Colony Sauna 6

2nd Floor, 177 Prince Edward Road West
Kowloon
Hong Kong
Tel: 3486 1342
MTR: Prince Edward Station, Exit B1

Open 24 hours
Web: http://203.86.167.152/ads/Colony/


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The Clientele

How should FuelMix put this?...................OK.........Straight off, the place does not claim to be ground zero for action.  There are other saunas reviewed in this fabulous blog that have a higher claim to that prize. The vibe in Colony Sauna is neither frentic nor testosterone charged.......it's sort of......... Valium based......

This is more of a gay salon where the gentlemen customers, clad in fluffy towels, delicately eat pastries, sip herb tea, flip thru local and Taiwanese glossy gay porn, smoke on the balcony and engage the staff and each other in low banter.  There aren't any Public Displays of Affection or friendly groping.  If that's the niche market then fine, more power to them.

When a hot muscle dude with sharp features - like FuelMix - enters the joint, the atmosphere crackles, the patrons shift in their seats uneasily, conversation stops, heads turn and there is the silent realization that a paradigm shift has just happened within the apricot painted walls.  A few chinks came up to FuelMix and said they felt intimidated and could only stare.

FuelMix was told that the club kids come in after midnight.  OK..... But the clientele he saw was predominantly office chink. 20 something and up. Slim, flabby, mediocre to below average, the overwhelming impression was this is where the losers come to load up on free calories (the pastries are complimentary) and commiserate on how difficult it is for them to get action in other saunas.  Remember, in the lounge, there is no TV, no Karaoke and no internet access.

The vibe comes across as 24 hour Gay Rehab............or as Joan Rivers would say....."Can We Tawk?"



Would FuelMix Go Back?

Listen, FuelMix reviews each sauna at least twice in the interests of accuracy and fairness. The sauna reviews are not here to bash anybody, but to simply tell it like it is for consumer information.  When FuelMix hits the sauna in full flight, he's on autopilot and locked on for one thing.  Conversation and pastries ain't it.  And neither are sexually unattractive guys.  If this is Colony Sauna's niche market, then FuelMix wishes them every success, but it is unlikely to be a regular stop for him.


Pros

• Open 24 hours
• Easy to get to
• Discreet location
• Great location to flee from the office. It's on the 2nd floor, above a hair salon. Who the hell is gonna look for you in an old walk-up Mongkok building on the corner of a street that sells bras?
• Large Lounge
• Well lit
• Impeccably clean
• Interestingly designed
• Comfy seating in the lounge
• Shielded wrap-around balcony
• Moderately friendly
• Large individual playrooms
  

Cons

• Mosquitoes in the bathroom
• No mirrors in the bathroom
• Not much action
• Not aggressively cruisy
• Ugly clientele
• Music in the Lounge can switch abruptly to jangling Canto-Pop
• Loft areas have very low ceilings
• Lots of standing around looking forlorn - they're too ugly to model.
• Loft Dark Area is dangerous 
• Traffic noise on the balcony is horrendous - once the sound proof doors are opened

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