2 weeks in Pattaya summary
Hi everyone,
I have just returned from my second trip of two weeks in Pattaya.
As others have realized in past years better than I have, a lot can change in 12 months. No doubt about it, pattaya is changing and is getting pricier.
The notable victim is the beer bars, which had very slim pickings largely while I was there. It seems as if there might be a turn in Pattaya dynamics: that the younger working girls may be opting more towards flexible freelancing rather than hanging around some bar all day, and that the women in the bars choose it for the regular minimum income to send home.
The quality seems to have gone down compared to this time last year. I spent many a night fishing through and in many finding absolutely nothing worthwhile. The number of girls in general seemed to be less. I thought this might have been due to a bit of leftover nostalgia from last year, but other people with me confirmed the same impression. Minimum barfines have all gone up to 400 from what I could see.
This trip apart from a few exceptions in the night bazaar beer garden, I stuck with soy 7.
Alcatraz Gogo bar is now gone. In general, I don't see the point of Gogo bars anymore for mongering. Why spend 5000 to 6000 baht (long time) for girls that don't look that much better than elsewhere, just because she's dancing and shows a bit of flesh? Yes, there are exceptions of absolute stunners in some of the gogos in walking street, but there the price is upwards of what I've mentioned. It seems to me that the gogos are for a show and entertainment (as well as cheap beer) more than for actually getting a girl for the night. If this trend continues, which it may will, eventually I suspect noone will bother with them anymore.
To my surprise, the gogos around LK metro are not really than much cheaper than walking street (despite the quality of girls being worse): 1000 to 1500 barfine, 3000-4000 long time. And the Office is now terrible, so despite what I said last year, don't bother this year.
Soy 6: Short time upstairs for 1300 baht. Barfines for long time can vary based on the time of evening.
A place I never really spent a lot of time in last year was Insomnia, which is a matter of taste. Many on here may hate it and not fancy the loud music and staying up till 5-6 am.
I personally found it to be a goldmine: I took 3 girls from here and found it to be the best overall deal of 1000 to 2000 baht longtime, all subject to your negotiating skills. It seemed to me that the hottest girls in all of the city congregate here at the end of the day. Got a gold card and I was all set. Plus I enjoy clubbing while on holiday.
All in all, I still enjoyed my time here a lot. Only 1 dud (girl I sent home because she didn't deliver and managed to frustrate me by refusing to do things).
Things to try to avoid the escalating prices and smaller selection in the bars:
Tinder, Thai friendly and other apps.
Below you will find my impressions and guide from last year:
"Amazing and I am not sure if there is another place like it. I hope to be corrected. To me it seems a marvel for the sex industry, with its concentration and openness seemingly unparalled with something for every taste.
I remember initially when I naively asked a few weeks ago on this forum where the action was. The answer for Pattaya seems to be everywhere. I have never seen a place like this where the sex industry essentially dominates and is omnipresent (a regular nonworking Thai girl I met in Bangkok angrily referred to it literally as « Sex City » when I mentioned I was going there). However omnispresent, however large the choices, some judgement is needed on where to go and where to stay.
I personally took the Intimate Hotel in Central Pattaya (Soi 14) which in retrospect was a good choice, though I am curious about others on an equal standard for my next trip. The city is sufficiently small that one could walk to the major areas from other places. Transport options are motorbike taxis, usually for 50 or 60 baht to get from say, Walking Street to Soy Pukhao. The baht buses usually have a fixed route along a main road (Thanon) costing 10 baht wherever you get off.
Beach Road runs along the sea. Second Road is the parallel next road which should be the spine of ones ventures into Pattaya's nightlife. The Sois run on both sides. A map however is useful. The furthermost West side of Beach Road brings one to Walking Street which I think is a worthy place to start.
-Walking Street: Longer and with many more Gogo Bars than its equivalent in Phuket (Bangla Road in Patong). On my first night I couldn't believe it how many there were. I must have been in most of them, and my particular favourites would be: Peppermint, Baccara, HappyAgogo, Alcatraz. The side street to left going down (Soi Pattaya 15 on the map) has Windmill and BabyDolls agogo, as well as my personal more expensive favorite, Whats Up, which well, is in my opinion, the higher scale of what is available. These are by far not the only ones, but the ones that left an impression. As has been written, the prices on Walking Street are very high. Barfines of 800 to 1000 baht, then often Short Time prices of 2000 or 3000 Long Time. This is the most touristy part of Pattaya so I guess it is to be expected. Crowds every night of Chinese package tourists, and Japanese. Gogobars were open till 3 am from what I could see.
Walking Street of course has Insomnia and Ibar, which I admit that I only spent once inside of. I probably should give it another chance some other time. This nightclub has a number of freelancers, which skips the barfine cost, but then, I suppose the rest depends on what you can negociate.
-Beer Bars: These are everywhere and were my preferred venues. Barfines of 300 to 500, Long Time 1500 around. Pattaya is jampacked with these and they seemed to be open very late, lights on or off. Some do not close at all, proven by me hanging around one till 6 am one morning, and after realizing (I was slow) that the girl I was talking to was available, took an early morning pickup that I never forgot. Though you probably would find them if you had both your eyes gouged out, the areas I'the mention are Soi 10 opposite the Bay Breeze Hotel and a massive garden just behind the Pattaya Night Bazaar following through all the way to the next parallel road.
-Massage parlors: Literally everywhere and chances are the girls will be harassing you throughout your stay to come. Soy Honey is known amongst others for these.
-Soy Pukhao / LK Metro: Go here. Follow Second Road's Soi 13 all the way down, and you'll see that this is another major centre. To the left, near the LK Metropolitaine hotel after which the area is named, is a winding road which contains a number of gogo bars (the Office and Sugar Bar being good ones), clubs, beer bars which is less frequented by the tourists, a square of roads.
Soi Langkee which has some blowjob bars, including the conspicuous LaPoste is here, open during the daytime.
Much further down Second Road:
Soy 6 : Open during the day. Useful given that Pattaya is a place that elsewhere only seems to get going around 8-9 pm. Has bars all along the road that offer Short time 1400 I think, with upstairs rooms. Or Barfines of 500 around. Some bars offer much higher bar fines starting at a 1000 for earlier in the day that go down to 500 by 10 pm.
Soy 7 : Great beer bar street full of girls.
Soy 8 : less stuff available, some beer bars though. The notable entry here is the Silverstar Gogo bar, which is good for a pop-in to see if you like it. Full nudes, nice girls, ping pong stuff. Not for everyone.
I felt safe wherever I was, and never felt I was in danger of being robbed or attacked. The people are great, the service of the girls, in general, amazing. Though I would put the caveat that you shouldn't always take the best looking one, looking for some interest on her side, to avoid kicking her out when she turns out to not provide any service back in the room. Pattaya is the place and I'm glad I discovered it finally. ".
Not begging for help asking for suggestions.
[QUOTE=Blanquiceleste;2092621]This isn't a report. This is just another post begging for help. Don't fool yourself.[/QUOTE]Hey bud,
Seems you have mistaken someone who is asking for suggestions to someone who is begging.
Kindly refrain from using such words and be a bit polite if you are a so called senior member here.
Cheers!
Raven.
