Weekends in Bangkok 2026

[jason1975]

After shower, my guy and I went to lobby of Quarter Hotel to meet forum member. Forum member had just arrived in Bangkok in afternoon after touring other Asean countries the past 2 weeks. I introduced my guy to forum member and off we went to G's for dinner with another friend. We opted for table inside in air conditioned comfort as weather outdoors was warm. I ordered sausage platter and my guy followed suit. Guido made his usual joke "how do you like my sausage?" This time, he added "do you want to try my balls?" - referring to meatballs!

[jason1975]

Towards the end of our dinner, one of the cute waiters brought a complimentary plate of apple strudel dessert onto our table. Guido was so generous! We wished him well on his new restaurant in Pattaya which was opening in August.

[18past19]

16 hours ago, ichigo said:

Forum member is me! I just got home. Thank you for all the fun times and let's do it again sometime!

It was so great to see both of you, though brief and i wish we had more time together.  

[vinapu]

8 hours ago, Kiwi306 said:

 And I have got some incredible deals through Agoda.

I wonder why it never happens to me when trying to book Quarter Silom through Agoda, sigh

[khaolakguy]

2 hours ago, jason1975 said:

I ordered sausage platter and my guy followed suit. Guido made his usual joke "how do you like my sausage?"

I am interested and respectful of all the positive reviews for Guido's. However my one visit, a couple of years ago was a disappointment, both from the quality of food and service perspective, not to mention the owner's tiresome "wit". Just for some balance.

If I want that view I would rather enjoy it with a drink from the outside terrace of Banana Club opposite.

[Olddaddy]

3 hours ago, khaolakguy said:

he quality of food and service perspective, not to mention the owner's tiresome "wit". Just for some balance.

Oh his "wit" is absolutely disgusting isn't it ! 😂

 

[floridarob]

6 hours ago, khaolakguy said:

I am interested and respectful of all the positive reviews for Guido's. However my one visit, a couple of years ago was a disappointment, both from the quality of food and service perspective, not to mention the owner's tiresome "wit". Just for some balance.

If I want that view I would rather enjoy it with a drink from the outside terrace of Banana Club opposite.

Was my experience a few years ago, but Reader convinced me to go with him, I tried Thai dishes instead, much better than the western choices, I thought.... you should give them another try, don't hold a grudge forever 😝

Service can be hit or miss depending on which waiter you get....   Guido is a nice enough guy, it's not an easy job running a restaurant, especially in Thailand and  he has to review EVERY bill to make sure there's no over/under charging, lol

[vinapu]

I for one like both Guido , his staff and his menu, specially those 'fusion dishes' like schnitzel with rice and Thai inspired sauce. Like in any restaurant , from time to time   this ort that dish may have some room for betterment , but I never had something barely edible there.

Can't wait till January to sample their offerings again

[floridarob]

2 hours ago, vinapu said:

Can't wait till January to sample their offerings again

Is that Sept on your calendar.... remember though, Sept is rainy/monsoon season....

[vinapu]

6 minutes ago, floridarob said:

Sept is rainy/monsoon season....

what rain has to do with travel ? I'm not made from sugar so not afraid to dissolve in the rain 

[floridarob]

So it is Sept, lol

[hank75]

9 hours ago, vinapu said:

what rain has to do with travel ? I'm not made from sugar so not afraid to dissolve in the rain 

Very important because this is when hotel prices dip, and possibly boy prices too 

[vinapu]

17 hours ago, floridarob said:

So it is Sept, lol

thinking about arrival on Sept 31st as apparently it never rains that day according to RBSD (Royal Bureau of Statistics and Deli )

[floridarob]

1 hour ago, vinapu said:

thinking about arrival on Sept 31st

No alcohol day, plan ahead.

[vinapu]

5 hours ago, floridarob said:

No alcohol day, plan ahead.

I only drink on even days

[10tazione]

3 hours ago, vinapu said:

I only drink on even days

That explains why time in your calendar is moving twice as fast and it is almost 2027.

[Keithambrose]

On 7/21/2026 at 5:07 AM, vinapu said:

I only drink on even days

To avoid becoming uneven?

