Okay, that sounds like a good idea. I really appreciate you guys sticking with me and helping me out here. I think I may even ask to chat with the mamasan of where ever I go too. That is a good idea as well?
That is no easy answer to that question. A good mama-san is worth her weight in gold and can make or break a business. The question then becomes, how do you know if she is a good mama-san? Read the reviews and hope you are a good judge of character.
If you are new to the bar scene and are looking for a particular type of girl, it is a good idea to buy the mama-san a drink and get her suggestions. So you won't be disappointed, don't be afraid to ask the mama-san or the girls for exactly what you want. You won't embarrass them. They have heard it all before.
However, some of the mama-san are lying, thieving scum, so be careful. If a mama-san brings you a girl (unsolicited by you) and basically tries to force her on you, there is a good chance she is acting as a pimp and will take part of whatever you pay the girl. As any transaction between you and the girl is, supposedly, between just you and the girl, the mama-san is breaking the law by involving herself, and therefore, the bar, in the transaction. It goes on and on. How some places get away with having rooms on the premises is another question. Apparently it is just a matter of how much "tea money" is changing hands. :-)
There was a bar down on walking street. Very popular about 5 or 6 years ago. I can't remember the name, but it was in a complex with 4 other bars just off the corner of Soi 16. I know one of the bars in the complex was called "Catz." I think this place was upstairs...... the name just doesn't come to me, but the mama-san and "her" girls stole the owners blind and put them out of business. That they were stealing themselves out of a job at the same time probably never occurred to them.
That is an extreme example, but, personally, once I had a few trips under my belt and learned most of the scams, I avoided doing business with any mama-san unless I knew for certain she had the girls' best interest at heart, not solely her own.