Central Pattaya

The middle of the city, with the highest average scores of our Pattaya areas and the most-reviewed hotel on this site.

Central Pattaya is the city behind the main beach, from Terminal 21 on North Pattaya Road down towards Walking Street at the southern end.

Averaged across both platforms, our picks here score higher than those in any other part of Pattaya, and they are backed by very large review samples. Grande Centre Point Pattaya alone carries over 33,000 reviews, more than any property on this site, and Hotel Amber over 20,000.

Location scores vary more than the headline numbers suggest, from 9.5 at Grande Centre Point next to Terminal 21 down to 8.4 at Best Western Plus Nexen, about 800 metres away. Our picks here sit between roughly 1.5 and 3.3km from Walking Street in a straight line, so check the map against how you plan to spend your evenings.

Best for

Being in the middle of the city, with the strongest average scores we list in Pattaya

Nightly range

฿1,441–฿3,963 a night

Local tips

Grande Centre Point Pattaya sits next to Terminal 21 and has the best location score we list in Pattaya
Arden and Hotel Amber cost almost exactly the same, around ฿2,600 a night, so compare them on location: 8.7 against 9.2
Wifi scores here run from 8.6 to 9.0, the tightest range of our Pattaya areas
Grande Centre Point Pattaya and Best Western Plus Nexen sit on the boundary with North Pattaya, so they appear on both area pages