01
MHz Band Thailand
Tuesday to Sunday, 9 PM–1 AM. Rock and pop covers, three sets, requests between songs. The tables beside them are ours.
Checked against Google on 9 September 2026
Live bands in Pattaya: who actually plays.
Every listing says "live music". Almost none says who. This page names the house bands and resident singers that anyone has bothered to write down, says which nights they play, and then ranks all 26 venues with a band by Google's numbers. One of the six named bands plays three metres from our tables.
6 named
House bands and singers, by name
26 venues
With a band on the listing
23 nightly
Seven-day hours with a band
3 m
From our tables to one of them
The residents
Six bands and singers you can plan a night around.
The ones a listing or a named review identifies. Most Pattaya bands go unnamed, which is a shame, because the good ones deserve a following. These have one.
02
The Rock Factory house band
Tuesday–Sunday, 9 PM–1 AM; DJ Monday until half past two, in the bar's own words. Rock and metal, tribute nights, requests for a tip.
03
Trench Town's singers
Reggae, ska and two-tone with live singers every night at both rooms, and a stage you are welcome on.
04
Bodega's house band
Seventies, eighties and nineties pop and rock in the evening, at a corner bar that opens for breakfast.
05
Mayfairs' singing DJ
A DJ who sings, which reviewers mention more than the band. Rock, pop and Thai songs after sundown.
06
Matador's guitarist
Named in reviews without a band name: classic metal and hard rock built around one player.
By the night you are free
Seven nights, one stage that changes.
23 of the rooms on this page have a band or singers every night. Ours is the one where the act changes with the day: MHz Band Thailand six nights, the complex's DJ two. Each night has its own page.
All 26, best first
Every venue with a band, ranked.
Google rating times the log of the review count, on 9 September 2026. The same twenty-six as our live music guide, in a different order: that page groups by what you will hear and this one asks only how good the room is by the numbers. Ours is in there where the numbers put it.
01
Wizard Brewery and Restaurant
A brewery with around fifteen taps of its own beer, a Harry Potter theme, a German kitchen and a live band. The most-reviewed bar in the city with a 4.9, and the one place on this list where the beer is made in the building.
What reviewers mention most: good atmosphere (806 reviews), live music, IPA, variety of beers.
From KQ: Down Soi Diana to Second Road; six minutes.
The beer is brewed on the spot, plus they have a decent varieties of their own beer on tap (around 15 taps).
Google review · Miha Tochilov · April 2026
02
Moon Whale
A sunset and sea-view bar-restaurant with a live band in the evening, and the second-most reviewed place on this page. Go at six for the sunset and stay for the band.
What reviewers mention most: the view (364 reviews), sunset view, good atmosphere, delicious food.
The live band adds a wonderful touch.
Google review · EARTH TJ · May 2026
03
Beer Hubb, Beach Road
A craft beer list, an Indian kitchen, a rooftop and a live band, on Beach Road, open from breakfast to half past three. The music is the second thing reviewers mention after the beer.
What reviewers mention most: beer selection (133 reviews), live music (104), craft beers, sea view.
04
Hard Rock Cafe Pattaya
The chain, with a house band that plays two sets a night in front of a Beach Road window, and a kitchen that does the wings. Closes at eleven, so it is where a night starts.
What reviewers mention most: live music (197 reviews), beach view, lovely staff.
The band did 2 Fabulous sets!
Google review · Bill King · May 2026
05
Hot Tuna Bar
The rock bar of record on Walking Street: Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Dio and Motörhead in the sets reviewers name, an open front onto the street, and a band that plays every night.
What reviewers mention most: rock music (71 reviews), band, hard rock, classic rock.
From KQ: Baht bus down Second Road to the Walking Street end, ten minutes, then walk in.
Awesome bands covering Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, DIO, OZZY, Motorhead.
Google review · FJB McCain · May 2026
06
Horizon, Hilton Pattaya
The rooftop with live music at sunset and a cocktail list. Book ahead: hotel guests take the good tables.
