You have to learn to 'sell' Wanchai to your gf. Wanchai has many attractions that make it a great place to go with one's SO and friends. The most important point is you have to take her there and leave before 2am when it becomes really skanky full of drunken guys and wgs.
In the normal evening hours, Wanchai is great fun for couples. It has one of the best selection of Thai/SE Asian restaurants in the HK island. It has many live bands which in many ppl's opinions are the best in HK. Places like Dusk to Dawn, Wanch, and Amazonia to a certain point have very mixed crowds, mostly civis before 2am. On some nights, Dusk to Dawn would be mostly civiis/tourists until closing.
Years ago, the old Neptune 1 had the best club dj who later went on to a successful dj-ing tour of the world. We would be clubbing with our friends among the wgs, (no different with going to a gay club in the west to club with friends among the gays). The happy hours and ambience at the many bars are nice and relaxing...
So your big mistake was not selling her the 'correct' picture of wanchai to your SO. Instead you let her friends present to her, the 'corrupt' picture. If you had done the above early on, she would not have feared that you like to go to Wanchai for drinks with buds.
Take my advice and show her the nice side of Wanchai and she may then change her preconceptions.
Sometimes my buds and I go to Wanchai after LKF because we want to keep partying and drinking. The beers at Neptune II at 3am are so cheap! Places like Dusk to Dawn and then Bridge go on into the wee hours. Plus if you have friends visit HK only from Sunday to Tuesday, Wanchai is the only place to have any kind of fun and drinking.
I think all your friends, SO's, and you should go book a table at the Chili's Club (thai food) then go for drinks at Mes Amis, and end the night with dancing to the live bands at Dusk to Dawn. Treat this is as a visit to the local sights of HK and hopefully your SO's will feel differently afterwards.
Oh, one more thing, if you stay past 130am, make sure you make Dusk to Dawn your last place and take the taxis outside the front door to whisk you all quickly home. Don't give your SOs any chance to stroll the streets of Wanchai after 2am.
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Last edited by doghead at 25-1-2011 13:51 ]