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When you say Golden Group Bars, are you referring to the Arab Bars (chain of bar suppose to belong to an Arab/Middle eastern man).

If that's the case, high and raising price of drinks and barfines has always being a norm in these bars.

Many experiences of high bills and overcharging in these bars can be found reported in various sites if you spend some time google it.

I had only step into one long long time ago and never set foot in any one of them after that. A 20mins stay with a few drinks for myself and 2 LD set me back THB1500. Didn't bother to challenge it as I was new to the scene then and was not aware of the bad reputation of these bars.

Got to know all these info about the Arab bar from a farang guy whom I talked to later in a beer bar one afternoon. He claims he is regular in BKK nightlife. When I came back home, I googled and found his claims not unfound.