Getting drunk in Pattaya and not being able to ride the 45 kms back home, I usually stayed in the:
www.thaigarden.com
Cheap, 4 star, clean, convenient, enormous swimming pool, safe carpark, Wifi, Dutch Manager. It's on Pattaya North Road, has a pub upfront "Moonriver Pub".
As now it's high season prices will be high but should come down soon.
Cheers, Franz