Pattaya Nightlife News and Reviews

The venue that was once Coyote Club has been reborn as Eclipse. It is located towards the Beach Road end of Walking Street.

The bar opened on 27th March and is the 82nd bar around Pattaya with Thai girls dancing in bikinis or less.

Review from Ishi: 10pm

I visited at 10:15pm on 28th March. My bill number was 17.

I counted 3 teams and 38 dancers on mamasan's board. Each team dance for 20 minutes. I saw 2 topless dancers and other 36 were all coyotes.

I know that the management has been changed but everything is almost the same as Coyote Club .

The draught beer was 69B.

Review from Dick Farang: Midnight

Europe has had its solar eclipse on 20th March 2015, Asia is going to have its solar eclipse on 9th March 2016 and on Walking Street Eclipse (no gogo / club / lounge addition, only a Thai phonetic transcription) has opened on 27th March 2015 at the location that used to be Coyote Club and Silver Star 3.

Not much, if anything, has changed since its previous incarnation. The most striking detail is the absence of chrome poles.

The first section still functions primarily as a walk-through area with some dancers on stage on the left-hand side and some bench seating on the right-hand side.

The second section has two stages with three to five dancers on each of them, (too high) bench seating on the left-hand side and two rows of small sofas on the right-hand side.

All dancers were clad as coyotes in huge yellow tops and black bottoms, double tops and double bottoms that is. Some dancers were average, but most of them were sub-average. No bikinis, no nudity.

Before I get attacked once more by Pattaya Addicts (as happened after my Kaos review): I was sober, I was wearing my glasses and the lighting was sufficient to distinguish stretch marks.

Whereas most places are packed at (re)openings and the first nights after, Eclipse was virtually empty on Saturday night shortly before midnight and only one night after its opening. Apart from me, the only other customers were a bunch of hooligans; I did not enquire about their nationality.

The music was too loud and the DJ was playing what he liked most, but that happens at many places in Thailand.

I wonder if this place, which is even markedly worse than its predecessor Coyote Club, will survive for long.

Bottled Heineken was 145 baht (same as Peppermint), a bit steep for the kind of venue.

Sapphire Lodge started life as a gentlemen's lounge associated with Sapphire A-GoGo. It is located at the beach end of Pratamnak Soi 4 opposite the Asia Hotel.

Sapphire Lodge didn't stay the course and closed in 2014. The venue became a live music venue but is now set to become Viper Bar.

Heaven Gentlemen's Lounge on Pratamnak Hill re-opens after police closure with a party on 4th April.

On Soi Diamond, Super Girl is set to re-open under new management on 1st April.

Following up on yesterday's news, Diamond A-GoGo looks to have permanently closed. There is now a message on the door saying to contact Casino Club for any enquiries.

There are rumours spreading among the girls of Soi LK Metro of an upcoming GoGo closure on the soi.

But there are a couple of bars under consideration. In particular Oscars A-GoGo was dark on Thursday night for reasons not yet known.

But the favourite is Club Malibu. It looks set to close at the end of February 2015 because they are running losses.

Police action didn't help either. Remember that, on Valentine's Day, Club Malibu has been raided. At 7 p.m. sharp two pickups with police and military arrived, searched all rooms, checked ID cards and licences and left around 8 p.m. Also on Valentine's Day barfines at Club Malibu were 1,500 baht instead of 600 baht for ordinary bikini dancers with the result that nobody got barfined.

Remember also that, one month ago, after sister gogo Champagne A-GoGo on Soi LK Metro had reopened with their dancers coming back from Club Malibu and after the monthly salary payment more staff left Club Malibu, leaving a total of only six dancers. Fully clothed waitresses had to go on stage.

Rumour has it now that, by Songkran, Bob and his co-owners want to merge Champagne A-GoGo and Club Malibu into a mega gogo.

