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Sauna and Onsen Hopping in Bangkok

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Hi All, wanted to share some of my research into Bangkok sauna group events which seems to follow a clockwork.  Krubb in particular has models / OF stars appearing on the signature Fire party event which involve a Go Go dance and really ‘open invitation’ for a group activity.  I am thinking of just going there during my visit and just walk around and be a fly in the wall lol 😂 

For the all men onsen, think it is primarily for gay cruising spot although it can just be a place just to chill/relax and window shop for eye candies.  I am not too sure about the prevalence of MB in these spots - my guess that its not too common. 

 

Gay Saunas Schedule

Friday: 39 Underground (Mask Party)

Saturday: Krubb  (Fire Party)

Sunday: Sauna Mania (Foam Party)

Monday: R3 (Mask Party)

 

All Men Onsen listing

Kaikan Onsen - well reviewed - seems clean and more popular than the others

Kino Sento

Maxwell Onsen

Zen Onsen

Ryuu Onsen

 

 

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9 hours ago, Kiwi306 said:

During my recent stay in Bangkok I went to Krubb over 2 successive weekends. Weekend visits entitle you to a free admission pass during the week, which I took advantage of once. 

It was teeming with men at the weekend, but nowhere as busy during the week. 

Saturday and Sunday offered free cocktails at 8pm on the top floor, but if you loiter there too long, you will miss out on the show which takes place at the same time on a lower floor. One night the star of the show was an off-season bodybuilder,  who started posing and it wasn't long before he was being fondled and caressed by hungry guys. Before you knew it, he was a top and a bottom at the same time. After the show finished, many guys ended up in the dark room for more action.

It's quite a long way from Silom by BTS. I was staying in On Nut for a week, which was the next stop 

Be warned that there are many stairs, as it's a five storey building.

Thanks,  can you comment on the crowd type? Can everyone have fun despite not being the most fit lol

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On 9/15/2024 at 7:54 PM, macaroni21 said:

@Verchiele I shall be looking forward to your reports. 

Whilst I have heard some reports of the burgeoning "onsen" scene in Bangkok, I have never been to any. No interest ever, even though I am a fan of true Japanese onsens.

I've heard that - maybe you'll confirm in due course - whilst the original rules in the Bangkok places were full nakedness like in Japan, it was impossible to demand it in the Thai places, so now there is an uncomfortable mix of naked and covered men. Moreover, despite a lot of mutual looking, the places are very strict on new-found couples progressing to "action".

Also (if I may be an onsen snob 😉) , what the Thais call an "onsen" is not a true onsen, since a true onsen uses mineralised water from geothermal sources - and indeed the water feels different. Using municipal water and warming it up does not count.

I take your point about onsen, but even some of the well known  onsen in Tokyo do not have access to mineralised/volcanic water, so they have to cheat, so to speak.  My best experience  was outside  Tokyo,  in the Mountains,  where we played golf in the morning. And had our onsen, on the slopes of a nearby volcano. In the snow! Magical.

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Virtually all the big city bathhouses are only "onsen" in the English language. The Japanese are quite fastidious to refer to the municipal water bathhouses by a different name: Sento (銭湯). Other terms I have seen are "Hot baths" or "artificial onsen" or "man-made onsen".

I don't know if there is a law about labelling, but in Japan, Onsen (温泉) is used narrowly to mean what it means.

That said, I have seen cheats (yes. In Japan!) I have seen a city bathhouse say it trucks spring water in from a mountain spring some distance away. They probably add a cupful of spring water to each tub, and try to get away with calling itself an onsen. Haha. But then, that it had to say something about trucking in water from afar tells me they've probably been accused of false advertising.

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14 hours ago, Verchiele said:

Thanks,  can you comment on the crowd type? Can everyone have fun despite not being the most fit lol

The crowd on the days I went was predominantly youngish Asians, but there were quite a few Europeans there too. There were  some athletic and muscular physiques, but also lots of twinky types and guys of all shapes and sizes. But definitely there was a far greater crowd at the weekend rather than during weekdays.

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8 hours ago, Kiwi306 said:

The crowd on the days I went was predominantly youngish Asians, but there were quite a few Europeans there too. There were  some athletic and muscular physiques, but also lots of twinky types and guys of all shapes and sizes. But definitely there was a far greater crowd at the weekend rather than during weekdays.

Thanks. I suspect due to the events on weekends. 