[vinapu]

3 hours ago, Keithambrose said:

To avoid becoming uneven?

no , to sober up on odd days

[jason1975]

After dinner, forum member and I decided to go to Hot Male bar. He has a guy he sees at the bar whenever he goes there. I gave my guy money and told him to go for a one-hour Thai massage. I will meet him after my bar visit.

When forum member and I walked into Hot Male after 10:30pm, the show had started. There were not many customers - about 5 women in a corner drinking with 2 Hot Male guys, 2 lone customers seated on their own and forum member and me - barely 10 customers on a Friday night. The show has always been performed by the Hot Male guys themselves. No ladyboy diva singing. But finally there is a change - the management hired a pretty-faced male performer to lipsynch a song. He looked familiar. I might have seen him at Banana. I believe he rotates through several bars every night. Strange that Hot Male management hired him. I am sure one of its own guys could be instructed and trained to put up a similar performance.

After the show finished, all the guys stood on stage with their number tags prominent on their bikini briefs. I like seeing guys in bikini briefs compared to shorts in Dreamboys, Good Boy and Freshboy. Hehe.

One particular guy caught my attention. He seemed shy standing on stage. But no off for me. My guy was waiting for me. Forum member got reacquainted with his guy who has a great smile and spoke good English. Forum member paid off fee and he took his guy back to hotel for more reacquaintancing.

I walked to Midnight bar and said hi to the Myanmar waiters. I ordered coffee. I was going to stay up till 4am. There was a World Cup football match from 2am to 4am. I played checkers with the checkers champion of Midnight bar (and I lost miserably!) My guy joined me after his massage. He tried playing checkers against checkers champion but he lost also. Enough of checkers. Let's just sit and watch people pass by. I saw some guys from the bars walking past with customers. My guy recognised a few from his bar.

One of the Myanmar waiters asked me if I was in the mood for shots. Sure, why not? He suggested Sambuca. I had never heard of it but I was game to try it. I ordered a tray of 6 shots (at 150 baht per shot) and my guy and me and 4 of the waiters toasted each other and said cheers before downing Sambuca in one gulp. Sambuca is not vodka or whisky. It is from Italy and has 40% alcohol. It is sweet and flavourful and I generally liked it!

[jason1975]

[Keithambrose]

3 hours ago, jason1975 said:

 

3 hours ago, jason1975 said:

After dinner, forum member and I decided to go to Hot Male bar. He has a guy he sees at the bar whenever he goes there. I gave my guy money and told him to go for a one-hour Thai massage. I will meet him after my bar visit.

When forum member and I walked into Hot Male after 10:30pm, the show had started. There were not many customers - about 5 women in a corner drinking with 2 Hot Male guys, 2 lone customers seated on their own and forum member and me - barely 10 customers on a Friday night. The show has always been performed by the Hot Male guys themselves. No ladyboy diva singing. But finally there is a change - the management hired a pretty-faced male performer to lipsynch a song. He looked familiar. I might have seen him at Banana. I believe he rotates through several bars every night. Strange that Hot Male management hired him. I am sure one of its own guys could be instructed and trained to put up a similar performance.

After the show finished, all the guys stood on stage with their number tags prominent on their bikini briefs. I like seeing guys in bikini briefs compared to shorts in Dreamboys, Good Boy and Freshboy. Hehe.

One particular guy caught my attention. He seemed shy standing on stage. But no off for me. My guy was waiting for me. Forum member got reacquainted with his guy who has a great smile and spoke good English. Forum member paid off fee and he took his guy back to hotel for more reacquaintancing.

I walked to Midnight bar and said hi to the Myanmar waiters. I ordered coffee. I was going to stay up till 4am. There was a World Cup football match from 2am to 4am. I played checkers with the checkers champion of Midnight bar (and I lost miserably!) My guy joined me after his massage. He tried playing checkers against checkers champion but he lost also. Enough of checkers. Let's just sit and watch people pass by. I saw some guys from the bars walking past with customers. My guy recognised a few from his bar.

