The following reviews are those that I come across on the web, in guide books, from contributors and of course from my own visits. Reviewers may be unreasonably harsh and bar owners may present a rosy picture of their bars...so don't take everything at face value...go and see for yourself.

If anyone would like to add a review or information please email Dave at webmaster@pattayagogos.com

There are now 71 bars listed as operating GoGos with girls dancing in bikinis or less

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19-69 Club

Naklua Road

Renamed from Kittens, closed summer 2006

Soi Pattayaland 1

Closed, now Sawadee Boys

A

All Girls

Soi Pattayaland 2

Closed in 2007. Now a tailors shop

Closed.

B

Baby Boom A-GoGo

Soi connecting Soi Buakhao and Soi XZyte

From 8pm

Opened on 15th November 2009

Apr 10 Key							Takeaway: dancers 500 service 600 Room:
		90	80	90+		100

  Review July 2010: Unsurprised

I have dropped by a couple of times since the opening but have found that the bar has gotten very boring very quickly.

Perhaps I arrived at too early an hour but the bar was almost empty of customers. On the plus side there were still some very pretty girls.

The bar had about six girls dancing an overlong 6 song dance stint. About half the girls were topless.

After finishing their dance duty, the pretty girls seemed content to hide in the corners and around the back, leaving the customer interaction to the oldies and fatties.

I have a feeling that the younger girls were awaiting Japanese customers as a few dropped by. Perhaps the bar has invested in some promotional material with a Japanese target market.

The bar has replaced the cheap draft with cheap bottled chang.

  Review February 2010: Surprised

I was well surprised on my visit to the bar. Rather than few older girls reported my previous visitors, the bar was full pretty girls. There were about 20 dancers and perhaps 15 of them would get a job anywhere on Walking Street.

I rather suspect that there was something temporary going on as it was left to the older girls to go and ply their trade and sit with the customers.

The small bar is well laid out with comfortable seating mostly with a good view of the side stage.

There were 6 dancers at a time on stage wearing a bikini or half according to their wishes. The music was a little loud and selected for the benefit of the dancers rather than the customers.

With cheap drinks, surely the recipe to attract a few customers from Soi Buakhao. It will be interesting to see if the current attractive dancing troupe can be maintained.

  Review from Ishi, November 2009: Early Days

I saw 10 dancers in the bar. 4 of them were dancing on the stage. Most of them wore  bikinis, but a few of them were topless.

A Jacuzzi has been built  on the upper floor. But the Jacuzzi and show time will have to wait until there are enough dancers.

Bentley's

2nd Road

 Bentley's

Opened in October 2005 with Pool & GoGo, By Sept 2006, that bar had reverted to a pool hall.

Betty Boum

Pattaya Soi 13/3 (Soi Pattayaland 1)

A new GoGo for the new year of 2009. The venue was previously Spicy Girls A-GoGo. The bar has ownership connections with the Eden/Harley Bar. During the low season of 2010 the bar proclaimed itself to be a pub rather than a gogo. Now listed as a bar but soon closed

  Review from Fredrik, Nov 2009: Moon

They have 10 freelancing girls that are supposed to work there... but being Thailand.. there aren't many at any one time

The boss says that this will soon improve. He also says that he is opening a new bar in Jomtien soon.

The best dancer is a short girl with the nickname - Moon - Really nice girl in many ways. she is the youngest in the bar at 25. And the rest need a 10 week course of dancing lessons too.

The DJ is open to requests and they have got more music than just Dance tunes!

  Review Aug 2009: Pleasant Low Key Gogo

This unobtrusive bar has lasted a few months despite the difficulties of running a small scale gogo.

On the positive side it is an attractive modern looking gogo. It seems to have quite a few staff for a small operation, with bar staff, a cashier and a DJ. The DJ plays mostly dance music but a few Arabic tunes had crept in on my last visit.

There were just 6 or 7 dancers with 3 of them dancing at a time strictly bikini clad. 2 or 3 of them were pretty enough to take away. They do a short dancing stint which is always a big plus for me. I am sure it would make the bar a bit more appealing were the girls to take off their tops.

There was a reasonably price draft beer available although not advertised by the welcome signs. It is always worth advertising a reasonable draft beer price as I am sure I am not the only one in assuming that if there are no signs, then the drinks are most likely expensive.

Anyway I was pleasantly entertained by one of the girls, and I found myself staying for a fair few drinks.

A Pleasant little low key gogo.

Betty Boup Dance Club

Pattaya Soi 6 (Soi Yodsak)
(Beach Road end)

Dancing from 3pm

Betty Boup converted to gogo on October 1st 2006. Replaced by Wanthana's Dance Club in August 2010. See below.

  News August 2010: Closed for Refurb

Betty Boup has now changed hands and his closed fro a rapid refurbishment. It will re-open shortly as a GoGo with a new name. All the Betty Boup staff and girls have relocated to Passion Dance Club opposite.

  Review September 2009: Ideal Location

This bar continues to get my regular trade as a good place to pop into when a stroll down Soi 6 has failed to provide a tempting enough distraction.

The bar provides a reasonably priced draft beer served cold in a decent sized glass.

There's usually a fair few girls acting as lap warmers and the lady drink prices are reasonable too.

The dancing is a bit of an after thought, but really this does not matter much if you have a nice girl on your lap.

The bar seems to do well in terms of the number of customers. I am always a bit surprised that other dancing bars don't try and copy the essential model, ie that you can find a girl on the inside rather than selecting one at the door.

  Review April 2009: Nearly Traditional

The bar is still going strong providing a venue on Soi 6 where you can go in without selecting a girl out front. Especially good on those days when there doesn't seem anyone who quite fits the bill, but you really would like a cold beer.

Betty Boup is more or less a traditional gogo except that maybe the girls are angling for short time rather than long time.

There are generally 4 or 5 girls on the stage in gogo skirts and bikini top. The girls have recently proved forgetful in terms of knickers.

The beer and drinks are priced at a friendly level.

So given that most of the gogo elements are good, and that the girls can be quite hands on, fun should be assured. But in reality it is very much up to how you click with the girl on your lap. Some girls can be a bit pushy and some can give up a bit quick if a rapid short time is not on the cards. But somehow that is the Soi 6 rub. One simply has to enjoy the moment and if it doesn't work, then you can look forward to the next try.

  Review Nov 2008: End of the Run

Betty Boup does me proud as somewhere to pull up for a beer, should no-one else attract my attention when running the Soi 6 gauntlet.

But somehow it rarely captures me to stay for very long. The bar seems jam packed with pretty girls, but somehow they always find a few oldies to offer to 'take care' of me.

If you don't succeed in finding a suitable girl to 'take care' then the entertainment is pretty minimal. Just 4 or 5 girls shuffling and overdressed in bikinis.

The bar is basically sound, the drinks are reasonable and there isn't any undue hassle. If only the pretty girls would jump on my lap, then I would think it was the best bar in North Pattaya.

  Review March 2008: Wide Range of Girls

Betty Boup always seems to have a fair few customers so it must be doing something right.

The bar is basically a short time bar. But the method of selecting a girl is far superior to the Soi 6 norm of momentary glance as you walk past. At Betty Boup you can relax a little before making up your mind. You can have a drink and a look around with out committing. And even watch the dancing.

The girls are generally fun on your lap, but of course are pretty quick to suggest retiring upstairs.

There's a wide range of girls in the bar, both in looks and outlook.

I've had a very mixed bag of good times and not so good in the bar but it is always worth a return visit.

Blue Angel A-GoGo

Pattaya Soi 7
(near 2nd Road)

Small gogo bar opened in June 2007. Sold and renamed at the beginning of 2008 to Sexy A-GoGo see below

The Blue Lagoon A-GoGo

Centre Condo, Pattaya Tai

Opened in February 2006. Changed hands and became Wet 'n' Wild A-GoGo in May 2007. Note that the name has now been transferred to the Beach Road venue

Blue Lagoon A-GoGo

Best Friend Complex
Beach Road

Opened Jan 2007. Recently enlivened with Jacuzzi shows and naked table dancing. Billed as a Bikini Fun Pub, then Blue Lagoon 2 but eventually named itself as if the original Blue Lagoon A-GoGo. Closed in November 2009 and the bar has been demolished.

Bubbles

Soi Pattayaland 2

Started life as Bubbles and changed its name to Crystal. Crystal Girls closed in Feb 2007 and became Crystal Boys. Planned to re-open in 2008 as Bubbles (with girls) but didn't happen. Now Bubbles Boys.

C

Champagne A-GoGo

Soi LK Metropole off Soi Diana Inn

From 2pm

www.champagne-agogo.com

Opened in August 2005. Nearly all available girls are dancing continuously. Best bet for some female companionship is to chat to a service girl.

British owned. The pool table is free.

Free pizza on Wednesday and Friday. From 7pm to 9pm every day some drinks are 2 for 1. A good point is that one gets the second drink after finishing the first,  they don't come together. 2 for 1 does not apply to draft beer though.

Dec 09 Key							Takeaway: -cannot take coyote before 11pm -800 coyote after 11pm -600 dancer before 1am -350 dancer after 1am Room: Fan 400 inc barfine
	to 9:00	60	65	60	65+	120
from 9:00		60	90	60

  News July 2010: Afternoon Opening

The bar is opening at 2pm from 1st July

  Review from Pattaya Secrets May 2010: Popular Shows

The bar was full at around 10pm. Enjoyed the show that was underway. Three girls dressed in night gowns were giving some anatomy lessons, the fourth even had forgotten to bring her dress along.

When the show was over, the dancers climbed on the stage and 2 girls went to the shower cubicle to get a scrub.

It was too crowded, but the place had a good vibe and the girls were enjoying whatever they were doing. Service was exceptional.

  Review Sept 2009: Flat

This is one of the least friendly gogos in Pattaya, at least for me. The girls don't seem to take any interest in the customers with the occasional exception of obvious previous acquaintances. Presumably its the way the locals like it...which they seem to do.

The bar has a central stage that was recently cut down in size, About half a dozen girls dance topless or in a bikini.

There's a naked play mat but it has limited visibility and I have never particularly watched what goes on there.

There are also a few tables designated for uninspired coyote dancing. Can't quite see the point of overdressed dancing in a gogo myself, but it no doubt adds to the variety.

The most luck I've had for a bit of interaction is with the service girls. There are quite a few of them and they can spend a little bit of time with customers if plied with a drink.

  Review March 2009: Poor Ratios

This is gogo that maybe best reviewed by somebody else. I consistently find nothing to keep me amused whilst noting that the bar seems to be quite popular.

I guess the difference is that I like to chat and play with the girls whereas the majority of customers are content to watch.

There are several options for watching, there are overdressed coyote dancers on the side tables and there are a fair few dancers on the main stage generally topless or bikini clad. Perhaps about average as dancing teams go, but that always means there are a few that pass muster. They dance more songs than is comfortable to wait for you (should you be lucky enough to get a girl in the first place)

There are also a couple of show stages that are a little more worth watching.

Thinking about it, for me there really is just one problem with the bar, there are too many girls set to dancing and not enough making an effort for lady drinks and bar fines.

  Review from Materialsman, Nov 2008: Uncle Festus

When we walked in I glanced down to the bottom left, and there was what appeared to be a very large LCD screen showing a sort of British soft porn movie involving an Uncle Festus lookalike cavorting naked in a bathtub with two naked Thai girls and a sex toy fashioned out of pipe lagging, it was only when I got closer I realized that it was actually a live spontaneous show. The reason I had assumed it was British soft porn was the fact that no matter how hard the girls were trying to instill some life into Festers flaccid member, it was to no avail, perhaps he needed ‘Thing’ to give him another helping hand? Actually, I do have some sympathy with the guy, sympathy which he later lost incidentally, as public sex is not for everyone. So we settled in to watch the action on stage, but also with a morbid and perverse curiosity to view what was happening in the shower behind us.

After we had ordered a couple of Heinekens I noticed an LED display saying buy one get one free on bottled beers between 8-9 p.m., sadly we were in there at 9:30, no big deal as I am not a Cheap Charlie, but I thought I should mention it as it is a pretty good deal.

As for the girls on stage, a pretty mixed bunch of perhaps twenty five girls ranging from naked to bikini clad, youngish to fairly grizzled old pros, a lot of the girls seemed bizarrely to be wearing a single stocking, what’s that all about? Perhaps Heather Mills McCartney was having a garage sale of her lingerie collection before she moved out of Paul’s place??

