Red light city guide of Nakhon Ratchasima
This is a post from our forum that we updated in June 2022.
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Coyote Bars“girly” bars, where you buy the girls drinks, enjoy their company and perhaps negotiate something more. However, Korat is not Bangkok or Pattaya and you may find that no-one speaks any English
The most popular coyote bars is Mix (beside Dok Mai Café or 18 Mongkut). Do note that Peace 2 doesn’t exist anymore and there are special rules during COVID. All places reopened as normal on 1st June 2022 after a break because of COVID, with the usual hours.
All coyote bars in Korat are free to enter. Some close at 4am. Girls will want you to buy them Tequila, often more than one, and you will pay 125 to 150 baht for a shot. Some money obviously goes to these ladies and after a quota of ‘x’ number of ladydrinks have been bought some of them can finish their night and go home. Most of these ladies will have boyfriends but as this is Thailand everything is negotiable. With a few beers, a few tequila shots, you might end up with a bill of 1,000 baht.
There are also many Karaoke places for Japanese clients. These are normally very expensive. One or two are on Jomsurang Road, not too far from Klang Plaza. One near V-One hotel, another one near 8 Bistro and one near the Sima Thani hotel. Ask the prices before ordering drinks or a girl sits with you. You normally have to pay for a lady to sit with you unlike in Coyote bars where you pay for their drinks but not their time. These places open and close very quickly and might not be the same six months on. I remember ordering two beers once, stayed an hour, and got a bill for 4,500 baht…
Gogo-Bars. As in The Hangover 2; the typical perception of Thailand nightlife
None in Korat.
“freelancers”i.e. girls ‘looking for business’ on the street
Sometime found in the park near Yamo statue in the centre of town. They are there at night, maybe after 10pm until very late. The price will be 300-500 baht, some are younger, some older. You must pay the hotel around 100-120 baht for a short time. These are not luxurious hotels, and be careful about diseases. Yamo park (also called Suan Ruk) has been well known for many years but the police do try and clean the place up every once in a while.
Another spot for freelancers is in just in front of Chao Phraya hotel (Now called May Flower). These ladies, younger and sometimes attractive are 1,500 baht upwards for foreigners. You often have to discuss with the tuktuk drivers to settle the price. And then you must find a room. Also near Chayapreuk hotel (there is an Amazon coffee there).
Massage parlors
The main part of Korat naughty nightlife. These are the most popular places for men looking to have some fun. And there are many of them in Korat. These are not “Soapy massage” places but even without the soap, you will get the full service! All of them were closed during COVID but are re-opening on June 1st 2022 as announced by the government.
At ANY of these places, you normally pay a fee that will include a lady for one and half hours for massages and more. They all have some private rooms, some with a bathtub, some with showers, and some without anything. You can also just go and have a beer.
For 1,000-2,000 baht, you can get a massage, a bath or shower, and a good time. I always include a beer with it!
The most famous massage parlors in Nakhon Ratchasima are: (These places operate with a license of full service)
Ginza, in front of Klang Plaza 2. Probably the best and cleanest, girls from 1,200 to 2,300. Behind the glass, these are cheaper than the ones on the sofa.
Babylon is in the parking lot of Korat Hotel, beside what was called Speed 2. A lady is manager (or was manager, things change quickly) and they normally have a good selection.
The previous places will close at around midnight. There are other massage places where more is on offer. You pay about 300 to 500 for a normal massage, you can get drinks if you want, and then you negotiate with the lady if you want more than a massage, which is normally between around 1,000 baht. Look for Erawan, and “MeiHua” (Beautiful flower in Mandarin). The manager there on day time can speak English, Mandarin and some Japanese. In these massage places, some ladies will not do more than a massage but most do (and will let you know if they do). In 2019 the health ministry has asked massage places to remove their advertising about “massage” as they offer more than massages (and the massages are often sub-standard). Meihua has currently the best selection and it’s open 24/24.
MeiHua massage (https://maps.app.goo.gl/4Dk5RshUBvrivU8r9)
Massage parlour in Chao Praya Hotel. Not sure what you can get there… but around this area, it is normally whatever you want!!
Paza. A quiet place, open for YEARS and YEARS (maybe 30 or 40 years). Nice place, nice selection, 1,000 to 1,600 (rare) but the rooms are quite old. It is a little bit like Osaka.
Osaka is a place near the Five Way intersection. It also used to be one of the first massage parlours when the Americans were in town for the Vietnam war. Osaka is still open, just beside Mix. Osaka might be the best place during daytime.
Palace, close to KoratChef. There are ladies just for massage and others for much more. Similar prices to Ginza, Paza, Babylon. There was another place in front of the Palace that was closed down recently.
If you want another naughty place, ask Thai people where is located BAAN SI CHOMPU (or the pink house). Foreigners are normally NOT welcome there. It’s a Thai place. Location is https://goo.gl/maps/9KeTnNe235F2
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