I went to this place because I had heard about the historical significance, and was lead to believe there would be a certain quality to the girls and club. The outside of the building was impressive, and the doorman was polite and attentive. Unfortunately, that's the only nice thing I have to say.
This place is a real dive. Tried to come in and have a couple of drinks, check out the girls and decor, get a feel for the place. Unfortunately, the moment I walked in a girl got right in my face trying to sell me lap dances. I politely declined, headed to the bar to order a drink, and was followed by the same girl. The bartender asked me repeatedly what I wanted to buy her to drink. Bear in mind, I had been through the door less than 30 seconds. After I got my drink, the same girl insisted on leading me to a booth where I was less than 2 feet from men on either side of me getting lap dances. It was close and quite awdkward. After declining a dance several more times, she left me there trapped between the other men with a table blocking my exit. Before I could get up, another girl moved in and, after berating me for not buying a dance from the previous girl and warning me not to waste their time, started trying to sell me a dance.
I was constantly, aggressively harassed by a series of girls trying to make me feel bad for not buying 20 pound dances the entire time I was there, and every time I said I wanted to just drink for a minute and take a look around I was either insulted or told I should just leave.
There is a stage, but in the hour and a half I was there two dancers used it once for about two minutes, not really dancing to the music, just looking bored and swaying back and forth near the poles. I was told I couldn't get a seat on the main floor without 100 pound + bottle service and 'renting' one of the girls. I don't think this was accurate, because other men and groups were seated with no girls, not even drinking. The girls were completely ignoring them. If they did pay to be there, they got ripped right off.
The decor was dirty and run down. I did use the men's room while I was there, and the attendant made loud, rude comments about me using the toilet. While I was in the stall, a woman came in and started yelling at the attendant in french about something for several minutes. To be clear, this was not a unisex rest room. The attendant actually asked me for a 5 pound tip on my way out.
I had two rum and cokes for 10.50 each before I finally had to give up and get out of there. The truth is, I brought cash to tip and get dances, but the whole experience was so predatory and unpleasant that the mood was completely destroyed. For the most part, the girls were tired, bored, angry, eastern europeans that were not particularly attractive. I did see a couple of girls I would have liked to see dance, but they stayed down on the floor area where I 'wasn't allowed'.
Walk by and snap a picture, maybe read the history if you're interested....but don't go inside. Just awful. My only regret is not being able to give it less than one star. read more