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On 9/19/2024 at 10:12 PM, Kiwi306 said:

Saturday and Sunday offered free cocktails at 8pm on the top floor, but if you loiter there too long, you will miss out on the show which takes place at the same time on a lower floor. One night the star of the show was an off-season bodybuilder,  who started posing and it wasn't long before he was being fondled and caressed by hungry guys. Before you knew it, he was a top and a bottom at the same time. After the show finished, many guys ended up in the dark room for more action.

Wow. Sounds like a hot event and sexy show they put on there in Krubb. 

I'm afraid that I will not have the courage to go there. As I'm always afraid I will not feel comfortabel / welcome as an out-of-shape old farang. Any guys have been there and can tell me my concerns are valid or you say just go there...? How is the sauna-etiquette in Krubb? Do most of the guys walk around naked everywhere or they use the towel provided by the sauna the cover up a bit? ;)

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11 hours ago, emiel1981 said:

Wow. Sounds like a hot event and sexy show they put on there in Krubb. 

I'm afraid that I will not have the courage to go there. As I'm always afraid I will not feel comfortabel / welcome as an out-of-shape old farang. Any guys have been there and can tell me my concerns are valid or you say just go there...? How is the sauna-etiquette in Krubb? Do most of the guys walk around naked everywhere or they use the towel provided by the sauna the cover up a bit? ;)

You are given a small towel.... and I do mean small. Many guys wore underwear too. Most guys seemed to be covered up . However, you were told to be naked during the "show".

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14 hours ago, emiel1981 said:

Wow. Sounds like a hot event and sexy show they put on there in Krubb. 

I'm afraid that I will not have the courage to go there. As I'm always afraid I will not feel comfortabel / welcome as an out-of-shape old farang. Any guys have been there and can tell me my concerns are valid or you say just go there...? How is the sauna-etiquette in Krubb? Do most of the guys walk around naked everywhere or they use the towel provided by the sauna the cover up a bit? ;)

I would say GO! (Although mind you. i have not gone myself 🤪), but I mean - hey - many people there are not 100% models like @Kiwi306 said.  Go with expectations of just enjoying the show and maybe with some steamy activities as bonus.

Its so dark in these places that truly sometimes you cant tell whats infront of you anyway .. and when people are “in the mood”, I think a meat is a meat.

@Kiwi306, would you agree that no matter what your tribe and shape, you still recommend to go?

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On 9/22/2024 at 2:38 PM, Verchiele said:

 

Yes, it's certainly worth trying it out. 

However, as a reminder, there are 5 storeys and you do need to be careful on the steps. It's quite a distance from Silom and, even though Krubb is close to the station, it's a bit complicated to find, so Googlemaps would be recommended.

I wasn't sure exactly where the show was going to take place, so I just asked someone.

 

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Review of Maxwell from other board: “

I visited this place on a Monday evening.  By  about 8.00 p.m., there were about 50 guests.

 

I had a good time there, and the steam room was initially very tame, until suddenly someone took the "matters" in hand and before you know it, the steam room was very active indeed!  Clusters of people were helping each other out, all hands (and mouth) on "deck". 

 

By the way, the food was good too. 

 

Looks like Maxwell onsen is most popular at the time being for gay cruising onsen

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10 hours ago, Verchiele said:

Review of Maxwell from other board: “

I visited this place on a Monday evening.  By  about 8.00 p.m., there were about 50 guests.

I had a good time there, and the steam room was initially very tame, until suddenly someone took the "matters" in hand and before you know it, the steam room was very active indeed!  Clusters of people were helping each other out, all hands (and mouth) on "deck". 

By the way, the food was good too. 

Looks like Maxwell onsen is most popular at the time being for gay cruising onsen

Sounds promising. And location not far from Silom gay-area.

Where did you read this review? Anybody from this forum been to Maxwell already? 

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On 10/2/2024 at 10:20 PM, emiel1981 said:

Where did you read this review? Anybody from this forum been to Maxwell already? 

Hi @emiel1981,

I am not sure if you saw the Massage Insider on X post by @TotallyOz back in June 2024 ?

These are Thai run chat groups.

I also joined these Twitter (X) LINE massage forums - as I wrote about here: 

 

One of these massage forums on LINE recently posted some comments about Maxwell - The Samsung AI auto-translates the LINE chat conversations from Thai to English and you need to be aware that it is not always gender nor person (1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person) correct - so you need to imagine what was really said.

LINE_massage_group_chat_about_Maxwell.jpg.c8683892b4f4b20a1b938d6a35be5c8d.jpg

Hopefully this extra information can help you decide if you will visit this Maxwell place = https://www.maxwellonsen.com/

as it looks very nice.  And if you do, please report back on what your visit was like.

 

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