Bangkok Report for Gogo Bar / Nana Plaza
For the past month (Aug / Sep), I've checked-out the gogo bar scene as much as I could.
My report is that Nana is the place to go for Gogo bars right now. Cowboy would be next in line but really the only place worthwhile there would be Baccara and maybe Crazy House (for the all-nude viewing). And I never made it out to Patpong, but if it's anything like how it was before COVID, then XXX Lounge would probably be the only one I'd visit over there.
Now for Nana, the only gogos worth visiting right now and if I was forced to only choose one gogo to visit, I would visit:
Based on attractive lineups, I would have to go with Rainbow 4 (for the more natural-looking girls).
Based on groping sessions, I would go with Rainbow 5 (for the cosmetic enhancements).
Based on just chilling without being constantly harassed by girls / mamasans, I would go with Butterflies (best open layout for sitting and viewing).
Based on all-around gogo experience, you can't go wrong with Billboard (all-around good).
And if I had to only choose one gogo to visit right now, I would say Rainbow 4. Even though I get quoted Rainbow's barfine as being 1 k baht. Most of the other gogo's barfine that I get quoted is 700 baht. I just find the girl lineup there matches my personal preference.
I don't bother haggling price with the girls even though you definitely could haggle. The initial ST price is always quoted to me as 3 k baht. A Rainbow 4 girl discounted her ST price to me down to 2 k without any haggling, and I couldn't say no to that bargain. She was super young and fit with no tattoos. And her service was great.
And most of these girls that I barfined exchanged their Line info with me. But it's becoming somewhat annoying to receive random Line startup conversations from these girls trying to arrange meetings. My guess is this is the case because most of these girls no longer have a steady stream of customers.
But overall, I would say you can find a fun experience at these mentioned gogos. Their lineups are all good. You can grope these girls at all these venues and have your own personal lap dance for the price of a lady drink. When sitting at these gogos nowadays, the ratio of girls to customers is at least 20 to 1 if not higher. The after-barfine service will obviously be YMMV. So I can't comment for others on their experiences. Only that my experiences have been overall good with the worst cases being average.
And even though the prices / barfines haven't been formally lowered, I think that the gogos at Nana are still worth visiting.