Flushing KTVs / Hostess Bars

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ozmo

#21
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tezzo243 said:
This past Friday I checked out both places mentioned by mrtaiwan, and either of them would be fine for that night out I'm planning. I really thought it would be more difficult to find something due to the language barrier, but thanks to mrtaiwan there's a couple of options already.

I met a buddy of mine at the one closer to main street, that was was somewhat crowded. The other was less crowded, but still a very good place.

Now, initially there was some tension, partly I think because I showed up by myself and I don't know if that's too common (my exceedingly late friend was late even by his standards). There was a little back-and-forth, and my not speaking the language didn't help, but it all worked out after I made it clear I'd respect whatever rules there were.

Slowly, the proverbial ice broke, and before long everyone was having a good time. Even a couple of other customers warmed up a little, which brings me to my next point...

This one guy, in very broken English, and very much drunk, was suggesting another bar/KTV near the downtown area. From northern blvd, he just kept pointing west toward the northern blvd bridge. What I got was that there were supposedly very beautiful woman there. Now, this could be any number of places I guess, and what I'm providing is an essentially useleless detail, but if I get a chance I'll check out around there and see what I come up with.

In the end, all the girls were very nice, so I bought enough alcohol and tipped well, and got home damn late, but happy enough.
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next time just try to be more assertive and squeeze an address out of the guy :]
 
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tezzo243

#22
#22
Hey everyone...hope all of you are doing well...

So, as I've mentioned in a previous post, I've been living back in flushing again after some time away. I appreciate the advice I was given in this thread about KTV/ hostess bars. Had a very good night when my friends visited a while ago, and back in June I hit a few other bars as well.

Now, I know these places seem like a waste of time and money for a lot of people, but going on occasion is fun in my opinion. Back in June I hit a place on farrington street right off northern, as well as one on northern (east of utopia pkwy) and another on 162 street. Earlier in April/May, I hit both places mrtaiwan mentioned, which were cool as well. More often than not, after some understandable tension (often ive been accompanied by non-asian friends)and an "ice-breaking" period, I've met girls who were really very cool. Even though there's varying degrees of a language barrier, and the whole idea is that they're paid to be nice to customers, there have been some genuinely fun nights (although one place wouldn't let 2 guys in, but that's another story...)

Some friends have absolutely loved certain places, some were just happy to be away from their wives for a night, and others absolutely thought it was a rip-off.

Have any of you guys from the board here met up and went out to a bar? I don't know if that's done here, but the reason I ask is I'm looking to check a few places out that I haven't been to. I'd be open to the idea, and even though I've gone to a couple of bars alone and still had a good time, it's usually better with a couple of other people.

Would there be any interest in that kind of thing here?
 
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JIMYDR

#23
#23
tezzo243 said:
Hey everyone...hope all of you are doing well...

So, as I've mentioned in a previous post, I've been living back in flushing again after some time away. I appreciate the advice I was given in this thread about KTV/ hostess bars. Had a very good night when my friends visited a while ago, and back in June I hit a few other bars as well.

Now, I know these places seem like a waste of time and money for a lot of people, but going on occasion is fun in my opinion. Back in June I hit a place on farrington street right off northern, as well as one on northern (east of utopia pkwy) and another on 162 street. Earlier in April/May, I hit both places mrtaiwan mentioned, which were cool as well. More often than not, after some understandable tension (often ive been accompanied by non-asian friends)and an "ice-breaking" period, I've met girls who were really very cool. Even though there's varying degrees of a language barrier, and the whole idea is that they're paid to be nice to customers, there have been some genuinely fun nights (although one place wouldn't let 2 guys in, but that's another story...)

Some friends have absolutely loved certain places, some were just happy to be away from their wives for a night, and others absolutely thought it was a rip-off.

Have any of you guys from the board here met up and went out to a bar? I don't know if that's done here, but the reason I ask is I'm looking to check a few places out that I haven't been to. I'd be open to the idea, and even though I've gone to a couple of bars alone and still had a good time, it's usually better with a couple of other people.

Would there be any interest in that kind of thing here?
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UG does not allow meetings.
 
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mrtaiwan

#27
#27
mrtaiwan said:
Toward the end of August, one Saturday at the 159th St place, maybe Aug 20 or 27. They are open every day.

Stay tuned.
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Sorry I never made this happen. But I was there last weekend and had a good time. Let me know if anyone still wants to make a group trip.

Question for the board: the owner said she wanted to hire a security guard. What is the collective wisdom of the board about who and what this person should be? FYI most of the patrons are Korean men.
 
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paperpusher

#28
#28
mrtaiwan said:
Sorry I never made this happen. But I was there last weekend and had a good time. Let me know if anyone still wants to make a group trip.

Question for the board: the owner said she wanted to hire a security guard. What is the collective wisdom of the board about who and what this person should be? FYI most of the patrons are Korean men.
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Count me in if I can find a way that my wife does not go nuts over a night out with the boys. LOL
 
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lamps

#29
#29
mrtaiwan said:
Sorry I never made this happen. But I was there last weekend and had a good time. Let me know if anyone still wants to make a group trip.

Question for the board: the owner said she wanted to hire a security guard. What is the collective wisdom of the board about who and what this person should be? FYI most of the patrons are Korean men.
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sound good.. let me know when
 
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searching4ever

#37
#37
Great read! I'm also from Taiwan and my last trip there got capped off with a trip to a Taipei hostess bar. I ran up a purty big bill that night, but it was fun fun fun. After coming back to NJ/NYC, I kept hearing about staff at the American hostess bars (United Nations and K-town area perhaps?) making customers so drunk they can't even see how much $ they signed away. I shied away as a result.

For the numbers I'm seeing here, I just might want to hop on board. I don't imbibe heavily either (not enough alcohol dehydrogenase in my system, so I'm red after two).

I'll be following this thread closely!
 
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