Pattaya Nightlife News and Reviews

At Naughty Girls on Soi Diamond I saw 10-15 dancers, most of them overdressed and overweight and some of them hiding in corners.

Two of them went topless and two others were wearing a transparent skirt without pants.

The waitresses were friendly however.

For most of the time I was the only customer.

Bottled Heineken 125 baht.

Police, Chonburi immigration police and soldiers have raided Flexx Club pub at the south end of Walking Street, Pattaya.

They asked the pub staff to turn the lights on and stop the music which caused the revellers to panic and they tried to flee the scene but the officers had already sealed the exit doors. The officers then inspected passports, visas, ID cards and searched for drugs.

Upon inspecting the pub they found 32 foreigners without passports, 5 foreigners and 5 Thai girls failed drug tests. In addition the officers found cocaine on the ground near the DJ stage.

The police that they had raided this pub because there were rumours that people take drugs there and also it stays open after hours.

The raid was a bit of a showcase and the news was carried by Channel 7 TV.

Farangs are warned to carry at least a copy of their passport or else a picture on their smart phones showing the photograph page and the visa and/or entry stamp.

Of course this is not the sort of thing that endears visitors and tourists. One Pattaya forum poster wrote, perhaps echoing the thoughts of many:

If this is going to be the norm in Thailand I'm out until a proper democratic government is installed.

No matter how clean you are if you get caught in a situation you are history and no one can help you, you are totally screwed

I just don't need to take these risks. Okay for business people to say its all good, no problem it will all be fine but I don't go on a holiday to be loaded into a army truck by military personnel. Sitting in a bar and being breathalysed, drug tested, filmed for TV news, and if you aren't carrying your passport you are taken into custody.

F@%k that.

Does The Sea on Soi Diamond still count as a gogo ?

I saw 3-4 average bikini dancers and 15-20 less than average coyotes.

No nudity.

At prime time there was only one other customer; the swarms of Japanese and South-Koreans seem to stay away as the quality of the girls is by far not what they are looking for.

Some coyotes tried to get lady drinks.

The old mamasan looked like an utterly uninterested granny.

A waste of time and money.

Bottled Heineken 130 baht.

I think if you only count the places with a MAJORITY OF bikini or less dancers, there are not 80ish gogos, but some 50 at best.

Authorities raided Harem GoGo Club on Walking Street at around 11pm on 28th May.

I saw the authorities take away all sheesha and a dozen of liquor bottles from the bar. And they checked ID cards but it is reported that nobody under age was found.

The bar was dark on 29th May but re-opened on 30th May.

On the subject of closures, Diamond A-GoGo on Soi Diamond has been closed for a few days but perhaps this is down to it specialising in the late night trade just when the army declared that there won't be any.