Archibald's Gentlemen's Club Reviews

Some recent improvement here.

1. Comosition of the rowd has miraculously improved noticably almost overnight. Could it be because of the increased drop-in police presence I observed on two recent visits? Maybe the ruffians don't want to be around police dropping in.

2. "I can breathe!" The smoking ban has improved...

My lady and I stopped in on Wednesday night just for a drink or two.
The crowd was mostly gents, with a few couples. The girls were all 9's and 10's.

Danny (the owner) still runs a great club. I had no problems with ruffians or drug dealers like the...

What a shame. This was one of my earliest strip club experiences. In fact, during college several of the guys from my frat took a few sorority girls to Archibalds (they said they wanted to experience a strip club!) Back then (1998) it was a classy place...

Revisited and found the same problems experienced over the summer. Fairly mediocre girls. And shifty crowd.

Girls increasingly foreign. With lesser language skills and little understanding of American culture, so much for the chances of good conversation and laughs. This means management sells many fewer drinks and limits profits. ...

Went to Archiblds the other night after a long absence. The place has improved since the DC smoking ban. The bar is located in the lower level of the building. It no longer has the smoke filled basement feel to it. No cover charge. Pretty...

I visited Archibald's recently for the first time. This is the first club I've been in that was primarily a bar, with a stage physically forced in as an afterthought. Bartender's were friendly and prompt. Sightlines in the club are horrendous! Dancer's were a mixed bag (mostly 6's & 7's)....

Archibald's was one of the first strip clubs I ever went to, back when I had my first job as a lowly staffer on the Hill all those years back. At the time, it was a common hang-out for Hill staffers and even the occasional Senator or Congressman. ...

I was downtown Wednesday and decided see what the clubs where like in DC. Archibald's was the closest to where I was so I went there first at around 2 pm. The place is nice. Bar staff was pleasant. The main downfall is that if you are not a regular...

This is a great location and potentially a great place. I come to DC on biz 10 times a year (for the last couple years) and usually visit this place. Disappointed to see it go downhill. Agree with comments posted below about crowd becoming rougher (a bit menacing at...

Stopped by on Saturday last weekend. Archibald's expands on the weekend to include the pool hall next door & upstairs, and I was routed there for the first time... on previous visits, I've always been in the downstairs club.

And... meh. I think that DC's peculiar laws with respect to these...

Stopped by today after work. I hadn't been in this club in about three years.

The club is a half flight down off the street (K Street NW between 15th and 16th). It's a long, narrow place, like a lot of small spots in DC. The bar runs almost...

The club is long and narrow, with the bar on the left and two stages, one in the middle of a set of tables on the right and the other stage at the back of the bar. Generally a dark, depressing place.

I went during the day shift on a...

This is the all time worst strip club in Washington, DC. It seems like the employees have gone to training to learn how to be hostile towards the customers, ready to pounce on you for the slightest mistake or even put you in handcuffs. The girls are just gross, fucked...

I was there the other night after work, just for the hell of it. The girls were about as uninterested as any I've ever seen. The music was mediocre and din't inspire even a LITTLE wildness from the dancers, and of course DC's awkward-as-hell strip club layout made...

Agree with prior reviewers....club has been in decline.....two problems others have highlighted I would agree with in particular. First, girls just aren't very interesting. Perhaps if they were barred from hanging out in the dressing room and spent more time interacting with customers they would SEEM more interesting. Agree...

This used to be a great place, classy, kinda high class. I've been here several years ago with some work clients, and they enjoyed it. However, on this visit, after a many-year hiatus, I cannot say it's like the good old days. Way back, there were Playboy-quality ladies here. Now...

Have visited here twice in the last few weeks....quality of girls has deteriorated further. Disappointingly, each time 5 or 6 of approximately 12 girls working were Russian. People should be judged as individuals but in DC Russian girls have a reputation for hard hearts and dishonesty. They...

This club has gone down over the years. Girls not as attractive as other clubs in DC. No touching or private dances and bartenders not friendly, either. Unless mgmt starts providing more attractive dancers and staff, I do not plan going back here. For my money,...

Quality of dancers is improving here lately. Still, no touching or private dances like elsewhere in DC. Waitresses are friendly and attractive - you don't have to wait long to get a drink or food. Funny thing, went there two days in a row and a glass of house red...

I went there on a Thursday night and was disappointed by most of the dancers. They seemed bored and irritable, with the exception of two girls. One was a goth looking brunette and the other was a petite black girl with short hair. Those two girls were...

I went to Archibalds during my lunch break and I had to admit that it was a disappointing experience. There was a rotation of 4 girls all of whom were in the 3-5 range. There is absolutely no contact with the girls and DC has some odd regulations...

Ut-oh.....talented female general manager who improved this place a lot apparently let go (reputedly for valid reasons) and the club has slidden quickly....many (not all) appealing dancers are no longer here, at least for now, and replacements are older women and steeled Russians. Brand new management shows promise however....

On a brief business trip to Washington I managed to get out one night. I'm almost sure that the strip club I went to was Archibalds, but I was pretty drunk (note: don't stagger around Washington drunk). It's a small club, slightly below street level. Looks...

Came in at about 2:30 on a Fri afternoon. Maybe about 10 customers in the place and the same number of girls. The girls were a bit more enthusiastic than last time I was here. Two stages were in operation although one girl got stranded on the...

This is one of the best clubs in DC (for what that's worth--DC is pretty tame.)

Girls are attractive, friendly, and, YES, they do take their clothes off despite the prior reveiwer's insistence they don't. Waitresses friendly, prices reasonable.

Layout could be improved. No other negatives....