In keeping with the Addams family theme, one of the mamasans, quite a big strong lady, appeared to be a cross between Morticia and Grandmama Addams, quite scary! Whilst the other mamasan was really quite a pleasant looking lady, nice body if I may say so, looked damn good in tight jeans. Whilst enjoying my second beer in there, I can report that luckily the two girls in the shower had finally tired of trying to inspire Uncle Festus into more salacious activities, and they had all returned thankfully fully dressed to the main auditorium, unfortunately Uncle Festus had retained the piece of wet pipe lagging and proceeded to act out his BDSM fantasies by incessantly whipping any naked flesh that come into his view, I know that these toys do not hurt anyway near as much as it sounds like when making good contact with flesh, but the constant repetitive sound of him administering a damn good thrashing to the ladies whilst standing directly next to me hastened our exit, before I was obliged to tale the bloody thing off of him and stuff it right where the sun doesn’t shine! On second thoughts, it was a good job I didn’t do so, he probably would have enjoyed it!

I must also make a mention of one other guy in there, sadly in a wheelchair with a disability, think of Steven Hawkins, yet he was having an absolute whale of a time, swigging beer and Tequilas, he had one of the best looking girls in there keeping him company, plus the mamasans were taking good care of him, and he had a huge grin on his face, good luck to you mate, after all, isn’t it moments like that that make Pattaya such a special place for us all?

  Review June 2008: Building Back Up

The 30 day closure a couple of months ago hit the bar rather hard. Obviously the closure itself hurt but then it was followed by a quiet month whilst the bar gathered back the girls and the customers.

There are now about 15-20 girls in attendance with about 7 dancing at any one time. About half the dancers were topless and the rest bikini clad. The girls were fairly average with a couple of pretty girls. I made a quick exit when approached by a near 50 year old dancer though.

There were a fair few customers but it is not yet quite back to the levels before the closure.

Drinks prices are reasonable and music is fairly restrained. The dance rota of 7 songs is way too long if you are waiting for your girl to 'go dance'. It then becomes a cue to go and have a look at Oasis just around the corner.

It is a fairly relaxed bar, perhaps targeting local residents rather than those on a flying visit.

  Comment from Pattaya Addicts, May 2008: Not Fizzing

It's open but is not like before. Very few girls. No nudes, girls being painted or showers.

Sign girl told me they where shut down for 30 days because of nudity and do not have nude shows.

Classroom A-GoGo

Pattaya Soi 13/4 (Soi Pattayaland 2)

The dancers follow a coyote dress code rather than gogo wear, so the bar is listed under bars

Classroom 2 A-GoGo

Now named Lek's Classroom, see below

Club Nevada

Pattaya Soi 13/2 (Soi Post Office)

From 1pm

Tends to run out steam from 8pm

Afternoon gogo with very steady trade and little reason to change much. There are convenient short time rooms. The bar is popular in the afternoon and early evening but tends to run out of girls and steam later in the evening

July 09 Key						Takeaway: 600 All in package: 1300 (45 min limit)
Pint £1.20
	55-65		65		100

  Review September 2010: Dance Too Long

The bar is basically a sound, mostly daytime, gogo with several endearing features.

The bar typically has about 10 dancers. They dance in the full range from bikini to very little. About an average line up, but there's usually a couple of girls who stand out.

The music is strictly rock. And the drinks are reasonably priced.

As with several other bars, one of its fundamental flaws is that too many of the girls are set dancing. A daytime hangout should be about spending time with the customers, with just enough dancing to ensure a pleasant distraction for a few minutes whilst finding a drinking partner.

But even when there are no customers in the bar, then it is typical that 5 out of the 10 girls will be set dancing. That immediately means that customers have to spend half there time watching the insipid dancing. Usually therefore, "I Go Dance" results in a quick "check bin", and a short stroll to Hot and Cold.

  Review from Malcolm, May 2010: Pleasant Hour

Called in about 1-30pm. 3 girls were dancing, 1 naked, 1 topless and 1 in bikini. I ordered a draught beer (55B) and was left in peace. The naked girl dancing was a cutie with nice C cup assets. I gave her a wave as she finished dancing and she came over and sat with me.

Although only a 3 song dance sequence there were only 7 girls so it was 3 on, 4 off. Spent a pleasant hour with her, in between dancing. With lady drinks (100B) and a tip she seemed quite happy.

Called in today and she was just finishing her dance spot so we had a repeat session. Lady drink (small coke) 100B of which she said she got 50B, Of the 7 girls, 2 naked, 2 topless 3 bikini

  Review February 2010: Desert Oasis

This bar is another on my circuit where my favourite thing on offer is the aircon. There are actually not really many bars around South Pattaya that provide a bit of cool air during the afternoon and early evening hours.

Several years ago it was quite a lively daytime haunt but it has scaled down somewhat. Most of the time there aren't really enough girls to go round, and the chances are that customers are in for a lonely drink.

That's not to say that there isn't fun to be had. There are some friendly and attractive girls there, just not enough.

Anyway drinks are cheap, the bar is well run in terms no hassle and usually about half of the 3 to 6 girls on stage dance in very little.

If they could just up the momentum a bit it could easily be an afternoon highlight rather than just a decent place for  brief respite in the cool.

  Review June 2009: Nevada not Nirvana

There were about 12 girl in the bar of which 6 were dancing. Of the 6, usually half are naked and the others prefer bikinis. They dance to rock music which sometimes features long tracks, so the dancing stint can often be overly long. There are usually a few good looking girls, but there also the inevitable off-Walking Street heavies.

The girls now seem to prefer their own company rather than circulate seeking the company of customers. Maybe it is better in the afternoon, but my recent early evening visits have been lonely affairs.

The drinks prices are reasonable at 50 Baht or a draft Chang and 60 Baht for a draft Heineken. Served in a good sized glass too.

  Review Dec 2008: Refreshment Break

This has become a bar that I visit regularly but rarely stay long. It is conveniently located near Beach Road and Royal Garden Mall. It is a good place for a refreshment break when strolling around the area.

The bar has scaled back its girls and somehow there are never enough to spend much time entertaining customers. They tend to do a long dance stint even when there are next to no customers in the bar.

On the positive side there are usually a few attractive girls in attendance and about half the girls dance nude.

The drinks are cheap with a long running 50 Baht draft Chang and draft Heineken is 60 Baht.

The bar seems to be best in the afternoon when there are more girls and more customers.

  Review, May 2008: Undanceable Rock

The bar seems to have picked up a little since the last report. Nothing has really changed about the bar but having a few more ladies means it works so much better.

The bar is primarily an afternoon bar catering to expats. The music is strictly rock focusing on the 70s. Some of it is totally undanceable for the girls.

Most, but not all, of the girls dance naked but the girl nearest the door puts her wrap back on presumably in anticipation of a police visit.

The girls tend to do a fair stint at Nevada so presumably they are well looked after by the bar. They know how to look after the customers but are not really quite so hands-on as Hot & Cold at the other end of the soi.

An easy place to stay for a couple of beers but I have rarely stayed for a long haul.

Club Oasis A-GoGo

Soi Buakhao
(between Soi Diana Inn & LK Metro)

From 5pm

www.nightcluboasis.com

Reports of a discriminatory 300 Baht entry charge (inc 1 drink)

Popular, off Walking Street, GoGo. Opened Dec 18th 2006. Now with short time rooms. Beware of the expensive lady cocktail scam... And make sure you get your change back, the service staff can be forgetful.

June 09 Key							Takeaway: - evening until 11pm 700 All in: - 1300
	3pm-9pm		70
from 9pm		60	95	80	100-125	95-125

  Review May 2010: Steady

The bar still seems to be one of the most successful off Walking Street.

I think the success is down to attracting several types of customers. The bar has an energetic atmosphere, with plenty going, on for those that come to watch or chat with mates in an interesting environment. There are also a few girls around to entertain those who prefer to interact rather than watch. So the bar seems lucky enough to be able to entertain a large amount of customers with relatively few girls.

The bar usually has about 25 to 30 girls with half on dance shift at any one time. Most dance on the central stage but there are dance tables for another 5 or 6. They make an average team, but that isn't bad, especially off Walking Street.

There is the usual range of bikini clad and topless, but there is also a semi striptease option for some girls to dance naked just for the last song of their stint.

The drinks prices are reasonable and the basic lady drink seems back on the menu at 95 Baht. Previously this option was generally ignored and lady cocktails would always appear at 125 Baht.

  Review September 2009: Location, Location, Location

The bar has carved a niche for itself and has been consistently busy during the summer low season.

I'm a bit of loss as to why it is so successful except that I find myself dropping by quite often. Usually just down to its good location at a break point on several different walking routes around town.

In a way it is the crowdedness that I don't like, I don't go to bars to watch other people enjoying themselves. And in this bar there are not enough girls to go around for the number of customers. It must be great for the owners as they have built up sizeable audience of people who like to drink and watch rather than participate. It must be good for profit margins.

But for me it is pleasant place to enjoy 1 beer's worth of aircon before continuing my journey elsewhere.

  Review March 2009: The Little Things

The bar is very well located offering an aircon oasis when strolling around Sois Buakhao, LK Metro, Diana and, Leng Kee and Chayphun.

It is quite an attractive bar with a central stage for a dozen dancers and 3 other table dancing stages.

The girls are split into two dancing teams each taking aturn on stage for about 5 songs. The girls dance in bikinis or topless with a few taking off their knickers for the final song of their set. There are usually a few pretty girls amongst the dancers.

It is a bar that targets Pattaya regulars and at first glance all seems well organised. But somehow I seem to get irritated by minor grievances on every visit. There are two levels of lady drink and the most expensive usually appears without asking. The prettier girls seem to like to hunt for the lady drinks just a few minutes before it is their turn to dance. And girls at your side are likely to be whisked away by the mamasang to other presumably more profit making customers. Small change is often assumed to be a tip.

But saying that it seems to be a very popular bar, often being full or there abouts.

  Review from Materialsman, Nov 2008: Worn at the Edges

Another first time visitation for me. I have heard good reports of this place, but either my own taste in girls is extremely restrictive, or we just picked a bad night, for with one or two exceptions it resembled a bit of an elephant’s graveyard of a Go-Go, plenty of dancers in the bar, but not to my ‘spec’, it resembled a home to the girls that were perhaps a little bit worn at the edges to put it nicely, but each to their own, and things can change on a daily basis, if not an hourly basis in the bars of Sin City.

  News June 2008: Afternoons

The bar is trying afternoon opening again from 3pm. It has been pretty quiet so far though.

  Review May 2008: Settling Down

The mamasang has worked in many Walking Street bars and has previously run a pretty tight regime of ensuring that customers are matched to girls.

Oasis though has settled down into a very hassle free gogo where you are likely to drink alone unless you make an effort to call over a girl.

I asked the mamasang about this, and she said that they have decided that is what the Soi Buakhao customers prefer.

So the bar offers minimal hassle, cheap beer and farang rock music at a reasonable volume. Sounds like your local pub back in farangland. But of course there are topless dancing girls and short time rooms if you feel the urge. So the best of both worlds.

But perhaps a little too restrained though for my tastes.

Crystal A-GoGo

Soi Pattayaland 2

Soon to re-open as Bubbles (with girls), see above

D

Pattaya Soi 8

Opened January 2006 and went dark 3 days later. Now Bada Bing

Closed. Now Dynamite Boys

E

Asian tour party venue.  See GoGos with East European dancers

F

Far East Rock A-GoGo

Beach Road: Soi Post Office

From 1pm - 10pm
Most girls depart at 8pm

Afternoon gogo catering for expats into rock music

Jan 09 Key							Takeaway: -to 5pm 850 -from 5pm 550 -from 8pm 300 - All in 1500
Pint £1.20
	50-60	90	80	130	130	90

  Review from Malcolm, May 2010: Ladyboy Guard Duty

Went in Club Nevada for a hour most afternoons and asked the girl that always joined me about Far East Rock, always a couple of ladyboys on guard duty at the door. She told me for some reason best known to the owner, ladyboys on door and nice (real) girls inside.

Went in and yes she was right. Those ladyboys must frighten more customers off than they pull in. 2 beers for me and 2 ladydrinks B460

  Review August 2009: Still Underwhelming

I stopped by for a beer at the early hour of 7:45pm and the bar had the feeling of it being closing time already.

There were about 8 girls in the bar when I arrived but by the time I had finished my beer the bar was down to 2 or 3. 8pm is the end of shift for half or more of the girls.

I didn't stay for a 2nd beer to find out how the bar works out between 8pm and closing time at 10pm.

When I entered there were 4 girls dancing mostly bikini clad. Not a crew that stands out but a couple of the girls would surely be getting a few bar fines.

