Amazonia Bar is one of the hottest live music venue and most popular meeting points in Wan chai, where Hong Kong’s wild and wonderful people like to hang out to meet the beautiful babes and the guys at here, generally, this Bar is packed with white guys and Filipinas. All the waitresses were Filipina and the guys who brought along dates, brought Filipina women. Even the band was all-Filipino. This bar is sprinkled with an artsy and playful tang, its walls hung with paintings of female bodies by local artist Malcolm Golding. With faux palm trees in the corners, the bar almost feels like a rainforest embedded with reddish and purplish soft lighting. Raised stools line the bar, while black leather sofas in the back corner give a better view of the live band.
Actually, Amazonia Bar is located in the heart of Wanchai’s notorious party strip and is popular with men who are looking for a date, but several regular patrons of the bar head here solely to enjoy the excellent live music. In Amazonia Bar, you can enjoy the Popular Filipino bands like the Ice Box Band provide great entertainment. The bands that play at Bar Amazonia specializes in all-time great rock music like “Stairway to Heaven”, “Back in Black”, “Eye of the Tiger” and many more. This bar is also a hangout spot for rugby lovers who also have a thing for rock’n’roll. Rugby games are shown on several wall-mounted plasmas every night while the live band stirs up the heat from 10pm onwards.
Amazonia has non-stop live music pretty much all night long. It additionally offers a full bar and a selection of bar snacks in case you wish to nibble while you enjoy a night of rock music. The atmosphere at this bar is always really fun and there are always girls around who may not be the best looking in Wan Chai but they are often very cool.
The Two Bands Play in Amazonia
1. Ice Box
The Ice Box arrives in Hong Kong in 2006 to headline at Bar Amazonia, where they quickly gained a strong following and rose to dominate the Wanchai bar scene. In 2007 they headed to Mainland China for a successful tour and are now back again at Bar Amazonia, pumping up the volume nightly to the pleasure of a enthusiastic audience of regular supporters and visiting tourists, as they perform their signature versions of the popular rock and heavy metal hits of past and present.
2. KAKTOOZ
Kaktooz is taking Wanchai by storm. Lead singer and former beauty queen, Sophia Valdez, brings a fresh and vibrant style to the Amazonia stage, performing a surprisingly versatile repertoire of popular hits that include rock, reggae, SKA, funk, country, Latin, pop and new wave. Kaktooz have also performed in Singapore and the Maldives before joining Bar Amazonia in May of 2009.
The most crowd in Amazonia Bar the after-work white collars. Sticking to its down-to-earth motto, everything is offered at a down-to-earth price (happy hour price). There’s probably nowhere else you could grab a beer cheap plus rugby games and live music.
Contact Details:
Address: G/F, Henan Building, 15-19 Luard Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Chinese Address: 香港湾仔区卢押道15-19号豫港大厦G/F
Telephone: (852)31058990
Website: http://www.amazonia.com.hk/
Average Cost: 100
Open Hours: 8:00 PM To 06:00 AM