Halo Club is located towards the Beach Road end of Walking Street. The club has had a busy first year or so of openings, closings and changes of style. The bar has tried disco, GoGo and coyote formats  

Halo Club re-opened on 16th May. On the first day there were coyote dancers only.

But by the second day, the bar had become more GoGo like with most of the dancers donning bikinis. In all there were 17 dancers in the bar.

Interestingly there were a couple of East European coyote dancers, reportedly available for a short time at 4000 Baht.

Barfines for all are set at 1000 Baht.

There are now 83 bars in the Pattaya area with Thai girls dancing in bikinis or less.

Boomerang Bar and Wombat Sports Bar are opposite Nirum Condominiums, Soi 1 Pattaya Klang

Bloody enjoy yourself at Boomerang

The best night out you'll find in Pattaya. Live Music, dancing, cheap drinks, Air-conditioned for comfort, friendly staff. 9pm-2pm every night.

Bring your girlfriend, show her a good time, or come alone and meet new friends.. You want to get up and dance to the music, great, get up and just do it.

Boomerang Bar, home of Live Music, the best in town, just come along and bloody enjoy yourself, you'll come back.

The Pattaya Wombats Rugby League

Watch live sports on 8 TVs, cheap cold beer, great food, come along to meet new friends and have a swim, just enjoy yourself,

Wombat Bar is the Home of Rugby League in Thailand, The Pattaya Wombats Rugby League.

We also have large studio rooms for rent, Come down and visit us.

Kiss A-GoGo is located on Soi LK Metro near the Soi Buakhao end

Kiss is an old style GoGo perhaps similar to those to be found on Soi Post Office and Soi Yamato.

It tends to attract older locals, and older dancers. Probably predictable from the rock music (with videos) from the 70's and later.

The bar is a table dancing set up with about 3 - 5 girls dancing at any one time. The dancers cover all the the combinations of wearing skirts, knickers and bikini tops. There also seems a time in the evening before items of clothing can be dispensed with.

The bar isn't the most lively place as most customers seem to be nursing a lonely drink, but can be friendly enough if you make an effort. This maybe just a reflection on the number of customers preferring to sit alone. But as always I feel the bar would do better if the girls were more pro-active in searching out lady drinks.

Drinks prices are very reasonable.

I find the bar generally to be worth a look, but I am quick to cut my losses if there is nothing doing.

Glass House A-GoGo is a new bar on Walking Street next door to Lucifer Disco and Ginza A-GoGo

The Glasshouse seems to be very popular with Japanese clientele. It's 100% coyote, but the bar fines aren't as pricey as some other coyote venues.

They have introduced a 75 Baht Draft beer which is good news. The lineup is average and the cute girls were on the stage downstairs. Upstairs they had only 3 girls dancing, but it was spacious and the bathrooms were right there.

I thought the service was good, but the girls definitely didn't seem too thrilled to have me in attendance.

I don't have anything great or bad to say about the place. I was the only person there who wasn't Japanese which is worth mentioning, but doesn't really matter much.

Sensations A-GoGo is in a prime location on Walking Street opposite Soi Diamond.

The bar is the talk of the town right now and for good reason. Their lineup is the best I have ever seen! I wouldn't dare toss that compliment out loosely either. I have seen a couple of places that have had just as talented a lineup, but I have never seen such a large roster of girls at this high level. They feature over 100 girls every night, and most of them are very pretty. The service is great and it's easy to get the girls' attention. The place is packed so it's not easy to find a seat. I don't actually think there are enough seats to justify such a huge roster of girls. But this winds up being a very good thing as long as you do find a seat, since the number of gentlemen in attendance is somewhat limited.

Sensations is pricey. The drink prices are about as high as it's going to get and I was quoted 1,500 baht for a bar fine, which goes down to 1,000 baht either at midnight or 1AM (there was some confusion about that). But I get it - they are extremely well staffed (possibly even over-staffed), so they are justified in charging more than other GoGo's.

