Pattaya Nightlife News and Reviews

Chaos with a 'C' has opened on Soi LK Metro on 28th September 2017. There is already a Kaos with a 'K' on the same Soi. The new Chaos has opened at the venue that was previously Kiss A-GoGo.

So there are now 76 bars around the Pattaya area self identifying as GoGos.

After half a year and a name change (from Nature Club) Nature Bar has finally opened on Soi 6, where Working Girl A-GoGo used to be. As it was deserted, I was not interested in spending time and money there.

On Soi LK Metro Chaos A-GoGo on the previous location of Kiss A-GoGo has not opened (yet).

At the latest location of the Italian restaurant L' Italiano, opposite Miami/ex Alcatraz, the banner for a Marilyn Monroe A-GoGo has long gone.

On Soi Khao Noi Soi 9 Dusk Till Dawn has gone dark.

On Walking Street Rock Street has reopened, noisier than ever.

On Soi Banlang Soi 12 The Scrapyard Bar has never reopened after an apparent police closure.

On Soi Khao Talo Nat Bar has been renamed P&A Bar .

On Soi Khao Noi Goldflower Bar has reopened as NOY-T Bar.

On Soi Chaiyapornwithi White Oyster Lounge has become T he Black Pearl Bar.

On Soi Khao Talo Soi 9 PPBAR has reopened.

With the Den on Soi Chaiyapoon closing early in the evening, I finally made it there in the daytime.

Shortly after 2 p.m. the, not so young and not so slim, birds were fixing their make-up and charging their mobiles.

Several months after their opening there were still workmen with ladders around.

Because of several pillars it is difficult to get a good view. In the middle is a bar counter surrounded by stools. On the right-hand side I noticed some pool tables. On the left-hand side is red plush bench seating with straight backs, which does not look very comfortable.

Contrarily to what I had read on internet fora (all-in price of 1,000 + 500 baht for ST), I was told there was no ST room available, but there was a room nearby at 250 baht. Barfine 400 baht ST and 1,000 baht LT. For themselves the fuglies wanted 1,500 baht ST. An unattractive, shapeless, 41-year-old woman, who had been selling Buddhist paraphernalia in Bangkok, told me she wanted to go with me ST for 2,000 baht, room included.

As soon as the females realised I was not going to barfine or waste money on lady drinks, they wanted tips in their pants and bras.

There were two other customers, quietly drinking their beers.

A lo-so experience.

Bottled Heineken 95 baht.

The Butcher's Arms Pub on Soi Buakhaow is for sale now. It had been going downhill in recent times. The drunken Thai female, apparently the owner, was a pain in the arse.

On Soi Diamond the Swiss restaurant Swiss Food has reopened. They have two daily specials now: a very cheapo one at 320 baht and another one at 460 baht. There are better choices available in Pattaya.

On Soi Diamond, at the previous location of the micro gogo Only O, a glass-fronted bar with white tables and some unused chrome poles has opened: Addiction Club. I saw a dozen of girls inside, but no punters.

Candy Bar has taken over from Pat Bar on Soi 6. It opened on 25th August and features ladies, not lady boys.

The old Sapphire Lodge on Pratamnak Soi 4, opposite the Asia Hotel, was once set to become Club Tropicana but that never opened. Then venue now seems lost to the gentlemen's club circuit as it has now become a Chinese restaurant.

Meanwhile Club Nevada on Soi 13/2 (Soi Post Office) has reduced operations to a single shift and opens from 1pm until 11pm. The single shift means that there is now a single barfine at any time of day, set at 700 Baht. There is no nudity on show at the moment.

I Popped into Happy A-GoGo off Walking Street for the first time in 2 months. There have been a lot of Changes.

It's now 90% coyote dancer. There were only 7 or 8 bikini dancers.

The Girls now stay on stage for 20 mins and move around the stage. Like the Sapphire Club, the Girls were wearing huge bottoms and tops. About as erotic as Andy Pandy!

