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Pattaya Beer Bars (Hostess Bars)

It's virtually impossible to count
how many beer bars there are all over Pattaya. However, roughly estimated, there must be something between 1,000 and 2,000 bars scattered all over town. So, if you're looking for a nearby place to have a drink, chat with one of the bar girls or find sexy female companionship for the rest of the night, you'll never have to search for very long.
The most traditional and "Pattaya-typical" style of a Bar Beer (as Thais call them) is an open-air kind of a hut, with a square bar counter and a roof on top. Whereas the punters sit on bar stools around the bar, the bar girls, usually prostitutes who are "for hire", stand or sit behind the counter and entertain their customers from there. Apart from having a drink or chatting with the girls, beer bar pastimes include a game of pool, connect-four and shut-the-box.
Many of these
open-air bars are concentrated in large beer bar complexes, and most densely on Soi 7 and Soi 8. Other beer bars are located on the ground floors of shophouse units, which often provide guest rooms on the upper floors (indoor bars). So-called Short Time Bars, with dark glass fronts and dozens of girls sitting outside advertising their service, can be found abundantly on Soi 6 (or Soi Yodsak). In addition to the regular bar business, their services rather resemble those of small brothels with rooms - including "maid service" - available upstairs.
In order to draw attention to themselves and their services, Pattaya bar girls shout at passers-by "Hello sexy man! Where you go? I go with you!", or something even more obvious. If you travel as a couple or family, however, these rather silly, and sometimes annoying, verbal invitations will be more reserved: "Hello Madame, welcome inside please" etc.
Pattaya bar girls (except for the cashier and the so-called "Mamasan", who is a kind of manager and "pimp" in one person, and manages the various activities of the girls) are actually
hostesses or, in more obvious words, prostitutes who are willing to accompany their male customers for an hour or two, or the rest of the night, back to their rooms. To take a girl out of 'her' bar, customers have to pay a so-called bar fine (money paid to the bar directly so that the girl can leave with the customer) of usually around 300 THB. This bar fine will be added to your bill and is generally not refundable.
If you should either not be looking for female company, or travel as a couple or family, a night out in a Pattaya beer bar can still be lots of fun. Although the staff of a typical beer bar will usually all be prostitutes, customers without intention of paying a "bar fine" are generally very welcome, too, and indeed make up the majority of the clientele.
You can always pop in for a couple of drinks, a game of pool, and to chat with other punters, just as you would in your local pub back home. Drink prices are very reasonable, that is, cheap when compared to what a beer may cost in a pub in your home country. The girls are always happy to entertain their guests with a game or have a chat with you; alternatively you can just listen to the music and enjoy Pattaya's unique nightlife atmosphere.
The only (significant) difference is that the bar maids - if a financial agreement has been settled - are available for extra "horizontal" services in the privacy of your room.
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Pattaya Gay Scene, Ladyboys & Transvestite Shows

