Since January 2022, Pattaya bars and nightlife venues have been re-opening after numerous forced closures due to Covid-19 coronavirus. Despite the still meager numbers of tourists in town and restrictive opening conditions, many of the bars that have chosen to open so far appear to have many customers.
As of March 2022, the busiest Pattaya bars and nightlife venues that have reopened are those in and around Soi Buakhao. Most gogo bars remain closed. The ones that have opened are not permitted to allow dancers on stage yet.
Some notable permanent Pattaya bar closures in late 2021 and early 2022 (see photos below) are Soi Made in Thailand and the Simon beer bar complex on Walking Street.
The photos on this page are of Pattaya bars and nightlife venues in various areas around Pattaya, before, during, and between periods of Pattaya nightlife lockdowns due to the Covid 19 Coronavirus pandemic.
Pattaya bars and 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.
Latest Pattaya Nightlife 2022 Reopening Updates
There are several videos of Pattaya nightlife spots since bars and nightlife venues started to re-open. Go to the David Strachan Pattaya Youtube channel and watch the videos of Soi LK Metro, Sois 7 and 8, Soi 6, Pattaya Funland, and Walking Street reopening in 2022.
Photos of Pattaya Nightlife During Covid
The photo below is Walking Street, Pattaya, Thailand, on a Saturday night in January 2021. Pattaya’s most famous nightlife zone, silent, in darkness, in a state of shutdown.
Pattaya, 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.
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.
January 18, 2021
Pattaya Nightlife Re-opened After Second Lockdown Due to Covid-19, 5 February 2021
Pattaya bars and nightlife venues were allowed to once again on February 1, 2021. Most places remained shut until Friday February 5, which was the first weekend after re-opening.
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.
On Soi 6, about 50 percent of the bars were open, and most had at least a customer two.
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.
