Dandyman's Favorite Angeles City Bars
Disclaimer: This is a list of my personal favorite bars to go to. It is holistic but some of the things I factor in are ambiance, service quality of the servers, quality of the girls appearances, and overall fun I have had. I don't consider things like price or quality of the girls service. Naturally YMMV as everyone has different tastes. I haven't been to all of the bars so there may be some excellent ones I haven't noted.
Honorable mentions:
Cosplay bar- The name says it all. The girls are in cosplay which I quite enjoy. Nothing special about it beyond that but something a bit different.
Gold bar- I have seen this place with a number of quite attractive girls on stage and the place generally looks pretty nice but the girls seemed bored and I really can't find myself enjoying it. Maybe a good place to barfine an attractive girl and leave but not a place I could stay for long.
Q bar- This place gets a spot here because of the DJ. I only visited once but when the DJ heard I love Latino music he basically played only that for the duration I was there. Quality of the girls is ok but I kept getting harassed for drinks which annoyed me.
Top 5:
5. Arabesque- The place has some performances which are pretty good and a good number of girls. It tends to be one of the first places I visit as many of the more attractive girls get barfined early.
4. Club Sky- What set club sky apart for me was the MC. He breathed energy into the place and I feel like the girls reciprocated. I sang karaoke with some of the girls while there and they seemed to be having fun.
3. Dollhouse- Probably the best typical gogo bar out there. They don't really have any special performances but they do have presentations for each of the girls which are pretty cool. High number of girls means you are likely to find someone you like and service has generally been pretty good. Second floor is nice with the dance cages. Definitely recommend for first time visitors, just not my personal favorite bar.
2. XS- Objectively, this place is probably better than my number one but I haven't visited enough times to place it higher. It also tends to get rather full making it hard to snag a table. This place feels like a club though you don't have to pay for the tables outside of your drink. Very similar to my number one and a number of the girls from my number one come from XS. The place also has very good performances, high quality girls and high quality service.
1. Avalon- I absolutely love this place. Part of it comes down to the fact that my favorite girl (who I barfined three times already, works there). Though the other part of it comes down to their performances. The dancers do three sets a night and I genuinely enjoy them as they are well choreographed and honestly something I would consider paying for even outside of a gogo bar. Not all the girls can be barfined including some of the most beautiful ones. This place tends to be more Korean oriented but I tend to have similar tastes to the Koreans so I'm not complaining. My recommendation would be to go to Dollhouse if you want to barfine but come here if you want to watch some pretty cool performances.
Overall:
Tonight will be my last night in both AC and the Philippines potentially for a while. There are definitely pros and cons to this place. I am happy I visited here but am not sure if / when I will come back. Prices are also comparatively high. Between lady drinks, personal drinks, hotel, transportation, food and tips I tended to spend between $150-$200/ day here. Girls tend to be hit or miss but you won't know for sure until you have already invested over $100 into them. I will likely post a full review on my thoughts on AC sometime in the near future.
For some, its about the potential selection percentage.
[QUOTE=SirLancelot;2793028]I've had a fantastic time in Angeles and met some beautiful girls. People who continually drone on about the lack of pretty girls are either incredibly short-sighted or have an agenda to discourage people from visiting (financial stake in a bar in Pattaya perhaps?). There are plenty of lookers and almost every bar has a hidden gem or two. Certainly in some respects the place is still bouncing back after covid but if you come to Angeles you will have no shortage of great girls and great sex.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=NapaSlapper;2797048]I think you will find in the real workd every one has a taste in girls, some guys have great taste and some guys have terrible taste in girls. Have many bar hop friends that can't find what they like in a angeles bars and also have a couple who find multiple girls they like, depending on a guys taste in women will directly affect the girls one will find or not in the bars.[/QUOTE]A related thing. I was going to move this to the Manila thread, as the following happened in Manila (just pre-covid). But it bears out in AC also.
"Bob" (not real name) was a foreigner who I saw 1-2 times a day in my condo lobby or elevator, or walking nearby the condo or mall. Bald, late 60's, in good shape. For a few weeks we just nodded towards each other as we passed each other. One day he was at the front desk inquiring about something, and so was I. He introduced himself as Bob, we shook hands. He seems a good guy. Just a diar-bump and he was off somewhere. After that it was back to nods or "Morning Bob / Westy" in the lobby, nothing more. My vaxxing clinic was moving girls in / out most days but I never saw Bob with anyone. I assumed he had an asawa in his unit.