The service girl was friendly enough but the dancing girls were winding down so it is a bit unfair to comment on their interaction with the customers.

Probably better to give the bar a try in the afternoon.

  Review Jan 2009: Underwhelming

I have been somewhat underwhelmed when I have recently stopped by this bar. It hasn't really changed very much over the last few years, its just that a little less good than it used to be.

There are slightly less girls, they are slightly older on average and the decor is now slightly faded.

On the positive side the beer prices have been the same for ages and the bar continues with the oldie farang friendly rock music.

There are usually a few customers in the bar who are enjoying playing with the girls, so not a bad place. Never any undue hassle either.

Presumably the relatively early closing is something to do with running one shift of staff rather than two.

  Review May 2008: Foundering

The bar seems to be struggling a bit at the moment. I have been left to drink alone on my last couple of visits due to a general lack of girls.

There is also a general lack of customers too. This may be down to the girls being a bit overdressed in bikinis. Or perhaps it is down to lady boy welcome staff putting a few people off.

Still, there is nothing particularly bad about the bar. The beer is cheap and the music is farang friendly. And the girls seem friendly enough too.

As always it could be just bad luck but I think it is simply edged out by the better local competition from Nevada and Hot & Cold

  News, Jan 2008: Far East Rocked

Far East Rock has made the UK news as it is listed as one of the assets of Angela Miller. She has been prosecuted for running brothels in the UK where Thai girls were working in semi slavery to repay ridiculous trumped up debts incurred to get a chance of working in the UK.

She was sentenced to 4 years and will serve more if she opposes the confiscation of her assets.

She had been extradited back to the UK after being on the run for 6 years in Thailand.

  Review, Sep 2007: Fourth Choice

Far East Rock seems to be the least popular of the afternoon gogos in the area. It is outdone by Cub Nevada for prettier and nude dancers. It is outdone by Hot & Cold for up close and personal attention. It is outdone by TQ1 for those that want to have a banter with their mates.

There's probably no good reason why it shouldn't compete with the others but momentum seems to have made this the least popular. Prices are generally competitive and the music is attractive to the afternoon expats.

The kateoys on the welcome staff at the door are probably a big negative for many potential customers. It seems strange to use kateoys when it does not seem to be a big thing within the bar.

The poor ranking generally reflects in a lower standard of girls but there are usually a few that one would be happy to share a drink with.

Never seems too bad, but I generally soon get tempted to move on to one of the nearby competitors.

First A-GoGo Lounge

Pattaya Soi 8

2pm-10pm

www.firstagogo-pattaya.com

Opened on 28th January 2009 in the venue that was previously Zoo A-GoGo

Nov 09 Key						Takeaway: 800 until 11pm 600 11pm-1:30 300 after 1:30 Room: 600 (no barfine)
Pint £2.30
		70	70	70-150	95-180

  News July 2010: Closed for the Summer

Due to the quiet low season First A-GoGo has closed for the summer. The owner reports that it will re-open on 25th September 2010.

  Review February 2010:  Change of Management

The bar has just had a change of management so time to have a look if anything had changed.

I didn't spot any physical changes to the bar. It still suffers a little from a rather high stage that is located a bit too far from the comfy seats.

On the plus side, the bar had a fair amount of good looking dancers. There were perhaps 15 girls in all of which 6 were dancing. They wore bikinis or less depending on their preferences. Most would don pleated skirts as they ended their dancing stint.

To me the long term failing of the bar is that the girls never seem very interested in interacting with the customers. Taking a quick look round the bar, I think there has probably been a bit of an improvement on that front, as a couple of guys were enjoying a chat.

The much travelled Thai bar manager Kuhn Saatit was on duty but somehow his presence rarely correlates with the sort of bar I like to drink in.

The bar didn't click for me on this visit, but I think there is an improved chance of this happening on a subsequent visit.

  Review from Pattaya-Addicts, May 2009:  Large and Airy

Large and airy, a central dance podium, two separate dance stages around the sides, two dozen or so dancers with a generally good standard. Large screen TVs around the walls showing sports for those who are no longer interested in watching the dancers. And the girls were actually dancing.

There were a couple of shows, but I guess because the girls appeared to be new these weren’t as slick as some of the others you can see around town.

  Review Feb 2009: 60 Baht Happy Hour

Since opening, the bar has reduced its previously top end prices down to more realistic levels and there is also a very good 60 Baht happy hour which runs to 10pm.

  Review Feb 2009: 60 Baht Happy Hour

Since opening, the bar has reduced its previously top end prices down to more realistic levels and there is also a very good 60 Baht happy hour which runs to 10pm.

The bar has recruited a few more girls and they now have half a dozen that are well attractive. Unfortunately they don't seem to be very interested in circulating amongst the earlybird 9pm customers so I wasn't tempted to stay long. The dancing at the early hour was strictly bikini clad.

  Review Jan 2009: First But Will it Last

The new GoGo is located on the north side of central Soi 8. It was previously the location of Zoo A-GoGo. I have heard that there was a previous incarnation of First A-GoGo on the same site many years ago.

The gogo is large with a central stage plus an unused side stage and a Jacuzzi.

There is an area with sofa seating and the rest of the bar is stools. The gogo generally looks good.

It is always difficult for bars to recruit girls for the opening and this bar had just 6 dancers. Less than average too. They were all bikini clad. I was told that the Jacuzzi girls were a little more revealing but they hadn't started yet.

The Pattaya Ghost informs me that all 3 of the Jacuzzi girls were eminently 'doable'.

The drinks prices are way too much for this early days entertainment with no draft beer and bottles at 100-110. Spirits were on the menu as 130 Baht.

The service girl taking my order was a good English speaker and she was happy to chat to make up for the lack of available dancers.

But really the bar is currently poor value with expensive drinks, few ladies, and dancers with too many clothes.

The bar seemed basically friendly and free of hassle. I will certainly drop by again to see how they fare.

G

Closed

Goldfingers A-GoGo

Beach Road: Soi 7

Previously a girls A-GoGo but went Ladyboy in June 2007 and closed in December 2008.

Gorkle Pattaya Club

Soi LK Metropole

Previously Memories A-GoGo. Bought out in July 2007 and renamed Gorkle Club. Closed & re-develpoed as Ice coyote bar in May 2008. Now Office A-GoGo.

H

Honey Girls A-GoGo

Soi Honey
(Between 2nd Road & Soi Buakhao)

Opened on 12th February 2008. Closed by September 2008. The venue was gutted in January 2009. Now split into single units

Hot & Cold A-GoGo

Pattaya Soi 13/2 (Soi Post Office)

From 3pm
Start of shift for most girls is 6pm

 Hot & Cold A-GoGo

A mixture of girls but they are all up for some diddling fun.

Jun 10 Key							Takeaway: 500 dancer 800 service All in: 1300
	to 8:15	45				90-150
from 8:15		45	90	60	80

  Review by Malcolm, May 2010: Begging for Drinks

I called in Hot & Cold twice this week. not again.

1st time I ordered drink and cutie jumped on my left. I ordered her a drink and next thing I've another on my right and 1 in front of me begging for drinks. Told them I buy 1 lady a drink. The 1 in front took the hint but the 1 on my right would not give in. Time to drink up and go.

Went in again, I ordered a drink and again cutie plopped down next me. OK. I asked her if she wanted a drink (silly question) and she asked if she could have a bottle of Singha. OK she started a bit of hands on fun and next thing 4 more girls surrounded us.

So paid bill, (B125 for her Singha and B45 for my draught) left tip but she then started demanding B100 tip for herself. Left and wont be back.

  Review April 2010: Cooling

Hot & Cold can still be a fun place to drink but it rather depends on whether there are any girls to suit ones tastes available for lap duty.

Perhaps the times have been tough, but minor tweaks to bar policy have probably not done the bar any favours, and the bar often now struggles for customers.

Firstly they have upped the amount of girls dancing, which of course decreases the amount of time the girls are available for lap duties. And to be brutally honest there are too few girls in this bar that are worth watching dancing. The girls excel at hands on service, not dancing, so I think this is where the girls would be best employed.

Secondly the bar now allow girls to opt for more expensive drinks without asking the customers. Again the customer base for the bar is not really the ideal demographic for pissing them off. They tend to be expats or Pattaya regulars who know the going rates and when they are being taken advantage of. It is also a bar that specialises in providing multiple girls for a customer's attention. Being stung for several 150 Baht drinks will surely drive some away, never to return again. And continuing the brutally frank theme, most of the girls simply do not justify premium priced drinks anyway.

Anyway I don't want to be too negative as there are still good times to be had in the bar.

  Review July 2009: Mixed Reviews

It sometimes seems strange that one of my favourite bars seems to get very mixed reviews on the Pattaya forums. And I can see both sides of the debate.

The bar has more than its far share of girls who would never get a job in Walking Street. But it also has a few girls that would easily make the grade.

They all hands on and friendly, it is just a matter of selecting ones that appeal. To enjoy the bar, one simply has to be able to 'sack away' the girls that don't appeal. If you get friendly with girls that don't appeal, then you can almost guarantee that they will try jumping on your lap for every visit in the next 5 years. The bar must look after the girls well as some of them stay a long long time.

Maybe because the girls stay a long time, I have got to know some of them better than most girls in Pattaya. So it is almost like a local.

  Review Feb 2009: More Dilapidated More Expensive

The bar struggled to maintain momentum over the peak season as there simply weren't enough girls to round. (But no doubt the finances were healthy).

However things seem back to normal and there are enough girls on the bar that 2 or 3 will soon jump on your lap.

However a couple of less welcoming features have started to emerge. The first is that perennial lady drink upgrade without asking first. This is clearly a new policy as it has not happened for years of regular visits. I put a stop to it as far as I was concerned, but I notice that an awful lot of girls are now drinking 150 Baht Breezers. The standard lady drink went up not so long ago from 80 to 90 Baht.

The other misguided policy change, is for the girls to dance for 5 songs rather than the previous 4. To be slightly blunt, not so many of the girls are employed for their on stage grace. They are for more gainfully employed as literal lap dancers. The extra song just makes customers wait longer and the girls get even more tired after their 9 or 12 hour shift.

Still plenty of fun to be had but keep an eye on what your girls are drinking.

  Review June 2008: Seedy Fun

The state of the decor is getting worse and worse with time. The stained concrete ceiling effect is second to none. The benches are falling apart and the foot rests are nearly rotted through.

But what the hell, it is a great bar. The girls are up for more naughty fun than nearly all the competition put together.

There are a few potential downers though, there are a fair few oldies and chubbies. All the girls can be good fun but it depends a little on personal taste on how one deals with the choice.

There are plenty of attractive girls employed by the bar, but it often seems that they are all otherwise engaged. In fact the bar must do really well for the girls as some seem to be whisked away as soon as they turn up for work.

In fact the high turnover means that if you feel a bit stuck for choice, then wait a drink or two, and a few returnees will soon appear.

The other characteristic of the bar is that the girls like to jump on your lap in teams of 2 or 3 rather than as individuals. But if you can't stand the heat, then don't diddle in the fire of Hot & Cold.

  Review by polleke, Oct 2007: Hands on fun

For being one of my fave bars, I hadn't paid a visit for 6 months. Fortunately nothing has changed only the line-up.

2 minutes after entering I was treated with a balls massage from 2 girls that jumped aside me. After a couple of minutes they were replaced by a more fancied girl and the treatment went on.

I am aware they are not the most beautiful girls in town but hell it must be one of the most hands on fun dens in Pats. I too saw customers entering and leaving right away, but for me I hope the place stays the same for a long long time.

Be aware: the girls are pushy for threesomes, just stay firm, unless of course you want a threesome.

Hot & Cold 2

Pattaya Soi 13/1 (Soi Yamato)

Brought back into service in May 2006 but closed again in Jan 2007. The bar is now up for sale

Hottie's A-GoGo

2nd Road (in Smile's Avenue bar complex opposite Mike's Shopping Mall)

Previously a coyote bar it changed to the GoGo format in November 2009. May claim to be a GoGo bar but the girls were wearing too many clothes to count. Now listed on the Bars pages. Closed in June 2010.

I

Ice A-GoGo

Soi LK Metro

 Ice A-GoGo

Converted from coyote dancing to GoGo dancing on 1st December 2008 but didn't last long before reverting back to a bar. The venue was previously Gorkle Club, and before that Memories A-GoGo. Now Office A-GoGo.

J

Jupiter

Soi Pattayaland 2

Previously known as Planet Rock closed in Dec 2006 and is now Wild West Boys.

