Curious anyone been inside since they have reopened, any social distancing or mask 55

 

I've been out for beers several times since things opened.

 

Some places are using the app, others aren't bothering.

 

There's little need to 'social distance' because there's hardly anyone there.

Most in Pattaya are very empty 

Nobody cares about anything - at least what I saw in Central Pattaya. But since there seems to be no law enforcement why should they? 

Here in Chiang Mai the bars in the tourist areas are dead. I doubt if many of them will last a few weeks as there is little chance of any decent number of domestic or international tourists coming here. The city and the province are doing nothing to attract visitors so it will soon be a wasteland.

Open in Bangkok (most of them) but doing a starve.

Slowly as September/October comes around they will starve & die.

Obviously the girls are hungry so pick your bar carefully where you do not get swamped.

Had a pleasant evening in Hangout Pub, Sukhumvit Soi 6 the other night friendly but not clingy

Patong is fairly dead. Maybe 1/4 of the bars are open. The big clubs on Bangla have social distancing, and lots of police around to check, from the videos I've seen. The smaller bars there, and in other areas, few or no masks, no distancing. But also few customers.

 

My GF talked to a bar owner downstairs from where she lives, and the owner said she wants to sell as she's losing money every month. But who wants to buy a business that's losing money, with a lease attached? What would you get for your money -- a pool table, guaranteed debt, and some half empty bottles?

 

I understand that less touristb oriented areas are more normal, and from what I've seen that's true.

 

 

Mass tourism had gotten out of control over the past 20 years, and in quite a few countries the tourism tail was starting to wag the economy dog, in not a healthy way. This is the great reset.

Edited July 21, 20205 yr by mpyre

Pubs / Restaurant-Bars are open in Hat Yai. Most are doing temperature checks and sign-in either in the book or with the app. Some attempt has been made at social distancing, and some have plastic screens. The bands are usually performing behind a plastic screen which is a little odd.

 

A few of the smaller bars haven't reopened, and probably won't, but those that have are reasonably busy. Bars like Acoustic which is mainly Thai are busy, but bars like West Side which is very popular with Malaysian tourists is dead, the Post Laser which is a mix is much quieter than usual.

 

I've not been out to the studenty end of town around PSU, but would guess the bars round there will be fairly busy, though don't know if clubs like Zounds have reopened yet. 

 

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Edited July 21, 20205 yr by Stocky

I have been to most of the gogo bars in Pattaya,since re opening.

Have temp check and sign in at all of them.

Most girls wear the clear plastic face shields.

Some bars have plastic screens between tables.

Not too much social distancing,but as previous posters have said..

Very few customers.

One gogo actualy tells the girls.they cant sit next to customer. Of course,they have even fewer customers.

The girls get much smaller salaries now.

Most nights they are struggling to get their 3/4 drinks per night quota.

If im known at bar..i actualy get rushed at,when i enter,by the desperate girls.

Great for us old punters..

Even the busy 'open' beer bars,like billabong,have nid noi customers.

All very sad....

Face shields, masks, distancing? Who would even bother?

M T. !!! ????

1 hour ago, Pottinger said:

Face shields, masks, distancing? Who would even bother?

In Thailand "no", but here in Cambodia no problems - GREAT!

9 minutes ago, Burma Bill said:

In Thailand "no", but here in Cambodia no problems - GREAT!

Strange

 

 

Nana and Soi Cowboy don't look good. Some places are open, some owners didn't bother to open because there is not much business.

 

Officially the girls are supposed to wear masks and in some places they actually do that - at least if anybody official looks.

 

Personally I think it's bad enough that many places (almost all?) are almost empty. Some girls and no to few customers. I think the biggest problem is that like that there is just no atmosphere. Everybody is frustrated, nobody is happy. It's no fun for the girls and it's no fun for the customers and probably most business owners are losing money. And unfortunately nobody thinks it will get any better anytime soon.

The best two bars in Nana were supposed to open on the 7th July. That was delayed. Then they were supposed to open on the 15th. They had big count down counters on their websites.

I didn't go look since then but I looked again at their websites to see the pictures of the re-opening parties. There are no pictures. I guess that is information enough to know that the big re-openings didn't go so well.

8 minutes ago, Susco said:

Strange

 

 

Forget Pub Street, the popular area for tourists - no tourists! But many Khmer and Foreign owned bars and restaurants still open throughout Siem Reap catering for LOCAL Cambodians, ex-pats, other foreigners and stranded travelers. No health restrictions other than the occasional hand sanitizer.

