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

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Air Port Club

Walking Street

From 3pm

New for 2008 from the people that brought you Nui's 2, Pinky Girl, Hot Girls and New Star. Opened 1st Sep 2008

May 10 Key								Takeaway: -showgirl to 12 1000 -showgirl after 12 700 -topless dancer 700 -bikini dancer 600 Short times limited to 1 hour
	to 8pm	55				165	135-250
from 8pm		85	130	95

Beware of the very expensive lady drinks

  Review June 2010: Afternoon Flight

For a change I tried Air Port on its afternoon shift. Surely not a patch on the evening shift.

There were about a dozen girls in attendance of which 4 or 5 were dancing on the front podium stages. Nothing going on in the fun stages towards the back of the bar. The girls were mostly working just the afternoon shift and were a few notches older and wiser than the evening girls.

The dancing uniform was a bit naff with bras rather than bikini tops. A couple of dancers were topless so this is presumably down to the choice of the dancers.

There is a cheaper 55 Baht draft option in the afternoon but that is because the bar is more or less on par with the cheaper options in the afternoon.

I chatted to a girl who worked both shifts, which maybe was a mistake, as she seemed all geared up for lady drink demands as if it were a mega crowded, mega fun bar with lots of alternative options for her. Only it wasn't, as there were only about 5 or 6 customers.

It is probably better to stick with the more specialist daytime gogos. Less expectations on both sides makes them a more laid back option for afternoon drinking.

  Review from Malcolm, January 2010: 20 Baht notes

125 Baht for bottle of Singha but with the amount of naked flesh around, well worth it, and no hassle at all for lady drinks.

OK if you're near the Jacuzzi or bed/stage at the back you will get a tip pot rattled at you, keep a few 20 Baht notes in your wallet for these occasions.

  Review from Materialsman, Oct 2009: 10/10

I  have read on Forums that Airport is too loud, too expensive, too small, but f**k me sideways, they are doing something right, and those stewardess uniforms are something else, I love the way they appear to have a sort of colour ranking with the uniforms, from the beautiful blue of the stunning Hello girls and some service girls, there are also white uniforms, red ones, and I even spotted one lady in a black suited get up, very, very sexy in my view, and I am known amongst my peers as an incorrigible pervert of the highest order, with a known predilection for schoolgirl uniforms, but this stewardess concept done Airport Club style blows that right out of the water, even the naked Jacuzzi girls maintain tiny parts of the uniform.

The Club was absolutely chockers, virtually standing room only, and I had to make my way back to the Jacuzzi areas before I could squeeze myself onto a stool. If you think being trodden on is a potential hazard in the Iron Club, then you wouldn't like Airport one bit! It was so compressed in there wedged between the wall and the first Jacuzzi, it was almost uncomfortable, but I didn't give a flying f**k, there were so many naked girls squeezing past me that I managed to cop a feel of more naked, tight ass in an hour than a Catholic Priest gets in a lifetime! I feel I have to mention one of the Jacuzzi girls, simply the largest pair of natural tits on a Thai girl I have seen in years.

The girls here last night were just simply awesome, the dancers, the show girls, the service girls, Hello girls and all, if you can just block out the awful, loud car alarm music played in there, it's the hottest joint in town, and I wouldn't hesitate to bring a newbie into here for his first taste of life Pattaya style, I think it would be enough to make him faint, even the Pope would have a ball here right now, I just wish I had more time to be a regular visitor here.

Another girl on the platform next to the Jacuzzi was rubbing her pussy up rigorously again a chrome pole, there were wet foam truncheons being smacked against naked flesh with reckless abandon, there were gorgeous, skimpy uniform clad girls gyrating on stage, total bacchanalia, if I die, please place my ashes in an urn on the window shelf right here opposite the Jacuzzi's, so I can enjoy the deliciously decadent, debauched scene for all eternity. There is really no other option available to me than to give this place a 10/10 based on last night.

  Review June 2009: Business Class

The bar must be doing something right as it is very busy during a very low season.

The bar is closest in feel to What's Up. It has half the bar devoted to gogo dancing on a small set of stages and then at the back of the bar it has a water feature and play stage with girls doing a continuous naughty show. And in common with What's Up it has the Thai run potential to be a bit overly ruthless on the quest for money.

The gogo dancers were mostly bikini clad with an odd one taking her top off. The prettier girls were assigned to the fun stages at the back and were generally having fun with the customers willing to feedback the fun.

The service staff make a mark with their fetching air stewardess uniforms which definitely add a unique atmosphere to the bar.

  Review from Materialsman, Dec 2008: Peak Season

I was stuck in the only available space in the Club, well away from the bathtub and Jacuzzi action, and right under a speaker close to the Club entrance, nursing my 120 baht bottle of Heineken.

I will certainly be returning once the Christmas and New Year Bar Fine wallet gouging levels are over, so, like a News of the World reporter, after really enjoying the company, I made my excuses and left.

  Review from Pattaya Addicts, Sept 2008: Uniforms

This place has some service girls in great "air hostess" style uniforms.

Closed in October 2005, now Lollipop A-GoGo, see below

Angels A-GoGo

Walking Street

Small bar opened July 19th 2006 but closed in July 2008.  Now a shoe shop.

Angelwitch Rock Dancers

Walking Street: Soi 15

From 8pm
Shows 10pm to 1am

Reports of a discriminatory 300 Baht entry charge (inc 1 drink)

Professional and erotic shows with expensive drinks. Opened in January 2006. Keep an eye on your tabs.

May 10 Key							Takeaway: -showgirls 1000 after 1am only -dancers 800
Pint £3.30
		145-150	130-150	125-145	170	150

  Review from Rick of pattaya-discover.com, March 2010: Big Fan

I have to confess to being a big fan of AngelWitch. It's formula is different from other bars and clubs in town. There is, or at least a while back there was a high standard of performance, choreographed scenes in beautiful costumes that were as creative and artistic as they were erotic.

Those standards seem to have slipped a little in the last year. It's still a great venue, one of the few venues in town where you can take a date and she's going to enjoy the show.

My last visit a month ago left me disappointed, with it's reliance on formula bawdy sketches that you could imagine seeing in any part of town, or even participate in at some of the raunchier clubs in town like Windmill and Babydolls. My date was bored. She sat through the sketches unimpressed and spent half the time checking her watch.

On my visit this week, the show seems to have been revitalised somewhat. We have some new comedy scenes, Tina Turner impersonations, acts with a live Python, and of course the statuesque Oi is on stage in many of the scenes, to impress us with her sensuality. Unfortunately, the lady with the acrobatic talents, who could swing between the steel poles with the skill of a trapeze artist, appears to be missing. Still lots of entertainment, and a show well worth watching.

My date this night loved the show, she smiled and laughed throughout the comedy acts and appreciated the beauty of the costumes and the talents of the show girls and actors. She watched in awe as the girls descended from the overhead gantry, sliding down the chrome poles.

We decided to stay for the next show and watched as the go-go girls descended onto the stage. The go-go dancers at AngelWitch are amongst the hottest on Walking Street.

Great entertainment, well worth a visit.

Beers are Bt 150, soft drinks Bt 125.

  Reader review Dec 2009: Hassle all the time

There are many girls and a show, but drinks are quite expensive (juice or soft drink 150 Baht).

The worst of all is the staff, who hassle all the time asking you to order more drinks. It's not a place I would recommend.

Bar fine 800. Lady 2000 one hour. If you want the lady all the night, get ready to pay 3000 up. There are many places much better than these one.

  Review from Pattaya-Addicts, November 2009: Hassle

Although the shows are noted as high quality the bar is currently taking a persistent knock on the Pattaya forums for hassle.

Complaints include a minimum drinking speed for customers and continuous drinks hassle from the staff.

Drinks are expensive and the girls quote short and long term rates to match.

  Review from BiLLYiSaKiD, May 2009: Homecoming

I first discovered Angelwitch in April of 2008 with a couple US Marine buddies. Even with the high prices we were addicted from the start! We even saw a lot of couples there…

We ended up there every night and I went home with the same hot lil’ cutie every time. And I thought I was a true butterfly! Not with this one. Mamasan always made her wait for me… Now that’s service!

…When I managed to make it back to Pattaya in August, my little darling was no longer working there but mamasan was and she made damn sure that I had my pick of any girl on stage. She even offered to call my original girl back just for me. I declined of course and took full advantage of mama’s kind offer and walked out with a different girl every couple of nights. With mama as a friend and as long as I took care of the girls, no hard feelings. Not even so much as a dirty look… Admittedly that freedom to butterfly was paid for in smiles, tips and ping pong balls!

Because my first drink was always with the head mamasan or the staff my friends and I were always well taken care of… I’ll always make a point to drop in to Angelwitch for a little “Home Coming” whenever I’m in Pattaya.

Strong Points:

• Very Friendly Staff
• Clean!
• Best Sexy Shows…
• Best Dressed/Almost Dressed Dancers
• Date Friendly

Weak Points:

• Expensive
• Not the prettiest or best dancers

  Review from Pattaya Talk, April 2009: Great Shows

Still providing great choreographed shows although short on customer/girl interaction and lacking much in the way of eroticism.

A good place to take a girl if you’ve already barfined and you can stomach the sky-high drink prices.

  Review Nov 2008: Popular

I'm no longer a regular visitor to the bar due to the very expensive drinks.

The shows are worth the money for those that like choreographed shows. In fact the shows are about the best in town.  I also find it a very good place to go with visitors who may not like the mongering bars that I prefer.

However most of the time I am in participation mode rather than watching mode, so paying extra for shows doesn't appeal.

But there are an awful lot of visitors in town who prefer watching over participating, so the bar does deservedly very well indeed.

B

Babe Watch

Walking Street: Soi 16

Opened November 2005, closed in July 2006. Now Black & White which closed too.

Baby Dolls A-GoGo

Walking Street: Soi 15

From 8pm

www.babydollspattaya.com

Opened October 2006, changed hands in Feb 2007, March 2007 and May 2008. It is now one of most noted interactive gogos

July 09 Key								Takeaway: -festivities 1000-1500 -showgirls 700 -service 500 -dancers 600 -all after 1:30 am 300
Pint £1.50
	to 10:00	45			60	150	120
from 10:00		65	115	85	95

  Review August 2010: Reliable Customer Care

The bar is sticking to a good system, and has now maintained high standards of fun for a long stint.

The bar has two threads of entertainment. There are the naughty show girls that have a circuit of the the play mat stage and then the Jacuzzi, working in teams of two. They are amongst the naughtiest in town with props such as bananas being put to good use. Plenty of customers will head straight to stage side seats for the 'shows'.

The other option is the more traditional centre stage gogo dancing. The available girls split into 3 teams (2 later on the evening when a fair few girls tend to drift away with customers). The girls dance just a few songs before a shift change for the next team. This works really well as the girls spend most of their time earning tips and lady drinks by sitting with customers.

The girls seem to generally prefer sitting on your lap rather than sitting at your side. I am sure this does wonders in terms of tips earned.

It is one Pattaya's best bars for a reliable chance of good close up, and hands on, customer care.

The only times I have ever made a hasty getaway is when the bar gets a bit crowded and there aren't enough girls to go around. There's nothing worse than watching other people enjoying themselves so much when you are missing out.

  Review April 2010: Always Good

Baby Dolls remains consistent to its hands on approach to customer care, and rightfully seems always busy.

Whilst other bars, with standoffish girls and few customers, must surely look on in envy. But in reality popular Walking Street bars seem to have two basic paths to success with a bar full of customers. One is to have the prettiest girls in town to look at, and the other is to get girls who are interactive with the customers. After all these are the two things that customers come to Pattaya for.

Baby Dolls has a central stage for gogo dancing, a play mat for naughty shows and a similarly naughty Jacuzzi.

The dancers have a nice short stint on stage for just 4 songs. So customers are happy to wait for their playmate to return to their sides. Early on in the evening there are enough girls to run 3 shifts but as the barfine toll takes its inecitable course,  the bar will drop down to 2 shift working. This means that early on the girls can spend 2/3 of the time with customers and later on, 1/2 their time.

I find that Baby Dolls is one of the few bars that offer a consistently high chance of finding fun enough to stay for a fair few beers.

  Review by jj, July 2009: Most naughty to most demure

Baby Dolls continues to enjoy its place among the top tier of Pattaya haunts. The bar has it all and gets it all right! From most naughty to most demure -- even the service staff -- are friendly and attractive. If she sees you without a lady, Mamasan comes over to ensure that all is well. Plenty of action everywhere one looks. If there can be any complaint whatsoever it is that the electrical system seems bit dodgy. On two consecutive visits, the power has failed but within 10 minutes the fault was located and music and a/c restored. .

  Review July 2008: Better Than Ever

The bar is very good as outlined in previous reviews. Unfortunately for the high season months it was a bit too good. I gave the bar a miss for a few months simply because it was hard to find a seat, let alone a girl to take care of you.

However the low season has depleted the excess customers and again there is a good chance to take part in some of the almost legendary entertainment.

There are touch feely shows on the play mat, the Jacuzzi and also on part of the main stage. There is also more traditional gogo dancing on the central stage and a few table dancing stages.

The service is friendly but sometimes a little stretched by the amount of customers.

The drinks prices are very reasonable.

There are plenty of pretty girls on hand but maybe not quite the top selection in Pattaya, as maybe the interactivity is a little too much for many girls.

  News May 2008: Under New Management

The bar has changed hands and Ricky is the new frontman.

  Review by Serigala, Jan 2008: The Only Place in Town

Having read other reviews about Baby Dolls my wife and I thought we’d have to check it out.

The other reviews were spot on for the liveliness, lots of nakedness, interactivity and downright good fun.

The only place we stayed for more than one drink.
The only place that we ST’d a girl.
The only place that we could say we were welcomed and looked after by the mamasan, service girls and dancers.
The only place we felt they wanted us to be there, and to stay.
The only place where the smile was the norm, and not the exception.

Coupled with reasonably priced beer and happy hour until 10pm, we gave this place top marks and first on the list when we visit Pattaya again.

Baccara A-GoGo

Walking Street

The Pattaya branch of the noted Soi Cowboy GoGo opened 17th December 2009. Ownership connections with Peppermint, Happy and Beach Club

Apr 10 Key								Takeaway: 600
Pint £1.90
	to 9:30	59*		59	59	140	120
from 9:30		59*	120	100	95-120

  Review by Rick of www.pattaya-discover.com, April 2010: Upstairs Downstairs

Baccara is one of the most impressive clubs in town. The owners also run Baccara in Bangkok, and they've a created a unique concept that has the potential to be a great go-go bar. It seems to have almost everything a go-go club needs to be successful. There are two floors, effectively two clubs in one, as each floor has a different ambiance.

The downstairs area has a large central stage, but no shower, Jacuzzi or play area. There's about 20 girls dancing in rotation. The stage is big enough for a dozen girls or more, but there's usually eight go-go dancers on stage, dressed in bikinis and fish net stockings, and high heels. Some nights the bikini and stockings are white, other nights the outfit is black. Pretty standard stuff. The girls are attractive enough and reasonably friendly. There's great service, good music that doesn't make conversation impossible, and reasonable drinks prices.

The upstairs area has a sunken dance stage with a glass floor and fireman's pole for rapid descent to the lower floor. If you're in the right position on either floor, you can see the dancers on both floors.

The girls outfit on the upper floor is different, a short skirt and bikini top made of a see-through material, and ankle length basketball style shoes and socks. Quite different from the ground floor girls' outfits, and it's obviously designed for more fun and action. The girls generally remove their bikini top, and don't wear panties. When the opportunity arises, they create their own fun and games, swinging on the chrome poles, and engaging in all kinds of simulated sex acts.

Add to this some loosely choreographed shows later in the evening, basically different costumes, and some new moves and you have the recipe for a great evenings entertainment.

Since the opening in December there have been a few changes to the upstairs layout, with the addition of two small dancing stages, but they are not well positioned and get little attention from customers.

The initial impression when you walk into the club, is a formal atmosphere, a large central dance floor, male serving staff, and no play area. This cool, somewhat inhibiting atmosphere has an impact on the girls behaviour. They don't spend much time making eye contact, they seem totally engaged in watching their own image in the wall mirrors, and chatting with their friends on stage. Great eye candy, but not a lot of fun if you are looking for interaction.

I had more success making eye-contact with the girls on the floor above, while sitting in the downstairs section, as they flirted with me through the glass floor, lifting their microscopic skirts to reveal no panties and great contours.

The girls in the downstairs bar at Baccara are good looking but not exceptional as I would have expected. The successful clubs attract hot girls, but that doesn't seem to be happening at Baccara. Perhaps the girls understand the reasons why, better than the owners. The girls are friendly enough, once you make the connection, but the initial impression is that connection seems harder to make here than at many of the other Pattaya go-go bars.

The upstairs girls are a lot more interested in interaction with customers. Their outfit suggests fun from the moment you see them. A lack of wall mirrors shifts their focus to customers, and the sunken dance floor means the dancers are at eye level with those sitting in the armchairs around the central stage. The upstairs bar also has about 20 dancers, with 8 girls rotating on stage. There seems to be a high turnover, with new faces there every time I visit the bar.

As part of the fun atmosphere on the upper floor, customers throw Bt 20 notes or the more expensive ping pong balls, (for which the girls get Bt 20 a piece). The girls shriek and squeal as they race around the floor trying to catch flying notes.

With all the skill, experience, and ingenuity, not to mention expense, that went into creating Baccara, it should be the one of the best clubs in town, ranking alongside all the other great go-go clubs in Pattaya, like Airport, Peppermint, What's Up, SuperGirl, Happy and Windmill. It's certainly a great club, but it lacks the magic that you feel from the moment you walk into Airport, the energy that you feel at Peppermint, the almost endless stream of cute girls that Happy has, and a soul that permeates Windmill, ensuring every visit is a fun occasion.

While the service levels are very efficient, the male serving staff put a damper on activities. When there's no service girls, there's no opportunity to interact with them like at Windmill, or New Living Dolls, where it seems a part of the evenings entertainment.

A combination of men serving staff, a large central stage and girls who are more interested in their own reflection, than making eye contact, creates a formal almost hands-off, unfriendly feeling.

These criticisms may seem harsh, but at the end of the day, most go-go girls in Pattaya would like to interact with you in the style of Airport or Windmill, if only the infrastructure and the operational management allowed it.

I've had several impromptu interactions with girls at Baccara, that suggest they are willing but may be a little inhibited with the formality of the place.

On one evening, I was climbing up the spiral staircase, to the upper floor. I stopped to allow two of the girls to pass me. They were in no hurry to reach the lower floor and blocked my passage with their bodies, pinning me against the rail and smothering me all kinds of affectionate embraces. An unexpected encounter that brought a big smile to my face!

Baccara is definitely worth a visit. While it's clear that the owners are not trying to emulate the raunchy environment at clubs like BabyDolls and Windmill, they have a more formal, up market style in mind. The result is they have created an ambiance, at least in the downstairs area, that's somewhat chilly and unfriendly. Most customers don't make it, to the upstairs bar. So they miss out on the fun part of Baccara.

Time will tell how successful their concept will be.

  Review March 2010: Rapidly Evolving

The bar must be doing something right as it has rapidly become one of Pattaya's favourites.

So surely time to pay another visit.

There was a generally lively atmosphere and plenty of girls on stage and off. They were a well above average set of dancers, both in terms of attractive girls and in putting an effort into dancing.

There were a dozen girls on stage changing 2 at a time. This means a dancing roster of a longish, but typical 6 songs. The girls were mostly topless but a few were more coy.

It seemed to be a fun place to drink.

I would have stayed longer but I got pissed off by some uncalled for heavy pressure from ping pong ball sellers. I can easily ignore such nonsense but the 2 girls then moved on to a newbie sitting next to me. They were way too aggressive and I didn't really want to stay in a bar that allows their customers to be treated like that.

Note to newbies, don't waste your money on ping pong balls. The moment the whooping and laughter has died down, your contribution will have been forgotten. The same amount of money will be more appreciated as individual tips to the girls that provide you with personal company. They will usually remember you on your next visit and will be keen to hook up again.

  Review February 2010: Bar Psychology

Baccara must be one of the most focused bar designs in Pattaya. The downstairs floor is totally dominated by the large central stage sporting a dozen girls with plenty of space for more.

On one side of the plush bar there is tiered comfortable seating overlooking the auditorium stage. The bar goes one step further than most, by providing ring side armchairs. Inevitably these are facing the stage and this adds to the domineering focus of the dancing stage.

There were a dozen dancers on stage either topless or bikini clad depending n the wishes of the girl. They were surely above average and were putting more effort into their dancing than most bars. The music was dance friendly and set quite loud but sensibly not as loud as some.

There is an upstairs bar area where the dance floor is transparent and located directly above the downstairs stage. Presumably if you are sitting around the main stage you can look up to the upper floor dancers and see that they are wearing less than their downstairs sisters. I couldn't see anything of note from the side seats though.

The wait staff is male and they are dressed in striking polo shirts. Presumably not intended, but this is very reminiscent of bouncers and security staff at Farangland venues. The fact that these guys tend to circulate around the stage whilst serving, gives the impression of them patrolling and guarding the girls.

The whole bar design reminded me so much of the places back home where I really would rather not be. With unattainable pretty girls hiding behind glass or else guarded by bouncers ready to slap you down should you make any attempt to get near the dancers.

Of course this is simply not the reality at Baccara. The girls are as friendly and approachable as you would expect. And the guys really are there just to serve you a drink.

Maybe just me, but I didn't really enjoy being reminded of the restricted fun allowed in strip bars back home.

  Review by Ishi, December 2009: Happy Prices

Baccara A-GoGo had a soft opening on 17th December with an opening party to be held on 18th December.

The stage of the 1st floor is almost the same as Happy in Pattaya. Bikinis or topless and the uniforms are changed daily

And the 2nd floor is almost the same as Baccara in Bangkok. The dancers are topless with short white shirts and mini skirts. And most of them don't put on under pants.

The stage of the 2nd floor is made of glass, so it's possible to see the dancers from the 1st floor. There are a lot of sofas for the customers like Bangkok.

The number of the dancers are much less than those of Bangkok. 1st floor:11, 2nd floor:7.

All prices (including Happy Hour, Bar Fine and so on) are the same as Happy Group.

Baccarat began shows on 18 Dec. The show girls are from Beach Club. I watched 2 shows  one is naked dancers and the other is topless dancers.

Beach Club

Walking Street: Soi 15

From 8pm

Table Dancing with ownership connections to Peppermint & Happy. 20 Baht tips are the order of the day

Jan 10 Key								Takeaway: 600
Pint £1.90
	to 9:30	59*		59	59	150	105
from 9:30		59*	120	100	95-120

*small glass

  Review June 2010: No Hassle

The bar has been a successful part of Pattaya nightlife for as long as I can remember. In town of spirals, Beach Club gets top notch girls, the customers follow and hence the bar can recruit the top girls.

The bar features table dancing, mostly at tables with a bay of comfortable bench seating. There is also a slightly larger table doubling up as a centre stage.

The girls do a very long and slow rotation around the tables. Not really a bar where this is a big issue as most customers seem to be content to watch the dancers, no doubt in anticipation of a takeaway selection. There are also hostesses in evening gowns.

The bar is a no hassle bar in that girls generally only approach if signaled to do so.

There's a cheap draft beer and prices are reasonable for a popular bar. In common with the other bars of the Happy group, the wait staff is mostly male.

  Review from materialsman, October 2009: A solid 9/10

I really like the Beach Club, although I seldom look at the dancing girls displaying their freshly shaven havens, not because I am shy or favour the bushy bush look, I actually do prefer a bald or trimmed pussy, it's just that I think this place has some of the most beautiful hostesses in town so my gaze is always diverted to them, plus you can actually sit quite comfortably on the sofas and enjoy the beer without being hassled if that's what you prefer.

There was some pretty fine looking girls dancing in actual fact, and although the Bar was fairly busy, it doesn't seem to be popular amongst the locals doing their nightly crawls, no problem with that, all the better for me, a solid 9/10 in my humble opinion!

  Review from materialsman, July 2009: Hostesses

Into Beach Club, stepping through the curtain about 9 p.m. and perhaps because it was a Friday night, quite a reasonable crowd in there.

I am not a lover of the table dancing type places, but certainly this place doesn't seem to be on many Board Members nightly perambulations, in fact I did a search for reviews and got pretty much nothing by way of a recent reviews of the place. Now, being a shy sort of chap, I find it hard to look the girls in the ahem, eye so to speak, in this place, and frankly I have never seen much eye candy up on the tables to make it worthwhile, what I have always found however, is that the place has some of the most beautiful and smartly dressed hostesses in Pattaya, and sure enough within about ten minutes we were hit upon by two beauties, one that grabbed me was a real honey, and the one with my friend was gorgeous, slim, sort of back combed hair, loosely modeled on Amy Winehouse, except without the skanky tattoos and heavy drug problem, an assumption confirmed when one of her songs was played on the sound system, that fact in itself must make the Beach Club kind of unique.

  Review Jan 2009: Never Changing

I have been popping by Beach Club for 4 years and I am sure that just about nothing has changed. Maybe there is now a little less emphasis on a 20 Baht tip for the girl to squat down. Presumably the novelty has worn off somewhat.

The bar is always popular, the girls are consistently attractive and there are always plenty in attendance.

Maybe the draft beer has gone up 5 Baht in the 4 years which shows consistency in attractive pricing.

And for some reason I consistently fail to find any girl showing much interest in your reviewer.

I guess it is more a bar for watching than playing but the management of the bar consistently know what's best to get the customers in.

Truely a Pattaya success story.

  Review April 2008: Watching

The bar always seems popular. There are plenty of pretty girls who dance on a pretty long circuit. Most girls are knickerless under skirts with open blouse. Some wear more and some wear less.

A few customers were being looked after by the girls, but mostly this seems to be  bar for watching rather than interacting.

Small beer glasses mean that the 55 Baht draft price tag is not quite the bargain it appears. But nothing to complain about.

Tips are the usual order of the day to get a closer look at the dancer. But saying that I didn't spot too many customers with a fistful of 20's to give out.

Always good to see a popular but I left it for those that were enjoying and moved on to a more interactive bar.

  Review from polleke, Oct 2007: Party time

When I entered at 1am, I found myself in the middle of a party. There were lots of girls most of them average but a few pretty ones also. They are all topless with skirts with nothing underneath. Some dance naked.

Got into a talk with one of the more beautiful and energetic girls and apparently one of the popular girls.

The more beautiful girls can make more money on tips, lady drinks and ST than LT so that is not a popular option. It's all about money.

Beavers

Walking Street
(towards Beach Road end)

From 7:30pm

www.beaverspattaya.com

Table dancing venue opened October 8th 2005. Table dancing with a little pressure for tips but the girls are naughty in return. Ownership connections with Misty's

Mar 10 key											Takeaway: 600 Room:
	to 9:00pm									120
from 9:00pm		55*		110		110		125

*small glass

  Review by Rick G of pattaya-discover, May 2010: Beautiful Curves

We stopped in at Beavers where I always seem to get a good reception. We had a few drinks, and some hands on time with some friendly girls. My friend had an enjoyable time with a very cute girl, although his comment was, he didn't like the layout much. I guess you either like a table dancing club or it just doesn't work for you.

The girls at Beavers wear micro skirts and no panties so it's all a question of where you sit in the club. Do you look across the room and look into the girls eyes, or look up at the girl at your table, and smile at her beautiful curves!

  Review by Rick G, March 2010: Draught Free

Beavers is one of the few table dancing clubs that seems to work in my experience. I usually have some fun there, so I thought this might be a good place to refuel before continuing my evenings exploration.

There were about a dozen girls, two or three good looking girls, and about 7 or 8 customers. The uniform is an attractive red satin outfit, with a short pleated skirt and a bikini top, rather clumsy platform boots and knee length white stockings. The girls wore no panties but none were topless.

