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The History of the Floating Lap Dance Party in Manhattan

PlatinumNYC
New York
Wednesday, January 21, 2015 12:00 AM
The floating lap dance party is a lap dance party that is held at a restaurant, bar, lounge, nightclub, or other location, usually one night a week, but has no single base of operation like a traditional gentlemen's club. Often, the floating lap dance party will be at different locations on different nights, and will often switch from one temporary location to another location. Unlike a traditional gentlemen's club, the floating lap dance party focuses on the lap dance, and does not have a stage for dancers to perform, and there are no VIP private rooms. The first floating lap dance party in Manhattan was started by Lap Dance Lou in January 2006 at G Bar Lounge on West 27th Street in Chelsea. G Bar Lounge was a small trendy lounge and the after work weekday parties were a big hit. G Bar Lounge was up the block from FIT and they had a lot of the college girls dancing there, as well as aspiring actresses and models. Before long, G Bar Lounge became crowded, and Lap Dance Lou added on a second larger location, the 5,000 square foot Worth Lounge on Worth Street in Tribeca. The Worth Lounge operated on Wednesday nights and was known as Wall Street Wednesdays due to the large Wall Street crowd it attracted. On some nights, there were 150 to 200 customers at the Worth Lounge Wednesday night lap dance parties. Throughout 2006 and 2007, the most popular floating lap dance parties were at G Bar Lounge and Worth Lounge. Following the closure of the legendary HLD Club in July 2008, Pony Tail Rob of Saint Venus Theater started operating floating lap dance parties in locations throughout Manhattan from the Financial District to Midtown. Before long, Pony Tail Rob's Thursday night lap dance party expanded to three nights a week. As crowds flocked to SVT, Pony Tail Rob got larger and larger locations. SVT has received a lot of media attention for operating its amateur strip club operation of girl-next-door girls who are not stripper types. SVT still operates today and is as popular (and crowded) as ever. See website at http://saintvenustheater.com/ Another early floating lap dance party was the Lido Room which was started in December 2008 in a very lively Moroccan restaurant and hookah lounge with belly dancers on Ninth Avenue in Hell's Kitchen. The Lido Room occupied the entire lower level of the Moroccan restaurant and there were ample comfortable sofas and beautiful wall hangings and curtains throughout. The Lido Room was a very unpretentious and fun atmosphere with a lot of cute girls and a few knock-outs. The Lido Room has come a long way since its simple surroundings in 2008 through 2010, and now operates in some very upscale venues. See The Lido Room website at http://www.thelidoroom.com/ In May 2012, there was a break away of disgruntled dancers from Saint Venus Theater, and Masked Nights was formed. It started out as a lingerie party in Brooklyn where the girls wore masks. It then developed into a Manhattan floating lap dance party at various smaller venues throughout Manhattan. Masked Nights continues to operate in Manhattan one or two nights a week. See Masked Nights website at http://www.maskednights.com/

