Thai bars
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Originally Posted by rahkshi007
mamasan will force you to buy food or fruit to occupy their table though, but still not very pricey. One of the best thing is the girl is not pushy for lady drink. One lady drink can last for 1 hour.
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Dun think that anything that the waiters bring is free. If they give you a wet towel to refresh yourself, a ice bucket or a small dish of potato chips or peanuts, u will get charged for that. When u talk to the mama or papasan, tell them u only want to drink beer – u dun want ice or food. Since u r a foreigner, they will accept that. If a waiter hands u a menu, say u can’t read it. However, if u only plan to drink and not have a girl sit with u or order food, dun expect to sit at the good tables near the stage. Sit to the side or in the back. After all, they’re a business and need to make money.
Girls aren’t pushy for drinks probably because they dun make any commission from them. U pay by the “hour” for a girl to sit with u. Actually, it’s like B120 for 40 minutes. In some bars, if u choose a girl for the 1st time, u have to pay double or triple the hourly charge for the 1st hr. For the 2nd hour, the charge goes back to the regular hourly rate. But if u decide to change girls, u have to pay the double/triple rate for the new girl. The next time u come and choose the same girl, u dun have to pay the higher first-hour rate.
Normally, u dun buy the girl a drink. U get her a glass and she’ll drink from ur bottle. Note that some of them can drink like a fish, so they’ll finish ur bottle in no time.
Only large bottles of beer are served. Maybe it’s a macho thing. A guy would look puny drinking from a small bottle. In some places, the waiters won’t take away empty bottles from ur table. The locals like to impress people with how many bottles they’ve drunk.
Ur also expected to drink alcohol. Colas are mixers. A bottle costs like just B30. Obviously, they can’t make any money from that. Once a friend ordered a coke at Chat. He got away with that only because they brought a girl and made her sit with him. Since he can’t speak any Thai, it was funny seeing both of them feeling uncomfortable with each other.