Just next to Nutty Park, you will find two new bars that have recently opened, "We Cheers" (who makes up these names?), and Sexy Bar. Sexy Bar has quite a number of bar girls working there (at present), which appears unsustainable when you look at all the other bars, so we'll need to see what happens over the coming months. Both of these bars are a little different to most others in that they are a long(ish) bar running across the length of the building, with a fairly small standing/seated area for customers.
Moving on to the scam......It was Sexy Bar where we encountered something we had never seen in Udon Thani before, in Pattaya - yes, but not Udon Thani. We sat down and two girls immediately pounced on us, which is expected. I told 'my girl' that I did not want a girl, and just wanted to drink some beer. She eventually moved on, but only as far as the guy I was with. For the next hour or so, we both pretty much ignored her, as her attention was not wanted. During this time, her glass was being topped up, but at the time we thought nothing of it - until my friend got his 'check bill'! The bar had added two lady drinks to his bill, at 130 baht each but at no time did he ever offer the girl (or any other girl) a drink, and nor did she ask him for one.
Somewhat taken aback by this, my friend stood his ground and explained that he never agreed to these 'lady drinks', and eventually they backed down and removed the 260 baht from the bill. Hopefully this was something of a one-off, but who knows, it is possible that this is tried every day of the week if they think they can get away with it.
So, if you visit this bar, as talk to a girl or two, take care and watch your bill every now and then to see if they had added an unexpected drink or two. If you do experience this, please let me know so I can raise awareness once more.