Draft Beer Bt 55, Lady drinks Bt 120, Bar Fine Bt 600.

  Review Feb 2010: A Short Break

The bar closed for a few days last week reportedly for a bit of rework. But if that was the reason, I couldn't spot anything that had changed.

There was a good crowd in the bar and 6 of the tables were being used for dancing. Unfortunately there were not really enough spare girls left over to look after the amount of customers in the bar.

The girls were dancing 2 songs at each table making a dance stint of 12 songs. Ludicrously long for anyone waiting for a girl to finish.

This was probably not a major issue though, as there weren't really that many girls that would inspire such a marathon wait.

Still, the girls were friendly enough and the customers seemed to be enjoying themselves. So I left them to it.

  Review May 2009: Dance Marathon

The bar is consistent in its pros & cons.

The plus side is that the bar employs good looking girls who are generally hands on friendly.

The negative side is that the girls have a marathon dance roster of 2 songs on each of the 6 tables in the cycle.

The table dancing girls also angle for a 20 Baht tip to squat down for a close up show. But I find this a little passé and keep my tips for those giving good attention at my stool.

The bar employs quite a lot of girls for a small bar so it always seems lively.

  Review Dec 2008: Always Worth a Try

It took me a long time to work out how to get the best out of the bar. It can be good fun but there are several pitfalls to avoid.

What makes the bar is that the girls are hands on, friendly and generally good fun. The downside is the overly long dance stints couple with the inconsistency of numbers inherent in a small bar.

So what do is first of all is do a quick scan of the bar. If it is barfined out, and there are few girls in attendance then a U turn is in order. Try again another day as the girls will spend all their time dancing.

If there are sufficient girls, then I choose the table at the back left of the bar which is the last on the dance rota. Choosing the girl from this table enables a decent amount of time before she has to go dance again.

And the chances are then good for a memorable visit to the bar.

  Review May 2008: Plenty on Show

I have read a few good write ups of Beavers of late saying that there surely are some naughty girls in attendance.

I have always been a bit sceptical though as I have missed out on the fun in several visits and not even seen much naughty stuff going down with other customers.

But a recent visit pleasantly confirmed some of the rumours.  I was well looked after by a very friendly and hands on girl.

Not quite an ideal bar though, as there are a few fundamental flaws. Firstly the bar is too small for any comfortable seating. Secondly the dancing stint is too long, and when your lady go dance, it is a cue to move on to the next bar. Thirdly I am simply not keen on table dancing. It gives me a crick in the neck and I find it somewhat undignified to stare up at a girl.

Update:

It has been pointed out to me that maybe I should have cast my gaze downwards. I would then have spotted the mirrored tables and perhaps also the inspiration for the name of the bar.

Re-opened as Shark A-GoGo, see below

BJ Club A-GoGo

Walking Street: Soi BJ

Opened as a GoGo in November 2008. Previously a coyote bar. Closed in November 2009.

Black & White: X Zone 2 A-GoGo

Walking Street: Soi 16, Covent Garden Complex

GoGo opened in March 2009 in the venue that was Taboo, and before that Babewatch. Closed in May 2009 and is now Club Sin City A-GoGo, see below

See Club Boesché below

Broadway Club

Walking Street: Soi BJ

Opened in July 2006 closed in August 2006 but re-opened in September 2006 and closed again in March 2007. The venue was previously Las Vegas City & Jacuzzi A-GoGo.

Byblos GoGo Bar

Walking Street: Soi Diamond
(corner of Pratamnak Road)

Coyote dancing on the ground floor. There is a gogo bar with a bells & whistles show on the first floor and there is another on the 2nd floor. Not sure whether this is just overflow when busy.

Sep 09 Key						Takeaway: -festivities 1500 -showgirls 700 -dancers 600 Room: 1000 (inc barfine) All In: 2000
Pint £1.50
	65				120

  Review February 2010: A Little Bit Different

At first glance the downstairs bar operates pretty much as per most Walking Street GoGos. There is a small dancing area in the middle of the bar were a few girls dance in the usual range of attire.

The remainder of the girls circulate amongst the customers in the comfortable seating arranged in bays. And hands on fun is definitely available at this bar.

There is usually a mix of girls with a similar range to nearby bars.

But there seems to be a different set of rules with regards to interactions with the girls and tipping.

No doubt down to attracting more Asian customers than farangs, due to its Pratamnak Road location. Perhaps understandably, the bar has adapted to these changing needs.

My impression is that one has to be very quick to buy a lady drink, lest you get categorised as a time waster.

Having made the upfront investment, things return pretty much to the usual pattern for a while with the girls being good fun. However after an unspecified while, I got asked for some outlandish requests for hundreds of Baht tips. No problems in refusing these requests but time to leave anyway.

Anyway a pleasant enough couple of visits, but not on my regular circuit.

  News June 2009: Re-opened

The bar re-opened on 27th June

  News June 2009: Closed

The bar is reported to have closed. As yet unclear whether this is down to lack of trade or maybe a police closure. The target audience for bells & whistles shows though has been hard hit by economic, political and flu woes.

Some of the ByBlos girls are now to be found at Club Boesché

  Review June 2009: Pretty Girls

I heard rumours that some of the girls that had previously moved on from Coyotee's A-GoGo had ended up in By-Blos. And indeed, the downstairs bar is now boasting 10 or so very pretty girls. I can't say I recognised any of them though.

They also have made a good improvement in that some of the girls now dance naked.

I was also intrigued by the booth that was curtained off, surely looks a promising idea.

I would have stayed longer but the girls didn't seem to be overly interested in customers and the 65 Baht draft beer was a bit off. But interesting enough to schedule in another visit.

  Review December 2008: Bells and More Bells

I was ushered in to the ground floor bar with half a dozen coyote dancers. I am afraid I associate excess clothes with an excess of prices and an excess of unfriendly attitude, so I back pedalled and opted to go upstairs.

I did note that it seems strange to have different styles of entertainment on different floors when none of the staff pointed out available options. I didn't spot any signs suggesting that there was a gogo upstairs either. One presumes that the welcome staff think they know best where to guide people.

Upstairs the bar was well into a bells and whistles shows And if you like that sort of thing, then this bar seems to do the complete works with every variation on the theme that I have seen to date. It was interminable with not a single act being anywhere near sexy.

There were dancers waiting in the wings but the tedium of the show predictably got to me first.

Draft beer was a reasonable 65 Baht and the service was good. No hassle from the girls either.

  News Dec 2008: Beer

Welcome staff are now have a sign showing 55 Baht draft beer during a late happy hour

  Review from Pattaya Secrets, June 2008: Bye Bye Byblos

It seems that the bar hasn't proved a long term hit with Pattaya farangs and the bar is now targeting customers using touts on 2nd Road. This tends to attract a more Middle Eastern/South Asian customer base than the Walking Street norm.

The bar has also opted for bells and whistles shows

And just to complete the transformation to inanity, the draft beer is now set at 90 Baht and bottled beer is 140 Baht.

Bye Bye Byblos

C

Carousel GoGo Club

Walking Street: Soi Diamond

 Carousel GoGo Club

Eternally middling and smallish but expensive gogo with a large revolving stage.

  News July 2010: Schedule

Carousel now has a notice on the door saying that the bar will re-open as Carousel Entertainment on October 1st 2010.

  News June 2010: Sold

Carousel has seemingly been up for sale for a while but now it has been bought up by the ever expanding Happy, Beach Club, Peppermint, Baccara, Cavern chain.

The bar will appear in a new guise in about 3 months. The Carousel dancers and mamasang have moved to The Cavern.

Casnovy A-GoGo

Walking Street
(Beach Road end)

Large table dancing venue with loud dance music. Opened on 26th October 2007.

Aug 10 Key							Takeaway: -Showgirls 1000 -Dancers 600
	ended					110
from 8pm		60 small	130	95	130

  News August 2010: Small Beer

Casnovy have replaced their large draft beer glasses with small glasses, still the same price.

  News from Ishi Aug 2010: Water Works

They've made 2 small bath-tubs (1 meter square, no head shower) on the left hand of the entrance. There are sofa-seats around the bath-tub.

  Review July 2010: Shown the Door

I'm not out much these days due to shitty business and no money and, apparently, I'm not the only ones. I did go for 2 of the big beers at Casnovy last night and noticed there were no shows being offered.

Chatted with one of the longtime mamasans and said all the showgirls had been shown the door. No more shows at Casnovy. The owner decided that the showgirl salaries were just too expensive given the shit economy.

They've been supplanted by 2 rotations of nude girls who, when not dancing, sit with customers, smile on stage, have a good attitude and only a notch below the showgirls on the looks scale. As opposed to showgirls, who look down their own noses on stage then go sit in the back afterward.

I, for one, would hugely applaud more bars – particularly farang-owned ones – following suit, knocking the showgirls they elevated to such lofty perches, down a couple pegs. Dancers? You can stay. Showgirls? You're fired.

Loved it!

  Review February 2010: Consistent

The bar was one of the market leaders in setting up a loud and lively environment inside and a large team of very attractive welcome girls outside. The same spirit is now most popularly exploited by Airport and Iron Club but Casnovy is still pretty good.

The bar employs way too many dancers, hostesses and wait staff for the amount of customers but it gives the bar an illusion of being continually busy, even when it's not.

The bar usually has about a dozen dancers on the go spread across the 3 rows of stages. The less inhibited girls generally stay on the centre stage. The dancing is punctuated by naked shows that are not really so different from the standard dancing.

I've usually found some good, attractive and friendly company from amongst the dancers but it is not really a 100% guaranteed deal.

The draft beer is cheap and served in bigger glasses than most bars.

Usually this all adds up to a good time.

  Review June 2009: With a Little Help from my Friends

I had read a couple of forum postings that Casnovy had declined a little. The bar still seemed to be doing fine to me but saying that the dancers that I know there were nowhere to be seen.

But all was not lost, I know service girls there too, and I was soon set up with an attractive replacement. She proved good company and so I had a good session.

The bar has plenty of girls both dancing and on hostess duty. Chatting to my service friend it seems that service staff aren't allowed to sit with customers. I thought this was a bit strange as there well enough servers to cover for a couple staff taking time out to sit with the customers.

Beer prices are reasonable and the music wasn't quite so loud as during previous visits.

So still on my list of gogos well worth a visit.

  Review Jan 2009: Upward Path

The mix of very loud music, a massive staff and reasonable drinks prices put Casnovy on the top tier, especially over the busy season. The bar seems very lively at the moment.

Maybe they have so many staff and girls that it would still seem lively with no customers.

The pattern is table dancing on the 2 side rows of tables and dancers alternating with naked showgirls on the central stage.

Perhaps the music volume is set a bit high for a long visit but it is an integral part of the bars atmosphere, so it is surely here to stay. I did meet one girl who left the bar as it made her ears ache though.

I've sometimes thought that the showgirls are a little fussy about sitting with customers but after getting to know them I get well looked after now.

And you still get the cheeriest good bye in all of Pattaya's bars.

  Review Sept 2008: Hearty Good Byes

There have been a few good words mentioned about the bar of late so I stopped by to have a look.

The drinks prices were fine and the service was good. Plenty of staff on hand to keep things ticking over efficiently.

Strangely nothing much had changed since my last visit. There were an awful lot of dancers on the tables at once, 15 I think. They were dancing 6 songs, 2 on each row of tables.

There were quite a range of girls and some were pretty. But only one took her top off.

None of the girls seemed to making much effort on schmoozing front and the pretty ones would vanish to the upstairs changing room after they had done their stint.

As before as soon as I gave up on the less than friendly girls, every staff member I passed on the way out gave me a cheery good bye. Pity they cant get the same enthusiasm to rub off on the dancing girls.

  Review, Jan 2007: Welcome...

Casnovy A-GoGo is pulling out all the stops to welcome customers to the bar. Patrons are greeted by an avenue of red gowned lovelies all programmed to say a few words of welcome.

The cheery doorman is equally welcoming as he passes you on to the gracious service staff who see you to your seat. Orders are then taken efficiently and promptly.

But having received your drink then you are on your own... literally! All the spare dancing girls were huddled in the corner whilst the customers were sitting on their lonesome.

Not a big issue, sometimes things click, and sometimes they don't. On this occasion the spare girls were hiding and the dancing girls weren't catching the eye.

So after downing the drink I decided to make a rapid departure.

Suddenly the staff return to hospitality mode. In the space of the short walk to the door, I was sought out by 2 mamasangs wishing me well. The door man was equally effusive with his thanks and the gauntlet of girls in red all chimed in with a friendly wave good bye.

The best welcome in Walking street and the most heartfelt good byes, but so little effort to provide reasons to stay.

They have turned the music volume down a bit though. The bar is surely worth another visit

Catz A-GoGo

Walking Street: Soi 16, Covent Garden Complex

Opened in November 2005. Small but well run bar where both the girls and the management ensure a good welcome. Catz renamed to ToyZ A-GoGo in January 2010, see below

The Cavern

Walking Street

Opened 22nd May 2010 taking over the venue from Sisterz A-GoGo. Ownership connections with Baccara, Beach Club, Happy & Peppermint.

May 10 Key								Takeaway: 600
	to 9:30	59*		59	59	150	105
from 9:30		59*	120	100	95-120

*small glass

  Review by Ishi June 2010: Cool!

I visited The Cavern on the opening day and the next day. The air conditioner was too strong for me, so I put off the third visit. I visited on the 3rd of June, the air conditioner was now under control.

The dancers on the 2 small sub stages were naked all the time.

The bar now has a show time on the main stage just like Peppermint (ie bikini dancers or coyotees taking off their clothes song by song until naked).

There was a crack on the glass floor which was made by a big Farang.

  Review May 2010: Theme Bar

It is fascinating to see such a strongly themed bar arrive on Walking Street.

From my corner of Farangland, everything seems totally wrong about the theme bar concept, at least for my particular middle aged demographic.

Theme bars are a plain and clear signal that they don't don't want traditional middle aged drinkers to visit. There's the touristy Camelot Castle type bar that are just for tourists. There's the trendy bars that are clearly pitched at up market customers with money to burn. Then there's the theme bars targeting the binge drinking ladies, knowing that if they can attract the ladies, then the young lads will soon follow. The only anti-theme that attracts the older drinkers is the traditional pub. Especially those with reasonably priced beer, proper pub decor and a juke box that has been kicked into touch. (This last theme has become a massive success for the Wetherspoon chain).

Anyway back to The Cavern Theme. The bar is immediately obvious as a show bar where the customer is held at arms length. The stage is enormous and decorated as if for a cabaret rather than GoGo dancers. The dancers in the giant hand are particularly well 'protected' from the audience. Surely not the most obvious psychology for a Walking Street GoGo Bar.

There are a couple of side stages with two girls in each, but again, the Peppermint cage feel keeps the audience psychologically at bay.

This rather hands off approach sort of fits in with the rest of the chain (apart from upstairs at Baccara where the low down dancers are actually let of the usual pedestal and it feels like they 'invited' to get personal with the customers, which they do).

On my visit there were plenty of girls in the bar, but they weren't the top notch quality needed for an arms length show bar. The whole concept of the bar was therefore pointless. No interaction because of the ethos of the bar and not really worth staying in terms of a show.

But as always, it is never fair to jump to quick judgments during the early days of a bar. A good bar concept will soon attract the lookers. And of course the Cavern connections have the best track record in town for employing attractive girls.

Returning to the theme of traditional bar, Cavern has adopted the reasonable price drinks of Happy, Peppermint and Baccara. The music was also at about the right volume, which was a welcome relief after a visit to the Sapphire Club.

There are a few comfortable seats along the back wall, rather badly laid out with a long table and no entry exit points. Most of the customers are probably expected to use the stage side stools as per Happy or Peppermint. These are about the only bars in town where stage side stools are popular, but again this emphasises the need for top notch talent on stage.

I have a feeling that the Happy Peppermint chain may have opened one bar too many, all relying on employing the most attractive girls in town. There simply may not be enough suitable girls to go round. But if there are enough, then this will surely be another success.

  News May 2010: Thunder Mountain

The Thai-Anxiety team got a private preview tour of the new The Cavern A-GoGo last night (May 14). The bar is now officially set to open May 19 and the only real work left to be done is on the electrical wiring.

For a space that offers the second-largest amount of floorspace of any Walking Street go-go (with Peppermint being the largest), The Cavern now seems markedly less cavernous than Sisterz before it. The configuration is surprising.

Entering The Cavern, it's hard not to think of a Disney attraction. Perhaps Thunder Mountain. The owners have bought big into the theme, with faux rock boulders lining the walls and forming lower doorway overhangs and false ceiling in the main bar.

The next thing you notice is that they've moved the stage out of the center and now runs along most of the right side. Comfy elevated bench seating with long table, runs down the left side. Close is not the adjective you'd use for the distance between the two.

The bar does feature a couple of extra showcase stages. On the left side front corner, adjacent to the bench seating, is a small stage for 2-3 girls. At the far end of the bar, in the spot where Sisterz had its showers, is another waterfall stage with running water. Finally, on the right side in the back is The Hand a showcase stage that will give the appearance the naked dancing damsel with wriggling in the palm of a giant rock hand.

As mentioned, the wiring is still being done, so no idea about the lighting, but it better be a bit on the strong side. The bar, with all it's dark brown rocks, dark leopard-like upholstered seats, dark tabletops and dark floor is makes for a, well, dark bar.

The lineup is said to be all new girls and I can confirm no Peppermint will be used in the casting of the initial lineup. No word whether it will include any Happy, Beach Club or Baccara talent. Will simply have to show up opening night in your best Flintstones get-up to find out.

Champion A-GoGo

Walking Street

From 8pm

Thai run gogo noted for rock music and entertainment from long stay dancers

Jun 10 Key							Takeaway: - 600 until 2am - 300 after 2am
	to 9pm	35	50	45	110-120	105
from 9pm		45-55	105	55	110-120

  Review August 2010: Improved a Bit

First of all it is was good to feel that the aircon has been fixed since my last visit although maybe they are still economising somewhat.

And whilst thinking of improvements it was also good see a handful of very attractive girls on the dancing team. Still plenty of old stagers though. The bar has decided that knickers are now required whereas on a previous visit, these were considered as overdressing.

The drinks prices are still more or less the cheapest on Walking Street.

In fact the bar seems well run and a decent place for a beer.

It never seems to warrant more than a beer though, primarily because the girls seem to be always dancing with little time left to sit with customers. This seems to have been an almost permanent failing ever since the bar introduced the table dancing tables. Just too many dance positions to fill for the amount of girls sustainable by the customer base.

  Review March 2010: Old Times and Old Timers

First, the good news.  There was a very pretty girl showing her all in a Jacuzzi, recently installed in the centre of the main stage.

Secondly, the bad news. The rest! To be fair though, this is the same as always and regular customers will have gotten used to it by now.

The girls are generally below average but that doesn't mean that it's bad, the Walking Street average is pretty high. Most of the girls dance naked in Champion, but somehow this is not the highlight of the bar.

But being a regular, then I can be quite forgiving, particularly as the beer is cheap and the girls are friendly.

The toilet has needed an upgrade for as long as I can remember and now the aircon seems to be added to the knackered list.

But I still enjoyed the visit though, the downsides don't really matter much if one has enjoyable company.

  Review July 2009: Lots of Dancers

The summer low season seemed to have taken its toll a bit and the very cheap beer was no longer packing in the customers.

There were some attractive girls dancing but there weren't really enough girls in the bar to cover the large number they now have dancing at any one time. At the end of their spell they only have a couple of songs before have to mount the stage for another dance stint. The poor ratio of hostessing girls to dancing girls is always a cue for me to leave pronto. But if you like to watch, and don't want to be pestered by the girls then perhaps it is OK.

The toilets could do with a refurb.

I always have a soft spot for the bar, as I fondly recall the old days when it was the best hands-on bar in town. Now I just stay long enough to reminisce old times before it is time to move on to the latest best hands-on bars in Pattaya

  Review January 2009: Busy

The cheap beer policy and a recent refurb seem to be working well for the bar and it has been busy for the last few months.

Table dancing stages have been added in amongst the bench seating along the sides of the bar. The central stage has been slimmed down and is also a bit more stylish now.

There is a lot of emphasis on dancing nude. and just for tradition the bar have also retained the TVs showing blue movies. The music is still oldie farang friendly.

The bar has always been notable for ladies who been around awhile, and true to form, many familiar faces were still in attendance. However the popularity of the bar has allowed them to supplement their dancers with a fair amount of pretty girls.

I rather suspect that the girls get a good deal from the bar as they do tend to stay a long time.

The bar is well run with good service and no undue hassle. So it is good to see that they have established a good customer base. So much so that they have recently been able to increase their main draft beer price up to 50 Baht. Still amongst the best in town.

I still hanker after the long lost old days though, the bar used to be one of the seediest and naughtiest in town.

  News from pattayasecrets.com Nov 2008: Side Stages

Meanwhile Champion A-GoGo on Walking Street have also been having ideas. The main stage has been altered slightly and some new wide tables fitted. Looks like its going for table dancing on the sides.

  Review June 2008: Still Cheap Beer

The bar often seems to have more custom than I would have predicted from the entertainment on offer.

It is quite a large bar to just rely on basic gogo dancing. There are no shows, Jacuzzis, soft stages or anything of the like.

The girls are generally on the mature side, but this is not a dictate, just the average. There are still a few girls that are easy on the eye.

Of course the very cheap draft beer must help a bit in getting customers through the door. Also a large proportion of the dancers are naked, which helps too.

Although the bar is Thai owned, there is no undue hassle from either the girls or staff.

In fact it is quite a pleasant bar to have a quick drink in. It could be rather a good bar if they could only attract a few more young ladies. (And maybe improve the loo too).

Circus A-GoGo

Walking Street

Closed in January 2006. Became Angels A-GoGo but now set to be an Indian restaurant.

Club 69

Walking Street: Soi 15

See Sakura Club 69 below

Club Boesché A-GoGo

Walking Street: Soi 16, Covent Garden Complex

From 8:30pm

www.clubboesche.com

 Club Boesché A-GoGo

Opened November 2005 and quickly became a popular GoGo notable for its range of entertainment including the much copied Jacuzzi. The name is pronounced boo-shay and is named after a US DJ who is a friend of the owner. Check for restrictions on early bar fines.

Apr 10 Key						Takeaway: -festivities 1000 -showgirls 800 -dancers 600 -all 400 after 2am
	65	120		130-150	125

  Review August 2010: Good Visits

Customers are a bit thin on the ground at the moment. But rather unexpectedly, I have found that Club Boesche have been one of the more positive bars in looking after the customers that do wander in.

Particularly true of the Jacuzzi girls towards the back of the bar. During my last couple of visits they have obliged with a bit of friendly interaction and some good matchmaking with a few pretty girls of the bar.

Sitting at the back though reveals some of the design flaws of the bar. The Jacuzzi is a bit too far away to provide much of a show and the main stage is simply out of view. Not even enough view to see if other customers were enjoying their visit also. If it wasn't for the friendly girls that entertained me at my seat then there wouldn't be much to enjoy.

But for the moment I can report a couple of good recent visits to the bar.

  Review April 2010: Post Innovation

Club Boesché came to fame on the merits of its innovative bar design. In particular they were Pattaya leaders in installing sexy shows in a Jacuzzi. Secondly they established an upstairs floor with slightly naughtier dancers visible downstairs via a glass floor.

The bar was a big hit and the pretty girls flocked in to make it an even bigger hit.

The trouble is that competing bars copied the Jacuzzi idea and improved on the concept whilst they were at it.

Bars such as Windmill, Baby Dolls, What's Up, Silver Star 3, Airport and Iron Club all installed Jacuzzis but they also located them such that customers could sit ringside and get interactive with the girls. An even bigger hit then than the Boesché original idea.

I'm afraid that all bars with Jacuzzi shows, designed merely for watching rather than participating, are now a bit passé. They are still dotted around town, but the Jacuzzis are now very much ignored by customers.

And as the attraction faded for the traditional Jacuzzi, so Club Boesché lost some momentum and therefore some of the pretty girls and therefore some of the customers.

The decline seems to have left the slimmed down Boesché with a rather poor layout. The comfortable seating area overlooks the not so popular Jacuzzi, and is now too far away from the remaining action on the main stage. There is only uncomfortable stool seating available for those at the main stage. The upstairs area has long since been rendered redundant.

The bar still has some pretty dancers and several are quite energetic performers on stage. But on the whole few girls seemed very pro-active in approaching the customers.

On my last visit, one of the Jacuzzi girls was doing a grand job trying to drum up a few lady drinks for her and the bar, but she spread herself a bit thinly amongst several customers.

Hopefully the bar connections have a few more new innovations up their sleeve.

  News from Club Boesché, September 2009: Penthouse Pets

Club Boesché have recently contracted some REAL penthouse models from Bangkok to do 3-4 nightly shows and have been featured here at CB for the past three weeks.

These models have actually been shot in Penthouse Asia Magazine by my on staff photographer. These are not the local group who claim to be in the real Penthouse Magazine. And the difference between my girls and the other group in town is that they DO barfine.

Nightly shows start at 11:00pm.

Also  there is a 50 baht draft beer promotion that is going great.

  News from Club Boesché, June 2009: Barfine Promotion

Club Boesché is  running a promotion which started Friday reducing barfine prices AFTER 2AM to 400 baht for all dancers, showgirls, hostesses and service.

The bar has now taken on 2 new mamasans which have stockpiled the bar with 24 additional dancers this past week and include many many beauties.

The bar is overloaded with girls at the moment so they are taking the opportunity to keep the customers happy.  Maybe explaining why business has really picked up this past month.

  Review from BiLLYiSaKiD, May 2009: Sometimes Hot… Sometimes Not…

When a good friend of mine first told me of a place where we could down cold suds and watch tight-bodied women soap each other up (among other things…) in the middle of a Go-Go Bar, I was actually nervous to go… Even with all the anticipation it took us three days into our April 2008 trip to make it to the famous Club Boesche. Letting the excitement build was well worth it. WOW!! What a night… The club was packed, the girls were super hot and they actually had some drink specials going on. The music? Umm… Can’t say I even remember what kind was playing… More like a loud rumble than music but, it sure kept the girls moving…

…And with a little encouragement from our group, the ladies we were with actually stripped down and hopped in the hot tub… Two of them weren’t even on shift! Since it was early for me (9PM), no bar fines from Boesche that night but, I did set my sites on one of the hostesses who wouldn’t stop massaging me while I checked out the sites and enjoyed my drinks… “Bar fine next time” I told her.

…Next time ended up being almost four months later! But this time Boesche had almost nothing to offer… The club was dead, the available girls seemed distracted and the hot tub show consisted of a girl pretty much soaking her feet. We were so bummed… And I actually had raved about this place to the group of newbies I brought with me this time. Being newbies they didn’t have as nearly a bad time as I did. I attributed the lack of interest from the girls to us visiting during low season in August but, we were welcomed generously at other places that same night. We even gave it another shot a couple nights later but, same deal… Good looking but, same bored talent.

Strong Points:

• Girls always HOT!
• The place just looks cool… Innovative

Weak Points:

• Too much hype
• Average service at best

Club Electric Blue A-GoGo (CEB)

Walking Street

 Club Electric Blue A-GoGo (CEB)

Closed in February 2006 and the bar transferred to a smaller venue in Soi Diamond. The original venue is now Roxy.

Club Electric Blue Jr

Walking Street: Soi Diamond

Opened February 2006, closed June 2006 and re-opened in October 2006. Closed permanently in July 2007 and is now a fast food joint.

Club Mirage

Walking Street: Soi Diamond

New GoGo for November 2008. Previously Shooters bar, and before that, Lennie's. Closed in August 2009. Re-opened under new management on 22nd October 2009. Closed in March 2010.

