DC gentlemen's establishments generally suck. This place is no exception. Tiny overpriced beers, dancers trying to shake you down for tips because they did their thing on a stage you weren't even looking at, and all this coupled with the usual shame you feel for ending up in an environment this seedy again. Save your time and money and drink at a regular bar. That is of course unless you really, really, have the urge to ogle one of this fair city's clearheeled ballerinas. read more

Took my girlfriend here one a weekday evening. I'm black and my gf is white but I think the dancers were a bit racist. We arrived at 1030pm, and we received the most absolute WORST customer service ever. We came ready to spend money but due to the horrible service, I actually saved a pretty penny. I brought a total of $400 to spend...$95 was spent on drinks, the rest I took back home with me. A few times I had to walk up to the bar and ask for our waitress because she refused to come back and check on us. We tipped every single dancer that approached our table but all they did was take our tip and walk off. We sat there at the table for 3+ hours drinking our asses off but not a single dancer came over to talk to us. That was ridiculous. I never left a place so pissed off like I did with Archibalds. I would suggest ANY other place instead of this one. There is a reason why they receive such low remarks on here. You couldn't pay me to return to this place. read more

A strip club right on K St.? If you want to see where the money is going on K St, check this place out. DIRTY SCOUNDRELS!

Don't waste your time or money here. Walking in was good. Nice music , and nicely decorated but unless you are a guy you will not get any attention from the bartenders. I waited 10mins to order my drink and I had to get someone else to get the bartenders attention. There were 4-5 girls behide the bar just talking or on their phones with their back turned. The dancers remind me of homeless people asking for money. The second I got there a dancer came up to me and asked me if I saw her dance and when I said no I just got here she still asked me for a tip. All the dancers that night did that. Came up to the bar asking for money when their "dance" wasn't even worth turning around and looking at. My beer was more entertaining than them. The bartender asked me for a tip when I paid too. Too many thirsty girls and not worth it. They would make more money working at McDonald's. read more

the women are pretty and do a great job of making OTHER women visiting comfortable. i actually had an intelligent conversation with a couple of the strippers and our waitress. the service was great, and we were really taken care of. water bottles are definitely 8 bucks a pop. drinks are NOT cheap. fully naked. no touching, whatsoever. there are a couple of women who did some really interesting routines while doing pull ups.. i cant really describe it.. but it was cool. we were there until it closed on a monday night and it was still poppin. the bodyguard/door guy was big and scary and adamant about everyone leaving exactly at 2. read more

Stay away!! 100% hustlers...they mislead and all out lie. They charged us a completely different and extremely higher amount than what we were told and what we signed out for, to the toon of several thousand dollars. Take some responsibility for not looking at bill closer but they completely misled us. When questioned them later and stated was willing to pay the amount thought was being charged and amount they told us but asked that they reconsider the outlandish amount they charged us they were completely unprofessional and rude. Again, take responsibility for not being more thorough confirming final bill, especially in an establishment like this. but they definitely are willing to cheat you out of your money. Beware!! Find another place to go! read more

Love love love this place! It's awsome and has good prices for a gentleman's club. Good management. You will have a good time. Don't worry about no touching and no lap dances the dancers are still sexy and will show you a good time and they're still naked so duh! read more

It's two places in one: the other side is a sports bar (so I hear). The meat here is good. I'm referring to their burgers. Get your minds out of the gutter. It's too full anyway with my mind there all the time. read more

Way over-rated and the beer prices are ridiculous. Most of the girls are average looking with average bodies. Having just come THE GOLD CLUB in Baltimore this place sucked. It's was crazy seeing all those guys including me ogle over a couple of average looking girls. I say skip it. Best strip club ever is BABYDOLLS in Dallas, Texas. read more

I've been led astray in the past at this establishment. I have found more recently that my eyes have been deceived in that I believe others see in my much less than they might discover. But that's the life of a DC occupant who finds greatness wherever it is led. In my case however I did find a pretty interesting series of attractions I could have spent hours enjoying and making them enjoy my company. Unfortunately I fear the proprietor, Danny, may have mistaken me as someone who gives a damn when all I am is an imposter of someone who put on a pretty good performance the last time I robbed peter to pay paul. I'm sure this too evades understanding but I don't write for the masses, maybe sometimes for the "as is" but always for my leadership who continues to supply me with confidence and guidance. read more

