Boring early Friday night visit

Obligatory club info for newbies and out of towners, regulars can skip the first long paragraph (mostly copied from my earlier review, not much changed): this is one of the more popular clubs in Seattle though it looks more like a dive bar. I think they are trying to clean it up. The restroom is definitely improved (it's in the back of the club to the left, you have to walk through a half-wall labyrinth next to the Lap Dance Area (LDA, aka Playground) to get to it). Don't expect super nice ambience anyway. Admission is typically $15 day/$20 night ($10 happy hour, I think 5-7pm? correct me if I'm wrong) including a mandatory soft drink purchase. They have two smallish stages, but normally only use one. Girls do one or two songs on stage. Hardly anyone is there for the stage shows. Most guys come for private dances. There are a couple of private dance areas now. One (LDA, aka Playground, aka former "VIP area" which is confusing now with private rooms that Pandora also calls "VIP rooms" sometimes) is filled with oversized high back chairs in the back of the club, more or less in the open (though reasonable degree of privacy is possible). But now they also have private "VIP rooms" (tiny booths) with curtains that provide more privacy. If you want to use a VIP/private room it's not per dance but timed 15min/30min/1hr. You pay "rent" to the club and pre-agreed amount to the girl. Club fee is now up to $70/15 minutes and up from there (half off during happy hour, 5pm-7pm I believe). Girls charge whatever they want depending on what kind of dances they do. Crazy ones want $500/15 minutes or more. Reasonable ones $200-$300/15 minutes. Anything in-between, and possibly (rarely?) above and below those amounts. Pro Tip: you don't *have to* buy a VIP/private room for anything. Many girls will do *any* kind of dance in LDA. Some will *insist* on VIP though. It all depends on the girl. No alcohol in the club (per WA state law I believe), sodas about $5. Quantity and quality of dancers varies greatly. Quality of dances and mileage varies greatly as well. Dances in LDA are typically $40/dance or 3/$100. Possible to get $30/dance. At least one (Entice) will do $20/dance but only for the first dance while she's trying to upsell you to VIP (but still a good dance). Mileage is *typically* better during the day, but dancer quality and quantity is *typically* better at night. They do have their own parking lot, with parking being plentiful during the day and scarce only Friday/Saturday nights. Someone asked about "music" before (seriously? who gives a shit), I guess it's typical strip club music. Nothing remarkable. That's the best I can describe it.

I found myself in the vicinity of the club around 5pm on Friday, and figured I'd stop in since this is happy hour time. The admission was only $11 including your drink (for happy hour, 5-7pm). I was hoping to maybe find an attractive prospect for a private room (since they are also half-price during the happy hour).

Unfortunately the line-up was unimpressive and the vibe was non-existent.