Whereas a single-shophouse gogo, such as the defunct Submarine A-GoGo, is undeniably too narrow, I doubt if a quadruple-shophouse gogo is a good idea. Already in triple-shophouse gogos, such as Lady Love on Soi LK Metro and Private Dancer A-GoGo on Soi 15, it is difficult to have a good view of the other side. Moreover, such a big gogo risks to look very empty.

But nothing dampens the enthusiasm for opening GoGos in Pattaya. Last night on Soi LK Metro at the previous location of Mai Lu Si bar the LED sign of Kaos was lit and on the facade was a Thai-language list with vacancies and salaries.

Recently at Passion Dance Club on Soi 6 I happened to be their only customer.

Two dancers in black bikinis (strings and big tops) were on stage for a very long dance stint.

Whereas usually the idle dancers reserve the bench seating along the street wall as their own, they now were spread along all walls. They were six or seven, most of them fully dressed and all of them busy on their mobiles.

At Passion Dance Club many dancers also go into hiding and only undress for their dance stints.

No nudity.

All-in fun upstairs is 1,300 baht, 300 baht for room and bar and 1,000 baht for the girl. Although the heat is on at the moment and this service may have been discontinued.

BEWARE: the old mamasan (54 years they say, although she looks much older) tries to collect the total amount in advance. On the first floor are five numbered rooms, each with a shower cubicle in a corner.

The toilets are communal however.

Bottled Heineken 115 baht, lady drinks 120 baht.

Lek A-GoGo opened on 2nd Road in North Pattaya on 14th February.

It is located half way between Soi 6 and Big C on the same side of the road as Soi 6. See map .

Presumably the GoGo has connections with the nearby Lek's Classroom which is half coyote and half GoGo).

Meanwhile on Walking Street the GoGo status of Skyfall has been confirmed. Ishi writes:

I visited after 10:30pm last week and counted 77 dancers on the Mamasan's board. Of these, I saw 10 topless dancers who are called Models. So I think it qualifies as an A-GoGo bar now.

So there are now 86 GoGos around Pattaya with Thai girls dancing in bikinis or less. Although a couple are on notice of being relegated to coyote bar.

Update: Little prices

17th February 2015. Thanks to Ishi

I visited after 9pm and counted 10 dancers on the Mamasan's board. Of these, I saw 6 in white bikinis and 4 were coyote. Some of them are from Lek's Classroom Soi 2 which opens as usual on the same day.

Soft drinks are 80 Baht and Bottled Heineken is 120 Baht

Coyote Club near the Beach Rd end of Walking Street was reported dark on the 13th February. It now seems that the closure is permanent and the staff have been paid off.

The bar opened in early June last year.

Once can't help but think that it was note a wise move to label the bar as 'coyote' when the general preference is for less clothes. Perhaps the originally suggested name of Hades Club would have been better.

There are now 85 bars around Pattaya with Thai girls dancing in bikinis or less.

Yesterday on Walking Street Coyote Club was dark.

Also yesterday Montana Bar and Lounge on Regional Land Road was dark as well, not sure if this is permanent. [The management probably know that it is a prime target for police raids].

On Soi LK Metro White Room has been closed for some time already.

On Soi Khao Talo on the Dark Side, about a kilometre from Sukhumvit Road, Boom's Bar has become AJ's BAR.

On Soi Khao Noi Welcome Inn, Go Gress, Mermaid Bar Beer and Red Lion Pub & Restaurant have closed.

However, Angel Bar Beer, also on Soi Khao Noi, has reopened. Whereas the previous owner was a tiny, nervous Frenchman, the new owner, Thomas, is a tall, Mediterranean Frenchman from Toulon.

After a stint as the queen of ST at The Booze Lounge on Soi Khao Talo, Rose has returned to her previous job at Angel Bar Beer as the sexiest cashier of the Dark Side and perhaps of all Pattaya. Apart from Rose and the owner's wife there were only fatties at Angel Bar Beer.

