Pattaya Hotels

Hello everyone,

I am coming to Pattaya end September and am currently looking at the hotel options, referring to this list here:

[URL]http://www.guestfriendlyhotel.com/guest-friendly-hotel-pattaya/[/URL]

I am coming alone and don't really know what to expect, nor where the best part of Pattaya to stay in is, for a mix of comfort and action. Is it easy to get around from any part of the city?

I was considering spending a few nights at this one, the Intimate Hotel, in central Pattaya. In short, any suggestions for a first timer to Pattaya and not feel I've made the wrong choice?

I'm checking through the forum further, regardless, but some suggestions would be useful.

[QUOTE=Lanthano;1928319]Hello everyone,

I am coming to Pattaya end September and am currently looking at the hotel options, referring to this list here:

[URL]http://www.guestfriendlyhotel.com/guest-friendly-hotel-pattaya/[/URL]

I am coming alone and don't really know what to expect, nor where the best part of Pattaya to stay in is, for a mix of comfort and action. Is it easy to get around from any part of the city?

I was considering spending a few nights at this one, the Intimate Hotel, in central Pattaya. In short, any suggestions for a first timer to Pattaya and not feel I've made the wrong choice?

I'm checking through the forum further, regardless, but some suggestions would be useful.[/QUOTE]It is very easy to get around Pattaya as long as you stay near Beach Road or Second Road. I prefer to stay between those two roads but Intimate has an excellent location. Easy to catch a baht bus on Second Road from Intimate. Also it's easy to walk to Beach Road where you can catch a baht bus to Walking Street. You could also walk to Walking Street. Lots of banks, money exchanges 1 minute from Intimate. Avenue A Mall is 2 minute walk from the hotel and other malls are nearby. A 5 minute walk to the LK Metro go gos. Intimate is in a very quiet street but action is not far at all. I have never stayed there but walked into the lobby a few months ago. Didn't see a room but the lobby looked nice as did the girls behind the front desk. I might try it myself next trip.

You either did your research or got lucky because of Intimate's great location. It is a good choice imho. I might add that the official name of the hotel is Intimate by Tim but most people just call it Intimate. Perhaps someone else on this forum can let you know what it is like to stay at this hotel.

I am trying to get a good routine for banging in Pattaya in the middle of the day. Recently I picked a girl from Paradise Massage in Soi Honey, and while she performed well (all the details are in my review posted in the Pattaya Reports thread), the room was little but more than a bunch of beds separated by curtains. Not super intimate.

My solution would be to find a short-time hotel similar to Oasis Hotel on Soi Happy near Walking Street. It costs 450 Baht for 2 hours, has a safe deposit box, classy lights and mirrors, and the shower is modern and clean. Is there anything approaching in the neighborhood of Soi Honey? Given all the go-go bars in Soi LK Metro, which is just around the corner, I would assume there would be a high-end short-time hotel nearby.

Hi,

I am also there in the first week and was in the same dilemma. I have been to Pattaya many many times before and having said that I see now most of the hotel putting up a joiners fee. But there are some jewels in the crown.

Holiday Inn, no issues for as many joiners as you want provided they give an ID at the reception and you sign them it. This is a good practice and is safe too.

Intimate: They have same policy but second and 3rd joiners are charged I think at 500 THB.

LK Empress: One joiner free extra at THB 1000.

Now the point of coming to Pattaya I assume is to live every fantasy, so book a room with a jacuzzi and have fun.

Cheers.

[QUOTE=Lanthano;1928319]Hello everyone,

I am coming to Pattaya end September and am currently looking at the hotel options, referring to this list here:

[URL]http://www.guestfriendlyhotel.com/guest-friendly-hotel-pattaya/[/URL]

I am coming alone and don't really know what to expect, nor where the best part of Pattaya to stay in is, for a mix of comfort and action. Is it easy to get around from any part of the city?

I was considering spending a few nights at this one, the Intimate Hotel, in central Pattaya. In short, any suggestions for a first timer to Pattaya and not feel I've made the wrong choice?

