Pattaya Walking Street, top or flop? (video)
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Walking Street in Pattaya is famous and notorious, the street has a huge attraction for tourists from all over the world.
Walking Street is a kind of combination of the Red Light District and Leidseplein. You can go out very well, there are various live bands and discotheques. You can also sit on a terrace and watch monkeys. What is also striking about Walking Street is the crowds, the screaming neon signs and the go-go bars.
Most expats I know avoid this street. They find it too busy, too loud and too commercial. They prefer to go to a bar near Soi Buakhao.
For those who have never walked on Walking Street, or are not allowed by their girlfriend or wife, there is always YouTube. The video below gives a good idea of what you can expect.
Pattaya Walking Street is great!
Walking Street in Pattaya, Thailand, is known for its vibrant and colorful nightlife. Some nice aspects of Walking Street are:
- Diversity of entertainment: From live music and DJs to traditional Thai dances and modern shows, there is something for everyone.
- Dining options: The street offers a variety of local and international cuisine, from street food to luxury restaurants.
- Shop: There are numerous shops and stalls where you can find everything from souvenirs to clothes and handicrafts.
- Cultural experience: It's a great place to experience Thailand's vibrant culture and meet people from all over the world.
- Safety and accessibility: The street is pedestrian-friendly and generally safe, with plenty of surveillance in the evenings.
All this makes Walking Street a popular destination for both tourists and locals looking for a fun and energetic night out.
Pattaya Walking Street is a flop!
Walking Street in Pattaya, while popular, also has aspects that some visitors may not appreciate:
- Hustle and bustle: The street can be very busy, especially during high season, which can be overwhelming for some visitors.
- Too high prices: The main price is charged for food and drinks.
- Noise: With many bars, clubs and live music, noise levels can be high. You can even suffer hearing damage.
- Commercial atmosphere: Some visitors find the abundance of bars, nightclubs and tourist shops too commercial or superficial.
- Pushy salespeople: Street vendors and promoters can sometimes be pushy in their attempts to sell goods or services.
- Inappropriate behavior: Due to nightlife and alcohol consumption, there can sometimes be situations of inappropriate behavior or awkward interactions.
- Annoying ladyboys: Can be quite exaggerated and annoying.
These factors may make the Walking Street experience less enjoyable for some people, depending on personal preferences and expectations.
What do you think of Walking Street in Pattaya? Top or flop?
Video: Pattaya Walking Street top or flop?
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I am in Pattaya about 6 months a year and Walking street is not for me. I've only been there 4x in the last 2 years and that's more than enough. When I'm there I get the feeling that I'm prey who needs to be rid of his money. Everything is fake and you see even with closed eyes that nothing is real and sincere but pure money making is the goal.
Dick, is like this with every bar worldwide. Yes, also in the Netherlands.
If you are with your family you have no business in Walkingstreet
If you have been “happily” married for 30 years or so, Walkingstreet has no place for you
If you are 50 and you already feel 90, you have no place in Walkingstreet
If you have (almost) no money then you have no business in Walkingstreet
But I think it's FANTASTIC (fake and respect can go well together)
Or if you go to Thailand on your honeymoon, you have no business there. (555).
Yours faithfully,
Erwin
If you don't want anything to do with tourists, I don't think you have anything to do there.
If you want to avoid the fringe cultures of Thailand, I don't think you have anything to do there.
If you can find friends everywhere for a normal relationship and are not dependent on paid sex, you have no business there.
If you are not a rookie and do not really need to marvel at sex workers, you have no business there.
If you, in your fifties, receive so much attention that you don't have enough time to waste your time in Walking Street, then you have no business there.
I have something against Pattaya, the last time I was there was in 2001 for an overnight stay with family, before that in 1 until the Chinese came there for the first time. Ever had a relationship with a hotel receptionist who worked in Pattaya; when we met we did so in Bangkok. Just to show how much I hate it.
Walking Street is simply part of Pattaya and cannot be ignored
One thinks it's hell, the other thinks it's heaven
I don't have to go there every day myself .. I've seen everything now, but when a 'virgin' boyfriend comes to Thailand for the first time I like to show him around and enjoy his shock effects...
After all, you have to experience or at least see everything
Piet
It's a must see and I visit occasionally, usually to visit the Insomnia Discotheque or to give a newbie a tour. There are a few Gogo's that offer more than the rest of Pattaya and I don't often pass the Simon bar complexes without taking a look.
