Gay Bars and Entertainment Venues in Chiang Mai
Chang Phuak area :
The Chang Phuak area is the major gay area of Chiang Mai where all of the larger gay venues are located. All of the
places mentioned below are close together within walking distance or a short
Tuk Tuk ride.
Please ask our staff for directions or transport arrangements.
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Thong Kwao Rd
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| Garden Bar |
2/25 Soi Viangbua, Chotana Rd,
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| Metro Bar |
1/21-22 Soi Viangbua, Chotana Rd,
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| Fit Bar |
Santitham Plaza
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| Spirit House |
Viangbua Road
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| Sabbai Dee |
61 Santitham Road
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Host bars most of which have shows including nudity.
3/5-6 Hatsadisawee Rd Soi 3,
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181/40-41 Chang Phuak Rd
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27/1-2 Soi 4, Chang Phuak Rd, Chang Phuak
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161/7-8 Soi Erawan, Chang Phuak Rd
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Huay Kaew/Nimanhemin Rd Area:
Telephone: 053-404-361
Located in small Soi off Hatsadisawee Rd, Host bar
with Show. Walking distance from Radchada Café
Telephone: 053-212-805
www.freeguy-club.com
Located in next soi on left after the Mecure hotel (Formerly Novotel) when heading away from the city.
Host bar with raunchy show and handsome staff. Also has massage available.
Club Gooves
Telephone: 053-410-241
Formerly Doi Boy's Host bar. Walking distance from Radchada Café.
Circle Pub
Telephone: 053-214-996
Host bar with show, busy and popular with Thai customers
This area is the most sophisticated area of town popular with ex-pats and Thai yuppies and professionals. The venues here are all upmarket, and classier but with higher prices.
20/3 Huay Kaew
Road
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22 Sirimungkarajan Road, access off Huay Kaew Road opposite Hillside 4 Condotel
Room 1 project, 61, Nimmanhaemin Rd.
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Soho
Telephone: 053-404-175;
www.sohochiangmai.com
Very popular gay bar, smart casual atmosphere.
La Vie en Rose
Telephone: 053 895 199;
la-vie-en-rose.110mb.com
Brand new trendy bar by Krit, adjacent to Nimman Kitchen restaurant by the same owners. Excellent Northern Thai food too!
Telephone: 053-218-479
glassonion-chiangmai.com
Sophisticated wine bar popular with gays, opposite "Warm Up"
The Night Bazzar area is Chiang Mai's main tourist location with most of the venues here aiming primarily at the tourist market.
Thapae soi 1: around the now defunct Peak Climbing wall (destroyed by a fire on 1 Jan 2008) is a group of small open air beer bars, The Peak is due to be re-developed and many of the bars have closed down, the whole site is in terminal decline and expected to shut in the next few months. Bars currently still open:
- MTVee Bar (web site)
- Paradise Bar
- Friendship Bar
Thapae soi 1: Opposite entrance to D2 Hotel, a row of small beer bars adjacent to the "Foxy lady" bar. Chiang Mai's popular sleaze alley; more commercial than the Peak Bars with many freelancers (Mainly straight).
There is also a very small new bar between Dragon King and Cruise |
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119 Kampangdin Road (near Mae Ping Hotel)
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Closed Down:
The following venues often get mentioned on out of date websites and have gone completely or are currently closed:
- Coffee Boy (Closed 2009)
- Chameleon (Now Jungle Juice bar)
- Cupid Bar (Closed August 2008)
- Chez Nous (Closed August 2008)
- Escape (closed June 2008)
- Club9
- Munro's Showbar
- Kudos Bar (Closed Sept 2007)
- Adams Apple (Closed July 2006 - Under renovation expected to reopen mid 2009)
- Lanna Corner
- Fan Club
- Hot Boy
- DD Club (now something else?)
- 2 Style
- Bar 66 (Closed August 2006)
- Simon Cabaret (Closed end of July 2007)
- M2M Bar
- Jackpot Bar (Now "See You")
- Chicago Bar (Now Dragon King)
- Friends Bar (At Night Bazzar - now straight girlie bar, not to be confused with Friendship bar which is still open and very gay ;))
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Bars in the small alley next to the Chiang in Hotel and adjacent to the Peak -
these disapeared when they converted the Chiang Inn into D2 Hotel.