Anyone who has driven past the new Terminal 21 shopping mall can’t have failed to be impressed by its appearance. It dominates the local landscape with the Grande Centre Point Hotel standing majestically above every other building in the area. The two planes positioned outside, the larger one close to the Dolphin roundabout in particular, adding some real character to the area. The theme of airports is...

As you would expect, you will find an abundance of quality Thai restaurants in Pattaya. You will see everything from small restaurants tucked away in the sois and representing great value for money, to street food to fine dining establishments. We have decided to opt for the restaurants towards to top end of and these are just 7 of our particular favourites. Moom Aroi Moom Aroi have two venues, both of...

Pattaya is well-known for its fantastic selection of food and indeed this is the case when it comes to Middle Eastern and Turkish food. South Pattaya is where you will find plenty of small restaurants catering largely for the locals but there are plenty of other options available. Here are 6 of the best restaurants serving Middle Eastern and Turkish food in Pattaya. Palace Restaurant Probably the best...

Naklua has a wide selection of excellent restaurants, many of which are very well known. However, there are some real gems that maybe don’t know about or had forgotten about them. Many are hidden away inside the sois whilst others may have seen but you haven’t given them a try yet. Here are 7 little gems. Wine Cellar Wine Cellar on Soi 12 is an excellent venue and that is very smartly decorated. As...

Although the number of new projects that are entering the marketplace has slowed somewhat in recent years, that certainly doesn’t mean that it has stopped completely. Indeed, there are several new, quality projects that are being launched, the majority of which are in the Jomtien area of the city. We have selected just 6 of the most recent projects that have been made available. Riviera Monaco The...

With East Pattaya covering such a wide area we decided that it was only fair to include some of the restaurants that didn’t get a mention in Part 1. This isn’t to say that those in the first instalment are better or vice versa, just that we appreciate that some may have been missed that thoroughly deserved to be on the list. Nong Bistro Nong Bistro is one of the gems of the Darkside and is not...

There are lots of bars around Pattaya that have excellent pool tables, many of which have teams that play in the local leagues. Getting a game of pool is usually easy, even if you are visiting on your own with other customers and even the girls happy to take on the challenge. However, if you are looking for something a little bit more serious, there are a few places that focus on offering 8-ball...

Jomtien, like many places in Pattaya, is home to some absolutely fabulous restaurants. You have quite literally everything from beach shacks to fine dining as well as every genre of food that you could imagine. Picking out the best restaurants is always subjective but we have selected some of our personal favourites and ones that our clients frequently mention. Natan’s Natan’s is one of the...

Naklua is one of the most prestigious areas of Pattaya so it is of little surprise that it is also home to some superb hotels mainly found around the Wongamat Beach area, close to the Sanctuary of Truth or along Naklua Road itself. We have listed the best 6 hotels in our opinion that you can find in Naklua. Centara Grand Mirage The Centara Grand Mirage is arguably amongst the best hotels in Pattaya,...

There are huge hopes, and quite rightly so, for the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) and the impact that it will have on the economy and future of Pattaya. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the project, it was a proposal agreed by the Thai cabinet in June 2016 and will see a large area stretching between Laem Chabang, Chachoengsao and Map Ta Phut – over 13,000 square kilometres, designated for...