PeterRS Posted July 21 Posted July 21 Apologies if this is old news for some but the popular - at least it was for many years, the more so as it was relatively close to the University and the 2-for-1 nights were certainly busy - Chiang Mai sauna House of Male has closed. I'm not sure if it happened last year or earlier. It had moved to new premises in 2021. So it joins so many of Chiang Mai's established gay venues that no longer exist. Once a veritable gay mecca Chiang Mai now has so little for the gay tourist apart from shopping and sightseeing - and Adam's Apple! Its one sauna Club One Seven is located in a lovely old teak house right on the river but to the south of town close to the bridge over to the huge Centara Hotel. In addition to private rooms it has a gym and a pool. According to the website Gay-in-Chiang-Mai it hosts naked nights four times a month. In addition to the sauna is has a Lanna style guest house. Whether it is now actually a guest house with a sauna or a sauna with a guest house attached I am not sure. But it is listed as being very gay friendly. I remember many happy evenings at House of Male over decades enjoying sex and simple meals and a wide range of drinks at the bar/cafe. Sad that it is no more. I have read about a branch of the Kaikan bath house somewhere in the city. Hopefully Chiang Mai residents can add more to this news. Quote
Moses Posted July 21 Posted July 21 4 hours ago, PeterRS said: Once a veritable gay mecca Chiang Mai now has so little for the gay tourist apart from shopping and sightseeing - and Adam's Apple! Woody still running "Classic house massage" bkkmfj2648 and vinapu 1 1 Quote
Department_Of_Agriculture Posted July 22 Posted July 22 On 7/21/2025 at 1:28 PM, PeterRS said: Chiang Mai now has so little for the gay tourist apart from shopping and sightseeing - and Adam's Apple! What rubbish. Quote
PeterRS Posted July 22 Author Posted July 22 36 minutes ago, Department_Of_Agriculture said: What rubbish. Who is writing rubbish? Compared to 15-20 years ago, it's absolutely true. Gay in Chiang Mai has printed a list of all known gay venues and areas in Chiang Mai. Of these below, you can check them all out. All but a handful have closed and have This Venue has closed when you check them on the site. The bars that remain are basically in Charoen Soi 6. Best you do your own checking before making badly informed comments! Or far better to clarify your inaccurate comment with information of what remains of the city's gay venues. 2 Brothers . Adam's Apple . Akha . Attitude Magazine Thailand . Barocco . Bird of Paradise . Black Door . Blues Club . Bon Tong Productions . Chang Puek . Christmas . Circle Pub . Classic House . Club one Seven . Coffee . Coffee Boy . Common Massage . Cream Bar . Cruise Bar . CU Bar . Darling Wine Bar . David Crisp . Diamond House . Eve . Flower Festival . Food . Free Guy Club . Friendship Bar . g-star . Garden Bar . Gay Pride . Gay Soi 6 . Glass Onion . Golden Oldies . grand-arena . Halloween . heaven-massage . His Club . House of Male . in Memorium . jacky bar . LGBT . Lotus Hotel . Loy Kratong . Mandagay . Mandalay Bar . Mango Bar . Mansfield Place . Marn Mai Massage . Marspa . Maya . New My Way . New Year . Night Bazaar . Nimmanhaeminda . Note . One 2 Come . Orion Bar . ozeed . Pandee . Paradise Massage . Pedophiles . Pee Mai Tai . Phuket Pride . Pizza . PJs Place . Powerboys . Poy Sang Long . Quick Guide . Quiz Night . Radchada Cafe . Radchada Garden Cafe . Ram Bar . Relax . Sabaidee Santitham . Santitham . Santitham Guest House . Sarcasm . Secrets Bar . See Man Pub . Shan State . Shan State Earthquake . Sleaze Alley . Soho Bar . soho-lounge . Songkran . soulmates-retreat . Spirt House . Thai Puan . The Edge . The Peak . The Pub . The Wall Massage . Valentines . Victory Massage . Visakha Bucha . Warnings . What happened to . Yaa Baa . Yokka Dok BL8gPt 1 Quote
12is12 Posted July 22 Posted July 22 Peter, pls dont waste ur time and mood on Dprtmnt. M not sure I undrstnd. R there now 2 venues opetating - apple and club 17, or only 1 ? Quote
llz Posted July 22 Posted July 22 No first-hand info from me but this website makes praiseworthy efforts to keep people informed about the scene : www.gay-in-chiangmai.com vinapu and bkkmfj2648 1 1 Quote
PeterRS Posted July 23 Author Posted July 23 4 hours ago, llz said: No first-hand info from me but this website makes praiseworthy efforts to keep people informed about the scene : www.gay-in-chiangmai.com As I quoted, my info came from that site. 5 hours ago, 12is12 said: Peter, pls dont waste ur time and mood on Dprtmnt. M not sure I undrstnd. R there now 2 venues opetating - apple and club 17, or only 1 ? I gave up on Dept of Ag long time ago. He could easily have answered my simple question as I noted he was on line for an hour after I posted my repsonse. That he failed to make any response at all illustrates that his post was plain nonsense. What he might have said is that Chiang Mai is still a gay city for Thais as there are clubs with gay sections. But foreigners rarely seen. As I mentioend, on Charoen Soi 6 (very close to Le Meridien Hotel) there are several gay bars. When I have visited (only twice) there were few customers and the boys there were all on their phones. I think the New Circle Pub is still open (used to be called merely Circle) with shows each night. And as @Moses pointed out there are still some gay massage venues. But compared to the thriving gay scene that Chiang Mai once boasted and when I was visiting amost every three months, the gay scene is now very sad. Quote
12is12 Posted July 23 Posted July 23 Any recommendations regarding the venues? ie, in which ones better chances to b satisified? Quote
