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Hollywood Rock (rating : )

At the location of the present Hollywood bar it all started many years ago. In the first few years of Nana Plaza, the original Hollywood bar together with a closeby bar, called 'Pretty Lady'(or was it 'Pretty Girl'), used to draw in the crowds. The smaller bars were already there, for sure, but they always had a different kind of customer. People who used to spend time at Soi Cowboy, started coming to Nana to see the topless and naked girls at Hollywood. This is more than 10 years ago now, and times have changed, with 10-15 bigger bars now at Nana, and more smaller ones. Hollywood always kept some faithful customers.
The original Hollywood bar did not change for ages, was kind of dark and somewhat seedy, but I reckon that is what attracted its visitors. The last few years it went slowly downhill, with less customers and visitors than the surrounding bars and a takeover with new management and ownership took place.
They decided to kind of remove any resemblance to the old bar, and after quite a long period of 'renovation' the bar opened under the Hollywood name in september 2003. Well, it is a huge disappointed altogether. The Crown Group that manages a lot of bars at Nana Plaza, has created another monster. Their purpose seems to be create a monopoly of bars, where quality has no more relevance. After all, if ones owns most of the bars, where will customers have to go?
The bar is well lit, same size as before, with a really small dancing stage (room for about 10 girls) centrally located. There are no less than 3 rows of plastic covered seatings around. Some Hollywood stars (not quite clear if the stars themselves would agree with having their name put up like this) have been engraved on some of the furnishings. All in all, the new Hollywood bar has lost all the character it had before the renovations. On top of that, the girls on offer are mostly third class, and their are hardly any customers at present. Things can change, and sometimes rapidly, but visitors have much better value in the neighbor bar : Rainbow 1 and 2, Playskool.
Prices are high. Beer and short drinks at 125 baht, soft drinks, lady drinks at 110 baht. Really too much for what you can get here.

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