Yup LK is a fine place to get started
I use to use this place for weekends when i had the house well out of town.
http://www.natureviewpattaya.com
Its clean fairly newish modern style, decent bathrooms, pretty sure it has in room safe. Its on soi bukaow about one min walk from soi LK has a pool its pretty good for the money imo.
If you have a big suit case with locks, you could always put valuables in there. A decent hotel like that not gonna let a girl leave with a great big suit case, when they are picking up their id card on the way out. In fact i think that place even calls the room before returning the id card to girl and wont let her leave without hearing from you alls fine.
KTK is great value for money, but the cheapest rooms are 1200-1500, KTK is defo a better place than nature view, but imo nature is in a much better location for a newbie.
I had this room in KTK for 1700Baht a night;
Think the monthly on that one is about 20k.
Last edited by Pooter; 07-26-2012 at 07:42 AM.