What reviewers mention most: sunset view (115 reviews), cocktails, rooftop bar.
Do book well in advance though, hotel guests tend to get the good tables before hand.
Google review · Conor Knowles · February 2026
07
Bricks and Barrels
A restaurant-bar above Beach Road with the beach in front, an Italian and Thai kitchen, and live music most evenings; the eighty-two reviews that mention the music are the second-most common topic after the view.
What reviewers mention most: live music (82 reviews), beach view, lovely staff.
You can sit and enjoy the beach view while eating/drinking.
Google review · S S · February 2026
08
Rock Factory
Live rock and heavy metal every night from 9 PM until 2:30 AM, in the bar's own words, with a house band, tribute nights (a Van Halen tribute in October 2025), requests for a tip, a kitchen, and a crowd that fills the room by eleven. Reviewers note there are no bar girls.
What reviewers mention most: live music (175 reviews), house band, rock bar, friendly staff.
From KQ: Out to Soi Buakhao and turn right; three minutes.
The band is really good, you can also request a song with the donation of a small tip. The place gets really crowded as the night progresses.
Google review · Nick · November 2025
09
Tah Siam Music Cafe
Three bands a night, a DJ, an MC and dancers, in the venue's own description, with a car park and a kitchen. The full Thai night out, and the highest-rated live venue in the city.
What reviewers mention most: good atmosphere (137 reviews), songs (102), delicious food, live music.
Great place with a lot of staff, never let down by the band.
Google review · Terence Paiva · January 2024
10
Caprera
Dine, drink, dance, in its own three words: a Thai crowd, a DJ, singers on some nights and a kitchen people rate. The 4.9 from nearly five hundred reviews is the highest of any nightlife place this side of Beach Road.
What reviewers mention most: songs, atmosphere (122 reviews), lovely staff, DJ.
11
Area 39
Thai bands and a DJ set for a mostly Thai crowd, loud, warm when full, and worth booking a table for. The reviews that mention it are from people who wanted a local night rather than a tourist one.
What reviewers mention most: local pub, beautiful music, Thai food, live bands.
From KQ: Five minutes east; a motorbike taxi knows it.
A lot of Thai people are there to have fun. It's really authentic and local. Usually, a band plays Thai songs.
Google review · Kostas Christofis · July 2026
12
Trench Town Rasta Bar, LK Metro
Reggae, ska and two-tone with live singers every night, and a stage you are welcome on if you can hold a tune. The second Trench Town; the original on Soi Buakhao opened in 2017. A minute from our door, so the two are easy to pair.
What reviewers mention most: reggae music, live music, singers, song requests.
From KQ: Out of the complex and straight into LK Metro; it is on the alley.
If you like reggae ska two tone then this is your place.
Google review · James Colman · May 2026
13
Trench Town Rasta Bar, Soi Buakhao
The original, open since 2017: reggae and ska with live singers, a Bob Marley wall, karaoke nights, and the same welcome as the LK Metro branch with a bigger room.
What reviewers mention most: reggae bar (79 reviews), live music, singers, ska.
From KQ: Soi Buakhao north, five minutes.
Nice bar, great reggae live music.
Google review · Chau Nguyen · April 2026
14
Mahanakhon
A house band and Thai songs for a mostly Thai crowd, somewhere between a pub and a club, busiest on Sundays.
What reviewers mention most: Thai-style bar, fun music, Thai food, live bands.
Local music and a live performance by the house band.
Google review · ITZIK TAKIYA · May 2026
15
The Stones House
Thai bands playing rock classics and pop for a crowd that sings along and dances, on Walking Street, until four. Cash only.
What reviewers mention most: songs (56 reviews), singers, live bands, Thai pop.
Expect a mix of rock classics, pop hits, and songs everyone can sing along to.
Google review · Benji Harrison · February 2026
16
Gatsby Lounge
A cocktail lounge a hundred metres up Soi Diana, with live music and karaoke nights on Google's listing and bartenders that reviewers from three continents rate. Not a band bar; the place for the hour before or after one.
