requirements are rarely met.

They could do with a greeter who clears out the girls occupying the customer seats but otherwise how can you knock such a popular bar.

  Review from Pattaya Secrets, April 2006: Living Loom

I've been a regular there for more than a decade. The place features good old American Classic Rock. After you've been going in there a while, you get to know the regulars, then it's a fucking free-for-all of drinks and back-slapping laughter. I can go in there virtually any time of any day and find a friend to share a drink with. As my favorite mamasang says, "Welcome back to your livingloom!"

The waitresses are generally good, with good English, and are mostly attentive. You get a good-sized drink there, not the little half-glasses, and the beers are cold.

The two owners, Woody and Bob, really care about the place. They are always interested in feedback. Woody is generally in during Happy Hour (5-7 PM). Bob is generally in later, and not on any regular schedule.

Woody is the President of the Jesters Motorcycle Club here in Pattaya. He's a really nice guy, really knows music very well, and has travelled extensively. I have gotten to know a great many of the Jesters, and it turns out that, once you look past the leather, you find a bunch of really interesting people, including electrical engineers, airline pilots, oil field engineers, and many other professionals not normally associated with the cliche of bikers.

TQ1 can be slightly daunting at first because it is rather dark as has been pointed out, but also because many people in there know each-other and the owners/managers, and that gives the place the feeling of a clubhouse. But, hang in there, and get to know the manager on duty. Especially, get to know Tom (looks like Mr. Clean with a moustache, works most nights). The other managers are Joe (works most daytimes, tall, thin guy, strong handshake, ears like Alfred E. Newman), and Steve (substitute manager, heavy-set guy, always smiling, gamy leg that causes him to walk with a limp).

As to the barfines, basically, the reason they are so high is that the place had a tendency to have all the girls bought out in the first hour back when it was 500 baht. And I don't mean just once. I mean that if you went in there after about 10:00, there would be the 5 girls who were either ugly or on their period left in the bar. So they jacked up the bar fines. This solved the problem of no girls, but made the problem of girls leaving because no punter would go the fine.

Tim

2nd Road
(opposite the large Mike's Mall)

From 5pm

Notable for good rock music but also notable for hassle and aging dancers.

The large neon signs indicate a beer bar rather than a gogo but in fact there is a large gogo inside. Tim, the owner, is a Thai lady who also runs the hotel above the bar.

Feb 09 Key						Takeaway: - 800
Pint £1.40
	65		75	105

  Review May 2009: The Wrong Type of Nibbles

As I was shown to my seat, a couple of cuties were turfed out of my designated stool. I thought things were looking up, but they found some dark corner of the bar to hide in, and I never spotted them again.

The dancing girls were average, and were overdressed in bikinis. There were 5 on the stage at any one time. The music is well chosen with some very classic rock videos and some less well known bands, but still good tracks.

However live rock tracks can be very long and anyone waiting for 5 songs worth of dancing for their girl to return, would be waiting a long time. It doesn't really inspire much in the way of dancing either

There were plenty of girls waiting their turn to dance and these are supplemented by a fair few hostesses.

It seemed strange then, that the girl who tried her luck with me, tried the old trick of approaching one song before she was due to dance. Never works with me, I never buy a drink for at least the first track.

The girl's little trick introduces the low key hassle factor that's associated with the bar. The service staff do regular rounds of trying to sell extras, in particular, vodka shots, ping pong balls and nibbles (unfortunately of the potato chip variety). The hassle was pretty minor though, a simple 'mai ow krup' was sufficient to move them on to bother somebody else.

But it would take one of the cuties mentioned earlier to persuade me to stay for a second beer. Something that has yet to happen for me in this bar.

  Review Nov 2008: Still Doing Well

I was taken aback by a friendly welcome from the Thai managers and wasn't really expecting cordialities when entering a bar and I'm not sure I returned the greeting.

The bar boasts an enormous number of hostess and/or service girls. If they had a half as many, it would still be well staffed. Perhaps it gets very crowded sometimes.

The dancers were all bikini clad but their are now about half a dozen girls that are pretty enough to hold their own in Walking Street. Still a fair few oldies though.

The hostess service girls were friendly enough but I prefer it when the dancers do the hostessing.

Didn't spot any hassle to sell stuff such as munchies and raffle tickets, or indeed, ping pong balls. Perhaps they have sensibly eased off on the hard sell.

The music is still the same with well chosen, but often repeated, oldie farang rock videos.

  Review Feb 2008: Not So Bad

I stopped by ad was rather surprised to find a bar with plenty of customers and a fair amount of girls.

