Pattaya Reports

[HorseTrader]

Wow. This is an eye opener. I am going for 10 days and will break it up with 2 nights in Koh Samet.

If you go to Koh Samet, I highly recommend that you go with friends or bring your own girl. I've only been once and I brought my own girl. I have zero temptation to go to Samet alone.

[TravelingMan3]

Wow. This is an eye opener. I am going for 10 days and will break it up with 2 nights in Koh Samet. That will be over the weekend so I will miss out on a weekend in Pattaya. This is last week of August. So my only time in Pattaya is week days. Your thoughts. Will I be missing out on a lot or are weekends and weekdays pretty much same? Should I change plans?

With the price that guy listed for a BJ in a GC I don't think one should be taking his advice.

[Pokler]

Just got back a few days ago. Trip was fine but that's about it. Worst trip I've had there so far but mostly because my other trips were much better.

I went there during low season last year and by comparison, its now twice as slow.

Bars:

Many are still there but one increasingly wonders why. I have never seen a poorer lineup than I did this time.

I spent time in my usual haunts many nights: soy 7, myth night, tree town, soy phukhao and soy chayapoon.

I would particularly flay soy phukhao for, outside of being uncomfortable to navigate, stands out for the highest prices: 200 ladydrinks, 1500 barfines. And for what exactly?

These increased prices are at the level that any sane person would laugh them out of the room. (Would a Thai person pay 180 baht to have a drink with these old bags? I doubt it).

Its low season, these bars are struggling to get girls to work there. Their salaries and ladydrink fees have to increase, and equally the customer has to bear it through not only the increase in bar costs, but the increased fee for whatever you organise with her post-barfine. And all with even less of a guarantee that she'll provide a decent service.

Even in the smaller bars, same issue: the few that are even remotely attractive arrived 3 days ago and 'never go with customer before'. My advice? Be the asshole that asks them if they do short time or long time before getting them any drink.

Inflation? Prices have gone up slightly all around. I estimate around 30 baht on the ladydrinks vs last year. In terms of the asking prices of the girls, at face values, by 500-1000 minimum: Short Time starting at 2000 wherever, LT at 3000. (Yes, you can find lower if you try hard enough). I asked one of the manager women at one of the marks about the kha-khong-chiib, and she claimed an increase of 20% vs last year in general. So take that as you wish. Those living full time in Pattaya might be better placed to give a judgement on this.

!!!!Minimum lady drinks: but aside from the ugly girls, the low effort sitting of the few pretty ones at the front and increased prices. What really rattles me, what really rubs me the wrong way us this particular phenomenon. Yes, the idea of a bar owner making you buy a few extra drinks before going with a girl existed before. Or the girl herself making a deal with you fir a few extra. None of that is new.

What is new is a number if these shitty beer bars having the audacity to demand a minimum number before you can barfine. Outside of some girls asking it so they can meet their unrealistic quote in low season (why is this my problem? This dumb attitude if slaughtering the golden goose is based in the dumb thai attitude of charging more during periods of low demand in the hope of compensating for the low demand. And honestly, it insults my intelligence to the point that I just will not engage with it. These bars, watching developments, watching the disappearance of whole areas over the last 10 years, seem to have a death wish. Or simply theyre keeping up the appearance of being alive abd vibrant when they are actually just zombie businesses barely staying afloat. The look of disappointment when you occasionally order a water makes sense now. They know that no one sober would put up with it.

Seriously: one girl at a bar in myth night, (aptly called scammer bar) seriously said there was a 10 lady drink minimum!

Nightclubs: even here a lot of the girls were way over age or not really my type. Many if those that were, were not looking for customers. Eventually I just didn't feel like coming down to Walking Street just to comb these places down. I did grab one and her friend stayed with them till the morning chilling out, only for the obe I was with to dare, half drunk, half tired, demand 5000 baht for short time. I refused. We both fell asleep, she left in the morning. Completely ungrateful.

Anyway, Myth Night and Republic are still there, but slower. Insomnia I completely missed this time so can't say anything about it. I can't say from my experience that running off to Walking Street at 3 or 4am is well advised. I would at that point just call it a night.

Juju is still active past 4am on Soy Pukhao at the crossing with Soy Chayapoon anyway... but there, same thing. Many nights not worth fishing around there either.

Gentlemen's Clubs: very empty while I was there and I spent a long afternoon / evening going through most of soy bonkot checking them out, heading eastwards to soy chayapoon. Anyone who has been to an FKK will laugh at this poor attempt at what it is. Except for the prices:

Blowjobs 1500 +400 BF.

