Stay around the soi lk area
The golf club has rooms
http://canterburytalescafe.com/pages/home.php
http://metro-apartments-pattaya.com/
http://www.drunkenduckbar.com/
Rooms start about £10 a night
There are bars go gos plenty of places to eat and Devils Den and Lolitas plus soi honey inn where you can get a massage with a happy ending.
I visited dream teen once it was good but pricey.
If you go to the Cherry bar soi 8 Hammer the owner arranges bar crawls for wednesday they are worth going on for a newbie