Don't these people read reviews I wondered. Don't they know that the girls are past their use by date? Don't they know that the bar seriously hassles to sell raffle tickets and munchies etc? Don't they know that the girls are overdressed?

Actually there were some halfway decent girls on dancing duty and nobody hassled me at all. The draft beer was reasonably priced and the music was good for aging rockers.

I can't understand why the bar is so popular though, but it wasn't too bad on this occasion.

  Review from Pattaya Today: Night March, June 2007: Jockey's Armpit

Wandered into the Tim gogo bar for a look and, as expected, not a lot has changed in recent times. The place is still darker than a camel jockey’s armpit, the music is good rock and roll, if a bit dated, and it has more staff than dancers.

Allowing for the dim lighting and lack of proximity, I did think Tim had a better collection of chrome pole huggers than the last time I went in.

  Review from Asia Bugle, Jan 2007: Been Around for Years

The place hasn't seen a coat of paint or an update in its music, which is pretty good, for about a hundred years.

I think part of the reason the place is so dimly lit is in an effort to hide the fact there are so many ladies of easy virtue who are closer to pensionable age than half the customers who frequent the establishment.

One of the hostesses was wandering about with a Tequila bottle in hand in a fashion suggesting she was more likely to belt you over the head with it than offer you a drink.

The final straw came when a woman whose last job must surely have been as a guard in a junkyard removed her top and clambered aboard the stage to perform a series of whistle-blowing and dart-firing exercises.

  Review from jj, June 2006: Unnoticed & Unwanted

The recently posted review of TIM's exactly parallels my recent experience. I tend not to write negative reviews unless they are particularly egregious, but the lack of interest in return business is seemingly a "business plan" for TIM's.

Immediately after sitting down we were approached by the shooters girls. After a bit of banter, one flashed us for a shot. But that was the end of that. They moved on to greener pastures; two new arrivals.

As is my pattern in a new bar, I called upon the mamasan to invite a few ta-leung girls to provide entertainment. She walked off. No girls arrived.

We finished our drinks and walked out almost unnoticed and certainly unwanted.

Pattaya Soi 6 (Soi Yodsak)
(2nd Road end)

Opened 5th September 2007 as a lady boy GoGo. Converted to Tornado Bar, an open bar in February 2008

Beach Road

Listed under Tahitian Queen 1, see above

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Wet 'N' Wild A-GoGo

Centre Condo
Pattaya Tai (Pattaya South Road)

Table dancing with several water features. Changed hands in May 2007 and was previously known as Blue Lagoon A-GoGo. Closed in April 2009.

  News April 2009: Dark

Sometime over Songkran Wet 'n' Wild has drained away. There is another suggestion that the bar may be closed for 3 weeks for renovation possibly to another type of bar.

  Review April 2009: Paddling On

I'd rather assumed that the lack of comment on the Pattaya forums coupled with an the observed decline on my last visit would have resulted in further criticism. But the bar seems to be holding up well.

There were about ten girls present and a few of them were attractive. They had 4 dancing and 4, waiting plus another couple of girls alternating doing the swimming tank show.

There weren't too many customers around but at least they were all being looked after.

I just stayed for a couple of drinks but the visit was perfectly pleasant.

  Review December 2008: Dampening Down

My visits have declined to this bar as a couple of girls I know have moved on to Walking Street bars.

Most of the entertainment instigated to get the bar going in the earlier part of the year are still in place but things have drifted a bit of late. There are still some good looking girls dancing in various stages of undress and of course the occasional girl diving into the big swimming tank. There was also a sexy show.

On my last visit the girls would scamper away into a distant corner at the end of the set and customers had to call the staff to conjure up any interaction from the girls.

Perhaps it just needs a good high season to get the girls energised.

Soi Pattayaland 2

Now Rodeo Girls, see above

World Wide A-GoGo

Beach Road (near Soi 8)

From 6pm

Variable gogo often with plentiful girls.

Jan 09 Key						Takeaway: -to 9pm 1000 - after 9pm 600 Room:
Pint £1.20
	50	60-70	65	85	95-140

  Review March 2009: No Hassle

Since my last visit the bar seems to have lost the very pretty showgirls. But such ebbs and flows are the nature of the business. However the bar still has a fair few girls and seems to be doing a steady trade.

There are usually 8 girls dancing for 4 songs. They have a wave of topless girls and then a wave of bikini clad girls. When the topless girls are taking their turn, the door minders are carefully vigilant.

The girls are average but that means there are a few attractive choices.

When I first used to frequent the bar a few years ago, both the dancers and waitresses would hustle for a drink. But nowadays no hassle to the point of loneliness is the likely fate for customers. The girls seem to prefer their own company in a couple of reserved seating bays at the front of the bar.