Stopped in on a Monday to take out one of my people for a treat and, I was not disappointed! The manager even came by and bought me a drink. Thanks Monday Archibald's crew! read more

Visited on 08/01. I am reviewing this for the dancer in this establishment. I forgot the name of the dancer but she is from El-Salvador. As soon as I entered and sat in the bar, she dropped in to say hello. And I ended up spending the next 90 minutes with her and 30 minutes of those were in a private lap dance session. She was having her birthday on 08/03 and was really excited and happy about it. We had a very good conversation and she was awesome. Her lap dancing was great and I did not mind tipping her and buying her Jameson and ginger ale :-) read more

I love the girls here they are friendly pretty and fun!! NO COVER CHARGE drinks are expensive yeah but what do you expect its a luxury to be in there! Friendly chill space, decent food! Hope i say anything there for a warm hello!!! read more

DC is weird about their strip club rules. No lap dances, no touching. That being said, I managed to have a really fun time here. Most of the girls are pretty - dare I say a few are even HOT. Drinks were pricey, but eh, that's to be expected. It's more like a sports bar, with nudity as an after thought. I like that a lot better than the hustle I am used to. I got a few of the usual sob stories, but most of them seemed relatively happy and having fun. read more

Compared to others in DC AREA, I was Happy to enjoy pretty women (some str8 up dimes) a good brew and NO cover charge...Bar was packed for a wed night but otherwise a good choice to kick back and enjoy the viewz read more

I am extremely surprise at the amount of negative comments about Archibald's especially the comments about how average the girls look. The main reason I gave Archibald the high 4 stars is because of how multicultural the women were. we were there for about 3 hours we were they there are a girl every race, every hair color (even a red head), every shape (all where skinny but some where short and super shinny then some where really tall with AMAZING bodies not to skinny but not at all big). The strippers were EXTREMELY pleasant and they all asked what we were there for and all gave the birthday girl a hug. The food was good and not expensive. We had the whole top floor to our selves pretty much because it isn't as busy in the summer time as it is in the winner because went you think about it if you really want to see half naked and naked women.....you can just go to the beach in the summer. The only downside to Archibalds is that it is a no entry fee club so the drinks are Ridiculously priced and you HAVE to order a drink ever 30 minutes or you get kicked out. You cannot order a regular water and everything will be OK because you can only get a bottled water which cost $9. A long island ice tea was about $22. So it is pricey and we stayed for 3 hours so we have about a $300 bill at the end. The drinks are also not all that great. The drinks were water down a little but its business and they want you to buy more. Seems like a lot for me to give 4 stars but I was there mainly for the boobs and they were NICE. In DC lap dances and no contact so please remember that. Me and my friends had a really good time. I will be back in 2 weeks. read more

After walking 6 blocks of downtown Washinton at night any women would look good. Not a bad place, different layout than most strip clubs.

Decent food. Beautiful dancers. But since Lilly left, club went down a notch.

Ok, so this was my first time here, and I will definitely return...to me, its i prefer when the dancers are personable, smiling and atleast appear to be enjoying themselves while turning me on and earning that 'doolah'. we hit it on a weeknight, so the crowd was thin and seating was easy. no growls from the bouncers or stress, and only a few frequent 'big tippers' monopolizing the dancers non-show time. the stages (2 on the first floor) are well placed and lit but there are no vertical poles, so no spinning around etc...only a horizontal pole to hang from. this however is a blessing because the dancers get to work their hips more and do the slow gyrating moves, instead of acrobatics in 5" heels. the stages on the second floor may have been diff, but we didnt make it there this time. the dancers are awesome...all get 5stars for personality. they were friendly this night and talkative, making eye contact and smiling during the up close show. like i said above, if the dancer is acting like she enjoys her work its all the better for the atmosphere. the general body type of the dancers here was top notch also...no overly tattooed ladies (too many tats distracts form the body imo)...all were between 5'2" and 5'8", and slender frames...the dancers were all natural, and their bodies matched them perfectly - pert 'a' and 'b' cups, and a solid natural 'c' were dancing this night...thankfully no 5' tall fake dd dancers....says a lot about the quality of the club and the confidence of the dancers. culturally, the mix was good also, white, black, asian and latino dancers were all out this night. the variety will not disappoint. the servers where friendly also, and not overly pushy about drinks. they even walk around as kind of "entertainer jr's" with pasties and g'strings. the only downside is the no contact rule...as in no lap dancing, but thats not the clubs fault as it law in dc so i wont hold that against the club. some people complain about the drink prices being high, but they are in truth on par is cost and size to drinks at a nightclub (dance club) in dc with the exception of no cover charge at archibalds... perhaps on the weekends (fri-sat-sun) the air about the place may change due to crowds and stress, but i cant see that happening. all in all this club will not disappoint. read more

