Solid Bar

[Sooty]

Can anyone in Bangkok confirm that Solid Bar off Silom 6 is closed?

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[pong]

No-that means it should be open. Not seen any report it is closed.
1.option 1-maybe confuse with the place nextdoor-that opens and closes at alarming regularity-but its mainly a very late night spot
2.option 2-WHAT time did you pass by-those bars only open at 21.00
But then in general it is not a great loss that bars close or new open-there will always be some new one round the corner or so. Mostly these are sentimental old memories as ''I had such a lovely time with a lovely boy from there''=also fully interchangeable for a next one, Just get over it-next boy will also do his best to get you over that stumble.

[NickysGayPattaya]

Yesterday, I got the following from a contact in Bangkok. I've not personally confirmed it, but the contact is reliable.
"Solid has closed under the current management and Khun Wirat and his boys have moved to an outside beer bar in front of Ocean boys in Soi Twilight.
News has it that Solid has been taken over by The Issan Bar next door, whixch it self has only recently opened-they have live Issan music and singers every night. This is on the site of Hotmale Disco.
Solid itself will remain a go-go and re-open almost immediatley.
The Greek Resaurant -Souvlakii in Soi4, just before Telephone has closed, but will re-open shortly as a small Gay Bar run by an Irishman and his boyfriend.
There is a new host bar just off suriwong rd, i. The other side of the street to Twilight before Patpong. It is called Heartbeat. Very nicely decorated and some very sexy Coyote Dancers. "

We don't usually publish things till we check them, but you asked .....

In return if anyone has any photos of "heartbeat" could they let me know by pm please?

[pong]

Yup-=thats most of it. Rent was to be doubled and Solid saw no way to cough that up and decided to split. Again one of BKks long standing bars going down the drains in that area (though it had many other names before it became solidhard). What should that mean for those other long standing bars in that filthy soi?
Heartbeat is said to have coyotedancers (thus not that bored shuffling that seems to hold for gogo nowadays), an Isany twist (how innovative) and drinks at 200 bt and no special shows. in soi Wall Street. Do not know who owns what and what all the bisnis interests are.

[newalaan]

Rent was to be doubled and Solid saw no way to cough that up and decided to split.

Not to be doubled but increased considerably from the current Bt30,000 per month. The Chinese owner of the Solid property saw an opportunity when he re-let the property next door to the Solid building for a higher than previous rent which was easily accepted by the new bar business owner, so he decided to get an increase out of the Solid building one way or another, either from the Solid Bar owner or the bar next door 'expanding' or a new business owner looking to open up.

So ten years of being paid every month without fail, even through the Red Shirt and flooding problems which Solid had many days of not being able to trade, the Chinese building owner always saw his rent from the Solid boss. Not one hint of loyalty to an excellent tennant. The Chinese owner will be very,very lucky to get another 10 years of regular rent without at least some, if not many months of non-rent in between business closures, ideas for businesses which last 3 months etc..etc...

A good example of buiding owner greed which can back-fire is Blue House massage in Soi Day/night. About two years ago (maybe more?) Blue House owner Ta who had paid his rent 'on the dot' for years and years (from memory around the Bt30,000 per month mark as Solid), only to be presented with a huge rent increase. Ta decided that it would be a good time to 'call it a day' in the massage business as he was a professional Issan Show singer in demand in Bkk and Issan. He sold the fixtures/fittings to his former mamasan/assistant and his Farnag friend who opened a new massage business in the single unit next door to the old Blue House double unit, and has been successfully operating to this day. And the old Blue House building next door? EMPTY since the day Ta left, not one baht in rent, so about Bt360,000 lost per year in rent alone and STILL up for sale.

I think Wirat might actually do better in Soi Twilight at Ocean Beerbar, as this end of the soi has been very busy recently as Scorpion Beer bar has been doing very well in attracting a regular trade. On Friday last he even had an acoustic guitarist/singer entertaining from 11pm to a full house. First time I have ever seen any bar with a full house for years at that end of the soi. Both bars have nice looking guys as waiters for 'offs' Scorpion having man-boy/men types and Ocean more gay femme-ish/mix man-boy as Solid did.

