Hosts bars in bangkok

[spoon]

Seems like more and more hosts bars/clubs opened up in bangkok, maybe catering for local thais and most of them have social media presence. Below are a few that have popped up in my social media.

Anyone has any experience visiting them? Similar type of clubs are in pattaya as well. Would love to hear trip reports if any.

[spoon]

Seems i missed one more club. Here it is.

[sydneyboy1]

What happens in these places?

[Keithambrose]

3 hours ago, sydneyboy1 said:

What happens in these places?

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[sydneyboy1]

3 hours ago, Keithambrose said:

Lectures on stamp collecting. 

I’ll ask the question a different way to hopefully obtain a sensible response. How do they differ from say the go go bars like Dream Boy, Good Boy etc.

[mauRICE]

2 hours ago, sydneyboy1 said:

I’ll ask the question a different way to hopefully obtain a sensible response. How do they differ from say the go go bars like Dream Boy, Good Boy etc.

They're essentially bars with hosts to keep you company and entertained as you drink. It's similar to the karaoke bars with female hostesses. Their main and primary business is to sell alcohol, not sex. The hosts make their money from the number of drinks you buy them and some of the popular guys can easily get a hundred drinks a night (that's 20,000 to 40,000 Baht per night depending on the bar). The host bar concept comes from Japan, I believe.

I've been to several of the host bars in Bangkok at the invitation of Thai friends but rarely stay longer than a hour as I don't drink and my tolerance for fools, excess and banal conversation diminishes as I get older. On the other hand, I might feel differently if I did drink. 😅 Broadly speaking, I'd say the guys in these host bars are better looking than the ones working in the go go bars. A lot have had cosmetic surgery or at the very least a nose job. Also, heavy filters are used in their promotional material on social media and they may look a bit different in person.  Mostly Thai is spoken at these venues with Chinese a distant second at some bars.

I'd say the clientele are mostly women (60%?), ranging from bar girls to social media influencers, online sellers and well-heeled professionals in their 30s and 40s. The composition might change depending on location and time of year (Songkran, New Year, etc). I've rarely seen anyone over 50 (but don't know about the host bars in Pattaya). Quite a few Thai women married to older farang too out to spend their husbands' money with hot, young, Thai guys. These people have got money to burn and on top of drinking themselves to death, gambling and sex, love to indulge in that other Thai passion - showing off. I laugh when I read silly farang whose experiences are limited to Patpong and Pattaya  say that Thai customers don't spend. They spend, and often obscenely. Farang just don't know about it. There are bidding wars (for your favourite host), drinking games, money garlands for the hosts, prizes for contests...all manner of ways to make the customer part with his money.

[spoon]

Saw few more of these.