Archibald's is a great club. The owner and management are good professional people and the girls are attractive, friendly, and low pressure. Prices are reasonable and the food is consistently good. The Godfather read more

Nice place with good lookin girls. Everyone was friendly and it wasn't packed even on a friday night. Drinks are pricey and the dancers ask for money after each dance, but you should expect that. My go to club. read more

Great time at Archibald's Bachelor Party.. Great management and Excellent Talent. Made us feel at home and the prices were par for the course. We will continue to go there and I suggest you give it a try. read more

we were working in front of the white house late at night on one of those odd sundays where nothing much was open and my friend suggested to go around the corner to this little spot he knew of, and though i declined (as i have been to the establishment long ago) he detailed his adventure the next day at work, and with his being of the sort of verbal brick and mortar, i transcribe his story somewhere between poetry and prose. you walk into the bar and even though it is night, your eyes have to adjust to the darkness with the neon and dim rope lights peering through, and then with each step, you try to regain your balance from the pugnacious bass pounding out from the juke box and a large man greets you a cheshire grin and asks if he could help in an accusatory tone. you assure him that you are more than capable to find your own way about the bar and manage to grab a seat by the corner where there are not many other people around and where one can enjoy a drink in the solitude of aloneness. there are a couple of older men near by your seat. they sit in their seats like the way a dog chews on a old bone, savoring every bit. down the end of the bar are the younger kids, drunk, stupid, and virile with a bad sense of direction. they're having a good time and girls walk by and suck out there dollar bills like vacuum cleaners. there's a couple on your left enjoying the show from a safe distance, like the kid outside the candy store whose mother won't let him eat sweets. not like the mixed group over at the talbes, who are so ebullient, that's it's impossible to tell who is with whom as they bounce around from girl to girl and seat to seat. 'what can i get you?' and before you can answer she smacks you in the face with her eyes. you surprise her for a second because it's the first thing you look at, but it only takes a second to be compelled like a slave to follow her the luster of her perfect straight hair, travelling down over her shoulder and landing right the two most perfect doughy pastries being prepared in the bosom of a tight blue corset, which grips around her wiast that squeezes a thin short skirt that drapes the contours of her curves in delicate precision. she stares at you as if you were an imbecile. you save face and order a beer. you watch her walk away and follow her stockings and high heels so intently that you forget the naked women dancing on the stages. you pretend not to notice her when she returns with your beer, but she sees you even when she's not looking. she knows her job and you know every night she slices up hearts and testicles with those razor heels and gentle smiles. your an old salt and you know better than that, so you turn your attention to the dancing naked girls and observe the other girls making their rounds of dollar donations. you dole yours out obligatorily as they come by. a guy, not much older than yourself comes into the bar with a bouquet of flowers, which he hands over to the bartender - dead on arrival. those flowers aren't going anywhere and everybody but him knows it. one girl on stage catches you eye, so you decide to have a closer look. she's so beautiful you can't decide where she's from. somewhere from asia? somewhere from south america? maybe a bit of both. she has a barbed wire tattoo that starts at her ankle and crawls all around her body until it gets to her neck. she has a nipple pierced, which doesn't surprise you. then she bends over and your are slackjawed. you never knew so much metal could fit into that small of a place. you give her money and wonder what stories could each piercing tell. you return to your seat where the corseted saint gives you a wink. you order an overpriced beer and shot. the night goes thumping to music and the girls with falsetto european accents come collecting for dollars and old guys with money toss their pensions away and young girls lift there legs for a possible education and who wins and loses on a night like this is anybody's guess. it depends what mood your in. you slam your shot and guzzle your and say good night to the corseted saint who never sees you leave and return home. that is what my friend said. he has no name. read more

