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Boutique hotel Poseidon Residence and its restaurant Wine Cellar are located in Jomtien Complex. Fantastic menu and some of the best fine dining dishes you will find around Pattaya.

Fantastic new cafe called Sunflour. In Phratamnak Soi 4 (next to my favourite Co & Cafe). Really fantastic menu that focusses on healthy high quality ingredients. One you go, you will be hooked.

The best noodle dish I have had in Thailand. The flavour of the duck soup base was so deep, I could’ve just drank it without the yellow noodles and duck. This is a very old noodle restaurant in Pattaya. If you are near Tukcom, walk towards walking street and turn down Pattaya Tai 13. The restaurant is about 30 metres on the right. It opens at 6am until late afternoon. In the morning they sell pork and rice (until it sells out). It’s a really incredible “must-visit” place.

Stunning hotel with a great 23rd floor restaurant (oanoramic views) and a cool 24th floor sky bar. Unfortunately they don’t have a happy hour but the do some promotions (like the 899 baht 2 hour wine buffet). The rooftop is really stunning and it’s definitely on my “must visit” list.

Tookta beach area, opposite Soi Whitehouse. 50 baht for sitting down. Pricey for food, but if you come for a few hours and relax, it’s a bargain. But expensive if you pop in to eat. You get charged 100 to sit on a chair all day if you just want to sunbathe , so pretty good if you want to lounge relax. Have to say, it was one of the best Panang I have every had, and I would gladly pay that again.

The sky bar at the top has amazing views and the hotel is simply incredible (it has a huge water park). The food in the restaurant is excellent, but the venue doesn’t serve alcohol. But the good news is that you can bring your own! With no corkage. So bring a bottle of nice wine, and let them place it in a cooler and bring out some nice glasses for free.

Sands Sauna is the best in the area. The chicken Pad Thai is huge and was one of the nicest I’ve had. Som Tam Thai was great too. Easily the best sauna in the area with a Himalayan salt wall sauna and a great steam room. Pools are great too. The sauna end is situated next to YinYom Beach, very close to the end of Phratamnak Soi 5

Dine with the best view of the city. Thai and international food, ocean-fresh seafood, creative cocktails. Pattaya’s rooftop bar and only double-decker pool

This place is on my “Must visit” list because it typifies the best in honest Thai cooking. Thai food Good Taste is a small family-run restaurant in Jomtien Soi 4.

They serve the best Thai food you can get, at a low price. Many restaurants charge double or quadruple the price, but don’t come close.

Most dishes (with rice) are around 50 baht. Try the crispy pork with garlic, but they only make a set quantity each day and it usually sells out early afternoon. Portions are generous and everything tastes fresh and clean. 10/10 for Thai food value and quality. You can find the restaurant by walking 100 meters down Soi 4 from the beach.

Incredible sky bar with unmatched views of Pattaya. 4pm-7pm is buy one get one free (alcohol served after 5pm) which makes the cocktails super good value. Go up to the 17th floor and change elevators to the top.