St 2000 +500 BF I think.

Some may like it, some may hate it. Maybe it's down to whether one is looking for short time during the daytime or night. Still better than the cesspool on Soy 6.

Gogo bars: Waste of time other than eye candy but that's been the case for the past decade now if you're sensible.

But even in terms if eye candy: this might still go for the handful if surviving gogos on walking street, it certainly does not apply to most if them on LK Metro where you sort of wonder how any of these overweight, middle aged specimens ever got in.

Regardless, the number of gogos is at an all time low. Currently I think there are more in LK Metro than on Walking Street, as mediocre as those on the former are. Many it seem has to close to make room for another Bollywollywood disco. Pattaya certainly needed more of those!

Pattaya and the customer base: aside from. A decline in the girls, prices and whatnot, I have equally noticed that the quality if people there have gone from a younger crowd years ago, to an appalling set of weirdos that honestly I would mostly avoid. Alcoholics, mostly from northern Britain, who probably can still enjoy the sorry state of the bars thanks to around the clock inebriation.

But that is the point. These are foreigners that live there, mostly not tourists coming to visit (probably given the price of airfare with events in the middle east currently).

Unlike these aforementioned people, I think many tourists have made the sounder choice of going somewhere else rather than pretend this place is something its not, like good.

"Shot (shit) time?": I admit I have always been more if a sucker for long time. Its one of the things Thailand has on other places abd locations. However I've noticed that's in decline: many if the girls whi, rather than work hard as before in short season given the very few tourists about, will blatantly still attempt to get that quick money from upselling for short time, or during long time, will have their service take a dump and try to get out early (of course I didn't pay in full for that).

The issue is and will remain: Where I live I can get short time when I want. I don't need some **** to dare ask me 5000+ baht for it. Especially when I now have to ask whether they do extras that were just part of the package naturally 10 years ago. Lots of these girls have just become lazy low performers that honestly I don't think should be rewarded. Funniest is when they then try to keep up appearances with BS, ie the canned line they know how to repeat that they apparently have an army of potential customers around waiting to short time them every hour ("then why are you still on thai friendly at 5 am, randomly liking my profile?")

This may be good enough for sex-starved people who live in a country without legalised prostitution, it still is crap value for money and I'm not a shmuck.

My experiences:

Around 8 girls. 2 of which from a nightclub which ended if being "free" (honestly, I paid fir drinks all night and just was chilled, not expecting anything). 2 barfines that were fine, 1 barfine that was crap and she left early, 1 short time off thai friendly which was great (but to hell with short time, I can do that at home). First night long time off TF which was great. 1 night at karaoke where the couple in was with brought some extra girls along, one who came with me than left earlier than I wanted, and I think one first time blowjob at a gentleman's club on soy bonkot.

Despite all this, last two nights went awfully awry which has left a bad taste in my mouth. Bad luck I guess (and bad organization on my part, leaving things too late the one night, and not making contingencies in case the girl I ended up kicking out, didn't work out).

Caveats to my view: I have written quite a bit of negative, but I know its a particular, subjective view of someone coming in over a limited period of time. Those living there, who I invite to rip what I wrote apart where they disagree, will naturally have the benefit of time. Do not need to push every single night. A bad night is irrelevant next to all the others.
When you're me and there on holiday, you try to make each night count as you know you won't be there for very long. Hell, if you live there, if I lived there, I would just keep a network of girls at your beck and call and not bother with the venues that much. I envy those that are able to min and max Pattaya in that way. But for the rest of us mere mortals, where the nights are left to chance, it seems to have become a bit less fun.

Conclusion: fun can still be had, particularly the non-formal route. But I can't help but think and know that you can access that route elsewhere without going to Pattaya as well.

If I were pressed, I would tell people to give Pattaya a pass for now. And that is as someone who has been going for 10 years now. If you do go, be aware what is there now.

Wow. This is an eye opener. I am going for 10 days and will break it up with 2 nights in Koh Samet. That will be over the weekend so I will miss out on a weekend in Pattaya. This is last week of August. So my only time in Pattaya is week days. Your thoughts. Will I be missing out on a lot or are weekends and weekdays pretty much same? Should I change plans?

[Lanthano]

Just got back a few days ago. Trip was fine but that's about it. Worst trip I've had there so far but mostly because my other trips were much better.

I went there during low season last year and by comparison, its now twice as slow.

