Chaps 7

Ground Floor, 15 Ming Yuen Western Street
North Point
Hong Kong
MTR: North Point Station, Exit B, then Exit B1

Tel: 2570 9339
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Opening Hours:  Monday - Friday 3:30pm - Midnight. Saturday & Public Holidays 3:30pm - Overnite.
Note:  Best to call beforehand for opening hours and Theme Nites.  Staff speak excellent English.

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It's like I went to the wrong place or it's all a bad prank! I value your reviews highly and went really out of the way for Chaps only to find myself in..... just read below.

Clientele

It was my fault that I needed to go at nonpeak hours. So I didn't blame what I found against the reviews coz' those were the exactly same kind of crowd I met when I went to Ni-Chome and even Big Top at similar times - apparently only out of shape mid 40's goes to sauna at around 5:30-7pm weekdays (I went to Chaps on a Friday hoping it would be different, at least there were twice as many people on the street as any other weekdays, only to find I was wrong.). 

Music

Josh Groban. 

Vibe

About the "oasis" description part, I am not sure which affects the vibe more, the decor or the clientele. I felt exactly like meat in the "meat market" - had hands on my dick and ass right after I stepped into the shower. : ( There was also another occasion where I said politely "sorry" and tapping lightly on the hands around me only resulted the guy humping me like a dog. 

Steam and dry sauna

What almost salvaged my trip - such a paradise and a change of scene when you stepped into two of these "installed" rooms. I like them both and they were how I spent most of my time there. I was also amazed how they felt like blown-up castle squished indoor. That renovation must not be cheap?

Decor

With the exception of the said rooms above looking up-to-date/modern, the rest of place definitely fit the trope of old cliched chinese haunted house. Never have I felt the decor would have such an effect on me as I am neither big on interior design nor visually artsy. But memories of haunted stories and scary movies I had when I was a kid sent chills down my spine when I wandered the dark area hall alone. 

TV

You didn't mention the TV in the dry sauna, which I found to be a very nice touch. Local TV was on in your said Porn Area 2 and in the dry sauna. Not sure if it would be switched to porn at busier times. I was just glad I found something to do while I was there; coz' porn,ironically, might not be a better option in my situation. I probably didn't want to be aroused while surrounded by said visitors above "sharking" around.

Entry

I got charged $138. 

Verdict

I skimmed through your review before I went and I was reading it again to compare my experience with. I would say I completely missed your sarcastic tone when you say "fags should go check it out at least once" the first time i read it. You DID mean it with sarcasm right? Anyway, I just wish now I have never been there. And the trip was so traumatic that I had a lot of new found doubt to my plan to explore Colony as well, despite your good words for it.

FuelMix says:

1.   *sigh*..........a few weeks ago, after a gap of a few months, FuelMix also dropped into Chaps intending to upload a prompt update.  He didn't - in order to cool down having received blatant attitude from the staff on duty.  FuelMix was incensed and figured that since many readers appear to rely on his reviews, it would be more prudent to say nothing until he was completely rational again.

2.   Yeah, there was a hint of sarcasm when FuelMix suggested that "fags should go check it out at least once"..........the decor at the time was blatanty garish and now, is only slightly less so.  We can confirm that there have been some modifications in the shower area (the dry sauna and the steam room are OK), there is a TV screen in the downstairs dry sauna which is way too bright, there are beds for group action in what used to be part of the downstairs lounge area, and there's a small "Dark Room / Romp area" near the private rooms.

3.   As for being a cliched Chinese haunted house...........well, given that the neighbourhood is in a quiet side street of North Point where the premises have been converted into mixed uses, that's hardly surprising.  The buildings dated back to the 1950s.  The Dark Area in Chaps is disappointingly small considering the space they have downstairs.  Also bear in mind that the majority of chink fags prefer groping in the Dark.  It seems to be a cultural thing.  Ask them...........they'll tell you.

4.   As for your trauma, FuelMix has repeatedly said that hitting a gay sauna is like hitting a casino.  You pay your money and you take your chances.  If it's any consolation, FuelMix shares your sense of bewilderment about this place.  When he wrote his earlier reviews, the place appeared to have potential.  When he dropped in a few weeks ago on a Saturday nite, he too was amazed at the high Fugly content of the predominanly chink clientele, with a sprinkling of ugly white guys wandering around to a Josh Groban soundtrack.

5.   The stench of nicotine smoke from the tiny lounge area, wafting into the cramped dimly lit Locker Area was unbearable.  Add to that Fugly fags, a decidedly unsexy vibe, a HK$138.00 entry fee, no free food, a perilously slippery spiral staircase and staff with attitude, FuelMix reached the inevitable conclusion............Attitude from staff automatically kills off any chance of FuelMix showing up there.  

6.   FuelMix has blacklisted Chaps and has written it off as a waste of time and money.

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