Prostitution in Angeles City — An overview

Angeles City in the Philippines is one of the easiest places in the world to get laid for anyone willing to shell out a few bucks. In one concentrated area sex is sold in a number of bars and related venues. For some it is the center of the whole city.

Another great legacy of war and the US military, the place sprung up as a haven of prostitution when the US had thousands of troops stationed nearby. Those people are long gone. But the houses of ill repute remain, mainly concentrated along one road called Fields Avenue

Getting there is easy. One can fly into Manila and take a taxi or bus for an hour or two, or fly directly into Angeles City via Clark Airport. There are lots of hotels available, ranging from shacks to top notch accommodation. One can easily book a hotel online before they show up. Or just find something when they arrive. As long as they get set up somewhere on Fields Avenue, they’ll be in walking distance of tons of adult entertainment.

Angeles City prostitution

Fields Avenue is where the main action is. At one end, labeled “Walking Street” (even though lots of vehicles make their way through) there are dozens of go go bars. Unlike the go go bars in Thailand where the women on stage do nude dances, shower shoes, lesbian shows and more, the stuff here is pretty timid. Most of the staff are poor girls from far away provinces trying to make some money to send home and possibly even score a husband who can offer her some financial security. There is no sanctioned nudity whatsoever. Bars can get shut down for it. Sometimes though, customers will luck out and get into a situation where they can see some tits or get jerked or sucked off in a dark corner.

Foreign currency can be changed into Philippine Pesos at any of the exchange places on Walking Street. It’s safest to do it during the day and be discreet about it. Those with US dollars who don’t get a chance to convert their currency needn’t worry. Most bars will change American money at a similar rate while the customer waits.

Outside of the “Walking Street” area there are plenty more bars all the way up to the Lewis Grand Hotel, which locals sometimes call “the White House”. Further up “Perimeter Road” there are even more bars, often opening and closing earlier. These are usually staffed with less attractive women.

Bars and bar fines

Once inside of an Angeles City go go bar customers will see a number of women on stage dancing, usually in some kind of bikini or uniform. Too much shouldn’t be expected outside of the big bars like Atlantis. Mostly, it’s a bored two step. After a few minutes the mamasan will usually ring a bell and the next set of girls will get up and dance. In bigger bars there may be a hundred of more women working in three groups. In the smallest ones there may only be 3 or 4.

Customers can order drinks for themselves and enjoy the show. When they see someone they like, they can either make eye contact and call her over or ask a waitress or mamasan to ask her to join for a drink. In many bars the women will have numbers on their uniforms somewhere to make it easier to indicate interest in a particular lass. When the girl comes over, customers can chat a bit, usually after buying her a lady drink. She gets some of the money for that, so it’s about double the price of a normal drink.

Customers who hit it off with a gal may want to ask her to leave together. The standard in Angeles City is that she will go for a “long time” with the customer, which means until sometime the next morning. Some of the shittier hustler bars are now pushing short time, but many consider this a shady practice. Customers will pay a barfine to the mamasan. In some cases they buy a bottle of some terrible local drink instead, even though they’re really just paying the barfine in an indirect way. Next they can then head out to grab a bite or go straight back to the hotel. Whatever they’d like to do. The hotels here are mostly all girl friendly and customers don’t have to introduce their temporary guests to the staff at the check in counters.

If customers have special requests on ladies or activities, they can usually talk to the mamasan in any club. They simply tell her what they’re looking for and in ninety percent of cases, she’ll be able to deliver.

Angeles City go go bars

Viking used to operate under another name. It was redesigned to look like a ship. The designed succeeded to some degree. Otherwise the bar is still about average. This place isn’t to be confused with Shipwreck which is right across the street from Kokomos Hotel. It is still small with only a few women on staff but at times there can be some real beauties inside.

Club Asia is huge but half of it is basically empty. The staff and customer bar simply don’t match with the space. I guess it’s good to have room to breath but when a bar looks almost abandoned that can’t be great for business. There are probably ten women dancing at any time. One line of women wears wife beaters. The other wears old style bikinis.

