Just arrived in Hanoi, will be here for a few weeks.
Anybody out there want to meet up and explore the bar scene?
Can arrange to meet at one of the bars in Old Quarter.
Printable View
Just arrived in Hanoi, will be here for a few weeks.
Anybody out there want to meet up and explore the bar scene?
Can arrange to meet at one of the bars in Old Quarter.
I have been in Hanoi now for several days and still have some time to go. I've visited the usual suspects. New Century (godawful), 17 Saloon (almost as bad), Relax Bar (nice and friendly with some very pretty girls); can anyone out there answer the following:
1. Where can I get a good massage and BJ (I tried the blackdoor places but they just whip your clothes off, rub your legs for 2 minutes then blow)?
2. Tourist season here, I was thinking of escaping to My Son. Any action down there that anyone knows about? Hotel in-room massage?
3. Also going to Sapa, what if any are the chances of having fun up there?
Anybody fancy a drink one night to discuss do let me know.
Just read Carrache's posting of a few months ago about the Apocalpse Now Bar in Hanoi. Too bad it has gone downhill. I have only been to Hanoi once, and that was about 6 years ago. At the time I thought it was a great bar. I met a really sweet nice and pretty girl who spent the whole nite with me. Can't remember the price, but it was very reasonable. I plan to visit Hanoi again this Fall and hope this bar is still as nice as I remember it. But 6 years is a long time.
By the way, anyone planning to be in North or Central Vietnam this Fall, 2007, can PM if you want to get together.
[QUOTE=Tiger34]Forget to bring a girl into Sofitel Hanoi. Security will stop you and you will be asked to book a room for your girl. Best thing you can do is to go to the New Century dance club, which is 5 min. by cab from the hotel. Here you will find tons of nice and beautiful girls at the bar. They do have private places around and its secure to follow them there. Unfortunately you´ll have to pay for the room there as well and they´ll charge you appr. USD 20. Girls with excellent service are available from USD 30 on.[/QUOTE]Went there yesterday after reading above post. I must have been too early (around 8.45 p.m.) Customers were outnumbered by staff by 5 to 1 ! But as i was leaving, a young lady who could be mamasan gave me a look which seems to say 'Why are you leaving so early ? Our girls are coming" or "We have so few customers tonight, please do not leave yet for another nightclub" I almost returned to the bar where scotch with coke costs only VND 50,000 ($3.00) but I was heading for Hanoi Hotel.
Can you please help me to inform me where I can book a hotel in Hanoi that is girl friendly?
And where I can meet freelancers in Hanoi?
Thanks
[QUOTE=Tiger34]Forget to bring a girl into Sofitel Hanoi. Security will stop you and you will be asked to book a room for your girl. Best thing you can do is to go to the New Century dance club, which is 5 min. by cab from the hotel. Here you will find tons of nice and beautiful girls at the bar. They do have private places around and its secure to follow them there. Unfortunately you´ll have to pay for the room there as well and they´ll charge you appr. USD 20. Girls with excellent service are available from USD 30 on.[/QUOTE]
Thanks Tiger for the excellent advise. i will follow it and let you know how it went.
[QUOTE=HanoiGuy]You can go to KTV Club of Fortuna Hotel to pick up a girl. In evening, they stand in line so you can choose. I'm not sure about cost, but I think you should 200$ to go overnight with her.[/QUOTE]Overnight at Fortuna will cost around USD60-80.
Any info on the Relax Bar (or is it Relax Cafe)? As I mentioned in my previous post, I went to Hanoi once about 6 years ago. I went to the Relax Bar a few times. It seemed like a nice place, but the only girls there were waitresses who were friendly, but did not seem available, not even for money. At the time, I heard they only go with very few tourists, only ones they like quite a bit. Since I am much older than them, I think I would not be one of the lucky ones. Is it still like that now, or is it possible now for most tourists to pick up one of the girls at the Relax Bar if the price is right? If so, what is the price for short time and for all night?
Hi to all,
I always in the forum but not even half reply is not cool!
Just asking wich hotel I have to book for be ok if I bring sweet company and where to find nice lady, even not prostitute. I like freelancers.
Thanks
There has always been girls available at the Relax, not necessarily the waitresses. Thing is that it is all very low key, perhaps not immediately obvious, unlike in a few other countries/cities I could mention. More recently you will find at 4 or 5 gals who are "available".
[QUOTE=Henry R]Any info on the Relax Bar (or is it Relax Cafe)? As I mentioned in my previous post, I went to Hanoi once about 6 years ago. I went to the Relax Bar a few times. It seemed like a nice place, but the only girls there were waitresses who were friendly, but did not seem available, not even for money. At the time, I heard they only go with very few tourists, only ones they like quite a bit. Since I am much older than them, I think I would not be one of the lucky ones. Is it still like that now, or is it possible now for most tourists to pick up one of the girls at the Relax Bar if the price is right? If so, what is the price for short time and for all night?[/QUOTE]
Okay guys, I've got 13 days in Hanoi. I've been to Relax, New Century, haven't tried Apocalpyse but from all the accounts here not worth it; where else? There must be places.
