If you have never been to the Land of Smiles, you might ask yourself, ‘Exactly what is a bar girl?’ Simply put, a bar girl is a lady aged between 18 to 80 who makes her living at one of the numerous farang entertainment venues in Thailand.
They usually work the bars of the Nana Plaza, Soi Cowboy, or Patpong in Bangkok but there are also other places.
What’s a bar girls job?
Their job is to sit and chat with you, and get you to buy them overpriced lady drinks, for which they receive a percentage. The more lady drinks you buy, the more money they collect, which is good for them and good for the bar
Where do bar girls come from?
The vast majority of bar girls hail from the Issan region of Thailand. The Issan region is located in the northeast of the country. It’s common for you to chat to the girls and find out many originate from the same province, Buriram!
Why do girls come to work the bar?
Why would a typical farm girl want to move hundreds of miles away from her family to work in the bars of Bangkok? Well you don’t need to be a brain surgeon to work that one out! It’s all about that little thing that makes the world go round, M-O-N-E-Y! Most of bar girls come from very poor farming backgrounds and normally have little or no education, because their parents could not afford to send them to school. So it’s not uncommon to learn most bar girls have the education level of a six year old.
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All expats who frequent the gogo bar scene tire of it at one point or another. In the beginning, despite only drinking alcohol on a limited basis, I hit the bars from the early afternoon until six or seven in the morning, daily. This went on for three or four years before I grew weary of my carousing.
Nana Disco (Angels) was open until three or four in the morning, as were the Go-Go bars across the street and the legendary Thermae Coffee Shop was open until sunrise. I could never get enough. I constantly made mental notes of who worked where and added them on my “to do” list.
Upon awakening, I would work for two or three hours (yes, that’s it), hit Starbucks for breakfast and then walk to one of the many bars on Soi Nana. If I was feeling halfway decent and there was decent company available, I would head back to my apartment for a two to three hours of stress relief.
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We have decided to take it upon ourselves and point out the bloody obvious to future wannabe western Romeos, who come to the Land of Smiles in search of their Thai soul mates.
We can only lead the horse to the water, we can’t make it DRINK! So pay attention you budding stallions and head the read!
1. Girls that work in bars are doing a job
It’s called Selling Tail! You take them out of a bar for fun and pay them. It’s a simple business transaction.
2.” But my girlfriends not a whore she sells som tam (Papaya Salad) she’s a good girl!”
Your girl is also a poor girl with bugger all education. She might not work in the bars, but she certainly will require the contents of your wallet and at a later date your bank account too! She may even be under pressure from her upcountry parents to send them a wedge back each month. And guess where the moneys coming from?
3. My bargirl girlfriend has only worked the bar for a few days/weeks!
That’s usually BS and if she can string a sentence together in English be suspicious, VERY SUSPICIOUS!
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The Expat Player here, this weeks GoGo review will be the Dollhouse Agogo located on Soi 23 Sukhumvit Road, downtown Bangkok. I went there with James Grey (he hates gogo bars so I had to drag him along) and Nick Gatsby.
Alott of people like the Nana Entertainment Plaza for hitting up gogo bars when they are in Bangkok but I prefer Soi Cowboy. In my opinion it is a bit cleaner and the girls are less pushy, I also like to check out all of the gogo bars just by walking down the street (nana is more like a multi-level strip mall).
When you first walk into the Dollhouse Agogo you see the familiar dancing stage with stripper poles and a bar in the back. We grabbed a seat at the bar cuz James G wanted to get his drink on and ordered a few drinks and took in the sights.
They had a bunch of girls dancing that ranged from -1 up to solid 7’s with allot in-between. The waitstaff was nice and not pushy and the gogo girls were also friendly and not pushy.
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