K

Kiss Kool Bar

Pattaya Soi 6  (Soi Yodsak)

Bar from 1pm
Dancing from 5pm

Half way between a short time bar and a GoGo. The girls are lined up outside but there is dancing inside for entertainment

Oct 08 Key						Takeaway: 500 after 9pm 1000 before 9pm Room: 300 (no barfine) All in: 1000
Pint £1.80
		80-100	60		90

  Review March 2010: No Sense

Of the four dancing bars at the end of Soi 6, Kiss Kool is the least satisfactory for those that pop in for the dancing.

As a typical Soi 6 short time bar where a girl is chosen at the door it can work fine. Except that the girls I have spoken to have been those that ask for a lady drink in the first breath and to 'go up' in the second. Probably just bad luck.

But the bar seems to have no flexibility to cater for customers who want to do the typical GoGo thing of entering, ordering a drink, relaxing for a while whilst watching the dancing, and surveying the ladies for a likely drinking partner. Any attempt along these lines will surely result in a lonely drink. If one declines the option of a girl on the door then you will then be ignored for the rest of the visit.

The strange thing is that by employing this mode of operation then there is absolutely no point to the dancing. The customers who have picked a hostess at the door will be busy with them. And because the bar doesn't seem to cater for dance watchers, then there are no customers to take an interest in the dancers. So then the dancing becomes little more than a perfunctory shuffle.

The bar is, however, noteworthy for the pleasant decor and good layout of seating with lots of curves and bays.

The drinks prices are reasonable too.

  Review June 2009: Mandatory Lady Drinks

Can't say I got a very friendly reception on my last visit. I smiled at a pretty girl sitting outside only to find that she was a newbie and had a friend acting as a minder. I wasn't very enamoured by the uninvited minder and indicated that I found 3 to be a crowd. The minder didn't take it well and decided that the bar had just implemented a no lady drink - no company policy and she whisked the original girl away on that pretext.

I sorted it out but the incident rather soured the visit.

But at least the bar has a fair few girls, the drinks are reasonably priced and the decor is good.

  Review Jan 2009: Up To Speed

The previously reported scaling down of the number of girls was apparently the aftermath of a police raid.

The numbers now seem to have returned to previous levels. Saying that, I haven't actually been tempted in yet to see if the extra numbers have restored the bar to its former glory.

The bar is nicely decorated in a tiger theme and the drinks prices are reasonable.

The girls are at least 20 years old and the bar doesn't employ lady boys.

  Review Oct 2008: Superfluous Dancing

Kiss Kool seems to have scaled down since my last visit. And in the jargon of my trade, it hasn't scaled down well.

There were just half a dozen girls waiting outside, a couple of dancers and one other girl drinking with a customer. The lack of momentum means that there are no customers being entertained by the dancers. Selecting a girl at the door tends to ensure an intense short time interview, which makes the dancing superfluous.

And it got worse. My girl said: I go dance, She said 5 minutes but it was interminable. The bar was by this time totally empty apart from me and my girl. And she was bikini clad dancing in an inane unsexy shuffle to dance music that was of no interest whatsoever.

Really a dreadful way to entertain the only customer...who predictably didn't stay long.

...oh, and there was no draft beer either, so not a particularly cheap way to get bored silly.

  Review Nov 2007: Hard Sell

Kiss Kool is proving to be pretty conservative with little changing over the last year or so.

The bar seems popular with plenty of ladies. There is comfortable sofa seating in an attractive tiger skin decor. There's a large screen TV but it can show some pretty irrelevant programmes to what is the business of the bar.

There are usually 3 dancing girls modestly attired in bikinis. They are not really the focus of the attention as most customers will have a personal service girl on hand.

The bar operates more as a short time bar than a gogo with the girls up for selection as you walk in rather than circulating around the inside of the bar.

The girls seem to be aging a little and I found the bar to have a slightly hard edge with the hard sell to go upstairs.

But there seems little reason to change a well tried and tested formula so I don't supposed things will change much in the foreseeable future.

  Review March 2007: Half Way Decent

The bar area is attractive with comfortable sofas done out in a tiger theme. There is a large screen TV but variable programme choice means that this proves more of an distraction than an entertainment.

The bar is half way to a gogo in that there is bikini clad dancing on show but the real entertainment is the hands on grope provided with a view to a short time upstairs.

The draft beer is reasonably priced as are the lady drinks.

I would visit more but I dislike choosing a girl from the line up at the door after just a quick glance. And if you don't choose a girl, the default house selection always seems to disappoint. 

Kitten Club

Beach Road: Soi Pattayaland 2

From ~5pm

Surely the worst gogo in Pattaya with policies such as not revealing expensive drinks prices until the final bill. Keep a watch on your bin for padding.

Note that there is a camera in the bar that relays the action to the Penthouse hotel rooms above

Jul 10 Key								Takeaway: -showgirls 1500 before 11pm -dancers 400 Room: 550+barfine
	to 7pm
from 7pm		59	99	99	99-135	135	99-135

  Review from Pattaya-Live: Dec 2009: Strange

Kitten Club and Obsessions are 2 GoGo bars in one. They each have their own entrance but that lead to the same bar, a large GoGo bar with a central stage.

Kitten GoGo bar is a girl GoGo bar while Pattaya Obsessions is a Lady Boy GoGo bar. The left part of the stage and the left part of the bar are for girls and for girl oriented customers (real girls dance on the left part of the stage only) and the right part of the stage and the right part of the bar are for LB and LB oriented customers (LB dance on the right part of the stage only). Waitresses are either girls or LB and obviously are not limited to any part of the bar. Strange but interesting mix.

Real girls wear red, lady boys wear black.

  Review from Pattaya Today: Night March, June 2009: Ladyboys

The bar underwent a complete remodelling a few months back after being forced to close for some misdemeanour or other.

While the new layout is more attractive than the previous rabbit-warren incarnation, the overall quality of the dancing damsels is borderline freak show.

Apart from the ladyboys, the genuine girls dancing damsels are a mixed bunch. While a couple are arguably attractive (and given the lighting I think they may well have started life as boys), most are either overweight or just plain frightening.

Drinks prices are ridiculous for what’s on offer: 150 baht for spirits, 139 baht for a lady drink, and 79 baht for draught beer.

Not worth a cracker unless your tastes run to the gender-confused.

  News April 2009: Back

Kitten Club has re-opened with the promise of new water features. I'll leave it to somebody else to give it a look. It was closed with a notice on the door saying closed for being 2 sexy.

  Review from Pattaya Addicts, Feb 2008: Ladyboys

I paid 900 bath for two drinks. One soda for me and one breezer for the lady I barfined!

I decided to look into Kitten club because I had read that they had now moved the ladyboys to a separate bar. How wrong I was.

The service staff marched me right to the back of the bar and then 3 tall ladyboys descended on me like pigeons around fallen breadcrumbs.

  News from eyebee, Dec 2007: Split Kitten

Kitten Club seems to have split into two. There are now two doors; one saying Kitten Club and the other Obsessions. They look to be two separate clubs.

Now Obsessions in Bangkok's Nana Plaza is a ladyboy bar so there is the possibility that this is the case in Pattaya too.

Due to high prices and customer unfriendly policies such as unpriced bills in the bin, Kitten Club is on the Thai-Anxiety, "Never Again" list. So it may be a while before further details are available.

Kitten Club also has a large impressive new neon sign.

Review from Thailand Nightlife Roundup, Dec 2007: Avoid

There is a closed circuit channel on the Penthouse Hotel melonf78TV so you can, more or less, see girls dancing inside the kitten club downstairs.

Unfortunately, the Kitten Club is a disaster. Up close you realize most of the girls are skanky and some of the girls are ladyboys and one in particular was aggressive and acting stupid. They dance over some jets of air which lifts their skirts Marilyn Monroe style but hey who wants to see ladyboys' skirts fly up? So, although I have mixed feeling about the hotel itself, I have no mixed feelings whatever about the Kitten Club: AVOID.

  Comment from Pattaya Talk, Nov 2007: 125 Baht Coke

After ordering a coke, I settled in to watch the lovely kittens play in the tank. The coke arrived and the bill did not have a price on it. I asked for a bill and found my 10oz. coke was 125 baht. No wonder they do not list prices on the tab.

Never again!

Kittens changed name to 19-69 but that has now closed

L

Just a temporary name for Hot & Cold during the ensuing shutdown after a police raid. There's still a sign though. See Hot & Cold above

Las Vegas GoGo

Pattaya Soi 13/1 (Soi Yamato)

From noon

Opened on 1st October 2008 in the venue that was previously 77 Club and Sweet Dreams Bar before that.

The gogo is run by the team that ran Las Vegas Bar in Jomtien most famous for the girls playing pool naked for a suitable tip. No sign of a pool table in the new venue though.

Mar 10 Key							Takeway: 1000 before 6pm 600 after 6pm all in: 1300
	to 1pm					100
from 1pm		40	90	50	110

  Review August 2009: Regulars

A brief visit as a couple of familiar faces meant that I couldn't dally long.

There were just 2 dancing girls who were bikini clad, There were another half dozen girls on hostessing duty. The girls were not special, so it is more down to a good bit of personal attention to keep the customers entertained.

Most of what was going on in my short visit was pretty innocent chatting, but I rather guess that more fun could be had if the customers so wished.

A decent draft was served for the good price of 50 Baht.

It all seemed a steady sort of place where everyone looked content enough.

At least they had a few customers. I guess that there is a pretty regular crowd here. Perhaps even a few regulars that remember the naked pool played at the bars previous location in Jomtien.

  Review Feb 2009: 50 Baht Draft

Las Vegas have reduced their drinks prices with a very reasonable 50 Baht draft (from 75 Baht).

Las Vegas have somewhat less than top notch bikini clad dancers but they are very friendly. Hands on and hands in as I like to say.

  Review from Materialsman, Dec 2008: Not to Dance

When this Bar was situated on Soi Post Office it was a regular stop off place for me and my friends during a good weekend daytime pub crawl, had many a good time there, and bedded some fairly decent girls there over the years, and the owner Peter came up with a classic retort one day that sticks in my mind even now, I has chastened him for his girls lack of enthusiasm on the dance floor, and he said My girls are here to get fucked, not to dance, and you can’t argue with that logic can you? Sadly, the in new place the girls showed a similar lack of enthusiasm, and I couldn’t see even one girl in the worth playing with.

As for the Bar, well it certainly appeared smaller than the original place, although a little bit classier in terms of décor, the old place was fairly basic if my memory serves me well.

I will give the place another try in the New Year, if only in deference to Peter and his unique style of man (woman) management.

  Review Sept 2008: Opening Night

The bar opened with very much the feel that it will blend in with its near neighbours, Far East Rock, Club Nevada, Spicy Girls and Hot & Cold. It is similarly sized too.

It will open in the afternoon and offers reasonable rates for in house short times.

The drinks seem to be set slightly higher than the opposition with a 75 Baht draft. Lady drinks were 100 Baht

There were plenty of girls on hand for the opening night, although a little questioning suggests that some were employed just for a day or two. The girls were very much a mixed bunch with a few that were presentable.

The dress code is bikini but only 3 or 4 were dancing at anyone time. Surely a good idea giving more time for smooching rather than dancing. There are no novelties such as Jacuzzis or show girls, so the bar will just have to rely on the girls providing good old fashioned hands on entertainment.

I enjoyed my stay but will have to stop by again to make a more realistic appraisal of its offerings. Everyone was eager to please on opening night.

Legs Club

Pattaya Soi 13/4 (Soi Pattayaland 2)

The next incarnation of the old Mistys A-GoGo. The soi is becoming a little gender confused so the bar sign emphasises that it will be girls girls girls. opened 26th June 2008. Still owned by the Misty's team

  News June 2010: Legs Closed

Dark on a walk by on 7th June 2010.

Prominent for sales signs rather suggests that this is a permanent closure.

I would guess that the girls have moved to Mistys or Beavers.

The bar was always a good one as far as I was concerned and will be a loss to the scene. Halving in size was always a danger sign for the bar. Halving the size of the bar also left the comfortable seating badly placed for a view of the stage.

Also small gogos are notoriously hard to keep going as they lack the flexibility to match the numbers of girls with the number of customers.

  Review from Malcolm, May 2010: Distractions

Went in on my last evening and OMG, the biggest pair of natural assets I have seen on a slim, good looking Thai girl. Must have been DD. She was just ending her dance stint so called her over and had pleasant ½ hour till she went back on stage.

Draught beer B65. ladydrink B120.

  Review August 2009: Too Small

Legs Club is basically a pretty good gogo in terms of the way the bar is run. But the small size makes for a variable customer experience.