But weeks can go by without me getting there and 95% of the time I spend elsewhere.
You should actually have seen/experienced it once, but as far as I'm concerned if you've been there a few times then you've seen it, I'd rather go out in an average bar every now and then.
Flop!
One big noise
But if you like it, you should go.
Happy new year, everybody.
I've been living in Thailand for a long time and Walking Street doesn't appeal to me. I've been there about 4 times in all those years. And don't need it either. But many people will have a different opinion about that. For me it is not a top, but it is not a flop either.
I made the effort to go to the 22!!! Watching a short video film ….which gives a wrong impression that ..the video turns Walking street into a pedestrian promenade but carefully avoids it, making Walking street famous/notorious …I miss the gogo clubs, live music and nice pubs ….on some moments (too long) a few girls are filmed doing something ??? At the end, the filmmaker himself no longer knew what to film and the last minutes are spent filming speedboats on dry land in an area where Walking Street has long since ended ... video is just rubbish
Piet
I walked past it twice with my now ex, and nothing interested me. Lots of noise Yes.
For young guests who
wanting to force something ideal, or how do we say in Belgium? THE MAXIMUM!!!
You must have seen it when you are there but way too expensive for the average sex tourist. And fair is fair in many other streets with a lot of bars and a go go's there is a better atmosphere.
It is more that you MUST have seen it once Pattaya – Walking Street as well as Amsterdam – the Red Light District,
Paris – Moulin Rouge.
Faded "glory" with a lot of noise.
I expect it will be demolished in a few years as they want to update Pattaya and
then start renovating the entire Pattaya Beach from the Bali Haipier.
What should readers do with this L. Lagemaat, because such reactions disturb me……
“Amsterdam – the Red Light District, Paris – Moulin Rouge, Faded “glory”
“I expect it will be demolished in a few years as they want to update Pattaya and
then from the Bali Haipier to renovate the entire Pattaya Beach
I don't think much but I leave the judgment to other people.
Dear low mate, this street will NEVER not be demolished, has always been there. I first came to Pattaya in the early 70's and that street was already there. Not by this name and not busy either, a few bars and restaurants plus Marine Bar, was one of the first. Walking Street was created as a Tourist attraction and brings in a lot of money for those who have an interest in it.
Just like the Red Light District in Amsterdam, you MUST have been here once. What you do with it next will be a sausage to me. I've lived here for three years now and have been there three times. Enough.
But going to Pattaya and not having been to walking street is a loss.
Been coming here for 8 years until before the Russians came I thought it was great. Now it's full of Chinese behind a flag buy nothing look at everything like a cow on a train think it's a big flop now
Of course it's fake, but where in the world are the red light districts true love?
Been coming to Thailand for several years and yet I always have to / want to walk through it. Just to sniff the atmosphere again. You decide the money you waste in it yourself.
Without tourism, this economy would not exist. And if you walk through it in the morning, for example to go to the pier to sail to Koh-Larn, you will notice how cheaply this district has been put together.
Visited Pattaya for the first time yesterday. My wife and I are real tourists and visited everything up to the golden triangle last year.
This year, Koh Samui and Koh Pangnan were on our list, first we visited Khao Sok and then discovered snow-white sandy beaches on the islands. Unfortunately, our trip through pabuk was very different and we ended up in pattaya via Hua Hin, where it would also rain, Bangkok not really a beach spot.
So walking street!
We arrived at 20:00 and a lot was still closed. Many Russians and after some food and some cocktails we had a drink in the moulin rouge. Everything went super friendly and pleasant. Just a nice street to walk through.
A bit surprised I have to admit, that Pattaya is secretly quite nice!
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Used to be years ago; Top
Nowadays; Flop
indeed a lot has changed compared to “before”…….
The Italian ice cream shop is my favorite place to watch the circus go by.
Been 4 months ago, 1 big flop. A single disco but a lot of Indian and Russian eateries. It's not even a copy of 5 years ago.
Once every two weeks, go to the tuna bar with women and men to listen to the music and sometimes play along.
Been coming to Thailand since mid 2004 and we have had a condo in Jomtien since 2008.
Have and see walkingstreet declining rapidly. Business there is dominated by Iraqis, Arabs (Gulf states), Indians, Pakistani and Russians.
I also see the side streets deteriorating rapidly. My woman has worked for the tourist police and when we talk to her old boss he also indicates that.