One of the Myanmar waiters asked me if I was in the mood for shots. Sure, why not? He suggested Sambuca. I had never heard of it but I was game to try it. I ordered a tray of 6 shots (at 150 baht per shot) and my guy and me and 4 of the waiters toasted each other and said cheers before downing Sambuca in one gulp. Sambuca is not vodka or whisky. It is from Italy and has 40% alcohol. It is sweet and flavourful and I generally liked it!

In Italy, they put a coffee bean in the glass, and set fire to the drink. Toasts the coffee bean!

[jason1975]

At 1:00am, the guys from the 3 bars in Patpong 2 (Freshboy, Dreamboys, Hot Male) started coming out after their bars closed for the night. Only Good Boy remains open until 2:00am. It is because of this reason why many Vietnamese and Laos guys from the other bars gather at the steps facing the entrance of Freshboy. They wait there for their friends at Good Boy to finish work. They usually eat and drink beer together. Tonight, there was free beer courtesy of lady boss of Freshboy. She got her personal assistant to buy some bottles of beer and she personally handed them to the guys seated at the steps. She must be in a generous mood. Business at Freshboy must have been very good.

I also spotted a Myanmar guy walk past quickly after leaving from Dreamboy. I knew him from several years ago when Dreamboy's premises was used by Lucky Boy (I wonder if the owner opened another bar elsewhere?). This handsome Myanmar guy left the bar scene and worked at massage place but it looks like he's back working in bar. I would have called out to him but he walked so quickly. Nevertheless, I know where to find him in future.

My guy got tapped on his shoulder. He turned around and it was some guy who knew him. They said hi very quickly then he left. He was the guy in Hot Male whom I had seen earlier and who looked shy standing on the stage. My guy told me that he's Cambodian and he's of mixed parentage - half Cambodian half Chinese so he speaks Mandarin. He used to work at Freshboy then left. Another one to add to my list to check out - when my guy isn't around of course!

[jason1975]

Very often, one can see shirtless guys in shorts walking about the area smoking, chatting or watching people play pool at the pool table bar below Freshboy. These guys work at Good Boy. They come out of their bar during the show if they don't have a customer buying them a drink. They definitely cannot come out in their white trunks with number tags so they put on shorts when they come out of the bar. That's how I got reacquainted with Handsome Guy from Good Boy. He spotted me and my guy sitting at Midnight. He came over and we chat. My guy of course knows him as they are Vietnamese and they hang out after work. Handsome Guy tells me he hasn't had any customer off for 1 week. I explain that I cannot off anyone else as long as my guy is in Bangkok. But I did pass Handsome Guy 200 baht tip. I also passed him another 400 baht to give to two other Viet guys at Good Boy. They were seated at steps smoking. They saw me earlier and waved to me. When Handsome Guy went to them and passed them 200 baht each, they waved at me again appreciatively.

[jason1975]

At about 1:30am, my guy and I left Midnight. We headed to Quarter and met forum member who had just finished a wonderful time with his guy from Hot Male. The three of us walked past Mango Tree to check out the soi - I don't know the exact name. Is it soi Tawan? I wanted to check out the bar that a forum member had recommended for live music and beer. Unfortunately the bar was full! We got a look inside. All tables were occupied and people (mix of men and women) were standing and dancing. No live bar but loud music from DJ. Very lively atmosphere. Customers all Thai. I had been looking for a nice chill out place for supper and unfortunately Friday night was the wrong time for this bar. We then went to disco on 4th floor h.i.m. 200 baht cover charge with one drink. Unfortunately it was only 2am and the crowd from DJ station had not arrived. So it was just 3 of us plus one couple who were at bar counter drinking. I really need to improve on my timing next time. At about 2:30am, we decided to go back to hotel. I watched World Cup football with my guy until 4am (Spain defeated Belgium) then we went to sleep.

[ichigo]

12 hours ago, jason1975 said:

Forum member got reacquainted with his guy who has a great smile and spoke good English. Forum member paid off fee and he took his guy back to hotel for more reacquaintancing.

It was such a steamy reacquainting hehe