Sad to see Solid go, as it was a great alternative to the Soi Twilight agogos for years, however the last 2-3 years has seen the Soi 6 area very quiet compared to previous years, it will be interesting to see just how long the Chinese building owner sees his monthly rent.

[martin911]

Yes Newalaan -- Blue house is a very good example of the owners greed -- i only passed there last nite and a old memory flickered into mind !!

My ex -BF was a little pissed off when Blue House moved the short distance from the original home !!

Back then we lived in Mosaik ( Which is directly opposite the BH building ) and as the norm(for there anyway ) the boys that worked the massage act lived in the premises --- so it ment that the top floor room in Blue was directly in our view from our small mosaik balcony -

I rem coming home one evening to find(on our balcony) a highly excited N kneeling down with his head stuck in the tall shrub peeking across at the Blue H top floor room !!!
Yup the 2 boys (co workers in blue ) were going at it full blast (with their window shades fully open)--mabye to relieve the tension/stress/boredom from a long day hanging around the front of Blue H all day !!!!

So for a few nites in the week we sometimes got a little peek what the thai boys get upto when not working --it gave us a few ideas of our own lol

But when they moved to new premises we no longer had the view that we sometimes used to enjoy -- the guys in the Mosaik B building got that !!

And as i noticed last nite --the old Blue building is as it was 2 odd years ago --empty !!!!---
Many a fun time i had within those walls also ( this was before my bfs time ,i never went inside when i lived in Mosaik -too close to home :laughing3: )


I rem getting one of those soapy wet massages one time -- but me and the guy kept sliding off of the inflatable bed that was used !!!!! fun tho !!

Anywhere in Pattaya doing that "style " massage ????

[ceejay]

What a pity. I always found that Solid was place you could drop in for a drink - sometimes just that, sometimes not. If it was one of the nights when it was just a drink, then I might be asked if I wanted to take a boy off - and if I said no, then the answer was always "Maybe we see you tomorrow, then sir". That approach actually works a lot better for me than having some mamasan sticking her silicons into my face and begging for a drink, an off, a tip or whatever. I hope they do well in the beer bar, and they they are still there when I visit in May.

[SlaveDriver]

Hi Guys

Can anyone tell me exactly where this new beer bar is located down the Soi?

Where is the Ocean Breez Beer Bar is located

Is this guy who was famous at the Solid Bar Por now working at the Beer Bar?

Also just heard that BB Group has started a GYM and Sauna? Where is it located and any feedback?

How is Classic Boys and Hotmale Bars are doing?

arty

[neddy3]

Yes, a pity about Solid.

To me, it has been a delightful alternative to the bars of Soi Twilight. Laid back, friendly, cheaper, nice boys.
The only place I would consider looking for a boy, over the last few years.

I went recently (2 weeks?), and found it had changed, with very fem boys (not many), and a cringe-inducing mamasan.

Glad to know that Wirat and some of the boys have a new home, and wish them well there.

BTW, on the same night, I went to try Heartbeat.
Now it was a Monday.
But Heartbeat was only karaoke that night. Did not get further than the front door.

[pong]

Hi Guys
1.Can anyone tell me exactly where this new beer bar is located down the Soi?
2.Where is the Ocean Breez Beer Bar is located
3.Is this guy who was famous at the Solid Bar Por now working at the Beer Bar?

@1-that soi is sooo short-open eyes and look. as said: closer to Balls/Classic as to hotmale. It is about the only one open-air barbeer into the soi-and not in a building. And then that 12-15 mtrs is making BKk about world-fame for its ''gay'' district. Or-maps in nickysgaybangkok.
@2. In fact I read (not heard) that shortly after Ocean and scorpions merged. and are now 1-trading as Scorpion. Check yourself-I merely come 1/time month overthere-if at all.
@3.thats very hard to answer if you are not more specific. SOME of the former Solid boys went to Scorpion-others went to other bars-notabley also the new Heartbeat in soi Wallstreet-across from soi Hotmale.