Angeles City (Balibago) Tips

[freezone]

Originally Posted by phantomtiger2

Man, you guys are killing me. How do you do it
How did you dig up my secret past life. I must confess you are also correct although I don't know how you guys do it. Some of you here are indeed great detectives and have excellent memories. Do some of you work for MI-6, CIA or Sgn secret service??

All of the above

[etsys]

Originally Posted by The Lord

For lovers of hard liquour i just found out that many of the bars do not serve genuine liquor. So ur Black or Double Black may not actually be what its meant to be.

Found out that some bars source their Chivas at P400-500.

Guys beware

Ben Moore ?? Distilled and Blended ?? Well, go for Single malt Pare, skip Blend if possible ..

As for liquor, Filipinos can say fuck all, but they never learn to 'time manage' liquor. I was in one bar in Peurto, and Black Label taster like acid water .. and well, I insisted that I see the bottle .. and the bottle label look like 1950's label. They never dispose expired bottle, and keep it forever, as they believe, or taught in their HRM schools that Hard liquor never expires .. screw them .. hence I ask to see the bottle and if the label looks like it has lived through Vietnam War and Marcos Era, I give it a miss ..

As for Tanduay, at another bar, I ordered Mojito, and one sniff, I almost had to call the ambulance .. when I asked what was the rum, the staff said "rum" and then insisted that in his school, they said any rum is ok ..

I got the urge to shoot the bastard ..

Never use local rum, in cocktails, and nothing like Bacardi or any good coconut rum .. and never, for fxxxk sake, use TANDUAY TOILET BOWL SPIRIT ..

I know, beachside, sipping Mojito, and my evening was spoilt again in Bora .. when the same shit happened at Obama Grill ..

Damn .. I avoid cocktails at any filipino bar .. and premium - except in Manila / Havana / MBC, I am bit wary of ordering them in any third class bar ..


PS: Chief, 400 to 500 peso ? that is about 15 $ right ? How much do you think is the wholesale price of Liquor ?? Screw Duty Free .. but, if you are getting from a wholesale importer, they can get bottles at 22 S$ or so .. to 30 S$ .. then again, in Philippines, they use a lot of 375 ml bottles, and even bump of 200 ml bottles, so, small bottle at that price, yeah, possible ..

And never argue with filipinos, they will swear that there is 750 ml or 1 liter bottle .. and they have been all over the world (in terms of screwing guys from all over the world .. without leaving their home .. )

[freezone]

Originally Posted by The Lord

Honeykos bf remains steady at 1000p

other bars in between 1200-2000p

ofcourse the big boys like atlantis have bfs as high as 3000p, 4000p,5000p etc.

All info from a regular barhopper who lives here

I can tell you 1st hand (don't need one that lives in AC). HoneyKo is a main and standard hangout for AngMos and expats. Girls here are friendly but not many SYT. Small bar with a VERY SMALL dance stage.
No happy hours here but beers are cheap enough anytime.
5000p
My opinion is any BF over 2500p is insane and I have never paid anything over 2000p BF for AC, not worth it .

[freezone]

Originally Posted by etsys

taught in their HRM schools that Hard liquor never expires .. screw them .. hence I ask to see the bottle and if the label looks like it has lived through Vietnam War and Marcos Era, I give it a miss ..

As for Tanduay, at another bar, I ordered Mojito, and one sniff, I almost had to call the ambulance ..)

Yes, I remember my 1st times in PI and thinking a bar is a bar had order some liquor. Bad move as it was either water down or just junk from some rice farmers back yard. Phantom was with me back then and his great advice to me was only order drinks that are newly opened. So thats why he said to stick to only beers at the bar and for any hard liquor, don't order at the bar but buy your own (or bring own from Duty free shops) and drink it back in the room.

Freez

[etsys]

5000, is the money, that I don't even spend in Manila well, some people got $ to throw, and of course, I don't think they spoil the market, as the girls will ask 5,000 and then realise not many taker, and then price go down ..

And the higher the price, the screwed up their attitude .. and they expect you to 'treat them lady like ..' etc. etc. . if I want so much lady like I go find GF I don't ill treat, but expect me to fall over you after paying $ ? no way jose'

As for liquor, as you mention, that is why I sometime prefer to stick to beer bottle .. and I don't fancy myself drunk in some god-forsaken place .. I prefer to do that in Singapore ..