Seems a bit the same as the decline in the Netherlands in, for example, rotterdam, amsterdam, arnhem and groningen.
I think it's great, but I mean that purely objectively in the sense that these kinds of attractions always add value to a city.
So whether I go there myself often or never, whether it is interesting or not, etc., are irrelevant questions!
As someone who thinks metropolitan (and Pattaya is not even a big city yet) I always think 'something' like Walking Street is great!!
I come here every day during the holidays. Great live music there. Not the thirteen in a dozen Hotel California work, but really heavy music. Because I'm a music junkie, I'm actually always there.
The street itself is of course 1 big busy mess where you get more stimuli fired at you than the human brain can handle.
After a few weeks of annual tours through Thailand and Cambodia, we ended up in Pattaya a few trips ago for a week of doing nothing on the (Koh Larn) beach, and bar fun. The first day was a culture shock after a few weeks of temples and rest. But from the second day, after the beach and a delicious meal, we went into the nightlife every day until the wee hours, several neighborhoods, soi's and bar complexes, but especially WalkingStreet. You have to pay close attention to your bill, but it's a pleasure to sit there, observe passers-by, watch "the game", and chat with the "bar-maids". The beer bars are great fun especially Simon's and in there Frogs bar is our favorite to sit at.
Then we went there again in November last as a beach holiday in between, and next March a short 2 week holiday in Pattaya is already booked again, to break through the Dutch winter. Not much culture indeed (we will do that again in Jan 2020 in Isaan and Laos) but just a relaxed beach and nightlife holiday.
In terms of commerce and fun, WS is the ultimate “bling bling” in Pattaya and therefore Thailand. As far as we are concerned, it is certainly top notch in terms of fun. Although there are more Soi's and bar complexes in Pattaya where it is certainly just as enjoyable for a lot less cost.
Nice for the tourist. Expats hardly come because they have been there.
That is all said
If you come to Pattaya for the first time, it is logical that you want to see it once. Going into a gogo once in a while, or listening to a good live band is quite fun. I have been coming to Thailand for 30 years now and Walking Street is no longer necessary for me. I think it is too busy, especially many people from India on the street. You will also be stopped every meter by a prop who praises his tent. I prefer to go to soi LK Metro. Also good live bands and, for the enthusiast, gogo bars. In addition, there are of course countless bar complexes. Among others soi 7/8 , soi Diana , soi Made in Thailand , soi 3 , drinking street and many others. I personally like it much more than the "closed" bars.
Kees, it is very easy to lump people from different countries together.
Chinese, Thaiwanese, Tibetans, Japanese and South Koreans all come from China.
Indians, Nepalese, Pakistanis, Sri Lankans are all from India. There are also Western descendants from India who are completely Westernized. Consider, for example, the Dutch Indians (Hindostanen).
Or the hundreds of Indians who work at Google and Microsoft in America and are also Westernized.
Should they also get such a stamp?
Germans, Dutch, Norwegians, Swedes, Swiss, etc..are all from Germany?
Americans, English, Scots, Australians and New Zealanders all come from England?
I have nothing to do with it anymore, my preference is now with soi Baukhao and surrounding streets / alleys. Until years ago I used to stay in a hotel on a side street of Walking Street and we often went out. At that time you still had halfway on the side of Lucifer but then further down the street in a tent that played one of the few wonderful western rock music, but unfortunately it has disappeared years ago. We also spent a lot of time at bar P72 on the street side, watching the passing audience while enjoying a beer.
People who have been here for more than 20 years will say it's a flop, because they saw the walking street 20 years ago. The difference?? Day and night difference.., 20 years ago much, much more fun.
Went for the first time twenty years ago, funny, nothing more, I know you could even see the sea, I would have gone there last year with two single friends but it didn't happen. A week later I walked through with my wife, but what a travesty, my friends really didn't miss anything, nicer neighborhoods in Pattaya, heavily overrated but good for everyone, stayed with those friends on Konsan Road in the infamous D&D, a ridiculous amount of noise on the street but still funny for 1 night, we are in our late 50s so actually much too old,
I have been coming to Pattaya for 25 years, also been to Walking Street, never come there, prices are much higher than elsewhere, too commercial. The Russians and Arabs are slowly taking over everything there. It certainly doesn't make it any better. Soi Baukhao -lk metro-tree town , much nicer, better prices, live music, etc. there is so much fun and fun nightlife outside the walking street that I have no need to go there at all.