Zhuhai

[daxica]

Was that at Wang Fu KTV or a similar standard KTV in Zhuhai? Seems like Changping KTVs are 2,5,8 but from what I have read in the various forums, Zhuhai KTVs are more expensive and the more upmarket ones charge 2,6,10 or more. It would be great if you could post a report on your experience at a Zhuhai KTV since there aren't many on the forums.



I agree that some bargaining is expected but my impression has been that one can wrangle a few extra beers and maybe get a slight discount on the rooms but 400 for the room and the girl? That's a good price, which KTV was that?

 

[kim.2007]

My experience has been to pay the girls 500 RMB for short time, 800 RMB for overnight, and 200 RMB if the girl only sits with you. They don't expect the 200 RMB if you take them back to your room

 

[DrDan]

If you go to a KTV pre negotiate the price, like say I want 8 beers+room+ one girl. If they say 500 RMB+200 for girl. You say 200+ 150 . Ultimately you should not pay more than 400 including the girl. Try to walk away if the price is not agreeable and more often than not they will agree. In China negotiating is the norm. You can even negotiate the food prices on the menu.
Do not be afraid to show you are a cheap charlie. If you do not they will tack on extra charges like bringing unordered food and also other girls will come and sit with you and want girl fee.
Normal take away for LT for the girl is 600 RMB. If you take her you do not have to pay sitting charges.
Tipping is unheard of in China till western people introduced it.
Here everybody does the job and the quality of work is the same whether you tip or not.

 

[HOT GUY CON]

Yes, I paid the lady RMB1000=USD126 for the overnight session. That RMB1000 is inclusive of the RMB200 sitting fee. Had I chosen not to take the lady for an overnight session, I would just had to pay her RMB200 for sitting with me.

In the KTV setup, you pay the KTV to use their premises and for drinks, food, etc. I chose to get a small room which had a room charge of RMB500 meaning that I have to spend a min. of RMB500 on drinks & food. The room is just meant for u to interact with the ladies, eg. play dice games, sing, etc (of course, if the room comes with an attached washroom, u might be able to do more). For the ladies, you have to pay extra.

So for a small room and an overnight session with the lady, my cost for an evening at the KTV would be:
1) RMB500 (Room Charge)
2) RMB1000 (Overnight Session with 1 lady)

BTW, any attempt to pay the ladies in a currency other than RMB/Chinese money will result in a highly unfavorable exchange rate

 

[Florida Girl]

Macau Airport to Zhuhai:

After clearing customs, I headed to the row of travel booths to book a hotel room and was quoted RMB700 for a big room/Da Fang at the Zhuhai Holiday Inn. The travel booth staff then told me that it would be cheaper to book at a travel agency in Zhuhai. Out of goodwill, I bought a shuttle ticket from them at RMB 25. Waiting time was about 5 minutes before the shuttle had enough passengers to leave for the border crossing.

Alternatively, one can take the ‘AP1’ public bus or a taxi.

Zhuhai Hotels:

After crossing the border, it was a short walk to the underground mall, many travel agencies there. I followed the directions to Jin Ye hotel and stumbled into the ‘Zhuhai Travel Agency’, was quoted RMB500+ for a small room and RMB660 for a big room at the Holiday Inn (all inclusive weekday rates). One can also book directly at the hotel but I checked out four hotels and the travel agency always had better rates. BTW, the hotels didn’t have any problems with me previewing the rooms before booking.

If you book the hotel room in-person at the travel agency, they will usually ask you to pay cash in advance. But I found this arrangement to be less than ideal as the receipt is issued by the travel agency and not the hotel (talk about consumer rights). It turns out that you can book through the travel agency and get the discounted rates but pay the travel agency via the hotel in cash or by credit card.

Based on my limited mandarin, I believe this is how they group their rooms:

a) Small Room with twin beds / Xiao Fang
b) Big Room with king bed / Da Fang
c) Suite / Tao Fang

Holiday Inn Hotel / Jia Re Jiu Dian – My favorite hotel; the big room comes with a king bed and sofa. Nice décor and everything looks new. But do book in advance, I stayed one night and then found that I couldn’t extend as it was fully booked for the rest of the week.

International Hotel / Guo Hui Jiu Dian – Big convention hotel, felt somewhat old and impersonal. Got a Hao Hua Da Fang/ Grand Big Room (a cross between a suite and big room) with a nice sea view for RMB 700/night (weekend rate, RMB600/night for weekdays). The room was really quite big with a king sized bed and 3-piece sofa set but the soundproofing needs work; could hear people talking as they walked by, guess they could hear me at night too, LOL.


