If you're stuck on P. Burgos St. in Makati, Manila and are itchin' for some companionship, but have sticker shock at the outrageous barfine prices (10 Ladies drinks @ 300- 350 Pesos each = P3000- 3500, and that's just to get her out of the bar!) consider Bandido's Club. First, ladies drinks tend to run slightly cheaper, plus, they don't play the whole "buy 10 drinks" game. They have a set barfine (I think it runs around P1800). I tend to forget the exact prices mainly 'cause they all run together when they add up your bill at the end. But I do seem to remember that the primary reason for hangin out in Bandidos was 1.) Cheaper prices and 2.) They have a FANTASTIC atmosphere, lineup, and presentation. Not too pushy, but really made to feel welcome. If you like to somke cigars, not only is it allowed, but they are for sale at the bar.

Every barhop trip to Makati would usually end up spending over 50 percent of our time at Bandidos alone. With the less-than-other-half spent hopping from bar to bar (don't forget a stop at Jools, the cover charge is more than worth the show- ya gotta see it at least once).

Of course, Makati is fun to play around in, but if you can hack the 20 min taxi ride, don't forget the EDSA Entertainment complex in order to really get away from the high Burgos St. prices.

I'll second the recommendation on this place. I can't confirm the barfine as I didn't ask, but I agree with the atmosphere, lineup, and presentation. I ended up buying a drink for a girl that was gorgeous but had a major tooth flaw up close. While I was talking to her, I saw a gorgeous dancer appear on stage.

When I first walked in, I could hear the girls screaming "Who the fuck is Alice?" Those of you that read the joint report I did with Xen on Thailand may be familiar with that. The next song that came on was "Who can it be now?". Most of the people grabbed stuff on the table to pound out 4 quick knocks every time they said "Who can it be knocking at my door?" (Bang Bang Bang Bang)

This place is on my short list of must visit bars in Makati.

From Asia: Philippines: Manila: Blazers Guide to Manila: VI.Makati (Burgos Street)

Downstairs you go to my favorite bar in Makati...maybe the Philippines. The girls are fun and hot. This place gets wild. The girls are taking their clothes off and givind nude lap dances. Guys are fingering the girls while sucking on their tits. Hard not to buy lady drinks here as the girls thank you in the naughtiest of ways. The stage is small, the aircon kicks ass and the waitress' are cool.

By far my favorite bar during my recent trip in late August 2003. Excellent music, gorgeous girls and sexy outfits. The girls absolutely love to party here and they're certainly not shy. Great set up down some stairs.

The pricing was messed up. I paid 1900 for the barfine and then the girl wanted another 3k pesos for "tip". I gave her just 1K and she was not a happy camper.

I figured out that the girls will do a sneak out after closing 4am or before they go into work at the bars.

I returned to my favorite bar in Makati and noticed a slight dropoff in talent but the talent is still very good and the 1,900 barfine will save you 1,100 pesos but the talent rivals others in Makati. My only problem is that the mamasans and waitress' really try to push lady drinks here at 300 pesos a pop. I have heard that the drink purchased can be put towards the barfine price but the waitress' looked confused when I asked her this. The place has excellent air conditioning. The dance floor is very small but the place fills up once the 9pm shift girls come in.

The following TripReport snippet is taken from 2004/04 Xenono - Xen Returns to Asia With a Romp Through the Philippines

Bar Bandido
Corner of P. Burgos and Durban Street
Makati City
Phone: (632) 897-1983



This bar was sunken a bit and is underground. Well, you head down some stairs to enter the bar. Bar Bandido was pretty cool and I agreed with the other posters that have recommended it. The ladies there are also really, really cool. The barfine at Bar Bandido is 1900 pesos and the lady drinks are 300.

I met a lady there named Cherry, who was 19. She was a really cool chick. She was friendly and outgoing, spoke great English and had a really good attitude overall. There was another lady there I met, who was kind of older and unattractive, but somehow talked me into a playing a game of Connect 4 with her for a lady drink. I, of course, lost and had to buy her a drink. I also bought Cherry a drink and hung out with her a bit.

I almost barfined her, but for some reason I didn’t, which was probably a mistake. It was getting closer to 4am now so I headed back to Cuddles to say hi to Dori, but I was getting tired so I quickly left.

What time does Bar Bandido open? I wonder if a person could do better by intercepting the girls as they first go in to work? (That is, before they go in.)

This bar has a lot of attractive ladies and it and Flamingo are the two best in my opinion. This area is expensive but the quality is better than Angeles City. I took 18 year old twins and there 19 year old cousin from this bar together two weeks ago. The bar fine is 1900 and the girls were 2500 each (13,200 total and good pictures I will try to post if I can figure out how). The girls stayed till the morning and are worth the money if you go to this bar take the twins.

Adanac, that's great to hear you hooked up with both of the twins, I was only able to hook up w/one of them as the other was busy. Both were terribly cute. It's probably the same girl(s). Hope you post the pics.

I barfined a girl named "Pom" tonight. She was a great experience and would repeat again.

This was my first trip to Bandidos as I always go to Flamingos and have never strayed.

I have a date with the "twins" tomorrow afternoon...adanac and merlin.... were they worth it??? I have never seen them but payed for their barfine tonight and will see them in my hotel tomorrow afternoon. The Mamasan said if they are no good I can come to the bar and chose a dupla.

Call it a down payment.

FYI Flamingo's was of the chart the last two nights. I love that place!!!

Surfer, I saw one of the twins often, but didn't have the pleasure of doing a dupla with both of them. The one I had possessed a pristine body and was awfully giggly, but a lot of fun. Let us know how the dupla thing goes. I've had duplas w/sisters in AC and they seemed shy around each other.

Thanks for the feedback Merlin. I met both of them today. The session was fantastic and I would reccommend them highly. They usually work the weekends at the bar.

Bar Bandido is mentioned in 2009/10 Greengrasser - Manila Tips