Reading the thread about bar closures mentioning Jomtien reminded me that I forgot to include Jomtien in my Pattaya observations thread.
Visited there a couple of times just for a change from downtown Pattaya and to have a 4-6pm stroll by the beach and enjoy the late afternoon coolness there. Quiet with regards to customers of course due to low season but all the bars had plenty of staff. Went to Bondi at 6pm to find it very busy, all the front tables were taken with a couple having 4-5 customers at them. Some nice waiters here and excellent service, great place to enjoy the early evening cool breeze.
Headed up towards Jomtien Complex had a snack at Dicks which only had two other customers, the gay massage shops either side of Dicks had plenty of staff but only saw a couple of customers venture in. Then headed round to Two Faces to find they had a few customers and again nice, efficient staff and waiters. Then crossed over the soi to another bar (forget name) for a game of pool with enthusiastic staff, so that proved to be a bit of fun. Stopped in by Ganymede, already some customers on the terrace, and sat with a couple of nice staff members and had good time. Lets face it, a barbeer irrespective of where it is located can be enjoyed if the staff members are enthusiastic enough and it's this interaction along with decent drinks which pretty much make a place so in that respect I enjoyed all the bars I visited here. There are times I just like to enjoy a drink on my own and take in the passing people traffic and catch my breath before a night on the town, but all the bars I visited in Jomtien had staff keen to chat and lark about.
Don't know about later in the evening/night but Jomtien is certainly worth an early evening visit in my book, and a change from the Pattaya area/venues.
Didn't stay late there, only to about 9pm then headed back on the Ruski Songtaew with the Jomtien hotel dwellers as they headed back into Pattaya for their evening of walking around the area with water/beer/coke bottle in hand. There may be a huge number of Russian/eastern bloc tourists but from what I could see the bars don't seem to enjoy that much custom from them, all they seem to do is go around 'window shopping'.
As I wasn't in Jomtien later in the evening didn't get a chance to visit The Venue show, which was well recommended by many in the bars in the area. I got off at the Arab quarter across from walking st and walked down soi vc? back to Day/Night. There seems to be an even bigger increase in middle-eatern themed bars than my last visit. But there is one thing about the Arab guys, they do give alot of custom to their bars, quite a few were actually full back-of 9pm. The 650cc and up, bikes they speed around in is a continual pest however taking this route, just a matter of time before there is a major accident in this area as I have witness so many near misses. In this respect they are a bunch of freekin nutters.
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Originally Posted by justme
