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.