I'm checking through the forum further, regardless, but some suggestions would be useful.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Lanthano;1928319]Hello everyone,

I am coming to Pattaya end September and am currently looking at the hotel options, referring to this list here:

[URL]http://www.guestfriendlyhotel.com/guest-friendly-hotel-pattaya/[/URL]

I am coming alone and don't really know what to expect, nor where the best part of Pattaya to stay in is, for a mix of comfort and action. Is it easy to get around from any part of the city?

I was considering spending a few nights at this one, the Intimate Hotel, in central Pattaya. In short, any suggestions for a first timer to Pattaya and not feel I've made the wrong choice?

I'm checking through the forum further, regardless, but some suggestions would be useful.[/QUOTE]I have stayed there one time. No complaints. I will be back.

SW4.

Thank you, Allover, Rammer11, SirWilliam4 for your answers. I have booked there and will hope for the best.

Either way, I like to give a nice post of what I experience there and hope to provide some details for other first time visitors from my perspective.

Last time I was in Thailand, I was mostly in Bangkok and Phuket, which I enjoyed, but always regretted not being to see the real areas. This time it's two nights in Bangkok in the Sukhumvit area near Soy Cowboy, onto Pattaya then to Koh Samui, with my last 4 nights up to me to decided where I prefer. I'll be posting in the travel plans section as well.

This site has never let me down since my trip to Sosua, years ago. I'm looking forward.

While the name is self explanatory (chuckles), do visit Grace hotel disco on soi 3. I once banged a wild uzbeki 19 yr old for 1500 THB. She so so crazy that the next day she got a friend and banged the day lights out of me. I was happy getting raped.

[QUOTE=Lanthano;1928896]Thank you, Allover, Rammer11, SirWilliam4 for your answers. I have booked there and will hope for the best.

Either way, I like to give a nice post of what I experience there and hope to provide some details for other first time visitors from my perspective.

Last time I was in Thailand, I was mostly in Bangkok and Phuket, which I enjoyed, but always regretted not being to see the real areas. This time it's two nights in Bangkok in the Sukhumvit area near Soy Cowboy, onto Pattaya then to Koh Samui, with my last 4 nights up to me to decided where I prefer. I'll be posting in the travel plans section as well.

This site has never let me down since my trip to Sosua, years ago. I'm looking forward.[/QUOTE]

Stayed at LK The Empress for 2 nights. Had already booked the room before I saw the post below. Now, I have to concur with what was written. Many guests from the Middle east and the Sub Continent. The breakfast starts from 06.30 to 11.30 am It is OK. It's the time you can see non. Asian guests accompanied by their ladies of the previous night.

[QUOTE=Danubius;1922886] The fee for the third person is currently THB 600. The lobby is impressive but rooms and hallways are getting "tired" and are badly in need of a refurbishment. Also most guests are from the Middle East. [/QUOTE]

Planned to be in Pattaya on Oct. 1st week. Wanted to stay between WS and Soi 6. On [URL]booking.com[/URL] saw LK and sandy bridge available. Any recommendation between these 2? Any other hotel which is decent 3/4 star. My budget is 100 $/ day.

[QUOTE=SamWise1;1940278]Planned to be in Pattaya on Oct. 1st week. Wanted to stay between WS and Soi 6. On [URL]booking.com[/URL] saw LK and sandy bridge available. Any recommendation between these 2? Any other hotel which is decent 3/4 star. My budget is 100 $/ day.[/QUOTE]I'm afraid you'll have to be a bit more specific. There are 20 LK hotels in Pattaya.

[URL]https://www.lkpattaya.com/[/URL]

And there doesn't appear to be a hotel named sandy bridge.

[QUOTE=David2;1940409]I'm afraid you'll have to be a bit more specific. There are 20 LK hotels in Pattaya.

[URL]https://www.lkpattaya.com/[/URL]

And there doesn't appear to be a hotel named sandy bridge.[/QUOTE]Maybe he is referring to Sandy Spring on Soi 13. There is plenty of information about that hotel in this forum already.

SW4.

