Hawaii Down Low - Hot Ash, Lukewarm Ass

Honolulu, Hawaii has a reputation for its clubs not being that great for visitors. That reputation is well earned. I wouldn’t say that the clubs here suck, but a first visit is going to be a crap shoot because the dancers clearly favor locals and possible repeat visits. This is a tourist economy first and foremost, and the first thing a strip club visitor needs to do is to break through automatically being tabbed a one and done waste of time. Club Hot Ash is a dive bar and restaurant with girls that get naked. But it tries really hard in spite of some obvious issues.

Part 1: Why am I Here?

My first issue was needing to empty my pockets to get wanded down. I get it, you want the place to be safe and secure. I want to not have to go back to my car to clear out enough pocket junk so I can hold it all in two hands so some doorguy can run a wand over my manly bits for two seconds. It was a pain in the ass (yeah, that’s what she said). Walked in and (since I had paid no cover charge) almost walked right back out. I got there around 6:30pm. There is a huge wrap around bar in the center of the place. The domestic beer was cheap enough, something like $4 for a Corona. Think there was a special for that day, $4 Corona Tuesday. Beer prices don’t really register with me unless they go about $7. Didn’t have a two drink minimum.