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Neighborhood Bars

There are still a few neighborhood bars left on Guam where you can get a $2.50 beer, play pool, shuffleboard or darts, listen to great selections of oldies, rock and roll, reggae, or country music on well stocked juke boxes, and visit in a friendly atmosphere. Most of these establishments open in the early afternoon for happy hour with pupu's (bar snacks) until 2:00 AM, 4:00 AM on weekends and Holidays. On the downside, most of the neighborhood bars are not located conveniently to the limited Guam public transportation or to hotels, so a designated driver, or taxi, is always a good idea.

There are too many neighborhood bars located across the island to list them all. Some of my favorites are described below. Also, please visit the "Angeles East” Website. One of my favorites. The bar is now closed, but the site's still there.

Next door to the Marianas Trench Thai Restaurant, is the Trench Bar and Lounge. Another of my favorites and one of the larger bars on Guam, the Trench has pool tables, big screen TV, free juke box and a dance floor. Almost always packed, the Trench is one of the most popular local bars on Guam.

Toy's Tavern. Toy's has been one of my favorite local Thai bars for a few years. A younger crowd than the Gym, you can usually expect Toys to be packed and the music to be blaring. Toy always has hot bartenders and quite often sets out a great free spread, usually Barbeque on the weekends. And, as always, the best reason to visit Toy's is Toy Herself.

Ta's Tabern. Another great Thai bar and another of my favorites. A mixed age crowd, $2.50 beer, a pool table and loud juke box. Ta is usually on hand to keep things lively, and no, we did not misspell Tabern. That is exactly how the word is spelled, per Ta. And come to think of it, exactly how she pronounces it as well.

Josie's Tavern. Josie's is located in Tamuning on Marine Corps drive just North of Pizza hut. Popular with military and local residents as well. Josie's has reasonably priced drinks, $3.00 beers, 2 good pool tables and some pretty hot bartenders and hostesses. Josie always has free sashimi and other pupus (snacks). Be sure to check out lingerie night on Fridays. Say hello to Crystal and Liza. Tell Josie you found her here.

Mom's Tavern. Located on Route 8, just off Marine Drive in Maite, MoM's is another neighborhood bar that has been around for as long as most of us can remember, although with deferent owners. MOM's has a friendly atmosphere, inexpensive drinks, shuffleboard and pool table.

Nightclubs and Discos

One of Guam's newer nightclubs, featuring classical rock-n-roll. Dance to live band every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday starting at 9:00 PM. Wednesday is ladies night. Bangkok Nights also offers a pool table and dartboard.

Sand Castle and Globe. Located in the Sandcastle complex in the heart of Tumon, on San Vitores Road, the Globe is a Las Vegas style nightclub and disco. It is big, crowded and loud with state of the art sound and lighting systems.

Trades is the only true Jazz Club on Guam. Trades is located in Tumon on the second floor of the Bayview Plaza Building directly across San Vitores Road across Planet Hollywood.

For the old Guam hands out there, sorry to say that the Blue Lagoon, Barney's Beach Bar, Wet Willies and Tahiti Rama on Tumon Bay are gone, replaced by high rise hotels. If anyone has any pictures of these establishments, we would love to have some scans to add to this site.

Today, Sails Restaurant and Bar, sandwiched between the Reef and Outrigger Hotels on Tumon Bay, Jimmy Dee's and Santa Fe on the Bay, on Hagatna Bay are the closest that Guam has to offer. Sails and Sante Fe have restaurants on the bay with excellent fare and live entertainment on weekends. Jimmy Dee's is the site for beach parties sponsored by local radio stations and from time to time offer live island style shows. Sails, Sante Fe and Jimmy Dee's are great spots to watch sensational Guam sunsets over the Philippine Sea.

Jeff's Pirates Cove is located on the East side of the island on Highway 4 in Talafofo. Jeff's is a Guam institution and the only one of the original beach bars that is still in operation today. With a wooden planked interior, open bar fronting the Pacific Ocean, and reputedly, the best hamburgers on the island. Jeff also runs on the site a Seaside Museum with a substantial collection of ancient Guam and World War II artifacts. Check Jeff's web site for more information.

Alas, the local beach front watering holes where plenty of fine ladies played in the sun all day long, where you could drink $2 beers all day, and relax under the stars to outstanding live island music, just do not exist as they did a few years back. As the Asian economy picks itself back up and the U.S. Military presence returns, we can hope that they will also return.

