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September 5, 2008  •  Vol. 15, Issue 248

This is a downtown hostess club. Cover charge is five dollars to get in. Once in you can choose among several ladies who are waiting around. In this club they are almost all Hispanic. It helps to speak a little Spanish, although many know at least some English.

Once you choose a lady, she clocks in. You pay $27 per hour for her time. You then go into the next room where there is a dance floor and you can dance close. They also have several seats where you can sit and talk or whatever. She will probably ask for a juice which is four dollars. You can sit close, put your arm around her, and while you are talking maybe grope a little bit, and even be groped a little. There is security who pops in the room now and then, and the girls act worried about doing anything too obvious, as the seats are open to view throughout the room. Too bad they aren't more secluded.

When you get tired, or think maybe you have spent enough money, you return with the girl to clock out. You pay at that time. So you have to watch or you could get a big bill. Obviously she wants to keep you as long as she can so that she is on the clock. You can also tip her as you leave. When i was there the girl I was with said she didn't date outside the club.

Ok so after I visited the club that I was asked to look at, I decided to check out a place that I have only read about. The place was on 4th street in LA and is called Club Fantasy. This is a very unique kind of club, it is what they call a hostess club. Let me give you the basics, you enter this non-strip club and pay a very low cover charge. I paid 7.00 and you are then put into a room with between 15-20 girls. You pick the girl you like and she will punch a time clock. This club charges 30 per hour. Once you pick a girl you can go to a secured dance floor and dance. If things are going well you can sit on a couch and simply cuddle and talk. Obviously the girl wants to keep you as long as possible. This use to be called "taxi dancing". It was started in the 1930's and I have only seen and heard about it in LA. I figured I should give it a try. I drove to Club Fantasy around 5:00 and was stopped by a tall mexican security guard. I was not allowed to enter because I had on shorts. My shorts were docker shorts to the knee but he pointed to the rules and rule 2 said NO SHORTS. Ok so I went back to my room and watched a little tv. My interest was peeked and after talking myself into it I decided to change and make the 1/2 hour drive back. It was now around 10:00 and I walked in and was greeted by the same security guard. (side note, this club was the hardest club to find, it took me 30 minutes once I was in the vicinity BOTH times!) I walked down the stairs and into a long hall way with the words "Club Fantasy" painted on the wall. I walked thru a door and was greeted by an asian guy that reminded me of Arnold from Happy Days. I paid my 7.00 and walked into the main room. The room was rather large resembling a church basement. There were some round tables and chairs and a very long bar to the left of the club. To the right were 3 arcade games from the early 80's. Towards the back was a blocked dance floor and vip couch room. Now when I say blocked I mean a velvet rope, I was able to see everything that was going on in the other areas. The blocked areas are reserved for couples only. Since I was new and kind of lost I simply stood at the bar with about 15 mexican guys. I was thinking ok should I talk about chico and the man or should I just stay silent. I smiled and nodded at a few but really just observed and took it all in. I was reminded of a 7th grade dance where all the guys stayed on one side of the gym and the girls stayed on the other side. I was kind of shocked that none of these guys were going up to any of the girls. I decided to move towards the forbidden velvet rope and peek in. I watched some short guys try and fast dance with tall girls, I then watched the vip area and saw guys with their arms around the girls just sitting there. This went on for about 60 minutes before I decided that I had enough. I have to admit that reviewing this is difficult, you see it is not a srip club but rather a club where guys can mingle with women. I for one wasnt really into that, I kind of felt sorry for the guys. They reminded me of the loser kids in high school that would do anything to just sit with a girl, in fact I could have sworn I saw one guy doing a girls math homework while I was there, ok thats a joke. The school of thought on the club is that you dont feel like an atm machine and are there to just enjoy their company, since most of the women didnt speak english I didnt really have to much to say. Now I have heard that it is possible to get more out of this club and that the girls will do things in the vip or after hours. I didnt see anything that would lead me to believe that. All in all I wish I did pick someone but I didnt want to waste another hour there. If you have ever been there or to any club like this let me know. I did hear of another club like this that did offer more but when I went to it later on I found that it had been closed for some time.

The number of dancers on duty was closer to 11 than to 25.
Sundays and Mondays and Tuesdays are slower nights than the rest. On the one hand, it's good because there is less congesion and it is easier to find a place to sit with the girl. On the other hand, selection is limited. And since these clubs are not necessarily known for their gorgeous women, I had to bide my time. Eventually, I found someone who proved to more than cooperative. So this time I left happy. Recently, there has been some talk about management clamping down on dancer action. But this has happened before and things usually go back to normal after a period of time. It's still my club of choice in the LA area, strip clubs included. Strip clubs in the area are, in my opinion, pretty lame. In this club, I definitely get more bang for the buck.... most of the time.

Visited several months ago and it was interesting visit. My first time to a hostess club. The girls varied from 6-8, 80% latinos, 20% caucasion. There were many immigrant men customers in the waiting area, just ogling the women, but never doing anything else. Seems odd, they may have been waiting for someone to arrive, but I think it may be that they could not afford to pay the time charges, but just liked to look at women, since the cover was low (or was there a cover? can't recall). Anyway, sat with a young one first, she said it was her first night working, hard to tell if she was lying. So it just didn't seem right to fondle. Ultimately moved to a very raunchy one, with tits hanging out of a revealing dress. Good grinding on the dance floor and good mileage on the couch. She asked for some money upfront, i guess because i wasn't a regular.

I agree with most that the previous poster has stated. There are a handful of these kinds of clubs in Downtown Los Angeles. And the tradition goes back probably to the 30's, when it was more like a dime a dance instead of 50 cents per minute. This is, without a doubt, the best of the clubs. There is a wide assortment of girls, not just Hispanic. And you are likely to see different girls on different nights. Much like at strip clubs, your mileage will vary. The best strategy for this uncertainty is, if the girl is not very cordial and cozy right from the get-go, cut your losses and check her out. No sense wasting time and money. You need to be choosy, and you can generally find what you're looking for. You won't find stunning women here. But you can find some very nice-looking and friendly ones, if you are patient. The advantage is that it's lot cheaper than a night at the strip club if you dance a lot. And given that it's LA, you'll probably do better here than at most strip clubs in the area.

Hostess clubs are an interesting alternative to strip clubs, and this is the best of them, but there are a few things to watch out for. Like hostess clubs generally, it's a great place if you want to talk to, dance with and make out with hot hispanic girls, but not if you enjoy traditional lapdances, you want a more varied selection of girls, you need alcohol or nudity, or you just want to watch a stage show without getting up close and personal.

The place is arranged just like a regular nightclub, with a dance floor playing slow music and a large number of dimly lit couches. As in any other club, you will see couples either dancing or sitting together and making out. The only difference is that the couches and dance floor are off-limits to everyone except couples, and all the girls are paid. They line up on a row of seats a few

Dancing or sitting with a girl costs 50 cents a minute, with most expecting a tip of about the same for serious grinding. It's possible to get away with tipping less than that (or not at all), and some girls will offer additional "services": It's common to see guys getting what look like hand jobs, and I've had girls offer to meet me outside the club. I prefer just to enjoy the grinding/groping, which at $1 per minute (including tip) compares well to lapdances at strip clubs.

The big problem is that there is often a poor selection in the evening, as all the hotter girls tend to be taken. And they can easily spend an hour or more with a customer, so it isn't like a strip club where a girl can almost always find a few minutes for everyone. Girls will also refuse to dance with a customer if they're expecting a regular or they suspect that you won't tip them.