I started coming to this club a couple of weeks ago because one of my favorite dancers started to work there. I avoided this club for several years because of its reputation for price gouging. ($200 cover charge during Covid). My first visit was fine but this week, they instituted a “pay for tips” scheme that just just brought back the gouging reputation and has turned me off.
I’m not a VIP room fan so I only go to clubs to talk to a favorite dancer. I think other people have discussed the high costs of the VIP rooms, which is where the price gouging comes in now. I’m happy to spend generously in tips to sit with a favorite dancer, which I’m sure some people think is foolish, but that is the sad state of affairs in DC clubs.
As for description, it is a rather small pasties club with two stages and the tables are so crowded together that you can’t really walk around easily even though on the outside it seems like a big club. The decor is nice with modern lighting, but it is too dark.
I’ve only been in the daytime, which is a $5 cover charge, it’s $20 at night. They have a nice food menu (which is on the website), but drink prices, although not cheap, (Coke $12), is pretty standard for DC. The dancers I’ve spoken with don’t engage in trying to get you to buy $35 shots one after the other or gang up on you to buy a $200 champagne bottle, as they do in places like Camelot.
There are several very hot girls and their schedules are on the web site.
They have a sign and automatic recording showing the lineup, but the recording constantly pushes the VIP rooms. So the rooms, must be where their business model is oriented.
But what irritated me was that you can now no longer get change from the waitresses for ones to tip the dancers. I’m happy to tip the dancers after each set. You have to go to a machine that charges for ones. ($2 for a 20 dollar bill). Their sister club, Good Guys, had a dollar dispenser but it was free.
So in addition to price gouging on the ATM fees, the message is “If you want to tip the dancers, you have to pay the club first.” So I guess some customers will just and drink and not tip at all. It’s a vicious circle.
So if you do go, I’d advise getting your cash ahead of time.
