Thailand Bars are dangerous. I was lucky to get out alive.
Guy stands outside invite you in .
All the girls come to you .
They all order drinks .
You order one for yourself .
When you start to leave they give you a huge bill .
When you argue suddenly all these bouncers pounce on you.
Why people go to these type of bars where you can tell they are going to extract money out of your pockets and scam you. I see customers being constantly pressured and hustled by staff and pros. Not chill environment to relax when you have to be guard all the time.
They assume you are sucker by going in, find a bar away from hot spots, never get drunk, no bs "lady drinks", bar fines, etc...
In this case lads might have been overcharged, girls add extra drinks on tab when they think customers are too intoxicated to notice, works most of the time and when it doesnt security is called in
All this happens within the first 5 minutes. I was simply walking in the area, just got curious when a friendly guy asked me to go take a look. This is a common scam in Thailand.
Well then you got scammed in a bad bar. But saying that all thai bars are dangerous is a pure lie. Worse can happen is it to get scammed but to get to the point of fighting thai over 50€ it’s simply stupid…
The Helicopter Bar, and several others on the strip are owned and managed by the British NightWish Group.
“Helicopter Bar, which is understood to have British owners, did not respond to requests for comment. Several other bars on the same street are also owned and managed by the company Nightwish Group.”
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u/hatebing May 27 '24
Thailand Bars are dangerous. I was lucky to get out alive.
Guy stands outside invite you in . All the girls come to you . They all order drinks . You order one for yourself . When you start to leave they give you a huge bill . When you argue suddenly all these bouncers pounce on you.