Trip report end of June 2026
I was there a week in the end of June this year. In general, as I guess you all have heard by now, ladydrinks have raised in cost and is around 180-200 in many places. Although there are bars where it still around 150.
Soi 6:
Drink minimums is the latest thing that has been added in Pattaya. It seems some people belive they can just ask for whatever extra costs they want. On soi 6 many bars have started with it. I walk out when I hear it. I had one girl in bars that don't charge drink minimums, no drink minimums and ok prices. And with ok prices I mean 1200 to the girl. Notice that I discuss the prices, not just accept whatever is being thrown at me. One of the girls asked for 1500 but the other one said herself that the girl and the barfine is 1500 in total.
I have never experienced girls being so grabby and hungry for customers on soi 6 as this time.
A list on another forum have been made for the drink minimum type of bars on soi 6:
Bettergroup.
(Tom Cats,
Soi 6 bar.
Baba bar,
Goodfellas,
Oppa).
Baba Group.
(Lalaland,
Wetsix,
Cooters,
Saigon).
Myth night and tree town:
Didn't find anything special here. I found a girl in myth night. But when we started talking about barfines I heard that she wanted 3000 LT, which was ok as she was young and cute. BF LT was 700. But then I heard that it was a drink minimum of 3 LD. Paid for the one beer and one LD I already had and walked out. But on my way out I talked to the mamasan and asked her why the old Pattaya was busy and successful despite there being no minimum ladydrinks. I told her that things like this only give Pattaya a bad reputation. Thais don't really like to argue so I said "good luck, you are going to need it" and left.
I asked around about barfines and prices and they seem to be all over the place.
GOGO-bars:
Some in walking street now have draft beers for around 100 baht. Palace agogo have for 100 baht. This is great value for eye candy. Palace is the best gogo on WS for eye candy. Pin-up has improved since 2024, when I was surprised at the negative change in quality. Many have happy hour etc. Prices are still high for barfining and for girls. One of the days I was in Palace it was full of east Asians. But the two other days I was there then not even 45% of the seats were taken. Same goes for the others I visited on WS.
On LK metro it is a very mixed bag. Lady love has many cuties but they are also a bit cold. In this bar I actually talked to one women that accepted 3000 for LT But don't epect that from the majority of women there. In Ladylove it was the first time that a girl didn't want to sit with me for a ladydrink, later she sat down with some east Asian. First time I was refused by a Korea-only girl. But it didn't bother me to much, this is now what happends in Pattaya. And I am not old and fat, haha. But it is very bad manner and not very positive for the bars image.
When it comes to atmosphere and fun then I think las vegas agogo and destiny was good. Didn't ask any prices.
Bars in general around LK Metro and soi bukhao:
Some cute girls has been added to the staff since I was there last time. There are still many that are fat and / or old. But some cuties have been added. Don't expect any low prices if you don't negotiate. The most chocking was that ladies in Annie jacks bar ask 3 k ST and 5 K LT. That was the price I got from one of the girls that had worked earlier at crystal club agogo. She is now like 35 years old and average looking. Its very quiet and still they ask this type of prices. I don't know if this is true for all ladies in Annie jacks but it is utterly absurd to sit there without customers and ask this prices.
Prices are negotiable in many bars and there are good deals to be had, but the thing today is that this takes some experience and to dare to negotiate prices. ST can be had for 1200 with some girls. I was walking past one of the old bars close to LK metro. Saw an average looking 24 year old. She came LT with me for 2000 and barfine was 300. First night with her was good but second time she was mostly a starfish. Although we got along very well.
Gentlemens club:
Found a lady, slim and cute but 40 years old in Passion jomtien. She was with me two nights for 2000 a night. Really good sex. She seemed to enjoy it and according to her she orgasmed. And yes, I belive her.
Unfortunatly I did not visit anymore GC except Heaven above which is a sort of hybrid between gogo and GC. The prices for girls however is far to much in Heaven above. 2000ST and 4000 LT. Barfine for a room upstairs I 600. Come on. Many of the women there are older. Some cuties. But it is far to much considering that the average daily salary in Thailand is 600 baht and what thais pay. I talked to a thai taxi driver about this, he said that 1000 baht is what thai men pay in most cases and that for a really cute gogo girl it would be 2000. That is ST prices. The environment and prices for drinks in Heaven is good. It would have been a top place with reasonable prices for the women.
In conclusion I can say that you can have a good time in Pattaya but to get good prices you must negotiate the costs or visit the right places. You must be "street smart" for a lack of a better term. I would advise everyone to boycott bars that have drink minimums for barfines. This is pure bullshit! And as I said before, is it not strange that Pattaya flourished before without all of this extra drink minimums and high barfines? Right now Pattaya is quiet and I don't really see the next "high season" being something that will really improve anything. Maybe for some and a little bit, but nothing to brag about.