Central Pattaya

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

We list six hotels here, all Researched Picks, and they are backed by the deepest review samples on the site’s Pattaya pages. Grande Centre Point Pattaya alone carries over 33,000 reviews, Arbour Hotel and Residence 22,424, Hotel Amber over 20,000 and Hilton Pattaya 15,540.

Of those with a January price: Arbour Hotel and Residence and Hotel Amber are both around ฿4,000 a night, Grande Centre Point Pattaya around ฿4,503, and Hilton Pattaya around ฿7,406. Arden Hotel and Residence is around ฿2,645 and Best Western Plus Nexen around ฿1,441, both for 15 to 18 November 2026 (held for a spot check; Nexen’s January read was for a Double Suite).

Location scores vary more than the headline numbers suggest, from 9.6 at the Hilton down to 8.4 at Best Western Plus Nexen, about a kilometre inland. Our hotels 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.