When I first started covering the adult industry in Phnom Penh five years ago there were less than three dozen bars in the entire city. Today there are at least twice as many with new bars opening faster than I can even hope to track. Plan B is one of the few bars that has lasted the test of time and even carried out some updates to stay current in the process. Not to be confused with the elaborate and popular Plan B go go bar on P Burgos Street in Manila, or the digital marketing company in Phnom Penh, the Plan B bar is located on Street 51 (Pasteur) across the street from the main entrance to the infamous Golden Sorya Mall. Plan B Bar Phnom PenhPlan B Bar Phnom Penh Sorya Mall was for years known as a freelancer haunt and source of naughty nightlife on the lower end that looked a lot like a more run down version of the bar center near the 2 Golden Lions in Sihanoukville. It was commonly a scene for brawls and other anti-social activities though things started to die down when the plaza started emptying out with time. Upon last check Golden Sorya Mall was undergoing an overhaul apparently meant to return the place to its glory days assuming such a thing ever existed. A plan was in place to bring the area up to date and banners to rent out spots were flying. If the very impressive total rehab of the nearby but unrelated Sorya Shopping Center is any indication there are some real possibilities. Plan B didn’t wait for the Golden Sorya rehab to beef up its own surroundings. What was once a somewhat worn out bar was recently redone from the floor up when a former employee took control of the place. The entire interior was redone and a much better pool table was installed up front. Music is played at a reasonable level by bar staff who run their own playlist but are happy to take requests. There are seats along the bar, tables along the opposite wall, and the type of booth in the back towards the bathroom that wouldn’t look out of place at My Friend You in Pattaya. That’s somewhat fitting as some of the gals at Plan B have a reputation for going above and beyond the norm in the in bar service department. I don’t think this is any kind of official policy at all but it is common enough to deserve a mention especially when it sets this hostess bar apart from a lot of others. There are seven or eight women working at Plan B. Some change with the times but a few are more or less fixtures at the bar who show up every day rain or shine. The place does seem to get a lot of employees who are working in their first bar too. At times they can even be educated “mainstream” ladies who happen into the bar game for whatever reason. Plan B is the kind of bar that is empty a lot of times but totally packed out at others. It really seems to turn on and off with no rhyme or reason. At this point is one of the most prominent bars on Street 51 since the Walkabout closed though of course the Pontoon club around the corner continues to be a popular place for all sorts of people. Plan B charges ten dollars for a bar fine which is more or less standard for Phnom Penh hostess bars today. Not all women will leave the bar with all man of course and that has long been a normal part of the local bar scene even if some people wish it was not. Two-and-a-half stars.
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I have covered the hostess bars of Phnom Penh in some detail over the last few years but the growth in the scene can be difficult to keep up with. While my attentions were turned to other parts of http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch/?action=click&contentCollection®ion=TopBar&WT.nav=searchWidget&module=SearchSubmit&pgtype=Homepage#/free chat the world over the last few years the number of bars in Phnom Penh doubled! For the most part I only review individual hostess bars if there is something interesting or peculiar about them. The similarly named Mao’s Club also fits that standard. Mao’s Club was transformed from a disco style club into a hostess bar a few years ago. That can probably be deduced from the name or even the layout of the place. Speaking of the layout Mao’s Club has to be the biggest hostess bar in all of Phnom Penh. In fact it is one of the biggest bars of any kind in the city. It is surely the only Mao Tse-tung themed hostess bar in the country and probably the world, though that seems to have simply been carried over from the old business despite the new ownership. Mao’s Club is the only bar in Phnom Penh with its own specialized set of dancers. Plus it has table football. Mao’s on the riverside Located one floor up off the street and overlooking both the riverside and the nearby Night Market through large windows the bar takes up quite a lot of room. Still the management did manage to fill it all up. There is an upper level with a mini and full sized pool table. Along one wall is a row of darts machines. In another corner is a worn down but usable pool table. Then there is a long bar, a premium whiskey display, cushioned booths, and lots and lots of tables and chairs. Mao's Club Phnom Penh Cambodia reviewMao's Club Phnom Penh Cambodia review All of that alone would hardly be enough to lure in a lot of customers though. Just ask whoever was trying to run the place as a club. That’s where the hostesses come in. At Mao’s Club there are many on staff. Mao’s is also one of the last hostess