Club Mistys

Walking Street: Soi 15

From 8pm

www.mistysagogo.com

Misty's A-GoGo relocated from Soi Pattayaland 2 to Soi 15 on 9th May 2008. It was also renamed to Club Mistys

Jan 10 key								takeaway: -dancers 600 -showgirls 800 all in: 1800 Baht
	ended					150	120-150
from 10pm		65*	115	95	125

*small glass. Free 10% discount card is available for customer drinks.

  Review July 2010: More Girls

The bar has enjoyed a recent surge in the numbers of girls dancing in the bar. And to add to the attraction, there are quite a few that are very pleasing on the eye.

This means that the bar is quite busy in terms of dancing. there is a circuit of girls for the tables around the outside of the bar. There is a circuit of dancers on the central stage and a couple more doing a play mat show with the usual thwack foam sticks, again on the central stage.

Plenty of girls left over for hostessing duty too. But to be honest, this does not seem one of their favourite occupations. They seem to prefer to chat amongst themselves.

Perhaps the best bet for a bit of interaction is to sit stage side and play with the girls with the thwack sticks.

  Review February 2010: Elusive

The bar is still one of Pattaya's more impressive GoGo designs. The mix of neon, chrome, spiral staircase, balcony, table dancing stages and centre stage looks the Biz.

On my last visit there were plenty of girls and there were several that were well attractive.

There's a reasonably priced draft beer and the rest of the prices are typical of many competing bars.

There's an affable host who seems to be a centre of attention.

And yet with all these good thing in place, the bar is pretty near a 100% guaranteed failure for me to attract the attention of a drinking partner. And looking around the bar I am not the only abject failure in town. The bar rarely seems busy in terms of customer count and a fair few fellow customers are usually sharing my Mr Lonely posture.

Probably just me, but maybe the girls need a nudge to become a little bit more pro-active about taking care of customers.

  Review June 2009: Ratios

I still drop by for the occasional look see but never stay long because the dancing ratio doesn't really give the customers a fair chance for much time with the girls. Whenever I have dropped by there are many more girls dancing than hostessing such that the girls were only hanging around for 3 dances before starting on another 6 dance stint.

Just a personal taste thing, and I did see a large party who were clearly enjoying themselves. The trick being to be able to have a good banter with your mates whilst the girls are away for the majority of their time. Then you can spoil the girls rotten for the short time that they are at your side.

There's an affable host on hand for a chat should you not bring your mates with you.

Most things are spot on about the bar. It looks good, there are some good looking girls and they take off plenty of clothes when dancing. Drinks are reasonable with a plenty of happy hour options too.

  Review December 2008: Close Competition

A good looking bar that has not quite made it on to my list of favourite bars.

There are a fair amount of girls employed and there are some who are pretty indeed. Plenty on show in terms of dress code too.

The happy hour offer is a very good deal at 2 for 1, and draft beer later is a reasonable 65 Baht.

The upstairs loos have been mentioned in the past in terms of caution of the spiral stairs when drunk. The stairs are wide enough that this isn't really an issue.

The only real reason why I haven't become a regular is that on most visits, I have been simply been ignored by the girls. Not a big issue, but Misty's is located tantalisingly close to Baby Dolls where good hostessing is assured. So impatience usually  gets the better of me, perhaps a little bit before it should.

  Review June 2008: Spoilt

A generally pleasant subsequent visit was spoilt by an offer of a lady drink (110 Baht) which ended up as a lady cocktail (150 Baht) without anyone asking or pointing out the uninvited upgrade.

It is a waste of time informing the mamasang as she simply blamed the girl and did nothing to put the matter right. The advice is to take it up with the farang management.

The bar has measures in place to try and prevent this happening, but the very existence of the dual price temptation means that this problem will inevitably recur.

  Review May 2008: Looks Good

Popped in for an early look see and the new bar surely looks good.

The outside neon is surely the most impressive in Pattaya.

There is a central stage with half a dozen girls fully covered in a white lacy affair.

There are another half dozen girls on table dancing stages arranged just in front of the comfortable bench seating. The girls were topless but strangely with a blouse at half mast. Perhaps at the ready for a quick panic.

There is an upper floor with accessed by a scary looking spiral staircase. The girls dance nude up top and are viewable from downstairs.

There were plenty of girls in attendance and an old friend looked after me well.

The drinks prices are comparable with other popular bars but the draft beer wasn't in a particularly large glass for the price.

The music is aimed at the dancing girls rather than oldie farangs. Perhaps a bit loud, but not quite the loudest.

I found a couple of teething problems in terms of the arrangement of the dancing girls. Sitting downstairs, the upstairs girls are simply too far above to be particularly worth a cricked neck for. The lighting, although effective, makes it difficult to watch the table dancers, its either too dark, or else one gets a bit dazzled. And the girls on the central stage are simply overdressed. Perhaps the trick is to sit upstairs...but I don't know if I would trust myself to get drunk upstairs, what with having to negotiate the stairs on the way down.

Club Sin City A-GoGo

Covent Garden Complex
Pattaya Soi 16
(Just off Walking St)

Taking over the difficult venue that was previously Babe Watch, Taboo and Black & White. Opened on 5th June 2009

Jul 10 Key						Takeaway: -showgirls 800 -dancers 600
	45-60	110		2 for 200 on house drinks	120

  Review May 2010: The Most Likely Sin is Envy

Club Sin City have recently tried a little revamp with a new sign proclaiming Show Girls at Club Sin City.

The bar has introduced a cheaper draft option of Chang at 50 Baht (in addition to the usual Tiger at 65 Baht). They have also reduced the ludicrous lady drink price from 135 Baht to the generally acceptable 120 Baht.

None of this seems to have got the customers thronging in though, and I was the only visitor at a bit after 10pm.

The girls on stage made a bit of an effort and stripped down to...well nothing actually. There were 6 presentable girls dancing at the time, half the girls available in the bar.

Thai bars don't function very well when there are few customers, and the rather glum atmosphere amongst the girls on hostessing duty was rather off putting. In fact most of the hostessing girls were allowed to hide in the dressing room. I thought there were only 6 girls in the bar, all dancing.

Of course there is one final thing the bar could do to try and get a few customers in. They could turn the effing music down. It's way too loud.

  Review July 2009: Loud

The bar has been open a few weeks so maybe time for a follow up review.

I was first impressed by the amount of dancers in attendance. They still have about 10 girls dancing on the central stage and a couple of more in a Jacuzzi. There were another dozen awaiting their turn to dance. There were a few pretty girls amongst the dancers.

The Jacuzzi doesn't seem to add much. There are no stools for those that like to assist the girls with their ablutions nor is it in a good place to provide many customers with a show.

I was first unimpressed by the volume of the music. More disco levels than gogo.

I was next unimpressed by the price increase in draft beer, from 65 Baht to 95 Baht. It is served in good sized measures though.

There were some friendly girls doing the rounds but a combination of the loud music and expensive draft meant that I turned down the girls' advances and decided that the bar had become a one beer venue.

There were very few customers but there were two farang couples enjoying a dance. It struck me strange that the bar was being enjoyed more for its loud music than for its gogo aspects.

  Review June 2009: Hassled

I can't say I enjoyed my first visit much, I seemed to get hassled by some of the oldest gripes in the book.

But first the basics. The bar is more or less the same layout as last seen for Black & White. There's a large central stage, a cage stage, like Peppermint, which was unused as was the swimming tank. The inevitable Jacuzzi was in operation with a couple of girls soaping themselves down.

There were a decent amount of girls in attendance with quite a busy stage show of 8 dancers. The girls were dancing for 8 songs which is way too long for those waiting for girls who 'go dance'.

The girls were average which means that there were several that would surely be escorting customers home. Not a bad team for the 2nd night of a gogo. The gogo dancers were a bit shy though, only one took off her top to dance.

There is a draft beer at 65 Baht.

Perhaps the staff were a bit over keen, being near the opening but I found my self getting a bit hassled. There were 2 mamasangs working the floor and they were friendly enough to introduce themselves. One clicked her fingers and 2 girls appeared at my side. I always consider it bad manners to be doubled teamed, I take it as a set up for hassle. Anyway I sent one girl away and spoke a few words to the other. The girl, a server, and one of the mamasangs were unduly quick to push for a lady drink. And no wonder they were so quick, at the next song, it was the girls turn to dance (for 8 songs!).

Perhaps I was just unlucky with timing.

Cosy's A-GoGo

Walking Street

New gogo at the location that was once Magic Palace. Opened 1st November 2009.

Nov 09 Key						Takeaway: dancers 500
Pint £1.30
		55+			120

  Review June 2010: Not Quite Cosy Yet

The bar hasn't really set Walking Street alight but it's still going.

On my last visit there were quite a few girls for a small gogo with 7 or 8 dancing on the side stage at a time. Topless is the usual or else more if the girl so desires. Perhaps a little below Walking Street average, but this still means there are a few attractive girls.

For a long time the bar was playing the dance music ridiculously loud, but maybe they have now stepped it down, to be merely 'too loud'.

The bar seems to have potential for a bit of hands on hostessing. But somehow it turns out that the older and wiser girls are more keen on this than the girls you might prefer.

Perhaps a hands on Jacuzzi would be a good focus for this particular brand of entertainment. At the moment, the bar is a bit lacking in options.

There is a cheap beer option with bottled Chang at 55 Baht.

  Review November 2009: Another Noisy Bar

The bar was doing a good trade on its first day. It is intuitively a good location, and I suspect that it is quite advantageous to have a door opening directly on to Walking Street.

The bar is on the small side with a side stage for about 8 dancers.

There is a little bench seating opposite the stage, but most of the bar is given over to rather wobbly uncomfortable stools. There were a few more substantial stools at the back though. The bar has crammed in too many stools and it felt overly full even though most stools weren't taken.

I instantly dismissed the music as too dance oriented and too loud. The clear success of the noisy Air Port Club seems to be tempting all the new bars to follow the lead with heavy tunes and disco level noise.

I spotted one of my pretty friends on the dance floor but I wasn't tempted to wait as she was about 6 long dance songs off finishing. There were 7 girls dancing with just a couple taking their top off. There weren't really enough girls for the amount of customers, but this aspect soon changes if the bar is seen to be a success by the girls who will then sign up.

The beer was cheap with bottled Chang at 55 Baht.

But really on this visit, it was too crowded and too noisy to stay in bar with only standard gogo shuffling to watch.

Soho Square
Walking Street

New gogo for February 2009, replaced or renamed to K A-GoGo in March 2009, see below

Coyotee's A-GoGo

Soi Marine Plaza
(Soi Lucky Star off Walking Street)

Bar primarily noted for its erotic shows and standoffish but beautiful girls. The bar opened in July 2005. Closed on the 4th May 2009. Returned later in May 2009 but closed again in early October 2009 following the death of one of the owners, TJ

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Diamond A-GoGo

Walking Street: Soi Diamond

From 8pm

 Diamond A-GoGo

Medium sized bar specialising in shows. Ownership connections with Casino Club

Apr 07 Key						Takeaway: -Bangkok Super Models 3500 -dancers 500 -showgirls 600
Pint £1.30
	55*	95		95	85

* small glass

  Review from Pattaya Secrets, March 2010: A Little Bit Happy

Diamond has never done much for me so maybe the review would be best left to someone who appreciates the bar. But for some reason Diamond rarely crops up in conversation except to say how expensive it is to barfine Bangkok showgirls.

I always think of Diamond as small version of Happy A-GoGo. It generally has a good selection of girls, the drinks are reasonably priced, and most of the customers are here to watch pretty girls rather than do much in the way of interaction. That's not to say the girls are unfriendly, they seem approachable enough. But they do not pro-actively seek out customers.

Only my last visit there was a team of about 8 dancers who were a bit coy with their dress sense. After a while they gave way to another team, presumably the showgirls, who weren't so coy. But it was hardly a riveting performance.

The music is on the loud side but maybe not quite so extreme as days of old.

  Review from Pattaya Secrets, March 2009: No Barfine Bangkok Girls

I could not believe the level of talent on stage.

It turns out they have more Bangkok girls down for 10 days. I was told they get paid 1200 baht per night and is only here for 10 nights. She gets 50 baht per lady drink but has to achieve at least 10 per night or her money is cut by 50 baht for each.

Barfine for the Bangkok visiting girls is set at a suitably discouraging 3500 with the likelihood of a fee for the girl to match.

It also seems that the girls aren't from the farang P4P scene. Some wont go with customers, some will, some are basically party girls, some may well be used to being in high class Thai places where they charge 3000k ST.

  Review March 2009: Revival

Suddenly Diamond was back to where it was a few years ago.

The bar was three quarters full, there were show girls on stage that were capturing the attention of the audience and the music was too loud.

Good to see that the import of a team of dancers from Bangkok seems to have sparked a revival.

I'm not sure if it is like this everyday but I think I may have stumbled in during a dance contest.

Things look hopeful for the bar as there were plenty of attractive girls around and the beer was still the same cheap price as before.

It made a good change to leave after one drink on the grounds that the bar was too full. I usually leave after one drink because the bar was too empty.

  Review Nov 2008: Little Sparkle

Diamond is not really getting the customers in at the moment. I stopped by at 10pm and I was one of two.

Perhaps one of the reasons is a lack of enthusiasm by the welcome staff. They seem to ignore passers by but will of course respond if you step towards the door. The door itself is not really inviting, its like stepping into a vault.

Inside there were 3 bikini clad girls dancing on the central stage and there were another 4 or 5 sitting around waiting for their turn. An average bunch but that still means there are some attractive girls.

There wasn't much doing in the bar but a couple of the waiting girls popped over to see if I was interested. But as I never really appreciate being double teamed I fended them off.

I thought about these double teaming tactics for a while and came to a conclusion. There probably not many regulars of the bar, so the chances are that any customers are newbies and therefore can be easily persuaded to buy multiple lady drinks.

Probably just being cynical though, there were no other signs of hassle. But then again, I didn't hang round very long.

  Review Jan 2008: Reasonable

Diamond is a very straightforward gogo which is pretty conservative in terms of entertainment.

It seems to have a good customer base probably from reputations from maybe slightly better times of old. It seems to cater for guys on holiday rather than expats.

It seems to give a good package of reasonably priced drinks, a reasonable show and a reasonable bunch of girls who tend to keep themselves to themselves.

I guess it does the business in terms of entertainment and so keeps customers returning for occasional visits. It misses out on regulars as they simply get to know the bars where the entertainment is a little more sexy.

Or perhaps just where the music is not played quite so loud!

  Review April 2007: Foreboding Entrance

The doorway is a little foreboding, looking more like a bank vault than a gogo. The welcome staff weren't really on their toes either, giving an air of being picky about who they let in.

Well they were kind enough to open the vault so I wandered in.

The bar was quite popular with a mildly erotic lesbian show capturing the attention of the rapt customers.

The music was loud but not quite the ear splitting levels I was expecting. The customers were also 'having fun' with ping pong balls, entertaining the tequila girl. There were also a couple of guys taking delight in being swamped by lady drink chasers.

Looking around at the bar it seemed that most of the customers were there to watch rather than partake. There were few girls enquiring where customers originate from and there were no girls sitting with customers idly chatting about thisthatandtheother and short time rates.

But what does it matter when there is a bar full of customers who are enjoying themselves. As I prefer to enjoy the girls rather than myself I moved swiftly on.

The Dollhouse A-GoGo

Walking Street

From 8pm

www.dollhousepattaya.com

Medium sized gogo featuring a revolving stage. Ownership connections with Living Dolls Showcase.

Nov 09 Key						Takeaway: -dancers Fri-Sat LT 1000 -dancers Sun-Thu LT 700 -dancers ST 700 Room:
	60*	125	95	145	135

* small glass

  Review June 2010: A High Season Bar

I find that first impressions about the bar always seem a lot better than what you actually get.

The bar has a fair few ladies packed onto the revolving stage. They always seem to be dancing with more energy than in most bars in Pattaya and there are usually a few good lookers too.

There are also a couple of girls dancing on small tables and a couple of Jacuzzi girls at the back of the bar.

It all seems quite lively, but as one settles into a beer, one realises that it's not the most interactive bar in town. The girls waiting to dance seem happiest chatting amongst themselves rather than chatting to customers.

Also a bit of downer are the generally high drinks prices, although the bar now relents for a cheap low season draft beer. Lady drinks are poor value at 135 Baht and barfines are very high.

The bar usually seems to be a bit quiet in terms of customers, but the liveliness gives the impression that maybe the crowds will turn up soon. Probably better as a high season bar when people are a little less cost conscious.

  Review October 2009: Little Interaction

The bar has improved for installing a cheap draft beer at 55 Baht but otherwise it seems to operate pretty much as normal.

The were quite a few girls rotating around the central carousel stage. There were some good looking girls and there was a complete range of dress from none to bikini. There were also a couple of girls ineffectively dancing on small stages in amongst the audience.

There was very little interaction between the girls and the customers. I have a theory that may be total bollox, but I reckon that response to the ping pong balls is used to differentiate between ex-pats and visitors. Only ping pong friendly customers are likely to get company.

Still there are plenty of bars that are prefer to be show/watching bars rather than being interactive, and this is a decent enough example to watch a bit of gogo dancing.

  Review from Pattaya Talk, April 2009: Improved

The bar introduced a cheap draft and at least one forum poster reported a good improvement in the bar:

The most improved gogo of my recent trip, after a couple of years in the doldrums, they seem back to their best with a high number of lookers, many of whom are interactive in the bar (with excessive pressure for ladydrinks).

  Review December 2008: Visitors Bar

The bar was very quiet at what should have been a prime time. I presume this rather reflects the lack of holiday makers in town. It has always struck me that this bar is not really a hit with Pattaya residents and appeals more to visitors.

The bar had about 15 dancers in attendance and a few showgirls hiding away in their changing room. 5 or 6 girls were dancing either in bikinis or topless on the revolving central stage.. The girls were generally average which of course means there are a few that appeal.

The girls seemed a little lack lustre in terms of hostess duties, and a couple of newbies behind me were getting a bit of a hard sell about ping pong balls.

There were a couple of shows that were not particularly sexy. One was traditional Thai dancing, and in the other, the girls only got down to their knickers.

I'd rather guess that not many expats use the bar as the drinks prices are on the high end whilst the entertainment is on the low end. Nothing inherently bad about the bar, just poor value.

  Review March 2008: Ping Pong Heaven

At a prime time visit, the bar was very lively. Plenty of whooping and holloring as the guys were lining up to throw ping pong balls and cash at the girls.

It was clear that most of the high spirits were down to holiday fun and the novelty value of a gogo.

From an expat point of view I don't really see why it should be so popular. The girls were distinctly average (that's not to say that there aren't pretty girls, the Walking Street average is pretty good). The drinks prices are on the high side too.

My only theory as to why the bar attracts holiday makers is simply down to the rather good name, particularly as Thee Dollhouse is a well known chain of lap dancing bars in USA.

The girls were not being friendly to me though. They probably spotted the micro gesture of disdain towards the frequent attempts to sell me ping pong balls.

Still you can't knock a bar where everyone is laughing and having fun...you just have to quietly go somewhere else.

  News from Pattaya Secrets, Oct 2007: Jimmy's Gone

It has been reported that Jimmy is no longer the manager at The Dollhouse. Hopefully his success at re-animating the bar will open plenty of new opportunities. The management change was a result of ownership changes and the bar is no longer associated with Club Boesche

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Fantasia Show Bar

Walking Street: Soi 14

Bells and whistles showbar closed in June 2007. Now merged into What's Up.

Fantasy GoGo

New Simon Beer Bar Complex
Walking Street

Very small gogo opened in October 2009, closed in the first week of November 2009.

Now Club Insomnia.

 Frozen A-GoGo

Renamed as The Sea, see below

Fun Room A-GoGo

Walking Street: Soi 15

Small gogo opened in March 2007. Closed in March 2008. Re-opened  on 12th June 2009. Re-opened early August 2009. Dark again February 2010.

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See GoGos with East European dancers

Gentlemen's
Club

Walking Street: Soi Diamond

From 8:30pm

gentlemensclubpattaya.com

The GoGo bar replaced Super Model A-GoGo in November 2007. Convenient rooms. The previous Insomnia prefix was dropped when the Insomnia group sold the bar in October 2008

May 10 Key							Takeaway: -all 600 Room: -350 (inc barfine) All In: 1850
Pint £2.00
	To 10pm	55	55	55	55	120
From 10pm		85	105-115	95	120-160

  Review, June 2010: Dressing Up Not Down

As I entered the bar there was a team of a dozen good looking dancing girls in quite a range of dancing attire but mainly featuring dresses rather than gogo bikinis or coyote top and shorts.

I settled into my beer eagerly awaiting the couple of songs before the girls surely start shedding their attire. Only they didn't. They stayed well over dressed for the entire dance stint.

I was just about to demand the money back for my beer (as if) when the other half of the girls took to the stage. This time the girls had remembered that adult entertainment is what Pattaya bars are about. Within a few songs, most had lost at least some of the their clothing.

Maybe just a chip on the shoulder, but I tend to give a wide berth to girls that don't want to play the bikini/nude game. It is often a sign that the girls really would rather not be playing the Pattaya game at all.

But nevertheless Gentleman's Club is a very good bar to see pretty girls.

I don't find it much of a bar for interaction though. Probably for the same reasons that the girls don't like to take off their gear.

  Review, Nov 2009: Jacuzzi

The bar has recently re-opened the upstairs floor complete with the almost inevitable Jacuzzi.

It has always been tricky to run a bar over 2 floors. Few people tend to go upstairs. I guess psychologically one will never venture up a strange set of stairs unless invited. I think it needs very clear signage to indicate what is upstairs and that it is currently open.

There were no clear messages from Gentlemen's Club staff or signs that there was entertainment upstairs. As far as I can gather it has limited opening hours too. I think that it opens at 10pm.

Anyway upstairs I was a little under whelmed. The Jacuzzi is one of those that is more of a dancing stage than anything. There are no ringside seats. But of course the bench seats are close enough for a good view of a show, but a show with no audience participation. There are also a couple of dancing podiums too.

There were 4 or 5 girls upstairs, and as you would expect for the bar, they were well attractive. But unfortunately they were all engaged by a party of customers at the other side of the bar.

It is always tough to make a small operation work in a GoGo, as there will often be too few girls for the customers, and equally often, too few customers for the girls.

On this occasion I had a lonely beer watching other people have fun. Not really my thing. But equally well, it could be the other way round next time.

  Review from Materialsman, Oct 2009: High rating in beauty

This is not a new club per se, but this was to be my first visit there. First impression upon entering was that it was much smaller than I had imagined, and by the impression given by the website, but what it lost in size it more than made up with the quality of the dancing girls on the night.

There were probably only ten girls onstage and as many again scattered around sat with customers, but of very high rating in beauty, I would have to award this place a 9/10 based solely on the girls I saw last night, they looked stunning attired in quality, expensive red lingerie style bikinis.

There is also a VIP style room upstairs available for the princely sum of 500 Baht with No Barfine as it proudly states on the displayed notice, but I had no chance to take a look.

I had a couple or three beers here and very much added Gentlemen's Club to my Favourites list for future perambulations.

  Review from Pattaya-Addicts, May 2009: Impressed

I was impressed with the looks of the girls dressed in tiny red bikinis or less. They even had a show with the usual sexy dancing ending with some rubber hose whippin'.

When I looked around I saw mostly younger guys visiting but the girls seemed to be interacting well between their dancing-shift. They sent the ugliest girl over to me (as usual!) Can never understand this practise, why bars almost always sends over the oldest and ugliest girls to new customers!?

Anyway music was too loud, some boring Techno Dance whatever they call it although the girls seems to like it, and where quite energetic up on stage!

  Review Feb 2009: Service Without a Smile

The bar seems to be quite popular when I stopped by mid week.

The bar had about a dozen girls split into shifts with about half a dozen on stage. They are still following the pattern of taking off clothes as they work through the short dance roster.

The girls are attractive which obviously goes someway towards  explaining the popularity. I think the short striptease dance pattern is a good idea too.

Unfortunately there weren't really enough girls in the bar to take personal care of all the customers. The lucky few seemed to be having a good time though.

As I felt somewhat neglected on this occasion, I decided to move rapidly on and maybe try again another time. As my tipping tends to reflect how much I enjoyed my stay, I chose not to leave one, 85 Baht is already enough for a draft beer. I got such a sneer from the service girl. Totally unpleasant.

  News from Pattaya Ghost August 2008: Downsized

The bosses continue to keep the upstairs stages closed unless absolutely pressed for space.

The bosses have also made a few change, dropping the sexy gowns for most girls and putting then in go-go style skirts and bikinis. They’ve also introduced a number of sexy shows.

  Review June 2008: Lonely

The bar seems to have settled down into a rather low key affair. There are plenty of good looking dancers and they keep the stage entertainment brief and to the point with a three song set usually removing excess clothing at each song. Sexy indeed.

The bar seems to have gone awry in terms of hooking the girls up with the customers though.

I concur with a fair few Pattaya forum members that customers are generally left to drink a lonesome beer without any interest from the girls to say hello. There is a theory going around that the girls are picky and just waiting on good looking young guys. But they may have to wait a fair time in Pattaya.

There is a bar gimmick about waiving a 20 baht dollar bill around to get a girls attention, but I have yet to see this work.

In the meantime the connections of the bar will be wondering why the customers aren't showing as much interest in drinking in the bar as they would like. Nothing a bit more of bullying mamasang couldn't sort out.

Gothic GoGo

Walking Street: Soi BJ

Gothic themed gogo opened in November 2007. Closed by February. Now Ezy Bar.

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Happy A-GoGo

Walking Street: Soi Happy

From 8pm

 Happy A-GoGo

Eternally popular gogo with pretty girls and a no hassle policy

Jan 10 Key								Takeaway: -LT 1200 -ST 600
Pint £1.90
	to 9:30pm	59*		59	59	150	105
from 9:30pm		59*	120	100	95-120

*small glass

Note that any visible cameras are retained at the door. Also there is a notice saying that mobile phones cannot be used in the bar. Showgirls cannot leave before 10pm.

  Review April 2010: Happy as a Coyote

As you'd expect with an ever popular bar, they mostly stick with their formula and changes are rare.

So indeed there was the usual stage full of pretty girls doing a reasonable stab at energetic dancing. And as usual, they were not really making much effort to play the audience. There's no need for the girls to be pro-active at Happy, the guys soon do the requesting.

But there was one recent change though, coyote dancers had joined the bikini clad and topless gogo girls. The coyotes were wearing big bras and the usual short denim shorts with the fly half undone.

It will be interesting to see if the idea works at Happy. For me, coyote dancing is nothing but negative, and most bars offering coyote dancing as the main spectator sports seem to founder.  There seems to be a fundamental correlation between girls who would rather not take off their clothes to girls who are choosy, offish or pricey when it comes to customer care. Best avoided in my book.

Otherwise things still seemed good in Happy. Customers were still calling down pretty ladies and the watchers seemed happy enough to bide their time whilst sipping alone. Perhaps the bar was a little less crowded than on previous visits but probably just the low season norm.

  News January 2010: Sign of the Times

Happy is now sporting a flashy new sign

  Review April 2009: Personal Space

I'd make a lousy bar owner. If I fashioned a bar according to my own likes and dislikes, I'd end up losing out on some of the most popular bars in Pattaya, and Happy is one of them.

I often pop by Happy early evening for one drink whilst planning an itinerary for the rest of the evening. It is perfect for a quick drink, as it has very good looking dancers, reasonable drinks prices and no hassle from the girls (not that hassle is a bad thing mind you, I do particularly like being hassled by a girl jumping on to my lap).

There are plenty of girls on stage and they have a very long dance roster, but that's ok, not many of them have drinking partners waiting for their return.

The girls on the main stage dance topless and it must be said that the basic gogo dancing is some of the more energetic in town.

