Leave it to Utah to have a "strip club" that doesn't have strippers.
First and foremost the number thing you need to know about Molly's Gemini Room is that it is NOT A STRIP CLUB! I have no idea how the bar is on this site, but this place does not have an SOB license so the dancers on stage can NOT REMOVE CLOTHING. They also can NOT touch you, you can't touch them, there are no private rooms, there are no private dances. This is just a bar nearly under a freeway overpass, in a sketchy area, neighbor to an car wreckage lot, over priced, and happens to have a dancer or two occupying space in the corner.
So lets get to the details. Its located in an industrial area with a lot of homeless camps. The actual building that the "club" is located in, is a portion of a warehouse strip mall. There are very few parking spots available because it shares a lot with a car wreckage/collision yard. 2 of the parking spots in front of Gemini room is the "smoking area" which is really a few plastic chairs, and no drinks are allowed out in this area. Patron parking is about 600 feet away under the freeway overpass which is what this place is next to. There are homeless people sleeping under there and the few times I have stopped by, one time I did see a bum fire going (lmao). If you have to go here take an Uber or Lyft.
The actual place is... well its got new concreate, so I guess that is nice. You walk in and a bright af neon sign is in your face that reads "Salt Lake City is for Strippers" Big ass lie because this pace has no strippers. There is supposed to be a door charge and ID check but no one has ever been at the door to check mine or make me pay, I just walk in and go to the bar. So you walk in and pass a wall, the entire "club" is open space and there are mirrors everywhere. There are a few faux leather and cheap couches along the walls, they look and feel like props from a photoset. This place is big on trying to convey an upscale appearance but forgets that it is in little old salt lake city utah. If you don't like being looked at or want something more private this is not the place for that.. If you sit at the stage it is brightly lit and the way the room is situated all seats are directed at the stage so everyone will see if a girl flashes something extra or how much money is in your wallet. The stage is elevated and has rails all around. 3 foot rule because the place sells alcohol, and no touching with hands, money, etc. It's not a pit style stage either, so what you tip and toss to the lady can be seen by everyone. 1 girl dancing at a time for... I don't know how long because every time I have been its been just one girl on shift, sometimes the bar tender will jump on stage because its so slow.... make sure she tops off your overpriced drink before she takes 15min to dance on stage. No music DJ, its all music the dancer chooses from soundcloud. On the opposite side of the stage in the back of the small area is the bar. Every time I have been here what few people are here sit at the bar, probably because all other seats make you feel like you are the focus of attention because its such a small open area.
Drinks are outrageously over priced. This place thinks its a Spearmint Rhino in decor, demeanor, and price. The bartenders are strippers so prepare yourself for some ultimate dumbassery. I ordered a vodka cranberry and the bartender had to make it THREE times. I wish I was joking but I watched her all three times and was baffled how she couldn't comprehend what it was.. That tiny cocktail was $14, which during a later visit (when a friend was actually working) it was the same price.
As mentioned before, there re no strippers, This place calls itself a "modern cabaret" but its a lot of housewives who took a pole dance class or young girls who are too chunky for the real clubs. Very snowflake with hoola hooping, silk fans, belly dancing, and just basic girls in bikinis that never come off. If you don't believe me look at their instagram- butter face oldies and chubby kids. There is a pole on the stage that is set quite a way back from the rails that line the edge of the stage, so overall its a very MEH kind of show, unless you like looking at a chick on all fours with her legs spread (again, bikini bottoms so you still cant see much). This is a conversation spot, lonely men come here for a hug or an ear to yap at. This place is very suitable for a public sugar daddy/sugar baby meet up with a girl that you already know, but not for walk ins or spontaneous fun.
The few times I have been here it has been dead- SD/SB and affairs sit in the quiet corner, and 1 regular who moon lights as their handy man sitting at the bar mumbling drunk.
If you are aware of the bar PROHIBITION in Salt Lake City, Molly's Gemini Room is the Temu version of that.
This place won "Best in Utah" (via City Weekly) for strip clubs, anyone with half a brain cell know that the awards issued by City Weekly's "Best of" are paid for. I have ranted long enough, but as someone who enjoys hot ladies, strip clubs and dive titty bars, this one with it's false advertising really pissed me off.
