 In recent years, new shopping malls, outlet stores and jewelry stores have opened up. Among the shopping malls are:
- Central Center Pattaya (formerly Central Festival Pattaya), Pattaya Second Road – Indoor mall anchored by a Big C; also has a SF Cinema City branch.
Hypermarkets
- Carrefour - Pattaya Central Road
- Big C - Pattaya Second Road
- Tesco Lotus - Pattaya North Road
Local Products
Local products in Pattaya consist of:
- Chaeng Lon: This is a local delicacy where coconut is hand molded into small buns on a stick and charcoal-grilled.
- Hoi Cho: This Chinese delicacy is Chon Buri's famous dish because a special kind of sea crabs is used as the main ingredient.
- Khao Lam: This specialty is made with sticky rice, sugar and coconut cream cooked in specially-prepared bamboo rods.
Shopping Malls
- The Village Shopping Centre, Sukhumvit Rd - Pattaya's newest shopping centre due to open in October.
- Mike Department Store , Beach Road
- Royal Garden Plaza, Beach Road – Three-story indoor mall with a Ripley's Believe It or Not! museum and an SF Multiplex cinema. Also has a Sizzler restaurant, Au Bon Pain, KFC, McDonald's, Auntie * Anne's Pretzels, ZEN Japanese restaurant, Swensen's, Haagen Daz, Pizza Company, Delice de France, and a large food court. The Marriott Hotel is adjacent.
- Central Festival Pattaya Beach
- The Avenue, Second Road (near Royal Garden) is in the midst of a soft opening with the following either open or their spaces being fitted out: a 22 lane Bowling Alley, Au Bon Pain, McDonalds, Thanachart Bank, 8 Major Cineplex theatres, Boots, California Wow! a major gym/fitness spa (open for subscriptions), Shenanigans, Iberry, Pizza Pizza, 20 Nails Spa, Starbucks, Kasikorn Bank, Bank of Ayudhaya, and a 24/7 Villa Market, which carries imported goods difficult to find in other supermarkets.
- TukCom, Pattaya Tai (South) Road, boasts a large computer/IT complex offering reasonable prices.
- An outlet mall is next to the Tesco Lotus selling discount clothing from many European and American brands.
At least one other new large mall is under construction between sois 9 and 10..
Pattaya has many large home improvement stores including Home Mart, HomeWorks, Home Pro, Kanyong and True Value.
The closest department store to Pattaya is Robinson's, located about 30 minutes away in Sri Racha.
There are several large nightly markets in different parts of town.
There are big Thai markets at soi bua kao each Tuesday and Friday. |