What reviewers mention most: cocktail presentation, live music, kind staff.
From KQ: Up Soi Diana towards Second Road, on the left.
Even in the USA it is very rare to see this level of craftsmanship.
Google review · Zarko Mladenovic · July 2026
17
Lisa on the Beach
A rock and metal band in an air-conditioned hall that faces the beach, with staff that reviewers keep mentioning before the music.
What reviewers mention most: rock music, live rock, beach road location, metal.
From KQ: Baht bus north on Second Road to Central Pattaya Road, then two minutes to the beach.
Lisa has a fantastic live band playing killer rock and metal music.
Google review · ayoub gadz · June 2026
18
Bodega Bar
A corner bar that opens for breakfast and has a house band playing seventies, eighties and nineties pop and rock in the evening. One of the older bars on this side of town, according to its regulars, and a people-watching spot by day.
What reviewers mention most: relaxing atmosphere, oldies music, people watching, house band.
From KQ: Down Soi Diana to Second Road and across; six minutes.
If you enjoy good live music and chill atmosphere, this is your place to go.
Google review · Teemu · December 2025
19
Bullet Bar
A live band every afternoon and evening, pool, and a crowd that comes for the music and stays. Out towards Thepprasit, so a taxi from Soi Diana.
What reviewers mention most: friendly staff, pool table.
A nice place to meet friends, have drinks, listen to international songs and dance.
Google review · Наталья Яковлева · January 2026
20
Rolling Live 3
Three singers alternating over one band, a guitarist reviewers compare to Slash, and a pool table. The set is rock and roll with newer songs mixed in, which is rarer here than it should be.
What reviewers mention most: band, new songs, guitar player.
From KQ: Baht bus north on Second Road, ten minutes.
The band was really good and had 3 singers alternating with slightly different styles.
Google review · Tony Grima · September 2024
21
Matador Buakhao
The heavier room on Soi Buakhao: classic metal and hard rock from a band built around a guitarist reviewers name, an open front, and a sports pub with pool and air-conditioning at the back. Cash only.
What reviewers mention most: metal music, guitarist, rock music, pool tables.
From KQ: Out to Soi Buakhao and turn right; two minutes.
It is a music club similar to the nearby Rock Factory, but has a stronger hard rock atmosphere.
Google review · sunny M · June 2025
22
Mayfairs Live Band & Entertainment Bar
An afternoon bar that turns into rock, pop and Thai songs after sundown, in its own words, with a DJ who sings and sport on the screens. Reviewers compare it with Rock Factory across the road and split on which they prefer.
What reviewers mention most: live music, atmosphere, location.
From KQ: Out to Soi Buakhao and turn right; two minutes.
This bar has an amazing dj. Also he sings some songs live.
Google review · James VC · November 2025
23
Lone Star Saloon
Country rock from a Filipino band, a pool table, sport on the screens, karaoke nights, and staff who park your car. Renovated in 2025 with more seats near the band.
What reviewers mention most: band, pool table, friendly staff.
The renovations have paid off with a larger area for the band and more seating closer to the band.
Google review · Alan Bates · January 2026
24
Rock Station Pattaya
Rock inside the Tree Town market with a pool table and a band that takes requests and, according to more than one reviewer, does not play the same tired set every night.
What reviewers mention most: band, musicians, song requests.
From KQ: Soi Buakhao north to Tree Town, five minutes.
The musicians that play here are amazing and don't seem to play the tired old tracks on repeat that some do in Pattaya.
Google review · Henry McIvor · May 2025
25
La Habana
A Cuban bar with a live Latin band in the name, cocktails and cakes, and a room full of old photographs. Closes at eleven.
What reviewers mention most: cocktails, atmosphere, Cuban music.
The cuban music gives a special ambiance.
Google review · Edith Gomes · January 2026
26
iSiam Live Music
Thai songs for a Thai crowd on Walking Street, with a kitchen that reviewers rate for larb and nam tok. Fifty-four reviews, so treat the rating as early.
