Surprisingly Expensive Quotes on First Visit but Beautiful Women

Come in to Sapphire 39 Friday night. Bouncer made us wait outside for around 5 minutes despite there being no line. Coat check is mandatory and $3 and there was no cover when we reached, around 9:45-10pm. This was my first time here. Lady walks us through the club, shows us around, and asks where we want to be seated. Good service on her end. We opt for a table near the stage. The club is relatively empty around 10pm but over the next hour is definitely picks up. Mandatory drinks. We don't ask the price and each get a drink. Few beers, few mixed drinks. Nothing special, no cocktails or anything. Check the bill and it's like $17 for a beer. Outrageous, even for a strip club. Whatever. Dancers on stage are attractive. Not too much nudity at first, but slow dances and occasional teasing. No one comes and asks for dances for a long time but as things pick up around 11-11:30 dancers start making their way around often asking for lap dances. I was very surprised by the price quoting as most strip clubs in NYC do dances for 20-25$. Every dancer quoted $40 today. The women were very good looking though - a lot of them seemed to be from Ukraine. Opted in for one dance, paid the $40, and it was pretty underwhelming. Light contact, no touching. Sat around for a bit more and left.

Not too much experience going to NYC strip clubs but would definitely recommend flash dancers over sapphire from my experience going there. Quoted cheaper prices for dances, paid less for my drink, and quality of women were similar. No woman here was too ambitious or predatory and they were all respectful when declined for a dance.