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Republic Lounge - CLOSED
Gay-popular lounge bar & nightclub with weekend drag show.
Republic Lounge - CLOSED
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Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
February 2022: This venue has been reported closed.
Popular gay bar, lounge cafe & nightclub in Ho Chi Chi Minh. Now moved to a new location.
Republic Lounge serves a variety of drinks and food in modern setting, with live DJ, drag shows. The place attracts many young, good-looking crowds and gets very busy on the weekend.
Popular gay bar, lounge cafe & nightclub in Ho Chi Chi Minh. Now moved to a new location.
Republic Lounge serves a variety of drinks and food in modern setting, with live DJ, drag shows. The place attracts many young, good-looking crowds and gets very busy on the weekend.
Weekday: 19:00 - 03:00
Weekend: 19:00 - 05:00
Features:
Bar
Cabaret Show
Dancing
Music
3.3
Audience Rating
Based on 45 votes
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2018 Audience Awards
4 Star Winner
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2019 Audience Awards
4 Star Winner
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2020 Audience Awards
4 Star Winner
Weekday: 19:00 - 03:00
Weekend: 19:00 - 05:00
A super place
What a great, beautiful place to go out, staff is very friendly, great dance music and very cute guys. The location is super handy since it is located in the heart of the pack packers district (district 1). I had a super night here and will definitely return when I am back in Saigon. Republic is a big plus for the local gay community and the (gay) tourists.
Really disappointed
This place is not open on a Monday or Tuesday night as we tried both and it was closed. Tonight it was open but there were no clients and the barman has very limited English and only one very expensive choice of whiskey which had one nip left in the bottom of the bottle. Really sad as this area of the city very much needs a good gay bar. The decor is very nice but someone who knows what they are doing needs to manage the bar every night to draw a larger crowd.
FrenZ-FrenZY
Friendly and inviting. The drinks are cheap and the staff are a lot of fun. Weekdays are pretty laid back and weekends are packed wall to walls with guys who just want to dance and have a good time. Lesbian, straight friendly as well so bring any of your friends without a worry.
I go often. It's a good time.
Is this bar closed?
I went there today but can't found, local people said this bar is closed. Can anyone clarified ?
Expensive and empty
Visited at around 10 p.m. on a weekday. The place is nicely decorated but quite expensive for Vietnam, a can of Budweiser above 3 USD. The staff are not welcoming, nor unfriendly, just totally not interested. There were only 3 other visitors.
Maybe it's nice on weekends, I don't know.
Drag show
From all the info online, this place offered the only drag show in town, a six song set lasting 40 mins.
Jumped the shark...
I came there on a Friday night around 11 p.m. There were like 3 guests at the spot. They charge you 165 000 VND for a gin tonic... After I finished I was trying to get in eye-contact with one of the waiters to order another one (as the music is so loud that you can't talk to them).
Unfortunately their mobile phones seemed more important to them.
I can imagine that this once was the place to be, but now it seems to be quite dead.
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