Solid
 

I went back to Solid for the first time in 3 weeks and was sorry I had waited so long. They have a number of new boys and the best of the previous ones are still there.

!4 boys ranging from slightly fem to masculine. Most on the smaller side which makes them look younger. Boy I took looked maybe 19 to my old eyes and he was 25.

This Bar deserves support. Their drinks are 1/2 the price of Soi Twilight Bars and they have a good selection of boys. Offs are 300 baht. Also I have never been disappointed by the performance .

Go early 8pm and you will have first choice and if you don't find anyone to your taste then the Soi Twilight Bars will just be getting ready to open.

Ha ! I was there Fri night and agree with your comments . I took 2 of my regulars up to a short time room upstairs - 300 bt- (I posted report on another thread .. referring to the article on Prostitution in Thailand.)

Agree good value , fun boys .. same mamasan for years since it was Tomahawk bar opposite Tawan. Sanook maak :)

Beer 120 bht. Later on Friday I dropped in to X-size. They had some sort of puu-chai naraak contest. Couldn't even get a seat and beer 300 BHT !!!

what is a "puu-chai naraak contest"?

Cute guy contest

To be correct "puu-chai naa-rak" "cute guy" contest. When I got there it was towards the end and they were in street clothes so I missed the good part. As well as ripping you off for 300bt a drink, they have these plastic medals on ribbons . They go round the crowd asking for 100 bt each for you to "vote" for your favourite guy by buying a medal to give to him. Just a money making ploy.

-- It's quite some time since I've attended one of those contests in Soi Twilight - off Suriwong rd..
- Then one used to buy roses to give to the boi of one's choice. The contestants would then return the roses to the organisers who would re-cycle the roses for a further 100.Bh. each throughout each stage of the contest, and so on until the end of the contest, by wch. time each rose had ret'd. an handsome profit to the organisers - brilliant! :rolleyes:

The temples do the same thing. You pay 20B for a lotus and put it in pot of water next to the Buddha image and then when it's full they all get recycled and sold again. No one thinks anything of that.

Those yellow buckets with food and stuff that you buy and give to monks as an offering are all carefully wrapped in clear wrap to keep them clean for recycle selling. I always wonder why not just give a cash donation?

Then there's Loy Khrtong when you put coins in the boat as an offering to wash away your sins and boys swim around them taking out the coins that were your offering. Do the boys then end up absorbing your sins?

Religions baffle me.

Solid a go-go bar ...
 

-- Y'day., (30 aug. - Hari Raya fest'l.), an elderly & Am. Acquaintance, (he divides his time between PATTAYA & BKK.), and a couple of his farang friends visited 'SOLID.' A GO-GO BAR - Soi Naras Thiwat 1., (aka. Soi Anuman.),;
- ETA.: around 21.oo.hrs.;
- Drinks at 120.Bh.;
- At that time only three young men seen downstairs; so the farangs didn't stay therein much longer;

-- The couple walked-around the corner into the small sub-soi and looked-in at the massage-parlor that's roughly beneath 'SUPER A.' A GO-GO BAR, none of the YM. therein appealed to either of them.

-- E&OE. as reported speech. -- :)

Who is that really unattractive white guy who sits inside that massage place? He has to be the owner, he was there every time I walked past. Doesn't he understand what a turn off he is?? He was the sole reason I didn't go inside.

I have been a customer of Solid for several years but I think over the last 2 years or so it is "going down". I visited Solid twice last April and there were never more than 5 boys present alas the boy I offed twice. ....forgot his name but he was the only one who did not wear white briefs but blue ones....was a very nice experience. It is really a pity because the mamasan is as friendly as ever and the drinks are reasonably priced. I had a look at the massage place beneath Super A, too but the boys were of veeeery questionable age then, so I did not use their service. I saw than the "midget" there who used to run Twinks (now Nightboys). He was very friendly when I had a look at Twinks but there were some massage boys who were hardly 15...a place to avoid

Visit of 25 nov. ...
 

-- Y'day., 25 nov., evening my Elderly & Am. Friend,(he divides his time beteen PATTAYA & BKK.), and a Mature & English Friend of both of us visited SOLID BAR - Soi Naras Thiwat 1., (aka. Soi Anuman,),;
- ETA. not stated, but possibly not too late;
- Price of drinks: I forget to enquire: :o
- Only six YM. on parade, a couple of whom are olde-timers of some five or so yrs.;
- The Englishman offed one of the YM. and they ret'd. to the former's hotel, (SURIWONGSE - S'wng. rd.), - reportedly an agreeable time was passed by both of them: ;)
-- E&OE. as reported speech. -- :)

Solid bar -
 

-- Y'day., 18 feb., over lunch. with some other & farang friends we were told that SOLID BAR - Naras Thiwat soi 1. had CLOSED a few days earlier: :(
- However, as I prefer to verify such things for myself, I took a walk thither in the everning and am pleased to report that it remains OPEN!
-- :)

