Gadfly Posted October 4, 2009 Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 It must exist, and I am wondering if it was last Friday. A Friday night when, if you counted the number of customers in the bars frequented by Farangs at, say, 10 p.m., you would have the lowest number of customers for the past year, or maybe past five years. Hard to measure, but as a simple matter of definition it must exist. Although I didn't try in any sense to measure it, this is what I saw on Friday night. From about 9:30 p.m. to shortly after 10:30 p.m., two friends and I visited three bars in Nana (Playskool, Rainbow 3 and G Spot), and for most of the time we were in these bars, we were the only customers in those bars. I can remember Friday nights when it was hard to find a seat in these bars at this time on a Friday night, at least a decent seat. The BGs in these bars outnumbered the customers by more than 10 to 1. Other bars in Nana and Soi Cowboy seemed very quiet, although nothing as dramatic as what we saw in those three bars. I have never seen it this quiet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stickman Posted October 4, 2009 Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 Funnily enough, the two bars in Nana that I visited gave the impression that Nana was busy. I was in Angelwitch from around 9:45 - 11:30 on Friday and it was packed. I went into Spanky's afterwards and that was very busy too. I had come up from Cowboy earlier in the evening and thought trade was down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colorwolf Posted October 4, 2009 Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 give the BG:customer ratio, were you offered 10 BGs for the price of one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTO Posted October 4, 2009 Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 Spanky's has a new manager/onwer who is trying very hard to get the place going - Angle is a old stand by - what about the other bars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shygye Posted October 4, 2009 Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 Where is Angle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gadfly Posted October 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 We didn't go to either Spanky's or AngelWitch, so I can't speak to how well they are doing. But I can't imagine a bar like G Spot being empty on a Friday night five years ago. Maybe the trade is getting more concentrated in a few bars. To me, however, it does seem like a very low low season, meaning good for visitors. Next time I am out, I will try to remember to make an effort to visit Spanky's and AngelWitch. I haven't been in the former since it was owned by the Arab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Encore Posted October 4, 2009 Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 >I haven't been in the former since it was owned by the Arab.< Neither should you, good on you. He killed my favourite SC bar, MN. I'll never forgive him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardy641 Posted October 4, 2009 Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 Did girls adjusted their attitudes and prices? Or are they still quoting 2,000 THB for ST and 3,000+for LT? If empty like this you should expect the prices coming down but I know that Thai economics work slightly different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiHome Posted October 5, 2009 Report Share Posted October 5, 2009 Friday night must have set some low point record for Soi 4 overall. One telling thing I noticed was when we parked at the Raja Hotel about 9:30, there were several open spots. I cannot remember the last time there were open spots at that time on a Friday night. TH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon46 Posted October 5, 2009 Report Share Posted October 5, 2009 wow, those bars you cited are among the most popular. I wonder what are the reasons for the low turnout...bad economy, lower number of tourists coming to Bangkok or if these places are just not popular anymore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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