Atlas bar

[Jimbillp]

I thought worth a new title as this place bound to be much talked about.

At behest of Vinapu I attended opening night of new bar Atlas.  It is opposite Hot Male on site of previous Sol and Dreamboys.

In summary it is Tawan moved to a bigger and better venue.  Focus on muscle and seemed to be largely drawn from previous staff and performers at forementioned.

Show had same ingredients as I recall from Tawan

- Bodybuilding displays 

- then ladyboy singers, aiming for comedy

- Then the muscle show and as explicit as you see these days with blow jobs and one twink being fucked and toward end the tip for cum show.

- also the big cock and floor boy rotations

Mix of boys -   Some genuinely good muscle, some a bit hefty, odd twink, oldish on whole and same approach of being very interactive with audience  - Joining for drinks and circulating for big cock show.

it helped there were some guests, including Vinapu’s friend, who opened bottles and were tipping - also a very generous Chinese man giving red notes infinitum and cans of soft drink. This creates ambiance and reduces the sense of pressure on others   

Audience maybe 40 patrons over evening. Very, very few women.  

if you liked Tawan, you will like this place   Question is can they rebuild that ‘offer’ and will they see inevitable closure of ‘the one’ which replaced old Tawan.

[khaolakguy]

Gold badge for providing a report from the opening night!

[vinapu]

5 hours ago, khaolakguy said:

Gold badge for providing a report from the opening night!

Gold badge ? What about Order of British Empire or something ?

 

by the way in OP  I see big black space but  nothing in it , no picture , no video , nothing. What about you guys ?

[vinapu]

6 hours ago, Jimbillp said:

 

if you liked Tawan, you will like this place   Question is can they rebuild that ‘offer’ and will they see inevitable closure of ‘the one’ which replaced old Tawan.

 

Great job jimbillp ! very thank you. 

It would be better if those bars co-existed instead of one cannibalizing other but that is beyond anybody's control as too many factors are involved - bosses, boys , customers and boys in brown. Certainly it gives Atlas much better exposure than kind of niche location The One enjoys.  

[Travelingguy]

Perhaps the owner(s) of Atlas saw an opportunity with the current (mis)management of The One that seems to be alienating customers as many on this forum have attested to.  Hopefully people will find Atlas to be more welcoming.  That would be better for customers and workers.

[jason1975]

Thank you for report on 1st night of new bar! This bar will bring life to the street and might even make the whole stretch rival soi 4 as gay Bangkok in future! If only a gay bar will take over Virgin opposite Foodland..

[Jimbillp]

35 minutes ago, Travelingguy said:

Perhaps the owner(s) of Atlas saw an opportunity with the current (mis)management of The One that seems to be alienating customers as many on this forum have attested to.  Hopefully people will find Atlas to be more welcoming.  That would be better for customers and workers.

It is a much better internal space, and location if they can make it work.  They had glitches but wasn’t bad for opening night.  They do need to think about a few things and refresh.  Second drink at 500 is too steep. 
it’s also made the road outside even more congested.  Four sets of barkers almost on top of each other, but that critical mass can help all too.  

[Jimbillp]

1 hour ago, vinapu said:

Gold badge ? What about Order of British Empire or something ?

 

by the way in OP  I see big black space but  nothing in it , no picture , no video , nothing. What about you guys ?

It was meant to be picture of outside of bar with lights on. But hasn’t uploaded correctly

[jason1975]

Does Atlas collect fee for entrance and drink upfront at counter like at Tawan, Jupiter and Moonlight? 500 baht I presume?

[vinapu]

1 hour ago, jason1975 said:

! If only a gay bar will take over Virgin opposite Foodland..

one bar at the time !

[jason1975]

8 minutes ago, vinapu said:

one bar at the time !

There are two bars opposite Foodland. One is Virgin. I cannot remember the name of the other bar.

[reader]

Virgin X

[Kiwi306]

Well, it certainly sounds exciting, but, by the same token, it would be sad to see the demise of Tawan, which I understand has been the longest running gay gogo bar in Silom. It was certainly the first bat I ever visited in Bangkok.

I guess many of The One boys will end up at Atlas.

[jamiebee]

3 hours ago, Kiwi306 said:

Well, it certainly sounds exciting, but, by the same token, it would be sad to see the demise of Tawan, which I understand has been the longest running gay gogo bar in Silom. It was certainly the first bat I ever visited in Bangkok.

I guess many of The One boys will end up at Atlas.

I have the same sentiment. My only purpose in visiting Bangkok is for the Food, Sightseeing, and Tawan Muscle Body Builder type boys. 

It's sad that things are going downhill for The One/Tawan due to mismanagement and may be lack of drive from the boys themselves. 

Now that there is a competitor, I hope they up their game. Otherwise, they will be swept along with other bar closures and be forgotten completely.

I hope I see more Trip reports of Atlas thriving.

[vinapu]

5 hours ago, jamiebee said:

 

It's sad that things are going downhill for The One/Tawan due to mismanagement and may be lack of drive from the boys themselves. 

Now that there is a competitor, I hope they up their game. Otherwise, they will be swept along with other bar closures and be forgotten completely.

 

swept along, possible . Forgotten , never mind completely , impossible. 

Certainly having competitor nearby and working in the same format, probably competing for the same customers and trying to attract the same guys as employees  creates both danger and opportunity for BOTH bars. Is up to them how they manage that.

I agree about mismanagement in Tawan and no doubt some boys lost a sense of good customer service , both in bar and when offed, thinking that asking for tip or drink at every turn endears them to prospective patrons. 

Days when my trip was on Tawan monodiet are long gone but in wouldn't mind in future one with simply alternating between those two , Atlas on even and Tawan on odd days  but Tawan needs to improve and Atlas learn of Tawan mistakes

[spoon]

I do wish tawan will remain, so there will be some sort of competition, which should be good for the market. Hopefully it will also translate to more muscular guys at gogo bars on offer. 

At the same time, i wish atlas bar will be more innovative in their offerings and more aggressive in their hiring of muscular guys. Long gone where we have several guys who we can classify them as tawan superstar. Maybe we should start to see it making a comeback in atlas bar.