Karaoke Bars

Karaoke, or "minus one", music recorded without lyrics so the customer can sing along when the track is played back, is very big on Guam. In a karaoke bar, the customer selects a song from a catalog. The karaoke operator plays the music on a special player equipped with microphones that permit the customer to sing along, usually reading the lyrics from a television screen. The customer's voice is mixed with the music track and played out over the bar or club's speaker system. The popularity of karaoke on Guam can probably be attributed in large part to Guam's proximity to Japan, where karaoke originated, and the large Japanese and Asian population and tourist traffic: however, karaoke participants are not limited to Asians. You will see Chamorro's and Haole's (Caucasians) bellowing out their favorite songs as well. And, no matter how drunk you are or how bad you may sound, it will be your turn in the spotlight and the rest of the club will always give you a big hand for your effort.

Many karaoke bars are also staffed with attractive, usually Asian, hostesses who will sit and karaoke, with you as long as you buy drinks for them. Hostess drinks range from $20 up and rarely have any alcoholic content. If you have the urge, you can buy your hostess Champaign at prices starting at $50 per bottle. Consequently, the hostesses can, and usually do, down a fair number of drinks in a short period making a night at one of these establishments quite expensive and earning these bars the nickname of "buy me drinkee" bars. Customer drinks range from $4 to $6 for beer and starting at $5 for call drinks. You don't have to sit with a hostess to enjoy a karaoke: however, if you do, keep track of what you are spending, and you can still have a great time without spending more that you can afford.

Guam Strip Clubs

Guam has a fair selection of strip bars for a relatively small island, 30 miles long by 6 to 9 miles wide. Exotic night clubs are somewhat more accepted than their counterparts on the U.S. mainland and the atmosphere is considerably more relaxed and friendly. Customers who occasionally visit these clubs become known fairly quickly and become familiar with the dancers, bartenders and waitresses. It is natural to sit down and converse with the dancers.

Dancers come from the US mainland, Asia, other Pacific islands, Korea , China , Cambodia , the Philippines and an occasional local. Most of the dancers are very attractive and full nudity is the norm. Drinks in most of the strip clubs are, surprisingly, cheaper than many of the upper scale Karaoke bars, with beers usually $4 to $5 vice $6 to $8 in many of the Karaoke Bars. If you sit with a dancer, you will usually be expected to buy her drinks, at $20 per with Champaign significantly higher. If you behave yourself and show a little respect, you will find you are not pressed as hard for drinks as you might be on the U.S. mainland. Most of the strip clubs have back rooms for private shows ranging from $100 or more for 30 minutes. Since the drawn down of the U.S. military in the mid 1990's, many of the old strip clubs, such as Camelot, Las Vegas, Runway 69 and Dallas have closed down. Most of the remaining strip bars are in the Tumon area, see map at left.

Foxy's, see map at left, the old Andy's Club for those that were here a few years ago, is located at the northernmost end of San Vitores Street. Most of Foxy's current dancers are Korean and are attractive. Moving just South on San Vitores, just past Westin Hotel, is Club USA. Club. USA is one of the busiest strip clubs on Guam with dancers from the US mainland, Korea, China and an occasional local girl. Directly across the street from USA is Club Cosmos. If you have been on Guam before, you probably remember this as the Tourist Nightclub. Club Cosmos was located in Mite, but moved to Tumon last year. Just a little further South, and directly across from the Globe Nightclub, is the Hollywood . Well worth a look. About a hundred yards South of the Hollywood, directly across from the Hyatt Hotel, is Club Vikings. Vikings has also been around for many years and has some of the best dancers and best atmosphere on the island. Vikings is relatively small and normally very crowded. In mid Tumon, take a right off San Vitores road at the Police Koban, a couple hundred yards to one of Guam 's newest strip club, Crazy Horse. Big with bar, pool room and a large selection of dancers, primarily from the U.S. mainland. Heading South, just before Route 4a which leads to the World's Largest KMART, is the G-Spot. Large club. The dancers are mix of U.S. and Asian and usually very attractive. The atmosphere, however, is a bit too strict and pushy when compared with the other strip bars on island. And last on the Tumon list is club Don't Tell Mama. Continue South past G-Spot and directly across San Vitores Road from the Pacific Islands Club Hotel and resort. Relatively new, large with some nice dancers. Well worth a stop.

Outside the Tumon area, there are only two strip clubs still operating. Club Texas in Anigua is another local favorite. A bit older and not as well maintained. Not as many dancers as the Tumon clubs, but more of a neighborhood atmosphere and pretty good action. Finally, Foxy Lady is located in Upper Tumon on Marine Corps drive. Large and not as well maintained as the Tumon clubs. There are normally only a few dancers. Most of the clientele in the Texas and Foxy Lady are local, but tourists do make their way to both clubs from time to time.