So I was invited to a birthday party last night at the beach town of Ao Nang. It was the guy's 40th so even though I was feeling lazy I still attended. I had been to this bar in the past but only during the afternoon so this was my first experience being there during the busy evening hours. You see, it is on the beachfront road and nearly everything is very busy at night during this time of year.

I have to say that this bar did not wow me but I didn't hate it either, therefore it gets a MEH rating from me. I'll go ahead and break down the pros and cons.

• massive cocktail menu at very reasonable prices considering the area
  
• restaurant has a wide selection of snacks
• the band was extremely talented
• there are tons of staff and you never have to wait very long for anything really
• the place is very large and airy

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• the really good band is entirely too loud, it is almost impossible to talk to anyone unless they are sitting right next to you. Conversation quickly becomes a shouting contest
• the chairs, for the most part are these solid wood thingers that are very uncomfortable
• the bathrooms are disgustingly dirty and have no soap

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So for me, I would say that unless my friend is having a birthday party here, i probably wouldn't return. The main thing for me was the music being so loud. I just don't understand why they would do that. It's not a Guns N Roses concert, it is a bunch of people playing cover tunes and I dunno, i don't like to shout to talk to someone that is on the other side of the table from me - it's something that I think makes me unreasonably upset but I actually left the party really early because of this.

The bathrooms being gross isn't terribly surprising and this is actually very very common in Thailand. Unless you are somewhere very fancy there is a really good chance that the toilets are always going to be pretty awful and not cleaned very often. I don't understand the absence of soap though. That just seems mean.