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Pattaya Nightlife During Coronavirus

Updated March 5, 2023 By Darren C

Below are some photos of Pattaya nightlife as you’ve never seen it before, during its darkest days during the Covid-19 pandemic when many prophesized it would never be the same again.

Pattaya Bars & Nightlife Lockdown Periods:

  • 1st lockdown: March 18 to July 1, 2020
  • 2nd lockdown: December 30, 2020, to February 5, 2022
  • 3rd lockdown: April 9, 2021, to January 2022

Due to bars and nightlife venues being the first businesses to close and last to re-open during lockdowns, bar owners, Pattaya bar girls, and other staff employed at bars and nightlife venues were among the worst affected by Covid-19 restrictions in Pattaya.

Many bars in Pattaya turned to online “Pattaya girls live streams” to generate income for the remaining girls. Girls who lost their jobs sought alternative employment or returned to their family homes to live more cheaply until things got better.

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The photo below is Walking Street, Pattaya, Thailand, on a Saturday night in January 2021. Pattaya’s most famous nightlife zone. Ghostly, dark, silent, in lockdown.

Walking Street, Pattaya, during the coronavirus pandemic
Walking Street, Pattaya. January 16, 2021

Pattaya Nightlife, March 7, 2020

Shortly before the first Pattaya nightlife lockdown.

By now, business was already slow for most bars in Pattaya. On March 18, bars and nightlife venues in Pattaya were ordered closed. Initially, for two weeks, but the lockdown remained in place until July 1st.

Soi 7, Pattaya, March 2020
Soi 7
Treetown, Pattaya, March 2020
Treetown
Soi LK Metro, Pattaya, Thailand
Soi LK Metro
Soi Made in Thailand

Pattaya, 14 to 16 January 2021

During the second Pattaya nightlife lockdown.

On December 30, after a spike in Covid-19 cases in Thailand, Pattaya bars and nightlife venues were again ordered to close.

Beer bar at Soi New Plaza, Pattaya, Thailand
It’s not The Pussy Cat bar, Soi New Plaza, Pattaya. January 16, 2021
beer bars, Soi Made in Thailand, Pattaya
Soi Made in Thailand, Pattaya. January 16, 2021
Beer bar complex, Walking Street, Pattaya, Thailand
Beer bar complex, Walking Street, Pattaya. January 14, 2021
Simon beer bar complex, Walking Street, Pattaya, Thailand
Walking Street Pattaya. January 14, 2021
Bar on Walking Street, Pattaya, during coronavirus pandemic
Walking Street, Pattaya. January 14, 2021
Pook Plaza, Soi Buakhao, Pattaya, Thailand
Pook Plaza, Soi Buakhao, Pattaya. January 14, 2021
Shuttered bars on Soi 6, Pattaya, during coronavirus pandemic
Soi 6, Pattaya. January 14, 2021
Empty beer bars on Soi 7, Pattaya, Thailand
Soi 7, Pattaya. January 14, 2021
Shuttered beer bars on Soi 8, Pattaya, thailand
Soi 8, Pattaya. January 14, 2021
Soi LK Metro, Pattaya, Thailand
Soi LK Metro, Pattaya. January 14, 2021
Soi New Plaza, beer bar complex, Pattaya, Thailand
Soi New Plaza, Pattaya. January 16, 2021
Beer bar on Soi New Plaza nightlife zone, Pattaya, Thailand
Soi New Plaza, Pattaya, January 16, 2021
Treetown beer bars, Pattaya, Thailand, during coronavirus pandemic
Treetown, Pattaya. January 16, 2021
Empty, closed beer bar in Treetown, Pattaya, Thailand
Treetown, Pattaya. January 16, 2021
Walking Street, Pattaya, Thailand
Walking Street, Pattaya. January 14, 2021

