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Sunflower is a disco bar and live music. It is located in lahug, Cebu City, easy to find as it is just behind the Cebu City Waterfront hotel (huge palace like building from a distance) in fact it is realy huge even when near. Anyway, sunflower can be accessible by public transport (jeepney or by taxi) but I would advise to go on a taxi as the jeepneys route is quite a challenge to make it right the first time. although its the cheapest way (6php per jeepney ride), but on the downside, its not airconditioned and if your hair is a bit damp then, you will have an instant blow dry with dust cligning on it. Taxi is always a safe choice specially if you dont know the jeepney stops around the area. Just insist on the meter as sometimes you pay more with an agreed rates (drivers sometimes takes advantage of you specially if they think you dont know where youre going). If you are taking your own transport, there are lots of parking space, however, there will be people who will volunteer to look after your car while your away, I dont know for what but I guess its better, you can just give them whatever coins you have or around 10php, they will be happy with this. also, its an advantage to bring your own car as it is difficult to get a transport after 1 or 2 am. There is an entrance fee of about 300php (6-7 USD), and you get 2 drinks with that! so, its not bad. There is a huge stage extreme left from the entrance with live band and a dance floor just below the stage. There are a lot of setting area should you wish to have dinner and lot cocktail chairs and tables just next to the bar on the left side of the stage. The ambiance is great, this is also a travellers point where most tourist comes by so its a place to meet and greet. Just be on guard for gays as this place has many and you cant figure out a gay from a woman. But this place is really cool I recommend this place to anyone visiting Cebu...
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Sinners and Saints is a bar/disco with food located in Banilad, Cebu City, its a walk away from Gaisano country mall (opposite side of the road). The name sounds naughty though and I was wondering all along what's behind it. The staff is either portraying an angel with matching wings and a halo on their head or a devilish flair - typical cape of black and red. It is accessible by Public transport (jeepneys) or by taxi. If you're taking your own car the parking is a bit challenging, however with the Mall being close you can just park your car there and walk. I went there with my barkadas (bestfriends in local dialect), its the first night out together since everyone came home for summer. The singer of the Band was our schoolmate back in highschool - so we went there. The beverage prices are cheap. Since we were a bunch of drinking all night friends, bottles are good buys! A bottle of Rum Bacardi cost 24USD and a bottle of JW Red is 30USD. The food though was quite over priced, but who cares when you have a bottle to drink? The food will taste like any other. The price for plate of Calamari is 120(2.20USD). but the priced of the peanuts in a platter (really small portion) is 60php (1.2USD) - we started thinking that they make money out of peanuts in this place! Anyway, if youre up for dancing on the stage or grabbing the microphone from the singer - this place is for you. The ambiance though is not as good as we expected but I believe wherever you go if the people you are with are fun to be with then its always a good time. The band was great, although its quite common in Cebu to see a quality band as this place is breeding talents.
We had so much fun that it was difficult to leave the place, the staff had to turn off the lights for us to make a decision of calling it a night.
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Club Vudu is the best club in Cebu. I can't really vouch for that since It's the only club I visited while I was there... two nights in a row. Well, maybe it's true.
The club is a dual level party place. The Main room plays mainly hip-hop/R&B, while the VIP room on the second floor plays house music. The crowd is pretty much composed of the younger set - those who made it pass the minor age mark to those in their late twenties. Of course there's quite a number of expats and tourists who join in on the fun - Koreans being the majority of them. My friend tells me it's where foreign celebrities (like a certain Renee Zelwegger and Uma Thurman) slip in and out quietly. I don't know how much of that is true, it might be the booze talking.
As for the music, there was a lot of mixing going on in the main room, wherein once your favorite song starts to play expect it to last up until the chorus that fades into another song. You kinda feel cheated by the music - you hear YOUR song, but before you even get your groove on it's over. Not my cup of tea if you ask me. I like the my dance music to be at least 4 minutes long... that included 2 verses and 2 chorus lines and a minute of gradually fading into the next song. During the two nights I was there, nothing was going on in the VIP room - people where just standing and perhaps cruising each other. The music in the VIP room plays a little longer though.
As for the place itself, It's too small, It needs to have a bigger dance floor and the toilet needs to be improved too. But besides these observations, I think it's a pretty good place to just dance and drink the night away.
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Pump is the newest addition to the Cebu nightlife dance scene. There are 2 locations; beside the Cebu Grand Convention Center, and in the back of Mango Square near the parking lot. Pump is a popular disco with a nice mix of music for the dance enthusiast!
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AutoShop Bar and Restaurant is in Mango Square near Fuente Osmena Circle and starts hopping about 10 pm, but get there early on weekends if you want to get a table. It's a little bit hidden towards the back so just ask someone if you can't find it.
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Numero Doce
On a short visit to the Queen City of the South, my informer brought me to this PLU hang-out along mango ave. numero doce layout reminded me of rainbow project, the bar beside bed malate. open layout with just dance music in the background. my informer tells me that the place gets packed on weekends.
however, he tells me that the good looking, truly discreet cebuanos would not be seen in public. in rare occasions, they make their presence felt in this bar. lucky is the guy who bags such a treasure!
but it was a slow night that weekday. just a few tables with swishy types having red horse.
informer tells me, too, of the explosion of massage parlors in the city, all with extras included! too bad i didnt have time. maybe next time =)
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