The Siam Bayshore is a piece of old Pattaya that survived. It opened in 1974, when this was one of six hotels in the town, was founded by Kamol Sukosol and is still run by the Sukosol family; it celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 2024, and it has staff who have worked there for more than thirty years. The twelve low-rise pavilions of the Garden Wing were designed to echo the atrium hotels of John Portman, and they sit in twenty-plus acres of gardens, lagoons and waterfalls — by a distance the largest grounds of any hotel we list in the city.
The practical magic is the address. The plot runs off Pattaya Soi 16 at the very bottom of Beach Road, which puts the Bali Hai end of Walking Street about 200 metres and two or three minutes from the gate, and the Beach Road arch at the far end of the strip about ten minutes' walk round. Nothing else in Pattaya gives you a resort and the strip at the same time. The Koh Larn ferry pier is next door.
Facilities are resort-scale: two pools with jacuzzis, a children's pool with waterslides, the Lotus Spa of Siam, six tennis courts, five restaurants and four bars — Bali-Hai by the Sea for seafood on the water, Sunrise Sunset, the Explorer Bar & Lounge — plus a cooking school and meeting space.
The guest policy has a wrinkle worth understanding. Reported wording from the hotel is that a two-person booking carries no additional charge, but a single-occupancy booking is billed ฿1,000 net per night for a second person in the room. The property charged a flat second-person fee until around 2020; guest reports from 2022–23 and a listing reconfirmed in January 2026 describe no charge and ID registration. The practical takeaway is simple: book a double or two-person rate and there is nothing to pay. Minimum visitor age is 20. Confirm at check-in — see how guest-friendly works.
Rates start around $77 (฿2,500), which for these grounds at this end of the beach is a bargain.
| Tier | Resort (4-star, low-rise) |
|---|---|
| Opened | 1974 — one of Pattaya’s original six hotels |
| From | About $77 (฿2,500) a night, Aug 2026 |
| Walk to Walking Street | ~200 m / 2–3 min to the Bali Hai end |
| Grounds | 20+ acres of gardens; two pools plus a children’s pool |
| Guest policy | Reported guest-friendly; ฿1,000 second-person charge on single-occupancy rates |
Pros
- + Two or three minutes from the Bali Hai end of Walking Street
- + Twenty-plus acres of gardens, lagoons and waterfalls
- + Trading since 1974 and still family-run
- + Two pools, six tennis courts, five restaurants — a real resort
Cons
- − Book a two-person rate or a second person is billed ฿1,000 a night
- − A mile and a half from LK Metro and Soi Buakhao
- − Low-rise blocks vary in age — ask what has been renovated
- − South Pattaya traffic on the road outside