Bars, good massage places (not the quick in and out affairs) out there?
Will plod the sreets in search. Any advice much appreciated.
Also, be careful late at night around the lake bars - if three or four working girls come up and try to coddle you, shake 'em off politely. One preens while the other picks your pocket. I know it makes common sense but after a few drinks not easy to stay focused.
This is an article in the local newspaper
Nearly 500 armed police officers Saturday raided the New Century Club in Hanoi, northern Vietnam’s hippest nightclub, detaining 1,163 people, including foreigners, on suspicion of drug use and distribution.
The sting was a classified operation by the central Ministry of Public Security’s General Police Department. Even the Hanoi police force knew nothing about it.
At 1am, the officers laid siege to the disco at No 10 Trang Thi Street in downtown Hanoi and found over a thousand people, mostly from 17 to 24 years old, dancing frenziedly to strong music.
Three were caught red-handed with drugs.
Some tried to run away but were caught outside by waiting policemen. Some were caught trying to throw away ecstasy pills – a kind of illegal drug mainly used by dancers – and destroying incriminating evidence.
Over 200 personal pouches containing heroin, ecstasy pills and other drugs were seized at the site.
Over the next 4 hours, 1,163 people were taken to various sites for questioning and drug tests. Prominent singers, actresses, and businessmen were among the group.
Over 200 tested positive to using drugs. But by 7.30 pm, all had been released except 20 people who are still detained on the suspicion of drug distributing.
Though the club owner Nguyen Dai Duong was not present, he was detained later.
A venue for the wealthy and chic, New Century is one of the biggest and most expensive nightclubs in Vietnam.
It has been fined twice in the past for staying open too late and violating noise regulations.
Similarly, but on smaller scale, local Ho Chi Minh City police Saturday burst into the MGM Saigon, one of the largest and most rambunctious cafes in the city, and detained over 100 youths, some as young as 14 on suspicion of drug use.
This all is part of a recent campaign to intensify the fight against crime and drugs. Over the last dozen days, police nationwide arrested over 1,100 suspects and seized over 8.2 kg of heroin and 1,140 additional individual doses of heroin, not to mention the two latest operations.
Friday, Duong Duc Hiep, a famous TV comedian popular for his gaunt feature, was caught in Hanoi carrying 0.18-grams of heroin. He confessed to being addicted for 5 months.
[QUOTE=David Dante]Okay guys, I've got 13 days in Hanoi. I've been to Relax, New Century, haven't tried Apocalpyse but from all the accounts here not worth it; where else? There must be places.
Bars, good massage places (not the quick in and out affairs) out there?
Will plod the sreets in search. Any advice much appreciated.
Also, be careful late at night around the lake bars - if three or four working girls come up and try to coddle you, shake 'em off politely. One preens while the other picks your pocket. I know it makes common sense but after a few drinks not easy to stay focused.[/QUOTE]Members may note that on the early morning of Sunday 29th April, 500 federal police raided New Century and held all 1163 customers, staff and "artists" there folowing suspicion that hard drugs are sold and consumed there. Large number of drugs were seized. But the aim was to bust drug abuse, bot gf and you mongers. The police made that very clear.
Now as to the hapless Dante. If you speak the language, and if you are Asian, there are many places and opposrtunities. But if you are Caucasian blonde, without the local lingo, you chances are limited. Try to check in at a small hotel or "nha nghi "(guest houses), and simply seek the help of hotel staff. They will always find somebody. Don't expect FS at massage parlors. It is illegal although in some parlors, they wil oblique you. One of them is near Hotel Harisson just outside the car exit. Go to the first floor. But you must be the only customer at the time.
[QUOTE=Pak Mike]There has always been girls available at the Relax, not necessarily the waitresses. Thing is that it is all very low key, perhaps not immediately obvious, unlike in a few other countries/cities I could mention. More recently you will find at 4 or 5 gals who are "available".[/QUOTE]
As I mentioned, I was at the Relax Cafe a few times in 2001. I went with a friend who is a real Asia monger, and very well traveled. Neither of us noticed any girls there who appeared to be available. As a matter of fact, I am not positive but I think there were no girls in the cafe other than the waitresses the few times I went there in 2001. That is why we concentrated on the waitresses. (By the way, almost all were lookers). The only non-waitresses around there were streetwalkers on the street outside the Relax Cafe.
My friend flirted with the waitresses in the Relax Cafe quite a bit but didn't find any takers. We would have noticed it even if it was very subtle. Hopefully things are better now. Can you quote prices at the Relax Cafe for short time and all nite in US dollars? Are the waitresses now available also? Or is it just non-waitress girls inside the cafe?
Hi guys,
I used to live in Ha noi before, but I'm not sure if the Guoman Hotel in Ly Thuong Kiet Street is GF?
Any info is highly appreciated!