Pattaya Go-go bars, beer bars & restaurants (News closures and Updates)

[fforest]

17 hours ago, forcebwithu said:

A new bar has opened on Bongkoch Soi 8.

Entrances on both sides of the building.

I was riding up 2nd Rd and it was only after I had passed the 747 that it registered in my mind something had changed. The 747 is getting a new paint job.

I wonder what will be replacing Aqua Scape Market on Beach Rd.

Looks like the 747 is ready for flight......Maybe take the Chinese tour groups out to Koh Larn for the afternoon and fly them back again.... 

[fforest]

 

 

 

https://stickmanbangkok.com/weekly

 

https://www.stickmanbangkok.com/weekly-column/2024/05/stickman-weekly-may-5-2024/

 

[Stillearly]

Is there any point reading stickman these days .... all of his information is second or third hand 🤷‍♂️

[Phantom51red]

32 minutes ago, fforest said:

 

 

 

https://stickmanbangkok.com/weekly

 

https://www.stickmanbangkok.com/weekly-column/2024/05/stickman-weekly-may-5-2024/

 

Hmm i dont believe tourists hitting the 6 for first time would be dissapointed ...if there youngish,smar oldish with cash and not idiots,this post could have been written from 10 years ago tbh,i had a great time there last year with plenty of repeat girls " 1000 bht st,but i like a bit o flesh,one was a skinny ish one,just not big fattys ,as far as i remember 90bht /100 bht was most bars for a beer,stl a couple cheaper.

Edited May 6 by Phantom51red

[Phantom51red]

27 minutes ago, Stillearly said:

Is there any point reading stickman these days .... all of his information is second or third hand 🤷‍♂️

From 10 years ago lol

[boydeste]

1 hour ago, Stillearly said:

Is there any point reading stickman these days .... all of his information is second or third hand 🤷‍♂️

I struggle to think who his target audience would be, maybe the same older generation that he describes whom seem to be living in the past.

It's only a few weeks ago that I was on the 6 and the amount of available girls of all shapes and sizes was very impressive.

100s of them and I do mean 100s of them all hoping to snare a ST.

If I was a newbie walking the 6, I would be overwhelmed and delighted with the amount of available pussy!

[boydeste]

48 minutes ago, Phantom51red said:

Hmm i dont believe tourists hitting the 6 for first time would be dissapointed ...

Absolutely they wouldn't be, just the opposite from my visit a few weeks ago.

[Mr. Smooth]

On 4/24/2024 at 9:39 PM, maipenrai said:

I dropped into the Las Vegas complex for the first time last night; the place was probably between 2/3 and 3/4 full and the band appeared to be beginning for the evening. I sat at a bar about a quarter of the way in and had a Sangsom, and bought a drink for a girl there. I think my drink was 80b and hers was 170b. I was enjoying chatting with her and then the band started and like most music bars, it was simply too loud to have an easy conversation. There was a noise meter quite close to this bar and it was hovering between 95 - 100db while the band played. I think it's a nice place and I will go back but I'll definitely be sitting as close to the entrance as possible if the band is on.

Do you think it might be because there is a roof on the complex and the sound from the amplifiers has nowhere to go but bounce off the walls?

I've been to rock concerts in both outdoor amphitheaters and arenas and all things being equal, the sound always sounded louder and fuller inside an arena, especially if the acoustics were top quality. Being outdoors, the sound has a place to go and the listener doesn't feel so bombarded with an ear-splitting sound.

I've seen a couple of the vloggers I subscribe to, namely Nick Dean, use their channels to keep their audience updated on the progress of that complex, and when I'm back next month, I'll have a look for myself. But I'm with several of you guys on the volume, if it's just too damn loud to even have a conversation with a bar girl or with a mate, then I'm out of there.

I think that is one of the secrets of Billabong on LK Metro doing such good trade. When the band is playing, the open air allows for the sound to fade out into the night while all the customers sitting at the tables can enjoy a drink and casual conversation with a companion or their friends and not feel any need to split the scene due to the band being played at such a high volume.

Maybe if the word gets out about that on Las Vegas, they will lower the volume to a more reasonable level.

[boydeste]

1 hour ago, Mr. Smooth said:

Maybe if the word gets out about that on Las Vegas, they will lower the volume to a more reasonable level.

Don't hold ya breath mate, it's one thing many places get wrong, including several bars on the 6. 

 

[Butch]

13 minutes ago, boydeste said:

Don't hold ya breath mate, it's one thing many places get wrong, including several bars on the 6. 

 

I managed to suffer the music in "Lust" on Soi 6 for a wee while, but it was so loud as to be bloody offensive.

Excessively loud music can and does deter repeat customers, I'd have stayed there and purchased more drinks had the music been at a reasonable level. Sometimes a manager should "read" the bar and customer base and adjust the volume of the music accordingly.

[boydeste]

36 minutes ago, Butch said:

I managed to suffer the music in "Lust" on Soi 6 for a wee while, but it was so loud as to be bloody offensive.

Excessively loud music can and does deter repeat customers, I'd have stayed there and purchased more drinks had the music been at a reasonable level. Sometimes a manager should "read" the bar and customer base and adjust the volume of the music accordingly.

Several of those bars on the 6 have the music that loud, I can't actually stand out on the street in front of them.

Insane methinks!