The atmosphere was downright exciting and there were just so many good looking girls prancing around the place. The way the stages are positioned you can only see about half of the girls at a time, but they rotate. It remains to be seen whether or not they can keep up with the roster, but if they do Sensations is likely to be in everyone's top 3 GoGo's in Pattaya.

The Moon Club is a show bar located at the corner of Walking Street and Soi Diamond.

For once the people outside of a GoGo roped me in with a drink special. They were handing out 2 for 1 coupons, so I gave it a shot. The drink special was legitimate and I was given two draft beers for the price of 1 at 65 baht, which is the best deal on Walking Street. They might be having a little bit of trouble bringing in customers on an off-peak season weekday; its location is quite competitive. I was one of the only customers there while more than 30 girls were working. This is certainly not a complaint; I love it when the place is empty and I have my pick. The lineup of coyote girls was very average but there were a few cute girls, and with no other customers there it was easy enough to get their attention.

There were about 10 girls dancing on the stage at a time with the rest of the girls falling asleep scattered around the chairs and waiting for their turn to dance. It was a really slow night in there! After being there for 45 minutes and with a few guys now in attendance, they brought out the show girls. The 5 busty show girls did get nude and did perform. I know this place has a reputation for having ridiculous bar fines and I believe it's only these show girls who demand the very high rates. In my opinion they weren't as hot as other agency girls who command those types of prices. But they gave a good show none the less.

I had a really good time having drinks with two of the coyote girls. I was quoted 2,000 baht bar fine prior to midnight, but I was also told that it would be 1,000 baht after midnight. 2,000/3,000 ST/LT Obviously not worth it before midnight and still not a bargain after midnight, but if you get one of the cuter coyote girls there it's worth it. With the drink specials and the high girls to guys' ratio, you could have a really good time here for next to nothing as long as you don't bar fine.

GOLDEN GATE bar is on the darkside of the darkside (down soi 9 off Khai Noi).

If one were playing Cricket, this bar is a major loser.

Wicket 1: half the staff are katoeys.

Wicket 2: the other half are less than friendly. .

Wicket 3: Drinks are over priced

Wicket 4: Charge 20 baht per game of pool w/o notice.

MAJOR LOSER even for the darkside............

The annual exodus of the ladies has begun in earnest.

Hit a few darkside bars on Wednesday the 10th, only to be disappointed with what was on offer.

You'd think that the ladies who are not travelling (or not yet travelling ?) would be working harder while the competition is away, but that does not generally seem to be the case.

The exception was BLACK SHEEP on Soi Khao Noi. There seemed to be a full complement and they were working hard to please the steady stream of customers. Word must be passing about that this is the place to be in these pre-Songkran days. A tip of the hat to the ladies there.

KiK is on Soi Khao Talo at the corner of Soi Khao Noi.

The previous review on Thai-Anxiety was apparently written 2-3 owners and 3-4 managers ago.

Today KIK is a shadow of its coyote days.

It's now a typical Darkside bar where the ladies lounge around until the customers come then continue to lounge around unless pressured to get off the couch.

Compared to many Darkside bars it is fairly large and well appointed with a number of comfortable and discrete couches; largely unused.

You know things are NOT going well when the lady doesn't even drink her LD; just lets the ice melt.

Seems that if you are not a chum of the Brit manager, you ain't.......

When the next owner takes over, he needs somehow to tap the potential that is not there now.

Updated: Things are looking up at Mango Bar

Word is that Phillipe of TELEPHONE bar is re-opening MANGO on SUNDAY 31st March

Telephone Bar is a very popular and very naughty bar that is hidden away in central Pattaya. It sounds very promising if the concept is able to transport itself successfully to the Darkside.

However the opening didn't happen as advertised, but still hoping for a Darkside Telephone Bar.

We Are No 1 is located on Thappraya near where it turns into Jomtien Beach Road.

It was my first visit to the bar in ages. It was early evening and everything was pretty much as it has always been.

There were 5 girls dancing on stage. Perhaps a better line up than in previous years, with a couple of the girls being attractive and another dancing topless. Only 2 or 3 were make weights.