When the Showgirls came on they turned off all the Stage Lighting, so you could see very little. Tthe Girls stripped down to Bikini Bottoms but were wearing nipple covers.

I'm not sure it qualifies as an a-go-go anymore.

The Doll House, Sapphire Club and Supergirl continue to Improve, so not all bad news

Windmill Club has re-opened on Soi Diamond after a 30 day police closure.

The bar re-opened on 18/19th August at midnight, taking back the girls who had found temporary residence at Annabelle's on Walking Street.

And so there are now 75 self defined GoGos operating around Pattaya

Although Pattayaland (with the exception of Boyztown on Soi 13/5) has become a ghost town, a new place, WakaWaka , has opened on Soi 13/4 opposite the entrance of the defunct Obsessions.

I cannot remember if that is the same place as the long gone Rodeo Girls or next door. What I do remember is that at Rodeo Girls the stage was against the wall on the right-hand side with double-tier bench seating on the other side, whereas at the nearby Legs Club the stage was on the left-hand side.

Although I liked to have a drink at those two places from time to time, I have never seen a bird there who could catch my fancy.

When I arrived at WakaWaka there was a foul smell on the terrace as if lots of people had being smoking outside.

Having a look inside, I saw an empty, low stage with two chrome poles on the left-hand side and two old fully dressed fatties sitting on the right-hand side.

I decided to make a U-turn.

Club Mistys on Soi 15 is celebrating their 20 ^th anniversary.

I saw an unconscious girl being carried away, probably “maaw maak maak”.

Club Electric Blue A-GoGo on Soi 15 is one of the scarce gogos where you still get a decent portion of nudity.

On the main stage, just behind the entrance, two teams of some ten naked and topless dancers were cavorting. On the other stage were two teams of four or five overdressed double-topped and double-bottomed performers. About ½ of all dancers went naked on stage, about ¼ were topless and about ¼ were overdressed. However, the average quality of the naked bodies was rather poor.

With a bit of luck you will find a MILF with a much better shape at Bamboo Bar on Pattayatai. Typically, the overdressed dancers at Club Electric Blue A-GoGo were the pushiest ones begging for lady drinks.

Not many customers, but still more than at most other places.

The music was horrible. Very cramped toilets.

Bottled Heineken still 150 baht.

Meanwhile Babydolls is set to -reopen on Soi 15 after a police closure. It will re-open on Thursday 3rd August.

Mandarin Club on Walking Street closed for renovation on 1st July. The GoGo duly re-opened with a new look on 28th July.

Air Port Club on Walking Street re-opened on 27th July. The bar was closed after a police raid but seems to have sorted its differences with the authorities.

So there are now 74 GoGos open around Pattaya.

Ginza A-GoGo has re-opened on Walking Street. It has been closed since a change of owners in May earlier this year.

Avoid driving under influence, the alcohol limit being 050. One of my fellow countrymen has been lucky: nice police officers escorted him to an ATM where he was allowed to withdraw 20,000 baht tea money.

On Soi 6 Dusk Till Dawn has gone dark.

The Swiss restaurant Swiss Food on Soi Diamond has been dark for several nights already, perhaps temporarily.

On Soi 6 Nature Club has never opened, but they already have changed the signage to Nature Bar.

Air Port Club on Walking Street being closed until 27th July 2017, the greeters try to persuade patrons to climb the stairs to Playgirls upstairs.

This long narrow venue has one very long stage in the middle with an unused jacuzzi behind it and very high bench seating on both sides.

To my surprise the place was full.

The dancers, most of them double-topped and double-bottomed, but also a number of bikini-clad and some topless ones, where doing the Pattaya shuffle until two pussy-trick performers replaced them. The dancers I have seen were varying from very mediocre to extremely ugly. However, they were all but shy and eager to get some 20-baht notes in their bras and pants (front and rear).

BEWARE: bottled Heineken 185 baht.

WakaWaka has opened on Soi Pattayaland 2 in the venue that was once Rodeo Girls.

