2012 Was the last time I visited Levels nightclub and back then it was pretty dead. Now it dubs itself as the ‘Number 1 nightclub in Sukhumvit’. My friends were in town a few weeks ago and one of them said he read on various sites such as Siam 2 Night and Asia City it’s a great club. People should not really be visiting these sites as they spit out generic crap about clubs and fail to paint the true picture, but don’t worry I am here to help.
What I enjoyed about Levels
Don’t worry, this part won’t be too long. Me and my buddies went on a Friday night and entry was free. Usually clubs will charge anything from around 250 baht upwards to allow farang entry. The second thing I enjoyed was the layout, there’s two areas to Levels, there’s an outside area where you can smoke and look at the view (Levels is a rooftop club), and an indoor area where the main music will be playing.
Music was modern hip/hop which once again was great, but the live band sucked ( as do with all clubs in Bangkok).
What I disliked about Levels
Several things, including:
Drink prices – The cheapest drink on the menu was a Singha beer for 250 baht. Bear in mind they cost less than 40 baht in the 7/11 across the road, they are charging 250 baht for a beer! Cocktails and spirits started from around 300 baht upwards.
I understand it’s free entry to get in, but I’d rather they charge you 200 baht to get in and the ticket can be used to buy drinks. With prices so high, they eliminate regular Thai girls coming to these sorts of venues.
People – This is more of a personal preference thing, but I hate wankers and Levels was full of them (when I went). You had so many pretentious looking expats and one women come up to me out of nowhere and asked:
“Why are you here, it’s full of hookers?”
What the f*** its to you is what I should of said, but I am a cutie in real life so I told her my friends wanted to come here and if you could politely get the f*** out my face. (Last part may or may not have happened). No idea what her problem was, perhaps she wasn’t getting enough attention in there?
Hookers – I got no problem going to a place that has a lot of working girls, I can spot them pretty easily and just avoid them for the most part. But even the hookers here were pretentious if that is even possible? You got your straight out working girls ( I saw a women drinking at the bar with her mamasan next to her), then you got your ‘gold digger’ types who are looking for someone rich to pay for their drinks and who knows what else. And finally you have a mixture of Asian tourists and a few regular Thai girls who are just here to have a good time.
As I would scout the room as I had a friend who said he was there somewhere I would these weird looks from girls Not because I’m ugly (I am about a 9/10) but most likely we didn’t have a bottle on our table so we didn’t look appealing to them.
I was talking to my friend and he told me the last time he went there he opened a bottle (2,900+) and got harassed by the waitstaff for a tip. He said the waitress demanded for a tip with a stern face and when he told her to go away, she just stood there for several minutes before it got too awkward and ended up giving her 200 baht.
That’s my no bullshit review of Levels nightclub in Bangkok, I hope to visit again another time and hopefully it will be a better experience. They seriously need to rearrange their drink and bottle prices as they are ridiculously high compared to Route 66 or Funky Villa, both places which has a extremely low percentage of working girls (5%<) and in my experience are much better places. Overall I had a fun time but even my friends who were here on holiday felt there was something off about that place.
Have you been to Levels recently? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below.