Bars:

Many are still there but one increasingly wonders why. I have never seen a poorer lineup than I did this time.

I spent time in my usual haunts many nights: soy 7, myth night, tree town, soy phukhao and soy chayapoon.

I would particularly flay soy phukhao for, outside of being uncomfortable to navigate, stands out for the highest prices: 200 ladydrinks, 1500 barfines. And for what exactly?

These increased prices are at the level that any sane person would laugh them out of the room. (Would a Thai person pay 180 baht to have a drink with these old bags? I doubt it).

Its low season, these bars are struggling to get girls to work there. Their salaries and ladydrink fees have to increase, and equally the customer has to bear it through not only the increase in bar costs, but the increased fee for whatever you organise with her post-barfine. And all with even less of a guarantee that she'll provide a decent service.

Even in the smaller bars, same issue: the few that are even remotely attractive arrived 3 days ago and 'never go with customer before'. My advice? Be the asshole that asks them if they do short time or long time before getting them any drink.

Inflation? Prices have gone up slightly all around. I estimate around 30 baht on the ladydrinks vs last year. In terms of the asking prices of the girls, at face values, by 500-1000 minimum: Short Time starting at 2000 wherever, LT at 3000. (Yes, you can find lower if you try hard enough). I asked one of the manager women at one of the marks about the kha-khong-chiib, and she claimed an increase of 20% vs last year in general. So take that as you wish. Those living full time in Pattaya might be better placed to give a judgement on this.

!!!!Minimum lady drinks: but aside from the ugly girls, the low effort sitting of the few pretty ones at the front and increased prices. What really rattles me, what really rubs me the wrong way us this particular phenomenon. Yes, the idea of a bar owner making you buy a few extra drinks before going with a girl existed before. Or the girl herself making a deal with you fir a few extra. None of that is new.

What is new is a number if these shitty beer bars having the audacity to demand a minimum number before you can barfine. Outside of some girls asking it so they can meet their unrealistic quote in low season (why is this my problem? This dumb attitude if slaughtering the golden goose is based in the dumb thai attitude of charging more during periods of low demand in the hope of compensating for the low demand. And honestly, it insults my intelligence to the point that I just will not engage with it. These bars, watching developments, watching the disappearance of whole areas over the last 10 years, seem to have a death wish. Or simply theyre keeping up the appearance of being alive abd vibrant when they are actually just zombie businesses barely staying afloat. The look of disappointment when you occasionally order a water makes sense now. They know that no one sober would put up with it.

Seriously: one girl at a bar in myth night, (aptly called scammer bar) seriously said there was a 10 lady drink minimum!

Nightclubs: even here a lot of the girls were way over age or not really my type. Many if those that were, were not looking for customers. Eventually I just didn't feel like coming down to Walking Street just to comb these places down. I did grab one and her friend stayed with them till the morning chilling out, only for the obe I was with to dare, half drunk, half tired, demand 5000 baht for short time. I refused. We both fell asleep, she left in the morning. Completely ungrateful.

Anyway, Myth Night and Republic are still there, but slower. Insomnia I completely missed this time so can't say anything about it. I can't say from my experience that running off to Walking Street at 3 or 4am is well advised. I would at that point just call it a night.

Juju is still active past 4am on Soy Pukhao at the crossing with Soy Chayapoon anyway... but there, same thing. Many nights not worth fishing around there either.

Gentlemen's Clubs: very empty while I was there and I spent a long afternoon / evening going through most of soy bonkot checking them out, heading eastwards to soy chayapoon. Anyone who has been to an FKK will laugh at this poor attempt at what it is. Except for the prices:

Blowjobs 1500 +400 BF.

St 2000 +500 BF I think.

Some may like it, some may hate it. Maybe it's down to whether one is looking for short time during the daytime or night. Still better than the cesspool on Soy 6.

Gogo bars: Waste of time other than eye candy but that's been the case for the past decade now if you're sensible.

But even in terms if eye candy: this might still go for the handful if surviving gogos on walking street, it certainly does not apply to most if them on LK Metro where you sort of wonder how any of these overweight, middle aged specimens ever got in.

Regardless, the number of gogos is at an all time low. Currently I think there are more in LK Metro than on Walking Street, as mediocre as those on the former are. Many it seem has to close to make room for another Bollywollywood disco. Pattaya certainly needed more of those!

