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Nightclubs are not up to American standards. Some clubs feature entertainers from the British and Australian nightclub circuits.
Bars and restaurants open early and close at 0200 hours. There are "For Members Only" after hour's clubs, but membership is easy to get.
Though there are still lots of restaurants and bars, Wanchai has undergone recent changes. It now caters more to office personnel than those seeking girlie bars. Lunches are priced according to office worker’s limitations and are cheap.
LAN KWAI FONG AND SOHO NIGHTLIFE
The narrow streets of Lan Kwai Fong in Central District are filled with Hong Kong’s trendiest pubs, disco bars and restaurants. While most are reasonably priced, some are expensive. After one night there, you’ll decide for yourself. SoHo is similar and located near the central escalator.
Most bars and discos are open from lunch until early A.M. Music and dancing don’t start until 2000. Some discos open only on weekends.
Street cafe
The bars of Hong Kong which employ hostesses are called "girlie bars." These bars post an employee at the street entrance to entice patrons to enter. A bar hostess will join a customer and is paid in the form of drinks, about one every fifteen minutes.
By law, all bars must display a price list, but few patrons check them. In some disreputable places, as you become more relaxed, the prices rise. Some bars have live music but most have jukeboxes. Chips and peanuts MAY NOT BE FREE and can cost HK$30 a bowl, even if you don’t eat them.
Many bars have 10 to 15 girls who have a huge capacity for 'Hong Kong Tea' or other drinks like Coke, 7-Up or ginger ale. They share the take from their customers at the end of the night.
Topless bars are rapidly disappearing although you may still find one or two in Tsim Sha Tsui or Wanchai. A topless bar evening can cost at least US$100 and if you are not careful it could cost three to four times that amount. Pay for drinks immediately. Don't settle bills later. Use of credit cards is dangerous. Hostess drinks cost HK$100 each but you don't have to buy the girl a drink!
Karaoke bars are popular with locals and Japanese tourists. Most of the music played is Cantonese. If you feel adventurous, give it a try but foreigners may not be welcomed. If you are, they'll play English-language videos for you.
Ballrooms are expensive, charging about HK$100 to dance for 15 minutes, or the same amount to sit out the dance. They are not suitable for foreign tourists. Few of the girls speak English.
Except for those in big hotels, where you bring your own date, there are discotheques that have girls who'll dance with you - at no charge, but you have to buy them drinks. Prices are even higher than in girlie bars.
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Casual pick-ups in bars are a major source of disease. The girls themselves may be unaware they are disease carriers. They do not go to clinics for regular check-ups.
If you want a massage, there are wholesome places to go. But if the sign says Japanese, French, Thai or other exotic kinds of massage, or if they enclose you in a private room, you will be flirting with danger.