bars in the city to have a sizeable percentage of Vietnamese women working. With the current climate I don’t know how long that will last but for the last several years gals with Vietnamese heritage have been in the bar work alongside their Khmer coworkers so superficially at least everything seems to be A okay. Inside Mao’s Club I don’t know how many women actually work at Mao’s Club but I would have to guess the number approaches thirty. The bar officially opens at 5:00 pm but the ladies don’t seem to show up in real numbers until around seven. Once they are there however the space quickly fills up with the buzzing of dozens of women who range in age from early twenties to early thirties. Looks of the ladies range from average to quite beautiful though even the less attractive ladies really seem to know how to dress and apply cosmetics for the ultimate effect. Dancer at Mao's in Phnom PenhDancer at Mao's in Phnom Penh Drinks at Mao’s are only slightly more expensive than those at some of the other bars around town but at $3.75 a glass for a lady drink the difference is almost inconsequential. The atmosphere is fun and lively when things start going with all kinds of games being played and people having a good time. There is also a kitchen with a rather full menu on premises and another restaurant downstairs that delivers right inside the bar. Summary On top of that the bar is surrounded on all sides by screens that play various sports from around the world. In that way it is something like a sports bar too though I don’t know many local sport pubs with movie projectors installed on premises. There is even a team of four ladies who dance on a schedule that I haven’t quite figured out. It seems that they get on the small stage or break into their routine in the middle of the floor every thirty minutes or so but I can’t be sure. While these good looking gals aren’t naked Thai go go dancers they aren’t much different from the pretty and popular coyote dancers that seem to have taken over some bars in Bangkok’s Soi Cowboy. In reality they are the same kinds of dancers sometimes called into Ho Chi Minh City hostess bars to help drum up business but the gals at Mao’s Club seem to be a lot more friendly. Either that or they just enjoy making money off of lady drinks. The bar fine at Mao’s Club is $10 USD which is standard for the city. Some of the women are more eager than others to leave the bar with customers though others don’t leave at all with anyone. That is more or less the name of the game in these kinds of bars though so that part of Mao’s at least isn’t out of the ordinary. Three stars. Le Cyrcee is a very well established Phnom Penh bar that is situated away from almost every other girlie bar in the city. The bar operates on a different model than every other bar in the capital and it has developed a loyal customer base. It could accurately http://edition.cnn.com/search/?text=free chat be described as a short time bar. For many years Cyrcee, also known as “the secret bar”, was located on Street 49 near the Central Market. Recently it changed locations and moved around the corner. It is now located on Street 130 but quite a distance from the more well known row of bars on the same street that includes Angry Birds. In its new location Cyrcee is not so secret since there is an illuminated sign outside of the bar projecting the bar name brightly in red and black. Ladies at Cyrcee There are no ladies seated outside of Cyrcee at any time. Unlike other bars the ladies at Cyrcee wait inside for customers to step through the frosted glass doors and into the small bar. Also unlike the other hostess bars in town the women who work at Cyrcee aren’t all that interested in lady drinks. Cyrcee bar ladiesCyrcee bar ladies When customers enter Cyrcee they are usually surrounded by some of the twenty or so women on staff. The gals can get quite hands on while trying to get invited to join customers. They do accept lady drinks though as mentioned that’s not the ultimate goal. Inside the bar At Cyrcee the women are most interested in being taken out of the bar usually for a short time. Customers do have to buy one lady drink any lady they want to take out of the bar though the drink itself is more symbolic than anything. While some customers like to have a few drinks and spend time in the bar most have a few quick gulps before selecting one or more of the gals on staff to sit and drink. Quickly after they usually pay a ten dollar bar fine for each girl they like and go across the street to a guest house that charges $7 USD for temporary use of a room. The gals themselves can be reticent to ask for specific compensation for their time. Few can speak much English and even those who do seem to be partial to the nondescript price quote “up to you”. A sort of regular price scheme has been established overtime however so that most customers in the know give tips of thirty dollars to each woman they spend a short amount of time with. Of course there are others who give more including tourists who sometimes report paying up to three or four times the regular rate. Services and skills None of the women at Cyrcee are masters of the English language but most know enough small words and body language to navigate their sessions smoothly. Nearly all of the women are quite skilled at their work too and willing and able to perform orally