the ultimate strip club list

July 19, 2008  •  Vol. 15, Issue 200

Visited here on a recent business trip to Cleveland with a colleague. We were staying near the airport and had early flights the next morning, so we wanted somewhere close by. After checking the reviews on here for all the places on Brookpark, I decided on Amber's. Definitely a dumpy place and the "buzz in" front door seemed a little excessive. The interior kind of has a retro strip club charm. The clientèle seemed a little low brow. No outstanding looking girls, but the few we talked to seemed nice enough. I decided to get a dance from a really tall, really skinny girl with glasses, just because she was really friendly. The dance was ok, but I was disappointed that the rules did not allow me to put my hands on her. A little more grinding would have been nice. She charge me $20 a song, even though there were signs up that said dances were $10 minimum. I guess the girls set their own price. I hinted several times that my hotel was right down the street and asked what time she got off, but she didn't bite. Not a bad place if you have time to kill near the airport. On the way back to the hotel, we stopped at the Shell station for gas and started talked to a skanky looking meth head girl who said she had just got off work from another strip club in the area. We probably could have got her back to our hotel for a little party, we the disease risk wasn't worth it.

This has become one of my regular club hangouts. Not because of the ambiance or that the dancers are the greatest looking, but because in the final analysis, they have the best attitudes and provide the most fun. Attitude is everything. With that I can put up with a lot of other deficiencies as long as the girls are above average in some respect--and they usually are.

Plus they are very friendly, will spend time with you and never welcome you with a "wanna dance" routine. They earn the dance.

Kristen and Allea from the now-closed Hustler Club are working here. I know them both and highly recommend them to any TUSCL members making the rounds. Kristen has shoulder length, naturally wavy blond hair and a curvacious figure. She gives decent lap dances and is very easy to hang out with. She'll talk and have a few drinks with you without any hustle. Although this place runs a heavy drink hustle, she's not nasty about it. But the way the system works here--you need to buy the girls a drink or two to ensure they stay in good standing. Consider it part of your investment. Allea is another dancer I've known casually since she first started working at the old Circus in Cleveland. She's learned alot over the years, will spend some nice conversation time with you before dancing if that's what you like and isn't real pushy about drinks. Both give good contact dances. You'll be happy with them.

Hadn't planned on submitting another review so soon, but had a bad experience the other day and it symbolizes how far this place -- and Ohio clubs -- has fallen since the rule change.

Stopped in the other night around 8. There were seven dancers working and not that many customers in the place. I was hoping to see one of my regulars, but she wasn't working that night.

About 10 minutes into my visit, I was approached by Jasmine, a hispanic little spinner who is about a 7. She sat down and we talked for awhile over an over-priced $8 drink (I had the $4.50 Coors). After she did her two songs on stage, we retired to the dance area.

Everything was going great but the DJ was playing some different music and you couldn't tell when one song ended and the next began (he wasn't doing commentaries in between either). After the second dance, I said to Jasmine, "This isn't just the second song starting, is it?" to which she told me, "No, this is at least the fourth song."

All right. . . I asked for that. I was counting but wanted to see if she was honest.

Two minutes later, she tells me, "You know, I'm giving you the $20 dances instead of the $10 dances?" Okay. . . I've been coming to this place for a couple of years and there is only one dance price. . . $10. I call her on her R.O.B. bullshit and she quickly backs down (she said she was new and she was told be one of the girls to charge $20 and that everybody paid it). I paid her $40 and left the dance area mid-song.

I won't be going back soon.