[QUOTE=SamWise1;1940278]Planned to be in Pattaya on Oct. 1st week. Wanted to stay between WS and Soi 6. On [URL]booking.com[/URL] saw LK and sandy bridge available. Any recommendation between these 2? Any other hotel which is decent 3/4 star. My budget is 100 $/ day.[/QUOTE]For 100 bucks a day I would not slum it at Sandy Springs (which I really don't care for. The rooms are old, stale, drab, ick) or an LK hotel (which are actually not too bad, depending on which one you choose), but would go for the Dusit Baraquda. It's on the other side of second street, but it is a cut above the many hotels in that area. The Marriott is the top dog in terms of price and opulence, but I prefer the Dusit. It's a quick motocy or baht taxi to and from WS, and close enough to soi 6, and also close enough to the soi Diana and Buakhao action. And it's a very nice hotel just in terms of quality of rooms.

[QUOTE=Kumbu;1940470]For 100 bucks a day ...snip... would go for the Dusit Baraquda. It's on the other side of second street, but it is a cut above the many hotels in that area. The Marriott is the top dog in terms of price and opulence, but I prefer the Dusit. It's a quick motocy or baht taxi to and from WS, and close enough to soi 6, and also close enough to the soi Diana and Buakhao action. And it's a very nice hotel just in terms of quality of rooms.[/QUOTE]Yes, but how is the Baraquda swimming pool? The Baraquda has been on my radar screen since it was built and originally run by the Dusit Corp, but I have never stayed there because I speculated from the photographs provided in its literature that its pool was rather small, shade prone, and view less. To me a good pool in Pattaya is as important as a good room and good location. Here is a short review of a few places that I have stayed in recent times:

The Marriott rooms are good, but not 5 star unless you are taking about their terrace one bedroom suites. One time while I was staying there, the manager heard me asking for another room because my room had a faint smell/odor, so he upgraded me to one of those suites for the rest of my stay and I have been spoiled to accept anything less at this hotel ever since. The bargain price for a terrace suite is 8000 bt / night. So to recap: The Marriott deluxe rooms are good, but are not 5 star. The pool, however, is one of the best in Pattaya and the hotel's location is excellent. I really like the secret back door entrance / exit through the garden / pool area to Beach Road. It is great for bringing back girls late at night.

The Holiday Inn rooms are surprisingly good and its infinity pool is very nice with a great view of Pattaya Bay. And an added bonus is that there is a children's pool located on another floor entirely so the main pool is for adults only AND QUIET. The location is walking distance to Soi 6 and easy Baht bus connections elsewhere.

The Evergreen Areca Lodge rooms are nice, although not quite as spiffy as the Holiday Inn. Meanwhile the Evergreen pool is only ok because it has no views being closely surrounded on all sides by condos. The location is good being right across the street from LK Metro and an easy motorcycle taxi ride to Walking street in case you don't feel like walking there through the Avenue Mall shortcut. On paper they say they will charge for a 2nd girl if you are bringing back 2 grils at the same time, but I never encountered a problem. Nobody cared how many girls I was bringing back at one time when I stayed there.

Tim Boutique rooms are not as nice as the Evergreen Areca, but still relatively good and its rooftop pool, although not as large as the Evergreen pool, is very nice since it has a great expansive view of Pattaya. The location is approximately the same as Baraquda.

So my preference is the Marriott when they are offering a deal on their deluxe room at around 3300 bt or less which is available in low season if you are willing to book 3 to 6 months in advance. I wish I would splurge for the Marriott terrace suite, but I won't. I like the Holiday Inn at around $89/night, but it is another world out there at Soi 1. Ha Ha. So that brings me back to the Evergreen Areca which is very good for the price, even though the pool is as I said only ok.

Natty your obervations about the Baraquda pool are generally correct. There is no view and it gets shade at certain times of the day. But I consider the pool to be excellent otherwise. I don't think it is small. I stayed at Baraquda in May for about US $80/ night and loved it.

[QUOTE=SirWilliam4;1940433]Maybe he is referring to Sandy Spring on Soi 13. There is plenty of information about that hotel in this forum already.

SW4.[/QUOTE]Yes. I was referring to Sandy Spring on Soi 13 - went back and read on forum that it had noise issue with Hooters.

Thanks for feedback guys.