Sex club in Vietnam: the hostess bars of Da Nang and Saigon

Sex Club: what a search in Vietnam actually finds

A sex club search in Vietnam returns hostess bars of the Japanese kind. The format is sometimes called a girls bar, sometimes a kyabakura, sometimes a karaoke bar. The room is a counter with stools or a private karaoke room. A hostess joins you, pours your drink, keeps the conversation going and sings with you. The bill is a set fee plus the drinks you order, including the drink you buy for her.

These bars are built for Japanese and Korean residents, and for business travellers who already know the format. There is no stage, no show and no dancing. If you came looking for a sex club in the European sense, this is not it. What you get is company for an hour or two, in a small room, with a clear bill at the end.

The set is quoted before you sit down. The hostess sets the limits of the evening. Touching her is not part of the set.

See Sex Club Da Nang.

Da Nang: two areas, four bars

Da Nang has four bars on this site, in two areas. Inland from My Khe beach, in An Hai, you find BLANK Lounge & Bar at 223 Duong Dinh Nghe, a quiet counter girls bar where the hostesses wear a uniform, and GOD Bar Lounge at 115 Ha Bong, which calls itself a Japanese-style girls bar on its own site, with kyabakura in its tagline. Across the Han river, in Hai Chau, BUNNY Bar & Lounge 2 on 12 Nguyen Du has counter seats and karaoke rooms, and Bubble Tokyo on 01 Nui Thanh has a long counter and VIP private rooms.

All four open in the evening and close in the early hours. None publishes a price in its listing data. Each lists phone and WhatsApp as contact channels. These are the only Da Nang addresses on this site. Da Nang has a page of its own on this site that goes further.

Saigon and the rest of the country

Saigon has one bar listed here: Pirates, at 15A/57B Le Thanh Ton, in Ben Nghe, District 1. Le Thanh Ton is the Japanese quarter of the city. Pirates describes itself as a Japanese karaoke bar, with a counter bar on the ground floor and karaoke rooms upstairs, one of them in Japanese tatami style, for groups from two people up. It opens from 19:00 to 02:00 and lists phone, WhatsApp and a website. If you are searching for a sex club in Saigon, this is the only entry on this site, and it is a hostess bar of the Japanese kind.

No bar is listed in Hanoi, Nha Trang, Phu Quoc or any other city yet. The site covers what it has, and this home page is the only place Saigon is described.

How an evening runs, first visit to last drink

You arrive in the evening and ask for the set price at the door. You choose the counter or a private karaoke room. A hostess joins you. She pours, talks and, if you are in a karaoke room, sings with you. The set has a length, often an hour, and the staff will tell you when it is up. You can buy her a drink, which is added to the bill. The karaoke is part of the room, not a show.

When you are ready to leave, you settle the bill at the counter. General practice is that the set and the drinks are itemised. Whatever a sex club search led you to expect, the evening is conversation and karaoke, nothing more. The hostess decides how close the conversation gets. Ask before you take a photograph of anyone.

Sex club or hostess bar: price, hours and booking

No bar in the listings on this page publishes a price. The set is quoted before you sit, and asking for it at the door is normal. The figure depends on the bar and the room, so ask. Opening hours are listed: BLANK Lounge & Bar, BUNNY Bar & Lounge 2 and Bubble Tokyo open 19:00 to 02:00, and GOD Bar Lounge opens 18:00 to 02:00. In Saigon, Pirates opens 19:00 to 02:00.

Contact channels are phone and WhatsApp for all the Da Nang bars, and phone, WhatsApp and a website for GOD Bar Lounge and for Pirates. Bubble Tokyo takes reservations online and by phone. Reserve ahead if you are a group, if you want a private room, or if you are coming at a weekend. At short notice a counter seat is often free, but a room needs a call.

Being a good guest: cash, limits and language

Bring cash in dong. None of the bars on this page lists card payment, and the bill is settled at the end. The hostess sets the limits of the evening: touching her is not part of the set, and she will tell you if you have gone too far. Do not photograph the staff without asking. A group is easier to seat than a solo guest at a busy time, and a private room suits a group better.

Ask ahead which languages the staff speak. Some bars are aimed at Japanese and Korean residents, and English may be limited. A little preparation makes the evening simpler. Whatever a sex club search promised, the bar is a workplace for the hostesses. Treat it as one, and the evening runs smoothly.