Dear Folks,

Have you ever been to a bar in Thailand?

What is it really like?

I want to know.

I have walked past many bars in Thailand, and, once in a while, I have been beckoned in.

I never let down my guard, though; and I never went in.

So, really, is the experience all that great?

Have I been missing out?

What is it really like, to enter a Thailand bar, have a few drinks, and sit down with a few girls that one had never met, and spend money on strangers, probably strangers that one might hire, ordinarily, to wash one’s clothes, or clean one’s house.

What is the lure?

Just asking, because I have no idea.

I do not live in a bar area.

If I really wanted to go to a bar in Thailand, then I would probably need to rent a room, temporarily, near a bar, where I could sleep off the bar experience.  Or, is this not necessary?

How much money would I waste in the bar, in Thailand, if I were to go?

So much that I do not know.

Having not ever been to a bar, what have I missed, of worth?

Just asking.

Regards,

Gamma

Note: Anyone here, besides me, who has never visited a Thailand bar?

Have you regretted your non-experience, so far?

Oh my giddy aunt!

Talk about laboured!

Given your extensive posting on all things living as an expat in Asia, and the length of time you would have us believe you have lived here, do you really expect us to believe you?

Or are you one of those chaps who is constantly walking up and down the road, just happening to glance inside, always on the way to somewhere else?

Edited 7 hours ago7 hr by JAG

Have you ever been to a bar anywhere?

Why rent a room? Just take a Grab, go there, and take a Grab back to your apartment, so you can see for yourself what it's like. Most adult males have been to bars, and you'll get a hundred different opinions and experiences, so it's like eating a hamburger. Your tastes are different then others. I'm not a bar person, even though I've been to hundreds in the past, mostly for finding women and listening to live music, and have here with foreign friends a few times, just to get together and play a little pool.

1 hour ago, JAG said:

Given your extensive posting on all things living as an expat in Asia, and the length of time you would have us believe you have lived here, do you really expect us to believe you?

NO, I do NOT expect you to believe me.

Still, I was first here (Thailand) in 1971.

Does 1971 seem "long ago" to you?

If not, then take a look at this:

In 1971, even BOOM-boxes were nonexistent......

BUT....here is a BOOM-BOX from 1971, maybe......if one needed to pick one.....

56 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

Why rent a room? Just take a Grab, go there, and take a Grab back to your apartment, so you can see for yourself what it's like. Most adult males have been to bars, and you'll get a hundred different opinions and experiences, so it's like eating a hamburger. Your tastes are different then others. I'm not a bar person, even though I've been to hundreds in the past, mostly for finding women and listening to live music, and have here with foreign friends a few times, just to get together and play a little pool.

Gracious me, do they have women in these bars? So that is what the attraction is all about!

Well I never!

Edited 6 hours ago6 hr by JAG

57 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

Most adult males have been to bars

Do you have any evidence for this?

I think you are mistaken.

I have not been, so far.

I know plenty here, the majority, who have never been.

Please provide supporting evidence for your eroneous statement.

3 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Please provide supporting evidence for your eroneous statement.

Dear me, do you come on here just to pick a fight?

1 hour ago, fredwiggy said:

I'm not a bar person, even though I've been to hundreds in the past,

Why did I not expect this obvious response from you?

You have listened to 50,000 music CDs, for example, and have thousands more you are now enjoying.

And so, likewise, you must have visited hundreds of bars, too, though you have not spilled your beans about which are the best.

How many thousands of girls in the bars still remember you?

Can we reach out to them?

Edited 6 hours ago6 hr by GammaGlobulin

I went into one once by accident......thought it was a cafe......never again.

6 minutes ago, MIke B Bad said:

I went into one once by accident......thought it was a cafe......never again.

Were you surprised when the waitress put her hand on your thigh and asked if you wanted cream in your coffee?

Must have been a shocking experience!

10 minutes ago, JAG said:

Dear me, do you come on here just to pick a fight?

I never have.

I never will.

7 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Why did I not expect this obvious response from you?

You have listened to 50,000 music CDs, for example, and have thousands more you are now enjoying.

And so, likewise, you must have visited hundreds of bars, too, though you have not spilled your beans about which are the best.

How many thousands of girls in the bars still remember you?

Can we reach out to them?

I could name some of the bars, but seeing you left the US decades ago, at 19, you wouldn't know any of them, especially seeing they were in Texas, New Jersey, new York, and Florida. The last time was in Texas, last year, and every year while I lived in Texas 32, and from age 17-30 in the Northeast US. I like live music, which was a main reason I went after I was married. What has listening to cd's or wondering if the women remember me have to do with this?

You sir, have already won the 2026 Click Bait Award !!!

2 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Dear Folks,

Have you ever been to a bar in Thailand?

What is it really like?

I want to know.

I have walked past many bars in Thailand, and, once in a while, I have been beckoned in.

I never let down my guard, though; and I never went in.

