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Tip : Order a bottle of water together with another drink. The water is pretty cheap here at 30 baht (last time we asked for one), and will allow you to stay longer in the bar, and mitigate the effect of too much alcohol.

Tilac is one of the largest bars in Soi Cowboy. It is located on the left side of the Soi, when entering from Asoke Road. The bar has been around for many years and consistently being successful, although not busy every night.

After remaining unchanged (except for the addition of an attractive outside beer bar a few years ago) for many years, Tilac Bar was completely refurbished and redecorated at the end of 2007 (with a soft reopening at the end of November).

The bar is much larger than your average Soi Cowboy bar. It is the only bar featuring two entrances. The central new dancing stage has the form of a 4-armed starfish with 2-4 girls dancing in the body part, and one girl on each of the satellite arms. In between the arms there are counters manned by bartenders. This is one of the few bars, where interactions with bartender girls seems to be encouraged.

An interesting novelty for Soi Cowboy, it that Tilac Bar engages the services of some 'coyote girls'. They are present on fridays and saturdays. Usually the coyote girls wear hotpants and some interesting tops. They do not all dance very well, but most do. Their dancing is a bit more stylized than what the regular bargirls offer, and often consists of jerky head and limbs movements. It actually looks rather classy, and we like it a lot. That being said, don't get confused. These girls may be a bit more upmarket, but they also will respond (at least most, we suspect) to customers' request to wander outside the bar with them. They do have their own representative, who walks around the bar, probably to help out when problems arise, or just keeping a watchfull eye.

Besides the major dancing stage (which actually is altogether not that big, only allowing for maximum of 10-12 girls), there are girls table dancing on 6 to 8 tables along the left and right walls of the bar. In between all there are lots of small tables and even more bar stools scattered all around the place. The seating arrangements are a bit poorly conceived. When sitting at the bar counter, one has to experience a lot of body contact with not only waiters, but also other customers passing by.

Tilac Bar never has gone for the 'show-it-all' format. They did alter the outfit of the girls however with the latest upgrade of the bar. The girls wear both tops and skirts. The skirts are rather large by go-go bar standards. But surprisingly, the girls do not appear to wear anything underneath. And since the dancing stage is located higher than usual, this allows for upskirt 'sightings'.

As you see on the picture above, a main part of the latest renovation involved erecting large signboards with fancy lighting outside the bar. Blue is the color outside, and the lighting inside also is bluish allover. Besides all the renovations, the bar seems to have upgraded its sound system. Rock music alternating with some Latin music seems to be the format. The music sounds good on the new sound system, and contrary to a lot of the other bars around, the music is not too loud. Drinks are cheaper than average at Tilac Bar, and as mentioned above, water bottles (at nominal prices) can also be ordered to go with any other drink.

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