April 14, 2013 1:12 PM PDT
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Club Reviews
This won't be a review as it's too early to form an objective opinion about this club. I think it would be best to call this TR a "first impressions".
As we would expect the dancer lineup was quite minimal for a new club. But what I saw I did like. There were a couple of blonde white girls, one that was thick and one that was slender. Both had some minor tats which I don't personally mind. A couple of latinas that were okay but weren't outstanding. And this one asian chick that was thin but with a nice round ass-- she caught my eye and I was ready to hit her up for a dance but another PL beat me to the punch. Other than that I didn't see any dancers that stood out enough to compell me to take them for a $40 just yet. I would have considered a vip with the asian chick though, hopefully next time. The dancers did have a decent attitude considering the slow amount of business from a new club.
Here's what I like:
* The club decor is quite elegant, on par with any of the Spearmint Rhinos and you can definitely tell they dropped some serious cash into the renovations. The color pallette appears to be dark grey with brown wood trims giving it that sophisticated look. The bathroom (thank goodness) has been revamp and is actually clean, if you recall the old HT days, the bathroom was atrocious. They did some minor trim work to the old mainstage and kept it in the same location. There's now a second stage located towards the back wall. Actually, it's more like a catwalk than a stage but what I like about it is that it encourages up-close-and-personal viewing of the dancers making it easier to strike up conversation if your at the second stage rail.
* There was no cover charge last night. i was told that for the first few weeks management will waive the cover fee to attract new customers and build their client base. I would recomend PLs take advantage of this and get a feel for this club
* There was no drink hussle! This is was by far the biggest relief as we all know that drink hussles are a fucking plague in all COI clubs. I would encourage management to continue on this path as most PLs dispise drink hustling. It interferes with the enjoyment of the club experience.
What I didn't like:
* The DJ was weak. We should call this dude Stuttering Steve cause he kept tripping over his own words, which is annoying as fuck especially when they got the volumn full blast. I also disliked his excessive use of profanity and his overboard harranging of PLs to get dances. "Get some fuckin' dances, $XX topless dances, $XX fully nude c'mon now don't be scurred get some dances now before it's too late...get it now now now!".... It makes the club look desparate when they push dances a little too hard like that. Remember, PLs go to clubs for an escape, we don't want to deal with any hardsells on our weekends. I think the Dj could be okay if he tones it down and doesn't use too much profanity.
* Too much punk rock was played, it's kinda like the music that suburband teenagers listen to, which really doesn't connect with guys in their mid to late 20's+ (the guys with money to spend). I would recomend management play a variety of music ranging from hard rock, classic rock, some hip hop, and occassionally some dubstep to keep the ambience dynamic and make the experience more enjoyable.
* The club closes at 2AM. This hopefully will be temporary thing cause all clubs should be open until at least 3 AM on weekends
* This is a very minor dislike but I think the club is a little crampped. I guess this could be a good thing as it gives us a better view of the stage.
Overall I think this club has potential and I hope that it can live up to HT's former glory. But to do this we would have to address what made HT so hugely popular. First and foremost HT had some of the hottest dancers so Monarchs definitely needs to attract dancers of the same caliber. Second is the mileage, HT was well aware that PLs forking over hard-earned money want to have a good time without management getting on their backs. A club can be gorgeous, the dancers can be gorgeous, but if PLs can't get decent mileage, we'll have to migrate somewhere else. My recomendation to management would be to give the PLs some leeway to enjoy themselves and you'll have a loyal customer base just as HT did.
That's it for now. I'll post more thoughts as soon as I see a dancer that catches my eye enough for me to take her for a vip. Full review when that happens.
This post was edited by BigBoyCaprice at April 14, 2013 1:12 PM PDT