Angeles City

Hi to all,

didnt went to Cherry bar this weekend. Sometimes its hard for me to see all the bars, ehehehehe..

What I see at night was that there are simply to many pinoy guys around and Im surely not the guy who step beside if somebody confront me. I also dont do that when I leave work for lunch.

I visit the new bar beside of Blue Nile. Name escape me, but its a part of the newly opened walkabout hotel.They have two stages, its a small layout so you can talk to the girls easily. I saw two "okay girls", not much impressed by the setup, but it can change evry day.

The hotel has a promo fair starting at 960p for the room. Didnt checked the room yet, so cant say anything how they look like and about the noise factor during day or at night.

Fields looks deserted to me. Mostly asian guys around. Dollhouse group bought the rest of the corner behind their bar. Midnight rodeo and the other dump who used to be internet cafe and then become a noisy karaoke place for dogs, pimps and other subjects I dont want to befriend with.

Camelot or lancelot have a new papa san. Mike, left the group, according to my sources he doesnt want to kiss the owners ass any more, ehehehe..

Weather is cool here, typhoon is passing by and brings some rain which is good for the rice and good to cool things down.


Happy day to all


Blink

[QUOTE=Blink157]Hi to all,

didnt went to Cherry bar this weekend. Sometimes its hard for me to see all the bars, ehehehehe..

What I see at night was that there are simply to many pinoy guys around and Im surely not the guy who step beside if somebody confront me. I also dont do that when I leave work for lunch.

I visit the new bar beside of Blue Nile. Name escape me, but its a part of the newly opened walkabout hotel.They have two stages, its a small layout so you can talk to the girls easily. I saw two "okay girls", not much impressed by the setup, but it can change evry day.

The hotel has a promo fair starting at 960p for the room. Didnt checked the room yet, so cant say anything how they look like and about the noise factor during day or at night.

Fields looks deserted to me. Mostly asian guys around. Dollhouse group bought the rest of the corner behind their bar. Midnight rodeo and the other dump who used to be internet cafe and then become a noisy karaoke place for dogs, pimps and other subjects I dont want to befriend with.

Camelot or lancelot have a new papa san. Mike, left the group, according to my sources he doesnt want to kiss the owners ass any more, ehehehe..

Weather is cool here, typhoon is passing by and brings some rain which is good for the rice and good to cool things down.


Happy day to all


Blink[/QUOTE]

The bar next to Blue Nile is called "VORTEX" The staff from Stingers moved here as well. I've been hearing some things that makes it seem like the new Vortex is like the old stingers. I have heard from a trusted source that if the girl(s) do not get 3 ladies drinks before they BF/EWR then they are NOT given the nights salary.

The Hotel above is the Walkabout hotel. I have not been inside yet, but a good friend of mine spent the night there and he had no complaints. I know that as of about 3 weeks ago, they were still finishing up some of the rooms inside, but by now that is probably already finished.

There is also a new bar called "Eager Beavers" that is in the same location as the old "Stingers bar"

Mike from the lancelot is an ass hole who sindle handedly fucked up one of the best bars in angeles. the owner finally got smart and fired him.

Hi everyone,

Of course I know how to enjoy the bar life in Angeles, but sometimes I wish I was in Thailand, cause I miss the wonderful experience of a soapy massage in Angeles.

I've tried some massage parlors opposite Brown Sugar but not much "extra" offered. Anyone got any experience with a good relaxing massage with some kinda extra in AC?

Hi,

all Waynes maps I seem to find are fairly outdated.

Anyone found a updated recent 2008 edition somewhere?

Thanks

Hi everyone,

I am coming for 7 nights, end of October, early November. I am looking to stay at a cheap hotel and have narrowed my choice to Premiere Hotel, Sunset Garden Hotel, Hana Hotel and Brass Knob (gotta love that name). All seem to be similar price. I am really keen to hear reviews. Just need aircon, fridge, bathroom, clean, big comfortable bed. It seems they are all fairly close to the action. Any help would be much appreciated.

I have not been to Philippines before. Am I correct in saying that bar fines are generally around 1500? Sorry to be ignorant, but it seems that this BF is all inclusive - correct? Tip 200-500?