Pattaya and the customer base: aside from. A decline in the girls, prices and whatnot, I have equally noticed that the quality if people there have gone from a younger crowd years ago, to an appalling set of weirdos that honestly I would mostly avoid. Alcoholics, mostly from northern Britain, who probably can still enjoy the sorry state of the bars thanks to around the clock inebriation.

But that is the point. These are foreigners that live there, mostly not tourists coming to visit (probably given the price of airfare with events in the middle east currently).

Unlike these aforementioned people, I think many tourists have made the sounder choice of going somewhere else rather than pretend this place is something its not, like good.

"Shot (shit) time?": I admit I have always been more if a sucker for long time. Its one of the things Thailand has on other places abd locations. However I've noticed that's in decline: many if the girls whi, rather than work hard as before in short season given the very few tourists about, will blatantly still attempt to get that quick money from upselling for short time, or during long time, will have their service take a dump and try to get out early (of course I didn't pay in full for that).

The issue is and will remain: Where I live I can get short time when I want. I don't need some **** to dare ask me 5000+ baht for it. Especially when I now have to ask whether they do extras that were just part of the package naturally 10 years ago. Lots of these girls have just become lazy low performers that honestly I don't think should be rewarded. Funniest is when they then try to keep up appearances with BS, ie the canned line they know how to repeat that they apparently have an army of potential customers around waiting to short time them every hour ("then why are you still on thai friendly at 5 am, randomly liking my profile?")

This may be good enough for sex-starved people who live in a country without legalised prostitution, it still is crap value for money and I'm not a shmuck.

My experiences:

Around 8 girls. 2 of which from a nightclub which ended if being "free" (honestly, I paid fir drinks all night and just was chilled, not expecting anything). 2 barfines that were fine, 1 barfine that was crap and she left early, 1 short time off thai friendly which was great (but to hell with short time, I can do that at home). First night long time off TF which was great. 1 night at karaoke where the couple in was with brought some extra girls along, one who came with me than left earlier than I wanted, and I think one first time blowjob at a gentleman's club on soy bonkot.

Despite all this, last two nights went awfully awry which has left a bad taste in my mouth. Bad luck I guess (and bad organization on my part, leaving things too late the one night, and not making contingencies in case the girl I ended up kicking out, didn't work out).

Caveats to my view: I have written quite a bit of negative, but I know its a particular, subjective view of someone coming in over a limited period of time. Those living there, who I invite to rip what I wrote apart where they disagree, will naturally have the benefit of time. Do not need to push every single night. A bad night is irrelevant next to all the others.
When you're me and there on holiday, you try to make each night count as you know you won't be there for very long. Hell, if you live there, if I lived there, I would just keep a network of girls at your beck and call and not bother with the venues that much. I envy those that are able to min and max Pattaya in that way. But for the rest of us mere mortals, where the nights are left to chance, it seems to have become a bit less fun.

Conclusion: fun can still be had, particularly the non-formal route. But I can't help but think and know that you can access that route elsewhere without going to Pattaya as well.

If I were pressed, I would tell people to give Pattaya a pass for now. And that is as someone who has been going for 10 years now. If you do go, be aware what is there now.

[JizzyB]

Went to Club Fate after reading about it on the forum and outside. Entered and took right side couch near the bar counter. Some offer card was kept on the table which read 399 baht worth of drinks and everything comes off. Not much crowd only 2-3 couches were occupied. Few ladies were playing pool. I order non-alcoholic drink and comes a spinner in a yellow one piece dress and sits besides me. Pleasantries exchanged and she asked for a lady drink. I tried to ignore but she was persistent. A Brit man, not sure if he's the owner or the manager, came to the table and offered if I'd like to have a drink shot and asked to join the ladies on the pool table. I politely denied, finished my drink, paid and left. There was no vibe at all. Majority of the staff was sitting outside the premises. Not my type of club.

[Explorer8939]

Was wondering how the Pattaya freelancer scene is given the offseason. Interested in 6-8's (looks rating). I especially like to hunt in dance clubs, haha. Would appreciate any feedback. I am planning on going to BKK, and was wondering if I should swing by Pattaya.

They are mostly broke and hungry for customers.

[LittleBigMan]

Near Tree Town. I think the owner is an Aussie named Brent. Not sure of the dude's name. Beer bar prices; I think about 80 baht. No bar fines; No lady drinks. If the "lady" wants a drink, same prices for her. I saw another video of the place, but can't seem to find it right now.

Sam.

