Exotics Pattaya - Cannabis Café & Social Club

Part dispensary, part living room. This one sits on Thanon Pattaya Tai and works as a social club as much as a shop, so nobody's rushing you out once you've bought something. That's the difference between here and the dozens of tiny counter-service weed shops that have opened across Pattaya since the law changed. You can sit, talk to people, take your time.

It suits solo travellers more than most places. If you're new in town and want somewhere low-key to fall into a conversation, this does that job. If you just want to buy and go, fine, but you're paying for a space you're not using. Come mid-afternoon if you want it quiet. Evening is when it fills up and the social side actually kicks in.

Worth saying plainly: Thai cannabis rules have shifted more than once in the past few years, and what's permitted for tourists isn't always what people assume. Read up on the current position before you plan anything around it.