At what time do you normally set out for a night on the town?

[mauRICE]

I'm curious as to what time people start their evenings for a night out on the town and bar-hopping? Does it start with an early dinner and you guys go on from there? I try not to eat after 7 PM which means I have dinner relatively early following my diurnal activities, then return to my hotel or apartment to rest, shower, before setting out again around 9.30 or 10.00 PM. I try to look presentable and dress appropriately even at the most humble of venues but these days shorts and t-shirts seem de rigueur at the gay establishments. It seemed to me that I was often among the latecomers at the bars and occasionally ended up not having enough time to go to the venues that I wanted or see the shows that I wanted to see. What about you all?

[Olddaddy]

5 hours ago, mauRICE said:

I'm curious as to what time people start their evenings for a night out on the town and bar-hopping? Does it start with an early dinner and you guys go on from there? I try not to eat after 7 PM which means I have dinner relatively early following my diurnal activities, then return to my hotel or apartment to rest, shower, before setting out again around 9.30 or 10.00 PM. I try to look presentable and dress appropriately even at the most humble of venues but these days shorts and t-shirts seem de rigueur at the gay establishments. It seemed to me that I was often among the latecomers at the bars and occasionally ended up not having enough time to go to the venues that I wanted or see the shows that I wanted to see. What about you all?

I usually start 7pm except if I'm doing a all nighter ...eg going to dance at DJ station 👯‍♂️🕺🏿,then I will go later maybe 11pm

I have found out you need to plan your sleep / recovery if you do that 

If I know I'm going to DJ station on Friday night ,I won't sleep Thursday night or have  maybe little sleep ,then I will sleep Friday afternoon ready for the all nighter Friday night 👯‍♂️

I don't drink as much nowadays because my recovery is not as good ...not easy growing old

I also try to eat carbs before going out ,bananas etc and take a Berocca vitamin drink 💊

 

[jimmie50]

8 hours ago, mauRICE said:

What about you all?

In the states, I don't usually go out to the clubs or bars.  To be honest, not even sure where they are located in Denver.  If I go out here, it is usually for dinner with friends or to a show.  When I was in Bangkok, I tried to eat between 5 and 7pm.  I don't like to eat any later than that.  Then I would go back to the hotel to relax and freshen up.  The night I went to Moonlight I got there after the show had started, so probably after 10pm.  I went earlier...around 9pm when I went to Hotmale and was the only customer for awhile.  I actually preferred going early, so will probably follow that routine when I return next month.  As for attire, I am almost always in shorts and Hawaiian shirts.  Unless I had some important meeting at school, dress codes for students and staff in California were very lax or non-existent.  Most of the staff attire was very casual.  Probably 95% of the time I was in shorts and the floral shirts.  That is pretty much what I wear when in Thailand, too.  Because of the cold and sometimes harsh winters in Denver I have had to adjust that long pants, sweaters and long-sleeved shirts.  Hate it!  

[macaroni21]

I don't know why I am even replying to this thread since I don't see myself doing "nights on the town" anymore. I don't do this in my home city -- never been much of a nightbird -- but in line with the OP's framing, I shall speak only of Bangkok.

I'm not much of a drinker, and if possible I try to get dinner before 7pm. If I have to eat after that (e.g. if my massage session ends at 7:30 or 8pm), then it will be a small meal (e.g. Thai-portioned meal, at Foodland). Most of the time, the massage would have been satisfying and I would see no point in heading to the bars after that.

If I do go to the bars, it's mainly to update myself about changes, which means I have no urge to visit a bar more than once in a trip. I won't be looking for an off, though I've been know to make exceptions. In any case, unlike some others on this board, I don't do long-time offs, so there's no need to go hunting in the bars, when a late afternoon or evening massage is far more pleasant than dealing with mamasans and constant pressure for tips by any number of staff in the bars. Prices are also getting ridiculous (see my recent reply to @spoon at https://www.gayguides.com/topic/78207-bangkok-trip-report-10-days-of-bliss/page/7/https://www.gayguides.com/topic/78207-bangkok-trip-report-10-days-of-bliss/page/7/

 

 

[vinapu]

While morning and midday meal tend to be regular for me, when comes to eating in the evening I follow rule" eat when you are hungry". 

As for bar visit  attire, always classy, multipocketed shirt, not floral motives though. I leave that to gays. Then shorts, also multipocketed and finally plastic Birkenstocks. I always make sure I shave before setting off. 