All well and good, and maybe too good. Later on the crowds come to enjoy the entertainment. At this time the bar is everything that I don't want from a bar. More than likely you will get ushered to one of the last remaining seats in the bar, usually a stage side stool jammed between 2 other occupied stools.

Now then its a question of priorities, do you want to watch some of the prettiest girls in town? or do you want to have a comfortable seat and the space for a girl at your side? (even if getting a girl is as yet, just a hope). Call me strange but I prefer the comfortable seat and a bit of room to breathe. But at least I can see the point of view of those jammed into the small stage-side stools enjoying the pretty dancers.

  Review Sept 2008: Still Happy

Nothing much had changed since my last visit. In fact nothing had changed since my last visit. The bar is simply supremely consistent.

Still pretty girls on the popular main stage and naked girls around on the side stage which isn't so popular.

Most guys seem to come to look rather than interact with the girls much.

The shows are simple with just a little added enthusiasm to the dancing and a few less clothes.

The beer is reasonably priced but it is not given away as the glasses are small.

On the whole I find the lack of interaction makes the bar pretty sterile but that is personal taste rather than a criticism of the bar. Many would say how pleasant it is to be able to sit ad watch without being hassled.

  Review by Serigala, Jan 2008: A Kind of Show

My wife and I went here around 9pm. Considering the early hour, the place was very busy.

Luckily enough, there were two spare seats next to the central stage where we were seated.

Central stage was occupied by eight naked girls enthusiastically dancing. After every number they rotated to the next pole until they’d done a complete circuit of the poles. Not much interaction with the customers though but we still enjoyed the dancing.

After this, the naked girls were replaced with shuffling bikini girls (a few topless) and we realised that we had just witnessed a kind of show by the naked girls. On a few side tables there was table dancing with skirted, but knickerless, girls who we managed to get a smile out of.

We did notice that Happy also had hostesses and there were a couple engaged with Japanese gents.

Probably one of the better places that we visited but again, it was just a one drink place.

  Review by polleke, Oct 2007: Same Same

Went in and found the place as usual packed with customers as well as pretty girls. I found the quality of the girls had decreased a bit since my last visit 6 months ago. Maybe because of the time 0.30 am and most prettiest girls had been barfined.

Some of the girls are topless and in the new part of the bar there were no naked girls dancing as I remembered from a previous visit.

The place is always full of fun and I always like to come back. One of the top gogos in Patts

Heaven Above A-GoGo

Walking Street: Soi Diamond

From 7:30pm
Dancing from 8pm
Shows from 10pm

Slow until the shows start

www.HeavenAbove.com

Lively bar packed with pretty girls who are often criticised for being picky. There are luxurious convenient rooms at the Galaxy Suites above the bar.

May 10 Key							Takeaway: -service girls 1000 -showgirls/coyotes 800 to 1am -showgirls/coyotes 600 after 1am -dancers/hostess 600 Room: 500 + barfine
	to 9:30	50	115	50	50	110
from 9:30		95	115	95

There is a pre-pay card to keep drinks at 90 Baht each if you buy 10. Also card to keep track barfines then buy 6, get 1 free. Over peak season girls are not allowed to be barfined in their first 2 hours at work.

  Review June 2010: Specialist

Heaven Above is perhaps a little different to most Pattaya GoGos and has developed its own style.

It features a central stage full of attractive girls. They operate in two teams. There's the GoGo dancers who do a very long and slow advance round the stage. They wear their own choice of dance attire ranging from quite a lot to not much at all.

There's also a second team of negligee clad girls who occupy one end of the stage, the low brick wall around the stage, and a couple of small side stages.

The main stage is low and the bar is not large, so most seats get a good show.

The subtle difference though, is more to do with the interaction between the girls and customers. Customers who sit quietly will probably get left well alone. Even customers signaling over a girl may well get short shrift too. The trick seems to get into more of a party frame of mind. The chances are that the girls will pick up on the vibe and take it from there.

Not a bar for everyone but it has enough fans to keep it lively late at night. Can be very slow earlier in the evening.

  Review from Materialsman, Oct 2009: Marxist Mindset

One of my favourites is Heavens Above. Once more it didn't disappoint me, some honey's here as always, they seemed to be having some sort of Daisy Duke thing going amongst the staff, you know the look, tiny denim shorts, check shirts tied at the waist, straw hats etc. and very nice it looked too!

I know some of the show girls here have a reputation of bad attitude, but frankly I have never had a problem with any girl from here, maybe through my very persona, I dress reasonably well, I'm not a complete 'fugly', and I treat the girls in my company well. Hey, maybe I have become a member of the Heavens Above clique that some guys whisper darkly of, that's an amusing thought, I've always held on to the Groucho Marx mindset towards belonging to clubs and cliques.

  Review October 2009: Pretty in Heaven

I tend to visit the bar for a hassle free beer that makes for a pleasant backdrop whilst planning the evening.

The bar is attractive with a white theme. There is a fair sized central stage and also a play mat area towards the back of the bar.

There are always a goodly amount of girls on the stage and they are an above average crew. The dancing girls choose their own attire and how much or how little they are happy with.

There are also a few girls, maybe classed as showgirls, who wear negligees. They seem to hold dominion over the raised step around the edge of the stage.

The girls have a very long dance roster rather suggesting that the bar is for watching the girls rather than interacting with them. Well that's my excuse anyway, the girls never seem very interested in me.

  Review by Pattaya Today: Night March, April 2009: Tight Butts

For me, and others I know, Heaven Above has the number one position as far as sheer number of small-bodied, tight-butt dancing damsels is concerned.

The den has also introduced a theme-style night as far as clothing goes, with girls in schoolgirl-style uniforms one evening and then cowgirl tops, shorts and hats the next, and so on.

  Review from Pattaya Talk, April 2009: Interaction

Has always provided a great breed of fare for the eye but an improvement has been made in recent times; that improvement is in terms of interaction, the ladies seem much more willing to gyrate in your direction

  Review from Materialsman, Dec 2008: Stunning Girls

Always one of my favourite Pattaya spots, and one that recently had come in for a little criticism on another Pattaya Forum.

Again the Bar was busy. I think my Heineken was again 120 baht, could have been 110, not really sure.

I did however have a brief chat with the Manager, an affable enough young Aussie chap, who was desperately trying to sell me on the idea of purchasing a special discount drink card for the minimal sum of 850 Baht, which was guaranteed to eventually save me money on my drinks. Sorry, I’m sure it is a good deal but not one I am going to go for while out having a good time and in a fairly incapacitated state, seemed a bit like a Time Share sort of deal.

As for the eye candy on view, well again recently there has been criticism of the line up, but I have to say I thought there were some stunners on show, whether or not they have pussies made of gold that pee pure Pinot Noir, and a stuck up attitude to match, I can’t really say, they certainly seemed friendly enough to my advances, and when I walked out of the club at around midnight there were fifteen very attractive hard bodied girls lined up totally buck naked on stage, and more circling the stage, what’s wrong with that scenario, I mean what more could you desire? The service staff were attentive, and some comely wenches amongst them too.

All in all, still one of the top go-go’s in Pattaya with some stunning girls, in my humble opinion.

Highway Star A-GoGo

Beach Road
(Pier Entertainment Complex near Walking Street)

Relocated after closing in February 2006 at the venue that is now Sweethearts A-GoGo. Closed in June 2008.

Honey A-GoGo

Walking Street

Honey was replaced by Sisterz A-GoGo in September 2007, see below

Hooty's Show Girls

Walking Street

From 9pm
Shows from 9:30pm

GoGo renovated in October 2007 and re-opened on 1st November 2007. Noted for music policy of farang friendly music that is also danceable for the girls.

Jun 10 Key							Takeaway: -festivities 1000 -dancer 500
	to 10pm		70	70	70	110
from 10pm			70+	95	95

  News August 2010: Violence Outside

It has been reported on Pattaya forums that witnessed spotted Hooty's heavies lay into a farang on Walking Street with a 2 by 4 piece of wood.

  Review June 2010: One Off

The previously reported experience of finding a friendly girl at Hooty's is now a faded memory.

The norm at Hooty's is to find a stage full with dancers. There are usually a few that are decent enough, but not really top notch enough to attract the audience that are content just to watch dancing ladies. These well sought after customers are more likely to be found in the Happy group of bars or else the Super bars.

The fall back option option for a bar is to keep the customers entertained with a bit of girly interaction. It doesn't have to be overly hands on, just a nice chat will do.

But somehow Hooty's doesn't seem geared up for this. Either the girls aren't very pro-active in seeking out the customers, or else there simply aren't that many girls left over after packing the stage with dancers. The 8 song dance roster is way too long too.

Hooty's is a decent enough bar trying to get by on a show concept that has become a little passé. It reminds me a bit of Carousel, soon to be consumed into the Happy group.

  Review September 2009: First Time

Limey things are looking up at Hooty's. For the first time in years I found myself a dancer who was up for a friendly few drinks.

Hopefully it is a sign that the bar is giving up its pretensions as an expensive show bar and joining the group of fun bars where the name of the game is to get customers hooked up with girls, not watching them from a respectable distance.

Helping in the cause, Hooty's has established a reasonably priced draft beer and have recently installed a Jacuzzi. It is not particularly well placed, being mostly hidden behind the stage, but it at least signals an intent that the bar wants to be seen as fun.

Anyway I have to be a bit restrained in case the good night was a one off, but it will at least earn a couple of return visits in the very near future.

  Review from Pattaya Secrets, Dec 2008: Really Friendly Staff

No dogs, no stunners, average GoGo girls... really friendly staff, but no hassle for lady drinks.. some cutie service girls, the dancers are interactive, but not pushy... many happy farangs with girl companion...

All in all a great venue if you are not too picky...There are two to die for showgirls, but they don't mix with the customers.

  Review Nov 2008: No Draft, No Dice

At about 10pm I was the only customer in the bar. There were plenty of girls in attendance with several that were well attractive.

You'd think I'd be well away. But as is often the case in a dead bar, it is actually pretty tough to attract the attention of the girls.

Because there are next to no customers in the bar, the dancing girls don't really cast their gaze around the room. And when they have finished they go into an impenetrable huddle. There's no point in circulating when there are no customers.

The mamasang spotted the unattached customer though, and send a 'B string' girl over. I am a great believer in first come, first served, so I expect that if I am the only customer in the bar, then I should be allocated an 'A string' companion.

From my viewpoint the bar fails to make my list due to the lack of draft beer. A cheap first drink option is always good as it tempts me in for a 'look see'. But being as this bar is twice the beer price of most (I see no taste advantage of bottles over draft) then I simply give it a miss, particularly as previous visits have also been pretty naff.

  News June 2008: Happy Hour

Hooty's has started a happy hour with bottled beer at 70 Baht and house spirits at 50 Baht. Later on there was no sign of the 70 Baht Beer on the welcome cards.

  Review from Ray, March 2008: Young Lads

I dropped by this bar a couple of weeks ago to see if anything had changed and found it had been taken over by a group of young English lads who were monopolising all the girls not on stage.

Feeling old and unloved I drunk up and left.

As I believed the owner was a relatively young English guy? I thought this was a typical night. Obviously not.

Hot Girls A-GoGo

Walking Street

Open from 3pm

Reports of a discriminatory 300 Baht entry charge (inc 1 drink)

Standard gogo with a bells and whistles show. Thai Ownership connections with New Star & Nui's Club 2, Pinky Girl & Rock Girls

Jan 08 Key						Takeaway: -barfine 600-700 Room: -900 (inc barfine) - All in 1900
Pint £1.70
	55*	110	95	110	110

*small glass

  Review April 2009: Asians Agog

The gogo still tries to be both farang friendly and Asian coach party friendly. But on my last visit the bar was pretty near full of Asians looking agog at the razor blades being drawn from a girl's pussy.

One is tempted to be a bit dismissive of such non-erotic shows but the bar surely had more customers than some of the farang oriented gogos in town.

Whilst the bells and whistles shows continue on one stage there is a girl soaping herself in the Jacuzzi. Its not geared up to allow for much customer interaction though.

The beer prices are kept at reasonable levels for the pay as you go farangs with draft at 55 Baht.

It is very much like its sister bar, Playgirls, just down the street but this one is probably the better due to having a few more attractive girls.

  Review Oct 2008: Pretty Hot

The bar is pitched at Asian tourists in that there are no drinks prices advertised by the welcome staff who are also there to charge unsuspecting visitors an entrance charge. As always the bar is free to farangs.

But the strange thing is that it is a perfectly good bar for farang customers too. There is a cheap draft beer at 55 Baht albeit in a small glass. The lady drinks are also in line with other bars at 110 Baht.

There are some pretty dancing girls and they are happy to pop over for a chat. No undue hassle and I had a perfectly pleasant stay.

There is a bells and whistles show but it is at least simultaneous with a pretty girl soaping herself in a Jacuzzi. The shows alternate with dancing and the girls just dance 2 songs. No sooner did my drinking partners say I go dance, and she was back by my side.

Probably mostly down to my pretty hostess, but I well enjoyed my visit.

  Review Jan 2008: Not Recommended

Entrance 600 baht + 1 drink free. Girls were taller and more beautiful, only topless. but the girls were more demanding and ripped off about 1000 baht from us. I don't recommend this place to anyone. seating arrangements too were poor.

  Review Dec 2007: Schizophrenic

The new layout of the bar is the fashionable white theme complete with Jacuzzi. The bar have recruited a few pretty girls to take good advantage of the shower show.

However the bar is still persisting with the bells and whistle show. But the focus of this is a stage towards the back of the bar.

On my visit though, the bar had not yet succeeded in attracting people to watch the shower show. There was just me enjoying the pretty girls of the front stages. A coach party of people were crowded around the old stagers doing their bells and whistles thing on the back stage.

It was fine by me!

  Update from Ray, Nov 2007: Renovated Hot Girls

The bar's had a makeover rather similar to Noi's and is much improved.

The front stage has replaced by seating which has all been upgraded to comfortable white benches and there are now two smaller stages in the middle of the bar, one for dancers, one for the shower show.

The rear stage still has the occasional bells and whistles show.

Worth a look.

  Review May 2007: Off the Radar

The bar seems to warrant hardy a mention in the Pattaya forums so it was time to go and take a look for myself.

The bar is long and very narrow with a couple of side stages on opposite sides. Some seating affords very poor viewing of the stage.

There were about 20 girls of which at least one was katoey. They weren't a bad looking crew. Three were dancing on the first stage and more dance on the second stage if there are enough customers to move down into the seats overlooking that stage.

Perhaps the most striking reason for the lack of farang comments is that most of the customers are Asian. It seems that bells and whistles shows identify that a bar is targeting Asian customers.

There is a menu card on the tables that advertises fixed rates for bar fines, rooms and short time rates for the girls.

Didn't spot anything bad about the bar...it is just that there are so many better bars nearby.

I

Illusion Pattaya Club

Walking Street: Soi 14 & 15

 Illusion Pattaya Club

Large white themed nightclub like gogo opened in October 2008. Same owners as the previous Top Girls. It soon fell back to the bells and whistles show concept but closed in March 2010.

Images A-GoGo

Soi 16, Covent Garden

Opened May 2006 and closed in October 2006. Now demolished to make way for Wildcats Coyotee bar

Insomnia Gentlemen's
Club

Walking Street: Soi Diamond

Insomnia Gentlemen's Club replaced Super Model A-GoGo in November 2007. The Insomnia prefix was dropped in October 2008 when the bar was sold. Now known as Gentlemen's Club, see above

The Iron Club

Walking Street

Opened 1st October 2009. Previously Republika Disco

Jun 10 Key						Takeaway: -showgirls 1000 -dancers 700
	85	135	95	125-140	120-240

Reports that showgirls cannot be barfined until 1am.

  Review July 2010: Pumping

I've been meaning to take another look for a while now but, for obviously good reasons, the bar has always simply been too full for my tastes.

But for my latest visit I tried earlier about 10ish and it was about a third full. I sat in the middle of the bar so as to report on all the stages.

The front stage was filled with about a dozen girls in a very square military formation. They were all bikini clad except when the got to the last position, they would generally take off their tops. There were some good looking dancers but not exclusively so.

The middle Jacuzzi had a couple of girls doing the Jacuzzi thing enjoyed by a couple of ringsiders. This was not the most popular spectacle. The star stage seemed to be the back stage where the lookers were. There were usually 4 girls half dancing and half doing the usual play stage antics. They were rotating through clothing from bikinis to none.

I was well looked after by a front stage dancer who proved very diverting company. All totally hassle free and without stupidities like lady cocktails. We did have to shoo away an old mamasang who bizarrely thought she may be able to contribute something to our private proceedings.

Actually for the price of the 120 Baht lady drink or two, the girl was excused dancing duties for quite a while, at least until the bar filled and their weren't enough spare ladies to take up the slack.

All in all the visit was a complete success with the only minor gripe being the music volume making verbal conversation a bit of a strain. Still my drinking partner had gotten used to this, and developed an easy to understand tactile body language that got most necessary messages across.

  Warning from Pattaya Forums: Expensive Lady Drinks

Rapid success seems to have been too much of a temptation and there have been a fair amount of complaints about the bar appearing on Pattaya forums.

Particularly prevalent are very expensive lady drinks turning up without the customer asking for them or being told about how expensive the drink being asked for (up to 240 Baht!).

  Review by Materialsman October 2009: No Iron Hoofs

Next to the popular Airport and has a similar layout and some smartly dressed Hello girls outside, although they don't really maintain the concept throughout the staff like Airport. As discussed on various forums, the Club is unfortunately named for some London based Brits, Irons being a word associated with gays, in Cocker'nee rhyming slang, iron hoofs = poofs, fortunately there are only women dancing here.

I have read that the layout is not conducive to sitting in comfort, and I have to agree, having been trodden on a couple of times while people passed by, but it makes good use of the limited space and sort of opens out the further back you go near to the now standard Jacuzzi areas where girls were soaping each other and whipping buttocks with gay abandon. It's pretty smart inside the Club, though the quality of dancing girls left a little to be desired, but it is early days and there is time for it to get better, a sprinkling of beauties though, not all farm fresh awkward shufflers, and the Tequila girl was to die for.

I had a girl target me pretty quickly, I put that down to my beautiful new Hawaiian shirt rather than my visage, so I humoured her for a while until she went to dance/shuffle and finished my beer and made my escape, as her conversation was sadly lacking, must have been new to the scene. Can't remember the drink price, I think around 125 Baht for the bottle, reasonable enough for Walking Street, but currently I could only award a 7/10 due to the standard of girls, but I will give it another try next time, I liked the décor.

  Review October 2009: Iron Awe

An impressive looking venue with a surprisingly large, high ceiling interior.  There is bench seating down both sides of the bar.

The iron theme is perhaps a little cold, but it looks pretty good. The bar is basically long and narrow with 3 stages.  Nearest the door is a gogo stage for 9 dancers. The dancers were wearing a uniform with a futuristic theme and a short blouse garment covering the shoulders. The uniform allows options for either a bra or topless.

The girls were a pretty good selection considering the early days of the bar. But they were dancing an extremely long dance stint of 9 songs. Obviously the bar is hoping for a Happy style audience with watchers rather than those wanting the company of a girl. The trouble is of course, that not many bars can command the quality of Happy, and this bar is not yet one of those select few.

The dancing girls weren't being the slightest bit friendly in terms of seeking out lady drinks and the like.

The middle of the bar has the now inevitable Jacuzzi with 2 girls at a time soaping themselves down. There are stools surrounding the action.

The back stage is quite elaborate with a raised platform and maybe a small rotating platform. The stage was occupied by 2 girls performing a more energetic dance than the standard gogo fare.

The service staff were also wearing smart uniforms, perhaps Air Port Club have set a new trend in motion.

It is early days and the bar wasn't working too well on my visit. Customers were only staying for a single drink. I rather think the dancers uniform will soon be dispensed with as, whatever people claim, less clothes is best. No reason why uniforms for service staff shouldn't continue though.

And if the bar does take off though there is an issue with the layout. There is not really enough space to have stools down the side of the main stage as well as it being a major thoroughfare to he back stages of the bar. There's likely to be all sorts of bumping and barging, surely not a good idea for somewhere where people are likely to be a little drunk after a few beers.

J

The venue became Broadway Club which is currently closed

K

K A-GoGo Wonder Girls

Soho Square
Walking Street

Failed Counter Soho soon replaced or re-modelled as K A-GoGo in March 2009. Closed 1st August 2009

L

See GoGos with East European dancers

Closed, then became the Broadway Club which closed too.

Walking Street: Soi Diamond

Very dark lady boy bar with 15-20 katoeys. Presumably has dancing as it promises an erotic cabaret. Closed in January 2010

Living Dolls 1

Walking Street

Listed as New Living Dolls One, see below

Living Dolls Showcase

Walking Street

From 8pm

Very expensive bar notable for erotic shows with beautiful girls (many of whom don't go). Ownership connections with The Dollhouse.

Mar 10 key								Takeaway: -service 2000 -showgirls -1000 -dancers 600
Pint £3.00
	ended						135
			135-145	110	150	195

  Review from Pattaya-Addicts May 2010: Soft Soapy

They had some soapy show going on the stage but the girls kept their pants on, so it didn't do that much for me to be honest.

In the past Showcase had some attractive show girls, so this helps to justify high drink prices, but none of the girls on stage at the time I was there were particularly outstanding.

  Review from Pattaya Secrets December 2009: Some Beauties

Living Dolls Showcase had some beauties both on show and walking around, no mystery why there are so many bums on seats in that place, some stunners but not half as many as there were in Happy a Go-Go.

  Review March 2009: Friendly Reception

I visited the bar at a prime time of about 11pm. The bar was enjoying a sizeable crowd who seemed to be enjoying the shows.

The format was for a few show numbers on the central stage, and then a few numbers of when all the gogo dancers would take the stage. The stints were not too long which is always good in my opinion.

I have a feeling that the bar doesn't really target hardened Pattaya gogo fans though. The shows are choreographed but not outrageously sexy. In the few numbers I saw the girls were a bit shy and kept their knickers on throughout. Good looking girls, but their reputation of being not so keen to go with customers diminishes the attraction somewhat.

The gogo dancers were average (which of course is pretty good in Walking Street). Again they were a bit shy, with only a couple of the dozen on stage, taking their tops off.

The bar seemed to excel in meeting and greeting, lots of happy long lost friends seem to be re-uniting with girls and staff from previous visits. My service girl was well friendly too.

I can't say I was impressed by the dancing girls hunting lady drinks in twos though. It always telegraphs to me a money grabbing attitude rather than the desire for a one to one hook up.

I would suggest that this is one of the better bars in Pattaya for farang couples. They can enjoy the friendly reception along with the cabaret style show without it being too outrageous.

As a rather hardened pleasure seeker though, I found the entertainment to be marginally sexy, and the drinks prices way too expensive at 135 Baht for a bottled beer.

  Review from Pattaya Ghost, June 2008: Ridiculously Priced

There were plenty of silicone-enhanced showgirls still left after 1 am, although they seemed content to play among themselves, leaving the handful of customer in the bar to sip as slowly as possible on the ridiculously priced 150-baht shorts.

Shows or not, LDS has to be the biggest clip joint in Pattaya. Even Angelwitch, with shows and an environment five times better than Showcase, prices their drinks at 145 baht. Remind me not ever to go back there.

  Review by polleke, Nov 2007: Beautiful Girls

Visited the bar several times this week and really loved it.

There is a central stage crowded by more than average looking girls. They have some shows but they can't compete with the ones in Angelwitch.

There was one girl though that was an outstanding dancer. However there are so many lovely dancing girls, my eyes were caught by a gorgeous hostess (barfine 600 Baht, 2000 LT)

Note: there are a couple of very beautiful girls, that have big sponsors. I was told they ask 10,000 bath ST ( discount when they like you). They actually get barfined 3-4 times a week. Certainly not by me.

  Review July 2007: Closely Packed

The bar may be a very popular show bar but I find the drinks prices way too high to justify more than an occasional visit.

So given the new happy hour I thought I would give it a go.

For the life of me I could not suss what they are up to. Every single dancing girl in the bar was packed on the stage. There were about 15 but as late comers rolled in they would get changed and then add to the pack.

The girls were slightly above average with just a couple revealing their tops. The stage was a bit too packed to really allow for much in the way of dancing.

Certainly not worth watching, nor were there any girls that were free to sit at your side for a chat.

I was totally baffled by the lack of entertainment value in the the proceedings and my visits will surely remain occasional.

Lollipop A-GoGo

Walking Street

From 8pm

Opened on 9th November 2007. The venue was previously Amazon, then VIP Club & GoGo. The bar is not affiliated to the Bangkok bar with the same name

Oct 09 Key							bar fine -service 700 -dancers 600
Pint  £1.50
	until 9:30	45	110		65	120
from 9:30		65	110		120

  Review August 2010: Dance Too Much

Lollipop is one of the bars that has many of the features in place that makes for a good bar.

It is tightly run and plays it straight. There's no hassle and the staff and management are friendly and able.

There usually a fair amount of attractive girls and they have the full range of dress codes from over dressed coyote to very little.

The drinks prices are reasonable too.

All sounds good bar one design flaw. The bar has nearly all the girls dancing and the dance stint is overlong too.

The few girls on hostess duty, waiting their turn to dance, aren't particularly pro-active in searching out lady drinks either. Perhaps because their turn to dance will come around too quickly to make it worthwhile.

One contributor to a Pattaya forum suggested that they have worked around the over-dancing problem by sitting at the play table stage. It seems that the girls there can take good care of nearby customers whilst still nominally on their dancing turn.

Other than that, the bar is still worth a visit for those that prefer watching over interacting.

  Review by jj, April 2010: Nice Experience

Lollipop seems to be a bar in decline, but one that has found a comfortable plateau. Changes from earlier reviews are evident. Having once employed 3-4 dozen girls, it is now down to a dozen-plus. Outside hostesses/hello girls were apparently available for back-up if needed.

It seemed a bit strange to see coyote dancers, topless and nekkid ladies all on the stage at one time. I suppose they are trying to appeal to all tastes.

The Jacuzzi area in the back of the bar is now curtained off and the play mat only seems to be used by request but the manager and the girls seemed quite willing to do so if asked. The dozen girls were more than enough for the 9pm customer demand. Those few customers were generally experiencing an up-close-and-personal interaction. They also seemed to be resident expats returning to the bar -- given the reaction of the staff -- rather than first time tourists.

Comfortable seating, Walking Street prices, hands-on interaction, reasonable volume of the music, all make for a very nice experience. One added feature is that the katoey mamasan seemed to exempt the girls on customer's laps or on the play mat from their normal dance rotation.

  Review, October 2009: Worth a Pop

The bar seems to have evolved a strange little characteristic that it seems to be the mamasang and even the service girls who do the connecting between girls and customers. If left to their own devices the girls seem to like sitting together in distant recesses of the bar.

The bar is pretty traditional with the main focus of attention being a fair amount of girls dancing on the central stage. There are usually a few pretty girls and there is the full range of bikini or not on display.

The play mat and Jacuzzi haven't been a big draw during my visits to the bar. The play mat stage seems to have become just another dancing stage.

All in all, a generally pleasant place for a drink that could improve a little if the dancers were a little more pro-active in taking care of customers.

  Review, April 2009: Plateau

The gogo is pretty sound with good looking girls dancing on the central stage with little in the way of clothing. Then there is a play mat stage and a Jacuzzi at the back of the bar.

Drinks prices are reasonable and the staff are friendly.

Somehow I have drifted away from making this a regular stop on my circuit. A couple of times it has been a bit depleted of girls and another couple of times the girls have been bagged by younger and more attractive customers.

Maybe I get the impression that they prefer the customers who like to sit back and watch the dancing rather than those that prefer one on one company. Just a matter of the available ratio of girls.

But still worth a try, I think I have just been unlucky.