That being said, 90% of all Dark Side bar girls are fatties in the 24-48 age bracket, also at places such as Dao Bar. Whenever you see a person who looks nice and slim at first sight, the odds are it is the occasional ladyboy.

On Soi Khao Noi Soi 9 New Bar had been re-baptised Clover Bar by the new management, but still the same fatties were sitting outside.

On Soi Nern Plab Wahn Soi 28 Moon Light Bar Beer has disappeared.

On Soi Siam Country Club Belgian owned Due Cafe has been replaced by Russian owned Siam Cafe.

On Soi Siam Country Club Soi 27 La Guinguette went dark.

Along the eastern bank of Mabprachan Lake, off Soi Siam Country Club, several bars have disappeared and several other ones have been renamed, but Peet Bar and The Barking Frog have survived. Anyway, that is not an area to venture when you are horny.

Champagne A-GoGo on Soi LK Metro has reopened with their dancers coming back from sister gogo Club Malibu. After the monthly salary payment more staff have left Club Malibu, leaving a total of only six dancers. Fully clothed waitresses had to go on stage.

The police have been getting heavy recently with large amounts of raids, particularly targeted at day time venues linked to prostitution, in the unlikely hope of uncovering victims of trafficking.

The latest victim was raided by the police on Thursday. A team of Banglamung District Licensing employees and Army personnel conducted the raid at the Club 4 Bar off Soi Arunothai, just before 6pm and found many foreign patrons inside.

A total of 9 women, who appeared to be employed by the venue were taken aside and checked. Nothing untoward was found and all the women were over 18 and were not in possession of illegal drugs. Some were urine tested for drugs and they all passed the test.

Rooms on the second floor were searched and nothing untoward was found. However, checks on the venues licenses did reveal problems and these issues have been reported. No evidence of sex and drugs parties could be found but a report of the raid has been sent to the Governor of Chonburi Province who may impose a closure order on the venue in relation to the licensing problems found.

Previously M Club was raided in central Pattaya and the farang customers were rounded up and sent to the local police station where their identity papers were checked. Surely an exceptionally scary experience for those unlucky drinkers.

Lek A-GoGo is set to open on 2nd Road in North Pattaya on 14th February.

It is located half way between Soi 6 and Big C on the same side of the road as Soi 6. See map .

Presumably the GoGo has connections with the nearby Lek's Classroom which is half coyote and half GoGo), but this is just guesswork.

Meanwhile Coyote Club on Walking Street has gone dark for reasons not yet apparent.

And on Soi 6 the Corner Bar is undergoing massive building work. The builders are also in at La La Land.

Last Tuesday around 5 p.m. the gate was closed at Heaven Gentlemen's Lounge (previously Times Lounge) on Soi Kasetsin Soi 11 although I had seen three farangs entering just before I parked my car.

Suddenly the (electric) gate was opened and it was closed again after I got in.

(At that moment I was not aware of the police raid on the previous day).

Inside there was no music and no air conditioning. I only saw about six passive chicks and the three farangs, probably Scandinavians.

When I asked what was going on, I was told the manager was sick . Perhaps the manager's illness was related to the police raid on the previous evening.

Anyway, there were much fewer than 100 patrons and by far nobody looked younger than 20 years.

When I left the gate was opened and immediately closed again.

Bottled Heineken still 90 baht.

Crystal Club on Soi LK Metro seems to have recovered from their all-time low last summer, but they do not yet reach their pre-coup level.

I sat down at the right-hand side because I do not like the cramped double-tier seating on the left-hand side.

There were teams of six dancers on stage at any time. About half of the dancers went topless and only two naked. Once they left the stage they hurried to put their tops (and bottoms).

Some were slightly above average and some sub-average. There were no coyotes left, but many dancers were wearing big pants.

The sex on the beach music was accompanied by a matching video on the six flat screens.

Although there were not too many customers there was a persistent cigarette smoke stench. Several of the staff were smoking cigarettes inside and not really interested in the customers; no reason to tip.

