Beer Bars - Chiang Mai

Chiang Mai may be low-key, but the girls are willing.

Like every tourist place in Thailand, Chiang Mai has its bar girl scene catering to foreigners and a few expats. It’s a prominent attraction in the city, with some areas given over to bars full of girls for hire. Compared to Bangkok, Pattaya or Patong it’s far more casual, less raunchy or intense and generally cheaper.

But the selection is quite limited - people generally don’t come to Chiang Mai for girls and you’ll have to contend with a handful of beer bars with average girls, or the few go go bars.

The most obvious place to head is Loi Kroh Road at the moat junction, where you’ll have trouble walking down the street without being distracted by ‘Helloooo, welcome’. If you cross over to the inside (old town) you’ll find another cluster as you walk towards Thapae Gate. These are bit tamer. One of the go go bars, Spotlight, is on the outside of the moat, near Thapae Gate.

Further down Loi Kroh, walking towards the Night Market, is the Chiang Mai Entertainment Centre - which is full of bargirls and is tucked in an arcade to your right. They might not be as sexy as the others on the street but they are less in your face. Star Xix go go bar is opposite this arcade, though it has a cover charge and dull atmosphere.

Look out for the bars tucked down the sois (lanes) as you wander down the street.

The massage places along this road are also likely to give you a ‘happy ending’ oil massage, but hand jobs are generally as far as they go.

Also available on Loi Kroh Road are a few bars with Ladyboys catering to tourists who have a desire to dabble with people of the "third sex"

A ‘mini-Tokyo’ exists near the Chedi Hotel, but this is exclusively for Japanese or Korean clientele and they might not let you in the door. The best go go bar in town, by far, is Foxy Lady, which is behind the D2 hotel at the Night Market. It can get busy after 22:00 and they have sexiest girls in town.

You can also try your luck with karaoke lounges. This is an Asian phenomenon and nightly thousands of businessmen like to hire a private room that comes with a bevvy of girls to stroke your leg, keep your drink full and do the singing for you. Be forewarned; they can be relentless in their efforts to stack your bill and don't be surprised if it all adds up to five figures by the end, with absurd charges (e.g. 500 baht for 5 buckets of ice etc). There's a handful along Chang Klan road, likely monopolised by a mafia, with the same rip off experience, tatty rooms, obnoxious girls and large bouncer waiting for you to argue over the bill. Although discerning Thais will know where to get an honest deal, these are best avoided by tourists!

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