It was closed for a few days after the previous staff takeover team finally decided they could not continue, when it re-opened with few decor changes but new management and dancers what little remaining life and character there had been in the bar recently seems to have all but disappeared - 150 baht for a weak drink slopped dis-interestedly down on your table so you can try to catch the attention of a handfull of of fairly uninteresting guys more focused on their mobile phones and chatting to each other than the only customer in the bar did not really turn me on for some reason! personal opinion - your milage may vary! upstairs at SuperA was more lively and more falung fantasy friendly (mobile phones are at least used much more discreetly!) but again YMMV

reportedly some of the ex Solid management and dancers are now involved in an open-fronted bar beer in Soi Twilight

bkkguy

The old Solid crew are at the open bar next to Ocean Boys on Soi Twilight.

I was in the new Solid tonight with a friend and it was not all that bad. We had a good time but there were only 4 boys but they gave us a lot of attention and the service was fine. We were told there will be more boys soon. I expected more of a make over than there was, just a few minor changes. Give them some time before condemning the place.

but its the end boys/friends. The rent went up so high-and the neighbors on what is now isan Ba ta or so decied they could cough it up-that they quit. Either as of today or pretty soon., Indeed a fair quota of their boys had escaped to that Scorpions bar.
was about the only bar left without excessive drink prices and friendly sfere.
Super A-yes indeed, the boys get fined if they use their mobuy there. If too often the thing gets confiscated or has to be put in a locker before work starts till after finish.

" The rent went up so high-and the neighbors on what is now isan Ba ta or..."

I'm guessing that you got that misinformation from Sawatdee from a poster who had the low-down on why the Solid bar closed. That poster did not name his source but I've heard quite a different story from hopefully a different more reliable source but you never know what to believe. That is why I don't repeat what I hear unless I have first hand information.

Bottom line, who cares who owns the place or why the ownership changed.

I was at Scorpion on Sunday and spoke directly with the mamasan - the former mamasan at Solid whom I have known for more than 5 years. He told me exactly the same story as related by pong - that the rent had been doubled and the bar will be taken over by the karoke joint next door. That is a direct quote from him (not second hand) and I assume it is true - but then this is Thailand!

Ahh so it's the mamasan spreading that story--a saving face story. My sorce was closer to the owner. It might even be possible that is what the owner told the mamasan but again, I was told quite a different story.

The source does not want to be named but if anyone is all that interested PM me, meet me and I'll take you to the source person to hear the story I was told. Then you be the judge.

The place is now shut tighter than a duck's fanny. Old Solid, New Solid...bye bye.

Originally Tomahawk, then Solid - (forget Twighlight - same as Screwboy had a brief sojourn there and returned to Patpong) - I hope Solid re-incarnates again. :(

oh no! you are forgetting a load before-in fact Tomahawk was mr. leks domain and in the soi opposite new tawan. Then lek moved over to this now closd place but soon ledft for Jomtien. Lek was of former Golden Cock fame and a sweetheart.
THIS shop I remember first as KING DIAMOND-in the early 90ies, when Superlek Matsuda was still a big draw for japanese and the Lucky S/Super A combo was not as bad as it is now. Have fond memories of KD- my first times in BKK and ''a new discovery''. had some really great guys from here, incl a look kreung Khmer/Thai from Surindr.

I well remember Mr Lek from Tomohawk and Solid- he is still in Jomtien at a host bar next door to Dick's Cafe & waves to me when-ever I pass! Also remember well Superlek Masuda and Lucky underneath SuperA.

Nostalgia ain't what it used to be ! :)

I remember all of that. Superlek especially and fond memories of some wonderful young men who would all be in their early to mid forties by now.

1. So if they are now in their 40's we'd be in our ... oh shit !


2. A bar in Jomtien has a sign "10% discount to over 50's"
- who the hell is going to admit that for 10 bht ? :)

3. Conversation on Jomtien beach between European farang and deck chair boy highlights our cultural and attitudinal differences;

Farang "when's your day off this week"
Thai " no day off - I work every day"
Farang "why not ?"
Thai "because I eat every day!"

Says it all don't you think?

Strolling through Soi Twighlight today some-one called my name - t'was he of the over-sized jacket, but today sans-jacket . He's running the small handkerchief - sized outside bar to the left of the entrance to Scorpion. Says he still has some boys from Solid - we'll see.

The old Solid looks to be closed with a lot of reno work to the ex -Karaoke next door and maybe expanding into Solid's area.

He reckons rent of 50K per month killed Solid.

PS. Dropped in last night. He has previous captain (bald head) and 3 ex-Solid Boys there and drinks only 100bt which is cheap for Twighlight. However - its just a tiny beer bar.