I know the location, when it first opened it was owned by a guy from Florida, an American he did an interview maybe Youtube or Pattaya Mail? Pretty such his name was Andy as I noted after the A dropped off broke or something stay like that for a long time then the see went up? LOL no surprise it has changed hand if not more than once, after it was open I remember outside was black smoke glass, it they changed the window so they can slide open see inside like a corner beer bar, then I remember girls sitting outside on stools, now based on the report it is like Soi Baukhao Bamboo bar just outside W. S. , there was a place across from Billibong, year back that try something like it more like W. S. I-Bar, then it got raided no license or something and still unrented for years until recent.

[Sam Sanuk]

Normally, I might message another board member privately regarding a post. But in this case, I think it might be appropriate to point out how valuable information might be when members like Up and Down and Mr. Enternational and Traveling Man3 respond to a question like I posed regarding the Candy Club. Accordingly, cudos to them and others for the positive and informative contributions on this and other postings they make. Thanks "gents".

I would be interested to know if a joint like this exists in BKK.

Sam.

[TravelingMan3]

Candy club isn't really worth a visit IMHO as it's just a small place with music to loud and older attractive freelancers nothing special. However a place that I believe has a chance to be a hit is Hypnotic the newish disco on LK metro. I remember when Ask friends was in that location it was a lot of fun hopefully this place can be similar.

[SubCmdr]

Was wondering how the Pattaya freelancer scene is given the offseason.

Plenty of information about low season if you simply use the search function.

There are fewer International Tricks roaming the streets or on line: Thai Friendly. There are better deals to be had also.

Interested in 6-8's (looks rating). I especially like to hunt in dance clubs, haha. Would appreciate any feedback. I am planning on going to BKK, and was wondering if I should swing by Pattaya.

Numerical ratings are very subjective. If you like Bangkok, then my feedback is stay in Bangkok. Unless you have the time and willingness to check out Pattaya.

Dance Clubs

808; Flexx; Tunnel; Lucifers; Myst, Insomina.

Dance clubs are a late night / early morning affair in Pattaya. Enjoy!

[Mr Enternational]

Thanks for you reply, but can you clarify what you mean?

No idea how to clarify not different than any other time. Always the same maybe?

[Mr Enternational]

Inside is very tight, there is little room for anyone, they pack them in as much as possible so you have to share a tiny table. You have trouble walking around as there's no space. The attraction is the band and the independent girls.

Hence the reason for turning away crowds.

[Downandup]

Any first hand reports of experiences / impressions about this place? Saw an interview with the owner who said regular priced drinks, rotating entertainment, girls are not employees (freelancers), no bar fine. Said have have turnaway crowds almost nightly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQjLltiKM3g Looks similar to a couple of places in Phnom Penh.

Sam.

I have been there a number of times but almost always to meet my favourite until she got a sponsor. It's small for the crowd it draws in and it's really for the the older set. The women are a lot older than elsewhere and mostly looking to earn some money before they retire, the youngest are in their 30's and go past 50. You do find some younger girls too and the men can be all ages too but again lean towards the older set.

Inside is very tight, there is little room for anyone, they pack them in as much as possible so you have to share a tiny table. You have trouble walking around as there's no space. The attraction is the band and the independent girls.

[Sam Sanuk]

Clarification? Are you talking about the Candy Club on Soi Buakhao rth end of Tree town or Candy shop on Walking Street? Which I believe is next to 808?

Near Tree Town. I think the owner is an Aussie named Brent. Not sure of the dude's name. Beer bar prices; I think about 80 baht. No bar fines; No lady drinks. If the "lady" wants a drink, same prices for her. I saw another video of the place, but can't seem to find it right now.

Sam.

[LittleBigMan]

Any first hand reports of experiences / impressions about this place? Saw an interview with the owner who said regular priced drinks, rotating entertainment, girls are not employees (freelancers), no bar fine. Said have have turnaway crowds almost nightly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQjLltiKM3g Looks similar to a couple of places in Phnom Penh.

Sam.

Clarification? Are you talking about the Candy Club on Soi Buakhao rth end of Tree town or Candy shop on Walking Street? Which I believe is next to 808?

The Candy Club originally just near the end of Covid was opened by an American from Florida, it was supposed to be some type of hybrid like the place on Soi Buakhao down from Soi Boomerrang, called, Hot, cold something? Originally like a GC, later in evening a GoGo and bar was original owned by a guy name Andy. The place was empty another dreamer, then it was renovated what look like smoke glass windows now can be opened like a beer bar, I noticed the sign Andy the big A had either burned out or broken later it was rename Candy LOL! Is this the place?