The bar typically has about 10 dancers of which 3 or 4 dance at any one time. The dress code is mostly topless and some girls maintain this when mingling. There are some attractive dancers on the books.

The downside of the size is that as soon as there half dozen customers in the bar, and a couple of barfines, then there aren't enough girls to go round.

On one visit my drinking partner was ordered from my side to sit with one of the managers mates. Totally out of order.

My current tactic is to take a look inside and if there are more than a handful of customers, then I try again another day. But still the bar can be good if it is not crowded.

  News March 2009: Slimmed Down Legs

Legs Club has been reduced down to half size. A wall has been constructed such that Legs Club is now a narrow single unit bar with a side stage.

It is now similar in layout to the unsuccessful Popcorn just down the soi. There is stool seating facing the stage abd a little comfortable seating at the front and back of the bar that does not offer a particularly good view of the stage.

For the moment most other things in the bar are the same as before with about 10 dancers of which 2 or 3 are very attractive. They now just dance for 3 songs which is good.

I hope the bar can maintain momentum. It is notoriously hard to make a small gogo work. It is difficult to maintain a good balance between girls and customers.

  Review February 2009: Lucky

The bar is running at a somewhat smaller scale than when it was Mistys with maybe a dozen dancers starting the evening.

The girls dance a nice short stint on the central stage with topless being the standard dress code.

I seem to have been lucky nearly every time I have visited the bar. There always seems to be a girl I know from another bar, or else a good looking native of Legs Club.  And they always seem keen to get re-acquainted.

But on the other hand luck is generally made by a good attitude from the girls and management.

Anyway it works for me at the moment.

Lek's Classroom A-GoGo

Pattaya Soi 2

From 8pm

classroom-honeypot.com

Large gogo with overdressed girls. Recently supplemented by a Jacuzzi and spanking stage. Previously named Classroom 2 and Classroom 2000.

Aug 09 Key							Takeaways: - dancer 600 - showgirl 1000 before 10pm - showgirl 800 after 10pm
Pint £1.90
	to 10pm	59*
		59*	106		95-105	100

*small glass

  Review May 2010: Low Season Design Issues

I dropped by the bar at a reasonable time and the bar had a handful of customers, 8, I counted them. But the crazy thing was that the bar was effectively full.

The bar was designed in times of plentiful customers, but now there aren't so many around, the large bar design is proving useless.

There are loads of decent seats around the edge of the bar but these are around table dancing stages that aren't being used. These seats are way too far away from the main stage so just end up being dark and empty.

There are a couple of bays of seating, but most of the seats either face away from the stage or else have a restricted side on view blocked by posts.

The only other seats are the best in the house. There is a long bench with a decent view of the stage down the front wall. This bench was filled with 6 of the 8 customers. There are plenty of small stools around but, these were uncomfortable and last choice.

The bar had a dozen or so dancers with 6 dancing and 6 enjoying chatting to customers. So again the bar was effectively operating pretty near capacity with just 8 customers.

And soon there were 7 because a comfortable seat and a pretty girl by ones side is the basic requirement for a successful gogo of this type.

But at least the bar had 7 customers, who seemed to be enjoying the hands on entertainment.

  Review by jj, July 2009: A Mere Shadow

A mere shadow of its former self

After a long layoff, a visit to Classroom 2 (Soi 2) was in order. It was a mega-disappointment. Formerly operating like Windmill and Baby Dolls, C2 is now tame to say the least. The single lady in the shower was the only nekkid one. Precious few nipples were on display and gone were the naughty girls stage and the table dancing. The most endearing members of the staff were the service ladies.

At one point. my traveling partner and I comprised 2/3 of the entire customer level!

  Comments by jj & DavidT, April 2009: Flourishing in Class

I admit that the seating drawbacks noted. Also the diversity of the dress and entertainment seems a bit bizarre, yet somehow it all seems to work in the end.

But the dancers are regularly bar-fined. One day just this week there were only 5 left at 2AM; the servers were pressed into service as dancers.

C2 seems to be a late nite venue. Nothing much seems to be going on before 10pm and things pick-up rapidly thereafter.

Somehow this place seems to flourish.

Also noted that mamasang Larn has impressed on the management team

  Review April 2009: Large Classes

I am struggling a little bit with this venue, it never seems to click.

I wandered it an early hour and there weren't more than a handful of customers in but somehow there was nowhere left to sit. The venue is really quite large and it has not scaled down very well. Without the table dancing in operation there are an awful lot of seats that are simply too far away from the action now confined to the central stage and Jacuzzi. There are also a couple of other bays of seating that simply aren't pointed in the right direction.

There were quite a few dancers covering quite a range attractiveness and quite a range of coverage too. Some were topless yet some were well overdressed in skirts, knickers, bras and blouses.

The draft beer was cheap and the service staff were friendly.

I am always happy to pop in and give it a try but rarely has it persuaded me to stay long.

  Review by Materialsman, Oct 2008: Squeaky Clean

Well, time was moving on apace, so it was time for a trip down memory lane and The Classroom 2 A Go-Go in Soi 2 where I have had many a happy time over the years. Walked in to a fairly quiet establishment, but the line up was pretty reasonable, and a lithe lovely soaping herself in a Jacuzzi type bath. Actually, I wondered to myself after watching her soap herself squeaky clean for over an hour, ‘If I paid the bar for her, would she come back to ‘my loom’ and insist on another shower, if so, why?’

Well, we enjoyed the schoolgirl clad dancers, when suddenly the music changed and the good lookers ran off stage and the ‘showgirls’ appeared. When did Classroom2 become a ‘bells and whistles’ pussy show bar? So, we sat through a couple of shows, including ‘pussy smoke cigarette’ show, which took me by surprise as I thought smoking was banned in air conditioned bars? Smoking was definitely bad for this particular girl’s health, as she appeared to be smoking two or three at a time! Thankfully, this show wasn’t too long, as whatever hidden talents this girl obviously has, being slim and a looker wasn’t amongst them.

The bar had started to fill up by then, a party of bemused looking Asians, and a gang of loud Aussie back-backers had come in off the street, but that was the pattern of events, a couple of songs for the dancing girls, then show time again. To my eternal shame, one of the mamasans identified me as being an old time Pattaya monger, and roped me in for a bit of audience participation due to lack of interest from the other attendees, so yours truly got pushed up on stage for both the ‘pussy shoots darts at balloon’ show, and the ‘pussy fires bananas’ show, which culminated in the last banana being fired out after I had retaken my seat and wasn’t ready for it leaving me with a couple of nasty looking white sticky stains to both my shirt and trousers, much to the amusement of my drinking buddy.

Drinks I think were a strangely priced 106 baht a bottle, which I guess is okay considering the show, but a little pressure for ‘tips’ was prevalent after each extravaganza, though I tried to protest that I should actually receive my share of the tips for my ‘performance’, but to no avail. I don’t begrudge the poor girl her tips, she probably doesn’t get much in the way of bar fines.

So off we went out of the door, and the girl in the Jacuzzi was still soaping herself up, trying to find and cleanse body orifices she had previously missed. Overall the place was okay, but I preferred the old style of purely dancing girls, don’t need to see the pussy shows as I am a jaded ex-pat, but it may suit some.

  Review June 2008: Put to Shame

The bars seems to be very much a mixed bag. The bar was pretty quiet when I stopped by, but a friendly service girl told me but it was very crowded the night before (Pattaya bars are often crowded yesterday and tomorrow but never today)

The girls were also very mixed in attire. There was one beautifully built girl dancing topless, but most of the others were wearing skirts and blouses, and in many cases, bras too. I am wondering if the large chested girl should be asked to cover up. I have a theory that the others were overdressed because they were put to shame by the beauty,

The drinks prices were quite constrained and the music was forgettable which is better than being loud.

No real reason why the bar shouldn't make for a good visit, but as none of the girls felt like being friendly to me, I didn't stay long. Nearby Soi 6 is way too inviting for this bar to be anything less than great.

Closed, now a salon

Closed

Opened in December 2008. Loma is the Thai word for dolphin. Closed in May 2009.

Closed, now Avenue Mall

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Mandarin Club

Pattaya Soi 6 (Soi Yodsak)

Mandarin Club closed on 12th December 2008 and but re-opened on 9th May 2009.

Jan 10 Key						Takeaway: Room:
Pint £1.40
	60		50		120

  Review May 2010:  Better

For much of the last year the bar has looked a little bit underwhelming with few enticing girls outside. But my most recent foray was an enjoyable visit.

It was hardly what you could call heaving, but there were a few customers and friendly enough girls to ensure that they were enjoying good customer care.

There were just 2 girls dancing generally in bikinis but sometimes less. They had a nice short dance roster so didn't spend too long away from their more important customer care role.

The drinks prices are very reasonable.

Hardly earth shattering, but at least the bar is now an alternative to Betty Boup/Passion. These seem to have relinquished their previous dominance of dancing bars on the soi.

  Review May 2009: Red

The bar seemed pretty much unchanged from previous incarnations.

There are still 4 bays of comfortable sofa seating overlooking a central dancing area now cut down to 2 smallish stages. At the other side of the room there is quite an expansive bar counter. It all looks pretty good with the sumptuous red theme that is traditional to the bar.

The dancers were generally a little below par and were a little overdressed dancing in skirts, knickers and bikini tops.

There were about 8 girls on duty, 2 of which were dancing. A couple were sitting with customers and the rest were sitting out front.

2 of the girls were good looking but unfortunately I was the 3rd in line. The 2 pretty girls were in fact looking after their customers well, but my assignment was a bit prim and proper, so not really much to stay for.

The draft beer was a reasonable 60 Baht.

Memories Gentlemen’s Club

Soi LK Metropole

Converted from a restaurant to A-GoGo in March 2006. Bought out in July 2007 and renamed Gorkle Club, Now Office A-GoGo.

Misty's A-GoGo

Pattaya Soi 13/4 (Soi Pattayaland 2)

The bar has now relocated to Soi 15 and renamed itself to Club Mistys, see above. The venue is now Legs A-GoGo

Asian tour party venue.  See GoGos with East European dancers

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Pattaya Soi 13/2 (Soi Post Office)

See Club Nevada above

Nice 'n Eazy

Pattaya Soi 13/1 (Soi Yamato)

The bar was converted to a beer bar in July 2007 but retains the Nice 'n Eazy name

O

See Club Oasis above

Obsessions

Beach Road: Soi Pattayaland 2

Kitten Club and Obsessions are 2 GoGo bars in one. They each have their own entrance but that lead to the same bar. To be avoided, see Kitten Club above

Soi LK Metro

Shows from 10pm

Opened on 17th August 2010 in the venue that was previously Ice Bar, Gorkle & Memories

Aug 10 Key							Takeaway
	60	85-95	60		125

  Review August 2010: Room for Improvement

I stopped by at an earlyish hour a few days after the soft opening.

First impressions are that the bar looks the part. It has a central stage with a Jacuzzi extension. There are two tiers of narrow bench seating down the sides of the bar and a couple of bays near the door. The back benches have a few long stretches with no access which will probably be avoided by customers.

The music was at a reasonable volume and included a few rock classics I hadn't heard in a while.

The drinks prices were very reasonable with a 60 baht draft and bottled beer at 85-95 Baht. Nuts were provided too.

So really the basics were in place.

There were a few attractive hostesses in office attire milling round but the bar connections suggested that some of these may be not interested in anything beyond being bought lady drinks. Up to them.

There were 12 dancing girls perhaps a little below average although there were a couple of attractive girls. This actually isn't too bad for a bar starting out. It takes a bar with a decent turnover before the bar can command the better girls.

The dancers were well overdressed though, 11 out of the 12 were closer to coyotes than gogo dancers. The dress code was generally knickers under negligee style shorts and a solid bra. One girl had a flapping open blouse that just about rescued the bar from being re-designated as a coyote bar.  The girls were organised into two shifts of 6 dancers

None of the dancing girls were being friendly with customers after their dance stint.

So for the moment, the bar doesn't really offer much for those that like interactive dancers  nor those like to see their dancers nude. But it looks as if the basics are in place that will probably allow for improvement.

Still there were actually a goodly number of customers stopping buy for a look, but mostly stopping for a quick drink and then off.

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Paradise A-GoGo

Soi Buakhao (southern end)

From 7pm
From 3pm Tuesday & Friday

Opened on Sept 25th 2006, closed by Dec 2006. Reopened under new management on June 16th 2007. Closed in April 2010.

