Located off Soi 23, or Asoke depending
on which way you arrive, Soi Cowboy is
one of the ex-pats favourite hangouts.
More laid back than either Nana Plaza or
Patpong and still with a good enough
choice of girls to keep everybody happy.
Basically
one long Soi li ned on both sides by bars
and Go-Gos you may get the occasional
girl trying to lure you into their
premises but certainly no touts, the
bane of the Bangkok Nightlife scene in
other areas, hassling you.
Soi Cowboy is home of the most famous
show bar in Thailand Long Gun, apart
from the normal shows you associate with
the Thai Nightlife the girls here are
taught how to dance and that means
really dance. The sight of the Long Gun
girls jumping down into the splits for
the third time combined with the "biker
chicks" costumes they wear is guaranteed
to make you an addict to this highlight
of the Soi Cowboy go-go bars. Thai
Nightlife wouldn't be complete without
the girls from Long Gun.
Across the Road is Tilac, another very
good Go-Go bar, this place is fairly
traditional in the way that the girls
dance in Bikini's, no showing at all
here. What Tilac bar does have however
is some really good looking girls and
more than that the attitude of most of
the girls here is a lesson to other
go-gos in Thailand. Some of these girls
are so charming that it's no wonder
there are more than a few guys who
return time after time. The journals of
Soi Cowboy Nightlife wouldn't be
complete without the chapters that Tilac
Bar has written into it.
For those of you with an adventurous
nature try out either Toy bar or
Moonshine bar, in both of these
establishments try buying the girls a
couple of Tequila's and then see how
long you can keep your trousers on, not
for the weak willed. We won't go into
any further detail here, go and try for
yourselves.
Baccara Bar further up the Soi is now
famous for its glass floor on the second
floor, sitting downstairs you can get
some interesting views, since its
renovation Baccara has also got nice
Short time rooms and 2 VIP rooms which
are free to use, you just need to book
them with the mamasan.
Finally we have to mention some of the
newcomers that have recently just moved
onto Soi Cowboy. Bringing their winning
formula from Clinton Plaza (now closed
for re-development) and Pattaya The
Dollhouse Cowboy has become one of the
top bars in Cowboy. Great girls, good
service and a huge sports TV screen to
boot, what more could you need?
Suzie Wong bar changed ownership a while
ago, and was completely gutted and
refurbished. What nobody had expected
however was how much of an instant
success the new owners would make of it.
When you consider that the new owners
are Pete and Al from Play Skool in Nana
Plaza then we shouldn't have been
surprised, Play Skool has always been
one of the top go-gos in Nana and now
they are repeating the success on Soi
Cowboy.
More recently they have opened
the upstairs as a pub with pool tables.
An excellent place to just chill out and
chat or have a game of pool with your
newly acquired friend from downstairs.
We are now waiting for Pete and Al's
latest venture to open on Soi Cowboy.
Their most exciting project to date, and
with an Egyptian theme, we all eagerly
await the opening of Sheba's.
Anybody who knows will tell you that the
Thai Nightlife scene is constantly
moving, Soi Cowboy has gone through some
Dramatic changes over the last two
years. It is still known as the ex-pats
favourite but it has become more than
that, the bars are busier than they ever
were and there is no longer any
perceivable difference between the
quality of girls here than in Nana
Plaza. What the girls haven't started
doing yet is copying the Nana Plaza "I
only go short-time disease", we can only
hope that this is the way it stays.
Your average beer bar with 2 pool
tables.
This is probably the best known bar in
the area if you like to watch sport as
it has a huge screen television.
Traditional British pub style bar -
other than that not much to say.
Small bar that has a pool table. Quite
dark inside.
This is a restaurant bar at the Soi 23
end of Cowboy. Apparently good food
here. This finishes the non GoGo's part
of Soi Cowboy.
Well how can you describe Pam's Bar? A
nice touch here is that they bring you
the ice cold towels to cool yourself off
while having a beer. A really friendly
bar, no hassles and a laid back
(horizontal) attitude.
This is a medium sized bar that is
severely lacking in quality girls, with
the possible exception of one serving
girl. The girls that are there though
are extremely pushy in asking for lady
drinks.
Straight across the road to the famous
Baccara complete with its glass ceiling.
This recently refurbished gogo was sadly
lacking in customers. The girls were not
pushy at all.
As entered we thought that this was a
dump of a small bar, but how wrong could
we be. It is one of those rare bars
where the girls actually dance instead
of the two shoe shuffle. Great attitude
with the girls as well, some of which
were quite cute. We soon had a crowd of
girls around us but none were actually
pushing us to buy them drinks.