So, really, is the experience all that great?

Have I been missing out?

What is it really like, to enter a Thailand bar, have a few drinks, and sit down with a few girls that one had never met, and spend money on strangers, probably strangers that one might hire, ordinarily, to wash one’s clothes, or clean one’s house.

What is the lure?

Just asking, because I have no idea.

I do not live in a bar area.

If I really wanted to go to a bar in Thailand, then I would probably need to rent a room, temporarily, near a bar, where I could sleep off the bar experience.  Or, is this not necessary?

How much money would I waste in the bar, in Thailand, if I were to go?

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So much that I do not know.

Having not ever been to a bar, what have I missed, of worth?

Just asking.

Regards,

Gamma

Note: Anyone here, besides me, who has never visited a Thailand bar?

Have you regretted your non-experience, so far?

Been to bars. But not Lady Drink bars.

There's a bar downtown that serves Guinness.

Since you can't buy imported Guinness in stores here, if I want to drink Guinness I go to the "Irish" bar here. The stew is okay, but not as good as the stew in Tempe, Arizona "Irish" bar.

I suspect that the secret is you use a little draft Guinness in the stew for flavor and it's too expensive here in Thailand so they omit that key flavor ingredient. ⭐

But no, I don't waste money in bars because I am not young & stupid.

2 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Have you ever been to a bar in Thailand?

What is it really like?

It depends on what time of day you go. I frequently eat lunch in bars, but haven't had alcohol in a bar for nearly twenty years. Early in the day, bars are generally quiet and even somewhat peaceful. Most have TV's playing sports of some type, and they generally decline when I ask them to change to the Nature Channel. At night many bars can get crowded, loud and possibly rowdy. Not my scene.

25 minutes ago, JAG said:

Dear me, do you come on here just to pick a fight?

The clown is no more then a complete village idiot wasting everyones time with his daily pathetic non stop dribble.

2 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

What is it really like, to enter a Thailand bar, have a few drinks, and sit down with a few girls that one had never met, and spend money on strangers, probably strangers that one might hire, ordinarily, to wash one’s clothes, or clean one’s house.

Nah, as don't waste money on strangers, and only spend it on me & mine. Never had to pay for companionship, as way too many like minded people in the world that enjoy sex as much as myself. Nothing would be challenging or exciting about transactional (short time) sex.

1 hour ago, JAG said:

Were you surprised when the waitress put her hand on your thigh and asked if you wanted cream in your coffee?

Must have been a shocking experience!

I still haven't fully recovered.

1 minute ago, MIke B Bad said:

I still haven't fully recovered.

I don't think you can get a STD from a tractor seat wearing your bathing suit. 😀

1 hour ago, fredwiggy said:

I could name some of the bars

OK, then please do so.

I would love to know the names of at least 100 bars you frquented in Texas.

This info might also be useful to others, just so they know which bars, in Texas, they should avoid.

1 hour ago, SiSePuede419 said:

But no, I don't waste money in bars because I am not young & stupid.

Avoiding bars is better than consuming vitamins, for longevity.

Everybody knows this.

Just ask Chomsky, now 97 years old.

1 hour ago, ColeBOzbourne said:

I frequently eat lunch in bars, but haven't had alcohol in a bar for nearly twenty years.

More people, especially those in Pattaya, should follow your good example.

But, just what were you lunching on, might we ask, in the bars there?

4 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

OK, then please do so.

I would love to know the names of at least 100 bars you frquented in Texas.

This info might also be useful to others, just so they know which bars, in Texas, they should avoid.

You have the internet, you search. I've already been to them. And they weren't all in Texas, so read without skimming.

Edited 4 hours ago4 hr by fredwiggy

4 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Have you ever been to a bar in Thailand?

Of course I have. I've got friends.

1 hour ago, JustinTyme said:

You sir, have already won the 2026 Click Bait Award !!!

Yes.

I have made it a point to study human nature, for quite a long year.

3 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

You have the internet, you search. I've already been to them. And they weren't all in Texas, so read without skimming.

OK.

Then, please just name your TOP 10 bars in Texas.

Surely you can do this, at the very least.

4 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

OK.

Then, please just name your TOP 10 bars in Texas.

Surely you can do this, at the very least.

Bluebonnet Palace (closed) Gruene Hall. 6th Street. Billy Bob's. Cowboy's Dance Hall. Pour House. Watering Hole. River Road Ice House. Lone Star Lounge. Speakeasy. The Hole in the Wall. Antone's. Stubb's BBQ. 11th Street Cowboy Bar.Many more small places that had live music I can't remember the names of.

Edited 3 hours ago3 hr by fredwiggy

21 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

But, just what were you lunching on, might we ask, in the bars there?

A variety of salads, spaghettis, soups, sandwiches, Thai food...generally anything that's not deep fried, except maybe Buffalo wings now and then.

Don't think I have ever been in a Bar, thailand or any where else in the world.