Wang Fu KTV:

I spent most of my time at Wang Fu KTV; think they call KTVs, ‘Ju Le Bu’ in Zhuhai. Wang Fu KTV is located in the row of buildings next to the Bank of China building and Yindo Hotel. Wish I had more time, would have checked out the Sunshine KTV at Holiday Inn and the one at Du Jia Chun.

System – There’s a mamasan or assistant mamasan who attends to you and brings the ladies. Think there are several teams of ladies here, each headed by a mamasan and 2-3 assistant mamasan. The assistant mamasan who attended to me would always push for her team first but was quite good about bringing the other teams’ ladies when I wanted to see more. Still, I couldn’t be sure that she was showing me the best from the other teams. Apart from the mamasan, there’s also a waiter or waitress but don’t recall a DJ as mentioned in the Changping KTV reports.

Ladies – The selection here is only passable but there are gems to be found; took me quite a few line-ups but found three ladies (ratings: 7, 7.5 & 8) who were all quite GFE including one hot pixie with whom I spent a few days. I won’t be naming these ladies for personal reasons except for Fang Fang from Hunan whom I rated a 7; kinda flat-chested but quite pretty and innocent looking, very GFE if you treat her right. There was also this girl whom I quite liked but didn’t have enough time to take out, think her name is Yan Zhi from Guangxi; a bit skinny but really fun once you ply her with alcohol.

Cost – About RMB500 for a small room (forgot the exact sum). RMB200 for a lady to sit with you and RMB1000 (includes the RMB200) for overnight till 12 noon the next day. If you like the lady, you can extend for another day for RMB1000 (can probably negotiate but keep in mind that the KTV ladies have to pay RMB300 to their mamasan if they don’t turn up for work). The room charges can be put on the credit card at no extra cost but for the overnight fee, additional RMB100 surcharge for credit cards. BTW, the credit card statement will indicate ‘Wang Fu Nightclub’.

Tipping – I’ve never been sure about how much to tip the mamasans, I suppose it differs depending on the city. My standard tip was RMB300 to the mamasan and RMB50 for the waiter. Perhaps the more experienced mongers could shed some light on this.

Conclusion – Not a bad KTV but I really was expecting a better selection of ladies. Having spent several days going thru multiple line-ups at Wang Fu, I have to say that the quality is only marginally better compared to Lian Hua Lu.

This trip to Zhuhai has truly opened my eyes to the exciting mongering possibilities in China. I’m keener on exploring the KTV scene and will be headed to either Changping or Houjie on my next trip. Quite a tough call with contrary reports on several boards, Changping seems to be the more popular destination but Houjie reputedly has the best looking ladies. I’m more focused on quality rather than quantity so it does seem that Houjie might be the better fit. I would greatly appreciate input on this.

 

[Keegan W]

i checked the exchange rate and found out that 1000 chines money is equal to 126 us
so i`m wondering did u pay the lady 126 us?
QUOTE=Cn Explorer]Macau Airport to Zhuhai:

After clearing customs, I headed to the row of travel booths to book a hotel room and was quoted RMB700 for a big room/Da Fang at the Zhuhai Holiday Inn. The travel booth staff then told me that it would be cheaper to book at a travel agency in Zhuhai. Out of goodwill, I bought a shuttle ticket from them at RMB 25. Waiting time was about 5 minutes before the shuttle had enough passengers to leave for the border crossing.

Alternatively, one can take the ‘AP1’ public bus or a taxi.

Zhuhai Hotels:

After crossing the border, it was a short walk to the underground mall, many travel agencies there. I followed the directions to Jin Ye hotel and stumbled into the ‘Zhuhai Travel Agency’, was quoted RMB500+ for a small room and RMB660 for a big room at the Holiday Inn (all inclusive weekday rates). One can also book directly at the hotel but I checked out four hotels and the travel agency always had better rates. BTW, the hotels didn’t have any problems with me previewing the rooms before booking.

If you book the hotel room in-person at the travel agency, they will usually ask you to pay cash in advance. But I found this arrangement to be less than ideal as the receipt is issued by the travel agency and not the hotel (talk about consumer rights). It turns out that you can book through the travel agency and get the discounted rates but pay the travel agency via the hotel in cash or by credit card.

Based on my limited mandarin, I believe this is how they group their rooms:

a) Small Room with twin beds / Xiao Fang
b) Big Room with king bed / Da Fang
c) Suite / Tao Fang

Holiday Inn Hotel / Jia Re Jiu Dian – My favorite hotel; the big room comes with a king bed and sofa. Nice décor and everything looks new. But do book in advance, I stayed one night and then found that I couldn’t extend as it was fully booked for the rest of the week.