This is a flash back. I am 72. I went there when in town on business back in the 70's, 80's, early 90's. Usually stayed at the Hilton across the street. .Choices then were to pay about $4 for a Heineken at the Hilton bar, or pay the same $4 across the street at Archibald's and watch beautiful young naked ladies dance. Often was with several buddies. But reading here I think things have changed a bit since then. Too old to go back.even if I were in DC again. My wife was aware of this - said she never worried as she knew if the girls turned me on the prices would turn me off because above all else I was a cheapskate. read more

Not to smear the place, but reviews are based on your personal experience at an institution. One of my friends and I just came back from the Georgetown waterfront and had plans to go to the Park on 14th after. They were not open as of yet, so we decided to stop at the closest place in route to the club which happened to be Archibald's. While I am not a fan of gentlemen's clubs because I do not understand the general concept of paying to see a woman dance naked, I still understand common patron etiquette. If you visit an institution that has certain requirements you should follow the rules, so I always make sure that I will tip performers even if I do not watch them when I am with friends and colleagues that are into that type of stuff. I usually make my way to the bar. I ordered the first round of drinks for my friend and myself and even tipped the bartender 25% and had her break $50.00 into singles since we did not plan to be there that long. Just a couple of drinks, tip and then make our way to the night club was the plan. The place was not busy and before my friend could complete his drink, the rude bartender told us that we were going to have to tip or get more drinks or you have to go. I politely told the woman that my friend has not even completed his first drink and we plan on getting another round. She called the bouncer. I looked at the man as if he was insane because he walked up on me, a paying customer. I told my friend forget about the drink, it's not even worth. If they do not want our business, we will go elsewhere. Keep in mind we were impeccable dressed and very clean cut since we were going to a night club which is normal protocol to get into most decent night clubs in the downtown D.C. area. We are very reserved individuals, so we were not loud or aggressive. I am not going to say what the underlying issue was, I do have my suspicions but at a time like this you cannot right it off. I will say this, to give a fair review, they did have a full bar. I cannot speak on the performers since we left. Customer service is horrible. Buyer power is stronger than many people think. My $100.00 dollars or so to hang out for 30 mins may not be a lot, but I will never go there ever again, and I will not bring my colleagues from California that always want to go to strip clubs when they come to the D.C. area. Cheers! read more

The pix of the club are interesting. Quite a change over the years. This place did great business back in the 70's. The food was very good and the lunch crowd was great. Where else would you expect gov't employees to eat ? Lobbyists, lawyers and ad people. I didn't like working the nights as much. Met a couple nice pros that worked the club. Tips were great. Paid my trip to Europe. After 3 months of lust and leisure, I was back in DC. Finally left- friend gunned down and traffic drove me nuts. Would love to visit again... briefly. read more

This place is the biggest fraud going. Their plan is to get the customers drunk and then charge their credit cards for huge amounts. Mine was hit for a total of $1600. that is correct. I am going to pursue legal action but do not over estimate your ability to beat out the pros. read more

The girls are lazy and I guess normally the girls get money thrown at them... After the dance the girls expect dollars and will curse at you if decide they didn't earn it... Uppity girls and Bounce staff... This is the most objective I could be read more

Place is extremely small - might even be a fire hazard. Two small stages - girls really don't do much on stage. It's not the raunchy New York strip club I'm accustomed to where girls finger themselves and let you touch. There is a strict no touching policy - I was escorted out after violating that policy. Drinks are overpriced but that's expected from a strip club. I was just disturbed that an 8 ounce draft was $9. read more

Place is expensive but ok for people who are looking that kind of party. Girls are nice but this place going trough a lot of change really often. Since they fired all good and cool people specially my favorite bartender l will never go again. read more

I went here on a Sunday night because I was bored. I never go to a strip club on a Friday or Saturday. It's always a night where there's nothing else to do and I don't feel like watching tv. I'll state that all strip clubs in DC kind of suck and archibalds is at least better than the others. Drinks are overpriced obviously. My biggest problem with the place is this. They charge me 14 dollars for a vodka cranberry. I know I am getting ripped off but you have to pay to play so we all accept this. But the issue is that the drink is watered down. I drink two of them and feel nothing. I tell my waitress after the first one that it's watered down and she says the net one will be stronger. That was a lie. So I just spend 30 dollars and don't have the slightest buzz. I went here because someone on yelp said the steak dinner was 12 dollars. Not true. It's 18. I order the shrimp and it was good. Cheaper than a drink. If you go here drink Budweiser which will cost you 9 dollars but that's better than 14. I'm only giving it 2 stars instead of one because of the food menu and the awesome waitress. The waitress was the prettiest one there. Girls were not that great at all. I found only one dancer attractive. Sadly, I will probably return in the future. I like to go every once in a while when I'm bored. However, never getting another liquor drink from there. No cover charge is good. read more