  Review by Ray, March 2008: Moving up the League

Bit tricky to find, this bar, it's tucked under the Polo Entertainment Centre and its entrance is permanently obstructed by the crowd of rubberneckers gawking up at the gyrating Natasha in the Galaxy Cabaret window.

Once you do manage to locate it you will find a bar that's deeper than it's wide with the front section set up as a standard go-go and the rear section fitted out with a jacuzzi and a sexy show table.

I've visited this bar a few times now and I think I'm getting the hang of it. I picked out a dancer that caught my eye on the way through and went back to check out the show. To my surprise the showgirl and my dancer seemed to hit it off and as there weren't too many other customers around we soon had a nice three way going.

When the show was over the showgirl leant over and whispered to me that she was really pleased I had brought that particular dancer over as she fancied her herself but hadn't had an excuse to get her hands on her before!

Lollipop is rapidly moving up my personal league table.

  Review Feb 2008: Naughty Table

The bar is slowly progressing and now have enough girls to keep a steady 2 girl show going on the show table. They follow in the traditional naughty mould of Windmill and Baby Dolls etc. Suitably friendly to keep me entertained for an hour anyway. There is also a Jacuzzi but the naughty table gets top priority when the numbers are low.

The main stage is a traditional Isaan shuffle affair and still seems to lack a little momentum. Nothing really amiss, probably just a matter of time as people get to know of the bar.

Last time I visited I spotted a few girls newly recruited from Sisterz.

M

Magic Palace A-GoGo

Walking Street

Opened on 31st Dec 2007. Closed in March 2008. Now Bartimes

Marilyn A-GoGo

Beach Road

Closed in Feb 2006. The site was redeveloped and is now Highway Star which is also closed.

See Club Mirage above

See GoGos with East European dancers

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Naughty Girls

Walking Street: Soi Diamond

From 8pm

www.naughtygirls-pattaya.com

Renamed from Vixens in Jun 2006. Convenient rooms

Jan 09 Key						Takeaway: -festivities 1000 -600 Room:
Pint £1.70
	55	110	95	130	100/120/150

  Review July 2010: Moderate

Naughty Girls continues its very traditional approach to GoGo.

The bar has a narrow central stage featuring maybe be 10 girls dancing at a time. They do a very slow rotation of one girl per song making for a way too long 10 song dance session. There are generally some attractive girls and they dance either topless or bikini clad.

There is comfortable bench seating around 3 sides of the square bar.

There is a cheap draft beer at 55 Baht.

The bars main drawback is that it does not seem to have a found a good way to hook the girls up with customers.

Perhaps they seek to emulate Super Girls next door, where the girls don't make the first move and wait for their number to be called by a customer. Most customers in Super Girls are happy to bide their time over a few beers whilst making their choice. But Naughty does not quite attract the top notch level of girls required to make this mode of operation work. Naughty ends up with a very moderate mix of an uninspired show and not very interactive girls.

  Review February 2010: Symmetry

There's a certain symmetry to Soi Diamond, with the two centre bars on either side of the beer bar isle being somewhat bereft of ideas. (And often, customers)

Naughty Girls is not too far off the mark. It is an attractive bar with a central stage. There is comfortable bench seating around the sides of the bar. There are table dancing positions set amongst this seating, but it is rarely used these days.

On my last couple of visits there have been some very attractive dancers on show too.

There's a 55 Baht draft beer and other drink prices are in line with Pattaya norms.

The flaws that I see are that the girls dance a very long stint, which is usually a cue to depart for anyone waiting for a particular girl.

Secondly in common with neighbours, The Sea and New Star, the bar seems to think that the most attractive girls should be given the onerous job of sitting by the door. If it were my bar, I would assign them the job of sitting with customers instead. Better to get at least a few customers with as smile on their face, rather than concentrating on getting people into the bar only to leave them lonely and bored.

  Review June 2009: Middling

Now a very traditional gogo with not really much going on except the stage full of girls. The bar still seems to err by having too many girls dancing and not really enough on hostess duty. But better ratios then about a year ago.

There are about 10 girls on stage and most are bikini clad with a few topless. Probably about average for Pattaya but that means there are several that are attractive. The dance roster is too long and if your girls says I go dance, then the best reply is: ok I go check bin.

From what I have seen recently the bar is struggling for customers. I've not really helped out much by staying for a second drink, I have been ignored, double teamed and targeted by the bar oldie.

The draft beer is reasonably priced.

The bar is not a million miles away from getting it right but at the moment is does not seem a roaring success.

  Review Jan 2009: Naughtier and Better

Things seem to have improved at Naughty Girls. The bars has recently abandoned its policy of making all available girls dance and there are now a few that available for a chat.

Also a general air of happier girls may also have led to a few more of them taking their tops off for dancing. The unrevealing black boob tube that they used to wear has mostly been left in the changing room where it belongs, and small standard bikinis are now the norm.

I am told that the lady drinks are now more tightly controlled and customers are no longer stung for the expensive cocktail. It is hard to check this out though as I make such a point of ordering a standard lady drink that I am unlikely to get the girls trying it on.

In fact I was very well looked after by a friendly hands on dancer and would have been tempted to stay longer if it wasn't for the still overly long dance roster of about 7 songs.

  Review May 2008: What's Going On?

I've given up on this bar as I can't really work out what is going on.

The good news is that there are plenty of good looking dancing girls. The bad news is that they are nearly all set continuously dancing.

It may look good to have a bar full of dancing girls but I prefer to have a bit of company.

As far as I can tell the girls are only excused dancing when they have a lady drink in front of them. And when they order a tequila you don't get much time for your money. I walked out pronto when my lady drink only excused the girl from dancing for one song.

  Review Oct 2007: Military Precision

The bar seems to be doing well under the watchful eye of the Tina Turner look alike mamasang.

There were a fair few good looking girls both on stage and quickly by your side. In fact the service girls proved very personable and very hands on too.

The bar is still running a policy of excusing girls dancing duty if they have a lady drink in front of them. However with military precision, the moment the last sip is taken, the mamasang appears from her observation post and orders the girl back on stage. She can jump back off stage into your lap immediately the drink is replenished.

As long as you hit it off with the girls that you select (or indeed the girls that select you) then this bar can be very enjoyable.

New Living Dolls One

Walking Street

From 8pm

Popular bar featuring a multitude of girls.

Mar 10 Key								Takeaway:  -dancers 600 -service 600 -showgirls 700
	to 10pm	59*	59-125	59	59	140	115
from 10pm		59*	125	95	95-115

*small glass

  Review August 2010: Business as Usual

The bar seems to be marking time nicely perhaps to be ready for a good high season when the perennial visitors will flock back.

The basics of plenty of attractive girls and an efficient staff, along with friendly managers should hold them in good stead.

The drinks prices seem to be creeping up though, but there's a good happy hour and the cheap draft beer is retained for the whole evening.

My main low season gripe is that the show is a bit insipid, especially compared with the 'good old days' a couple of years ago.

But on the whole the bar is pretty much business as usual.

  Review April 2010: Better than Ever

Thanks also to Pattaya Ghost

I stopped by at a prime time on a weekday evening and the bar seemed better than ever. I seated my self down on the comfortable bench seating, and before I knew it, a beautiful showgirl was bouncing on my lap. Actually I've know her for a long time so it was hardly an accident.

Whilst I was enjoying myself immensely, I rather think that my good fortune was not exactly perfect for the bar. The reason I say its better than ever, is that it is not quite so jam packed as it was a year ago. Then I would have had to put up with a stool and would have had little chance of finding an unoccupied girl free to lavish such considerate care.

The bar is still doing well though, with a good amount of customers and plenty of girls.

The shows have taken a bit of a strange twist. The popular full-on lesbian shows have been dropped. Replacements seem to be mostly fully clothed affairs. Even more bizarrely, the girls were taking off their clothes just as soon as they de-staged, returning to rejoin their drinking partners in the more traditional gogo attire of very little.

I picked up a little bit of gossip there too. Apparently the managers have been trying to keep a log of girls and their monthlies. Whilst being entirely sympathetic with the umbrage taken by the girls, one has to wonder if perhaps days off weren't being sneaked in a little too often.

Anyway enough of the tittle tattle, there were plenty of other more sensual pleasures awaiting to be enjoyed by the obliging girls.

  Review October 2009: Not So New

The bar has had a little time to settle down after a change of management so time for a quick review.

There have been a few changes to the bar. The unused Jacuzzi has been removed in favour of a small dancing podium. The seats have been reupholstered but in essence the bar looks more or less the same as before.

I also heard that the new owners has dropped the new prefix and refer to the bar as Living Dolls One.

There were the usual extensive team of gogo dancers with about 12 on stage at any one time for a dance roster of 6 songs. There is also a team of showgirls who take to the stage for various lesbian antics and the like. There are plenty of attractive girls on show.

Unsurprisingly the new management have made few changes to the operation of the bar. If anything the bar has improved for me, as a couple of girls bounded over for a bit of good taking care.

I am anticipating a return visit to the bar more than I have for a long time.

  News July 2009: Dolled Off

The bar has been sold and the new owners George and Simon will be at the helm from the 1st August 2009.

  Review May 2009: Dolls Indeed

After having found a comfortable seat I looked up at the stage to see a dozen good looking girls with few clothes to share between them.

I relaxed to drink my free first beer and all was well.

I glanced round at the bar to find that it was well crowded with appreciative customers enjoying the show.

There are plenty of service girls and there are plenty of managers and owners and the like if you would like a chat.

The drinks are reasonable and the barfines are competitive.

The bar is also a no hassle bar where the girls leave you alone unless called over.

Not really my sort of bar though, the no hassle policy coupled with a high ratio of customers to girls usually ends up in the visit being a lonely drink.

  Review Nov 2008: Too Good

A very popular that always seems pretty full or else totally full. The bar surely must be doing something right.

Maybe this is down to the free beer tickets dished out by the welcome staff. Or maybe it is the reasonable drinks prices once you have finished the freebie. Or maybe it is the cheap barfines to partake in a little later in the evening.

There are plenty of girls to go round with many of them good looking. Also the bar tries to keep hassle down to a minimum. Unfortunately this often means that the girls don't bother you enough even to say hello. No problems if you call them over though.

There are showgirls featuring sexy but not choreographed shows.

Music is strictly selected to keep the dancing girls dancing.

There are plenty of farang managers on hand for those that like to mingle with the barkeeps.

Something good for everyone then...except of course, those that like a quiet drink.

Previously The Roof. New Player closed in December 2005. Became Tiger Club A-GoGo, see below

New Star A-GoGo

Walking Street: Soi Diamond

From 3pm, shift change at 8pm

Hands on fun for those that can cope with the high pressure hassle. From the people that also run Pinky, Nui's, Hot Girls & Rock Girls. Convenient rooms

Nov 09 Key						Takeaway: -showgirls 700 -dancers 600 Room: 950 (inc barfine) All in: 1950/2450
Pint £1.30
	55		95	95	110-180

  Review July 2010: Knowing the Ropes

The bar can be a bit of a mixed bag but there is always a chance of hands on fun with a pretty girl.

The bar has a fair few girls for a small bar but there is usually quite a range with some well pretty and some well past it.

There are usually just 3 or 4 dancing girls in the full range of bikini to none. The star turns of the team does a play stage stint at the front of the bar with thwack sticks and the like.

As there are few girls dancing at any one time this leaves a good amount pf girls available for hands on customer care.

There's a cheap 55 Baht draft and lady drinks are ok at 110 Baht.

All seems pretty good in terms of the way the bar operates, but there are a few things more that customers need to know.

Firstly the pretty girls are anchored to the seats around the front door. They are available for hostessing, its just that when they haven't got a customer, they have to sit near the door ready to impress customers who poke their head inside for a look see.

The trick is just to select a seat near the front door so that you are close enough to take a look, and be within smile/signal range to ask a girl over. Sitting at the back of the bar tends to result in the old stagers having first dibs.

The second thing customers need to know is that the girls will prey ruthlessly on any newbies they detect. They can swarm around in seconds.

And one last thing to note is that the bar runs 2 shifts changing at 8pm. Both shifts can have some pretty girls, making the bar well above average for daytime fun. Most other bars seem to have more of a 'second' team on the daytime shift.

  Review by Ishi Jan 2010: Merged Stage

The smallest foam Jacuzzi in Pattaya is no longer used. It's a part of the dance stage now.

The problem is that the bar runs out of water. It happens often, there's no water in the toilet or in the kitchen. I'll never order Draught Beer again!

  Reader review Dec 2009: Worth a visit

This bar is quite small but it's worth a visit.

Some of the girls are very beautiful, most of them in topless and with very pretty breasts.

The staff are friendly and drinks are not too expensive.

  Review by Ishi Nov 2009: Split Stage

The stage is mow divided into 3, each one is less than 2 meters long. The first stage from the entrance is a play mat where one naked lady is dancing.

The center oval-shape stage is the smallest Jacuzzi in Pattaya. It has almost 6cm high wall. Of course there is no water but just foam and one naked lady is taking a foam bath.

The 3rd stage has 2 poles and 3 dancers.

Bar Fine, dancers are B600 but show girls are B700.

  Review May 2009: Lost Faith

The odds of an enjoyable visit seem to have diminished.

There are some unattractive girls who do the circulating around the customers. There are a few attractive girls but they seem locked to the stools at the door presumably to entice passers by.

The net result is that this has become a bar that does not deliver. And there's plenty of nearby bars that do biz.

If you are lucky enough to get one of the pretty girls at your side, then the bar can be quite hands on.

I think the location is excellent for the bar. It is the first bar in Soi Diamond and you see an avenue of touts ahead of you. It is then so easy to just dart in the first one rather than run the gauntlet of quite hasslesome touts.

The bar probably does a steady trade in people tempted in, but who stay just for one drink.

  Review December 2008: Right or Left?

The girls of New Star A-GoGo vary their short time rates according to which side of the bar you sit on.

On the left the table menus show the all in package as 1950 (600 barfine + 350 room + 1000 short time). On the right hand side the menus show a total of 2450 with the girl's share being 1500 Baht.

Either way it seems very expensive.

The bar has a very mixed selection of girls ranging from very pretty to very not. The prettier girls are anchored to door with an invisible bungy cord. They are employed more to attract passers by than to look after the customers inside.

If you are up to being manhandled by the oldies, the bar can be quite good fun. But I always feel for the unaware newbies who get ruthlessly exploited by the girls given half the chance.

See Sakura Club 69, see below

Nui's Club 2 A-GoGo

Walking Street

From 3pm
Shift change at 8pm

Avoid the shift change, dancing stops for 15 mins with bored customers inside

Small & middling gogo. Ownership connections with Hot Girls, New Star, Pinky Girls & Rock Girls

May 10 Key						Takeaway: 600 All in package: -2000 -1600 afternoon
	65*	110	95	110	110

*small glass

  Review September 2010: Minor Bar

The bar continues its minor bar existence. It is worth the occasional pit stop as it usually has a few attractive girls and can get quite hands on friendly when the mood is right.

There are usually 4 or 5 girls on the main stage and another 2 or 3 dancing on the tables and secondary stage.

One of these is designated as a show girl, partaking in the soapy stage antics. There are no ring side seats so this adds very little to the bar.

The dance roster is a bit too long for a small bar, so I guess if a customer is being looked after by a dancer, "I go dance" often correlates to "check bin".

As mentioned before, there are too many girls dancing on the main stage which offers a good view to only a few seats in the bar. Perhaps the bar could get a few useful tips from a psychologist.

  Review May 2010: Half Full or Half Empty?

The bar has had a reasonable crowd on my last couple of visits with half the seats filled and the bar probably having a full quota of girls.

The girls dance in the full range of gogo attire. The girls are probably an average crew which is pretty good for a small bar.

The arrangement of the bar probably means that half full is about as good as it gets. All the dancing action is confined to the main stage which is only visible for half the bar. The other half have to make do with a lack lustre single girl on the secondary stage. Not really up to much there.

Maybe a redesign of the bar could improve it from its current middling status. After all the location is very good.

  Review July 2009: Low Season

The bar had a low season feel to it with a rather underwhelming urge to entertain.

There were about a dozen girls on duty of which 7 or 8 were dancing. They were doing a 7 or 8 song rotation around all the various dancing stages in the bar. The dress code is ether topless or bikini clad depending on the girl's wishes. The girls were average, which is not to say there weren't a couple of pretty girls.

There is also a single naked girl who was preening herself in a quasi show in the middle of the main stage. She was on for quite a long stint.

As soon as the girls were finishing, they were reaching for dressing gowns and departing out the front door. Either eating or supplementing the welcome staff. Either way there weren't may girls looking after customers in the bar, so it all seemed something of a dead loss to me.

  Review Jan 2009: Unbalanced

Nui's 2 has never been a very successful bar for me and I put a lot of the failings down to the layout of the bar.

There are just a couple of bench seats facing the main stage and these seem to be the only area of the bar where customers get much attention. It is also the only place where you can see the nude showgirl who performs at the centre of the main stage.

The rest of the seating only gets a side view of the main stage and a view of a shuffler or 2 on the secondary stage. Somehow this gives a vibe of 'second best' and I guess that few guys stay long when seated there. And hence they get ignored by the girls.

The girls are not particularly noteworthy but there usually a couple of pretty girls on the evening shift.

The music is strictly for the girls.

Beer price is reasonable at 55 Baht for a small draft beer, but there are no other bargains.

  Review April 2008: Lucky Dip

Very much a lucky dip this bar, but with the odds stacked against wining.

The bar tends to attract below average girls but this does not preclude a few pretty girls in attendance.

There is a fairly long dance rotation with not really much in the way of naughty stuff. Most of the girls are bikini clad but a couple go topless.

Some of the girls provide hands on fun on your lap but most tend to ignore customers.

Newbies should be very wary. Last time I visited, the mamasang was trying to push a very expensive all-in fee on a besotted newbie.

  Review July 2007: Improvements

The bar has added extra dancing stages such that there is always something to look at wherever you are sitting. Previously only a few bench seats overlooking the stage had a good view and the rest had a restricted sideways on view. The previous main stage has been converted to a couple of table dancing stages. In addition two more table dancing stages have appeared along with a small show stage in the middle of the bar.

It certainly brought a bit more life to the bar with plenty going on.

On the downside, the bar has found some very small glasses for the draught beer and the dancing roster is now an overlong 7 songs.

I would have stayed longer but the personable bar lady boy set his sights on me and I prefer to play with the ladies.

O

P

Paris A-GoGo

Walking Street: Soi Diamond

From 8pm

Small gogo with very standard gogo offerings

Apr 10 Key						Takeaway: 600 Room:
		90-110	80	110	100

  News August 2010: Change of Ownership

Paris has now changed hands and will be shut for a short refit. The bar is due to open (complete with draft beer) on 4th September 2010.

  Review August 2010: August Shutdown

August is holiday month for Parisians and they tend to shoot off to the beach or the country for the month. This leaves the Paris night spots a little bit quiet for the period. And the Pattaya Paris seems to be suffering a similar lack of custom.

I actually popped in a couple of days before the rumours of a sale were reported. And it was deathly quiet. This is particularly bizarre for a bar so well situated a few paces from Walking Street.

The bar doesn't do anything bad as it is tightly run, there are no hassles and no funny business. It is more that the bar doesn't really do anything very positive.

The bar has average girls for Walking Street, and the average is pretty good. But it doesn't have the top notch girls that attract those customers that like to watch top talent.

Many bars don't have the top talent, but can still make a good go of it by deploying interactive girls to go and keep the customers personally entertained. But Paris is sadly lacking in the interactive front too.

And if all else fails bars can always opt for a cheap bar option to attract another sector of the customer base. But Paris doesn't even offer a draft beer. The 90-110 Baht bottled beer is not in itself expensive, but it is poor value indeed, given the low chance of a worthwhile visit.

Surely a change of hands will generate a much needed kick up the butt.

  Review April 2010: Featureless

A tough bar to review as it is pretty featureless.

It has a central stage with about 8 girls dancing a reasonable 4 song roster. The girls are average for Walking Street which ensures a few that are attractive enough. The dress code is mostly topless. About half the girls are dancing which leaves the acceptable minimum for hostess duties.

Offstage the girls are not very pro-active in seeking out a customer to chat to. But if the customers make an effort the girls will oblige.

The drinks are expensive for draft beer drinkers but cheap for bottled beer drinkers (as long as they drink Singha that is). ie there is no draft but bottled Singha is reasonable.

The bar seems well run in terms of lack of niggles and hassles. But surely the bar could be easily improved by getting the girls to be a bit more interactive with the customers.

  Review July 2009: Off chance of entertainment

Another bar that seems to be doing its bets to get by in the down turn by putting its head in the sand and ignoring anyone dropping by on the off chance of entertainment.

The were about 10 girls of which 6 were dancing, the rest were hiding in corners or else more blatantly ignoring customers. The girls were dancing bikini clad but after a while one girl took off her top. For no obvious reason whatsoever apart from the lack of customers, the mamasang told her to cover up.

A bit under whelming at the moment, perhaps it will pick up at the next high season, whenever that is.

  Review Jan 2009: No French Kissing

Paris is a very straightforward gogo which tends to mark time whilst the rest of Pattaya marches on to ever naughtier levels.

The were 6 dancers on the central stage, either topless or bikini clad according the girls wishes. They were an average crew but the average is pretty good on Soi Diamond. There were another 8 girls waiting to dance.

The girls are not very quick to try their luck for a lady drink, but if you make a signal you may be able to attract their attention. I spoke with a girl, and neither she, nor the wait staff were at all pushy. Not really a bar for hands on fun either.

A pleasant enough, well run bar, that still lacks a little innovation.

  Review May 2008: No Can-Can

A predictable single beer visit 6 months on from my previous look see.

As usual there were a few pretty girls, but as usual no one made any efforts to make contact.

The beer was not cheap, as there is no draft, but then again, it is not expensive as there are bottles at 80 Baht.

I was struggling to think of much to say about the bar so I went somewhere else to consider my prose.

The bar needs a little je ne sais quoi. Perhaps a little Can-Can would help.

Peppermint Palace

Walking Street
(Now downstairs under Marine Disco)

From 8pm

Beware of a discriminatory 200 Baht entrance fee for Asians

Large popular gogo with plenty to see and watch. Ownership connections with Happy, Beach Club, Baccara and Cavern. The bar moved downstairs in June 2010.

Jan 10 Key								Takeaway: 600
	to 9:30	59*		59	59	150	105
from 9:30		59*	120	100	105-120

*small glass

  News from Ishi, August 2010: Shows

Peppermint has now introduced a balloons and darts show

  Review June 2010: The 2nd night at Junior Mint

When they first announced that Peppermint Palace would be relocating downstairs, owners of one of Pattaya's most popular go-go bars took pains to assure fans the bar would remain the same in both style and size.

It's not, a fact immediately obvious when you step through the door. While it's laid out almost identically – and seats arguably the same number of people – Peppermint has lost that cavernous feel that strikes awe into first-time patrons. Upstairs it was Peppermint. Downstairs they should consider renaming it Junior Mint.

But what Peppermint lost in size, it may have made up for in atmosphere and comfort. A bar that always felt open and even a bit cool now feels noticeably more intimate. Ceilings are lower, tables are closer to the stage and – thankfully – there's much less floor space for dozens of girls to gather, squeal and scramble for ping pong balls.

Design-wise, it's almost as if you're wandering into the alternate universe Peppermint. It looks the same, but with subtle differences. There are now just 2 table dance stations, instead of 4. The stage has the same shape, but is just smaller. The Peppermint Beach sofa seating has moved to the left and The Cage is still there, but is smaller and tucked far back in the corner with less of a view.

Both customers and staff reported that Thursday's grand opening was packed to the rafters. As noted, the bar does seat close to as many people in a more confined space. So crowding – which often was a problem during high season upstairs – now could be a permanent condition when (if?) the tourists return to Pattaya.

Friday, thanks to a torrential downpour, saw the bar back to more customary customer levels for low season and while parts of the bar are indeed narrower than before, the back section of the bar is about the same width and at no point felt claustrophobic.

Peppermint also feels fresher. The barstools were all reupholstered before being taken downstairs and the transplanted tables also got a bit of an upgrade. The stage-side bars are lit and look as if they came from the same supplier as those in Baccara. And the air conditioning is obviously new: Once customers cleared out after 11, it got positively frigid.

The only drawback in the look at this point is the lighting, which uses the same fixtures as in Baccara and The Cavern and makes the bar a bit darker than Peppermint. But management said lighting work is not yet complete and more illumination is being added.

After an extended visit, it was hard to find fault with Peppermint 2.0. The smaller size may end up being a plus, as the upstairs bar has faded in recent years amid tougher competition and smaller tourist crowds. It certainly will draw more trade being on the street level and the cozier confines put customers closer to the action.

  Review June 2010: Sitting Pretty

Peppermint has been around a long time and is one of the proven success stories of Walking Street. And yet I always consider the design/layout to be poor.

The main area of comfortable seating as you first enter the bar has a very restricted view of the entertainment, the majority of which is going on at the back end of the bar.

And in the well entertained back section there is mostly only uncomfortable stool seating that usually drives me out after a single beer.

The theory must be therefore that customers will put up with a bit of discomfort if the girls make it worth their while. And of course Peppermint can command some of the best. Saying that though on my last visit the bar had plentiful good looking girls but maybe not quite the top notch standard needed to make people put up with uncomfortable seats.

This time I opted for the restricted viewing area, and enjoyed the company of a friendly and non-pushy girl over the course of a few reasonably priced drinks. All was well with the world and I wondered if the new downstairs version of Peppermint will have a better seating layout.

  News from Peppermint, January 2010: Re-locating

Lets clear the confusion. Peppermint will not close, in the not too distant future it will be re-located to the ground floor of the marine complex, and something I have always wanted as it will off street access to many new customers. An area has already been allocated and the size will be the same as it is now and the same concept will be used. This will happen sooner than later but will result in no closure of Peppermint.

  Review September 2009: Longer Lasting Mint

I made quite an early evening visit and everything seemed pretty much as it has been for as long as I can remember.

The only change that was immediately apparent was the bar has dispensed with the topless bar idea. I guess it hasn't really made any difference as the bar was at the poorest viewing point of the whole venue.

There are still naked cage dancers, topless gogo dancers, negligee clad side stage dancers and a few table dancers on top.

I got a friendly reception from one of the girls who remembered me from a quick beer at Club Oasis.

The drinks prices are still reasonable and they are still served by male service staff.

But most importantly, there is still a very large contingent of attractive girls.

  Review Feb 2009: A Palace Indeed

Surely a fun palace with lots going. The bar is consistently busy.

There's the main stage with topless girls, a side stage with nearly nude girls and a cage with fully nude girls. And if that isn't enough there's a few table dance podiums and a topless bar. There are always plenty of attractive girls to select from.

The bar is in the mould of Happy, Super Baby and Super Girls in that most customers sit watching, rather than playing, presumably readying  themselves to pick a number and go. But of the quality quartet this bar is the most likely for the girls to try their luck for a lady drink.

Drinks prices are reasonable and this must surely generate some of the return trade. Also the bar does not mess around with a complex barfine structure. It is just a single standard rate.

It is probably the fact that you are not messed around by drinks prices or barfines rather than the actual level that appeals. If you are on a budget you may find the premium rates asked for by the girls is on the high end of the scale, and rather counteracts the advantage of the cheapish drinks.

There's a couple of gripes though, the bar employs toilet jockeys and the majority of the comfortable seating does not command a very good view of the best dance positions. So stool seating is the norm.

Pinky Girl A-GoGo

Walking Street (Beach Road end)

Opened Dec 31st 2007. Closed when the venue was demolished in March 2009. Now the New Simon Beer Bar Complex

Playgirls

Walking Street

200 Baht entry charge

An upstairs bar in the Nui's group specialising in a mix of gogo and bells & whistles shows.