Arcadia is another large bar. They have more women on staff but for some reason they don’t seem able to attract many lookers for their regular dancing routines. Ultimately beauty is in the eye of the beholder. There must be some guys who find these women attractive or at least affable or the place wouldn’t be in business. Or perhaps they are kept afloat by the many Japanese and Korean guys always found inside who go after the handful of beauties in nightgowns. These women seem to have little interest in Western guys. Probably because they know which side of their bread is buttered.

The best thing at Acardia is probably the waitstaff. More than a few are good looking. They wear short skirts and are very attentive. Every once in a while the music drops and the waitresses participate in a big group dance that looks like something out of a Filipino prison. Someone has posted a video of Arcadia online. I don’t know how long it will last.

Monsoon has operated under many names over the years. All were related to natural disasters. The place is located directed across from Kokomos Hotel. It’s not large but the stage is well situated right in the middle of the floor and it is always stuffed full of women. At least two different lines of dozens of women work the stage all night long making for what is one of the biggest dancing groups on the strip. Probably half of the women would be considered good looking by most guys. Deceptive lighting can be an issue however. The few extremely overweight women are impossible to miss but some of the thinner gals hide things like stretch marks and dropping bellies with the way the place is illuminated. There are a lot of waitresses around and they are all attentive. Many also like to flirt and joke around.

Salambo has a large interior space that isn’t really obvious from the street. The stage is of normal size however so much of the room is empty. Most of the ladies on stage are of average attractiveness for the area. They tend to be some of the friendliest around. The women wear clothing instead of bikinis. This seems to be increasingly common in Angeles City. Gone are the days of yesteryear when so many chicks danced nude or with only body paint to cover them. The new trend is actual outfits. At least the clothes at Salambo are on the sexy side. They reveal more than the dresses worn at some other places around. After ever line change the women on stage walk around the entire bar so that everyone can see them up close.

Lollipop still maintains the old school Angeles City go go vibe. The chicks don’t get naked but they do work the little stage and play around. The managers have decided to play dance music instead of the old rock songs heard in so many other bars. Playing music the women like gets them moving around and in a fun mood. Playing songs made in their lifetimes also seems to contribute. Imagine that.

The women at Lollipop tend to be attractive but there are only a few on the little stage at any given time. A set of “spotlight ladies” takes the stage a few times an hour. They have choreographed dance moves and wear things like short jean shorts and bikini tops. They are usually pretty hot with great bodies.

Crystal Palace is a big showy bar with a ton of women mainly dressed in small bikinis on stage. Many are attractive. A few are thin but have baby bellies or stretchmarks that are hidden by the strobe lights constantly in effect. The women usually put a real effort in to dance. Again this is probably due to the more modern music. Thankfully it is played at a reasonable level that does not level patrons temporarily deaf. The women don’t seem to be as interested in sharing a drink and chatting as gals in a lot of other bars. Bar fines aren’t all that common either. There are many suited mamasans around and they always have a stern look on their faces. They direct the women around like cattle with the aid of laser pointers. They aren’t much friendlier to customers.

Tropix is huge and very well lit. They have some of the lowest drink prices around. For some reason the stage is small and from many seats it can barely be seen thanks to pillars and decorations. The few dancers and waitresses around are very nice but usually average looking at best. The ladies wear bikini tops and shorts. There are always more hanging around in the bar than dancing. Maybe because there’s no room for them on stage. The place has had a distinct odor reminiscent of cat piss for years. This may be due to the many leaks in the roof that show whenever it rains.

The Body Shop is spacious. The bar is lined with padded seats that are better than some of the small stools other places force customers into. A stage in the middle of the bar is always filled with women dressed in things like fluffy skirts. Most are average looking. Some are obviously aged or overweight. The place wouldn’t be all that bad if the smell of backed up sewage didn’t permeate throughout the establishment. Unfortunately this is pretty common in both Angeles City and Pattaya. There’s a dream job for a plumber in all of this somewhere.

