seems more like another history-recall here: for me that would be Midnight Cowboy-closed some 15 years ago, in Sapan Kwai/BKK, when it was led by that elder Singapore gentleman.
In general bars that ''allow'' more easy interacting between customer and boy-without directly being pressured into buying him a 250 bt. drink.
The early time Sunee-Pattaya open air bars, when drinks were like 20 bt.