I tried Pattaya recently for 2 trips, wont return, number of reasons. 1) Daytime, as the beach is such a dump, you cant enjoy it during the day. 2) Some of the Farang Pattaya attracts, how they get on the plane and even make it to Thailand is beyond me. 3) The "holiday" feeling is lacking in Pattaya, it's like a fast food ***** take away. 4) Food - not a patch on Patong. 5) You cannot compare anything in Pattaya to something like Safari. Lucifer was my main hang out, Tony's is just a pain, but Lucifer gets too loud and attracts a lot of undesirables. Quite liked the Russian go go in Walking St though, that was interesting.