Busy Sunday Night

This review is of Diamond Dolls in Pompano Beach from a visit on Sunday Feb 25 from about 8 to 11:30 pm. I arrived by cab so didn’t have to pay the $2 parking fee. When I left at 11:30 there were no cabs waiting but the doorman called for one that quickly arrived. I believe he called a driver directly rather than the cab company’s dispatch number. The cover charge was $5. It’s a rather long rectangular building with the entrance on the long side near one corner. In the other corner at that end are the restrooms, with troll, the kitchen, and a small bar.

On the long side opposite the entrance is the long main bar. The long, narrow main stage is in the center of the room parallel to the main bar, with rows of tables and chairs on the side opposite the bar with some booths on the long side of the building opposite the bar. On the short side of the building away from the entrance are the dance booths with curtains. The place was dark, loud, with low ceilings. Smoking was allowed and the smoke was relatively bad. There were a couple of spaces, really just large booths, called VIP areas, one of which had it’s own stage. Nobody was using these however.

I hadn’t eaten yet so I sat at a table near the stage and ordered dinner. They had a full menu of food. I had a special of grilled salmon that came with a salad, rice and vegetables for $24. I also had a glass of orange juice for $4. The food was actually pretty good with large portions. I was surprised by how crowded the place was on a Sunday night, about 90% of the seats were taken, a proportion that stayed about the same while I was there. The customers were a mixed lot, with only a few female customers. There were a bit more than 30 dancers, I believe this number increased as the evening wore on. I didn’t encounter any dancer who was a native English speaker, they were all Hispanic or Eastern European. The dancers appeared mainly in their 20’s, generally not fat, with various amounts of tattoos, and a range of boob sizes.