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Istanbul Entertainment

Bigudi Cafe Lesbian Pub/Club

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  • Address
    • Balo Sokak 20 Beyoğlu 4th & 5th fl
  • Transport
    • Kabataş then funicular to Taksim
  • Website
  • Phone
    • 0535 509 0922
  • Hours
    • pub 2pm-2am daily, club midnight-4am Fri & Sat

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Lonely Planet review for Bigudi Cafe Lesbian Pub/Club

The pub admits gay men, but the arty terrace club is mainly frequented by lipstick lesbians and is resolutely off-limits to non-females. The rationale for the barrier is self-defence, which hints at this country’s lesbian state of affairs: invisible, often not by choice.

 

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    disappointing...

    sheepdip recommends this,

    I really went out of my way to find the bar & visit in an attempt to show some support to lesbian businesses around the world.
    Bigudi is impossible to find & the address showing here on lonely planet, as well as the website, are incorrect.
    You will find the caf on the 5th floor in Sim Sokak (check excat address on www.bigudiproject.net) above a bar called Altin Palik (or something). That's your only reference to find Bigudi (understandable in a less gay-tolerating society)

    After all the effort to find the place (had to find a local male gay bar, use a dictionary to make myself understood to the guy & get him to call the Bigudi lady), we made ourselves beautiful and headed to an utterly empty Bigudi at 10.30pm (as in only the barmaid & a dodgy-looking older guy)
    All other bars were heaving so we could safely assume that 10.30pm is not exactly early for Istanbul..

    The Bigudi place was...interesting.. with a Xmas tree still on show and boxes scattered all around the space..

    I had real high hopes for this place & was truly sad to see it so dead... Another terrible lesbian bar.. why oh why?!

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