Asahi draught 69 baht, bottled Heineken (during happy hour I guess) 80 baht.

Living Dolls Showcase is located on central Walking Street by the shrine known as the Walking Street Tree

I came out of Happy on Tuesday night and as my Arthritis was giving me a bit of gip, I took a stroll down walking street, I got as far as Living Doll Showcase and a Girl I know, Mae, called me in. It is not a venue I normally visit as it has no cheap Draft Beer.

I was very impressed by the Coyote Dancers, you would have to go a long way to find a prettier bunch. The topless show Girls were also very attractive, no chubby girls here.

Mae is very cute and I bought her a drink and one for her friend who was stunning.

The music was good and not too loud.

Well worth a visit, but you need long pockets. Cheap charlies keep clear

Police raids closed several bars on Soi Diamond a couple of nights ago. Dream Club and Naughty Girls re-opened on the following night but Super Girl seems to have closed permanently.

There has been speculation for the last year that one of the Super bars would close. This year the news was that there would be a closure on 31st January. Police action seems to have brought forward the plans and it now seems likely that Super Girl is closed for good.

No doubt all the Super Girls are now to be found in sister bar Super Baby.

There are now 86 bars with Thai girls dancing in bikinis or less.

Update: Confirmed

26th January 2015. Thanks to Brian

It has been confirmed by the manager of Super Baby that Super Girl is now permanently closed. Most staff from Super Girl have transferred to Super Baby.

23rd January 2015. There are reports last night that Dream Club, Super Girl and Naughty Girls were dark last night.

Others noted that the police were out visiting Soi Diamond bars, so presumably the closures were down to the police, and hopefully problems will be resolved shortly.

Update: A super explanation

24th January 2015. Thanks to Brian

Super Girl and Super Baby have occasionally been noticed as closed for the evening.

It seems that the 2 bars are working an arrangement where if either bar runs short of girls, often through multiple barfines, then that bar closes for the evening. The remaining girls move to the sister bar which then can operate with plenty of girls. The end result is one busy lively bar rather than 2 half empty bars.

Sometimes it is difficult to determine if a venue is permanently closed or not.

A couple of days ago the long established restaurant Lobster Pot on Walking Street was closed for no apparent reason and reopened some days later.

I also noticed that Super Baby and Super Girl sometimes close in turn.

I noticed that The Blues Factory off Walking Street has reopened and is distributing flyers as shown.

On Walking Street Rhino Club has indeed reopened. The hello girls were showing signs with the text: SEXY COYOTIES & MODEL (sic).

The Russian club Caramel in the Mixx building near the end of Walking Street is closed and for sale.

Surprise Bar has recently opened on Soi 8 in the venue that was once Club 23. Probably will be a bit handicapped by previous bars on the site having a bit of a reputation for hassle and high prices.

The current GoGo count stands at 86. Rhino is currently excluded for being an obviously all coyote bar but Skyfall has been given the benefit of the doubt for a couple of weeks to get established. It calls itself an A-GoGo but will be excluded from the list if its dancers continue to wear way too many clothes.

Rhino Club is located on Walking Street just south of Insomnia Disco.

Rhino Club re-opened on the 18th January as a coyote bar.

Bottled Heineken was an unappetising 170 Baht.

Rhino had briefly reappeared in November as an A-GoGo after a long lay off. Things didn't seem to work out then, maybe related to a police raid.

After a very difficult delivery Skyfall A-GoGo has finally opened on Walking Street.

First the good news:

After all disastrous recent openings and re-openings of gogos on Walking Street (Tiger, Palace, Infinity, Spicy Girls, Nui's, Crazy House, Coyote Club, Glass House/Ginza II, Harem 2) it is a pleasure to tell that the interior of Skyfall A-GoGo is the most beautiful of all eighty plus Pattaya gogos and a new norm for future gogos.

The main colours are beige and steel blue and there are mirrors around everywhere.

