Walking Street Pattaya

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The Entrance to Walking Street has always been represented by a large Neon sign, however in recent times this has been replaced by a Video sign, mainly containing adverts for Condo sales, restaurants, bars etc.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.


Pattaya Taxi Tips

1. Learn some easy Thai Phrases. Turn left, turn right, and stop are words that will definitely come in useful.

  • leow sai – turn left
  • leow kwaa – turn right
  • jort tee nee – stop here

Drivers will also appreciate your attempt to speak Thai, even if your pronunciation is not correct.  They will also help you to learn a few new phrases.

2. Carry a map or business card from your hotel. Many hotel cards are have both English for you and Thai for the driver. Most cards even have a small map and directions for the drivers. Another way to assure your arrive at the right destination, especially if you don’t speak any Thai, is to ask the one of the hotel staff or your Thai friend to tell your driver where you want to go.

3. Remember your taxi. When you take a taxi, make a mental note or jot down the number of the cab, along with the colour of the taxi.  If you have any issues during or after the taxi journey you can email us.  The taxi driver will always give his or her name, ask them if they haven’t told you, most of our driver speak good English

4. Be aware of scams. All Pattaya 4 Leisure drivers are trained before they are put into service, no driver is permitted to take passengers to anywhere other than there required destination.  At no point will our driver ask you to change vehicles, we have heard many stories of other companies asking passengers to change vehicles just outside the Airport, normally to an inferior vehicle to the one they originally hired.

5. Avoid taxis waiting near tourist areas. It’s always convenient to walk out the door of a local club or the lobby of your hotel and take the first cab you see.  You don’t really know if the driver is reliable, the vehicle is reliable or if the driver will try one of the scams mentioned above.  Book your taxi online, we will come to your hotel and collect you without you having to worry about whether the taxi will be reliable or take you to somewhere you did not request.

You can book here – www.pattaya4leisure.com/taxipattaya.html

Lastly, please treat the drivers with respect. All our drivers are honest and are truly concerned about your comfort and well being. If you do have a conflict with a driver raising your voice or arguing with them goes against Thai ways of communicating and it generally won’t help your cause. It’s much better to be level headed and to talk to the driver calmly or have a Thai person, preferably one with some authority try and solve the situation for you.

Even better – give your cabbie the benefit of the doubt along with a ten or twenty baht tip. They might just be having a bad day and why not cheer them up instead of making their day worse.

Hello from Pattaya 4 Leisure

Welcome to the Pattaya 4 Leisure Blog, primarily this blog will be centred around our Pattaya based taxi company, however we have other taxi companies based in Koh Chang, Koh Samet, Hua Hin, Bangkok and Jomtien.  We will aim to update our customers with our latest offers and news while also relaying a few stories from in and around Pattaya.

For further information on our services please visit www.pattaya4leisure.com