Hi!

There are 2 new Gogo Bars in Patpong 1 (night market street), half way between Surawong and Silom road, on the right side if you look towards Silom road.

Both on the twink side of the  range.

Superboys:

Upstairs, 4 guys, 3 guests

Sweet Banana:

6 guys, 3 guests. Stage not suitable for any type of show.

 

Both need to try harder to survive, I think.

Also new?: Chillout Boys, host bar?

 

Which one is on the road level ? I walked past the other night and it was empty, only a few guys on stage in white baggy underwear. Not that appealing and the door lady was a bit pushy. Agree they need to work out what roll they want and work to that. Also turn down the lights for some mood.

That the migration of bars from Twilight to Patpong 2 has now encouraged others to open new venues n Patpong 1 should be viewed as good news. Some feared that the Patpong strips were too steeped in the tradition of lady bars and wouldn't be welcoming to boy bars. Thanks to risk-taking owners and the pursuit of potential profits, those considerations appear to be put to rest.

Let's hope that the owners of these new ventures have the cash on hand to ride out the low season. Attracting clientele and building a reputation takes time. Sure, some will fall short but that would be the case regardless of what the business entailed.

The glass seems to be more than half-full at this point, less than a month after just about all of the lights on Twilight have been extinguished for the final time.

 

27 minutes ago, reader said:

That the migration of bars from Twilight to Patpong 2 has now encouraged others to open new venues n Patpong 1 should be viewed as good news. Some feared that the Patpong strips were too steeped in the tradition of lady bars and wouldn't be welcoming to boy bars. Thanks to risk-taking owners and the pursuit of potential profits, those considerations appear to be put to rest.

Let's hope that the owners of these new ventures have the cash on hand to ride out the low season. Attracting clientele and building a reputation takes time. Sure, some will fall short but that would be the case regardless of what the business entailed.

The glass seems to be at least half-full at this point, less than a month after just about all of the lights on Twilight have been extinguished for the final time.

 

And someone may just open a nice beer bar that allows leisurely drinks and people watching...there are some vacant lots I believe. Twilight will live again.

On 4/26/2019 at 12:56 PM, 10tazione said:

Superboys:

Upstairs, 4 guys, 3 guests

Sweet Banana:

6 guys, 3 guests. Stage not suitable for any type of show.

Those numbers do not encourage me to visit. But I will location and drink prices; until now I didn't know that there are boy bars in Patpong 1.

Thanks for keeping us informed.

4 or 6 guys is fine as long as at least 1 is near perfection in the eye of the customer.
However, every good gogo bar should have good lighting so we can see the boys and tight small underwear beats baggy.  I prefer to be in no doubt about what is in there.

Exactly Z909 - small tight speedos like you show in your avatar would be good. 

I actually don’t mind ogling at them in baggy white briefs. Shall definitely patronise these two bars the next time I am in Bangkok!

interesting... will try to have a look when I get around to it

did a quick survey of the new patpong twilight. Starting from Silom, going through Patpong 1 and saw chillout boys (empty), and Sweet Banana (a handful of boys on stage, no or almost no customers, kinda pushy door people). Didn't see Superboys.

 

Went to the old Twilight to have a quick glance, no fully boarded up, including Hotmale which still looked open a few days ago when driving past. A quick sidetrip to Soi Wallstreet revealed a closed G Boy bar. Then on to Patpong 2. Had a drink at New Hotmale beer bar with one of the waiters who likes me. Was kinda hoping to find @paulsf there, but didn't. Couldn't look inside the bar as they collected admission fee of 350 outside. 

On to Dreamboy P., they even said "can look first", so that's what I did. Told one of mamasan's (in Thai) that I was there only for a quick look at all the new establishments and would come back another day for show etc. No issue with that, friendly chat. DBP looked rather small to me. Many shirtless guys outside the bar, none of them really my type lol.

Next stop Lucky Boys. Suprised how large it is. Looks fancy, too. Mamasans did seem pushy trying to escort me to a seat. I just stopped before entering the actual bar area, had a look around, a boy massaged my neck from a seat above lol. On the way out spotted an unusual looking boy in the dressing room. Unusual because he had VERY dark skin and facial features were somewhat reminiscent of an Indian/Pakistani/Bangladeshi guy (not normally my cup of the, but he was cute with lively eyes) We made eye contact and I asked him where he was from. Laos. Kinda surprising given the looks. Told him I'd come back another day (which I am indeed planning to do). Number 42. 

On the way home passed Soi 4 and saw the new Banana Boys but didn't go in. All in all, as Michael said in the other thread, things are alive and kicking indeed. 

Thanks for the update from an honored source.

Where exactly is the new Hotmale? Thanks for the update.

7 hours ago, Londoner said:

Where exactly is the new Hotmale? Thanks for the update.

Patpong 2 left hand side (coming from Surawong), second floor to the right hand side of Fresh Boys (which in turn is directly above Screw Boys). Can't miss it, huge neon sign. If you sit in the front row of bar stools at New Hotmale you can see comings and goings at Dreamboys P. as well as their shirtless boys across the soi, a bit off to the left. 

Thanks....sounds ideal for me.