Aura Bar is one of the small rooms on the Walking Street stretch of Fields Avenue that most people walk past without noticing, which is either its charm or its problem depending on the night. The older directories describe it precisely: a cosy bar with room for about twenty-five customers, a few waitresses, no pool table, no big stage show, catering mostly to Korean guests but with everybody welcome. One called it a hidden gem. Google-derived listings carry a more mixed set of opinions, including at least one unhappy Korean reviewer, so I'll leave "gem" in inverted commas and say the truth is probably in between.
What you'd be walking into, if it's the room the record describes, is a hostess bar rather than a go-go: a compact space, a bar and a handful of tables, ladies who sit and chat rather than dance, and a bill built on ladies' drinks. That format suits some men down to the ground — you can hear yourself think, and a small room means the attention isn't divided twenty ways — and bores others rigid inside ten minutes. Know which you are before you go in.
On the money: a decade back a local drink was under ₱100 and a ladies' drink about ₱150 here. In August 2026 I'd expect a small room like this to be nearer ₱130–170 for a San Mig Light and ₱250–350 for a ladies' drink, and I'd add my usual advice for hostess bars: ask whether the ladies' drink is a single or a double before you nod, and pay as you go. Cards were not accepted historically; bring cash. Hours were listed as five or six in the evening through to two.
Status, honestly: Aura has been on the map for at least ten years, which counts for something in Angeles, but I can't confirm from two independent recent sources that it's open in August 2026. Treat it as a "walk past and see".
Harry says: I'm not the target market — the Korean-leaning small rooms run on a slightly different rhythm to the Western-facing bars, and I've never quite settled into one. But I know men who swear by them for exactly that reason: quieter, politer, less shouting. If that's you, Aura is worth a peek.
| Music | Pop / K-pop (varies) |
|---|---|
| Cover | None |
| Local beer from | ₱130 |
| Ladies’ drink from | ₱250 |
| Dress code | None |
Highlights
- + Cosy 25-seat room — easy conversation
- + Long-standing name on the avenue
- + Quieter than the big rooms
Good for
- quiet drinks
- conversation over spectacle
- Korean-friendly nights
Drawbacks
- − No stage show — not for go-go fans
- − Mixed reviews
- − Operating status not confirmed as of Aug 2026
