My take on Ibar and Insomnia after about 12 nights there!
1. IMO, the 3- way Ibar / Insomnia / New York Diner combo was a great overall experience for partying, dancing and hanging out / watching a very diverse bunch of people (well men from NA, Europe, Russia, and some Japanese). Each acts and behaves differently, not surprisingly. Good DJ's, nice pool hall atmosphere in one section below at Ibar. The food at NY diner is pretty darn good , at decent prices with service all night long through at least 8 am, with a water view !!
2. The girls were generally all pretty fun and congenial. The paid dancers at Insomnia were really not that good, IMO. But it definitely gets those middle eastern, and Eastern European/ Turkish men going.
3. I recommend anyone who expects to go to dance places like this in Pattaya, versus gogos and beer bars, to buy their VIP card for 500 baht. You get 20 PC off on all drinks (which paid for the tips that in turn got me great service from the bar boys). I paid 500 be, saved about 3000 baht (at least) and got about 1,500 of rewards money to use at their NY diner. So, I invested 500 be and saved / gained 4500 baht, a 9-1 return. BTW, you don't get any discounts on the shots and syringe shooters that are carried around on a mobile basis, as they are impulse buys, and IMO not worth the money. I bought quite a few of them for the girls, but never really had any interest in them myself.
4. A very significant number of the younger good looking girls have an international sponsor, and they are live feeding via WIFI a video streaming every night! LOL. These girls have it made. The sponsors are dumb m-fckers IMO. I avoided these girls totally. So, that left many of the less attractive ones, making my task harder.
5. Before 1 pm, quite of few older, less attractive office and shop or other job girls, party together with their friends. As Mr. ENT has noted avoid these girls and any in groups of 4 or more.
6. The best choices IMO are the ones hanging around on the far side by the upstairs restrooms at Insomnia, and some of the shy, solo girls (maybe beach RD quality) tend to hang out just below the DJ booth.
7. Many are occupied with bottle and table groups of guys and again leaving a depleted field from which to choose.
8. The better looking girls know this, and they know once the guys are really liquored up they are easy pickings, particularly if they are a new face that just showed up. As a matter of fact a whole crop of girls from the other bars show up right after 3 am, and I find that the best time to strike is between 430-6 am, if you can hold out that long.
9. 1000-1500ST, and 1500-2500 LT should be the max, based on the girls attractiveness. , age, dress, and your age, attractiveness, and how you dress. If they are younger and hotter, and you are older, fatter, and poorly dressed, can't dance, look and act geeky / nerdy, you will find that you will probably have to pay on the max end of the above ranges, if you want to seal a deal and leave before 3 am.
10. Smoking was a big issue for me, since their AC system just pushes in cold air but has no return to suction up and continuously clean the air quality and filter out the smoke and pollutants. Throw in people from diverse countries of origin and the local viruses and bacteria they bring with them, and it will affect your sinus and respiration system. Many regular girls who come there use little camphor inhaler sticks or tubes. I think the staff who work there and girls who are pretty much there everyday are in for some tough times after 5-10 years of that air quality. For me, this was unfortunately a price that I had to pay, because I liked the ambiance, music and everything else, and was unable to find better alternatives that I liked on WS. Particularly since I had zero interest in Gogo girls, bar girls in the numbered sois or daily pros.