[ZIEBART]

Originally Posted by etsys

And the higher the price, the screwed up their attitude .. and they expect you to 'treat them lady like ..' etc. etc. . if I want so much lady like I go find GF I don't ill treat, but expect me to fall over you after paying $ ? no way jose'

Fully agree with you.

[The Lord]

Heavy rain this mornin for couple of hours.

Wah cold outside.

[ZIEBART]

Originally Posted by freezone

The tip range is not always exact. Really depends on which bar and location and how many drinks you ordered and if waitress was nice while at the bar. The range that Ziebart gave is correct.
Just for the record, I normally tip 10p also but usually if I was in perimeter or Santos, but will increase to 20p if I stay in bar longer, had ordered 2-3 beers and waitress was nice. Now if waitress was too pushy (the type that bothers you for LD all the time, must choose girl already--you know the type) then my tips start going down to zero.
The higher end bars on Fields, I usually give 20p (even with only 1 beer) if the waitress was nice, but again will give less (or zero) if pushy and bitchy.

And also just for the record, I had never tip a waitress over 20p.
Note: Locals almost never tip.

Hope this helps.

Freez

Gosh, my hats off to you. Very well written. You, indeed, are the MAN.

[The Lord]

Hmmm. . .

U shame me sia.

How u get this kinda fantastic pricing? 2p a tab?

Originally Posted by ZIEBART

I don think she asked for just any type of cough syrup. If she had accepted any brand, she would have been able to buy for about 100p. I myself would opt for antihistamine tablets at 2p a tablet. 3 tablets a day.

[The Lord]

Locals never tip. Caucasians are kuripot.

Its we who r generous.

When u tip 10p the girl does not show u black face or pass comments ah?

Originally Posted by freezone

The tip range is not always exact. Really depends on which bar and location and how many drinks you ordered and if waitress was nice while at the bar. The range that Ziebart gave is correct.
Just for the record, I normally tip 10p also but usually if I was in perimeter or Santos, but will increase to 20p if I stay in bar longer, had ordered 2-3 beers and waitress was nice. Now if waitress was too pushy (the type that bothers you for LD all the time, must choose girl already--you know the type) then my tips start going down to zero.
The higher end bars on Fields, I usually give 20p (even with only 1 beer) if the waitress was nice, but again will give less (or zero) if pushy and bitchy.

And also just for the record, I had never tip a waitress over 20p.
Note: Locals almost never tip.

Hope this helps.

Freez

[The Lord]

Thats scary.

But the mis information campaign has succeeded.

A lot of people beliwve the underage girls story

Originally Posted by freezone

The raid at Honeypot was due to some false charges and the excuse for the raid was due to underage girls working there. None were found but once a bar is raided it is then an excuse to get as much money out of the bar owner and all workers as humanly possible. I heard that All the girls working there(none underage) had to also pay a "large bribe" to be released. As of last week, the owner remains in custody due to inability to pay for his release on the charge of having underage workers even when none were found. Welcome to PI

[The Lord]

Its really up to u bro.

What question this?

Originally Posted by giogioarmani7

much appreciated for the info. 1-2 dollars cheap for the drinks. so normally per night, how many bars will u barhop and each bar how long the duration there?.. sorry for the lame question coz i never been there yet

[ZIEBART]

Originally Posted by The Lord

Hmmm. . .

U shame me sia.

How u get this kinda fantastic pricing? 2p a tab?

Forgive me if I shamed you accidentally. I travel everywhere in the Pi and get to buy the cheapest stuffs. Even AC is expensive for me now. But who knows,... I may die faster with my 2p tabs.

[The Lord]

This is getting wonderfully interesting.

Phantom n u go back a long way then.

So i was just a phantom follower from 10 years while you actually immersed urself in phantoms company.

Now i envy u

Originally Posted by freezone

Yes, I remember my 1st times in PI and thinking a bar is a bar had order some liquor. Bad move as it was either water down or just junk from some rice farmers back yard. Phantom was with me back then and his great advice to me was only order drinks that are newly opened. So thats why he said to stick to only beers at the bar and for any hard liquor, don't order at the bar but buy your own (or bring own from Duty free shops) and drink it back in the room.

Freez

[The Lord]

Yes many helpful brothers out here.

this kinda camaraderie bodes well for us


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Originally Posted by winfieldgold

i very much agree with bro ziebart's comments here. I was only introduced to AC in 2008 and been loving it and going back since. The FRs and advise given here is veri good for newbies who want to check out the action in AC.
Good to see this "care and share" attitude among all AC cheongsters maintained
kudos to all the bros who have provided sound advice and FRs.