What reviewers mention most: atmosphere, food.
Excellent live Thai music venue on walking street.
Google review · Shane Q · April 2026
Ours, declared
The band you can see count in.
MHz Band Thailand play the stage at the back of Las Vegas Beer Garden from 9 PM to 1 AM, Tuesday to Sunday. The tables along the stage's right-hand edge are KQ Bar's, three metres from the drum kit, in front of the band rather than beside it. On a Friday or Saturday they go by half past seven. The band has its own page; so do the seats.
Photo to come
The guitarist in a solo, lights on
Second set
What to listen for, in a city of covers bands
Every band on this list plays other people's songs, because that is what a room in Pattaya asks for, and the difference between a band worth crossing the city for and one that is wallpaper is in three things you can hear from the door. The drummer: a covers band lives or dies on whether the drummer is playing the song or playing along with it, and the good ones here are the ones whose drummer counts in with intent. The mix: a band that can hear itself plays together, and a band that cannot plays loud; the rooms with a proper desk and somebody at it are the ones where you can pick out the bass. And the set list: whether the band plays the twenty songs every band plays, or wanders, which the reviews on this page mention when it happens.
MHz Band Thailand are at the top of the six house bands because they are the one we hear six nights a week, and because on those three counts they are the tightest band in Central Pattaya. We would say that. The reviews, read closely on the reviews page, say it in other people's words, and the guitarist's solos in the second set are the thing people mention who did not expect to.
Asked
Six questions about the bands.
Which bands play in Pattaya?
House bands, mostly, and mostly unnamed on Google: MHz Band Thailand at Las Vegas Beer Garden, the Rock Factory house band, Trench Town's reggae singers, Bodega's oldies band, the Thai bands at Area 39 and Tah Siam. This page lists every venue with a band and names the residents where anyone has written the name down.
Is there live music in Pattaya every night?
Yes. 23 of the 26 venues on this page list seven-day hours with a band or singers on the listing. Our own stage has the band Tuesday to Sunday and the complex's DJ on Monday.
Where is the best live band in Pattaya?
Reviewers name the songs at Hot Tuna and Rock Factory: Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Motörhead. Rolling Live 3 and Rock Station are the ones praised for not repeating a set. For a band in front of you rather than beside you, the stage-side tables at KQ Bar.
What time do bands start in Pattaya?
Between eight and nine, mostly. Rock Factory says nine. MHz Band Thailand start at 9 PM. Hard Rock Cafe and La Habana close at eleven, so their sets are early.
Can I request a song from a band in Pattaya?
At most of these rooms, yes, between songs or in a break, and at Rock Factory for a tip. At our stage, catch the singer's eye; classic rock gets the best response and Sundays say yes to the odd ones.
Is there a jazz band in Pattaya?
Not one we can find on Google in September 2026. Horizon at the Hilton has live music at sunset, and Josh Cof & Jazz is a café with records. If a jazz band appears, tell the bar.
Ratings, review counts and hours are Google's on 9 September 2026. The house bands are named only where a listing or a named review names them; where a review praises "the band" without a name, the venue is on the list and the band is not. If you are in one of these bands and want your name here, message the bar with a photo. The complex's own site has a shorter list of top venues.
How to find us
One of the six is at the back of the hall. Look right.
One way in, one way out. Nine bars stand between the gate and us, and each will invite you in. Keep walking.
Come in from Soi Diana
The big Las Vegas Beer Garden sign, two minutes from LK Metro. Free entry, no ticket, no dress code.
Walk straight up the middle
Past Pocket Kings, Palace, the V Bar, Full House, Viva, Aces High, MGN and Black Jack. The music gets louder with every step.
At the stage, look right
A black disc ringed with bulbs, a gold crown over the K. That's the door. The toilets are just past it, which is why everyone walks by at least once.
Or let your phone do it
KQ has its own pin on Google Maps, separate from the complex. Tap it and the blue dot ends at our bar, not the front gate.
Open KQ Bar in Maps