Karaoke Club in Korat

I recently added Big Baby Kenny to my Bloglines RSS Reader. His photos and karaoke story from Korat is here.

The Royal is a karaoke in central Korat.

It is actually sort of a rip off joint. The standard pricing for Karaoke in rural Issan seems to be 100 THB per hour for the girls, 100 THB per hour for the room, 500 THB for a bottle of 100 Pipers whiskey, and 40 THB for mixers.

The Royal charges 200 THB for the girls and tried to pad the bill with imaginary mixers the night my friend and I visited—surprising policies when they are dealing with knowledgeable locals and rely on repeat business.

The prices quoted and the bill padding might have been because we looked like out of towners–after all the prices are never written down at these places and they can make up prices when what look like easy marks come along.

Generally speaking the karaoke’s which are not for Japanese are a bad deal in Bangkok. The pricing makes them pretty expensive compared to the alternatives and there are lots of opportunities for skulduggery on the part of management.

In rural, Issan most of the karaoke’s seem to be legit and at 100 THB per hour for the girls are affordable and seem accessible.