Patpong Night Market, Bangkok

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This will be part two my Patpong Night Market Tips with more pictures of the night market , I will have a separate Tips for the Patpong Night Life at Patpong and at the other areas of Patpong in Silom hehhehe.

Due to the Bad Rap that Patpong is getting due to it's notoriety as a most famous red light district of Bangkok (the other red light districts are less known but more known to expatriates). The government decided in the late 1990' to gentrify the area by introducing a night market in the street lining Patpong 1 and also at the Adjacent areas of Patpong 2, 3, and 4 streets and it is now a bustling nightmarket that starts to open at 6:00 pm and ends at 1:00 am the next day and that these nightmarket stands side by side with the girly bars and the decent bars of the patpong area! they offer all the assorted trinkets, fake branded goods, pirated videos and computer programs, bags, shirts and other stuffs that you can see in other night markets in other areas of bangkok and also at the usual shopping areas of Chatuchak, Pratunam, Siam Square, MBK, Nana, etc.

What to buy: all the assorted trinkets, pirated videos, counterfeit computer programs, shirts, leather goods, wallets, kitschy stuff, etc, that you can think of.

What to pay: depends on your haglling skills! like in other markets and night markets in Bangkok, the Patpong Nigh market stalls have no fix prices on goods so that haggling is expected. try to knock offf at leat 150% t0 200% off the price as they usually jack up the price up to 200% for farangs!

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This will be my Patpong Night Market Tips , I will have a separate Tips for the Patpong Night Life at Patpong and at the other areas of Patpong in Silom hehhehe.

Due to the Bad Rap that Patpong is getting due to it's notoriety as a most famous red light district of Bangkok (the other red light districts are less known but more known to expatriates). The government decided in the late 1990' to gentrify the area by introducing a night market in the street lining Patpong 1 and also at the Adjacent areas of Patpong 2, 3, and 4 streets and it is now a bustling nightmarket that starts to open at 6:00 pm and ends at 1:00 am the next day and that these nightmarket stands side by side with the girly bars and the decent bars of the patpong area! they offer all the assorted trinkets, fake branded goods, pirated videos and computer programs, bags, shirts and other stuffs that you can see in other night markets in other areas of bangkok and also at the usual shopping areas of Chatuchak, Pratunam, Siam Square, MBK, Nana, etc.

What to buy: all the assorted trinkets, pirated videos, counterfeit computer programs, shirts, leather goods, wallets, kitschy stuff, etc, that you can think of.

What to pay: depends on your haglling skills! like in other markets and night markets in Bangkok, the Patpong Nigh market stalls have no fix prices on goods so that haggling is expected. try to knock offf at leat 150% t0 200% off the price as they usually jack up the price up to 200% for farangs!

Please ignore the people, who call you for bar/sex shows and bars at pingpong market,
I had very very frustrated exprience, one person called us we have been there we bought only one beer and coke, when we entered he told 50 bath each. After 15 min he started asking 2600 bath.

They were man handled us, at last we pay 400 bath and came from there. I can not express how furstrated that is. In that bar no customers were there, we are only two. So it means these people calls customer to loot them.

It is a crime, but we are outsiders for this country, we can not do . We are the tourist if they start doing like this, one day will come there would be no tourist at Bangkok.

Please people of bangkok, do not think that tourist are coming, that does not mean they are only coming for sex here.

This is big bull ***tttttttttttttt.. Beaware

Even though Patpong is a redlight district the night market is a great place to wander. You can buy things such as watches, clothes, hats, handbags, DVD's, CD's and the list goes on. Just make sure you bargain.

I never felt unsafe here and it was interesting taking in the sights. One night I was there 2 elephants were walking down the street.

If you are in the area it is worth having a look here. Have a wander around before you buy the first thing that you see and remember to haggle. The main things that seem to be sold here are belts, men's T-shirts, fake Tiffany jewelry and bags.

What to buy: What do you need!

What to pay: My boyfriend paid 350B for a leather belt. Did he pay too much maybe. Better price than 1500B that was first quoted.

Every single night
there is a market held at Patpong.

This red light district,
get filled with various stalls
selling souvenirs and
the typical touristy things.

But tucked away
around the corner of the market,
in front of Boots,
between Patpong 2 and the
Sala Daeng BTS Sky Train stop
is a stall on the main Silom Street
selling fun, super sexy cloths
from G-strings, lingerie,
to playful strap ons,
making every mans dream
come true.

There’s no point in
going during the day,
since the vendor, Nee
won’t be there.

The best time to come
is after dark, once she
has installed her stuff.

What to buy: Super Sexy delights and naughty boy whips!!!

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Patpong is the most famous open market in Bangkok.Starts at 18.00 oclock till midnight I think.You can find EVERYTHING there, clothes, shoes, accessories, watches, paintings, woodcarvings, souvenirs in good prices and dont hesitate to bargain!

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There's nothing much of interest in Patpong itself. The market is crowded and things are overpriced. I prefer browsing at the night stalls along Silom Road.

Location: Patpong 1 and Patpong 2 Road

Getting there:
1) BTS - Saladaeng station
2) MRT - Silom station

Tips:
Slash at least 60% off the calculator price!

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I went down to the Patpong night market as soon as I arrived in Bangkok (I only had 24 hours to shop!). I found a fun and lively market selling asbolutely EVERYTHING. As I found out later, everything is expensive even with hard bargaining but the atmosphere is fantastic and the night hours are convenient for someone like me who was only there for a short time.

Examples of stuff on offer are:
fake everything eg purses, bags, watches, sunnies, and shoes
clothes galore - both tradition and western
CDs and DVDs (burnt)
Toys

If you want bargains go somewhere else, but if you want a great night out where there's the opportunity to stop for a beer or a ping pong show then this is your place!!

The whole market at Patpong is so expensive compared to anywhere else I have shopped in Bangkok. I have seen items here for up to 4 times the price of other markets, such as Sampeng or Chatuchak - and the vendors tend to be quite aggressive - and may become abusive and pesky persistent if you don't buy. This was my first and only real experience of this in Thailand at all - perhaps the sheer competition, and the location.

So - my advice is go for the gawk, but forget the markets. The fake bags aren't worth being dragged behind a canvus tarp and rooting through a huge metal trunk to view in the dark - the pushy and persistent sales pitch etc.

I have bought bags at Patpong, but from indoor shops - and you still bargain hard - don'y buy unless you get them to half or one third of the starting price. Have generally found that these bags are better quality, and worth more than the stuff outside.