The bars describes itself as a bar/gentlemen's lounge, so I am not sure hw it should be classified yet.

Early reports suggest that the bar is popular with Indian guys. Perhaps the advertising strap line House full of bellies, booties, boobies rather reinforces the connection.

Between Soi Khao Noi and Soi Nern Plab Wahn, on the edge of two incorporated (rather neglected) villages, New Dao Bar/New Dao Café/New Dao Resto has opened at the location where Dao Bar/Café closed over half a year ago.

The village on the Soi Khao Noi side has its entrance about 100 metres before Le Rouge when coming from Sukhumvit Road.

There is a 7ELEVEN minimarket on the corner.

The village on the Soi Nern Plab Wahn side has its entrance about 100 metres before the petrol station when coming from Sukhumvit Road.

The layout of the restaurant, swimming pool and bar has remained unchanged: the girlie bar can still be accessed via the restaurant or via the back alley.

On my visit I only saw freelancers around the forty-year mark, some of them fat. I did not see ladyboys this time.

I happened to be their only "real" customer as the other farang inside had come with his Thai wife for playing pool.

They still have ST rooms included in the 300 baht barfine.

I was told the current owner is a short fat Belgian.

They appear to sell several Belgian beers, including Tripel Karmeliet on draught at 150 baht for a small glass.

Be aware that Belgian special beers have an alcoholic content higher than that of the local produce.

I advise buying Belgian quality beers, such as Kwak, Tripel Karmeliet, Westmalle Tripel or Duvel, at Friendship Supermarket or BigC (from memory 170-180 baht per 33 cl. bottle) and sample them at home.

The New Dao guest house rents out rooms from 590 baht per night.

I did not try their restaurant, but the one at the old Dao was disgusting and too expensive, as about any "restaurant" on the Dark Side.

New Dao Bar opens from 1 p.m. till midnight.

Bottled Heineken 85 baht, lady drinks 119 baht.

G-Spot A-GoGo on Walking Street has been sold. It was renamed Annabelle's A-GoGo on 10th July 2017.

The bar is noted as a sister bar to Windmill Club on Soi Diamond.

Meanwhile By-Pass A-GoGo re-opened on Walking Street and features girls from nearby Mandarin, which is closed for renovation.

So there are now 71 GoGos operating around Pattaya.

On Soi 15 Babydolls A-GoGo has closed, probably a licensing story or for closing after 3 a.m. or both.

On the corner of Walking Street and Soi Happy Bypass A-GoGo has been dark for a couple of nights.

On Soi LK Metro Showgirls Entertainment Centre has gone dark, for "renovation", but apparently a police closure.

On Walking Street the lights at Living Dolls 1 are still on, but the greeters have disappeared and the door is locked. This closure is economic rather than an enforcement issue.

Last night the Swiss restaurant Swiss Food on Soi Diamond was dark, perhaps temporarily.

On Soi Khao Noi Le Rouge has closed.

On Soi Toongklom Tanman Valentines Bar has closed.

On Walking Street, at the previous location of Alcatraz A-GoGo, a new place has opened, but remains deserted: Miami .

Update: Diverted

9th July 2017. Thanks to Ishi of www.pattayagogos.net (Japanese language)

The previous batch of closures reported above have resulted in 30 day shutdowns lasting until 2nd August.

Airport A-GoGo is the latest victim of police/licensing raids and has closed on official orders.

The girls have been diverted to sister bar Play Girl , located immediately above Airport Club.

And until the venues sort things out with the authorities there are just 70 GoGos open in Pattaya.

Mandarin Club on Walking Street closed for renovation on 1st July. The work is expected to take about a month.

There are now just 74 Pattaya bars claiming to be GoGos.

DartsLive2 , an open bar for darts fans, opened on 2nd July 2017. The venue was previously Fun Seeker Dance Club. There is no sign of a DartsLive1 bar. The bar has Hong Kong connections.