But as always the really problem with the bar is that there are hardly any girls left over to chat with the customers. On this visit there were 3 girls on hostess duty. They were sitting with customers, but by the time they have visited the loo and gone to the bar to get their lady drink, it was pretty much time for them to return to the stage for another long dance stint.

This gives the bar a very sad atmosphere as most customers are left sitting alone.  Some out of choice, and some because of the lack of hostessing girls.

But it is a totally inoffensive bar with friendly girls, cheap drinks and rock music videos.

And definitely still the number one GoGo in Jomtien.

Byblos is located on the corner of Soi Diamond and Pratamnak

I dropped by for a couple of late night sessions.

There were about half a dozen girls dancing dressed in the whole range of attire from bikini to nothing. The girls also spanned the whole range of attractiveness, from pretty to not.

After a number of songs the dancers were replaced by a second team, with about the same range of talents as the first team.

Actually variation is very much a characteristic of the bar. The customers are a mixed range from Farangland to Asialand.

The girls also offer a range of naughtiness, from very to not. It can be one of the naughtiest bars in Walking Street but it is not very consistent.

There is a very matriarchal mamasang who controls the experience of dancers and customers. Customer experience seems to hang on how much mamasang takes a shine to a customer, and of course how free flowing the drinks are in her direction.

It is a bit hard to recommend the bar, but if you are into the naughtier end of GoGo entertainment, then it is worth a visit to see if things pan out for you.

Bada Bing A-GoGo is located on Soi BJ, a few paces off Walking Street

I visited at prime time on a weekday evening.

There were just 4 dancers on the central stage but these included a couple of attractive girls.

I had a look round the bar but could not see any girls at all on hostess duty. There could have been another team hiding away in the dressing room, or else the bar was down to 4 dancers.

When dancing girls are short then it is doubly noticeably that the wait staff is male. Serving girls can double up as hostesses and keep customers entertained when dancers are few.

There didn't seem much point to the bar. There simply weren't enough girls to entertain those customers who are seeking interaction. Any customers not seeking interaction, who are entertained by attractive girls dancing, are likely to have sussed that several nearby bars offer far more pretty dancers to watch.

A lot of bars in Pattaya have (perhaps with little choice) opted for the model of filling a bar with attractive agency girls. This works well for many bars, but if a bar should go into decline then it finds that it has built up little loyalty, and few relationships that anchor customers and girls to the bar.

Both Las Vegas I and Las Vegas II are located on Soi 13/1 (Soi Yamato).

Re Las Vegas II & III

Early afternoon visit, soon after opening; moderate number of ladies in each establishment (7-9) with a range of options (young/old; slim/chubby) also a surprising number of customers at that hour, but not much interaction between dancers and customers.

2-3 ladies on stage doing 6 song sets, changing one dancer after 2-3 songs. Vast majority were bikini clad; one topless; some with no knickers and a band-aid for a skirt. All were barely doing the fanny shuffle.

Offered a lady a drink for her top; offer not taken. She did come to sit and flashed her boobs but not much hands-on action among any of the customers even those who seemed to be greeted as regulars.

Not sure why the common owner bothers with two establishments; nothing really to tell them apart. LV II is a shadow of its former self (SEP 2011 review).

Showgirls is a newish GoGo on Soi LK Metro.

I dropped by to see the daytime shift, immediately after visiting the drear Lady Love.

And what a difference. Showgirls was about half full with customers, not bad for the early hour.

The layout of the bar is very cluttered and the extensive mirror wall adds to the visual confusion. However this doesn't nothing to harm the fun filled atmosphere. The mirrors reminded me of a fairground maze, all it needs is a little optical distortion.

The stage was occupied by a cast of coyotes that were generally smiling, checking out the audience, and interacting with some of the stage side customers.

After a certain number of songs, there was a full change of dancing team. A full crew of topless girls took over the entertainment.

Meanwhile there was a group of guys in the back left corner of the bar who were monopolising the available hostesses. They were clearly having fun and with the girls perched on their laps.

There were also dancers doing good hostessing work amongst the customers in the stage side comfy seats.

The bar could have done with a few more girls to keep even more of the customers happy, but the overall atmosphere was definitely that of customers and girls enjoying a good time.