Walking Street is one of the main nightlife attractions within the city of Pattaya, enter the street in daytime and you’d be surprised at how quiet and drab the street can be, however, as soon as the sun goes down the street comes to life with its neon signs trying to attract customers into the many Seafood Restaurants, Go-go bars, discos, beer bars and sports bars. Although the Pattaya Red Light district is diminishing the sex scene is still very apparent, with a number of bars and go-go bars providing shows best suited for the adult eye.
The Street is closed to any form of transport, apart from walking between the hours of 21.00 pm and 3.00 am, most bars and clubs close at 3.00 am, however, there are a handful that remain open until the early hours of the morning
The Entrance to Walking Street has always been represented by a large Neon sign, however in recent times this has been replaced by a Video sign, mainly containing adverts for Condo sales, restaurants, bars etc.
The Gogo bar scene is still apparent on Walking Street, although it seems the names and décor of each bar changes almost on a monthly basis, there are a few that have been in business for a number of years, Dollhouse, Living Dolls and peppermint to name a few, although none as long as the famous Tahitian Queen on Beach Road, open since 1978.
A number of Beer Bar strips have appeared in the last 5 years, these are basically a strip of beer bars on each side with a corridor down the middle, patrons can walk down and choose the bar, usually based on the female clientele that frequent the bar, can be ok to sit and watch some sport, chat to some new friends, beer tends to be a lot cheaper here than the neighbouring Gog bars.
Walking street also houses a number of modern discos, Ibar and Insomnia being the biggest and best according to most, Lucifers is also a long standing favourite. A number of discos targeted at particular nationalities have alos appeared, Tony’s disco now more targeted to the Indian tourist and a number of Russian and Chinese Disco’s are also on offer.