Pattaya Hotels

[FL Hawk]

Hey FL Hawk,

I am off to Pattaya next year and was wondering if you can recomend any nice decent hotels close to or near walking street. This will be my first time in Pattaya so I want to be secure in knowing that I am going to enjoy my stay in a good clean and safe girl friendly hotel, I hope to go around either June or August of 2016, as yet I have still to sort my holidays out so I'm just at the planing stage. I would appreciate if you could tell me about some good hotels to look over. I see you like me enjoy Phuket, this is my ususal place to visit in the land of LOS, if you don't want to stay ant the see and and hotel I can recomend the Summer Breeze hotel on soi Sansabi, its very close to all the action and in my opinion a very good hotel to stay, guest friendly and staff are exceptional, its where I stay for the last four years and I think you will enjoy it.

Thanks in advance.

Del

Different folks enjoy staying at different locations. Some like being in the thick of the action, but I want a quiet area, and So13 between BR and 2nd street fits the bill nicely. The walk to WS is not bad at all, and while a bhat bus is far easier, a walk to or from Soi 6 is doable. But, some might prefer to be closer to Soi 6, or others a little closer to WS. The bhat buses really makes it a bit irrelevant where you stay as they circle that area constantly.

I liked the Dynasty Inn, which is next door to the Whitehouse Condotel. What I liked is that it is a nonsmoking hotel, the rooms were large with a large shower, the staff was friendly and the front desk actually would call you up when a girl left to ensure all was ok. In November you can read my report about, I guess, the Sandy Spring, since the Dynasty is booked up when I am going. I expect the SS to be fine, however, though you never know if smokers will ruin it.

You still have lots of time to review hotels before your plan. Don't relay on what any one person tells you. Read the reviews, ask some question, and made a decision.

But I am starting to get excited again. Just 5 weeks and I will be in BKK! Then 3 days in Puket and 5 or 6 in Pattaya. Already looking to go back again next April or May in time to attend Comic Con Bangkok!

[YoungPro]

Hey FL Hawk,

I am off to Pattaya next year and was wondering if you can recomend any nice decent hotels close to or near walking street. This will be my first time in Pattaya so I want to be secure in knowing that I am going to enjoy my stay in a good clean and safe girl friendly hotel, I hope to go around either June or August of 2016, as yet I have still to sort my holidays out so I'm just at the planing stage. I would appreciate if you could tell me about some good hotels to look over. I see you like me enjoy Phuket, this is my ususal place to visit in the land of LOS, if you don't want to stay ant the see and and hotel I can recomend the Summer Breeze hotel on soi Sansabi, its very close to all the action and in my opinion a very good hotel to stay, guest friendly and staff are exceptional, its where I stay for the last four years and I think you will enjoy it.

Thanks in advance.

Del

I've staying in Holiday Inn, which was pretty good. As long as you show the ID of the girl, they have no problem with bringing anyone.

[Christian G]

I've stayed there on one trip and it certainly was a decent place for the price. However I recently noticed that prices have gone up by around 400 baht, could be due to the high season.

I don't know, probably yes. They booked by agoda or booking (I don't remember) and found a good offer for July, standard room 7xx baht and room with seaview for 9xx baht for night without breakfast, both price include tax.

[ActionOriented]

Friends of mine stay at Inn House in Soi13 last July. They gave me a good report about the hotel.

I've stayed there on one trip and it certainly was a decent place for the price. However I recently noticed that prices have gone up by around 400 baht, could be due to the high season.

The drains in the shower area clog easily and the bathroom fills up with water, only problem I faced. While I left a generous tip for the cleaning crew, I noticed that the bathrooms weren't cleaned everyday. Just wanted to point this out. Otherwise, the place is fine, small double bed, fridge and balcony included (plus a mini pool on the terrace).

[Christian G]

Hawk I agree Soi 13 is an outstanding Soi to stay at.

Friends of mine stay at Inn House in Soi13 last July. They gave me a good report about the hotel.

[Allover]

Hawk I agree Soi 13 is an outstanding Soi to stay at. I'm sure you saw the Whitehouse Condotel next door to Dynasty. I have been staying there for years and recommend it for the location and value. Never stayed at Sandy Spring but it should be ok, too. I would stay at Whitehouse over Sandy Spring if Whitehouse is cheaper.

I often bring go go girls to Whitehouse. They seem to be appreciative of its close location to Second Road. We always take a Baht bus to the hotel from Walking Street. The girls like the short 1 minute walk to the Whitehouse and they can easily find a moto taxi by walking back to Second Road. Please let us know how Sandy Springs works out. I've always wanted to check it out.

[Delbhoy]

Coming to Pattaya again November 14 for 5 nights. Wish I could stay longer, but I have to go to Phuket first for 3 nights, and I will spend the rest of my 3 weeks in the LOS with my lady friend in BKK and Chaing Mai.

