I will be in kaoshung for the week-end, any good recommendation for bars and nightlife place ? I have not been there before, thanks for anyone who can give me a few addresses.
What kind of entertainment are you looking for? Sit down, have a drink and talk with people? (Bar/Pub) Live entertainment? (band) Dance club? Doesn’t matter, as long as there’s plenty of the opposite sex?
Let me know and I’ll give ya a few suggestions.
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The Lighthouse is a good place to go. I believe it is on Fu Gwo road.
A mix of both, first bars / pubs, later disco eventually. If you have any idea, it is welcome. plenty of the opposite sex is of course welcome.
There’s another pub across the street from the Lighthouse (239 Fu GuoRd), called Overtime (2F, 303, Yu Cheng Rd).
Wufu 4th Road has tonnes of tiny bars of varying worth. The Oxford’s (111, Da Yi Street) happy hour is not bad 5ishpm-8pm. They also have a good hangover breakfast on Sunday midday-5ish.
I like La Face especially downstairs (233 Si Wei 4th Rd) and the Roof Lounge (15F 165 Lin Sen 1st Rd), but they can get a bit pricey.
The following are all listed for dancing in South Magazine, but I couldn’t tell you what most of them are like.
-Bourgeois and Bohemian Attitude Lounge (31 Hai Bian Rd)
-DNA (77 MinSheng 1st Rd, 4F)
- Shoom Extreme Music Club (77-1 Jung Hua 3rd Rd)
- Viva Disco Lounge (126 Jung Hua 3rd Rd)
-Pig and Whistle, upstairs (199 Si Wei 4th Rd)
I have a personal aversion to both DNA and Pig and Whistle but other people seem to like them, so, whatever…
OverTime is a hole. Why go there when you have a classy place like the Lighthouse right across the street.
The good thing about nightlife in Kaohsiung is that even though the city is pretty spread, there are a lot of bars all located in the same zone of the city (near the Love River) within reasonable walking distance of each other. Just walk up and down Minsheng/Linsen/Wufu Rd. and you’ll find plenty of places.