Over the last few years, Subic Bay has emerged as one of the top destinations for nightlife in the Philippines. This beautiful bay area is always crowded with tourists, therefore it has all kinds of facilities to support this industry, like hotels, restaurants, including clubs and bars.
Subic Bay nightlife is concentrated mainly in four areas:
Baloy Long Beach Area
There are many hotels in this area, and each of them has its own bar. Some of these hotels are facing the beach area, so this is a favorite spot for tourists to stay during their holiday in Subic Bay. Hotels at Baloy Long Beach are also known for providing live sports show and serving great food. If you want to stay in a cozy resort where you can have a nice meal and drink while watching the sunset in the afternoon, and you won’t have to go very far to enjoy nightlife entertainment, then you should stay at one of the hotels in Baloy Long Beach. Even though there are many bars in this area, none of them can be categorized as a ‘girlie bar’. But still, Baloy Long Beach offers a lot of fun for visitors.
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National Highway Area
Bars and clubs in this area are mostly located at the top end just before you make the turn heading to Baloy Beach. If you’re staying in a hotel at Baloy Beach area, you only need to take a short walk to this area. If ‘bar hopping’ is your style in enjoying nightlife, this is the perfect area for you to visit. Most of the Subic Bay bars in this area are small, but most of them are quite nice girlie and bikini bars. So if you’re looking to spend time enjoying drinks with Subic Bay bar girls this is the place that you have to go to. There also a number of hotels in the area and with the many girlie bars around, this place has become a hotspot for sextourism in Subic Bay.
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Downtown Olongopo and Magasaysay Areas
These areas are mostly visited by local tourists, but you can also see quite a few Western tourists here. Olongapo is known for Live bands entertainment, a lot of great clubs are located in this area, including the famous Subic Hard Rock Cafe that serves live music every night. Other popular places in the area are Cal Jam, Gigalo’s and Willies.
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Subic Base Area
This is a waterfront business district that has a lot of nightlife venues. However, the nightlife venues in this area tend to be bigger and more upmarket when compared to other areas in Subic Bay. Many of these nightlife venues offer live music, like the Neptunes that presents live music every weekend. Other great venues for live music in these areas are Sams Pizza Restaurant and Pier One at Moonbay Marina.
If you want to enjoy entertainment other than bars, discos and live bands, there are also cinemas and Arts center for cultural entertainment in this beautiful destination.
