Sunee Plaza - the heart of the extreme city

Modern gay Pattaya is ready to offer for an advanced tourist maximum entertainment. Several gay areas with more than 50 gay institutions are located there and able to satisfy even the most capricious queer. Sunee Plaza is one of the gay district of Pattaya (along with Boyz Town and Jomtien Complex). This place successfully fights to become the main area of night blue city life.

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The first bar in Sunee Plaza Crazy Pub was opened in 1996. Soon behind it Sunee Plaza Bar opened. Topman Nightclub (later known as Wonderland, and now [2019] the Irish pub and hotel named Jazz is located at that building) was opened immediately after Crazy Pub and became the first gogo bar. All the buildings in the area belong to a Thai woman called Madame Sunee, and she rents it out to open gay establishments. Pattaya is known as “Extreme City” and a slogan was created for Sunee Plaza - “The Heart of the Extreme City”.

Sunee Plaza Slogan proclaimed on the once-functioning district's site
. Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20110930011434/http://www.suneeplaza.info/gay-pattaya/

A peak of Sunee Plaza heyday fell at the end of the first decade of the 21st century. In 2010, Sunee Plaza could boast the largest collection of gay bars, located in the one city district. These are bars where waiters, usually young Thai boys between the ages of 18 and 30, not only carry drinks, but also entertain customers with conversations. During the heyday there were also about a dozen gogo bars. In addition, there were several budget-friendly gay hotels, inexpensive restaurants offering dishes of local and European cuisines.

To date, the number of gay spots in Sunee Plaza has decreased significantly. Now there are about a dozen bars and a few gogo clubs and restaurants. Additional service includes small shops, hairdressers, taxi services, travel agency. Gay saunas, massage parlors and gay discos in the area are not observed, but there are those on the neighboring lanes. Among the reasons for the closure of gay venues in Sunee Plaza we list the main ones:
1) tightening the rules for doing business in Thailand in general after a junta came to power in 2014;
2) authorities struggle for a reputation of the city as a place for family rest, in this connection the number of gogo bars in Pattaya is annually reduced;
3) development of online dating applications and web-sites used by escort guys to find clients;
4) rent increase from the owner of buildings Madame Sunee.
A trend of gay spots reduction is observed in all Pattaya.

Sunee Plaza is not easy to find in the Pattaya tangled streets. But with us you will find any area and spot. Here is layout of Sunee Plaza:

Sunee Plaza map

Over the years, Sunee Plaza has earned a reputation as the place for pedophiles and minors. During regular police raids, law enforcement officers often find underage guys involved as gogo dancers and escort. In 2008, during the raid an unprecedented incident occurred - an 8 year!!! old boy were found out as one of the escort workers.

Also the area has many stories about drugs that are sold and used by employees and visitors of venues. Police raids are regularly conducted at spots. According to the results of some raids illegal drugs were detected in the blood of the bar's staff by medical testing.

HINT: if you doubt majority of the guy from Sunee Plaza with whom you are going to spend time, ask to show an identity card.

Among the visitors of Sunee Plaza are especially many elderly men who so love to relax in gay Thailand. But other categories of visitors also come to Sunee Plaza.