Bangla Road in Phuket: clubs. photo, video

The calm and measured life of the beach resort of Phuket in the twilight gradually filled with the buzz of rhythmic dance music - it wakes up one of the best streets for unbridled entertainment - Bangla Road.

It comes alive in front of your eyes, filling with people, lighting the lights of night bars, clubs and discos. Bangla Road is not necessary to look - it is the main street of Patong, it connects the two main roads of the city leading to the sea.

It is not difficult to find entertainment to your liking: a traditional restaurant or American McDonald's, sports bars or a disco.

 Bangla Road on a map of Patong

Bangla Road is often compared to Wolkin Street, but this famous Phuket street is not so depraved. During the day it is an ordinary inconspicuous street with busy traffic, filled with traditional Thai stores and stalls, but after 6 pm the entrance for traffic is closed, and one after another start to open entertainment venues, offering nightlife in the Thai way.

Overview of Bangla Road lanes

As you begin your journey, pay attention to the exchange office, the drugstore and a number of tents located near the beach - their services may be useful to you.

And after 50 meters you will find the carnival motley nightlife Patong with crowds of people, dressed up drag queens, making a living photograph with tourists, street magicians and other artists of original genres.

Бангла Роуд – улица длиною в 350 м, её пересекают небольшие переулки Soi, на каждом шагу которых расположены бары, рестораны и клубы. Каждый переулок уникален, поэтому познакомимся с ними поближе.

Soi Easy

At the very beginning, the closest to the sea is Soi Easy Lane. Its undeniable advantage is the canopy stretched between the two-storey buildings of bars and discos. Thanks to this you can have fun here in any weather. Here you will find several traditional bars and discos, as well as more than two dozen so-called bier bars, where the girls for a fee will perform anything you want a tourist's soul.

Стоит выделить ирландский бар “Scruffy Murphy’s”, который порадует вас душевной живой музыкой в национальном стиле. Go-go бар “Secret” с хорошей шоу-программой с участии  тайских моделей из Бангкока.

Большой популярностью на Пхукете пользуется дискотека “Hollywood”. Находится она на втором этаже. Здесь нет танцпола как такового, только ряд столиков, но это никак не влияет на популярность дискотеки.

Soi Gonzo

Следующий переулок – это Сои Гонзо, гораздо более тихий и укромный, нежели предыдущий. Это рай для меломана. В каждом баре здесь – своя музыка, от популярной эстрады до тяжелого металла.

Здесь не гонятся за актуальностью и модными тенденциями, и многие заведения имеют тот же дизайн и внешний вид, что и десять-пятнадцать лет назад. Атмосфера 90-х придется по душе соскучившимся по тому лихому десятилетию. Среди баров обратите внимание на “Black Cat Bar”,  “Tahiti Bar” и скандальный “Aussie Bar” – это кусочек Австралии на Пхукете.

There is also a disco with free admission "White Room".

Soi Crocodile

Сои Крокодил – местечко не для всех. Это переулок трансвеститов – «катоев», как их называют в Таиланде. На Пхукете он известен как Soi Kathoeу. Свое название получил по названию ныне сгоревшего ночного клуба “Крокодил”. Теперь на его месте “D Club”, заведение, где за 500 бат, целый час можно наслаждаться тайским шоу.

Transvestites in Thailand are also called "ladyboys.

Stories of tourists in Thailand confusing ladyboys with girls have become popular for a reason: it is very difficult to tell them apart from each other in appearance. Ladyboys are as good looking as girls, and often leave the Thai behind in niceness and manners.

Учтите, что фотографирование здесь платное. И не забывайте, что многие бары предлагают нескромные шоу формата ХХХ. Если вас не пугает такой экзотический отдых по-тайски – Soi Crocodile на Пхукете точно для вас.

Soi Eric

It was once a very popular alley: the same music from all the speakers and the same design allowed tired tourists who had traveled halfway down Bangla Road to rest.

Now this place is extremely unpopular, and according to the reviews of many tourists who visited Phuket, Soi Eric can no longer boast of good staff.

Soi Sea Dragon

This alleyway is worth turning down because of the excellent Thai go-go bars, which is why most tourists go here. In fact, Soi Sea Dragon is a separate club in Phuket. Right in the middle of the alley there is a DJ booth and everything around it is decorated with flowers.

In many bars you can play simple logic games, periodically having a drink with the girls at your expense. However, not all of the games on the ingenuity - there are some where you have to show other skills.

Профессиональные игроки-девушки непременно дадут вам одержать победу, но дальше держитесь – вы точно проиграете, правда, немного – заказанный в баре коктейль.

In many bars you will see bells hanging over your heads. If you want to ring them, then after that you have to serve drinks to all comers, including the staff. A kind of challenge for the wide soul of the tourist.

Pay attention to the best go-go bars of the city, for which, in fact, is worth a visit: - House of Sound, Devil's, Play School a Go Go, Candy Club, OMG a Go Go Go and Exotica.

Soi Lion

This has been a new shopping center for a long time. There are also several bars and venues for music bands, so the music lover should turn to Soi Lion if he doesn't mind listening to a live concert.

Soi Tiger

This alleyway is not famous in Phuket for nothing. Soi Tiger is a whole complex of mini bars with its staff, decorated in the cave style: waitresses in short "predatory" suits invariably attract visitors to their place.

На втором этаже комплекса расположена “Tiger Disco”  – одна из знаменитых дискотек Пхукета.

Soi Vegas

Soi Vegas - very popular on Bangla Road, here is the entrance to the disco "Seduction" - the biggest disco in Phuket. There are three dance halls, so you will have a lot of fun. The first is Australian, with surfboards, canoes and, of course, a huge dance floor. The second room is for leisurely relaxation with a glass of exotic cocktail in hand. There is also an open veranda.

Admission to this disco is conditionally free. Next to the distributors with the name of the club on the T-shirts you can get a flyer, the presence of which until 23-24 hours will provide a discount on drinks such as vodka or gin. There is a Russian striptease bar called "Moulin Rouge"., A restaurant for lovers of seafood, as well as a bar for those who are tired of the Thai heat - "Ice Bar"., the temperature of the air in which is minus five.

After exploring all these bustling spots, you can head to the south side of Bangla Road for quiet restaurants, cute interiors, simple sports bars and reasonable prices. Soi Patong Resort, Soi Viking and Soi Piadina also offer inexpensive seafood restaurants.

Interesting Facts

• During the holidays, a stage is set up near Bangla Road, on the beach, where vocalists and dancers perform. During the holidays Bangla Road is also the center of entertainment.

•  Songkran is the arena of water battles. Here tourists enjoy immersing themselves in the atmosphere of a reckless childhood and pouring water on each other with water guns and pistols.

• Admission to almost all of the go-go bars and discos is free. But in any case, you should definitely buy some kind of drink.

• Attendance at many shows is free for the first 5 minutes, if you don't like it, you can leave and not pay. It is strictly forbidden to take pictures.

• Almost everywhere the kitchen is open until 11 a.m., drinks are served until 3 a.m. at most. In 24-hour establishments, everything is 24 hours a day.

• Live music is played by Filipinos. And they play very well.

• In the alleys there are many photographers offering to take pictures with exotic animals, vendors of flowers and souvenirs, even children can be found among them. The Thais do not welcome child labor, so they urge you not to buy anything from the little ones. Remember that the souvenirs that seem really worthwhile are fake.

• Beware of individuals trying to offer you "something", they are often distributors of narcotic substances. In Thailand, drug distribution is punishable by death or life imprisonment.

Bangla Road is so varied that it is impossible to experience all its charms at once. It is worth coming here again and again, looking for new entertainment.