Riviera starts off with the standard...

Riviera starts off with the standard Queens security check, and then you're into a relatively nice-sized club that's set up in the dollar-parade (u-shaped bar around the stage). I arrived around 10pm, so the crowd wasn't too thick at this point, and you could actually get a seat at the bar. $8 beers, $10 drinks, and you could already tell that the girls are mostly Latina, and quite sexy (I'd say average 7's, some 8's and 9's later in the night)

The dollar parade gets pretty hefty here, so if you want to avoid it, you have to either pay to sit in the seats behind (I think you have to pay - I didn't ask, but it isn't casual seating like Gallaghers) or stand against the rail. By later in the evening, this plays fills up, uncomfortably so to a guy like me. So many patrons, and even though there are lots of girls, I think it's still a bit too much of a party club atmosphere for a guy like me.

Still, the girls are seriously curvy, tight, and sexy. Don't go if you don't like Latinas - I'd say they are 80% of the dancers. I love 'em! I got a couple of lap dances - $30 for 1 song (stretched to two songs sometimes, but it seems random to me), but a pretty private setup. The girl dancing for me said they are watched pretty closely, so don't expect hanky panky. But you get solid grinding and even some touching.