Probably another silly question, but are taxis readily available at airport? Approx how much to these hotels?

Thanks for your help.

[QUOTE=Masked Avenge]Hi everyone,

I am coming for 7 nights, end of October, early November. I am looking to stay at a cheap hotel and have narrowed my choice to Premiere Hotel, Sunset Garden Hotel, Hana Hotel and Brass Knob (gotta love that name). All seem to be similar price. I am really keen to hear reviews. Just need aircon, fridge, bathroom, clean, big comfortable bed. It seems they are all fairly close to the action. Any help would be much appreciated.

I have not been to Philippines before. Am I correct in saying that bar fines are generally around 1500? Sorry to be ignorant, but it seems that this BF is all inclusive - correct? Tip 200-500?

Probably another silly question, but are taxis readily available at airport? Approx how much to these hotels?

Thanks for your help.[/QUOTE]I will not give you the usual reply like RTFF as that annoys me when i get it.

I think BF are pretty much standard at 1350p on fields and about 1000p on the outer bars (perimeter bars) yes tips were correct.

Taxi from which airport? Manila taxi will cost a lot if you get it from airport poss 2500p. best option go to the other level and jump into a taxi that is dropping passengers off, it will be a lot cheaper poss 1500p. Or take taxi to san jose and get the rabbit bus to AC for about 117p. forget what taxi cost was to San Jose bus station.

If flying into Clark, taxis wait outside for 300p. Or arrange hotel to pick you up poss same price.

What was cost of these hotels mentioned, and do you know if they had Wi-Fi or Ethernet cable in room?

I always like Swiss chalet 1450p per night, all your needs and has the above and very close to action!

[QUOTE=Yogibear69]Mike from the lancelot is an ass hole who sindle handedly fucked up one of the best bars in angeles. the owner finally got smart and fired him.[/QUOTE]

Y:

I tend not to share your opinion about Mike, but I am curious to know why he made you so upset! However, even more important: what has turned for the better since he left?

Cheers!


Hesekiels

[QUOTE=Dicky Dik]I've tried some massage parlors opposite Brown Sugar but not much "extra" offered. Anyone got any experience with a good relaxing massage with some kinda extra in AC?[/QUOTE]
I tried "ClassicTouch" once on Raymond St. (same street where Sub-Delicious & Las Vegas is located) and a hand-job was the only thing offered. They had a jacuzzi but I didn't try it because the lighting was too dark and I could not gauge the cleanliness of the water. I didn't want to chance jumping in water foaming with "dick-cappuccino!" :D

[QUOTE=Dicky Dik]Hi,

all Waynes maps I seem to find are fairly outdated.

Anyone found a updated recent 2008 edition somewhere?

Thanks[/QUOTE]

You can try this one [url]http://www.asianescapades.com/free/interactivemap/index.php[/url]

[QUOTE=Masked Avenge]Hi everyone,

I am coming for 7 nights, end of October, early November. I am looking to stay at a cheap hotel and have narrowed my choice to Premiere Hotel, Sunset Garden Hotel, Hana Hotel and Brass Knob (gotta love that name). All seem to be similar price. I am really keen to hear reviews. Just need aircon, fridge, bathroom, clean, big comfortable bed. It seems they are all fairly close to the action. Any help would be much appreciated.

I have not been to Philippines before. Am I correct in saying that bar fines are generally around 1500? Sorry to be ignorant, but it seems that this BF is all inclusive - correct? Tip 200-500?

Probably another silly question, but are taxis readily available at airport? Approx how much to these hotels?

Thanks for your help.[/QUOTE]

Here are the websites for the hotels that you are exploring/looking at:
Premiere hotel and Sunset garden hotel - [url]http://www.premieregarden.com/sunset_eng/index.html[/url]

Brass Knob - [url]http://thebrassknobonline.com/hotel.html[/url]

I have not stayed in any of them, but i can say that the Brass Knob hotel is the closest hotel to the action (closest to fields and check point area bars).

Barfines/Ewr's On fields are generally P1350, there are a few cheaper ones, such as Body Shop at P1300 and also more expensive ones, such as the DHG (Doll house group), which has a tiered system of P1300, P1500 and P3000. Also Agasya has a tiered system that starts at P1400 and goes up from there.
On Perimeter road bars you will find that P1200 is the most common, with few exceptions, Honey ko's is still P1000 and Thai hi is also at P1000.