Beer is well cheap at 50 Baht for a draft and 60 Baht for some bottled beers.

  Review July 2008: Private Booth

The bar seems to have improved a bit of late with a better crowd than for some time. Perhaps this to do with the introduction of topless dancing and some sexy shows.

I'm not really sure if the management are entirely at ease with this concept, as they have a very watchful man on the door when anything naughty is going on inside.

There were a couple of very attractive show girls on my last visit. But when the had done their stint they would hide away with the Thai DJ in his little booth. Anyone would think that farang customers weren't 'hansum men'. Surely not the case.

There are an awful lot of service staff on hand, far more than necessary. I think their job was to provide a dedicated one on one hassle service for anyone gullible enough to fall for buying excess lady drinks. A polite refusal was enough to keep them at bay though, so not a big problem.

If I could have prised the cuties out of the DJ booth I would happily have stayed for a short time, but as it was, I left after a pleasant couple of beers.

  Review Oct 2007: A One Bottle World

The lack of aircon bars in the Soi 7/Soi 8 circuit means that the gogos get an occasional visit when I need to borrow the aircon for 10 minutes.

Otherwise the bar does not seem to offer much for seasoned expats. The only time I see anyone get animated is when the staff sense a newbie. They certainly get well friendly then.

In general there are 8 girls on stage rotating at 2 per song so do a reasonable 4 song dance stint. The girls are strictly bikini clad and there are a few that are attractive.

There are a fair few girls in the bar but they take seriously their job to hide themselves in quiet corners when not dancing.

The drinks prices are reasonable with 60 baht bottled beers but it has been a long time since I bought more than one bottle.

  Review March 2007: Hot or Not?

There were a surprising amount of girls on dancing with about 10 on stage and maybe 15 awaiting their turn to dance, There were a few attractive girls amongst the dancers. The dancers were strictly bikini clad.

I imagine that every customer will have wildly different views on the bar. Some customers were enjoying hands on fun with one or more girls whilst other were sitting glumly alone totally shunned by all the dancers.

Bottled beer is very reasonable at 60 Baht which may explain the steady flow of customers. All the bar needs to do is improve the randomness with which girls say hello to the guys.

  Review August 2006: Non-Descript

I visited at an early hour to find the bar with about 20 girls in attendance. 8 were on stage dancing for 4 songs each. They were wearing black short skirts and matching bikini tops. A couple of girls revealed that they were knickerless but you would never know unless the girls made an effort to show you.

The girls were average. Strictly average too, there were none that were very pretty nor were there any that you would go out of your way to avoid.

Previous reports of undue hassle did not seem relevant on this visit on the grounds that not a single girl showed any interest in saying hello anyway.

The guy next to me was being given a bit of hassle though, the service girl was trying to get him to buy a drink for a dancer and herself. He eventually relented and bought the service girl a drink but she did not even sit next to him to drink it. Just took and occasional sip when passing.

  Review January 2006: Worldly Wise to Pressure

This is a very hasslesome some bar that I would surely not recommend to visitors not aware of all the tricks of the trade. They try just about all of them here. The lady chooses tequila without informing you that it costs an extortionate 50% more than the standard lady drink. Then when they succeed they try to down them at a far greater rate than you can drink a bottle of beer. Then of course there is the drinks 'for my friend'.

There were about a dozen average girls dancing on stage overdressed in bikinis. There is also a show with more nudity on display.

I did actually loiter for a fair while in the bar though as my companion was actually giving me some pretty good hands on value for the overpriced ladydrinks.

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Closed

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The Zoo A-GoGo Discotheque

Pattaya Soi 8

Opened November 2005 until January 2006. Now First A-GoGo

Notes

The 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.

Nudity cannot be guaranteed and whenever the Pattay police are on the prowl the girls cover up. Closing times are sporadic depending upon local enforcement. 2am or 3am is now the norm.

Anyone with Middle Eastern or South Asian dark skin should be aware that they may receive a rather negative welcome. 90% of gogo bars have unspecified entry restrictions which can be hard to tie down as different people have had different receptions. Unwelcome faces will be told at the door that the bar is suddenly a members only club. Discriminatory maybe, but it is for real, it is based on experience, and it is supported by those who care about the welfare of the girls.

Just a couple of times people have had a bad experience in a bar which is perhaps the fault of an individual employee rather than bar policy. More often then not, the bar would be more than happy to deal with offsite problems even when it is not strictly their problem. To try and be fair to the bars, offsite complaints about employees can only be considered for inclusion if they have first been presented to the bar involved.

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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