  News April 2010: Re-Closed

The bar has re-closed

  News January 2010: Re-Opens

The bar has re-opened

  News January 2010: Re-Closed

The bar has re-closed

  News November 2009: Re-Opens

The bar has re-opened

  News November 2009: Dark

The bar has been dark for a couple of nights but people were milling around last night but no dancing.

  Review August 2009: Oh Dear

I stopped by to find a bar with just three dancers and four customers. I checked the white board and there were no girls marked down as barfined.

They had one girl dancing and that surely makes for a lonely atmosphere. A couple of the other customers seemed to be happy with the situation though, as they had snagged a dancer each.

Me, I was out of there before finishing my beer.

Passion Dance Club

Pattaya Soi 6 (Soi Yodsak)
(Beach Road end)

Dancing from 3pm

There is a new GoGo on Soi 6. It is a sister bar to Betty Boup Dance Club is located directly opposite. The bar opened on 1st November 2009.

Nov 09 Key						Takeaway: 700 Room: 300 All in package: 1000
Pint £1.30
	60	90-95	75	85-125	100

  Review June 2010: Taking a Break

I find Passion very conveniently located to take a beer after a first pass of Soi 6, and to take a breather whilst deciding what to do next. I especially enjoy the good aircon.

The bar is attractively designed with a fair amount of traditional chrome. There is comfortable bench seating around 3 sides of a square stage.

The bar usually has 4 or 5 dancers on the central stage and the small table stage at the back. The girls are generally topless.

There's usually a fair range of girls with always some being very pretty.

Drinks prices are very reasonable and short time fun is available more at Soi 6 prices than Walking Street levels.

Plenty of hands on fun to be had to encourage the customers a bit.

This side of it has never seemed to work out well for me though. The prettier girls seem to either be a little bit selective, or else seem to shoot outside to act as door candy as soon as their dance stint is up.

But for me its success is being the only place on Soi 6 where one can have a beer in the cool without committing to a lady at the door.

  Review November 2009: First Impressions

They say first impressions count, and mine was to trip up over a not very visible step at the front door.

But once safely inside, things soon looked up. The bar is a little smaller than Betty Boup opposite and is attractively decorated with a chrome thene. It is basically a square with comfortable bench seating around the walls. The square central stage is quite large and is set lower than most. There are stools with backs around the stage.

The music covers a fair range of genres but is basically there to be danced to. It is perhaps a little loud but it is after all, a dance club.

The girls made for a very impressive line up, probably about the best I've seen for an opening day. One of the advantages of running two bars is the flexibility to move girls around as needed.

There were only 2 or 3 girls dancing as most were occupied being hands-on friendly with the customers. Exactly as it ought to be. A quick look at the white board, showing plenty of barfines and the likes, suggest that this approach was working well.

The drinks prices are very customer friendly too.

So a good first impression, apart from the doorstep that is.

Renamed as Jupiter but now Wild West Boys.

Pook Bar A-GoGo

Pattaya Soi 6

Located upstairs from the Pook bar. Closed in March 2008 for renovation as lady boy venue. Later became a girl coyote bar, 6 Up

Popcorn

Soi 13/4 (Soi Pattayaland 2)

Opened 6th October 2007 in the venue that was previously All Girls. Closed in October 2008. Re-opened in February 2009 but only lasted a month and closed in March 2009. Now a tailor shop.

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Rodeo Girls

Soi Pattayaland 2

A much improved bar after having recently being bought from the Jupiter/Crystal/All Girls group. Rodeo Girls previously converted to Wild West Boys but converted back to girls in Dec 2006. Changed hands after a brief closure in February 2010. Closed in Early July 2010.

  Review March 2010: Novice Cowgirls

I caught this bar soon a after a low key re-opening. Hopefully they have started on the learning curve, because it looked dauntingly step from my visit.

I guessed that the only experience they had in running a gogo bar was a visit to Happy A-GoGo. Just put some dancing girls on a stage and the customers will roll in.

The bar had six girls in the bar when I arrived, and 5 of them were set to dancing. To be fair, there were a couple of decent looking girls, but they were a bit overdressed in bikinis.

I don't see much point in going to a bar to watch average bikini clad girls without any chance of interaction whatsoever. A lady drink is no ticket to a break in the girls continuous dancing either.

A cute and young tomboyish girl seemed to be in charge at the time, but hopefully there is someone a bit more experienced behind the scenes.

Perhaps a play on the reality agent rule number one, may be helpful to this bar (and a fair few other bars too!):

The three main contributions to a successful GoGo bar are interaction, interaction and interaction.

  Review July 2009: Uninteractive

The small bar is one of the least interactive bars in town. I really can't figure out how the bar works at all. Presumably it is based on Superbaby or similar where the customers call the mamasang over and ask for the girls by number.

Meanwhile all the customers are expected to be entertained by the shuffling beauties. Rodeo has actually got some good looking girls amongst the 7 that were on duty when I visited. But they are not really quite the top notch required to get customers drooling just from watching bikini clad dancers.

There were also more than half of the girls dancing. They would end their stint, go to the toilet, adjust their make up and it was time to dance again.

Not really my sort of place at all.

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Sexy A-GoGo

Pattaya Soi 7
(near 2nd Road)

Small gogo bar opened as Blue Angel in June 2007. Became Sexy A-GoGo on 2nd Feb 2008.

July 08 Key						Takeaway: -500 -300 after 1:30 Room: 600 (barfine not required) All in: 1600
	50	95	80		100

  Review July 2010: A Quick Drink

Whilst never really full the bar seems to generated a steady customer base. Probably those like me who find it a pleasant bar to have a quick drink rather than as a serious girl hunting bar.

There are now perhaps a dozen dancers of which 3 or 4 dance at a time. Topless or bikini clad is the dress code. A little below average but there are still a few that sometimes troop out clasping the hand of a new found boyfriend.

The dancers are happy to approach in search of a lady drink and can get quite hands on friendly if one so desires, although few customers seem to want to partake.

The drinks are cheap and the staff are friendly.

  Review February 2010: Pit Stop

So many bars and so little aircon. My strolls around town require frequent pit stops for air and liquid fuel. And I find few in the Soi 7/8 area that have aircon. So Sexy A-GoGo gets a few more visits than strictly speaking it deserves.

It is a very narrow bar with a central stage. It has bench seating that has got the angles wrong and seems to make one sit bolt upright.

The stage usually has 3 or 4 dancers, topless or bikini clad. I'd guess that not many rack up significant bar fine counts.

But on the other hand the draft beer is cheap at 50 Baht and I usually find some one for a hassle free chat.

A pleasant unassuming bar that makes for good pit stop on a walk around town.

  Review June 2009: Numbers Are Up

The bar is a small and narrow and is a little inconsistent but I find this generally a pleasant bar to have a drink or two.

I've had to shoo away a few oldies in my time but there also a couple of pretty dancers and the staff are friendly too.

There's usually 4 dancers either topless or bikini clad depending on the preferences of the girls. There are then 4 to 6 girls waiting their turn on hostess duty.

Draft beer has been 50 Baht for a while, undercutting the neighbourhood price of 65 Baht.

In a low key, no hassle sort of way, this is the friendliest gogo in the Soi 7/8 locale. Probably not the sort of place where you could whoop it up though.

  Review March 2009: Numbers Are Down

The bar seems to be in a bit of decline at the moment and there were just 4 dancing girls on my last visit. The mamasang explained that it was a temporary shortage when some girls went home after their pay day.

On previous visits the bar has usually had at least a  couple of attractive girls and it is generally a friendly and pleasant bar.

However gogos need enough girls to have capacity to look after customers that drop by, or else they are unlikely to drop by again. 

  Review July 2008: Tender Loving Care

There has been a significant improvement in Sexy A-GoGo. The previously overdressed and over-aged dancing team has been given a makeover and were dancing in sexy nurses outfits. And for the first time in ages in the bar, some of the girls were taking off their tops.

A few younger prettier girls have also been added to the line up but a couple of the cuties seemed a bit anchored to the door rather than sitting with the customers. Presumably they were charged with enticing people in.

In addition the bar has introduced a 50 Baht draft beer which competes well with the 65 Baht norm for the soi.

Hopefully these improvements will gain a bit of momentum for the bar.

  Review Feb 2008: Still a Bit Loud

Not really much to recommend this bar as yet. There were 10 ladies on duty of which a couple were attractive. They were wearing rather too much with a leather look bikini.

The dance rotation was to have 4 dancers on stage for 4 songs so a good rapid turnaround. The music is farang friendly but a little too loud. A sort of music compromise that doesn't really suit anybody.

The drinks prices are not exactly cheap for draft drinkers as there isn't any, but that apart the drinks are typically priced.

There weren't many customers to make a good survey but a couple of guys were being well looked after by a couple of hands-on dancers.

As is often the case though, the lack of good points on paper doesn't mean that much. I had a very pleasant visit due to good company from one of the girls.

Sexy Girls A-GoGo

Beach Road: Soi 8

From 7pm

Small gogo recently extended

Dec 2009 Key							Takeaway: dancers 600 Room: - all in 2000
Pint £1.50
		65	65-70
		69		60	100	100-150

Beware of 150 Baht lady tequilas.

  Review May 2010: Narrow Minded

Sexy Girls A-GoGo has re-opened after a brief downtime while it was knocked though into a next door unit.

The end result is that Sexy Girls has become the widest narrow bar in Pattaya.

Rather Bizarrely, the bar has retained the bench seating especially designed for the previous very narrow bar. Previously there was not even enough width for a foot rest, so the drinks tables were ingeniously designed to provide a crossbar acting as the foot rest. These bench seats still run down either side of the newly expanded bar.

The old long strip stage has been replaced by a smart curvy central stage with the addition of an upper level stage with a glass floor.

There is also a large Jacuzzi but this still needs a bit of building work.

So for the moment the bar is more or less the same as before except wider. And although it obviously allows for more customers it is actually worse than before as one is a fair bit further away from the dancers. The dancing on the upper level of the stage is a waste of space gimmick, as the girls are too high and the lighting is too dark.

There were 10 girls dancing, 7 on the lower stage and 3 on the upper.  There were some pretty girls on stage too, but they were all bikini clad, hopefully just as short term measure. The girls were dancing 10 songs which is nothing short of ludicrous for anyone waiting for a girl to return from her dance stint.

I rather guess that the aircon is still the same as for the narrow bar as it was getting a little uncomfortably warm.

There were a few friendly girls offering a bit of hands on fun, but the prettier girls seemed to be hiding on the upper balcony maybe to avoid the hands on customer care part of the work.

  Review May 2010: More Sexy

It looks like the bar has got plans to expand having taken over half of the next door bar. When I stopped by the main bar was still the same narrow bar it has always been. But there was a new space that had appeared at the back for toilets or changing rooms or something.

Perhaps as investment for an expansion the bar had taken on 3 or 4 very pretty girls last spotted at New Living Dolls One.

The bar seemed to be doing quite well with several girls extracting lady drinks from smiling customers. I have a feeling the bar would do even better with a few more of the girls assigned to customer care rather than the overlong 7 song dance roster that the girls and customers endure.

No spare ladies for me so I checked bin after the traditional single beer.

  Review Jan 2009: Law of Averages

I haven't got past the first drink at this bar for quite a while now.

Mostly they just have too many girls dancing and not enough schmoozing with the customers. I really don't know why bars like to have a high proportion of girls dancing, especially at the B grade bars, where the girls are not exactly eye candy.

The bar likes to have about 5 dancers on the central narrow stage and one on the balcony. They dance either bikini clad or topless. There is also a Jacuzzi but this is just for show, not participation.

Other customers have been a bit luckier in tying down a girl for company so surely there are a few customers who will rate the bar. But the law of averages will dictate that this will be a minority.

Drinks prices are reasonable with a draft beer at 65 Baht.

  Review May 2008: Footrests

The bar is for sale but is still running fine.

The central stage layout continues to be an improvement on the old side stage. Amazing how they squeezed the stage in. There is not even enough room for a step to rest your feet on in front of the bench seats. Instead you have to rest them on a metal footrest under the table.

The girls are average but average still means that there are a few that get plenty of barfines.

There is also a Jacuzzi show but of course there is no room for anybody to get a ringside seat.

The music is dance. If I am enjoying a lady drink chat, the long dancing roster usually gets me reaching for the check bin.

  Review from Pattaya Rag, Oct 2007: Worthy

Worthy of a mention is Sexy Girls A-Go-Go Soi 8. This place was the surprise of the night and the best bar of the night. Terrific music, (for me that usually means anything but hip-hop), plenty of attractive ladies and a Jacuzzi show by two enthusiastic ladies who were fortunately blessed, naturally, in the chestie area.

