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Rumors of Zak's death or imminent demise seem to happen on these boards more often than rumors of bar closures. Zak is still very much alive and drops in to visit Home Bar for a while every few days. Yes, Det has had a new Farang partner for a number of years now. His relationship with Zak transitioned into a business partnership quite a while ago, but they still look out and care for each other.

I guess I must hang around with a different crowd in Pattaya... because for me, it's about one every three to four weeks or so. Just today, I spotted an RIP notice for yet another of the Laos guys from TB. I would estimate that liver cirrhosis is the most common cause of death (often driven by fake whiskey), followed by HIV (often masked as 'cancer' or 'lung infections'), and then motorbike accidents.

Some of those venues were on the same night, but of the 16 nights that I was in Pattaya, there were only 2 nights that we didn't end up in a host bar. And one of those ended up as a late night 'lock-in' with @Vessey in M bar!

Boyfriend Karaoke closed around March 2025, unfortunately there is no equivalent of it these days. Visited Secret Club(1 time), Topman(2), Diamond (2) , Everest (3), Friendly (at least 7 times my current favorite), CF(1) and Phoenix (very briefly) last month, none of them provide the Boyfriend Experience that Boyfriend used to have. If you are planning on going to any of these venues bear in mind that they only really get going after 01.30

Has Homens Sex Bar closed? I had some fun encounters there

That will depend on the bar and the humor of the Mamasan. so best to ask up front

Momo/Fun-Ky Bar in Jomtien give peanuts M bar gives the cold towels as does Gus bar (when the boys remember)

Most bars will charge you for a "boy drink" regardless of whether you have opened a bottle or not. However, once you do have a bottle, the boy is usually free to have a second or subsequent drink directly from it, unless of course, they prefer to return to the floor or want to pressure you into buying more boy drinks. Some bars enforce a limit on how many people can drink from a single bottle. e.g. when five of us (2 farang and 3 Thais, all paying customers) went to Fresh Boys, the bar insisted that we buy an extra individual drink for one person in our group. Fortunately, one of our friends didn't drink whiskey anyway, so they were perfectly happy to order a gin and tonic.

I think its fair to say that Apek is far from the average bar boy, he trained and ran the Pattaya city marathon in 2024, has a real get up and go about him

i usually try to eat around 19.00 (with BF) and then go home for the 3 S's before we go out at 20.30 Just got back from 3 weeks in Pattaya and except for 3 of the 20 nights we didn't finish until well after 4am (07.30 being the latest) Just too many cute Laos boys in the late night Host bars, and too many Host bars to visit them all in a 3 week trip!

I would suggest 1000 if you off them from the bar to go drinking. 500 if they tag along most of the nigh, are not working somewhere or freelance. 1-200 if they just show up out of the blue on an invite after work and need a few baht for bolt home and some pre-sleep alcohol soakage Of course as peak high season approaches some BT boys would be hoping for a few offs a night, so may not be willing to leave work for 1000 and prefer to "make Hay when the sun as shining" it all depends on whether the rent is due and they are boys that like to party or those that like to accumulate wealth!

I would say T25 is more of the kind of place to bring a few boys for a night out. Perhaps your Boy du jour and some of his friends. After that head in to Sinlapin Issan which opens till 4am if the party mood is still taking you!

Mister Max from the sexy show can now be found showing off his body and offering to carry you across the pool in T25 on Thapraya road. Assuming that he went back to work of course after his recent trip to China

I am talking about Gogo bars in Pattaya and Bkk. The average farang won't ask a mamasan "what does it cost to bring a boy home" and will likely negotiate with the boy directly. From my experience Asian customers will negotiate with the mamasan who will over inflate the asking price, whereas the average farang will do anything rather than deal with the mama! I even remember Toyboys in Pattaya once had a written menu with different prices in Chinese and English that they would produce when it came to negotiations

Interesting that nobody has yet mentioned that there is also a different tipping rate for Asian (non Thai) and White Farang customers The Asian rate is much higher (hence the 2500b for ST being bandied around) than the expected farang rate. And of course the Thai rate is significantly lower again Not sure if that implies that farang are stingy or that Asians over pay, or it's somewhere in between!

Doesn't it open at midnight every night? Certainly they are showing it on their Tiktok most days

M Bar doesn't hire Cambodians afaik. It's a mix of Thai and Laos Speaking of Entrepreneurs, Charlie of M bar, Sunee Bar, Gus Bar etc all. Is quite an entrepreneur and has hit on a good formula with most of his bars

Someone told me recently that you can see the stars from inside the ground floor, so it seems that both the roof and upstairs have partially collapsed Not to nitpick, but the bar over Lucky 7 was Four Seasons. Kawaii upstairs had the toilets and boys locker room Dynamite was located over Dreamboys Mamasan Jojo from both locations can often be found in our company last at night after she finishes here restaurant work, is still great at doing introductions to newbie or shy boys in how to take care of farang properly on a night out!

It was City Boys and then became Gaycuya prior to its demise as a gogo bar Afterwards there was a secret casino there for many years, needed to know the special knock to get inside!

One of my Irish friends said that his newbie friend was visiting Sunee and note that the bar next to Nice Boys/Boys Night club was back open This was the old Powerboys/MicMy location, did you guys notice if it was open when you were there?

At this stage the Pullman may as well rename itself to Pullman Gay, any time I have stayed there all I saw was gay couples and groups. Also notice a LOT of only fans movies being filmed there!

Pantanawet is correct here, the handle at the back on the motorbike is for maneuvering the bike in parking situations or onto the back of a bigger vehicle and is not supposed to be held by the passenger Holding the handle completely unbalances the bike and guarantees at least a broken collar bone and arms to protect your face if you spill. Hands should be on your knees, hanging by your side or around the drivers waist Exception: if you are the third or even fourth person on the bike, then it may be wise to hang on to the handles!

The problem is Balcony and Telephone/Circus are snooze fests. Botoxed guys posing and staring, ex-bar boys clinging to faded hiso fantasies and hoping to score one last big fish, everyone glued to their phones. Smoky, cramped, and full of queeny farang couples horrified at the idea of an Asian guy approaching them saying hello. I would take a gogo or host bar ahead of them any day, even if i am being badgered for drinks!

Looks like its the old Tawana Ramada location? anyone know if its a rebuild or a refit/refurb?

The mess in their kitchen/Dining/Living area is not good for my OCD genes! Makes my BF look positively tidy!