The lighting is optimal with no disturbing flashlights.

The bar is in the front corner left and the DJ's booth in the rear corner right. The bench seating at both sides is extremely comfortable. The owners have clearly resisted the seduction of cramped double tier seating, a typical Soi LK Metro disease.

The three stages are low enough to allow for a comfortable view. The first stage and the third stage both with chrome poles on them have a meandering shape. The second (unused) stage is large and round and has some kind of strange round net curtain or mosquito net in the middle.

The toilets at the rear left are clean and spacious.

And now the less good news:

As with all recently (re)opened gogos the biggest issue were the girls .

At Skyfall A-GoGo they were overdressed, but not in coyote outfits. Their uniforms consisted of a white bow tie, a strapless white top (mostly with a bra with straps under it), a white-and-grey checked miniskirt with big black pants or a black string under it and stilettos of their own choice. Not the slightest nudity.

Unsurprisingly the dancers were a mixed lot of sub-average fuglies, fatties and oldies from late twenties up.

With the advent of McDonald's, KFC et al. it must be increasingly difficult to find enough talent to staff ten or twenty gogos, let alone more than eighty.

This being said, sometimes miracles do happen at places where you expect them the least. About a week ago at Club Nevada on Soi Post Office (Soi 13/2) I saw a young naked girl with a perfect shape, much better than what I have seen in recent times, even at Abraxas's top gogos . As I had to meet some fellow countrymen (beer drinkers, not gogo goers), I did not enquire about conditions, but I guess she knew her value.

At Skyfall A-GoGo I talked to a 35-year old dancer with a fat and shapeless body, a nose job and a silicone rack, who said she had worked at Angelwitch Rock Dancers on Soi 15 previously, which I could hardly believe.

I also talked to a not too beautiful 27-year old dancer who had arrived from Bangkok only a couple of days ago and had never worked bar before.

She told me she had had two Thai boyfriends only, had no children and had never boomboom a farang in her life.

I had to explain to her the urban meaning of the verb smoke and when she finally got it she seemed very reluctant to do that kind of thing.

She said barfine was 1,000 baht and 3,000 baht for her and did not seem to know the difference between short time and long time when I insisted.

The music was way too loud to have a comfortable conversation anyway.

All customers left quickly after finishing their drinks.

The (mostly corpulent) waitresses were friendly enough.

Coincidence or not, the beer coasters at Skyfall A-GoGo looked very similar to those used at SensationS A-GoGo, also on Walking Street.

Bottled Heineken 150 baht.

What's Up is located on Soi 15 opposite Babydolls.

An upstairs bar has opened at What's Up, this time accessible from a separate entrance. The new bar features well produced acrobatic and pole dancing shows.

Top tier pricing is also in operation as per downstairs but the bar has a lot of fans that are happy to pay the price.

What's Up previously tried an upstairs bar but it was not a success. Perhaps the outside entrance is the key to getting more customers to try it out.

Skyfall A-GoGo has opened on Walking Street at the venue that was previously Snowice, Voodoo A-GoGo, the Nok beer bar complex and Halo.

The GoGo has started with coyote dancers well overdressed in unsexy costumes that have not impressed early customers.

There's no draft beer, bottles are 140 Baht and lady drinks are 150 Baht.

Giving Skyfall the benefit of the doubt about being a GoGo, then Pattaya's GoGo count now stands at 86.

Las Vegas II is located at the 2md Road end of Soi 13/1 (Soi Yamato).

Called in a couple of days ago around 4pm.

Ordered a drink and as it arrived a topless girl landed beside me. offered her a drink and she promptly whipped off her knickers, rubbed her hand in her snatch and stuck her fingers under my nose and said smell good. I know this is Pattaya but this happened in less than 60 seconds of her sitting down.

Mixed bunch of girls from bad to half decent and mixed dress from bikini to nude.

Draft beer B50, Ladydrink B130.