Pattaya Nightlife January 18, 2021

Far East Rock Agogo bar, Pattaya, Thailand
Far East Rock Agogo, Soi Post (13/2) Office, Pattaya
Beer bar, 2nd Road, Pattaya
2nd Road
Beer bar, Soi 10, Pattaya
Soi 10
Bodega bar, Pattaya, Thailand
Bodega bar
Bodega bar, corner of Soi 13/2 and 2nd Road, Pattaya
Bodega bar
X-Boys bar, Soi 13/3, Pattaya
X-Boys, Soi 13/3
Castro boy bar, Boyztown, Pattaya
Castro boys bar, BoyzTown, Pattaya
Corona bar, Soi Post Office, Pattaya
Corona bar, Soi Post Office (13/2)
Dogs Bollocks bar, Soi Yamato, Pattaya, Thailand
Dogs Bollocks, Soi Yamato
Kitten Club Agogo, Pattaya
Kitten Club Agogo, Soi 13/4, Pattaya
Obsessions nightclub, Pattaya, Thailand
Obsessions ladyboy nightclub, Soi 13/4, Pattaya
Ruby Club bar, Soi 6, Pattaya
Ruby Club, Soi 6
Soi 6, Pattaya, Thailand
Soi 6
Swan bar, Soi Yamato, Pattaya
Swan bar, Soi Yamato
Wanky Tankies bar, Soi Yamato, Pattaya
Wanky Tankies, Soi Yamato
Wonderful bar, 2nd Road, Pattaya
Wonderful bar, 2nd Road

Pattaya Nightlife Re-opening After Second Lockdown 5 February 2021

Pattaya bars and nightlife venues were allowed to open once again on February 1, 2021. Most places remained shut until Friday, February 5, which was the first weekend after re-opening.

Walking Street, Pattaya by night
Walking Street, Pattaya. 5 February 2021

Most of Walking Street remained in darkness, but a few gogo bars, beer bars, and nightclubs, including Lucifer, 808, Insomnia, Windmill, Dollhouse, Tantra, and Le Pub, were open.

Soi 6, Pattaya Thailand,
Soi 6, Pattaya. 5 February 2021.

On Soi 6, about 50 percent of the bars were open, and most had at least a customer two.

Soi 7, Pattaya Thailand
Soi 7, Pattaya. 5 February, 2021

On Soi 7, once one of the most popular nightlife streets in Pattaya, there were about 3 bars open, sharing, at the time, a single customer.

Sailor bar, Soi 8, Pattaya, Thailand
Sailor bar, Soi 8, Pattaya on February 8, 2021

Pattaya Bars and Nightlife Reopening 2022

The recovery of nightlife in Pattaya in 2022 was well documented on Youtube. Countless videos of Pattaya nightlife showed the current state of popular nightlife zones such as Soi LK Metro, Sois 7 and 8, Soi 6, Soi Buakhao, and Walking Street on a weekly basis.

Photos of Pattaya Nightlife August 2022

Here are some photos of how it was at some popular nightlife spots around Soi Buakhao and in Soi 7, Pattaya, on Sunday, August 14, 2022.

Treetown nightlife zone, Pattaya, Thailand
Tree Town
Tree Town nightlife zone, Pattaya
Tree Town
Soi New Plaza, Pattaya, Thailand
Soi New Plaza
Soi Chaiyapoon, Pattaya, Thailand
Soi Chaiyapoon (Pothole)
Soi LK Metro, Pattaya, Thailand
Soi LK Metro
Soi Buakhao Pattaya at night time
Soi Buakhao
Soi 7 Pattaya bars at night time
Soi 7

Nightlife on Walking Street and Soi 6 in Pattaya September 2022

It was a busy weekend in Pattaya due to the GLOW festival, but regardless of that, month on month, there was an increasing number of tourists returning to Pattaya. Most bars in Pattaya’s popular nightlife zones were getting a least a steady flow of customers, mainly thanks to a large influx of Indian (predominantly single male) tourists in Pattaya.

Crowds of people and bright neon signs on Walking Street Pattaya at night time
Walking Street, September 17, 2022
Bars and foot traffic in the late afternoon on Soi 6 in Pattaya, Thailand
Soi 6, September 17, 2022
Nightlife on Soi 6 in Pattaya, Thailand
Soi 6, September 17, 2022
Crowds of people and bright neon signs at night time on Walking Street in Pattaya, Thailand
Walking Street, September 17, 2022

Since July 1, 2022, when the Thailand Pass and other restrictions imposed due to Covid were relaxed, Pattaya’s nightlife has slowly returned to normal.

Many bars closed permanently, but some took the opportunity to revamp and modernize. New bars opened too, including plush new beer bars and state-of-the-art nightclubs. Some say that Pattaya’s nightlife was due for a reset and that the pandemic has ushered in Pattaya nightlife version 2.0.

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