[Yesitisdakid]

Some bars play it for the staff and don't care about the customers and then there are bars that will play it for the customers not worrying about the staff. The successful ones will find the happy medium

[forcebwithu]

1 hour ago, boydeste said:

Several of those bars on the 6 have the music that loud, I can't actually stand out on the street in front of them.

Insane methinks!

The bars facing each other at the top of Soi 7 are noted for the volume of their music blasting out into the soi. It's so bad I speed up to get past the bars as quick as possible.

For the Las Vegas Beer Garden, if you sit near the entrance the volume when the live band kicks in isn't too bad. What helps with the building's acoustics is the insulation they've attached to the interior walls and ceilings. Prior to 9pm when the live band starts playing, the music volume is tolerable no matter where you sit.

[hugh cow]

On 4/28/2024 at 10:57 PM, Jambo said:

I wish they would stick to a traditional Thai diet.

Whatever happened to the typical Thai girl's description of:

Long black shiny hair

Five feet 4 inches tall

45 kilo's, wet through.

If Soi6 put out a ladies tug of war team they would not have a shortage of prospective anchor women.

 

 

I went for a walk down Soi 6 recently and saw plenty of potential replacements for the Michelin man. Never seen so many size 16s wearing a size 10 dress. I had PTSD by the time I got to second rd.

[Glasseye]

On 5/6/2024 at 8:11 PM, Stillearly said:

Is there any point reading stickman these days .... all of his information is second or third hand 🤷‍♂️

 

Haven't read him for years.

I think he may have gotten thrown out of kilter when he went back to New Zealand for that stint.

[Glasseye]

On 5/7/2024 at 6:33 AM, Yesitisdakid said:

Some bars play it for the staff and don't care about the customers and then there are bars that will play it for the customers not worrying about the staff. The successful ones will find the happy medium

 

Dolls was about the best mix/balance regarding that I have ever seen, along with a good sound system. Always throughly enjoyed myself in there, the music was a big part of it.

[Yesitisdakid]

29 minutes ago, Glasseye said:

 

Haven't read him for years.

I think he may have gotten thrown out of kilter when he went back to New Zealand for that stint.

Yup he has guys that feed him his stories thats true but he is spot on with what he posts. Paul has friends that are in the Bar business or have been so his Info is good. 

[forcebwithu]

Update on Nicky's new place.

I talked to Debbie yesterday about the floor plan for the new location. She said the new place will have about half the indoor floor space, but there will be an outdoor bar area.

For those that are customers, you've probably noticed the quirky door that often times gets left slightly opened. I asked Debbie if the new place will have the same door and the answer was no, the new place will have an auto door closer. We had a chuckle over that as a customer had just walked in as I was asking the question and had left the door slightly ajar.

The hoped for opening date is the first week in July.

Not much progress since the last photo update a month ago.

 

[KWA]

Over the screen at the front (3rd Road side) of the DK Town beer bar site.  Sorry for the lighting but the sun wasn't really up yet.

[forcebwithu]

4 hours ago, KWA said:

Over the screen at the front (3rd Road side) of the DK Town beer bar site.  Sorry for the lighting but the sun wasn't really up yet.

I heard them working this morning and seeing no gate on the 3rd Rd side I says to myself, there must be another entrance they're using. And lo and behold, just down Soi 14 I spied the entrance to the backside of the complex.

[KWA]

44 minutes ago, forcebwithu said:

And lo and behold, just down Soi 14 I spied the entrance to the backside of the complex.

At the back there beside the old football pitches is where my previous photos have been taken.

[Yesitisdakid]

1 hour ago, forcebwithu said:

I heard them working this morning and seeing no gate on the 3rd Rd side I says to myself, there must be another entrance they're using. And lo and behold, just down Soi 14 I spied the entrance to the backside of the complex.

I'm guessing there's going to be 20 units or more in that area with no parking and technically very little foot traffic I just don't see it

[Glasseye]

2 hours ago, Yesitisdakid said:

I'm guessing there's going to be 20 units or more in that area with no parking and technically very little foot traffic I just don't see it

[forcebwithu]

Posted on another forum was a link to a FB page with the floor plan for the new DK Beer Town complex. While I noticed the empty land behind where they're currently working, I hadn't realized they were going to plant beer bars there too.

According to the plan, like Myth they have very little space set aside for parking. If it were me, I would have opted for one or more less rows of bars at the back and used the space for parking. If, after the complex opened, business exceeded expectations, then I would have added more bars. The other thing in the plus column for such a plan, with fewer bars it takes less customers to make the place look busy.

Some pics of the area earmarked for rows B thru E, starting with the entrance to the complex off of Soi 14.

[Yesitisdakid]

2 hours ago, forcebwithu said:

Posted on another forum was a link to a FB page with the floor plan for the new DK Beer Town complex. While I noticed the empty land behind where they're currently working, I hadn't realized they were going to plant beer bars there too.

According to the plan, like Myth they have very little space set aside for parking. If it were me, I would have opted for one or more less rows of bars at the back and used the space for parking. If, after the complex opened, business exceeded expectations, then I would have added more bars. The other thing in the plus column for such a plan, with fewer bars it takes less customers to make the place look busy.

Some pics of the area earmarked for rows B thru E, starting with the entrance to the complex off of Soi 14.

65 or 66 spots based on that picture they've got to be mad and I'll tell you I want everybody to succeed here I want the town to flourish but that location with little to no parking 65 or 66 bars you got to be shitting me. Even the new made in Thailand complex many bars are not doing well. We'll see what happens I'm guessing some deposits have already been made if the working is continuing.