along with covered full service. While Cyrcee is known for the abundance and eagerness of women on staff the place is certainly not known for employing very attractive women. In fact the opposite could stated. At the same time there are definitively attractive women who work at Cyrcee including one or two who most men would probably describe as extremely good looking. At any place that staffs twenty or so women every night of the week there is going to be variation. For the most part the women who work at Cyrcee are in their twenties. There are a few older gals who work the bar as well. Most all the ladies are height and weight proportionate though some show signs of previous pregnancies and a couple might even be overweight by local standards. Three-and-a-half stars. Utopia is one of the many hostess bars in Phnom Penh. The bar is on the small side and might blend in with the many other bars of its type that now operate in Cambodia’s capital city. Yet there are some things that set this little establishment apart https://en.search.wordpress.com/?src=organic&q=free chat from the competition. The bar opened a while back but changed hands. The current incarnation was started by two women who are themselves veterans of the hostess bar scene in the city. They are able to rely on their experience and accumulated business acumen to make more of Utopia than one might expect considering its small size and out of the way location. Location and Layout Utopia Bar is situated on Street 172 around the corner from the much better known Shanghai Bar. That means the place is also just steps away from the infamous Golden Sorya Mall. Most would agree that Shanghai has seen better days. Golden Sorya just went through a major remodel but remains more than half-empty. There are plenty of slots for bars available in the new mall though the discounted rental prices seem to indicate a lack of interest. Utopia would probably be easy to miss. At the same time it is not difficult to locate. The street it rather quiet at night. Utopia has a few big square signs out front to make the entrance. Often times there are women sitting out in front of the bar as well. Utopia bar CambodiaUtopia bar Cambodia Inside the bar is rather small. Still it seems to have all the room it needs. There is a seating area just to the left of the entrance. After that there is the moderately sized bar with assorted stools. Off to the right there is more seating. Music is played but it never gets too loud. It is at the right level to allow for fun and conversation at the same time. All of the drinks one would expect are available too. Drink prices are reasonable and on par for hostess bars in Phnom Penh. That means nothing costs more than a few dollars. Staff and Service It can be tough to write an accurate description of the staff in any hostess bar. First there is the fact that beauty is subjective. One man’s curvy babe is another man’s oversized beast. That is just the way it goes. I can’t help but be subjective when I write about the looks of women in venues like these. At the same time my idea of good looks is pretty close to what was the general standard of beauty for the last few decades. Beyond beauty it is also a fact that women in many hostess bars move around all the time. A bar can be filled with beauties one night but nearly empty the next. It happens. At one point years ago ladies in a certain hostess bar in the city all walked off the job at the same time due to a dispute with the owner. Usually though its more of a fluid and incremental thing. The staff at Utopia Bar has been more or less constant for many months however. So I can paint a bit of a picture. There are usually around ten ladies at Utopia beside the aforementioned owners of the bar. While a few could be described as average in terms of looks they are still kind and polite. There are also a handful of women in their early twenties who are quite attractive and charming. Most of the women in the bar speak at least limited English. A couple are nearly fluent in two or even three languages. Buying a lady drink for less than three dollars wins customers the gratitude and often affection of ladies in the bar. What happens beyond that is always a matter between consenting adults. At the same time things often do get more hands on at Utopia than most other bars in the city. Especially when particular women on staff are involved. Many of the women also seem up for heading out of the bar with customers who pay the ten dollar barfine, at least in the right situation. Conclusion Utopia Bar is a well run little hostess bar. Conveniently near places like Golden Sorya Mall and the Pontoon Nightclub it is set up for success. Even though the bar has a lot of competition to deal with it always seems to draw in customers. Despite its small size it does good business. That goes to show that these sorts of establishments can continue to draw in clients and generate income even with so many other bars around town. The people behind Utopia know what they are doing. They have experience and they put it to good use. It really shows in what Utopia is and may very well become. Three-and-a-half stars. I just came across a new outlet for cam models called Girls Jilling Off. Solo women go there to broadcast themselves masturbating for a willing audience. 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