Do the "hustle" at the Hi-Liter

So, I have had several trips out of Phoenix. When I had done my TUSCL research, I had always circled this club as one I wanted to visit -- especially when the VIP lap dance booths were turned the other way. As I am to understand it, a very good time could be had (with the right girl) back with the previous booth configuration -- presently, not so much so. So I never ventured in until this last trip and so I said, "what the hell. . . ."

And I was VERY impressed by the quality of the dancers. I can totally see why the Hi-Liter has such a good reputation. I don't this this is a total "7-up" joint but on this Sunday evening there were 25-35 dancers and I would say that the vast majority were at least "7s" -- and there were multiple body types for nearly all desires. The place was quite packed even for an early evening. There was a $10 cover charge and I think my water was also $10 (with tip).

But the hustle vibe is really extreme here. The music was loud and the dancers would stop by and ask if you wanted a dance. I believe the dance price in the main room is $10 but you need to ask before they start -- some of the more aggressive dancers (and I think they were Cuban if I'm not mistaken) were saying that the dances were $20 each. There were lots of dancers just hanging out with others on their phones and if you didn't take a dance, they'd move on and sit and look at their phones. Other many hot dancers were with customers (their regulars?) and just talking, not dancing and not circulating so that was a little disappointing but so it goes sometimes when you're just visiting from out of town. The dances in the main room DID seem to be a pretty good grind and at $10 per, that's not too bad. The songs did seem a little short but I didn't think to time the length of them. Having just come from Dirty's where the hustle factor was very low, I did not really enjoy the vibe at the Hi-Liter. I did have a couple of dancers who did stop, sit and chat for a little while, and tried to establish some rapport. One was Maya and another was Scorpio. I got a few dances in the main room with each of them that were nice but nothing spectacular. Neither of them pushed the VIP very hard and I didn't ask for them to go. I could see into the VIP room with the booths and the dancers performing there did seem to be pretty good grinds but I could also see why many have bemoaned the diminished milage in VIP. I think that VIP was quoted at $40/song (and as I mentioned, the songs seemed short).