Magwe Nightlife

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Difficult to know whether to tip this place as a thing to do, a restaurant or nightlife, as it's all three. It is quite a sizeable restaurant / bar beside the Ayerawaddy River, affording great sunset views (see seperate tip). After the sun goes down, a (very talented) keyboard player takes to the stage, and there then follows one of the most surreal things I have ever seen!

A group of fifteen young ladies all take to the stage a la Miss World, and do a bit of a choreographed dance routine. Then they all troop off and return individually (or occasionally in pairs) to sing. Every so often, they will all return in different costumes and perform some kind of fashion show - it really is odd.

As this is all going on, members of the (mostly male) audience will go on stage and garland the girls with garish sashes, tiaras and the like.

At first I thought it was some vaguely concealed prostitution thing, but the presence of the occasional family group, and the way the girls were shepherded out of the place at the end would suggest not.

The clientele are, in typical Burmese fashion, very friendly, the food is good (predominantly Chinese) and service very attentive bordering on the intrusive.

Be aware that, although this is a "nightlife" tip, like everywhere else in the country you will be thrown out at 2300.

Dress Code: Casual.