One night at LAC I entered and went upstairs to peruse, then back downstairs and circumnavigated the round bar. At the rear near the pool table was Bob. He saw me and he moved the girl sitting next to him off a chair and motioned for me to sit with him. I ordered a drink and we kind of quietly sat and oggled the ladies. A cutie went by and I said to him: How about that one? "Nah". A bit later a girl walked by and he said: "That one". She was an attractive 8+ on my scale (I thought my original cutie was just as attractive). My drink arrived and then Bob's 8+ walked by arm-in-arm with a solid 9, and Bob said "THAT ONE!" We laughed. Another girl walked by that I liked and he said: "No". We had both different tastes. We finished and ordered another drink, chatting. Another girl walked by and he said: "That one". Another 8+ on my scale. Go team Bob.
It took us another 20-30 minutes to finish another drink, and I pointed out several more cuties. Bob: "Nah" to all of them. Then the 9 walked by again. Hey Bob, why don't you go get her? Call her over and I will give up my seat for her to sit down. Chat her up. "No. Why don't YOU go get her?" Sorry, I'm just perving tonight, my girl drained my twice this afternoon. I need some rest and I'm heading back to the condo soon. She's all yours. "Well. I do like several girls here. But there aren't enough". Not enough? You pointed out several ladies so far. "No. I prefer 9 or 10 girls to make a choice from. I like a bigger selection. I need to see them".
I was somewhat surprised by what he said. He needs a selection of girls, visible in front of him, to choose from? Like going to a casa or fishbowl? I suggested that he go to a casa as there are some in the area. "I have been. They have girls but they don't have enough girls like those" (pointing to the 8+ and the 9). "That's why I come here on weekends. You can see a lot like those here sometimes". He really DID need a selection of 9's. 7's were not good enough. One 9 and several 8+ were not good enough. I excused myself and taxi'd home.
Another day I was walking out thru the lobby and Bob was walking in. Did you take a girl from LAC? "No. Not enough selection. I taxi'd home after you left". I see. We walked away, and for months I saw Bob almost everyday, always alone. Thus ends my Bob story.
So. Both pre- and post-covid, I've seen FR's (AC, Burgos, etc) where a gent says something like this: "Went into BAR #1, saw only 1 do-able girl, walked out. Went into BAR #2 and had a drink, they had 3 do-able girls and I left. Went into BAR #3 and they had 5 do-able girls. Had a drink with a hottie, but the vibe was wrong, so I bounced. Went into BAR #4 but they only had 3 do-able girls, so I had a couple drinks and just watched the girls. Was getting drunk and went home alone. The bars are a shadow of before, so many fuglies now".
I interrupt this broadcast for an old joke. A hurricane is coming and the homes in the area will flood. The TV news tells everyone to evacuate. A local says: "God will keep me safe". Police vehicles come thru the neighborhood and loudspeaker for everyone to evacuate, offering to take anyone out with them. The local guy says to the police: "God will keep me safe!" The local doesn't evacuate. The rains come and the guy has to crawl onto his roof to stay away from the rising water. A Coast Guard boat comes along and tells the guy to climb down and they will take him away, but he cries out: "God will save me!" Later an Army helicopter comes along and tries to save the gent, but he refuses to go: "God will save me!" Later, as the flood water rises above his home and sweeps him away, he cries out: "God! Save me!" [I]God replies: "Hey, I tried. I sent you a policeman, a car, a boat, and then a helicopter. They are all gone now. Sorry, but don't you think you should have paid attention?"[/I] Local: But Lord. . .
When I see gents saying they need 10 girls to see at once (Bob, LAC). Or that they saw 1 do-able bargirl, then 3, then 5, then 3, all in the same night, it says to me that he ignored 10-12 beauties (no kidding, blaming the bars for the decline in skinny flesh), losing a beauty -- tonight! -- to gain some rum / coke buzz. I want to say: You are OK with THIS happening on your 2-week warrior timeframe? Failure to capitalize in a target-rich environment that you don't have at home? I am with Sir Lance: There are enough attractive girls in most every bar (it only takes 1 lady) that most every gent will find something. If you can't find it in THIS bar, then you will find it in THAT bar. If you see 1 or more that floats your boat in each of several different bars and you don't take any of them, shouldn't you have paid attention? We often talk about the Western woman's sense of entitlement. What about ours?
