Club E11even - mixed experience

On a Miami work trip couple weeks ago I found myself staying a downtown hotel couple blocks from E11even, so I thought I would check it out. There was a good review here that said dont go early. Stupidly, because i had meetings the next morning, I went early, 8pm ... mistake. bouncer was rude ("what do you want?' which was bizarre coz no one else was going in). Anyway, rest of the staff was nice. no cover at that hour, restaurant was closed but kitchen was open and serving food at the bar.

Layout is a square bar as you enter, few dance booths to the right and rooms to the right upstairs. to the left is the big sunken night club dance floor with booths around it. up the stairs to the left is a smaller bar and a "balcony" that circles all the way around the club floor. two dancing platforms on either side of main bar.

No one was around so i kept slipping one bartender (the bartenders were all slim on top and big assed, that was the look) a 5 every 10 minutes or so just for some conversation, till the dancers started to arrive. had a couple of nice conversatons and got a couple of 3 dance sets (100 for 3) in the booths. one was with a beautiful chill colombian girl (self described hippie), another was hustling local girl which wasnt a turnon.

went to upstairs bar, met a smoking-hot girl smoking a hookah (the firmest natural boobs that i have seen recently), hung out with her and got a few sets of dances in the booths (booths are in a long hallway with open doors but complete privacy, no one comes around.)

basically everything in the club is expensive, almost as if the $ depreciates when you walk in. the girls value your money less, couple of the girls dancing on stages didnt even take their tops off but guys who were there to club were tipping them anyway. club-strip club blend but clearly strippers want it to be a strip club.