For tipping my opinion is that its totally up to you, but if you want to be in the current market conditions/trends for mongers, then P200 to P500 for LT is right on target.

Thanks for your help guys. Yeah I know. RTFF. Just gets a bit difficult sifting through many messages to get the bits and pieces from all over the place.

All hotels I mentioned are in the 1000. 1500 range. Premiere & Sunset Garden mention free wireless internet in rooms. Brass Knob has no mention, so I assume not. Hana says WiFi connection, free use of internet but doesn't mention in room. For me this isn't a big issue as I won't be taking my laptop.

I am flying to and from Clark, so thanks for taxi info. I did read somewhere, I think Brass Knob, pick up from airport for 300.

Thanks for the BF info. I know tipping is up to me, just wanted to have an idea of the going rate.

I've only stayed one night at one of the hotels you mention - Brass Knob. I don't remember being terribly impressed nor terribly disappointed, which is about right for hotels in this price range.

A minor plus would be that you are at ground zero for the S. Cross shuttle.

[url]http://herephilippines.co.uk/gettingthere.aspx[/url]

As for the prices quoted, someone else has already clarified things. Just be aware that the system is different in MNL.

X

[QUOTE=Masked Avenge]Hi everyone,

I am coming for 7 nights, end of October, early November. I am looking to stay at a cheap hotel and have narrowed my choice to Premiere Hotel, Sunset Garden Hotel, Hana Hotel and Brass Knob (gotta love that name). All seem to be similar price. I am really keen to hear reviews. Just need aircon, fridge, bathroom, clean, big comfortable bed. It seems they are all fairly close to the action. Any help would be much appreciated.

I have not been to Philippines before. Am I correct in saying that bar fines are generally around 1500? Sorry to be ignorant, but it seems that this BF is all inclusive - correct? Tip 200-500?

Probably another silly question, but are taxis readily available at airport? Approx how much to these hotels?

Thanks for your help.[/QUOTE]

Apparently Europhil will reopen as EuroAsia.

X

[QUOTE=Acfreddie]As for AC becoming smoke free, I will give my opinion, which is, that is decades away from happening, most of the customers now are Asians, ALL OF WHOM SMOKE, so that will probably not happen anytime soon. [/QUOTE]I wrote this and then decided not to post it as it was too much of a whinge! Then afterwards, I thought "who cares! "

I accept your view but do not necessarily agree!

I don’t think it will be bar owner making the final decision! As in Thailand and the rest of world, I think the decision will be made for them, by governments, who are under pressure from WHO (World Heath Organization) to reduce smoking deaths.

I know it will never happen until it is enforced upon bar owners, but what would be best for all, is for bars to have smoking & non-smoking sides. This may delay the inevitable. This is never acceptable to bar owners until the ban is in, then they want 50/50! . . TOO LATE!

In 2003 Ireland was resolute that smoking would never be banned in their pubs! "It is the way of life and our culture" The follow year their government banned it everywhere in doors!

Even after this happened in Ireland, England was insistent that smoking would never be banned in the British pub as 90% of their customers smoke! Famous last sayings were "A fag and a point go hand in hand" "If you don’t like the smoke don’t come out" "They don’t have to work behind the bar, they can get another job" There was no attempt to introduce non-smoking areas and in late 2005, the British government announced a full ban in all enclosed areas.

Most of Europe have now followed suit, even though the majority of their customers are smokers!

Thailand famous saying was "This is Asia, if you don’t like the smoke go back to Europe" Thailand government banned smoking this year! Not fully enforced I admit but it does give choice now!

In the Philippines smoking in public has been banned country wide since 2003, but no one knows about it and it is never enforced. The only place enforcing it is Davao, where I went last year.

All it takes is some government official to say we are going to enforce to law now, and give a custodial sentence. If you were to run a bar would you want to run that risk? I wonder if the Manila or Bangkok Hilton has a good location, On-suite, Air con, wi-fi, safe, twin or double beds?

Are you sure it will be a decade?

I’ll put my soap box away now!