As the rest of Thailand, Pattaya is extremely gay-friendly and has a fairly developed gay scene, including
gay bars, transvestite cabaret theatres, gay GoGo clubs and show bars with attractive young male dancers etc.
Albeit less developed than the straight bar scene, Pattaya's gay bar scene is similarly organized. There are both regular beer bars where you can have a drink and chat with the male staff, as well as Gogo bars, which feature erotic dance and show performances. The only difference to straight bars is that the service staff, the hosts and dancers are young and attractive local males instead of female working girls.
The two most
popular gay entertainment areas in South Pattaya are Sunee Plaza/ Soi Day-Night (off South Pattaya Road) and the world-famous 'Boyz Town' (Pattayaland Soi 3, Pattaya Second Road) where an abundance of gay bars, GoGo bars, massage parlours, gay-friendly restaurants and related establishments are located. A few gay GoGo bars can also be found on Pattayaland Soi 1 and 2.
Boyz Town is the centre Pattaya's gay nightlife. This short and narrow cul-de-sac is packed with AGoGo and show bars, and if you can't get laid here, you can't get laid anywhere. Boyz Town is more expensive than Sunee Plaza, but you can be sure to find top quality entertainment here.
Sunee Plaza, on the other hand, has gained a reputation for younger boys - some well below the minimum age of 18, so to avoid legal consequences, be careful and ask the boy to show you his ID card.
Jomtien has also developed its own popular gay scene. While Dongtan Beach is Pattaya's main gay beach,
Jomtien Complex (off Thappraya Road) features a couple of gay bars and nightclubs, some of which also feature show entertainment.
Pattaya Gay Scene
Another famous feature of Pattaya's nightlife are Thailand's unique "katoeys" or
Ladyboys. Often more beautiful than the 'real thing', Pattaya's she-males are famous for their sexy looks and their potential to offer you a sexual experience of a "different" and slightly sleazier kind.
While many katoeys work as freelance prostitutes on Walking Street and Pattaya Beach Road, there's also a rising number of bars and pick-up joints specifically designated to ladyboys.
Alcazar & Tiffany cabaret theatres feature professional
transvestite cabaret shows, performed by female impersonation artists. Both have been in business for over two decades and are renowned across the world for their fantastic, professional ladyboy shows and performances.
Both theatres are located on Pattaya Second Road - not far from the 'Central Festival Center' and Big C. They feature state-of-the-art light and sound technologies and have capacity for over 1,000 visitors each. Regular televised beauty pageants such as the "Miss International Queen" contest are additional attractions for visitors ...
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Pattaya GoGo Bars

Do you fancy the sight of half-naked
sexy Thai girls show-dance right in front of your eyes? Then a visit to one of Pattaya's famous GoGo bars should definitely be on your to-do list when staying in Pattaya.
Currently, there are over 70 GoGo bars all over Pattaya - most of which can be found on Walking Street and its side-streets or on Pattayaland Soi 2.
GoGo bars are air-conditioned indoor bars with
dancing stages in the centre and lots of attractive women with only little clothes or bikinis on who perform the erotic "art" of pole-dancing. On top of that, some bars provide show entertainment - with objects such as balloons, bananas, cigarettes ("pussy smoke cigarette"), or simply two affectionate girls involved (lesbian show).
Table-dancing on mirrored tables has become increasingly popular in the last years. The reason for these mirrors, of course, is that the ladies wear only very little clothes under their short skirts and to make sure that heavily intoxicated punters, who prefer to stare down at the table anyway, do not miss any intimate physical details between the thighs of the sexy dancers.
Other GoGo bars provide their show dancers even with
Jacuzzi bathtubs to make sure their most intimate parts meet international hygiene standards.
In
2009, there have been more than seventy AGoGo's all over Pattaya, and the number of venues still keeps on rising. While GoGo bars are concentrated most densely in the South Pattaya area (Walking Street, Pattayaland Soi 2), lightly-dressed show girls, shaking their little booties on the dancing stage, can be found all over Pattaya - with a number of chrome-pole palaces on Pattaya Beach Road, Soi 6, 7 and 8, or even in Jomtien or Naklua.
Unfortunately, the music played in most Pattaya GoGo bars tends to be the average noisy Thai-
style Techno or dance music played at a little ear-friendly volume. Some bars, however, seem to employ DJs of a more advanced age group and play some good old Rock 'n' Roll or a decent mix of music styles at a more moderate volume.
Seating in GoGo bars is available either on barstools right along the stage or on sofa-style chairs along the (usually mirrored) walls. While a seat right at the stage might give you a more detailed view of the female body, you can be sure to get a stiff neck as well!











