From Tampa Florida, my girl, her sister, her sister's boyfriend & I all took a trip to Houston for my girl's birthday. Visited Pole Katz of the several strip clubs in Houston because we are unfamiliar with Houston. (Obviously.)
When we went inside around 2am. Paid $30 a person just to get in when we had called earlier & the person I spoke to on the phone said it was only $20. The person at the front desk when we arrived (who might've, in fact, been the same person) said after 2am it's $30! (That was never mentioned over the phone & as far as we can see, it doesn't say it online either. Must be in the fine print.) Nevertheless, it was only $30 & we were out-of-town, & it was my girl's Bday. So we went inside. ...And it was dead. ...Probably a dozen guests or so, & a handful of dancers, most of which were - for lack of better terms - "not what we're used to in Florida." After ordering a couple rounds of drinks & a hookah. We looked around at the selections. My girl was unimpressed. (No offense to the ladies. I'm sure it must be hard working as a stripper & having to always be on-point with your body. However, at the same time, I would never applied to be a model, if I couldn't uphold the standard physically. In the same, in order for athletes to remain as such, they have to train almost daily! Then again, after visiting this place, the company itself probably doesn't have any standards.) So, I asked her if she liked any of them & she pointed out the only two girls she cared for. After one of them were done dancing for some other guests & walking passed us, I approached her & asked if she'd do the honors of giving my girl her first (& ultimately it would be her ONLY...) birthday lap dance! She smile & said something to the affect of, "of course!" She was gorgeous, great attitude, incredible body & she knew how to dance. (She was the girl from Toronto - light-skinned with dark hair - & ended up dancing for us & chilling with us the rest of our stay. We must've thrown her $400 - in addition to spending another $500 on hookah & drinks - & we gave her some of our champagne.) We finally started having fun because the birthday girl was finally having fun herself.
About an hour before closing, they started plying techno! ..Since when do strippers twerk to techno!? Hahahaa! I'm sure that was just to influence paying guests to leave, or prepare to leave before closing. Smh. But my girl wanted me to get a lap dance, so after a while of the nonsense & with only about 15 minutes left, I asked the stripper if she would give me a lap dance if I could get the DJ to change the music to something more appropriate. She gladly obliged. Unfortunately, though, the DJ was no longer at his booth. So, I found a manager on the floor & asked him if he could change the music so I could get a final dance & we would be sure to leave on-time. He said the DJ left, but he would ask "his boss." He disappeared for about 5 or 10 minutes & then I noticed him back on the floor walking around. Instead of coming to his paying guest to inform him that he cared about my concern but couldn't accommodate, he just ignored me & waited until I approached him again. Of course, he said, his boss said, "no." So what did we do? Took our time leaving & stayed an extra 10-15 minutes after closing just to be petty. Lol. I was a little upset that I didn't get a dance, especially because we still had 15-minutes when I asked, & a song is generally 3-4 minutes. ..But I was just happy the birthday girl had fun, so I didn't cause a commotion.
Only reason I'm giving this place 2-stars instead of 1 is because we loved the dancer (forgot her name) who gave my girl her birthday lap-dance. But we will never return to this strip club due to the lack of quality dancers (none of which approached our table to even see if we needed a dance or anything before I went & the one who danced for us), & the poor hospitality exercised by the management team, including the issue regarding the change in price at the door. (That, too, falls on management.) ...Having had that experience & seeing these other reviews, I'm estimating Pole Katz won't make it another 5 years. Any bets?
((Btw, Toronto girl, if you see this, hit me. We'll work something out to get you to come to Florida on my birthday in Dec.! You'll probably like the clubs here better, anyways.)) read more