Anyway, it seems the high season is starting, as some of my originally chosen hotels from last May are either full or is now full. I stayed last time at the Dynasty on Soi 13 and enjoyed my stay there. They are totally booked now. Last week when I checked they had some rooms. The Sandy Spring, a few doors down, had some rooms so I will stay there. From my research here, it is a recommended, girl friendly hotel, so we will see. If anyone things I am making an unwise suggestion, please advise. I did like the Soi 13 location and the quiet this street provides.

In Puket, I stayed at the see&and last time. Not the greatest, but super close to Bangla Rd. I appear to have gotten the last available room there. I would not have minded too terribly to have tried another place, but I am a creature of habit. I just need to remember to bring a magnet to defeat that ridiculous A / see system. Well, seems all LOS hotels automatically turn off the A / see when you leave, but it was especially problematic with the see&and.

But for sure, the prices seem to be a bit higher and the selection getting slimmer as we approach the end of the year. Not sure I will like visiting during a busier time. Hope it means more higher quality girls. But, yeah, returning to the LOS!

Hey FL Hawk,

I am off to Pattaya next year and was wondering if you can recomend any nice decent hotels close to or near walking street. This will be my first time in Pattaya so I want to be secure in knowing that I am going to enjoy my stay in a good clean and safe girl friendly hotel, I hope to go around either June or August of 2016, as yet I have still to sort my holidays out so I'm just at the planing stage. I would appreciate if you could tell me about some good hotels to look over. I see you like me enjoy Phuket, this is my ususal place to visit in the land of LOS, if you don't want to stay ant the see and and hotel I can recomend the Summer Breeze hotel on soi Sansabi, its very close to all the action and in my opinion a very good hotel to stay, guest friendly and staff are exceptional, its where I stay for the last four years and I think you will enjoy it.

Thanks in advance.

Del

[FL Hawk]

Coming to Pattaya again November 14 for 5 nights. Wish I could stay longer, but I have to go to Phuket first for 3 nights, and I will spend the rest of my 3 weeks in the LOS with my lady friend in BKK and Chaing Mai.

Anyway, it seems the high season is starting, as some of my originally chosen hotels from last May are either full or is now full. I stayed last time at the Dynasty on Soi 13 and enjoyed my stay there. They are totally booked now. Last week when I checked they had some rooms. The Sandy Spring, a few doors down, had some rooms so I will stay there. From my research here, it is a recommended, girl friendly hotel, so we will see. If anyone things I am making an unwise suggestion, please advise. I did like the Soi 13 location and the quiet this street provides.

In Puket, I stayed at the see&and last time. Not the greatest, but super close to Bangla Rd. I appear to have gotten the last available room there. I would not have minded too terribly to have tried another place, but I am a creature of habit. I just need to remember to bring a magnet to defeat that ridiculous A / see system. Well, seems all LOS hotels automatically turn off the A / see when you leave, but it was especially problematic with the see&and.

But for sure, the prices seem to be a bit higher and the selection getting slimmer as we approach the end of the year. Not sure I will like visiting during a busier time. Hope it means more higher quality girls. But, yeah, returning to the LOS!

[JjBee62]

One thing you don't have to worry about in Pattaya is the price of transportation. Any place between Beach Road and Second Road or on the land-side of Second Road is OK. Then you will never be farther away from any place of entertainment than one ride for 10 baht in a bahtbus or "songthaew" as it is called in Thai.

I figure, other than transportation from and to the airport, I shouldn't have to worry much. If I'm just exploring, something I enjoy doing, a 2 or 3 mile walk is fine. If I get too hot I'm sure I can find someplace to sit and enjoy a beer.

[Wolvenvacht]

From what I've found so far, Soi 6 is probably the least appealing to me. I don't mind being a few blocks away from the action, but I don't want to be too far out.

One thing you don't have to worry about in Pattaya is the price of transportation. Any place between Beach Road and Second Road or on the land-side of Second Road is OK. Then you will never be farther away from any place of entertainment than one ride for 10 baht in a bahtbus or "songthaew" as it is called in Thai.

[JjBee62]

I would save more money, get a second job or delay the trip until you have more money. As Puntz alluded to you are flying literally halfway around the world to have such a tight budget would put some stress into what should be a dream trip for many. Thinking about an 8 day trip? That is really short.

Others have advised on a few hotel options that might fit your budget if your expectations are low you should be fine. But $1000 for entertainment will limit you. You are coming to the adult Disneyworld and already have the rides are not available to you. If you stayed 10 days that's $100 a day so roughly 3500 baht.

For 3500 baht you can have a ST from WS. Barfine 1000 girl 2000 your drink 150 lady drink 250 ish and you are done park closed for you. LT? That will easily be between 4000-5000 so that means take a LT sweet honey off WS and you way exceeded your budget so next day to recover financially. To meet your budget Soi 6 for about 1300ST total or a FL off beach road for 500-1000 will be your mainstays. Insomnia could be a good option if you aren't revolting to a 20 yr Thai girl, perhaps 2000 to girl and a few rounds of drinks 500-1000 and you are already reaching your budget limit.