Despite Thailand's "new social order" campaign, and frequent raids on venues providing so-called "lewd entertainment", "sexy" shows at designated hours (featuring ladies, some of whom are real "pussy artists"),
"no knickers" and nude dancing are still common in most GoGo bars.
Most AGogo bars offer
"Happy hours" in the early evening hours, with draft beer being sold at as cheap as 50 Baht or less, which isn't just good value for money but may be chaper than drinking in a beer bar. Typically they employ extra service staff, whose job it is to stand or sit outside the premises, wave advertising signs promoting show times and "happy hours" and invite passengers to come in and join the fun.
Regular
drinking prices for bottled beer, imported spirits or "lady drinks", however, are well above the average prices paid at ordinary beer bars, and especially lady drinks are generally more than 100 Baht. As a tourist, however - given the special sort of entertainment you're getting in a GoGo bar, you should still find these prices reasonably cheap.
Of course, AGoGo bars are hostess bars, this means, the dancers (not the service girls usually) are available for a session of erotic exercises in the privacy of your room. However, as Gogo girls are usually more attractive than their colleagues in outdoor beer bars without show performances and table-dancing (and their salaries much higher, too!),
"bar fines" in AGoGo's tend to be double as high as in ordinary bars, roughly around 500-700 Baht (or even more for "stunners" and "show girls").
Naturally the 'compensation fee' that GoGo girls charge for themselves and extra sexual services also doubles or triples the amount that an average looking bar girl would ask for. Expect to spend a minimum of 2000 THB all-inclusive. Short-time rates (sex for an hour or so) may start at around 1,000 Baht at the cheaper venues while long-term rates (all night long) are roughly between 2,000 and 3,000 Baht (the sky's the limit). Expect to spend a minimum of 2000 Baht all-inclusive.
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Having said that GoGo bars are primarily hostess bars catering to single male tourists, they can provide
great fun for more adventurous couples, too. AGoGo's have become a substantial feature of Pattaya's famous nightlife and synonymous with Pattaya's notorious "sex industry". Therefore, a visit to a Pattaya GoGo bar should be on every tourist's "must-see-list", even if it's just to get a first impression and you should leave it again on your own - or with your wife of 25 years!
Pattaya Nightlife: "Disneyland For Adults"

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Since Pattaya's 'discovery' by US soldiers in the early 1960's and its rapid transformation from an unknown sleepy fishing village to Asia's hottest tourist destination for fun seekers and night owls, Pattaya has always been (in)famous for its bustling
nightlife and "sex industry".
Although Pattaya has upgraded its image significantly and is well on its way to establish itself as a multi-faceted beach resort suitable for tourists from all waks of life, Pattaya's notorious nightlife and (adult) entertainment industry - including hundreds of bars, nightclubs and discos, thousands of sexy Thai bar girls, GoGo dancers and ladyboys, are still Pattaya's major attractions.
Roughly estimated, there must be over 2,000 entertainment venues all over Pattaya - from open-
air hostess bars, international pubs and live music venues, to ultramodern discos and nightclubs; from GoGo bars with table-dancing or "sexy show" performances, to world-renowned transvestite cabaret shows.
Given an approximate ratio of 10 bar girls per venue (some GoGo bars may have over 50 dancing damsels), there must be over 20,000 bar girls in Pattaya.
Although beer bars, as well as GoGo bars, are concentrated most densely in the South Pattaya area, bars can be found from Naklua in the North down to Jomtien in the South. Especially Soi 6, 7 and 8 plus, of course, Walking Street, the unrivalled epicentre of Pattaya's nightlife, are literally packed with hundreds of neon-lit beer bars, AGoGo's, discos, nightclubs etc.
The official
closing hour in Pattaya's designated entertainment zones is sometime between 1 and 3am. However, depending on how strictly this law is being enforced, "closing" is often interpreted as switching off the music and non-essential lighting only, while many night spots stay open until the early morning hours.
Indeed, Pattaya's nightlife is so seductive that some unaware visitors, conservative people in their everyday lives, develop real zombie or vampire mentalities. Some night owls don't even leave their room before sunset and, vice versa, don't get back into their coffins before the morning sun above the Gulf of Thailand threatens to burn their pale faces! This is for one simple reason.
Pattaya is a true
"Disneyland for adults" where anyone's entertainment dreams come true. If you have been to Hamburg's Reeperbahn, Amsterdam's red-light district or Bangkok's notorious night spots, then you are not even halfway prepared for what Pattaya has on offer. And if you're coming to Pattaya to find the lady (or ladyboy?) of your dreams, chances you won't get satisfied and find some suitable company for at least a couple of hours, are actually as low as zero.
To quote the first English-language phrase an upcountry girl-turned-bar girl picks up in Pattaya ...
 