There were more than a few girls worthy of mine and a novelty of the bar is the girls slide down a fireman's pole, commando style, to get on the stage. Commando style refers to a style of dress rather than a style for slipping down a chuffing pole!

For the record and IMHO, this is one of the best off Walking Street go-go bars and could even give some of the on Walking Street bars a run for their money.

  Review Sep 2007: 7 Songs

Oops noted a flaw in the bar, I bought a girl a drink and she was good company so I postulated staying a little longer. But then I counted the dancing girls and realised they dance for 7 long dance music songs.

I didn't feel like watching 30 minutes of bikini clad shuffling so check bin krup.

  Review April 2007: Just a Minute

It is always good to see a bar making a positive effort to make more of an impact.

There is a slightly eccentric Thai owner on meeting and greeting duties who makes an effort to ensure that customers are well looked after.

There are now many new and prettier faces on the dance stage and amazingly some of them were dancing with real enthusiasm. I noted that it produced good feedback for one girl, as no sooner had she finished her dance stint then she was off out of the door, barfined.

The bar has now changed its opening hours and opens at 4pm (though strangely noted on the door as opening at 15.59)

Somehow the efforts of the dancers and staff rubbed off and made for a lively early evening session.

Closed. Now Bada Bing

Silver Star A-GoGo

Pattaya Soi 8

From 7pm

Long established gogo on Soi 8

Feb 08 Key						Takeaway: -festivities 1000 -dancers 600
Pint £1.50
	65	105		130-150	110-170

Convenient short time room which lacks in privacy as the only shower is communal.

  Review April 2010: Glum

The Silver Stars in general have never really provided me with many worthwhile visits but I am not really sure exactly why.

The bar has quite a few dancers and several were attractive There is comfortable bench seating arranged around the wall overlooking the central stage and there is also a Jacuzzi. There is a reasonable draft beer at 65 Baht.

Perhaps the warning signs are that the bar packs too many girls on stage and they do a very long dance stint. Certainly didn't seem to make for many smiling girls. It is always more fun when the majority of the girls are out carousing for lady drinks and bar fines, they then get a little more animated to look after the customers.

It looks like the bar could be quite lively at times, just never when I've been there.

  Review March 2009: Odd Stacked Against Them

The bar has been around for a fair time and must be doing something right.

Perhaps the secret is having a fair team of above average girls. Probably the number one asset for any gogo.

From there it goes downhill a bit. There were 8 girls dancing in bikinis or topless on the central stage. At the end of a track they would all shuffle around one place so the dance stint must be 8 songs. A bit of a long wait if you are enjoying a girl's company.

Doesn't seem to be much of a problem to me though, as the girls ignore me, as they do most of the customers in the bar.

The bar is also into the silly tip seeking move of sellotaping small coins into 5 baht stacks. As a matter of principle I take the coins and later donate them to a more deserving cause.

  Review July 2008: Smiling

The bar is not on my favourites list and so it has been a while since the last visit.

I noticed that the shower cubicle had become a Jacuzzi. It is a far more attractive idea to be out in the open rather than hiding away behind closed shower doors.

The girls on stage were actually good at casting their eyes around the room and smiling at customers catching their gaze.

There were some attractive girls around, but once off stage they went in no hassle mode. They left the lonely customers to their vacant stare at the dancing girls.

There wasn't anything drastically wrong, its just that other bars a bit better (and a bit cheaper).

  Review Nov 2007: 9 Songs

The bar has had a bit of a make over and is unsurprisingly similar to Silver Star 2 in the next soi.

There is a largish central stage surrounding by bench seating and stools. The benches are a little narrow and one tends to feel a little exposed as there are no substantial tables or drinks ledges to hide behind.

There is now a shower cubicle but the glass doors block the viewing to most of the bar. No doubt those in the seats nearby get a good view. Two girls were doing their thing inside. Surely can never be such a good idea as an open Jacuzzi as the glass stifles any chance of interaction with the customers.

The central stage was packed with dancers who were generally topless. It is certainly one of those bars where you check bin when your girls goes to dance as the girls were doing a 9 song dancing stint.

There were plenty of pretty girls in the bar but they didn't seem to be making much effort to circulate whilst waiting for their dance stint. Maybe it was just little too early.

Seems to have potential but it didn't click on this visit.

  News Nov 2007: Renovated

The bar has now re-opened after taking time out for renovation. There is a new design and a water feature of  shower cubicle which has the problem of steaming up. The bar has taken a random selection of girls from Silver Star 2 in Soi 7

  Review April 2007: Slow Start

Whilst waiting for a date on Soi 8 I visited during the opening hour and it was very disappointing. There were a lot of so-so girls on stage doing a long dance stint of about 8 songs.

There were few other girls in the bar and they seemed more intent on doing there own thing rather than making any effort to look after early evening customers.

Presumably livens up later but I would give the early hours a miss.

Silver Star 2 A-GoGo

Pattaya Soi 7

From 7:30pm

Reports of a discriminatory 300 Baht entry charge (inc 1 drink)

The former Fawlty Towers bar and restaurant in Soi 7 has been converted into a gogo bar which opened on June 8th 2007

May 10 Key						Takeaway: -festivities 1000 -dancers 600
Pint £1.50
	65	105		130 to 150	130

  Review May 2010: Liveliest in the Area

The bar seems to do a very good trade and seems the most consistently busy gogo in the Soi7/8 locale.

A fair amount of dancers are on duty in the bar, plenty enough to make the main stage seem pretty crowded. There are usually a couple of teams of gogo dancers in bikinis or topless. Every so often there is a nominal show, which basically means more standard dancing but without the knickers.

There is also a Jacuzzi, home to a couple of naughty girls. There are stools around the Jacuzzi for a little audience participation, but usually the girls are performing for those seating in the bench seats around the walls.

The quantity of girls seems to generate a fun atmosphere which is appreciated by the customers.

The bar is Thai run and a little bit prone to rather ruthless tip extraction, but on my latest visit everyone was well behaved and I had a good time with an ex-Catz friend.

The lady drinks were a bit pricey at 130 Baht, but if supply and demand governs prices then the bar is probably more justified in top end prices than many others.

  Review July 2009: 2 Star

I think this bar has found some secret way of identifying newbies. They seem to instantly recognise me as a critic and give me the cold shoulder. But somehow they sense a newbie and send in all and sundry to pump the new customer for lady drinks etc.

The bar is generally quite lively with plenty of girls and more than a fair share of customers.

There are usually about 10 girls on the central stage generally topless or bikini clad. There are another dozen or so hostessing whilst waiting for their turn to dance. There is also a team keeping the Jacuzzi staffed with 2 girls at a time.

Every so often the main stage is cleared for 'a show' which is basically the best looking girls in the bar dancing naked.

Not really hitting many of the ideals that I look for in a gogo but it seems pretty popular all the same.

  Review Feb 2009: Bronze Star

The bar always seems quite lively with about half the girls dancing on stage or in the Jacuzzi.

The dress code for the dancers is bikini clad or topless depending on the wishes of the dancer. They seem to attract a few above average girls too.

There's also a traditionally naughty Jacuzzi show perhaps entertaining the customers set back against the wall rather than poolside.

Every seems fine but not a bar where I have been tempted to stay very long. I am not quite sure why, just never seem to get the luck of the draw. Perhaps they still remember the time when I refused to tip the toilet boy.

  Review June 2008: Toilet Jockey

Probably just one of those things, but I have rarely been entertained in this bar. I think I must have offended someone in the past and they still remember to this day.

If there is no-one to chat to then one is left with just the dancing to watch and that is a little below average. There are a fair amount of girls though, so a few will hit the mark.

There is a Jacuzzi water feature but it seemed more for watching than participating.

And if you are not really enjoying yourself the expectation of a tip for the toilet jockey is even more irritating.

  Review by polleke, Nov 2007: Fun with an Aftertaste

When we entered we joined a real party. Lots of average friendly girls and lots of customers.

There is a central stage with 8 girls dancing. They also have a bath with 2 girls soaping each other.

The mamasans ran round the place to see everybody was having a good time.

My friend and I had a couple of real cuties on our lap and we decided to barfine the girls. Unfortunately my cutie was having her period. I really don't understand that bar owners keep those girls dancing.

I had a good chat and a good time with her, and made no problem about the lady drinks, but I can imagine that some customers would get pissed off.

So, fun with a bitter aftertaste

  Review, June 2007: Plenty of Customers

I made an early evening visit and the bar seems to have made a good early impact with plenty of customers.

There were about 20 dancing girls in the bar, half a dozen on the front stage and a couple in the Jacuzzi a little further back.

The dancers either were wearing either a wild west bikini affair or else a transparent negligee with knickers. Maybe not quite top notch but there were a few pretty girls on show.

The seating consists of small benches around the edge of the bar and stools around the main stage. For some reason there are no stools around the large jacuzzi.

The dance music was reasonably loud and selected for the dancers rather than the customers.

The drinks prices seemed top end with 95 Baht draft. No sign of a happy hour.

Renamed Sexy Girls A-GoGo, see above

Spicy Girls A-GoGo

Pattaya Soi 13/2 (Soi Post Office)

Closed on 31st January 2009, 10 years after it opened

Soi Pattayaland 1

Re-named as 2 XS then closed. Now Sawadee Boys

Closed as a girl A-GoGo in October 2005 and re-opened in March 2006 as a katoey A-GoGo.

Beach Road: Soi 4

Closed

T

Tahitian Queen

Beach Road (Near Soi 13)

From 1:30pm.
Shift change at 7:30pm

www.tahitianqueen.com

More of a local pub than a gogo. The guys seem to go for a chin wag rather than to check out the girls.

May 10 Key							Takeaway: -Fri-Sat 1000 -others 600 All in deal: 1300
						120
		110	115		120

Has a burger and chips menu. Also tacos, fried shrimp and some pretty good Thai food in the back for the girls. Regular health checks for the girls.

  Review by Malcolm, May 2010: Off Like a Shot

Tahitian Queen on on Beach Rd has certainly risen from the ashes. Called in at 6pm on Wednesday and it was wall to wall people.

Tried to count the girls but I gave up when I reached 30.

1 pretty one attached herself to me but it was very short lived. Within seconds I got you buy me dink I did and and shot glass arrived, from service girls hand straight down her neck and empty glass back to service girl. A few seconds of hands on fun and it was we go room. When I declined the offer she was off like a shot looking for richer pickings.

Ladydrink B120, she was with me for only couple of minutes. Bott Singha B115.

All girls in bikinis.

  News, April 2010: Risen from the Ashes

TQ1 is currently undergoing extensive refurbishment to put right the recent fire damage. The grand re-opening on the 6th of May.

  Review, May 2009: Expensive

How on earth does this bar get away with selling near the most expensive draft beer in Pattaya. The 110 Baht is simply not value for the disappointing entertainment.

The girls were overdressed in bikinis and were not much more than shuffling to the 70's & 80's rock music.

And when not dancing they were doing their best to ignore me even when sitting close by.

Anyway don't listen to me, I am a little biased against non-sexy overpriced bars. Better to take advice from those that like that sort of thing, there were plenty in the bar that seemed to be enjoying it.

  Review, December 2008: Chatty

TQ 1 is a very popular bar, it always seems full.

And yet it has few attractions for this particular reviewer. The girls are overdressed in bikinis, there are large sections of seating with only an end on view of the long thin stage, and one tends to be either ignored or hassled by the girls.

The reason for the popularity is more cultural than due to the gogo aspects. The bar has become a meeting place for farangs who simply like a chat with fellow farangs. This seems to be particularly an American thing.

Anyway you can't argue with a popular bar. If you fancy a chat with your mates, then get down there.

  Review by Dmitri, March 2008: Still Smoky and Full

Still smoky and a full place. It is a shame such a small place gets packed with smokers leaving no air to breathe for others. I had a real headache just after one hour.

People stay in front of you waiting for you to leave to get a place, kind of stressful.

Lady drinks are now 110, not 100 as previously reported.

  Review June 2007: Too Smoky

This bar always seems to turn me into Mr Grumpy. The bar always seems full and often there is no chance of a comfy seat. On my last visit I found a suspiciously vacant seat only to find out why...the chain smokers at the next table.

The replacement location was a stool out of the way of anything much interesting. The girls dance in bikinis but most of the customers are enjoying a bit of banter with their mates and don't seem so interested in the girls anyway.

It is always a very popular bar, so perhaps one day I will get to see why.  

Tim

2nd Road
(opposite the large Mike's Mall)

From 5pm

Notable for good rock music but also notable for hassle and aging dancers.