My advice save an extra $500 and your options and opportunity to fully enjoy your vacation will be available. You don't have to be a big spender to have a great time here but you also don't want to limit yourself or be constantly baht.

Good advice. I don't plan on booking anything until I am certain I can afford to enjoy myself. Part of the process is figuring how much I need to budget. On my trip to the DR, food / lodging / entertainment / transportation cost about $150/ day. It's looking like I can stay 12 days and still spend less than $800 for food / lodging / transportation. So, I should probably add $800 to my entertainment budget, take it to $1800. Ideally, I'd like to have $4 k to spend total. That's everything covered and a $500 cushion.

Eight days is a short vacation, with flights it's more like 11 days, but probably only 7 days where I can really enjoy myself. That would be the minimum for such a long trip.

Taking a second job isn't worth it, but I can, at least at the moment, put in enough extra time at work to easily cover the cost. I just need to keep to the budget.

[Goyave]

I'm an infrequent, casual and budget traveler, considering a trip to Pattaya next April. I can pick my own hotel, between Agoda, Booking and TripAdvisor, I can find as much as I need to know. What I'm looking for is some help narrowing the field.

Ideally, I would like to stay in the 700-1000 baht range. However, a few people have complained about bed bugs in some of the low end places. Moving up to the 1500-2000 baht level is possible, it just means cutting a few days out.

Here are the things I need: a / see, wifi, comfortable double, preferably queen or king, bed, clean room, GF. A pool would be nice, but unlikely in the low range.

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I don't know exactly what kind of rates will be applied by this hotel during your sojourn in Pattaya in April next year, but if it's not considered as being "peak season" (I doubt that it will be the case then, but maybe during Songkran around April 13-15th) for them, then their standard rooms are reasonably priced: http://www.welcomeplazahotelpattaya....etail/Standard.

That's where I usually stay when I come to Pattaya. It's location is really great, the pool is nice and it's a decent enough place IMHO, especially at around 1050-1150 baht per night.

[JjBee62]

Your higher end budget is only $13-20 more a night. Why not go for that and play it safe? If you're planning to fly halfway across the planet, make sure not to go cheap. Yeah I get you're on a budget, but if you're seriously trying to justify spending $13-20 a night more for accommodations, maybe just go someplace closer? I had a blast the first time I went to Thailand and considering what I spent on the ticket to fly from the USA on a 24 hour flight (through Tokyo), I made sure I had the money allocated to have a good time and then some. The last thing you want to worry about is a few bucks a day. Thailand is fairly cheap for accommodations. I've been able to snag 4 and 5 star hotel rooms in Pattaya and Bangkok for $70-$100 a night. It's cheap. It's just my opinion but when you're traveling that great of a distance, you don't want to be trying to justify a few dollars here and there. It's a vacation, it's Thailand. Enjoy it man.

I don't plan on using the cheapest hotels, which are in the $12-$20 range. Right now I'm checking out rooms in the $25-$35 range. I will probably start with a place in that range for a few days then try someplace else if I'm not satisfied. There are several that look good, but haven't been reviewed here, like Admire House, April Suites, Katesiree Residence and Maytara Hotel. Of course, I'm just getting started looking. Plenty more things to consider, like what area to stay in. From what I've found so far, Soi 6 is probably the least appealing to me. I don't mind being a few blocks away from the action, but I don't want to be too far out.

[Soldierb11]

My entertainment budget is about $1000 USD. I don't need 2ST, a 3 some and LT every day. Probably I will average about one ST per day with a few massages and an LT tossed in..

I would save more money, get a second job or delay the trip until you have more money. As Puntz alluded to you are flying literally halfway around the world to have such a tight budget would put some stress into what should be a dream trip for many. Thinking about an 8 day trip? That is really short.

Others have advised on a few hotel options that might fit your budget if your expectations are low you should be fine. But $1000 for entertainment will limit you. You are coming to the adult Disneyworld and already have the rides are not available to you. If you stayed 10 days that's $100 a day so roughly 3500 baht.

For 3500 baht you can have a ST from WS. Barfine 1000 girl 2000 your drink 150 lady drink 250 ish and you are done park closed for you. LT? That will easily be between 4000-5000 so that means take a LT sweet honey off WS and you way exceeded your budget so next day to recover financially. To meet your budget Soi 6 for about 1300ST total or a FL off beach road for 500-1000 will be your mainstays. Insomnia could be a good option if you aren't revolting to a 20 yr Thai girl, perhaps 2000 to girl and a few rounds of drinks 500-1000 and you are already reaching your budget limit.

My advice save an extra $500 and your options and opportunity to fully enjoy your vacation will be available. You don't have to be a big spender to have a great time here but you also don't want to limit yourself or be constantly baht.

[Wolvenvacht]

I don't recall reading any posts about bed bugs. Is this common in Bangkok and Pattaya?

I have found local wildlife in my bed at every occasion. But then I remembered I actually put it there myself and at the showing of a (few) 1000 baht notes, they jumped out of bed immediately. Thai money is a great bug-remover!