Monsoon Bar is a small go-go room a little way along Walking Street from the Dollhouse cluster, on the Q Bar side of the strip, that a lot of old hands still call by its former name — Typhoon Bar. The weather theme survived the refit; the arched, moulded door frame and the raised signage lit up at night are the same, and inside it’s a compact, dark room with the stage right there as you walk in and the mamasan set up in the booths by the door.
It is not a big place. There’s no pool table, no mezzanine, no fifty-girl line-up — one stage with a ring of stools, a few tables and a low ceiling covered in crinkled reflective paper that makes the disco lights do more work than they should. Reviews from 2024 and early 2025 are split: some praise the door staff and quick drink service and call it a friendly room with free Wi-Fi; a couple complain the girls were more interested in their phones than the stage on a slow night. Both can be true depending on the hour, which is why I say go after ten.
The reason Monsoon earns a place on a bar crawl is timing. It has a reputation for staying open later than many of the rooms around it, so when the shutters start coming down at three, it’s one of the last lights on. Drinks are described by reviewers as a touch above average for a room this size — think local beer around ₱130–160 and ladies’ drinks from about ₱300 in August 2026 — with no cover charge.
The system is standard: your drink, her ladies’ drink if you want her at your table, a tip on the way out. Small rooms like this are where the girls have time to talk, which is either the point or a bit slow, depending on what you came for.
Harry remembers Typhoon in the days when the ceiling was just a ceiling. It’s never been a headline bar and doesn’t try to be; it’s a last-drink room with a friendly door and a late licence, and every strip needs one of those.
| Dancers | Go-go stage |
|---|---|
| Music | Pop / disco |
| Cover | None |
| Local beer from | ₱130 |
| Ladies’ drink from | ₱300 |
| Dress code | None |
Highlights
- + One of the later closers on the strip
- + Small room — easy to talk
- + Free Wi-Fi and a friendly door, per reviews
Good for
- a last drink
- solo drinkers
- a quiet chat
Drawbacks
- − Can be flat on a slow night
- − Drinks a touch pricier than the room suggests
