The Royal is the only strip club in Whitby (that I'm aware of...), located directly downtown on the east side of Brock Street, north of Dundas. I have to make a point of shutting down the other review, which frankly, isn't a review at all. On that note...
I came here with my boyfriend and his best friend on a Friday night in July. No line at the front but they did check ID. It's not a huge place and its not super fancy. Frankly, I have yet to hear of a strip club that would be considered fancy. Our friend is the DJ here, so that added a fun element to the night.
We beelined to the bar first thing and got a drink - I'm not a beer drinker so I had vodka-crans all night and they definitely did not skimp on the alcohol in my drinks. I couldn't tell you how much a round (two beers and a vodka cran) was because I didn't pay for anything but I think with tip, it was probably about $20 a round.
It was fairly busy and got progressively busier as the hours passed. Since it was a Friday, the clientele was fairly broad, including a lot of younger folks like us and some older folks too. A decent amount of girl spectators in the place, like myself, which was nice to see. We stayed til close and it was quite busy,even then. We sat in pervs row for the entire night - the stage isn't huge but it does the job with two poles. It's more of a wide rectangle, so sitting on the side was the short edge. Not a catwalk style stage as I've seen before. The girls didn't have much room to strut around, but this just meant more pole work in the end, which is fine by me.
They had quite a variety of girls on, which was nice to see. There were, of course, a few girls who weren't in as good shape, but they were clearly liked by the crowd. Another nice thing, on the side where we sat, closest to the door, they had an area for "semi private" dances (if you can call it that) with a mirror so everyone else could kind of watch. Definitely liked that; when girls were changing off on the stage, you could simply turn your head to the left and get a bit of a peep show.
The womens bathroom was clean, although I wish they would replace the hand towel thing with actual disposable towels (I wiped my hands on my pants). The guys said there was some dude in their bathrom (I'm assuming to make sure theres no funny business? ) but no one in my bathroom. One of the bouncers heard me asking where the womens was and he immediately took me to it - very nice.
It was unfortunate that some of the girls didn't wander more, although they may have been busy in the back. The one girl we liked and wanted a dance from never came back after she got off stage. We chatted her up a bit but she never came back to our side of the bar. Perhaps we'll sit on the other side next time and see if its any different.
Overall, I wouldn't hesitate to come back to the Royal again. I had a great night with my friends, the dancers were good (one was INCREDIBLE on the pole) and the drinks were well poured. I didn't feel uncomfortable here, like my last experience at the rippers, so I'll be back for sure. I'd rate this place a solid 3.5, but bumped it to a four since I had such a good time. Will re-review the next time we go. read more