Current Bar Trend in Pattaya
It's very disheartening to see the current trend in bars in Pattaya. I was last in town in April and have a return booked in August. I also keep up on the city vibe by watching the daily video blogs on YouTube. It's sad to see a street like Soi 6 flooded with girls and nearly any customers. Not only that, but only a few of those girls are worth attention. I don't know how those bars make a profit if the girls are under contract. Don't even get me started on the go-go bar situation! There's no way in hell that I'm going to pay a 1500 baht bar fine, in addition to buying the girl a minimum of 5 or 6 girl drinks (as reported by a blogger), then another 3000 to 5000 for ST. That is just insane! The fact that the girls are being paid suck a lucrative contract gives no inventive for the girl to be barfined at all! Grant it, there still a few places where you can fine a seemingly fair 300 baht barfine and 1200ST, but those places are going by the wayside as more and more "gentleman's clubs and go-go bars keep popping up. Take LK Metro for example, two more go-gos have gone up in recent months (Las Vegas and LK Angels). All that aside, it is encouraging to hear that Soi MIT (the old one) is proposing 66 new beer bars, though I don't know where they'll find the girls to fill them. Personally, I'the like to see the city crack down on the go-gos with stiff taxes. I'm a beer bar kinda guy, always will be. Hope things are a bit improved by my next visit in August.