19 comments

  • Joe from NJ
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    9 years ago
    Very interesting, I must try one.
  • Papi_Chulo
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    9 years ago
    If the “float” from place to place it gives me the impression they may be operating underground or w/o the proper permits. Sounds like a yuppie upscale kinda event which is not my thing – I look for value and not overpriced venues that may not deliver on a lot of mileage – but can’t say if these places are worth it or not since I’ve never been to them.
  • jackslash
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    9 years ago
    Sounds boring.
  • rattdog
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    9 years ago
    is boring and the mileage does suck. I know because I been to all of them. the lap dance lou one was the best one in regards to mileage. all the others after that really suck. bouncers monitoring the laps, extras thus virtually non-existent.
  • 1Chanman
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    9 years ago
    I second Red. Lido struck me as anything goes as long as the dancer is comfortable with it. Was reasonable, got a nice hj from a brunette, got to DFK and finger her all I wanted. She did some blow in front of me too so if that's not your thing you've been forewarned
  • rattdog
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    9 years ago
    ay red, kindly enlighten me about something please. I was at the lido last week. I don't see how a bj can be performed as everything was pretty much out in the open. the only way that could happen was to meet inside one of the bathrooms, and I don't think the dude running the show whose name starts with S would permit that type of behavior, pm me your reply as I don't want that to be posted out publicly in this thread.
  • PlatinumNYC
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    9 years ago
    It is obvious what we have going on here. RedJohnson joined in January 2005 and has no reviews of any clubs. RedJohnson is a shill for a competitor that is jealous of Lido and wants to smear its reputation. rattdog is completely correct that everything is out in the open and a BJ could not be performed, and that individual S__ would not permit that type of behavior. Further, based on my observations at Lido, there was a bathroom attendant monitoring the bathroom, as well as several security guards present. Lido is a very clean club. For those guys on this list who are looking for "extras", lido is not the place to go.
  • PlatinumNYC
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    9 years ago
    The comment from 1Chanman lacks credibility as well, as I doubt the guy was ever at Lido. Of the 24 clubs that 1Chanman reviewed, most of them are from Michigan and not a single club is from New York. I was at Lido more than once and there are no private rooms. I never saw any HJ, DFK, or fingering of dancers. There are no drugs and I never saw any blow. It is a clean and well regulated club.
  • rickdugan
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    9 years ago
    Platinum, what exactly leads you to believe that you have any more credibility on this board than Red? All you've done in the eight months you've been on here is write two crappy bare bones reviews, no doubt so that you could claim some type of track record here and maybe for VIP access, and shill for Lido. But what I find truly audacious is a new shill like you questioning the credibility of a guy like Chan, who has, over 13+ years on this site, contributed 91 reviews of 24 clubs spread all over the country. Sorry dude, but what Chan has to say carries a hell of a lot more weight with me than any more sanitized shill nonsense coming from you. And in all candor, while I have never been to Lido myself, as a NYC monger I've heard some stuff that leads me to believe that Chan and Red are giving us decent intel.
  • JimR38
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    9 years ago
    Rickduggan. Chan may be a long term member of TUSCL, but that does not mean that his review is true, or that he was even there. I have been to Lido many times and what he says simply cannot be true. It is not that kind of place and that type of conduct does not occur at Lido. I go by what rattdog says which is that everything is out in the open and that type of conduct does not occur. Finally, as you admit, you are not from New York and you have never been to Lido.
  • 1Chanman
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    9 years ago
    What happened at Lido for me was absolutely true. Now, this was not recent, as this happened more than a few years back. Could Lido have changed by then? Absolutely, but when i was there, i did get an HJTC, the chick did some blow, and there was all manner of fingering being done. It was cramped as it was done in a side area that only separated it via curtain and my feet went past the curtain. I paid somewhere around $200 for all of that action. If the Lido really had cleaned up and just does dances, given NYC's strip clubs reputation for least bang for your buck, you won't see me they're anytime soon clubbing
  • 1Chanman
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    9 years ago
    I went back and checked my emails and it was around 2009. Lido quite possibly could have changed the last 6 years. But when I was there, I got what I got, and thankfully didn't take anything home with me.
  • PlatinumNYC
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    9 years ago
    1Chanman, thanks for the clarification. My first visit to the Lido Room was also in 2009 when Lido just started operations. However, I did not have the same experience as you did with any of the dancers. As I mentioned before, Lido has come a long way since 2009. At present, Lido has security guards watching the dance area and runs a very clean operation.
  • Duke69
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    9 years ago
    Awesome
  • rattdog
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    9 years ago
    "Lido has come a long way since 2009." if that is the case hen I really missed out as 2009 sounded like a real good time could be had while as of now it sounds like shit. basically an underground strip joint that caters to the yuppies who are going to overspend on strippers who only grind and occasionally do a make-out session. to overspend and not be able to whip out your cock for hj or more is fucking absurd. yeah I know it's nyc and that's how the strip club scene is right now, whether mainstream or underground. so to say that this joint has come a long way since 2009 is bullshit. you make it sound like it's progress. quite more like a regression.
  • PremiumEvents
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    9 years ago
    If you are like @rattdog and all you are looking for is "extras," then the Lido Room is not the place for you. The Lido Room is a lap dance club and there is no private rooms with "extras", but there is a semi-private lap dance room at no extra charge. I completely agree that the Lido Room has come a long way since 2009. At present, the Lido Room is operating four nights a week: Tuesday in the West Village, Wednesday and Friday near Rockefeller Center, and Thursday in Midtown West. The West Village location has an outdoor patio in the rear and the Midtown West location has an outdoor rooftop deck. Depending on the night, there are up to 40 dancers who are friendly, educated, and very attractive.
  • MightyMoe
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    9 years ago
    I've been going to Lido for a few months now and it's pretty good. Nice assortment of girls and relaxed, no-pressure atmosphere. Quality of dances varies girl to girl - some give half-assed effort and others will grind you to completion. Haven't been to Masked Nights in about a year. I stopped going because with maybe one or two exceptions, the quality of girls was just not good, at least IMO.Has it improved recently? I find Lido has many more attractive girls than Masked Nights ever had.
  • chai
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    8 years ago
    Do they check IDs at the venue?
  • YUMANDYOUNG
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    8 years ago
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