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willgreen · Joined: 30 Jan 2003

I like to drink with the koreans, but sometimes I just want to hangout and have normal conversations in english.

So where are the foriegner bars in Kangnam?

Mind you, I dont want to travel all the way to itawon.

kangnamdragon · Joined: 17 Jan 2003 Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea

I would be interested in bars in Kangnam too.

richinkorea · Posted: Fri May 30, 2003 6:04 am Post subject:

It's been a while for me (sorry PM)

Best "foreigner" bars were the hotels bars, Novotel has a place on the ground floor called Gran A, $$, bands from the Philipines (Hotel California, etc), they also have a nightclub in the basement $$$$. The Ritz has a couple of bars also. Note, at the Gran A a plate of Anju is not required, but the beers will run you about $9,000. The others require some cash.

- Lexus used to be pretty cool, I looked for it a month or so ago and couldn't find it (quite buzzed at the time). It's off a perpendicular street to the street that Burger King is on. The place next to it was good too (by good I might overcrowded, overpriced, unisex toilet, beat pumping, fire death traps, but quite likely to walk away with a pocketful of phone numbers.

- To the south and above BK is All that Jazz (or something like that), last month construction was going on but it looked like it was still open, cheap draft here, good place to start.

Anyways, hopefully this is a start ?

mack the knife · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: standing right behind you...

Uncle 29
XXXX
Woodstock
Star bar

there are also several new brewpubs. these are all in the vicinity of gangnam station.

XXXX is more like a Hongdae disco than a bar...but...where in hongdae will you see girls poll-dancing in short skirts without their shirts on?

EXACTLY... Wink

itaewonguy · Joined: 25 Mar 2003

they still charging in xxxx for foreigners only??

think it was 10.000 wasnt it? foreigners only which is what I hate!!

gang ah jee · Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Location: city of paper

weatherman · Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Location: Korea

Been to xxxx once and thought the place great. Wink

richinkorea · Posted: Fri May 30, 2003 10:06 pm Post subject:

OK, 9,000 won Embarassed

gajackson1 · Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2003 6:31 am Post subject:

I liked fourex (XXXX) - it was always my last bar on Sundays in Seoul, before hopping the midnight-run bus back down to Chang-won.

Everything said above is true, and i could add in more stories. Twisted Evil

however, the floods haven't been kind to the place, and the last time I went some few months back, the place had an odor - stale-beery, mildewy/moldy/funky (funky like Vanilla Ice, not Bootsy Collins).

I never paid a 'foreigner fee' there, however.

G.

ItalianPrincess · Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2003 2:34 am Post subject: Woodstock

mack the knife · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: standing right behind you...

another great thing about "woodstock"...they take requests and have *ssloads of tunes.

unfortunately, they tend to play the music at the highest possible volume so you have to be fairly well-praticed at lip reading.

Butterfly · Joined: 02 Mar 2003 Location: Kuwait

Platinum in Apkujeong. http://www.beerart.co.kr

Nice mix of foreigners and Koreans.

TheWesternShoreKid · Joined: 22 Feb 2003 Location: Parts Unknown

How does one find XXXX in the Gangnam area?

Thanks

itaewonguy · Joined: 25 Mar 2003

find the gordiano clothes store,, you cant miss it!
then walk down the alley on its right between the bank.. walk straight for about 100 meters you will see it on your right!
across from the baskin robbins!

chickenpie · Joined: 24 Dec 2008

There are quite a few.....