As for timing  it depends if other members willing to meet are in town then I usually yield to their sugestion or I go alone.  Preferable schedule : dinner at G's or Foodland at 8.30, then people watching at Banana outside or Midnight, over Chang beer of course, no glass. Hitting bars around 10.00. I don't like to be only one in bar but don't like being squeezed in corner for being late even more. 

[PeterRS]

My bar hopping days were basically divided into two. From the start of my visits more than four and a half decades ago, most of my many visits were solo and I'd generally hit just one bar each evening of my long week-ends. The boys did not change bars very often in those days and I had quite a number of favourites. Like @macaroni21 I was rarely interested in overnight and in Twilight's heyday we'd make it over to the premises in the Suriwong hotel's garage with offs. I did once try Twilight/Hotmale's own upstairs rooms which were basic and not at all conducive to a pleasant hour or so. On the other hand, the upstairs facilities in some bars were quite agreeable, as in Solid Bar. I recall one off Sukhumvit which was more like a Japanese love hotel - circular bed, full length ceiling mirror - but I now just cannot remember which bar I attended prior to that off.

From the late 90s on I was almost always out with friends. But as they lived in Bangkok - which I was to do from the start of the new millennium - we'd usually only go on Sundays and make an evening of it. We'd meet around 7:30 in various restaurants in the area. We'd always start with dinks, margaritas for my friends and vodka for me. We saw no point hitting the bars much before 10:00. And as earlier, we tended to hit just one bar each Sunday, having a couple of boys over for drinks before sometimes an off.

The cutest bar boy I ever met was in Solid Bar. Just a gorgeous looking guy, spoke more than reasonable English and delivered big time. After a few weeks, he had disappeared. I asumed he had been taken on a long term off. But the manager told me he had discovered he was on drugs and had to get rid of him. Sad! Whereas many now seek massages, I was also into saunas which I might visit during weekdays. I actually met two boyfriends from sauna visits but none from bars!

[colmx]

i usually try to eat around 19.00 (with BF) and then go home for the 3 S's before we go out at 20.30

Just got back from 3 weeks in Pattaya and except for 3 of the 20 nights we didn't finish until well after 4am (07.30 being the latest)

Just too many cute Laos boys in the late night Host bars, and too many Host bars to visit them all in a 3 week trip!

[kram987]

Unless I am meeting someone I don’t keep to any schedule.  If I’m  hungry I eat.  So it can be at any time, or skipped,  I sometimes miss meals when I’m having fun.

[TMax]

I usually go for dinner about 6pm to avoid the crowds then move around a bit after that, not a big gogo or show bar person (small beer bars are more my liking) or a night owl really so back at the hotel by 10 / 10:30pm either with or without company. Most of my activities are done during the daytime, exercise and touristy stuff in the morning, massage and happy time in the afternoon.

[Olddaddy]

3 hours ago, TMax said:

I usually go for dinner about 6pm to avoid the crowds then move around a bit after that, not a big gogo or show bar person (small beer bars are more my liking) or a night owl really so back at the hotel by 10 / 10:30pm either with or without company. Most of my activities are done during the daytime, exercise and touristy stuff in the morning, massage and happy time in the afternoon.

[floridarob]

9 pm, unless I've made plans with friends or forum members before that....but I'm going to sleep when the sun comes up too....

[hank75]

I only go out in Bangkok. At home especially on weekdays I try to be home, eat and sleep as early as possible.

In Bangkok if I have company whether personal friends or a boy, I time my evening to have dinner, a drink somewhere maybe Soi 4, and then a bar in time for the show. I enjoy people watching.

If I’m alone I have something light at or near the hotel. If I’m at Le Meridien I cobble together a meal at the lounge. It gets harder and harder with every passing year to not simply fall asleep and instead shower and dress for the bars. I often give in to temptation and just Line a regular boy to come over from his bar.

If it’s a non-bar night but I have a boy with me, I enjoy going somewhere like mookata, so he can order in Thai and I get a local experience that I couldn’t have on my own. Bonus: it’s often a buffet so boy can eat his heart out without damage to my pocket. The best places often have a massive queue so we start early, at 5.30 or 6 pm. That leaves plenty of time at night for fun and the mookata reek means showering together is compulsory. A win-win. 

 

[hank75]

On 1/24/2026 at 7:09 AM, colmx said:

3 S's

sex shit and shower?