Next door to Joy's bar - another small
bar. But sadly lacking in the attitude
of its neighbour. The girls in this bar
are extremely pushy!
Back across the Soi to Jukes bar. The
least said about this bar the better. It
is a fairly large bar with big stage but
it sadly lacks something ….. oh that's
right, cute girls and customers!
Largish bar with many many girls. Great
bar, good attitudes with girls and a
short time room upstairs - what more can
you ask for!
Onto Angel's bar and what a strange bar.
When we arrived there were no dancers at
all on the small stage. The girls here
were very pushy trying to get us to buy
drinks.
Welcome to the pushiest bar on Soi
Cowboy. Within nano-seconds of entering
we were surrounded by 12 girls! The best
thing about this bar is the Mamasan -
reputedly the best looking Mamasan in
Bangkok. Girls were extremely pushy
here. Also, count your check bin as
maybe (not 100% sure) the tab was
padded.
As you enter Jungle Jim's it is like
walking into the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Fake plants,
trees, you name it give the appropriate
décor for a bar of
its name. Girls again were pushy here
but not to the same extent as Moonshine.
This bar is the pits - no good looking
girls - no really good dancing. Girls
were not pushy (thank god) and nothing
really going for this bar.
Across the Soi to Shirtz bar. Girls were
quite aggressive in seeking out Lady
Drinks.
The bar was fairly empty of customers
leaving us open to be attacked by the
girls chasing Lady Drinks and a
potential relationship. Again another
bar where the girls were pushy.
Next door to the famous After School
bar. This is the bar where you can go
and sit in the Naughty Boys corner and
indulge in extra curricular activities.
Not been brave enough to do that, and as
we were on a tight schedule, we sat in
the middle of the bar. The girls are
dressed in school like uniforms (which
school I don't know because they didn't
dress like that when I was in school)
and have good attitudes.
Across the road to Las Vegas bar (formerly known as JB Bar). I believe
this bar has recently been bought by the
owners of Cowboy One. Just a few girls
appear to be working here, and no one
really special.
The split is about 50/50 between first
and second generation girls. One
important thing about this bar is that
it plays good techno music if you are
into that sort of thing.
Across the road to Wet Lips bar. Small
and very dark bar again but for a change
this was quite busy, with us having to
stand near the entrance.
For some reason we decided to go out of
sequence and we headed over to Tilac
Bar. This is a large bar packed with 2
stages of girls. Along with Long Gun,
this bar must have the highest
percentage of good looking girls in
Cowboy. Great bar, great attitude of the
girls.
Now this isn't a GoGo bar. This place
must surely be in the Top 3 places where
you can get a burger in Bangkok.
Now this is another largish bar with a
fair number of girls.
Back across the Soi to Dandy Bar. No
pressure from the girls to buy drinks
for them. This is a genuine bar where
they show you the bill before putting it
in your check bin. Girls have good
attitude.
Sister bar of Long Gun. Big Bar, but
strangely lacking in numbers of girls
unlike Long Gun. The showgirls split
between the 2 bars so the quality of the
show is excellent. Yes it is not as
popular as Long Gun, but that's ok
because it's not as crowded.
From Rawhide and onto Apache. Poor
selection of girls and those that were
there were quite pushy.
Onto 5 Star : Good small bar near the
Soi 19 end of Cowboy. They have live
music in this bar even though it is
quite cramped. 5 dancers on stage 2 of
which were quite cute. All in all a good
bar and something a little different
i.e. live band alongside the gogo
format.
Next door to 5 Star II - another good
small bar - girls have good attitude
whilst not being overly pushy. In fact,
when we were in there the girls were
dancing on the tables.
Next we go to Crazy Cats for what turned
out to be a very quick drink. When we
entered this small bar there was only 1
girl dancing and the place was deserted.
As this bar is part of the Moonshine,
Jungle Jims group then it is no surprise
how pushy it is, actually an
understatement as you are fighting to
keep your clothes on.
The Shadow bar is now undergoing a major
renovation.
Onto MyLady Bar. This bar has been
recently renovated and as yet is
struggling to find an identity. There
are quite a few girls working here,
although not the most attractive in Soi
Cowboy. No real hassles from the girls.
A non GoGo bar that has live music. Good
for a change of pace and good music.
Long Gun
Great Girls, Great Show, Great Attitude
No room to sit - nuff said!! This bar is
a must visit place for any visitor.
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