This site has been very helpful...

This site has been very helpful to me over the years, but it always bothers me when a club´s rating seems out of sinc with reality. On the strength of it´s rating, I visited Palazio on a Saturday night, arriving at 9pm and departing just before 11pm. The place makes a good first impression--it is large, well-furnished, atmospherically lit, and is a clean and comfortable place to sit and have a drink. The large-screen TV´s were nice for watching some March Madness. If strip clubs were to be judged on the strength of their wine lists, Palazio would get a 10. They also offer an impressive array of Cognacs and Scotches. However, most of us do not go to strip clubs JUST to sit in a pretty room and have a nice drink. So, what´s wrong with Palazio? Well, when the waitresses are more attractive than the girls on stage, you have a problem. I considered offering some of the waitresses some cash in exchange for a dance or two, but I did not want to offend them. The girls who were available for dances that Saturday night ranged from 4´s to 7´s. None of them struck my fancy, so I departed after drinking a very nice single malt. From what I could gather by peeking at the lap dances (there is no privacy at this club) contact was OK, but only one-way. The girls on stage seemed mostly bored. I have visited quite a few of the top clubs in the country, and it is safe to say that Palazio in no way deserves its current 7.9 rating. I do not believe that any clubs in Austin deserve such a high rating, but there are a few clubs that I would rank above Palazio. I visited Sugar´s and the Yellow Rose during the same trip to Austin, and I will post reviews soon. Short version: Yellow Rose is the most fun.