Apr 09 Key						Takeaway: -showgirl 800
	65				110

  Review April 2009: Playaway

The bar targets Asians and East Europeans with a mix of gogo and unerotic shows with darts and whistles etc.

There are no welcome signs suggesting prices as no doubt there is a cover charge including first drink for some whilst farangs breeze in unmolested for the normal pay as you go price structure. The draft beer was reasonable at 65 Baht.

The bar is narrow with central stages, two dancing stages and a Jacuzzi. The naked girl was soaping herself throughout and the dancers were bikini clad.

The girls were friendly enough and would pop over to inquire of your birthplace. But they weren't hasslesome if you preferred to be left alone.

In fact a perfectly decent sort of small bar with many of the usual gogo entertainments.

There was one tiny little almost insignificant problem though...the girls were well below Walking Street average.

  Review Sept 2008: Pleasantly Surprised

I was rather suspecting a bar that was a bit more hardened to fleecing the bells and whistles crowd but the bar was not such a lost cause.

The steep steps up to the first floor bar wouldn't survive health and safety rules in Farangland. They are pretty unattractive as aesthetically too.

But inside the bar is bright and attractive along similar lines to Airport below.

There are 3 stages, 1 is for gogo, the other alternates between gogo and bells and whistles shows for the tourists. In the centre is a Jacuzzi complete with a a suitably soapy girl. There are no seats near, so no chance of any hands on fun.

All drinks prices are reasonable and the standard for the Nui's group bars. So no premium to watch a show you didn't want to see in the first place.

The gogo girls were a little reluctant to take their tops off and there are none of the the cuties that are reserved for downstairs duty at Airport Club.

I spoke to a couple of the dancing girls and it made for a very pleasant couple of drinks. They were not pushy and were charming hostesses with plenty of tales from a longish gogo careers.

The service was also good.

The Pleasure Dome

Walking Street

Plans for The Pleasure Dome have been abandoned

Polo Entertainment

Walking Street

Now Lady's Shadow Club, see above

Powers Club A-GoGo

Walking Street

From 9:30pm

Opened on 12th March 2010. The venue was previously Maya Karaoke and before that, Private Dancer

Apr 10 Key								Takeaway: dancers 1000
	to 10:30pm	60					120
from 10:30pm		90		90

  Review August 2010: Still Lacking Powers of Attraction

I stopped by during happy hour but the bar was pretty underwhelming with probably a dozen dancers and a couple of hostesses. There were more coyote dancers than girls in bikinis or less, which sounds off a few danger bells.

One of the hostesses was friendly enough to stop by for a chat and she told me that the bar has a late night life, more as club than a GoGo. She suggested it is best to come back at 2am.

But really nothing much doing to keep early birds in the bar. So the GoGo seems doomed to be one on the circuit of bars destined for a single beer.

  Review April 2010: Lacking Powers of Attraction

After a few weeks I thought it time to see how Powers Club are doing.

The good news was that draft beer has dropped from 90 Baht to 60 Baht. Probably not good news for the bar though, as it rather suggests they may be struggling to get customers up the stairs.

The other good news is that the bar has a few very attractive dancers indeed.

The not so good news is that coyote dancers have taken over at the dance stages just in front of the bench seating.

I always think that coyotes dancers in a gogo are a turnoff. Not just because of the lack of nudity but also I have a pet theory that a reluctance to take off clothes correlates to a reluctance to partake in all the naughty gogo stuff that makes a bar fun.

And indeed there didn't seem to be much fun going down at Powers Club during my visit.

Perhaps the bar would do a little better by putting the nude gogo dancers on the front stage by the customers and relegate the boring coyotes to the distant main stage.

Oh and of course remind the girls that the prime recipe for success in a GoGo is interaction, interaction and interaction.

  Review March 2010: Window Shopping

The first thing that struck me about this bar is that it has something of an image/pricing/psychology problem...and that was before I had even set foot in the door.

I really was a bit concerned that it would prove to be a rip off bar where tips are demanded with menaces. The totally misplaced concern is down to the coyote dancers in an upstairs window catching the eye of passing gawpers on Walking Street. All 3 of the other bars that offer such windows are extortionately expensive, so it surely sets the alarm bells ringing.

The bar rather compounds this issue by having a high end draft beer price of 90 Baht. Now it is a rather useful Pattaya convention that the bars with the high beer prices don't advertise it on their welcome signs (eg Showcase, Dolls House, What's Up and Silver Star 3).  And indeed Powers Club is suitably embarrassed into not putting the beer price on their welcome signs.

So an upstairs coyote window with no re-assuring beer prices certainly make the bar a risky proposition to enter. It could turn out to have expensive drinks and/or feature over dressed coyote dancers.

But actually once inside the bar, it is a perfectly typical GoGo with most things in line with the usual things you would expect in a GoGo. The only other price I came across was a lady drink at a very typical 120 Baht.

The bar is actually very large, perhaps a bit too large, it seemed a little decoratively empty. There are several stages with one being the main stage with several girls dancing and the small stages with one girl dancing, plenty of room for more.

The girls were quite an attractive crew, especially for the notoriously difficult opening days. They were dancing in the full range of attire, from very little to bikinis. They still manage a uniform of sorts though, with black and white checked stockings.

The music is of the rather loud dance variety.

I recognised a few faces previously from Club Boesche, and one such girl proved to be a friendly drinking partner. So it made for a good first visit.

But really, an upstairs bar with coyotes in the window really needs a reassuring friendly beer price to get people upstairs to take a look.

  Review by Rick G, March 2010: Draught Free

There's an upper window where a couple of coyote dancers provide some entertainment to passers by on Walking Street.

There's a long stair case to the upper floor and there's a pool table at the top of the stairs. The main bar area is a large room that has several small stages. There is comfortable white leather seating, some bar stools and a collection of girls that looked a little disappointing. Surprisingly, there's nowhere to put your drink next to the sofas.

My request for a draught beer seemed to cause some confusion. The first girl didn't understand what I had asked for, so a second girl came over and took my order. She returned a moment later, to tell me they had run out of draught beer.

I will return in a week or two. Hopefully, the staff are more organised by that stage.

Closed. Now Powers Club

R

Rock Girl's A-GoGo

Walking Street: Soi 15

Opened March 2007 until June 2008. It was then sold and became Smile (Rock) Girls A-GoGo, see below

Rocket Club A-GoGo

Walking Street: Soi Diamond

Rocket opened on 10th February 2008.

Apr 09 Key							Takeaway: 600 Rooms:
Pint £2.50
	110	130

  News March 2009: Bells & Whistles Shows

Rocket A-GoGo upstairs on Soi Diamond seems to have taken a change of direction. The previous manager Kuhn Artit has moved on to Gamebird 2 on Soi 15. The bar has now become a bells and whistles show targeting Asians and East European couples.

The welcome staff signs for cheap drinks have vanished so presumably the drinks prices have inflated somewhat. Draft beer is 110 Baht and bottled beers are 130 Baht.

The bar seemed to have more customers than in its previous incarnation so must be doing something right.

  Review by Mr Mats Oct 2008: Rocket Play

I found a new place for me, Rocket GoGo.

Seated beside the jacuzzi I found two pretty girls and I could play with them too. Very friendly and the service staff were nice to me - an old man from Europe.

Draft bear 40 bath before 22:00 and 55 after.

  Review Sept 2008: One Fatal Flaw

There are many good things to say about the bar, particularly for a Thai run bar.

Drinks prices are good and there is a little hassle from the girls or staff. All the usual gogo entertainments are there including the almost inevitable Jacuzzi.

There seems just one thing missing, pretty girls!

Getting customers to upstairs bars is always difficult but its seems that getting the girls to climb the stairs is nigh on impossible.

  Review by Fontok, Feb 2008: Nicely Laid Out

Rocket Club A-GoGo is situated upstairs on Soi Diamond

Access: They have chopped off the last few yards of the beer bar below to make an entrance lobby. Go upstairs (usual steep thai steps). The gogo is on the first landing. If you go further up, you could find the room(s) for gogo girls that are too tired and need to take a rest...

The Bar: Nicely laid out with good bench seats round the edge and tables with chairs. About 8 girls on stages, while two girls were washing in the Jacuzzi. Appears the changing rooms must be small, so they had to wash in public!

Drink prices were sensible and sticky signs round the top of the mirrored walls with the "price list". Draught Chang was 55 Baht.

Smokers: They have realised bout the new No Smoking Ban and have converted one of the men's toilet cubicles into a Smoking Room (or so the sign on the door says).--- quick thinking that! Well done, even though I am not a smoker.

Yes, I will go back and give it another go. May not be many girls there yet, but some friendly and I am willing to follow up their approaches... I think the BF was 600 Baht, which is pretty standard these days. Did not have the time to find of what the girls wanted... Most seem fresh from the countryside, or so their dancing skills told me (I was taught about reading dance skills a long time ago from an ex-gogo girl in Bangkok).

  Review from Bob, Feb 2008: More of the Usual

Entrance is narrow staircase right before Paris a Go Go. The, what has become usual, interior for new go go's - stage for 4-6 girls, jacuzzi, comfortable seats, etc., etc., etc.

Line up was less then spectacular.

You really have to question the wisdom of someone opening a new go go on the second floor as the season winds down. Even many of the ground floor go go's can barely get more then a handful of customers these days.

Not yet worth the climb up the steps.

 Roof Top A-GoGo

Closed. Now Tiger Club which is also closed

Roxy A-GoGo

Walking Street
(opposite Tony's Disco)

From 9pm

www.roxypattaya.com

 Roxy A-GoGo

Bar with gogo girls and sexy shows. Opened July 27th 2006. The venue previously housed Club Electric Blue.

Aug 10 Key								Takeaway -festivities 1000 -showgirls 1000 -dancers 600 Room:
	to 10pm
from 10pm			65-120	110	110		120

  Review August 2010: Strong Showing

For those that like a bit of a show, then Roxy is one of the best on Walking Street. It features very attractive girls, a generally fun atmosphere and also a cheap beer option.

In fact a few months ago it was also starting to capture a share of the market of those customers who prefer to interact with the girls. I may have been unlucky on my last couple of visits, but there were few girls on hostess duties whilst the stage was packed with dancers. A late night visit had to be a quick U turn as every single available girl was set to dancing with none to take care of customers.

But returning to those that like the show, then the bar offers alternate shifts of a stage packed with lively dancers and then show girls in a choreographed erotic presentation. Not quite as professional as Angelwitch, but not bad. Not quite as naughty as certain 'specialist' bars, but not bad.

Male service staff is a bit of a downer though.

There are also many attractive welcome girls that can be enticed in, but the lady drinks have to flow freely otherwise they soon have to depart back to welcome duty.

  Review November 2009: Opportunity Knocks

With Polo closed as a show bar and with Angelwitch developing something of a reputation for hassle, then surely Roxy has a good chance to capture some of the trade for shows.

The bar has a much friendlier drinks price policy than Angelwitch and there are plenty of good looking girls participating in the shows.

Perhaps the shows are a little less impressive but the more easy going bar atmosphere makes up for the difference.

Hopefully the bar can therefore attract a few more show going customers. But it is not really the sort of bar for customers seeking company, the girls don't generally circulate the bar in search of lady drinks and the likes.

  Review April 2009: Good for One Chang

A pleasant bar in which to stop off for a Chang beer which is on permanent promotion at a very good price.

You will be treated to a good erotic show with some good looking girls. If you catch the gogo shift then you will also find a stage full of good looking dancers too.

Thinking about it, they have some good looking welcome girls too.

But from the good start, it all goes down hill a bit for me. The girls don't seem particularly interested in carousing, at least amongst the oldies in the audience. So usually the one cheap Chang is enough, and I am off to find a bar where the girls are a little more likely to jump on to your lap.

  Review Sept 2008: Curtained Off

Since I last stopped by the bar has scaled down to half size by curtaining off about half the seating.

It was probably about the right size for the amount of customers, but I was unlucky and the comfortable seats were full. So I was guided to a stageside stool which means I was highly unlikely to stay beyond a single drink. I really really do like a comfortable seat for my money.

There were about 4 pretty showgirls doing the sexy shows and about a dozen girls doing the gogo dancing. Only one of the gogo dancers took off her top and none of them offered so much as a smile to the stageside audience of one.

There were a few dancers left over for hostess duties and these were all cornered by a party of Japanese.

So with no interaction and an uncomfortable seat, it made for a rapid departure. But apart from the always hated toilet jockey, there's nothing too amiss about the bar. If they could have spared a few girls for customer service I would probably be raving about the place.

  Review by Ray March 2008: Soft Spot

I've always had a soft spot for this bar because it always seemed like they were trying, even when it wasn't working too well, and I quite liked the original layout of theatre stage and runway, which was unique and suited some of the shows very well. It now has a center island stage just like nearly every other go-go.

The supposed aim of the remodeling is to get the girls closer to the customers, pity no one has explained this to the dancers, because you're more likely to be entertained by a service girl. When I suggested a ladydrink to a dancer sitting near me I pretty much had to explain the concept. She then sipped the drink while staying a demure six inches away from me. Not my idea of getting closer to a customer.

At least the bar now has service girls, which is an improvement, but instead of replacing the service boys they seem to be supplementing them. Curiously, the manager was formerly of Carousel, which also has service boys. Perhaps he likes them. Anyway, I'm pretty sure customers don't because there is always the suspicion that they are the boyfriends of the girls, which is inhibiting.

While the remodel does make room for an extra row of bench seating, which is a definite plus, this bar has always had seating layout problems. The benches seem to have been made for a different bar, being shorter than the wall they are up against, and apparently nobody can figure out what to do with the corners.

The bar has always had a cold feel with its stone floor and glass tables, and the remodeling seems to be trying to take the edge off this with some artificial plants, including hanging some plastic pot plants from the ceiling. It looks as ridiculous as it sounds.

The shows seem to me to be not quite as good as they were, but they are pulling in the customers. Perhaps Roxy is The Future Of Entertainment as it claims.

  Review Jan 2008: Re-Modelled and Improved

The previous large stage has given way to a smaller narrower stage in the middle of the room. This has enabled more bench seating to be added along the vacated side wall.

The new centre stage is also surrounded by stools for those that prefer ringside action.

A similar mix of shows has been retained with standard topless gogo dancing, interleaved with choreographed costume shows and naked shows.

There are also 2 new small stages one with a couple of 'nurses' doing their thing. These aren't particularly naughty compared with other bars and the nurses were bikini clad throughout.

There were plenty of pretty girls in attendance and there seemed a fair amount of variety to keep customers entertained.

The improvements surely improve the bar and with 65 Baht bottled Chang, the bar is very good value for money.

S

Sakura Club 69

Walking Street: Soi 15

Previously the venue was Nui's A-GoGo. Opened as Club 69 in Feb 2007.  Renovated in April 2007 and renamed Sakura Club 69 but had closed by July 2007. The bar re-opened under new management in October 2007 and lasted until February 2009. Re-opened in July 2009 and last until May 2010.

Sapphire Club A-GoGo

Soi 15
(just off Walking Street)

Opened 23rd May 2010. Previously Gamebird 2

July 10 Key						Takeaway: 600 Room: 500 (no barfine)
	65	100-110			125

  Review May 2010: Dazzling

I stopped by at the opening party and I am sure that this will prove somewhat atypical and a more realistic review will soon follow.

I was greeted with a lively bar full of girls and half full with customers, who seemed to be fellow countrymen of the bar's Irish ownership. In fact I was then personally greeted by the owner, always a nice touch.

There are plenty of pointers that this will be a well run Farang bar with a good attitude to customer care. The drinks prices have started at a reasonable level with a 65 Baht draft beer and bottled beer at 100-110 Baht. There is a comprehensive drinks menus on each table, always a good idea.

There were plenty of girls with the main team dancing on the central stage. They were an above average team, especially good for an opening night. They were making a fair effort in dancing too. They were all bikini clad though, but you can never read much into the opening party as perhaps there were dignitaries or wives etc on the guest list.

On the downside the bar has adopted the recent trend for very loud music, not quite the loudest but too loud for a comfortable conversation. (The Cavern was later notable for not following the trend and keeping the volume down).

Oh and the great looking lighting was a real pain. They had some sort of manic light robot out of Terminator 2, with a pre-programmed mission to dazzle the customers with blasts of amplified light. I got well pissed off with it very quickly. No doubt it will be re-programmed or re-booted very soon.

Perhaps feeling a bit sensitive after being attacked by the light robot, I found the main stage lighting badly placed too. It was hard to see the girls as lights at the opposite side of the stage were also shining in my eyes and a little bright too.

Still the bar looks good and the owners seemed to have a good attitude so hopefully Sapphire Club will be a welcome addition to the hot competition of Soi 15.

The Sea

Walking Street: Soi Diamond

From 8pm

 The Sea

Understated gogo with plenty of attractive girls but very little extra entertainment to make it stand out from the rest.

May 10 Key						Takeaway: -festivities 2000 -dancers 600 Room:
	55	95	95	105	110-150

  Review June 2010: Lively

As only an occasional visitor to the Sea I was pleased to see that the bar seems to have loosened up a little on my last visit.

There was the usual gaggle of attractive girls but they seemed to be having more fun than usual and actually interacting with the customers.

I looked around and noticed that the previously noted officious mamasang wasn't marching around the bar trying to implement her rather aggressive band of match making.

And lo and behold, the girls were doing a better job for themselves.

Otherwise the bar was pretty much the same as before with plenty of girls on stage wearing less than an average amount of bikini bits.

The beer is still cheap and the music is still dance,

Now the question is, whether my unfavourite mamasang has departed or was she just having the night off.

  Report September 2009: Matriarchy

Still a bar that doesn't appeal to me at all.

There are always plenty of girls, many of them well attractive. They have a fair few on stage and are generally topless or less.

The trouble is that the girls seem uninterested in finding a drinking partner. The more attractive they are, the more they have a stern resolve to march off the stage to their seat crowding around the door. 

It seems to be the job of the mamasang to try and match up the girls with the customers. But this method leaves some seemingly unfriendly body language interaction with the girls who have just marched past all the potentially interested customers ignoring them.

The matriarchal controls also extend to negotiating with the customers for the girls offsite fees. Again the higher than average demands adds to the unfriendly atmosphere of the bar.

But if you just want to have a beer and watch some pretty girls on stage, then the bar is sound enough.

There's also a good 55 Baht draft beer in a decent sized glass.

  Report August 2009: Up Front Afront

Reports that the mamasang is demanding an unrealistic 2500 fee (bar fine not included) for long time for the girl to be paid up front

  Review April 2009: Non-Committal

A very basic smallish gogo that usually fails to get me to stay beyond the first drink.

The bar is generally blessed with a large team of dancers several of whom are very attractive. They mostly dance topless with a light skirt affair.

The drinks prices are reasonable with a 55 Baht draft beer.

I am not keen on the way the girl selection works though. It is one of those bars where the girls ignore the customers unless the customer makes an effort to flag her down via the mamasang. What's more, the prettier girls seem to have the important job of sitting near the door and cannot be disturbed from this critical work except at the command of the mamasang.

The trouble is with the system, is that having made the choice via the mamasang, then the staff all seem to get pushy as if you had committed to a barfine choice.

But if you're happy with the way the bar works then most other aspects are fine.

  Review Sept 2008: Drifting

A perfectly good GoGo bar that has rarely persuaded me to stay for a second beer.

There are always plenty of girls on hand, of which there are always a few pleasing on the eye.

Without studying it for long, I have a feeling that one of the failings of the bar is that the cutest girls are given the job of hanging around the door. Their job is attract in newcomers rather than socialise with the oldie customers.

Sometimes I have visited and the girls have been very slow to glance around at the customers let along stop by for a chat. This is not a hard and fast rule, it just seems the average.

Otherwise beer prices are good, the music is slightly loud dance and the girls dress in the range of bikinis to nothing.

Perhaps unusually these days, there are no signs of Jacuzzis, showers or play stages.

  News July 2008: Showtime

The Sea A-GoGo has started sexy lesbian shows and the like.

Shark A-GoGo

Walking Street: Soi Diamond

Previously Big Willies and renamed in autumn 2004 to Shark A-GoGo. Now merged with Shark Club A-GoGo see below.

Shark Club A-GoGo

Walking Street: Soi Diamond
Walking Street: Soi 15

From 8pm

 Shark Club A-GoGo

Nominally table dancing but most notable for up close and personal customer care. Drinks prices are expensive though. Shark Club A-GoGo & Tiger Lounge are in the same ownership.

May 10 Key							Takeaway: - festivities 1000 -weekends 1000 -otherwise 600 Room: 400 + barfine
	to 9:30	70	70	70	70	135-150
from 9:30		85	110	100	120-140*

Jan 2009: Shark Club A-GoGo has started weekly Friday party nights. Buffet from 8:30 and fun from 10pm.

* The bar has now changed the wording of its ongoing drinks promotion. The 2 for 1 claims have been dropped and the welcome signs now clearly offer Thai spirits at 2 drinks for 170 Baht.

  News April 2010: Prices

The bar has generally been a success in the Thai-Anxiety rankings. It scores well in terms of having a decent number of good looking girls who are often quite hands-on friendly.

Perhaps the biggest long term draw back is that the girls are sent on a long dance circuit of usually 7 tables. 7 songs is a little too much especially when they can be very long dance music tunes.

But there are usually enough girls that one usually gets a decent amount of hostess time before the girls go dance.

More recently though the bar seems to have had a bit of a charge on drinks prices leaving soft drinks and lady drinks amongst the most expensive of all gogos in town. Perhaps the latest hike was a little too much though, as there was a rapid rethink and the introduction of a decent happy hour of 70 Baht on nearly all customer drinks.

One of the better GoGos in town, but now on my semi boycott list of bars where I don't want to encourage spiraling prices.

  News June 2009: Club or GoGo

The recently merged Shark A-GoGo/Shark Club still seems to be finding its feet with a pretty variable experience depending on the day of the week.

Although the bar is knocked through the, two ends of the bar still have a different feel, presumably down to having a mamasang for each end of the bar.

I very much recommend the Club end of the bar (ie above Super Girl). For some reason the girls are far more likely to seek out a few tips and hands on fun at that end of the bar. The girls at Soi 15 entrance end seem to be solitary creatures.

Both ends of the bar suffer from an over long dance roster of at least 7 dance songs. I tend to take this is a cue to move on.

The music is always of the dance variety but wildly random volume levels make for very different experiences. Sometimes it is very loud, similar to Casnovy and sometimes the music is kept down. One has to suspect that it's something to do with the boss being present or not.

Anyway I have certainly had a few good sessions mostly at the Club end of the bar and it is definitely on my regular circuit.

  News Dec 2008: Merged into Shark Club

Shark Club and Shark A-GoGo have now been merged into one with the name Shark Club A-GoGo. There are still separate teams of girls with mamasang at each end of the enormous bar area, but the dividing walls have been removed.

The Shark A-GoGo end of the bar now seems to have taken on the procedures of Shark Club.

This include the girls being hands on friendly. I surely enjoyed my stay in the bar. Seems a big improvement on the old Shark A-GoGo

  Review Dec 2008: Enjoyable

The bar seems to have calmed down a bit from when I first stopped by when it seemed one of the most lawless bars on the circuit.

I now enjoy the bar and nearly always seem to find a pretty girl to play with. It is surely a hands on bar but not quite as raunchy as Windmill or Babydolls. But by way of a compromises they have a regular supply of very pretty girls.

There are usually about 20 girls in the bar of which 7 are dancing a circuit of 7 tables. This leaves a fair amount of time for the girls to get busy on their potential customers, but when they go dance 7 songs is too long and is often a cue to depart. The dancing dress code is generally well revealing.

The drinks are a little pricey but just about within range.

It seems strange that this bar is so much better than Tiger A-GoGo and Tiger Lounge in the same ownership.

  Review March 2008: Suck It and See

I have never quite got the hang of this bar. It seems just a matter of luck whether the girls are feeling naughty or demure.

There are a fair few pretty girls and perhaps not quite enough customers. So the girls can get a little bored. But if you catch them at the right time, they can be a lot of fun.

The table dancers used to look for tips but the excess of table dancing venues tended to put a stop to this style of operation.

The chances of bagging a pretty girl for a bit of fun on your lap make this bar worth a visit, but one should be ready to make a quick departure when there is nothing doing.

  Review August 2007: A One Beer Bar

The bar has several good things going for it but somehow it rarely snags me for a second beer.

The girls seem willing for a bit of hands on fun especially when they get their teeth into a free spending newbie. On the other hand they don't often seem animated enough to get the ball rolling so to speak.

There are usually a few pretty girls on the table dancing circuit within the bar and there are memories of when a 20 Baht tip was expected in return for a up close view of the goods. The novelty seem to be wearing off though and most customers just passively watch. Perhaps the tippers now get better money's worth in the Jacuzzi shows at other bars.

The 55 Baht draft comes in a good sized glass so the bar is competitive on prices but may now be foundering on a lack of shows/features. And of course steps up to a bar rarely help when times are slow.

  Review Dec 2006: Less Predatory

The bar has about 6 table dancing girls on the go at any one time from a pool of about 30 dancers in the bar. They are not known for modesty when dancing. There are a fair few pretty girls on hand too.

When not dancing, the girls like to join the customers for some pretty close range entertainment.

Things can get a little frantic as any jai dee (generous) customer buying drinks in excess of their own will surely have to fend off a flock arriving for tidbits. However the excess girls were easily shooed away and took it with good grace. I think things could get a little excessive for any newbies not quite knowing the ropes.

Good company, reasonable drinks prices (and a correct bin) all made for a pleasant stay.

The main bar sign for Club Sin City now reads Show Girl at Club Sin City. Maybe a name change in the offing, but for the moment the bar is listed under Club Sin City, see above.

Silver Star 3 A-GoGo

Walking Street (near Beach Road)

From 8pm

Lively and expensive Thai owned gogo opened 16th September 2006

Feb 08 Key						Takeaway: -showgirls 1000
Pint £2.30
	95	110	95	120-150	130

Beware of mamasangs asking for upfront. Not only is it very expensive but it also likely to stir up trouble when the girls dream up the oh too common excuse to turn long time into short time.

  Review March 2010: Dance Too Long

I have never really found much to attract me to Silver Star, so it has been  year since my last visit.

The 'good' news was that high end drinks prices have been frozen for a year, and the draft beer is still 'just' 95 Baht.

I didn't get far into the bar though, as I was recognised by several girls dancing on the tables in the corridor area. It seems that half a dozen of the Blue Lagoon girls have made this their new home.

Strangely the sofas in this section of the bar are already dilapidated and it has only been open for a little over a year. It didn't seem to be due to over-use, as I was about the only customer sitting in the corridor section.

The inner section of the bar seemed to be doing good business though, with plenty of girls and customers.

Anyway I didn't stay long as the girls dance for too many songs with too short a break to make it worthwhile buying then a drink. Pretty much the same as a year ago.

  Review March 2009: Lonely Corridor

The bar has now extended with a new section of the bar at the front nearest Walking Street. Several table dancing stages have been added.

Perhaps a little bit early to judge, but it seemed a very lonely entertainment area. There were dancers for each table but there were no spare girls available for chatting with customers. As other customers are continually passing through to the main area of the bar it felt a little bit like sitting in a lonely corridor and missing out on more interesting entertainment inside.

Certainly not worth the expensive 95 Baht for a draft beer. But no doubt things will change, they'll have to.

  Review Nov 2008: Location Location Location

Expensive beers and hassle on previous visits makes for a rare review for this bar. It also doesn't capture much interest from reviewers on other Pattaya websites and in particular, on the forums.

But the bar was doing very well at a mid evening visit. Perhaps comfortably half full.

There are also plenty of girls employed in the bar covering the whole range of pretty to not. They had a naked dancing show for the prettiest half of the staff and the stage was packed. Lots of eye candy. The pretty girls suddenly vanished out of sight at the end of the show though. Presumably there is an upstairs changing room and dancing area.

