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Pattaya has well over 1000 (some say 1500 !) beer bars . The Thai beer bar is a small open
air bar usually staffed by around 5 or 6 hostesses who will do everything
they can to attract the potential customer to their establishment.
Commonly, the
bars are found tightly packed together each with their own music at full volume. This
creates a rowdy party atmosphere that many find entertaining but others find to be auditory torture. For these individuals (and I am one) there are, thankfully, many smaller bar areas throughout the city where conversation with friends or the welcoming staff can be had in relative peace and with so many establishments available there is sure to be somewhere to suit everyone.
Though they can be found scattered
just about everywhere throughout Pattaya and Jomtien, the main areas are
between Walking Street all the way down Pattaya Beach and Second Road (including the connecting streets called Sois) ending in a very large cluster near Soi No 2. A little bit further on, and sometimes overlooked, is another huge group in Naklua.
Beer bars are usually small
businesses of a type that are not likely to gain a lot of business from
advertising on the web. For that reason most of the websites
are fairly simple affairs often made by the staff themselves. However, some of these are worthy efforts that
at least give those new to Thailand or Pattaya some idea of what to expect.
Pattaya plays host to people from all over the world and many bars direct
themselves at a particular nationality so there are websites in a variety of languages. Most of the sites listed below
are in english but if not, the language is noted in the comments.
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