Patpong's Upstairs Bars

Patpong's bars can generally be classified into ground floor and second floor establishments. The street level bars are usually just simple go-go bars with bikini-clad dancers. The upper floors are where the slightly more risque behind-closed-doors erotic cabarets take place.

Tourist Police The Tourist Police can always be found at the end of Patpong Road, on Silom. They are on hand to assist tourists with any kind of problems concerning bars in the area.

Most people find these shows leave them cold. The girls perform the nightly rituals in a rehearsed fashion that is usually far from erotic. Shows generally include a fixed menu of acts, in which naked dancers open bottles, shoot blow-pipes and perform a variety of other tricks using only their vaginal muscles. The 'string of razor blades' trick is one that most spectators would rather not have seen. The finale is inevitably a mechanical 'sex show' which, again, is more boring and embarrassing than erotic.

Some upstairs bars have been known to charge extortionate cover fees for entertainment. These bars often have touts on the street to entice people upstairs. The moral of the story: don't go with the street touts. If you do happen to encounter a situation like this, just pay the bill, get a copy of the receipt, and take it to the Tourist Police stationed at the Silom end of Patpong Road. They will go to the bar with you and you can usually get your money back without any problems. The best thing to do is avoid the whole unpleasant experience in the first place. Try out the reputable bars such as Queen's Castle, Pussy Galore or Firecat, which have no cover charges and the drink prices are fixed. Drinks in the second-floor bars cost slightly more than the downstairs places, but are still amazingly cheap by Western standards. Couples and women are welcome to these bars.

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