Nobody hassled me either which was a good job as the pretty girls were upstairs.

I didn't stay beyond a beer, but I'll just let the number of customers let it be a testament that the bar must be doing something right...(Beyond being the first bar in Walking Street that is)

  Review from Steve Feb 2008: Unimpressed

I’ve been frequenting the Silver Star GoGo on Walking Street recently, and have not been too impressed. In fact, after my last visit, I don’t think I will ever go back there.

The drinks in this bar are over-priced. I can live with 120 Baht for a gin & tonic, or 130 Baht for a lady tequila, but it’s the persistent pressure from the service staff to buy then drinks that bugs me.

I can live with that, too, after all you can just say no. But then on my last visit some nonsense started, with the mamasan telling the dancer I was sitting with that she had to come and clean the bar instead of sit with me between dances. Never mind the fact that the dancer was on her third or fourth tequila on my bin! The girl told me it’s no problem, just buy mamasan a drink and she won’t have to go clean the bar. What a load of bollox!

The girl went back dancing, and I went to the hong nahm for a leak. When I came back, some guy and his girl had settled themselves down in my seat. Never mind the fact that it had two drinks on the table. Never mind the fact that it had my bin full of receipts on it. Obviously, after the ‘bar cleaning’ episode, this was just another way to show their displeasure that I hadn’t bought a drink for any of the service staff that night.

OK, I can take a hint, I checked bin and left and will not be going back. And that’s another thing that annoys me about this place, the bills are all poorly hand-written and it’s difficult to check the total in the dim light.

There’s nothing wrong with the dancers in this bar, but the ‘service’ staff seems to inhabit a parallel dimension and the ‘shows’ are a waste of time.

I met the same dancer from Silver Star in one of the more reasonably-priced Walking Street GoGo’s. She told me that in Silver Star, it seems, to stop the ladies leaving, they will only pay them for the month after they have worked six weeks or more, so the lady will always lose at least 2 weeks of pay if she changes bar.

So my advice is to avoid the place. Oh, and it’s Thai-owned, so don’t bother complaining.

  Review May 2007: Quickly Established

The bar seems to have established itself quickly. I visited it at peak time and it was more crowded than most Walking Street bars at this time. And the customers seemed to be enjoying themselves.

There were about 10 attractive dancing girls on stage, half a dozen were in a circuit that dances topless and the others were in another rota and danced naked. There were the same number on hostess duty whilst waiting there turn to dance

There were a couple of girls frolicking in a Jacuzzi but past experience suggested that they can be bothersome on hassling for tips.

The bar offers as much fun as many of the top names on Walking Street. The only reason I don't visit more often is that the drink prices are higher than average and that the bar allows too much hassle for tips including a toilet jockey.

  Review from Pattaya Secrets, Sept 2006: Bill Padding

I had 2 beers and bought one lady drink. 110, 110, 110, 3 check bin tickets. when it was time to pay up and leave, I all of a sudden had 4 tickets and the last one had 2 drink charges on it for 170 baht. was like hey whats this, its not my ticket the guys said that I buy lady drink and I said yes, and this is the ticket, not that one. He says no, I buy 2 drinks and I said well I only see one in the girls hand and suddenly another purple drink magically appears. He keeps insisting that I asked for it and I said get the manager and all of a sudden its OK. he will take it away

Covent Garden Complex
Pattaya Soi 16
(Just off Walking St)

See Club Sin City, see above

Sisterz

Walking Street

Opened 6th September 2007. Closed 31st January 2010. Now The Cavern, See above

Smile Rock Girl's A-GoGo

Walking Street: Soi 15

Very small gogo took over from Rock Girls A-GoGo in June 2008

June 08 Key						Takeaway: -showgirls 700 -dancers 600 Room:
	55*

*small glass

  Review July 2010: Smile...Not

Smile Girls A-GoGo is a tiny bar with bench seating down ether side of a central narrow stage. This leaves little space for the walkways down either side of the stage.

There's usually 3 girls on stage, 2 dancing, and the other soaping herself down in the Jacuzzi embedded in the centre of the stage. The girls are distinctly below average but the bar at least tries to get a couple of decent looking girls for Jacuzzi duty.

There's a cheap draft beer at 55 Baht.

Some of the girls can be quite hands on, and I've seen a few customers enjoying the attention.

But unfortunately the overall attitude towards customers is that of hassle. Some of the girls try to bully for tips way beyond the level acceptable in other Walking Street GoGos. I've found it an unpleasant bar to drink in on a couple of occasions.

  Review November 2009: Play Stage

Smile Girls A-GoGo recently had a quick re-fit. They have installed a Jacuzzi/play stage replacing part of the central dancing stage.

Perhaps even better, they have re-fitted some of the girls ensuring that there are now a few that are pleasing on the eye.

The very small size is surely very restrictive on the bar, as there is nowhere for a play area with ringside seating. I am sure the girls would be up for it. They seem quite hands on friendly.

The beer is still cheap albeit a smallish glass.

Anyway a good improvement at the moment. 

  Review September 2009:  Friendly Enough

A very small gogo that perhaps has done well to keep going.

On my visit there were 6 dancers of which 3 were dancing at anyone time. The dress code was topless. Of the 6, only one would have been on most customer's barfine list.

To give them their due though, the dancers were friendly enough and a couple of customers were enjoying themselves.

  Review March 2009:  Show and a Half

The dancing girls are not really up to scratch but seem friendly enough if you want to be take care of. However there were a couple of attractive showgirls.

They were pretty enough to get my interest but their show seemed never ending so I gave up the notion. I was told that the show goes on for an hour.

  Review from Pattaya Polecat, August 2008:  Spoiled Regular

A narrow little bar with a dozen dancers, a handful of whom are as pretty and playful as any you’ll meet in Pattaya.

One lady drink gets you a lot of attention – a 100-baht note gets you some very intimate attention, I noticed last night – and it doesn’t take long to become a spoiled regular.

Soapy/lesbian show around midnight.

  News June 2008: A Challenge

It seems a Pattaya tradition to totally re-develop a bar each time it changes hands. Perhaps it is psychologically easier to blame the layout of a bar for its ills rather than the bar management or policies.

Anyway the change over from Rock Girls to Smile Girls breaks the trend and has been implemented in a somewhat minimalist (read cheapest) way possible.

The bar is somewhat aesthetically challenged in both decor and girls. The bar is surely not going to attract any that pop their head around the door for a look see.

I stayed for a drink and sort of watched the 3 or 4 dancing girls, mostly bikini clad but one girl took offer her top.

The girls were making an effort to come and say hello but I was a little ruthless and fended them off somewhat brusquely. At least they kept trying rather than usual assumption that if you reject the first girl then you are not after company.

There were a couple of attractive girls in the bar but as soon I showed the vaguest flicker of interest, the mamasang was over like lightening to hassle to buy the girl a lady drink.

All this did was hassle me out the door.

Snowice

Walking Street
(Beach Road end)

Opened as a coyote show bar in October 2009 but soon released that less clothes is best. The venue redeveloped as a GoGo in November 2009 but this didn't last long. The bar has been removed and the space used for pool tables

Super Baby A-GoGo

Walking Street: Soi Diamond

From 8pm

www.superagogo.com

One of the most consistent bars with one of the prettiest line ups in Pattaya. Not really a bar for chatting to the girls. More like pick a number and go.

Mar 10 Key							Takeway: -festivities 2000 -showgirl 700 -dancer 600
Pint £2.50
		120	110	110	160	120

 Review from RickG, March 2010: Super Excuses

I got there about 11:30 pm, and the club was not very busy. About 10 or 11 girls on the centre stage and the shower / bath area at the back was populated by four attractive girls, but no one seemed to notice. There were some very cute girls on stage, some of the hottest on the street, hardly a bad egg amongst them. A couple of 9's a bunch of 8's and the rest better looking than the girls at an average go-go bar.

As I sat down, I looked into the eyes of one of the hottest girls in the club, I smiled at her. To my astonishment, she smiled back. I offered to buy her a drink, she didn't respond at first. I repeated my request and she agreed.

I had just established that she was a local girl from Chonburi, pale skinned and exquisite, she had worked at SuperBaby for four months and had a 3 year old son. I was just about to enquire whether her magnificent breasts were completely real, when she started to clutch her stomach and say she was hungry. She indicated she had her own food, and she disappeared to go fill up, leaving her drink almost untouched.

She reappeared just in time to start her dance cycle on stage. I counted the songs, .. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Ten songs! this is ridiculous! I am not a patient man, but this girl seemed worth waiting for. She had been on stage for over 30 mins. Finally she collected her bikini top, and headed off stage. But she disappeared in the crowd. I was surprised to see she was sitting with some other guys.

I called over the mamasang, and explained the story. She spoke to her and got some story about thinking I didn't want her to sit with me. I protested that I was not going to pay for a lady drink for less than 5 mins of companionship, even with a hot girl, then kept waiting for 40 mins just to be dumped. Without a moments hesitation she pulled the second slip from the bin and told me I didn't have to pay for the lady drink. I paid up and made a hasty exit.

This behaviour is very unusual. There is a kind of agreement that the girl will sit with you till she has finished her drink. To walk away without finishing a drink is a broken promise, that gets go-go dancers and the club a bad name.

  Review from Ishi, Jan 2010: The Show Must Go On

Super Baby and Super Girl have show time again but just for Jacuzzi girls.

The difference between normal time and show time is just brightness (darker for show) and music (slower for show). The dancers on the stages no longer change their costumes.

Of course the Jacuzzi girls are naked all time, so it's impossible to change costumes for them. And the Jacuzzi girls dance as usual.

I happened to hear that the DJ said, Show Time. so I could tell which is which. But I was not sure so I confirmed with a service girl: Is this show time? She said: Yes. For the Shower Girls.

  Review from materialsman, July 2009: Faded Glory

Considering this was a Friday night, albeit in a supposed low, low season, I have to admit I have never seen Baby so devoid of customers, shocking to me really, considering the line up of lithe limbed young ‘hotties’ that is the norm for a Bar catering to the discerning Asian gentleman.

The line up was pretty reasonable, but they looked fairly bored by the lack of the 4-4-4 customers on this particular evening, and I feel that as much as I like the ‘Japanese’ look of the ladies, being an aficionado of their style of perverted pornography, it didn’t suit some of the girls on stage, I think that sort of curly, back combed hair look only works if the girl has the right facial features. So again we only had a couple of beers in the place, and frankly without the customer base they are famed for, the place is starting to look like a bit of a ‘faded glory’ Bar at present. Still a fairly good line up on stage though, so they are forgiven and I will always go back there.

  Review from Pattaya Secrets, Jan 2009: Super Market?

More like a meat market than any other gogo in Pattaya. I visit at least once per trip, but one drink is enough.

Pretty girls, many slim, but after awhile the girls start to look the same. Dress the same, dance the same, many with light coloured hair.

The music is crap.

Seen many guys (and not only Asians) call a girl down, she has no more than a sip of her drink before she is off to the changing room. To each their own and good luck to them.

  Review July 2007: Pretty Much the Same

I sat down and ordered a coke and the service girl kindly pointed out that it would be 100 Baht. The service is always spot on at Super Baby with a high ratio of servers to customers.

As always there were mostly pretty girls upon stage although a couple were a bit tubbier than I would have expected. The girls dance a ludicrously long dance stint, but then again, they never have customers who are waiting for them to return.

The girls were all dancing topless with a semi transparent skirt. When they finish their dancing they wear a bra as opposed to a lighter bikini top. The girls dance without expression or smiles or much eye contact. This is under instruction rather than out of unfriendliness.

'Pick a number and go' bars are not really my thing but if that is what you prefer this bar is still number one.

  Review from polleke, Oct 2007: Outstanding Line Up

I entered at 10.30 pm and found the bar half full with customers and only a few Asian tourists.

I sat down and found the girls again very attractive, probably one of the best line ups in Patts. They all dance topless, without any expression on their face.

Realy had a good time and I felt even better when a couple of girls even gave me a big smile.

A girl that sat next to me came over and asked me to pay her barfine because another customer wanted to take her out and she rather wanted to go with me. I felt like Tom Cruise. Only a few seconds though. She left bar with customer 15 minutes later.

Super Girl

Walking Street: Soi Diamond

From 8pm

www.superagogo.com

Sister bar to Super Baby. An original pick a number 'n' go bar that features very pretty girls who do not interact in any way (not even a smile) until you pick out their number

Mar 10 Key							Takeaway: -festivities 2000 -showgirl 700 -dancer 600
Pint £2.50
		120	110	110	160	120

  Review from Ishi, Jan 2010: The Show Must Go On

Super Baby and Super Girl have show time again but just for Jacuzzi girls.

The difference between normal time and show time is just brightness (darker for show) and music (slower for show). The dancers on the stages no longer change their costumes.

Of course the Jacuzzi girls are naked all time, so it's impossible to change costumes for them. And the Jacuzzi girls dance as usual.

I happened to hear that the DJ said, Show Time. so I could tell which is which. But I was not sure so I confirmed with a service girl: Is this show time? She said: Yes. For the Shower Girls.

  Review November 2009: Sudsy Bikini

A quick look around the rapidly revealed that not much is changing in Super Girls.

There were still plenty of good looking girls coiffed up with Japan pleasing hair styles. They were dancing a long spell on the central stage followed by another song on a table dancing stage..

They were all dancing topless. But perhaps a subtle change is that the girls were smiling compare with rather blank faces that seem to have been mandated in the bar up until this visit.

A Jacuzzi has been installed in the bar a fair few months ago and I was fascinated by the pointlessness of this particular attraction. There were 3 girls partaking but there was no interaction between them. They were all simply doing an insipid dance as per the rest of the girls on stage. One may argue that the attraction is that the girls are naked but as far as I could see the girls were busy forming the soap suds into a replacement bikini bottom. Nothing to see of interest there then.

But as always, the bar seemed to be doing well with a decent amount of customers appreciating the pick 'n' go style of the bar.

  Review Feb 2009: Super Lookers

The bar is sticking with a well tried and tested policy of very good looking girls and a pick a number and go selection method.

Maybe even the prettiest line up in town at the moment. Strange that it doesn't really attract so many farangs as Happy and Peppermint and several others. Well not so strange really, as perhaps the way the bar works is more targetted towards Japanese and Korean visitors. There is nothing exclusive about this bar though, all visitors are welcomed here. Maybe something to bear in mind for anyone thinking that Pattaya gogos are all members only.

Anyway there are usually about a dozen girls dancing on the central stage with another couple at small podiums next to the main stage. The dress code is topless with slightly see through skirts and no knickers.

There is also a Jacuzzi featuring 3 naked girls but I didn't see anything naughty that you may come to expect from a Pattaya Jacuzzi. Could have been down to a lack of tips though.

The music keeps the girls entranced to the point of being zombiefied when dancing. By all accounts the girls are perfectly friendly if you call them down from the stage. It is just the stage that is a smile free environment.  Saying that I did spot a few more smiles than I remember from previous visits.

The drinks prices are on the high end of the scale but not our of order.

  Review June 2008: Super Friendly

I generally avoid the Super bars as I don't really go for the vacant unsmiling expressions and the general onus on the customers to select a girl by number.

It is rumoured that the glum stare whist dancing is a nod to Japanese guys preferring it that way.

Anyway I paid a rare visit to Super Girl and I caught the attention of a happy smiling dancer who acknowledged a gesture with a big smile back.

As soon as her dance stint was over she bounded over for a chat. She was a bubbly girl and made for good company.

Surely out of character for the bar but I soon found out the reason why. It was her first day there.

I promised to go back in a few days and check whether she has learnt the zombie expression yet. I told her that it would be perfectly alright if she decided to blank me out totally. I would put it down to a successful induction into the Super Girl ethos.

  Review from polleke, Oct 2007: Nothing special

Sat down and saw an average bunch of (friendly) girls dancing on a central stage and 4 in each corner. Some of them topless.

Stayed over for one beer and left Just nothing special compared to sister bar across the soi

  Review from Pattaya Secrets, May 2007: Super Suds

The bar seems to have changed its extremely conservative policy and bowed to pressures to move with the times. The bar has installed a Jacuzzi and a table dancing stage.

Some of the girls who preferred the original format have now moved across to Super Baby.

However the girls still seem pretty emotionless and do little to circulate amongst the customers. It is sometimes good to have a hassle free environment but it makes for rather a spiritless environment

  Review Dec 2006: Is It Hot Or Is It Not

I reserve this gogo to visit when I am showing round older friends or relatives who would like to see what goes on in Walking Street.

The bar seems happy to cater for customers who clearly have no interest in barfines and the like. So it is welcoming from that view point. Also there is nothing overly naughty going on. Just a few topless marking time or slightly swaying to the music. There a few shows to break the monotony. They are nude but hardly likely to shock my up country aunts.

The girls are young and pretty but dance with dance with a vacant stare that simply does not engage or encourage the audience.

If a customer is into whispering a number into a waitresses ear, then surely a pretty smiling face will appear that is hot and ready to trot. The bored looking faces seem restricted to the dance floor. The girls seem happy enough when supping on lady drinks.

If you don't whisper a number to a waitress then it is unlikely that the girls will bother you off their own accord.

As a seasoned campaigner I prefer a bar where the sex is a little more in your face. But those preferring a 'pick a number and go' type bar seem to enjoy the offerings of this bar.

Similar style to the associated Super Baby, but this bar is the much quieter of the two.

Super Model A-GoGo

Walking Street: Soi Diamond

Opened March 2005 until June 2007. Now Gentleman's Club, see above

Sweetheart's A-GoGo

Walking Street (central)

From 8:30pm

Table dancing opened 12th March 2007. The venue was previously The Roof and before that, Highway Star A-GoGo.

Mar 10 Key								Takeaway: -festivities 500 -all girls 500 Room: -200
	to 10pm	50	95	50	50	125	95
from 10pm		55	95	55-60	95-125	125

  News July 2010: Beating

An apparently unpaid bill led to a customer getting severely beaten up by a pack of Thai guys. Details of who and why are sketchy but the result is reprehensible.

  Review May 2010: Narrow Minded

The combination of cheap prices and an 'all welcome' policy continue to keep the bar busy.

Thereafter things seem to drift for me a little. The bikini clad table dancing does not really hit the mark for me, and does not offer the right opportunity to catch the eye of a dancer.

There are usually a good number of girls, especially  for the smallish size of the bar. (Thinking about narrow bars, this must be one of the most successful in dealing with what is usually quite a handicap of a layout). The girls are about average, but average is not a negative term on Walking Street.

There's often a few customers enjoying a bit of 'in yer lap' fun too.

The music is oldie farang friendly and there are plenty of service girls on hand to keep the drinks flowing steadily.

A well sound bar then, makes me wonder why I never stay for more than a beer. Perhaps I have a deep psychological issue with the lack of nudity.

  Review August 2009: Open Door

The bar still seems to be doing quite well in drawing in some of the passing foot trade that would otherwise give gogos a miss.

The bar has about 20 dancers of which 8 are dancing a 4 song shift on 4 tables. The girls are all strictly bikini clad which is related to the open door policy of the bar. Some if the girls can be quite hands on, perhaps beyond what one may expect from an open door bar.

The bar features very reasonable prices for more or less everything on the menu. The dancers and the staff are quite friendly and the owner makes a point of a personal welcome too.

  Review Feb 2009: Warm Welcome

Sweethearts still seems to be doing well. The open door policy coupled with reasonable drinks prices seems to attract a wider range of customers than most gogos.

The owner makes an effort to welcome customers which came as something of a shock as I am not used to being sought out. I usually try and hide away from farangs behind a lap full of girls.

The girls are strictly bikini clad and I guess this is coupled with the open door policy. The girls are not quite top notch but there are plenty who I would entertain on my lap. In fact I stayed single on my last visit. I was coveting my neighbour's hostess, she was lovely.

Of the bars without shows or naughty stuff, this is one of the more successful. Probably down to the cheap drinks and warm welcome.

  Review May 2008: Open to the World

The bar seems to have carved out a niche that is attracting a good crowd.

It is just a little bit more inviting than most gogos. It leaves the front door open so that passers by can see the table dancing within.

The open door policy probably provides a little encouragement for inquisitive tourists who maybe a little shy to venture into the unknown of a closed door bar.

The bar is more friendly than most to South Asian and Middle Eastern tourists too.

The downside for the more hardened gogo addict, is that the open door policy means that there is no nudity or naughty shows for passers by to see (or customers for that matter)

The girls are average but that still means that there are some good looking girls.

The music is oldie farang and the drinks prices are very reasonable.

Good to see a bar catering for a wider audience than most. There's plenty of room in Pattaya for a bit of variety.

  Review Sep 2007: Still One Beer

The bar has policies in place to make this a successful GoGo. The drinks prices are competitive and the barfines are amongst the cheapest in Pattaya's gogos. There are always managers on hand for a chat, or to sort out problems.

As a result the bar has now built up a large team of dancing girls of which many are attractive.

The good policies enable a good bar, but actual fun is still down to individually how one hits it off with the girls. Unfortunately on my visits, the girls have been a little standoffish and so I have rarely stayed long. There is no reason why others shouldn't be luckier.

Another recent negative is that the bar seemed to react more cautiously than most to the worries about a police visit. The girls were distinctly overdressed when other bars were still taking risks.

  Review March 2007: One Beer

The bar is pleasant on the eye with red as the dominant colour and walls of mirrors as the dominant feature.

The bar has now attracted enough ladies to dance on a 4 table rota with 2 girls per table. Saying that, there are not many left over so the girls seem to spend most of their time dancing rather than hostessing.

The girls were a little below average but were generally making an effort with their dancing. They were mostly topless and several were knickerless under light skirts.

Service was good.

Not sure where the bar will go as there was nothing particularly special to stand out from the rest. Pleasant but the bar only entertained enough for a single beer.

T

Taboo Club

Covent Garden
Walking Street Soi 16

Opened 19th Oct 2006 until 17th March 2008, previously Babe Watch A-GoGo. Now Black & Whte: X Zone 2, see below

Tahitian Queen 2

Walking Street: Soi BJ

From 8pm

www.tq2pattaya.com

Old style US oriented rock and roll gogo with the emphasis on regulars stopping by for a chat. Established in 1991.

Jan 2008 Key							Takeaway: 600 Room:
Pint £2.10
	to 10pm	65*	95	80	85-110	110
from 10pm		65*	115	90	95-125

*small glass

  Review March 2010: Pub

The bar has dropped down a couple of notches as far as operating as a GoGo is concerned. There are no longer any welcome staff on Walking Street, so the customers are presumably now mostly regulars.

The bar still seems to have a fair customer base of guys out for a drink and a chat with their mates. But I can't imagine many of them taking much interest in the dancers.

There were 4 or 5 dancers on stage who were bikini clad and well below the Walking Street average.

More a pub than a GoGo.

  Review July 2009: Not So Happy Hour

I paid a rather too early visit to the bar and it was very quiet.

There were just 7 or 8 girls in attendance with 3 on stage at a time. an average crew but there were a couple that would turn heads. One was giving the dancing a bit of enthusiasm too. Particularly impressive as the rock music is not usually to the girls tastes.

A bit of a shame that the girls attempted to double team me. I see two girl introductions as a sign of an exploitative approach to customer care so generally discourage it (unless I know the girls of course)

The small glass of 65 Baht beer is a bit uncompetitive in these austere times, particularly at the time when other bars are running a happy hour.

  From TQ2, May 2009: Old Style GoGo Bar

We are an old style GoGo Bar that plays Rock and Roll music at a level that doesn’t assail your hearing and allows you to talk comfortably to your friends.

TQ2 is a place where you can sit back, relax and talk to your buddies (or your telac) without losing your voice, and where you can listen to some great Rock and Roll music whilst drinking some of the coldest beers and full measured spirits in town.

This is also a bar where you can expect NOT to be hassled for lady drinks.

Some people have said they feel a bit intimidated when they walk into TQ2 because it has the feeling of a hangout bar where everyone knows everyone else. Don’t worry we pride ourselves in making our guests feel welcome. Remember all our regulars were once new to the bar.

Some people say they feel the girls ignore them, but the bar’s “no hassle” policy ensures that you’ll be left alone unless you CHOOSE to call over a girl. If you see one you like, just smile (or talk to one of our friendly waitresses) and indicate that you'd like her to join you.

Also don't be put off if when you and your friends come in during the early evening and the bar appears empty of other customers. We’re primarily a late-night venue, but you'd be quite surprised how much fun you can have with the girls when no one else is in the bar.

Whether it's Classic Rock or Heavy Metal we have some of the best Rock n Roll music in town. If you have a favourite request feel free to ask our DJ to play it for you. If he has it, he will, and the chances are good that on your next visit he'll play it again for you without asking.

So if you find yourself in Walking Street come on down to TQ2 and I and all the staff at TQ2 will do our best to make you feel at home.

  Review Jan 2009: Easy Going

One of Pattaya's never changing stalwarts. It is very much an American bar perhaps more allied with FLB or Secrets than other Walking Street GoGos. Mostly a bar for socialising with mates. This does mean that the bar is free of hassle and the staff are good at their jobs.

The girls seem left to their own devices. I know a few dancers there, so they are happy to come across for a banter. If there are no girls I know, then more likely than not, I will get ignored. Sometimes if the girls are too insular then they don't look around for audience responses, so it can be hard to signal interest.

TQ2 is one of the bars where the music is for the benefit of the customers rather than the girls, so rock classics are the norm.

An easy going sort of place that is good once you've got some one to chat too. But it can be a little hard to hook up if you don't know anyone there. Parties and events at the bar seem a good success as everyone seems to know everyone.

  Review April 2008: Slipping Back

TQ2 has been round for a fair while and for most of that time it has been a bar for guys, mostly American, to get together for a chat. The gogo girls were a bit superfluous and tended to get ignored. And as a result, the only girls who put up with the bar, were those who justified being ignored.

More recently the management had a change of heart over the gogo side of the business and got manager Russ to kick it into shape. This effort was very successful and brought TQ2 back onto the gogo map.

That was until Russ was fired in February 2008.

The current state is that the gogo side is slipping into bad old ways but there are still plenty of girls and some of them are pretty and willing.

However they seemed to have lost interest in a sexy dancing show. Bikinis are again the order of the day and even these are tending to give way to bras and shorts.

I still enjoyed the visit though, especially when an old friend popped onto my lap.

  News Feb 2008: Heads Roll

Jil in Pattaya is reporting that Russ has been fired from TQ2 in Soi BJ just off Walking Street.

Russ had been instrumental in transforming TQ2 into a good gogo. Previously it was a good bar for Americans to have chat whilst ignoring the dancers.

Anyway there is a tale to tell at Jil In Pattaya

Teaser's GoGo Club

Walking Street

Opened Nov 2005 but closed by Jan 2006. The venue is now Hot Tuna Pool Club.

See also Teazers coyote dancing bar

Walking Street: Soi BJ

Listed as Gothic GoGo but is now closed

Tiger Club A-GoGo

Soi Diamond, upstairs

Opened February 2006. Previously The Roof and then New Player. Closed in Autumn 2007. Reports of a brief re-opening in July 2008. The name is now used by Tiger Lounge

Tiger Club A-GoGo

Walking Street
At Soi Diamond (upper floor)

Coyote dancing opened Jan 2007. Nude by mid 2008. Tiger Club and Shark Club A-GoGo are in the same ownership. Drinks are expensive.

May 10 Key							bar fine: - festivities 1000 -weekends 1000 -otherwise 600
	to 9:30	70	70	70	70	135-150
from 9:30		85	110	100	120-140*

* The bar has now changed the wording of its ongoing drinks promotion. The 2 for 1 claims have been dropped and the welcome signs now clearly offer Thai spirits at 2 drinks for 170 Baht.

  Review May 2010: Vestigial Features

Tiger still seems to be the weaker link of the three areas of the Tiger/Shark bars.