Discos & Nightclubs In Pattaya

Club Insomnia
Nightclub and coyote dance club on Walking Street (formerly Soi Marina Plaza), which claims to have the "sexiest ladies in Thailand coming for fun every night".
World-renowned DJs mixing up a "hectic-electric blend of beats and basslines" (from commercial club music, trance and house music, to mainstream pop), hot girls and a great party atmosphere have made Club Insomnia one of Pattaya's most favourite party spots and pick-up joints.
www.clubinsomniapattaya.com


Lucifer DiskoTK
Stylishly decorated, and rather expensive, "dance club" on Walking Street and one of the hottest spots in Pattaya, with plenty of freelance ladies on the prowl. The music is generally mainstream American Hip Hop, Gangsta rap and R&B, with live music on the weekends.
Lucifer is notorious for double-tier pricing and charges foreign revellers double the prices for their drinks. Given the fancy cave-like interior design and the entertainment you get, however, Lucifer is definitely worth a visit.

Marine Disco
Marine Disco, located in the heart of Walking Street, has been in business for decades and has become an institution in Pattaya's nightlife.
Due to the many freelance hookers (often on their second shift of the night after having been bar- fined in their regular venues and taken for a "short time" already), Marine has gained a reputation not only as a disco but rather as an after-hour pick-up joint.

MIXX Nightlife Disco
Bali Hai Plaza, 3rd floor (at the Bali Hai Pier at the southern end of Walking Street)
Promoted as "Pattaya’s first upscale disco", MIXX Nightlife is actually two discos in one. If you’re into House music and Trance, you’ll enjoy the Crystal Palace with its modern, funky atmosphere and state-of-the-art technology. If your taste in music runs more towards R&B or Hip Hop, Rouge Club is the place for you.
MIXX opens nightly from 9 pm till late with the "best international and Thai DJs and very beautifull dancers."
www.mixx-nightlife.com

Star Dice
Located at Pattaya Garden Resort on Pattaya-Naklua Road, "Star Dice Entertainment" is a large traditional Thai-style disco featuring live music and show entertainment. You're welcome to bring your own bottle of whisky and order only the mixers and ice cubes.
No double-tier pricing as in the pick-up joints on Walking Street (but no freelance hookers either).
Popular with locals and tourists alike.

Tony's Disco & Entertainment Complex
Large entertainment complex with live music and dance show entertainment at the southern end of Walking Street. Same concept as Marine Disco and one of Walking Street's favourite meeting point for freelance ladies.
Warning: Tony's has become notorious for excessive double-tier pricing. While drinks are sold at very moderate prices to the local freelance girls, it's a rather expensive venue for foreign revellers, who are expected to pay at least double the regular drinking prices. Nonetheless a visit to Tony's has become an integral part of an excursion into Pattaya's nightlife and should be on every night owls's must-see list. Decide for yourself whether you love or hate Tony's.
www.tonydisco.com

Xzyte Disco
Located on Pattaya Third Road (near the junction with Soi Chaiyapoon), Xzyte is a large modern Thai-style disco with live music and the usual dance entertainment.
The music here is mainly Thai dance pop. An entry fee of 200 Baht equals a free cocktail of your choice. Popular with locals and foreigners alike.

Other forms of evening entertainment include live music venues, Thai-style pubs or
Karaoke bars, which are exceedingly popular with the locals.
Even though the main motif to visit a Karaoke bar might be to "sing-a-song", some Karaoke bars employ hostesses, too, and operate as Thai-style short-time bars. However, as they mainly cater to Thai clients and the volume and quality of the singing performances might not really meet your Western taste, it's probably more advisable to stick to the farang-oriented bars if you're in search of accompanied evening fun.

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