Tropical Lei, to put it bluntly,...

Tropical Lei, to put it bluntly, is basically a brothel disguised as a strip club.

I was there for about an hour on Tuesday a week ago. I arrived at 9 PM - as you enter the stage is right in front of you (small, and as I learned quickly, not really used much by the dancers), the bar such as it is is on the left. There are comfortably looking seats at the stage, but they're bolted down to the floor so you sit where you are and that's it. Behind the stage seats is a row of bizarre seats/benches. They are weirdly high (4 feet??) and unless you play for the Lakers when you sit on them your legs hang and feet don't reach the floor. Highly uncomfortable.

Anyway, to the dances. I didn't see a single one worse than a 6, most were 7-9 - and not many tattoos or piercings that I saw. I sat for about 5 minutes with my legs dangling in mid-air when a dancer introduced herself. Almost on cue, the waitress asked if I wanted to "buy the dancer a drink" - but she politely took the cue. After a few minutes of small talk, the dancer took the hint and left. A couple of others that didn't do it for me sat down for a few minutes but again took the hint and didn't hang around long. Then a tall dancer, Elena, sat and began talking, and stroking, me and we hit it off. A few minutes later we were off to the VIP (saying "I give great head" didn't hurt!!!) The deal was $120 for three nude dances, $60 tip for the BJ. As we got to the back, she asked if I'd like to upgrade to five dances - $200. Since I was flush with cash, my earlier meeting person paid for dinner, I agreed.