Thanks for this thorough report of the two cities that I have gone to for the male stripper bars! I learned some good information! Like: I could’ve used my card for the entertainers or doing privates at B-Mine. I did use my card for drinks and was generous buying drinks for dancers as well - which I think is good karma that goes a long way! Also, thanks for the info on Anthropogy. I had gone there years ago but didn’t make it on the last two trips there this past year. Sad to hear it was not good. I loved my time there years ago. Didn’t know that the BMine backrooms were the nicest. Will have to try to do a backroom, especially since they take cards for that! Also, I’ll have to try the new men’s spa in Tijuana. I have a particular body type desire for my entertainers (muscles…), so I’m wondering if the masseurs would be up to “standard?”
Fully agree with most of what you have said with a few exceptions but could absolutely imagine that the logistics vary depend on the night’s crowd, whether the bars are busy, etc. Some examples:
PV Club 69 - Never found the dancers being aggressive about getting tips after their stage shows. Yes they walked around but never did they stop and harass me for a tip but I often would have a tip prepared. Also, I noticed that if I was having some private conversation to getting a lap dance at my table, the just-off-the-stage dancer would never interrupt. So that might be the “protocol” there.
TJ Premier - The bar does accept credit cards for drinks but you have to run a tab and there may be a minimum but I never worried about the minimum because I knew I was going to spend plenty on dancer drinks. One important thing to know: the protocol there is as long as you buy the dancer a drink, they have to spend time with you at your table. If you keep the drinks coming, they spend lots of time with you. I literally bought pitchers of drinks for dancers I wanted to spend time with and ended up keeping two of them at my table for most the the nights that I was there (like 5 or 6 hours!). Now, I was also tipping them so not only were they making money on their drink commissions but they were quite happy with the tips they got from me. The first time I did the drink & tips thing, one of the guys was just itching to get me in the backroom for a private. But I didn’t want to just spend my money on a quickie and be done. So in his case, I kept telling him to go get tips from other patrons that wanted to have a public lap dance. He was hesitant at first because it’s against the protocol, but when he realized he could be “double dipping” he seemed to be okay with it and just kept coming back to my table to finish his drink.
thanks again @MrDakota for your review! And I can’t wait to hear about other cities in Mexico!