Double Pricing On Walking Street

Sometimes white skin is the cheapest.

First off, it has to be said that this information does not come from one of Pattaya's newspapers or other news sources, and instead comes from anonymous writing on an "anyone-can-post" web board. Therefore, the accuracy of what is said about the specific bar cannot be verified. However, I happen to know of several other bars where such policies, or similar policies, are in place, so I will pass this along...

It seems that Peppermint have started charging a 200 Baht entry fee to Asian customers.

Their door staff are now equipped with several signs.

First there is a sign saying 'Full' used to turn away South Asians and Arabs (A common Pattaya policy, said to be based upon safety for the girls and the higher risk of misogynist attitudes from men from those parts).

There is now also a sign indicating a 200 Baht entrance fee. This sign is used for Asian customers or perhaps it is targeted at Japanese visitors.

Farangs are waved in without let or hindrance.

Yup... absolutely true. If you are an Indian or Middle Eastern, there are very few Walking Street bars you will be allowed to walk into. I've heard that it is the propensity to get into fights when drunk, while the quote above seems to think it is for the girls' benefit. Either way, it's not really all that fair, and I don't think they should do it.

Charging Asian tourists 200 baht to get into the gogo bars is a bit funny... although also not really all that fair. The vast majority of Asian tourists in Pattaya spend virtually no money outside of the cost of their trip, and anything that sucks a few extra baht out of their pockets seems justified, if the method is morally questionable (i.e. pricing based on skin color).

If it really is because groups of Asians come in to the bar, take up a bunch of seats, nurse one bottle of water for 40 minutes or an hour, and don't buy one lady drink or otherwise benefit the bar financially, then it's unfair but logical. (Try charging 190 baht for the first drink, and 10 baht for the second drink, and 100 baht per drink after, if you want... or something like that. I don't know.)

If the bar is charging 200 baht per Asian because the bar simply thinks that they have more money (like the Thai people do to us white folks at tourist attractions), then it's just economic racism, and really should stop.