Had my bachelor party here last week and it was my first time attending a club in DC. I sent an email via the website inquiring about reservation and the manager called me within an hour. He explained how everything worked and was very upfront about the club's environment. Everything was taken care of and the bachelor party drinking package was very reasonable! The manager, waitress, and the dancers were very nice and professional. My friends and I agreed it was a very nice and we enjoyed our time. Keep up the great work! read more

Great spot. I live in Dallas where there is more land and therefore easier to build a huge, beautiful club. Archibald's is in DC so it's smallish and kind of like the bar in "Cheers." A cool dive bar, but with gorgeous, smart, cool, naked girls. I travel to DC quite a lot so I've gotten to know a few of the girls over time as well as eaten several items from their menu. They have daily specials on the menu, so there's always something new to try. Seems like there's a lot of regulars from what I've gathered from my favorite girls. The rules are no touching, no cell phones, and to buy two drinks an hour...that's not a problem though because I generally buy the girls drinks too. read more

I use to visit this place all the time when these 2 beautiful girls worked there. One was Puerto rican and her name was Dynasty and the other one was mixed with Egyptian I think her name was Saidi or something like that with an S. I believe this place went down hill as far as entertainment and beauty when they got rid of those two. Does anyone know where I can find them???? read more

A lot of guys sit at bar facing away from dancers but there is a nice show. Downtown so it gets suits for lunch. 1 stage most of time-second one at night. Overall dancers are good looking but don't show as much as some other places. read more

i love this place day-time rachel with all the tattoos is my favorite i follow her to all the places she has worked the last almost 4 years, i have to say i like this one the best. she has the best looking fellow co workers out of all the places ive seen her at. drinks are $$$$$$$ BUT they are pretty strong so it makes it worth it for me at least. read more

Refuse entry to customers. Never have I been to a bar/club where they refuse entry because they think we're drunk.

The extra star is for the poor girls that take their clothes off in this terrible place. I know DC has no lap dances, which sucks, so any strip club in DC loses big points right there, I mean why even go to a strip club? Anyway I digress, beers? Mucho dinero hombre. For you English speaking dudes out there that means holy sh!!! That's a lot for a beer. Out of the 8 or so girls that were there 3 of them were hot and one of them had any chesticles. It's the type of place where the strippers think of themselves as dancers, like they're putting on some type of artistic performance while bumping marilyn Manson. Oh and I almost forgot! It took all of 15 minutes of being there before some stripper offered to sell me drugs......I know options are limited, but seriously save your money, unless looking at really creepy guys standing in front of a stage throwing dollars at an unenthusiastic stripper really excites you. read more

Here, I was approached by two so-called "contractors" who claimed I would be given a hidden corner booth with them for a certain "minimum fee" where I would be blessed with their flirtacious presence. One gave me a phone number claiming to want to date outside the club (which I never called). I offered the aforementioned certain "minimum amount" to ONE of them and stated I had no further money beyong that. Just to be clear I never agreed to pay for any favors of that kind and none was ever mentioned by anyone and I don't believe this was any illegal situation. When talking to the two separately they gave me conflicting stories about themselves, making clear I was being lied to. Meanwhile I bought them two questionably expensive drinks which were supposedly ordered and consumed outside of my presence, of which my waitress had no knowledge and for which I never received my change, i.e., they obviously pocketed my drink money! With me already fed up with being lied to, the ONE I paid returned for our time in The Booth, demanding I pay again said "minimum" amount because for bizarre nonsense reasons my "underpaying" her before placed her in debt with the bar, the other girl and the bouncer. She went on to say if I only wanted Booth Time with one then it was rude not to give the other $20-40 to go away. Moreover, (she claimed) the guy in the next Booth apparently paid $3000 for his Booth Time and I'm at a strip club; it costs a lot so I should quit complaining; don't I know how it works; I should quit being childish and start treating them right. So I need to fend off hustlers here. No thanks. read more