I went to the 1100pm show last night. They have a second show at 1230am. Browsing the drink menu the prices were:Originally Posted by aot871
Soft drinks, juices, tea and coffee - 140 baht
Beer - 160 to 170 baht. Tower of beer 500 baht
Cocktails - 240 baht
Spirits including mixer - 140 baht for Sangsom, Pipers, Gin etc - 200 baht for Johnnie Walker Black, Jack Daniels.
Wine - 150 baht per glass.
Bottles - 1200 for Blend up to 3000 for Black and 3500 for Jack Daniels.
That's about the same as I feel regarding these types of "shows".
We get to Pattaya/Jomtien on average about 3 times a year and always stay at The Venue . . . but always ask for room on the 3rd floor facing the back (usually get it). Both of us are deep sleepers and are never bothered by the show's noise.
I march right past the show and have only stopped to watch once. The shows are -- in my opinion -- massively amateurish. I honestly don't get what folks see in these tacky, cheap, excuses for entertainment.
For some reason Brits over 50 yrs old (or so) seem to be the main audience ... think the shows to be the cat's ass of gayish festivities.
Perhaps I'm not gay after all?
Just another reason why I love living in Thailand
joe552 (December 3rd, 2017)
I wouldn't get too far ahead of yourself. Your partner of some years might attest to your gayness.
Hitchhiking's more of a challenge on the road less travelled.
My old man pretty-well thinks all gay Farangs are quite batty. Including me ... attestment-wise.
I tend to agree. Proof you say?: the jokers on this Board ... say no more.
I can't even imagine what he would think of a major neurotic such as Cndmatt.
Just another reason why I love living in Thailand
CNDmatt?
Ban the Bum?
joe552 (December 4th, 2017)
But what about those who give him the bums up?
well in some countries gay was classified as a mental disorder...???!!
I'm not sure if that's on a par with the comment from one of our esteemed Moderators who, in his recent blog post, writes "But P is one of the few gay Thai boys I know who are not stupid, lazy, greedy, so we stay friends."
How's that for a generalisation?!
Thanks for taking the time to post detailed info as well as the pics Aussie_. It was great to hear another new bar being added to the Complex, but not sure how well this type of set-up will do in the long term. The Venue shows compared to all other shows I've checked out in Pattaya are, for me, out on their own, and even here they are rarely 'packed', they are well attended but I'm not sure how large the overall Jomtien Show customer base is to support two very similar venues.
Thing is with 'enclosed' bars is when there is no show, say......the time up to the first show, or between shows there's not a whole lot else to entertain...all the open bars have the soi's comings-and-goings to keep interest. A show bar with Agogo boys also gets-by as there are the boys to keep interest in between shows, but as that's off the menu in Jomtien there's no real reason to be in there unless it's Showtime! Also the problem of higher drink prices to cover the show costs are out of sync with the open bar prices when the show isn't on, so little point in paying over the odds for drinks in an enclosed bar with nothing to amuse. Unless the live music is to be a normal item pre and between showtime.
Like some here I find the feathers and katoey lip-sync tedious, so while I'm sure they'll do well at the start as all new ventures seem to, especially as high season throws up plenty of short term holiday visitors, the trick will be to have something in place to keep interest outwith showtime. It advertises itself as Club- Bar- Cabaret... The bar and cabaret bit I get...what's in the 'Club' part? is that the music throughout the evening part?
But whatever....I'll still make an appearance next trip in support of the new venture.
When in Soi Twilight Bkk, if on the occasional visit to Agogo bars, first question I ask outside is 'what time is the show' and 90% of the time the answer is "show now show now!" normally a blatant lie..... they seem shocked to find the reason I want to know the actual show time is to avoid the fucking thing. Then some truth seeps out as they inform that its not show time after all, it starts about 45 mins or whatever... like Joe552 I'll go in and leave at showtime.
As stated above.........I'm not really a fan of feathers-boa-katoey lip sync, mostly shows are attended due to some up-country friend of bf coming to town on a visit and it's part of the obligatory 'main highlights' tour, the camp-gay side of life is something I have very little in common with.
That said however, The Venue shows in Jomtien are some that I can enjoy if only occasionally, partly that's because I know 3-4 of the current troupe (as others here might too....Manny, Ness etc..) who previously worked the Pattaya bars before finding their vocation. These are the younger guys in the show so youthful and attractive makes for a change from the usual painted katoey faces who have done the rounds for years. The Venue shows in my opinion are better for a couple of reasons......they are far more energetic with some different moves/music from the young lads compared to the 'standard fare' and I have never seen a skit/show repeated even once, whereas back in the day at BzBzBz/Throb etc.. the same show was dragged out night after night. Yes, The Venue does have one or two katoey lip-syncs but is balanced with the different segments and attractive dancers.
The Venue show worth a re-visit next time perhaps 'smiles'.......? even if just to confirm your worst fears?
damn..funny how we are alll wired differently..I find the lip sync shows soooo boring...i look forward to all the big cock/fuck shows..pity they are on the decline...not a patch on 10 years ago when every single gogo bar on soi twilight had a full on erotic/fuck show twice a night.
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