Itaewon Nights

Ok Ok team,

I know you are going to slander me as being a typical foreigner in Seoul for doing what I did last Saturday Night.   And yes, I deserve to be slandered.   You have a fair point.   I did the thing that basically every foreigner does at some point yet regularly wishes they didnt do.    I did the debauche.   I did the unsavoury.   I did the regrettable.  

I went to some clubs in Itaewon on a Saturday Night.  

Yep it was the first time I had really been out on a Saturday Night here in Korea for a while, so I decided to head to an old stomping ground of mine, Itaewon.  

During the daylight hours, Itaewon is an interestingly cosmopolitan mix so it is.   Cafes, Markets, the odd clothing shop, and plenty of food stalls on the street add to a nice little eclectic mix of things to be mixed in to give a strong resonant positive feel and vibe for a place. 

At night however, the place can indeed become a lot on the seedy side and whilst not overbearingly bad, it can indeed get a little irritable. 

The place is basically jam packed with Koreans, US soldiers, English teachers and well... any one else tagging along for the ride. 

Two bars I went into on the night include Helios and the UN bar.  

Helios is by far the better of the two.   Its basically set up like a sports bar.   You can the usual things you do at any given bar there.   The grub is good, the vibe good, and the time good.   Its generally not so bad.

UN Bar on the other hand is a different thing altogether.   Basically it has a lot of filipino waitresses and US soldiers in there, and it has an unfortunate ghetto like feel to it.   It plays Hip Hop until it can play it no more.   And it gets really repetitive and boring.   Not to mention that the place still has a very dirty grungy feel to it.   A place to avoid in the future I think.  

You can have a look at some youtubes of Itaewon here..



Thats UN bar for you .. and more ..








Generally speaking, Itaewon is not too bad.   But well... I will leave it up to you if you wish to go there at night.   Cheers.