The bar runs more or less the same as the others but somehow seems to retain the least interactive girls of the three.

The bar has loads of table dancing stages and they are brought into play according to the number of girls. Whenever I have been in there have been far too many girls set to dancing with not really enough set to work hostessing. This leaves the bar being a little less fun than Shark, particularly the old Shark Club end.

I think that the difference is simply down to vestigial differences from when the bars were separate entities. Shark Club was easily best then, so people who still remember these times tend to gravitate there. No doubt this will fade with time.

That's not to say fun isn't available in Tiger, it's just less likely.

The girls are generally good looking and so there's no problems on that front.

The music is strictly of the dance variety and the volume tends to be a bit inconsistent.

The drinks prices have been pushed up to the top end and offer a little less value than some of the bar's competitors. Same ball park though, not a massive difference.

  Review August 2009: Tiger Stirs

Tiger Lounge is in the same ownership as Shark Club A-GoGo and on previous visits was very much the poor relation despite operating nearly exactly the same as Shark.

The difference previously was that there were simply too many dancers dancing and not enough left to look after the customers. On my last visit they had recruited enough girls to provide some individual entertainment for the customers.

And sure enough, the girls had a good hands on attitude to customer service and indeed a good time ensured.

The dance circuit is very long though, so as per Shark Bar, when your girl 'go dance, then it is often a cue to move on.

The draft beer prices have recently crept up 10 Baht to 85 Baht for a decent sized glass.

  Review March 2009: A Long Safari

Tiger A-GoGo has now been extended so that the open space between the bar and the stairs has been incorporated into the bar. It somehow makes for neater and more enticing entrance.

No doubt it will have to change soon but the extended operation is a disaster.

About half a dozen new table dancing positions have been created in the new front section of the bar. The bar seemed to have just added these new positions into the dance rotation such that the girls now have to dance 8 songs. Way too long for the girl, and way too long for any customer waiting for their return.

In fact 13 girls were dancing out of the 19 names on the white board. Too much dancing and not enough taking care of the customers.

If you do try the bar it is best to sit in the back section. The girls start their long stint in the front section and tend to congregate there just when they are about to start on their dance marathon. Better to watch from the back section to catch them as they are finishing their dancing.

  Review Dec 2008: Gone A-GoGo

The upstairs bars in the Tiger Shark Complex upstairs on Soi Diamond have undergone a bit of rework. Tiger Lounge was originally a coyote dancing bar but this has consistently proved a difficult concept to make a success. About 6 months ago the bar mixed in lingerie clad girls amongst the coyotes. Now the bar is a full gogo with the traditional mix of gogo attire and none at all.

There are about 4 girls dancing on the central stage and another 3 dancing on podiums set amongst the bench seating.

The conversion seems to have a drawn a few more customers in and has therefore been able to employ a few attractive dancers.

Prices are the same as for the newly merged Shark Club A-GoGo next door with draft beer at 80 Baht and other drinks at the high end of reasonable.

  Review July 2008: Lingerie Lounge

I climbed the stairs on the strength of reports suggesting that the Tiger Club A-GoGo had re-opened. Tiger Club was dark and I somehow got shepherded into Tiger Lounge instead.

At the last visit, the bar was a rather lifeless coyote bar with a side stage at the front of the bar and pool tables at the back.

Nothing had changed in terms of layout  but half of the dancers had given up their coyote shorts & tops in favour of sexy lingerie that reveals all.

There were half a dozen dancers on stage and several were attractive. There were another half dozen girls awaiting their turn.

Not sure how this fits in with the reports of the return of Tiger Club. Perhaps they have already merged the two bars. Hence the mixture of gogo and coyote.

It all seemed a little low key to make much impact but I will have another look to see how it is going.

Top Girls

Walking Street: Soi 14

Bells and whistles show venue for Asian tour parties. Now Illusion Pattaya Club, see above

ToyZ A-GoGo

Walking Street: Soi 16, Covent Garden Complex

From 8pm

ToyZ renamed from Catz in January 2010

Dec 09 Key								Takeaway: -600
Pint £1.40
	to 9:30	65	65	65	65		115
from 9:30		65	95	85	85	85

  Review July 2010: Toyz Story

Toyz is a smart and attractive, but small and narrow, bar with plenty of good things going for it.

It generally has some prettier than average girls dancing on the central stage showing off about 4 or 5 dancers at a time. Bikini clad or topless is the norm.

Over time, the bar has also benefited from a fair few people dropping in for a chat with the owner. So a bit of a social scene going on. I am not sure if this is still the case though, I've not heard Toyz mentioned much on the forums these days.

The bar is also well run in terms of service staff and drinks prices. The toilets are decent too.

But all good things aside, the bar is a bit boring. There is no entertainment beyond the gogo dancing which is performed to draggy long dance tunes. And the girls just don't seem very interactive. The chances are that customers will get left alone in peace and solitude even when they are the only customer in the bar.

  Review February 2010: Catz Toyz

Catz A-GoGo is now Toyz A-GoGo. A few familiar faces suggest that it is more a re-branding than a total change of direction. Nothing has changed in terms of layout or decor anyway.

Perhaps early days, but the bar was operating below my minimum threshold of a worthwhile venue. There were just 6 dancers present in the bar at about midnight... And 4 of them were dancing.

As has usually been the case at Catz the girls were attractive. But I prefer a bar where the attractive girls have time enough to sit at your side.

Hopefully will get enough momentum going in the near future.

  Review October 2009: Steady Eddy

There's plenty of competition going down at Covent Garden at the moment with Bangkok models, naughty stages and a price war on draft beer.

But Catz seems pretty much unfazed and continues just as it has for the last couple of years.

The bar has maybe 15 girls of which 5 or 6 do the The Pattaya shuffle on the narrow central stage. The girls are generally pretty and dance in bikinis or topless. The girls dance for 5 or 6 songs but if you are waiting for a girl this can drag as the tracks seem very long. There's no other entertainment as a diversion either.

Dance music is the usual fair but at least it's on the lighter end of the scale.

The bar isn't the friendliest place in terms of a chat with the girls but there a few that may approach and the mamasang is usually on hand to press the more reluctant girls into service.

A pleasant bar for a beer but this rarely extends to two beers.

  Review May 2009: Well Behaved

There are many good things about Catz and I regularly pop by for a quick beer.

The bar now offers very competitive drinks prices and barfines. It has a fair amount of girls generally above average and the service staff are friendly and generally hassle free.

The toilets are also hassle free and sufficient for the size of bar.

So all in all I would characterise the bar as one of the good boys of Walking Street.

But of course Pattaya customers are not always after the well behaved, and want something a little 'badder'.

  Review December 2008: Non Event

Catz seems to have become something of a non event.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with the bar in many ways though. There are usually a few pretty girls dancing, the drinks are reasonable, the decor is attractive, there's no hassle and there are usually a few friendly expats having a chat down the back.

But there is nothing particularly positive about the bar either. The girls aren't hands on friendly, there's no sexy show (unless for special occasions) and there's no play stage or Jacuzzi.

I always find the really downer is that when the girls go dance, they dance for 5 loooong dance music tracks and there's simply not enough entertainment to entice one to stay.

I used to drop by for a nightcap but when the bar gets depleted of girls, the remainder are nearly all dancing, leaving little chance of even a chat.

Still a bar that has a good turnover of pretty girls can't be all bad.

  Review by Ray, March 2008: Once is Enough

Catz is a well presented bar at the smaller end of the scale although not as small as some. It is set out as a classic "shoebox" go-go with comfortable bench seating down both sides and a narrow island stage in the middle. The bench on the right is sub-divided into three booths but they are too large to be considered private having two tables each.

There are about fifteen average girls, a couple eye-catching, a couple less so. The dance roster is one-on one-off with over half the girls on stage at a time. There are no shows.

My first visit was initially off-putting, the girls weren't showing at all and they all seemed to be wearing Morality Ministry issue customerproof knickers. However the girl that volunteered to take care of me was willing to show me anything I liked once the ladydrink was ordered so the on-stage modesty was probably just because the police were on the prowl.

My second visit went completely the other way. This time the girls were showing and the customerproof knickers were gone but so, apparently, was the warm welcome. I bought a girl a ladydrink but when the girl I had spoken to previously came off stage and came over, the first girl just walked off. The girl who had entertained me before knocked back a couple of ladydrinks and went back on stage without making much of an effort, and I got the distinct impression I wasn't supposed to come back.

I could have just been unlucky in my choice of girls but they didn't seem to want to entertain or be bar-fined, although they were happy to take the ladydrinks. I felt my money was welcome but I wasn't. Tellingly, on neither visit did the bar have more than a handful of customers, none of whom were being particularly well entertained.

One visit to Catz is quite enough.

Walking Street: Soi BJ

Listed under Tahitian Queen 2, see above

Tramps A-GoGo

Walking Street: Soi Diamond

Reopened as a traditional GoGo on 28th January 2010. Previously Bells & whistles show bar which ran between Nov 2006 until May 2008.

  Review May 2010: Tramps Off

The bar closed in early May.

  Review February 2010: Friendly

It's never easy to start an upstairs bar, at least until people start to feel confident that the fun will be worth the climb.

Sure enough the bar has yet to get an awful lot of momentum going and there were just 7 dancers on duty. 4 were dancing, 2 were resting and 1 girl was doing her thing on a play mat.

The girls were a mixed crew but a couple were attractive enough.

Not really setting Soi Diamond alight but the girls were friendly and the management seemed flexible enough to get the girls sitting with customers rather than dancing.

The drinks prices were reasonable and a friendly hands on girl easily convinced me to stay for a few drinks.

Hopefully the friendly staff will be a good basis to build up a bit of momentum for the bar.

U

Utopia A-GoGo

Soho Square
Walking Street

Originally opened as a coyote nightclub in June 2008. Converted to GoGo in July 2008. Closed in March 2009. Re-opened under new management still as a GoGo on 8th October 2009.

Nov 09 Key							Takeaway: dancers 600
	to 9:30pm	55				120
from 9:30pm		55	110-120

  Review June 2010: Showing Effort

The bar seems to be trying a bit of everything to try and carve a niche for a GoGo in the wrong end of town.

And in terms of a GoGo bar with a bit of a show it is worth a look. There were 7 or 8 girls dancing on the main stage and a couple on tables around the corner. They were dancing in various stages of undress and there were a few decent looking girls on the team.

The bar also have an erotic show that is the usual taking off of clothes song by song.

The bar wasn't succeeding in getting the girls very interactive with the customers though. The usual too many dancing girls and a bar layout allowing off duty girls to hide round the corner, so avoiding signals and smiles.

Also the bar has a broader than usual range of customer nationalities, so perhaps the show idea works better than barfines and lady drinks approach.

  News, October 2009: I Don't Go to GoGo's to Watch Pretty Girls Dance!

The upstairs gogo has made a few alterations since it closed a few months ago. Sensibly it has created a new flight of stairs directly up from Walking Street. This provides a much clearer focus for the welcome staff to usher people in.

Once inside, the entrance has shifted a bit but the bar is still rather dissected in two the same as before. The Jacuzzi has been taken out and the regained area has been filled with backless stools arranged around small tables.

I opted for the couple of comfortable bench seats still remaining. There is still bench seating along the side of the long stage at the other side of the bar but this wasn't being used.

There were 5 very pretty girls dancing, being coaxed into quite an energetic effort by one of the extensive management team. The girls were dancing in bikinis or topless depending on their wishes.

The music is DJ selected and is more heavily into dance tunes than most gogos in Pattaya.

There were another half dozen girls waiting their turn to dance but they were hidden away around the corner.

There was no interaction between the dancers and customers. Presumably the bar is being targeted as a watching bar with energetic dancing as the main draw.

Me, I don't go to GoGo's to watch pretty girls dance, I go for a little more in the way of personal interaction. But a bit of variety is always welcome for those with different tastes.

Draft beer was 55 Baht but I am not sure whether that is the happy hour price or for all night.

V

VIP Club & GoGo

Walking Street

Opened Nov 2005 until Nov 2007. Now Lollipop A-GoGo, see above

Re-named as Naughty Girls, see above

Voodoo A-GoGo

Walking Street

Opened mid 2007 until May 2008. Now taken down in favour of beer bars

W

What's Up Imagine

Walking Street: Soi 15
(above What's Up Playgirls)

Opened 23rd December 2009. Closed by April 2010. Perhaps a high season operation.

  News April 2010: Dark

The upstairs bar at What's Up has closed. The downstairs bar remains popular though.

  News March 2010: Lacking Imagination

I would have reviewed the bar a month ago but on my previous visit the bar was packed, and the only remaining seats were reserved for sardines. So I did a U turn and vowed to try again another day. I did note that the there seemed to be lots of interaction with plenty of customers were enjoying themselves.

Perhaps there was a party or something on, but on my latest visit, the bar was totally lacking in customers or fun.

There were 8 average girls (one very good looking) spread over 3 stages with half in full coyote gear and the other half in shorts but no top. The bar has a couple of placidly bucking broncos on the central stage which seemed a totally un-erotic idea to me. There was a girl doing her own soapy thing in a Jacuzzi but the remainder were just dancing. The girls were quite energetic in their dancing though. There was no sexy show on the play mat stage.

But worst of all there was no attempt by the girls to get the slightest bit interactive with any of the handful of customers. The girls were working in two shifts and the off shift quickly vanished to various loos, changing rooms and welcome duty on the stairs. Most of the time there were absolutely no girls available to chat with customers.

Given the expensive drinks, this must rank as one of the biggest waste of money bars in Pattaya. But maybe it will be heaving again on my next visit.

  News February 2010: Re-launch

After a stuttering start  for What's Up Imagine, the new upstairs bar has had something of a re-launch. The drinks prices are now set a little lower and the same as downstairs. There are now plenty of girls providing a grande spectacle of naughtiness. And the customers seem to have arrived in great numbers, at least on Saturday night.

What's Up Playgirls

Walking Street: Soi 15

From 8pm

www.whats-up-agogo-pub.com

Multiple interactive stages brought new life to this largish gogo. Expensive drinks and bar fines soon followed the success.

Nov 09 Key							Takeaway: -festivities to 1500 -showgirl until 12:00 1200 -showgirl after 12:00 1000 -showgirl ST 800 -dancer 600
		115-125	115	145	175	to 240

  News July 2010: Out of Order

An argument over taking pictures in the bar escalated out of control and ended up with customers being bottled by What's Up staff.

  Review by Rick G of pattaya-discover, May 2010: Gyrations

What's Up has always been a fun experience for me.

A small central stage, with 4 girls dancing, a play area and a shower area, plus a small exercise area where girls swing on those chains that hang from the ceiling. It's one of What's Up's unique features. The more skilled girls swing on these chains, in acrobatic fashion, engaging in all kinds of gyrations, and offering every part of their curvacious bodies for inspection and interaction. Girls are keen to interact, and constantly make eye contact. They're perhaps a little pushy, but there's lots of cute girls willing to interact with you, in any way you can think of.

It's still a great club, and well worth a visit.

  News from Ishi, Dec 2009: What's Upstairs?

What's Up (Officially What's Up Play Girls) is set to open its upstairs floor.

It will be called What's Up Imagine and will open on 15th December 2009.

Imagine and Play Girl have the same entrance and to enter the Imagine we have to use upstairs. One of the staff said that the concept of Imagine is different from Play Girl. I can't guess.

  Reader review Nov 2009: Jacuzzi Tips

The performance at the Jacuzzi is quite interactive and enjoyable. Although there is a girl, the pretty one who she thinks is the queen of the town and she is a bit rude.

They don’t ask for a drink at the Jacuzzi, but a tip is very welcome. A 20 Baht note is enough, although you will need more than one tip if you continue.

The performance at the stage didn’t interest me at all, just the Jacuzzi.

Beer Singha costs 115 Baht, a little expensive.

  News May 2009: What's Up

The bar is expanding into the upper floors (last used as Fantasia Bar). The first floor will be an expansion to the gogo complete with Jacuzzis and the second floor will be short time rooms

  Review April 2009: Bar Owner's Dream

What's Up must be every bar owner's dream. The bar charges top dollar for more or less everything and at the same time is more less packed out.

Over recent years the put some good sexy policies in place with their Jacuzzi and mattress play areas. They also had the idea of getting the showgirls to go clambering amongst the customers in the nearby seats.

All good stuff but for me the bar has simply got too expensive. The beer has gone up from the 60 Baht draft level to no draft and 125 Baht bottles. And the bar fines seem to be more or less set at the top end of unreasonable and can be doubled should a temporary opportunity arise.

Whilst I appreciate the entertainment talent of the show girls, I am not sure what the rest of the audience are enjoying. The girls on the main dancing stage seem somewhat demurely dressed and most of them seem to sit by the door rather than go out mingling.

On my last visit I had a beer and a brief chat with a showgirl I know. As a gesture to the inflated drinks prices I offered the odd 20 Baht note change to my friend rather than leave it on the tray. Another girl spotted the tip and made a surly remark about it being 20 rather than 100. Just about sums up What's Up.

  Review by Pattaya Polecat August 2008: Number One

What’s Up continues to hold number one position in Polecat’s Hall of Gogo Fame, with its 2 unique selling points: steel rings suspended by chains from the ceiling, which the main-stage dancers hold on to instead of poles; and the mostly good looking playgirls on the side-stages and in the shower professionally contracted to keep up a constant erotic dance-motion.

The latter are now kitted out with white leather bondage straps and collars (but no knickers, of course), and, when not wrapping themselves round each others’ bodies, or flailing mercilessly at customers with lengths of rubber hose, like to pull themselves up on the rings and somersault, scissoring their legs gracefully or remaining suspended, hanging like bats. Take care if you sit in front of the shower, though – a sleek naked body is likely to descend on you and squeeze your head between its soapy brown thighs.

The barfines for the playgirls are 800 baht short-time, 1,200 baht long time, with an expected 2,000 baht short-time fee – which of course helps keep them in the bar.

  Review May 2008: High Bar Fines

Sometimes a bar can get too successful and What's Up has gone beyond what I consider to be a good place to visit. The bar fines have gotten very high. The girls quote with high expectations too, and even then, the mamasang urges the girl to get back as quickly as possible.

However the bar does deserve the success. It has pretty girls doing naughty things whilst retaining good close rapport with the customers.

The girls on the play stages armed with the foam tubes seem to be wearing a few more clothes than they used to.

Probably one of the better bars in town for those not too concerned about the prices. But for me, it has become a bar for just an occasional visit.

The Windmill Club A-GoGo

Walking Street: Soi Diamond

Open from 7pm but not firing until 8pm

www.windmillpattaya.com

Opened 19th November 2005. Fun and sexy.

June 09 Key							Takeway: -festivities 1500 -all LT before 12 1000 -showgirls ST 700 -service ST 600 -dancers ST 500
Pint £1.70
	to 10:00	45			50+	120-150
from 10:00		75	110	85	95

There is a VIP discount card is still available at Windmill for a 10% discount on all drinks and bar fines. Chang Draft, after happy hour is 65baht for all card holders.
Apply for your member card at any time for instant membership and your discount will apply immediately. Just needs full name and email address.

  Review July 2010: Likely Fun

Windmill gets the Thai-Anxiety award for the bar where it is most likely that an agreeable girl will jump on my lap and make the visit a success.

Down mainly to the dedicated entertainment committee of the girls and the management, but perhaps the small size of the bar assists too. The bar simply can't squeeze in too many customers for the amount of girls available, which is quite a lot anyway.

So the girls make for  great hands on hostesses, there's naughty shows in the Jacuzzi and on play mat stages. The drinks prices are good and the happy hour is very cheap with 45 Baht drinks.

But really its that nearly 100% likelihood of fun that makes Windmill one of Pattaya's outstanding gogos.

  News from Ichi, May 2010: Reds Away

The bars recent dalliance with red knickers seems to have come to an end and the bar is back to its au naturel norms.

  Review from RickG, March 2010: Super Fun

I stepped inside, and felt like I was intruding on someone else's orgy. Windmill re-defined raunchy and interactive some years ago, and most other clubs have been trying to catch up ever since. Well tonight Windmill was clearly way out in front again. This was friendly, raunchy and interactive like you have never seen before. Girls were running around in various stages of undress offering various parts of their anatomy to anyone who was in the mood to interact. And tonight everyone was interacting. For most of the time I was there, there were only a few girls on stage. Meanwhile, there were more than 20 girls creating their own kind of fun with guys in various parts of the club. At one point some of the hostesses stripped off and got up on stage to make up the numbers. By the way, the dance cycle at Windmill is only 4 songs.

Windmill doesn't have the hottest girls on the street, but it does have the friendliest, most fun girls you will find just about anywhere. At most other clubs, girls will introduce themselves by holding out their hand. At Windmill, the girls will approach you, pull aside their bra and offer one or both breasts for you to fondle, or else will approach butt first, skirt raised to engage in some rhythmic gyration.

At around 2 am, several western couples wandered in, and sat down. After a few minutes in Windmill, even the stern looking elderly matrons were smiling from ear to ear. Once inside Windmill, all this debauchery seems like the most natural thing in the world. If you're feeling inhibited or a little stressed step inside Windmill for an instant cure!

Windmill has draught beer at Bt 75. The best value for money in town, considering the entertainment! Lady drinks are Bt 120.

  Reader review Nov 2009: Interacting

It's the bar I like the most for the moment.

It's worth having a draft beer (75 Baht) and watching the performance at the stages. They are quite interactive and enjoyable.

I hate the bars where girls just dance trying to be sexy (sometimes they don’t succeed). In this bar, I even don’t need to bother looking at the dancers, the girls interacting with the customers is all that is needed.

The performance at the Jacuzzi was a little poor; they were just having a shower, nothing hot.

A tip or a lady drink is required when the girls are 'interacting'.

  Review by jj, July 2009: Well Worth the Time

Popped into Windmill about midnight, seating was so tight that many of the ladies were occupying the laps of customers; I'm sure to save space. About half of the Windmill staff spend more time nekkid than covered; even the covered are only using two pieces (no knickers). Rather than being the focus of attention, the dancers (mostly topless) are a side-show to the nekkid ladies in every corner. All in all well worth the time; plenty of up close and personal attention by the staff.

  Review from materialsman, July 2009: Packed to the rafters

On to the Windmill Club, a Go-go Bar that I have seen so many recommendations for over the last few months that I was really looking forward to visiting, having not been there for a good couple of years. And lo and behold, just when you are thinking Pattaya is devoid of customers, you enter Windmill, and there they all are, absolutely packed to the rafters, couldn’t get a seat for love nor money, had to perch in front of the DJ booth to the side of the Jacuzzi. 

First impression was that the place was rocking, whilst true, once the smoke haze had cleared I got the impression that it was all a little bit seedy and skanky, I know some people like that sort of thing, quite a few judging by the number of bums on seats, but I don’t really feel comfortable watching skanky girls being eaten out on stage by sweaty fat guys, perhaps I am strange but I prefer a little more decorum when I am out enjoying a cold beer or two. Fair play to the Management though, they are giving the public exactly what they apparently crave, and making a great success of the club, just not one I shall be returning too with great frequency.

X

X Zone A-GoGo

Walking Street: Soi 16, Covent Garden Complex

From 8pm
Soapy stage from 9pm

www.xzonepattaya.com

Very large gogo with multiple stage including the very interactive soapy stage. Opened December 2005. Very expensive beer.

Mar 10 Key								Takeaway -festivities 1500 -600-800 -after 2am 300 Room: 800-1000 (200+barfine) All In: 2300-2500
	To 10pm		50	50	50	50	100-120
From 10pm		49	120-135	100	120-145

There is a 20% discount card available

  Review July 2010: One Table Show

X-Zone is a very large GoGo but the only worthwhile entertainment is at the bar's naughty table.

It is often noted by Pattaya commentators as the naughtiest naughty table in town. Two girls at a time offer hands on/hands in entertainment to the guys who sit at the table. The show tends to dominate proceedings for the rest of the bar too. A well popular attraction.

The rest of the bar is a little disappointing. Too many girls are set dancing and there are few left over to take care of customers.

The bar is often halved in size by curtaining off a portion and there are still too many dance stages to fill for the number of girls available. On occasion there are plenty of girls but then the bar opens up the curtained off area and there are again not enough girls left over after filling all the extra dance positions.

Still  I guess this matters little to the customers who mainly come for the naughty table.

  Review February 2010: Lucky Dip

X-Zone is a fairly popular bar that caters for those that like a  bit of hands on fun.

It is also a very large gogo that maybe requires a few too many girls dancing just to fill the stages and make it seem lively and atmospheric.

The net result is that I have often stopped by and there have not been enough girls to go round. So now I pause at the door and survey the bar. I just check that there are a few girls available for customer care.

Assuming that this is the case then the bar is good fun. There is always a naughty table on the go with a few toys to play with. Otherwise the table dancers are generally a fun loving crew with a fair few that are well attractive.

The serving girls can be fun too.

  Review May 2009: Draft Beer

The bar has always been on my occasional visit list mostly due to having expensive beer. Previously the cheapest option was a 125 Baht bottle but now they have recently added a 70 Baht draft.

Interesting that none of the welcome placards tell of a draft beer option. If I don't see the option of a cheap beer on the welcome signs them I assume the bar is expensive. Surely worth writing the option on the signs lest there are others who make the same assumption.

The bar was doing fine with a fair few customers dotted around but there was still lots of room for more.

The girls were friendly and fun so I will have to drop by at a time more conducive to a longer stay.

  Review December 2008: Twilight Zone

The bar had some good times earlier in the new year when new owners managed to acquire some girls well trained at Windmill.

Most of the elements of a good bar are still in place but it has gently declined from its peak.

There is still a naughty play stage, a Jacuzzi and a fair amount of dancers in the entire range of costume.

From a personal point of view I put it down to slightly poor value. The lack of draft beer makes it more expensive than most for beer drinkers. The room charge requires a full barfine on top of the room charge which seems unreasonable for the short time away from the bar for the girl. Also the girls are quite demanding on the tips for the play stage and Jacuzzi. Maybe the dance stints have historically been too long as well.

A bar that tempts me to stop by, but somehow never quite succeeds in getting me to stay long.

  News from Pattaya Secrets May 2008: Sold

X Zone has been sold to new Belgian owners. Hopefully they will maintain the momentum of the last few months and retain the popularity.

The previous owners are said to be planning on a new Walking Street gogo ready for the start of this years high season.

  Review by Ray, March 2008: Living up to its Name

As was reported here, X-Zone has acquired a mamasan and a few showgirls from the more popular Windmill Club. On my first visit it seemed that importing a couple of dirty girls and their sexy show into an otherwise ordinary go-go was a bit of a gimmick, unlikely to last, but it was early, both in the week and in the evening, and so I decided to check it out again at weekend peak time.

It's often occurred to me that the larger bars could try a little harder to provide secluded corners for private play. I'm not particularly shy myself but I do sometimes resent providing a free show for tightwads. The three booths on the right as you enter X-Zone are just what I have in mind.

On my second visit most of the girls were busy taking care of customers but the rear corner booth was occupied by a couple of dejected girls apparently too plain and small breasted to attract any custom. On the principle that if there's one thing a girl hates more that being pulled about by an unattractive customer it's not being pulled about at all, I ordered up a couple of ladydrinks and set about getting them out of their bikinis, which took about five seconds.

In the privacy of out little corner we soon had some very uninhibited play going on and the Windmill girls were quickly matched and surpassed. All it cost me was a couple of ladydrinks and red notes, good value in my book. Ironically, they ask you to go outside if you want to smoke a cigarette.

X-Zone is finally starting to live up to its name.

Covent Garden Complex
Walking Street: Soi 16

See Black & White above. Now closed and has become Club Sin City

XXX A-GoGo

Walking Street: Soi 15

Opened 20th October 2006 and merged into Baby Dolls in February 2007.

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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 perfor