Red Bar is a newer place. It’s obvious that some real money and thought was put into the place but it resembles a swanky bar more than a go go bar except for the dancing girls. The stage is pushed to the back wall and from some seats it can barely be seen. The music is very modern and the women really seem to like it but the speakers are set on permanent hearing damage levels. Impromptu speeches and announcements of drink specials made through an overmodulated microphone don’t help especially since they can barely be understood. The bar does deserve credit for keeping things clean. The dancers dress in bras and thongs which is also a cut above much of the competition. A lot of the women who work the stage are hot.

Other areas

A lot more karaoke bars aimed at mainly Korean and Japanese customers have opened in recent years. These are scattered throughout the city. None are located on Walking Street. They proudly proclaim on signs advertising job vacancies that pay high wages and don’t require women to do barfines.

There are are also some freelancers around but they are few and far between. Nightclubs bring some in each night. A handful of gals and some ladyboys also hang around the Western entrance to Walking Street at night. I don’t know much about them but I would guess there are reasons they don’t work in bars. They may not be able to pass the health exams or they may have negative histories with bar owners. There are also rumors that some have not yet reached the age of consent but I have never seen any evidence of that at all. The women I’ve seen in the street look to be approaching thirty years of age.

Prices and what’s provided

Barfines vary greatly from one place to the next. Unlike Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, or even go gos in Manila, the barfine here is all inclusive. Whatever the customer pays to the bar is all they pay period. They don’t have to negotiate anything with the girl. In some of the bigger bars the barfines are now as high as 3000 Pesos ($73 USD) for “spotlight dancers.” Normally though customers will pay 1500 – 2000 Pesos ($37-$48 USD) at most bars. Prices are lower on side streets and Perimeter Road.

Those looking for cheaper action often head to Blow Row where the barfines are a lot lower. On the next street over, guys can score short time action either on premises or at their hotels for a mere 700 Pesos. These shops are open most any time. The women who work them usually aren’t as attractive as those in go gos, but once in a while a looker will be found.

The freelancers that work their way up and down Fields Avenue have a mixed reputation. How could it be otherwise? No man is an island. But each freelancer if their own person. Various reasons are given as to why women choose to freelance instead of working in bars. Some may be transgender or unable to pass an STD test. But it is just as likely that a woman would simply like to set their own schedule.

There are numerous massage parlors in Angeles City too. But they rarely offer anything more than therapeutic massage. As a general rule they aren’t happy ending massage parlors. They are just massage centers where women do back rubs and the like.

There are also some escorts and escort agencies operating in Angeles City. None ever seemed to be all that popular for various reasons. But now that Smooci is operating in Angeles City that may change. Smooci is an escort booking website where women and ladyboys list their profiles. Customers can browse the profiles and make bookings at times and places of their choosing. Prices are clear and up front and escorts list their statistics and the services they offer.

Safety and summary

Safety can be an issue anywhere in Angeles City. Those who know how to get around a new place without being a stupid asshole and will be okay.

What does this mean? Those wishing to stay safe won’t display valuables or walk around drunk. They will ignore people offering them drugs or medicines on the street (duh!). And they won’t give money to the beggar children who often are controlled by adults looking to cash in. Instead of getting involved with any of this, they will just walk on by and go to their destinations.

Travel up and down Fields and in close by areas can be done by trike. These are motorcycles with tiny sidecars that are peculiar to the Philippines. They’re also uncomfortable.

A trike trip anywhere within reason will usually run you a few bucks. Those in the know negotiate the price before they get in to avoid rip offs. Taxis to and from Clark airport are easy to arrange and usually cost about $10 USD. Trips to Manila Airport are a lot more.

There is a seemingly infinite amount of info about Angeles City online that you find with a quick internet search. Some of it gets into extreme specifics. This is just a basic run down.