10 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

The best two bars in Nana were supposed to open on the 7th July. That was delayed. Then they were supposed to open on the 15th. They had big count down counters on their websites.

I didn't go look since then but I looked again at their websites to see the pictures of the re-opening parties. There are no pictures. I guess that is information enough to know that the big re-openings didn't go so well.

I see many FB posts about Pattaya bars showing all the ladies, but no customers.

 

In one such posts a customer asked, but what about the customers?

 

Bar owner replied, we are not allowed to post pictures from customers.  55555555555555555555555555555555555555

Edited July 21, 20205 yr by Susco

14 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

The best two bars in Nana

I would describe them as being the "least worst" , rather than "best" 

22 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Personally I think it's bad enough that many places (almost all?) are almost empty. Some girls and no to few customers. I think the biggest problem is that like that there is just no atmosphere. Everybody is frustrated, nobody is happy. It's no fun for the girls and it's no fun for the customers and probably most business owners are losing money. And unfortunately nobody thinks it will get any better anytime soon.

Don't know about bars ........ but some of you guys ought to join ThaiFriendly.

Every bar girl and Gogo dancer appears to be looking for love, at discount prices.

Actually travelling x-country. Many places open, thx to Chinese Virus and close borders policy almost all dead empty. Like this, nobody in the business can survive.

3 hours ago, murraynz said:

I have been to most of the gogo bars in Pattaya,since re opening.

Have temp check and sign in at all of them.

Most girls wear the clear plastic face shields.

Some bars have plastic screens between tables.

Not too much social distancing,but as previous posters have said..

Very few customers.

One gogo actualy tells the girls.they cant sit next to customer. Of course,they have even fewer customers.

The girls get much smaller salaries now.

Most nights they are struggling to get their 3/4 drinks per night quota.

If im known at bar..i actualy get rushed at,when i enter,by the desperate girls.

Great for us old punters..

Even the busy 'open' beer bars,like billabong,have nid noi customers.

All very sad....

 

How much do the girls want for sex now ?

 

Asking for an ugly old friend with not much cash.

1 hour ago, Burma Bill said:

In Thailand "no", but here in Cambodia no problems - GREAT!

Yeah. And 3,000 USD to go there and cannot get back to civilisation. Keep it!

Bars in most villages on Samui open and busy at weekends - but forget Chaweng. A few places there open - packed.

1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:

The best two bars in Nana were supposed to open on the 7th July. That was delayed. Then they were supposed to open on the 15th. They had big count down counters on their websites.

I didn't go look since then but I looked again at their websites to see the pictures of the re-opening parties. There are no pictures. I guess that is information enough to know that the big re-openings didn't go so well.

Hilary in Nana is open.  They have been having there bands back as well.  Of course social distancing is no issue.  Went on Saturday night and it had about 50 people total inside.  Staff was half of that number as well as the band members.  More ladyboys on the walk in from Sukhumvit.  Not as bad as it used to be.  KSR is also pretty dead.  Patpong2 is also dead....not much happening.

7 hours ago, Oldie said:

Nobody cares about anything - at least what I saw in Central Pattaya. But since there seems to be no law enforcement why should they? 

Do they have bars in Central Festival? 

In my neighborhood in Jomtien it's almost exactly same as before the bars closed in March. 

Here is a small hint.....why not get off of your lazy <deleted> and go see for yourself?   With that said.....was down on Soi LK Metro a few nights ago....lots of foot traffic and ladies hanging out.....almost like normal, except for the lack of punters in the bars.......????????????????

11 hours ago, Susco said:

I see many FB posts about Pattaya bars showing all the ladies, but no customers.

 

In one such posts a customer asked, but what about the customers?

 

Bar owner replied, we are not allowed to post pictures from customers.  55555555555555555555555555555555555555

Why is that funny?

Many bar customers don't want to be seen on any pictures. It makes a lot of sense for a lot of guys...

11 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Don't know about bars ........ but some of you guys ought to join ThaiFriendly.

Every bar girl and Gogo dancer appears to be looking for love, at discount prices.

how much do they charge for love

56 minutes ago, chicowoodduck said:

why not get off of your lazy <deleted> and go see for yourself?

Bit of a trip from Chiang Mai, otherwise I would.