The large neon signs indicate a beer bar rather than a gogo but in fact there is a large gogo inside. Tim, the owner, is a Thai lady who also runs the hotel above the bar.

Feb 09 Key						Takeaway: - 800
Pint £1.40
	65		75	105

  Review July 2010: Victoria's Secret

As per normal the bar was reasonably full with customers. Always a bit of surprise to me but it seems pretty consistent.

Another minor surprise was that the dancing girls have a new uniform idea that I have rarely seen before. They were dressed in striking red underwear. Not your usual knickers and bikini top, but in knickers, corsets, bras, suspender belts, negligee, the works!.

Perhaps a little of an over exaggeration but way too much covering for my tastes, though I can image there may be many who would appreciate this variation. Me, I was wondering if it still qualified as a GoGo bar where I consider the maximum clothing allowed should be a bikini.

Anyway there were 6 or so girls dancing on the square central stage and plenty more dancers, sitting waiting their turn. And in terms of talent, there were a few that appealed, which is a better standard than that of yesteryear.

None of the prettier girls seemed on the lookout for customers to drink with though, so I didn't stay long. I spent the remainder of the time wondering why the place was so popular. In the end, the only thing I found worthy of particular praise was the collection of music videos. There were some real gems, of obscure but excellent rock.

  Review Dec 2009: Large Staff

Tim A-GoGo perpetually baffles me. It has been going a long time and employs an enormous cast of service girls, hostesses and dancers. Yet I never find any particular reason to stay beyond a single beer.

There are usually half a dozen dancers on stage who are always overdressed in bikinis. There aren't many that arouse much interest but there have been a few attractive girls milling round though on my last visits.

The seating is limited to uncomfortable stools and the best bet is to find one where the wall can be used as a back rest.

The girls don't seem very interested in customers unless someone is recognised as a newbie. Then they are sure to receive a fair bit of attention.

The only obvious attraction is an interesting selection of rock videos played on the large screen TVs.

But really I don't see how they attract enough custom to justify the large staff. Perhaps I'm missing something.

  Review May 2009: The Wrong Type of Nibbles

As I was shown to my seat, a couple of cuties were turfed out of my designated stool. I thought things were looking up, but they found some dark corner of the bar to hide in, and I never spotted them again.

The dancing girls were average, and were overdressed in bikinis. There were 5 on the stage at any one time. The music is well chosen with some very classic rock videos and some less well known bands, but still good tracks.

However live rock tracks can be very long and anyone waiting for 5 songs worth of dancing for their girl to return, would be waiting a long time. It doesn't really inspire much in the way of dancing either

There were plenty of girls waiting their turn to dance and these are supplemented by a fair few hostesses.

It seemed strange then, that the girl who tried her luck with me, tried the old trick of approaching one song before she was due to dance. Never works with me, I never buy a drink for at least the first track.

The girl's little trick introduces the low key hassle factor that's associated with the bar. The service staff do regular rounds of trying to sell extras, in particular, vodka shots, ping pong balls and nibbles (unfortunately of the potato chip variety). The hassle was pretty minor though, a simple 'mai ow krup' was sufficient to move them on to bother somebody else.

But it would take one of the cuties mentioned earlier to persuade me to stay for a second beer. Something that has yet to happen for me in this bar.

  Review Nov 2008: Still Doing Well

I was taken aback by a friendly welcome from the Thai managers and wasn't really expecting cordialities when entering a bar and I'm not sure I returned the greeting.

The bar boasts an enormous number of hostess and/or service girls. If they had a half as many, it would still be well staffed. Perhaps it gets very crowded sometimes.

The dancers were all bikini clad but their are now about half a dozen girls that are pretty enough to hold their own in Walking Street. Still a fair few oldies though.

The hostess service girls were friendly enough but I prefer it when the dancers do the hostessing.

Didn't spot any hassle to sell stuff such as munchies and raffle tickets, or indeed, ping pong balls. Perhaps they have sensibly eased off on the hard sell.

The music is still the same with well chosen, but often repeated, oldie farang rock videos.

  Review Feb 2008: Not So Bad

I stopped by ad was rather surprised to find a bar with plenty of customers and a fair amount of girls.

Don't these people read reviews I wondered. Don't they know that the girls are past their use by date? Don't they know that the bar seriously hassles to sell raffle tickets and munchies etc? Don't they know that the girls are overdressed?

Actually there were some halfway decent girls on dancing duty and nobody hassled me at all. The draft beer was reasonably priced and the music was good for aging rockers.

I can't understand why the bar is so popular though, but it wasn't too bad on this occasion.

  Review from Pattaya Today: Night March, June 2007: Jockey's Armpit

Wandered into the Tim gogo bar for a look and, as expected, not a lot has changed in recent times. The place is still darker than a camel jockey’s armpit, the music is good rock and roll, if a bit dated, and it has more staff than dancers.

Allowing for the dim lighting and lack of proximity, I did think Tim had a better collection of chrome pole huggers than the last time I went in.

Pattaya Soi 6 (Soi Yodsak)
(2nd Road end)

Opened 5th September 2007 as a lady boy GoGo. Converted to Tornado Bar, an open bar in February 2008

Beach Road

Listed under Tahitian Queen 1, see above

U

W

Wanthana's Dance Club

Pattaya Soi 6 (Soi Yodsak)

GoGo taking over from Betty Boup. Opened 15th August 2010.

Aug 10 Key						bar fine
	50	60			110

Wet 'N' Wild A-GoGo

Centre Condo
Pattaya Tai (Pattaya South Road)

Table dancing with several water features. Changed hands in May 2007 and was previously known as Blue Lagoon A-GoGo. Closed in April 2009.

Soi Pattayaland 2

Now Rodeo Girls, see above

World Wide A-GoGo

Beach Road (near Soi 8)

From 6pm

Reports of discriminatory dual pricing

Variable gogo often with plentiful girls.

May 10 Key						Takeaway: -to 9pm 1000 - after 9pm 600 Room:
	50	70	65	85	95-140

  Review May 2010: Swarms of Girls

I think that the Beach Road location has resulted in quite a strange sort of GoGo.

If you are after a bit of sexy fun then the Silver Stars just round the corners in each direction are a much safer bet. Presumably because of good passing trade the bar seems to target newbies rather than regulars.

The bar has a traditional newbie show with a few boring pussy tricks and slightly more erotic strip shows with costumes such as the Hawaiian garlands.

The bar also has a fair number of girls allowing 8 girls to dance at a time on the central stage. They join in pairs, so end up dancing for a very sensible roster of 4 songs. There is usually quite a range of girls, but there are a few that will must attract a decent number of bar fines.

The bar seems to have a knack of recognising newbies, who get the swarm of girls treatment, all clamouring for lady drinks. The regulars get left to drink alone.

Perhaps strange for a bar that targets holiday makers, the drinks prices are very reasonable with bottled beer at 70 Baht (just gone up a touch). Possibly a legacy of the sister (beer) bars in the Soi 7/8 area doing such a good trade on the back of cheap drinks.

Although not a place I would recommend for sexy fun, it is a decent enough venue for a beer and aircon break on a beach stroll.

But for heavens sake don't get taken in by buying drinks for the swarm of girls. Keep your tips for girls that give you good service. You will end up with more respect and more fun.

  Review August 2009: Still No Hassle

I generally pop in for an aircon break whilst strolling along the beach. It is still one of the few bars where it is almost a certainty that the girls will quietly ignore me.

They seem attuned to newbies though, they will surely flock around.

The girls are quite often topless when dancing these days, but this comes with an elaborate system of door staff insuring that those who shouldn't see naked girls, don't.

The drinks are reasonably priced and there are usually enough girls dancing to ensure a few worthy of a gander. The girls dance 8 on the stage, dancing for 4 songs, which seems a good arrangement. There are plenty of other girls waiting their urn to dance but they mostly sit and chat amongst themselves rather than circulate amongst the customers.

A pleasant enough place to sit quietly and make plans for an evening, but not really a great place to find a date

  Review March 2009: No Hassle

Since my last visit the bar seems to have lost the very pretty showgirls. But such ebbs and flows are the nature of the business. However the bar still has a fair few girls and seems to be doing a steady trade.

There are usually 8 girls dancing for 4 songs. They have a wave of topless girls and then a wave of bikini clad girls. When the topless girls are taking their turn, the door minders are carefully vigilant.

The girls are average but that means there are a few attractive choices.

When I first used to frequent the bar a few years ago, both the dancers and waitresses would hustle for a drink. But nowadays no hassle to the point of loneliness is the likely fate for customers. The girls seem to prefer their own company in a couple of reserved seating bays at the front of the bar.

Beer is well cheap at 50 Baht for a draft and 60 Baht for some bottled beers.

  Review July 2008: Private Booth

The bar seems to have improved a bit of late with a better crowd than for some time. Perhaps this to do with the introduction of topless dancing and some sexy shows.

I'm not really sure if the management are entirely at ease with this concept, as they have a very watchful man on the door when anything naughty is going on inside.

There were a couple of very attractive show girls on my last visit. But when the had done their stint they would hide away with the Thai DJ in his little booth. Anyone would think that farang customers weren't 'hansum men'. Surely not the case.

There are an awful lot of service staff on hand, far more than necessary. I think their job was to provide a dedicated one on one hassle service for anyone gullible enough to fall for buying excess lady drinks. A polite refusal was enough to keep them at bay though, so not a big problem.

If I could have prised the cuties out of the DJ booth I would happily have stayed for a short time, but as it was, I left after a pleasant couple of beers.

  Review Oct 2007: A One Bottle World

The lack of aircon bars in the Soi 7/Soi 8 circuit means that the gogos get an occasional visit when I need to borrow the aircon for 10 minutes.

Otherwise the bar does not seem to offer much for seasoned expats. The only time I see anyone get animated is when the staff sense a newbie. They certainly get well friendly then.

In general there are 8 girls on stage rotating at 2 per song so do a reasonable 4 song dance stint. The girls are strictly bikini clad and there are a few that are attractive.

There are a fair few girls in the bar but they take seriously their job to hide themselves in quiet corners when not dancing.

The drinks prices are reasonable with 60 baht bottled beers but it has been a long time since I bought more than one bottle.

  Review March 2007: Hot or Not?

There were a surprising amount of girls on dancing with about 10 on stage and maybe 15 awaiting their turn to dance, There were a few attractive girls amongst the dancers. The dancers were strictly bikini clad.

I imagine that every customer will have wildly different views on the bar. Some customers were enjoying hands on fun with one or more girls whilst other were sitting glumly alone totally shunned by all the dancers.

Bottled beer is very reasonable at 60 Baht which may explain the steady flow of customers. All the bar needs to do is improve the randomness with which girls say hello to the guys.

X

Closed

Y

Z

The Zoo A-GoGo Discotheque

Pattaya Soi 8

Opened November 2005 until January 2006. Now First A-GoGo

Notes

The reviews are those that I come across on the web, in guide books, from contributors and of course from my own visits. Reviewers may be unreasonably harsh and bar owners may present a rosy picture of their bars...so don't take everything at face value...go and see for yourself.

Nudity cannot be guaranteed and whenever the Pattay police are on the prowl the girls cover up. Closing times are sporadic depending upon local enforcement. 2am or 3am is now the norm.

Anyone with Middle Eastern or South Asian dark skin should be aware that they may receive a rather negative welcome. 90% of gogo bars have unspecified entry restrictions which can be hard to tie down as different people have had different receptions. Unwelcome faces will be told at the door that the bar is suddenly a members only club. Discriminatory maybe, but it is for real, it is based on experience, and it is supported by those who care about the welfare of the girls.

Just a couple of times people have had a bad experience in a bar which is perhaps the fault of an individual employee rather than bar policy. More often then not, the bar would be more than happy to deal with offsite problems even when it is not strictly their problem. To try and be fair to the bars, offsite complaints about employees can only be considered for inclusion if they have first been presented to the bar involved.

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Takeaway Prices

  July 2007:  Short Time Edging Up

From Pattaya Secrets and tallies with my own observations

• Dancing Girl ... ST 1000 / LT 2000 (assuming good performance). I would suggest that you should be willing to add an extra 500 if you get stuck on a model class girl and you find yourself unable to say no.
• Beer Bar Girl ... ST 500 / LT 1000 (quickie) to ST 700 / LT 1500 (for an entire evening of effort)
• Street Freelancer ... ST 500 / LT 1000 (no questions, no exceptions)
• Short Time Bar Girl... Traditionally ST 500 with 250 for the room (+ small tip for good service) but now ST 700 and 300 for the room with the old price only available to those that haggle