We have established the large % of 1-2-week punters (often splitting 1 week each in Burgos / AC), who utilize the bars and SW as their only venue for hunting. At the same time I watch them not take advantage of the bars or SW. Its difficult to watch the fellas complain about barfine prices (I don't like the AC price increase either), then go to AC anyway and not take a girl (of the several that he likes) because of flesh decline or high prices. If a bar has 30 girls, and (to you) 5 are do-able girls out of the 30 gals (25 fuglies); isn't that the same as 30 do-able girls out of 30 do-able girls? You are only looking for 1 girl at a time (unless you are like that perv Westy guy and need a 3-some). Eventually you end up like Bob. TALK ABOUT ENTITLEMENT!
A Rather Sad End to my Phillppines Trip
Disclaimer: I am writing this while still somewhat drunk from the night. Please excuse any typos or incoherencies.
My last night in Angeles City and the Philippines. I message fellow ISG member Jusride, a solid wingman who I recommend to anyone else on this board, who is going to barfine one of his favorite girls from dollhouse and take her to dinner. We plan on meeting for barhopping later. I decide to go out at around 7:30, a bit early in my opinion but I wanted to see if I could get a girl early. To my surprise I see a number of guys, mainly Koreans, with some very nice eye candy on my trike ride to walking street. In my mind, I think that there must be something special about tonight with so many attractive girls available. Even as I get to walking street I see a number of attractive girls with guys. As I walk into some of the bars, my opinion quickly changes. It was rather bad. Perhaps one of the worst nights I have seen since I have come to AC. I stop by a number of bars, some just to see the selection and some where I have a drink (San Mig Light). Though I don't find anything I particularly like. In my travels I learn that 10 girls have been barfined from XS (an hour after they opened) and 5 girls have been barfined from Avalon in a similar timeframe which explains some of the attractive girls I saw during my entrance to walking street. My final stop is Avalon which I have posted on before. I sit down with a beer and ask for A, my previous multiple time barfine. I am told that she isn't feeling well and is not available and that she will be performing but will likely go home after her performances. Perhaps this is true, perhaps I pissed her off the last time we met, I don't know but it appears I would not be having A for my last night. I sit to watch some performances and in the mean time Jusride finds me in Avalon and sits with me with his girl. I call another girl from the stage over and we talk for a bit. She finishes her drink and she tells me she is going to the bathroom. She goes to the bathroom but then immediately goes back on stage. To me this is unacceptable. I would have considered barfining her but this kind of behavior to me indicates and negative experiences in the future. I continue watching shows and I find one girl I like but am told she is on her period. After the second show, Jusride and his girl head to dollhouse while I stay for the third show. After the third show I am told there will be a fourth and final show for the night after which the dancers will come on stage and be available either for drinks or barfine, depending on the girl. I decide I have had enough. There were some pretty dancers but at this point I have had enough alcohol to be ok with not taking a girl home. I was pretty close to falling asleep and frankly I preferred saving my pesos rather than risk a negative experience. I visited Jusride in dollhouse where his girl tried to hook me up with a girl there. I passed and quickly left to go back to my hotel where I now lie on my bed to write this report. I messaged A on facebook to get some closure on my side as I hoped to at least say a goodbye to her today. Honestly, I write this report as my own personal catharsis rather than trying to add any sort of value to the forum. Though I hope some others may find some useful information from here.
In the end, in AC there are good days and there are bad days. There seems to be some debate between forum users on how good it is in AC and I can understand both sides of it. Some days there are tons of pretty girls and you have a great experience with one of them. Some days you take a pretty girl out, think you did all the right things, only for the experience to be bad once you hit the bedroom. Some days you realize that all the good talent was scooped up by 7 PM and you have little to work with. Depending on the trip and your luck, you may find that some or all of these things happen to you. I wish I had better closure to the trip but in the end I think this was the push I needed to explore other places. I will be travelling to HK tomorrow and potentially to Thailand after that. I have heard from many that Pattaya is better than AC and Bangkok than Manila so I hope to see for myself.
Happy Mongering to all.
Update: A replied back to my facebook message and was sorry about not being able to see me though promised to call when she felt better.