International Hotel / Guo Hui Jiu Dian – Big convention hotel, felt somewhat old and impersonal. Got a Hao Hua Da Fang/ Grand Big Room (a cross between a suite and big room) with a nice sea view for RMB 700/night (weekend rate, RMB600/night for weekdays). The room was really quite big with a king sized bed and 3-piece sofa set but the soundproofing needs work; could hear people talking as they walked by, guess they could hear me at night too, LOL.


Wang Fu KTV:

I spent most of my time at Wang Fu KTV; think they call KTVs, ‘Ju Le Bu’ in Zhuhai. Wang Fu KTV is located in the row of buildings next to the Bank of China building and Yindo Hotel. Wish I had more time, would have checked out the Sunshine KTV at Holiday Inn and the one at Du Jia Chun.

System – There’s a mamasan or assistant mamasan who attends to you and brings the ladies. Think there are several teams of ladies here, each headed by a mamasan and 2-3 assistant mamasan. The assistant mamasan who attended to me would always push for her team first but was quite good about bringing the other teams’ ladies when I wanted to see more. Still, I couldn’t be sure that she was showing me the best from the other teams. Apart from the mamasan, there’s also a waiter or waitress but don’t recall a DJ as mentioned in the Changping KTV reports.

Ladies – The selection here is only passable but there are gems to be found; took me quite a few line-ups but found three ladies (ratings: 7, 7.5 & 8) who were all quite GFE including one hot pixie with whom I spent a few days. I won’t be naming these ladies for personal reasons except for Fang Fang from Hunan whom I rated a 7; kinda flat-chested but quite pretty and innocent looking, very GFE if you treat her right. There was also this girl whom I quite liked but didn’t have enough time to take out, think her name is Yan Zhi from Guangxi; a bit skinny but really fun once you ply her with alcohol.

Cost – About RMB500 for a small room (forgot the exact sum). RMB200 for a lady to sit with you and RMB1000 (includes the RMB200) for overnight till 12 noon the next day. If you like the lady, you can extend for another day for RMB1000 (can probably negotiate but keep in mind that the KTV ladies have to pay RMB300 to their mamasan if they don’t turn up for work). The room charges can be put on the credit card at no extra cost but for the overnight fee, additional RMB100 surcharge for credit cards. BTW, the credit card statement will indicate ‘Wang Fu Nightclub’.

Tipping – I’ve never been sure about how much to tip the mamasans, I suppose it differs depending on the city. My standard tip was RMB300 to the mamasan and RMB50 for the waiter. Perhaps the more experienced mongers could shed some light on this.

Conclusion – Not a bad KTV but I really was expecting a better selection of ladies. Having spent several days going thru multiple line-ups at Wang Fu, I have to say that the quality is only marginally better compared to Lian Hua Lu.

This trip to Zhuhai has truly opened my eyes to the exciting mongering possibilities in China. I’m keener on exploring the KTV scene and will be headed to either Changping or Houjie on my next trip. Quite a tough call with contrary reports on several boards, Changping seems to be the more popular destination but Houjie reputedly has the best looking ladies. I’m more focused on quality rather than quantity so it does seem that Houjie might be the better fit. I would greatly appreciate input on this.[/QUOTE]

 

[hackalot]

Hello Everyone,

I tried today a standard massage (I think it was Chinese massage) at Nature Spa (on the Lover's Road in Zhuhai).
The massage was nice but make sure to take a phone to translate for you. I had a very hard massage (didn't know how to say to massage softer...) but it was pretty nice. They don't speak english at all and communication is pretty rocky...
Paid 100RMB/hour (I took 1.5 hours) and left 50RMB tip. Not sure if I had to or not but did not know what she wanted to say before leaving... I assumed it was a tip. Like I said, the price and massage is great, I just don't speak chinese and neither do they speak english...

Cheers.

 

[abotarq]

good to know that i may one day go china shanghai

 

[Xiaopangge]

hello everyone, seems like this thread here has been quite for some time. I am a new joiner in this forum and is currently based in Zhuhai for work. I'm quite active in the Zhuhai scene nowadays and feel free to raise out any queries dudes. Just saw the above post on Wang Fu KTV and it's my personal favourite in Zhuhai! (As for the part on tipping, wow.... Looks like our dude here over-tipped the mamasan. Tips to mamasan is actually optional.

 

[masslin]

good to know that i may one day go china shanghai

Shanghai is famous for its nightlife...Maybe oneday you should check it out

 

[Hellomoto]

Any mega spas with buffet, jacuzzi, sauna with 150rmb+- body massage?

 

[cityboy]

im im zhuhai now. any recommendations for a good massage? i saw a few hotels with girls line up in front but didnt have a chance to get in yet.