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Sep 27, 2014, 9:17 pm
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What are the current hot spots for the guppie crowd?
Anything special on this night of the week or that?
What's the nightclub scene if one wanted, say, a dance party with circuit music?
Anything else worth knowing about the G scene these days?
Anything special on this night of the week or that?
What's the nightclub scene if one wanted, say, a dance party with circuit music?
Anything else worth knowing about the G scene these days?
Oct 1, 2014, 6:49 pm
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One of the main gay areas for bars and clubs is around SoHo. Propaganda is one of the bigger (if not the biggest) gay clubs. Psychic Jack is a really cool bar for earlier in the evening.
If you are there July/August/September, the W Hotel over in West Kowloon hosts a monthly rooftop pool party under the name 'Wet: Summer Series'. Very trendy and LGBT friendly - there was a very mixed crowd when I was there.
Not a gay bar, but I can't recommend enough to go for a drink at Aqua in Kowloon. It is one of my favourite bars in the world (tied with New Asia Bar in Singapore) that has an amazing view over the Hong Kong island skyline. Great place to watch the nightly light show from!
I visited HK in July 2012, so things may have changed possibly.
If you are there July/August/September, the W Hotel over in West Kowloon hosts a monthly rooftop pool party under the name 'Wet: Summer Series'. Very trendy and LGBT friendly - there was a very mixed crowd when I was there.
Not a gay bar, but I can't recommend enough to go for a drink at Aqua in Kowloon. It is one of my favourite bars in the world (tied with New Asia Bar in Singapore) that has an amazing view over the Hong Kong island skyline. Great place to watch the nightly light show from!
I visited HK in July 2012, so things may have changed possibly.
Oct 2, 2014, 7:09 am
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There isn't much choice in HK's gay scene, so it's the usual bars: Volume Beat and Zoo on Jervois Street in Sheung Wan, right by the Mercer Hotel. They're usually crowded on the weekends, with crowds spilling onto the streets. Linq, in LKF, is / was a straight bar, but now has a mostly gay clientele.
Wednesday (or Wednesgay, if you will) is vodka night. There used to be three bars offering free vodka (Volume Beat, Linq, and Play) however Volume Beat stopped several months ago (replacing it with a karaoke night, hosted by a drag queen). Linq still does free vodka Wed., and is usually quite busy - I believe this runs from 10 to 11. I'm not sure if Play still offers free vodka on Wed. (Play is a straight club that offered free vodka on Wednesdays as a gay night).
Oct 15, 2014, 7:01 am
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Not a gay bar, but I can't recommend enough to go for a drink at Aqua in Kowloon. It is one of my favourite bars in the world (tied with New Asia Bar in Singapore) that has an amazing view over the Hong Kong island skyline. Great place to watch the nightly light show from!
Oct 16, 2014, 11:30 am
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Thanks for the info... my partner and I will be there next month as part of our Anniversary trip.
Oct 17, 2014, 2:21 pm
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Aqua have small booths right against the windows overlooking HK island (the venue is on the 28th floor). The restaurant has an Italian and a Japanese kitchen (you can order off of either including mixing between the two) and the food is sensational. I'd definitely recommend it for a dinner date!
Oct 17, 2014, 2:26 pm
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Aqua have small booths right against the windows overlooking HK island (the venue is on the 28th floor). The restaurant has an Italian and a Japanese kitchen (you can order off of either including mixing between the two) and the food is sensational. I'd definitely recommend it for a dinner date!
...followed by making out in the elevator, half of the taxi ride to Central since we missed the last boat and then for a minute in front of the Mandarin Landmark. ^
Mar 6, 2015, 9:15 am
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Everything I know I got from the web, and my visit in December; I only went to bars on the Kowloon side. I'll be back in April and will hopefully have more to report then, but I'm more of a leather/bear guy than a guppie.
Mar 10, 2015, 7:07 pm
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Just came back from HKG this week. Was largely on Kowloon, but did some time on HK Island. I wasn't specifically looking for gay bars, but saw a couple. Quite honestly very open and all the bars we went to were fun. If you're looking for a specific type of bar I don't have any advice. If you just want to make sure you are ok wherever you go - I had zero problems and was there for 1 week solid.
Very much enjoyed Aqua (bar and restaurant - different floors) and it was a very trendy, but still casual place. The views (assuming it isn't foggy) from there are truly fantastic!
Very much enjoyed Aqua (bar and restaurant - different floors) and it was a very trendy, but still casual place. The views (assuming it isn't foggy) from there are truly fantastic!
Apr 17, 2015, 9:28 am
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Also FYI, Grindr is widely used there for socializing as much as hooking up. We met some really friendly, fun locals that way. I heartily recommend it if you're feeling social.
Apr 18, 2015, 4:37 am
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