I went to the Brass Rail in Aug '24 and I literally had the worst experience I've ever had at a strip club (which spans 30+ years in various states and countries). Here's my experience... after a few minutes, a dancer came up to me, we chatted a bit, and then asked if I wanted a dance. I agreed, we went back to the lapdance area (which is not private) and got a couple of decent, but low mileage dances. They were $20 (for a short 3 minutes each) so I paid the $40 and all was good.
After a while, another dancer came up to me, we chatted a bit, and I agreed to get a lapdance with her. Again, we went back to the lapdance area and the dancer started talking to me. I said I was from the States, she then explained that she once danced in the States, got $10,000 from some celebrity who felt bad for her, and then proceeded to tell me a bunch of additional details about her visit. At some point, she took off her panties but not her bra, and then just kept talking to me instead of dancing. At some point, she explained that at one club she danced at, there was a rat that scurried on to the stage. None of this was very interesting or arousing to me so I thanked her for her time and began to get my wallet out to pay the $20 for the lamest lapdance of my life. She then said that she was sorry, that she wasn't herself that night, and that her dog just died. As an animal lover myself, I legitimately felt bad for her and expressed my sympathy. As she was very slowly getting her panties back on, I gave her $20 and tried to get out of there. She then said, hold on, you owe me at least $60 more. I disagreed and said that I had just gotten 1 dance, and that she just talked the whole time. She told me to hold on and that she was going to talk with a manager. So I sat there, while she was very slowly putting her panties back on and when we finally got up, we walked over to the manager. She explained that I owed her more money and was refusing to pay. I calmly explained that I got one dance, paid for it, and that I didn't owe more. The manager, who was a huge dude by the way, got angry with me and said that he personally saw me walk in with the dancer more than 10 minutes ago, and demanded that I pay up.
Again, I calmly explained that I only got one dance, and that the dancer was slow to let me leave, and that I paid for what I got. I encouraged them to review the video of what happened (apparently they record the lapdance area) and I was confident that if they saw what happened, they would know I was telling the truth. He refused to do that and then 2 other bouncers came over and started yelling at me. One of the guys got right up in my face, and kept yelling for me to pay what I owed. I stayed calm and said that I did. He kept yelling at me, saying that if I go to a restaurant, I wouldn't just leave without paying the bill, and then told me to pay them the damn money that I owed. I said, that if I went to a restaurant, and they tried to charge me for 3 hamburgers when I only had one, I would pay for 1 hamburger. At that point, I attempted to leave but the 3 huge dudes were blocking the door and refused to let me leave. We were at a standoff for a while where they kept telling me to pay $60 and me refusing to do it.
All the while, I considered my options. Option 1) try to get the hell out of there. I was pretty sure they would physically restrain me and potentially hurt me if I tried to do that. Option 2) Call the cops. I thought they might try to destroy my phone if I pulled it out, and I wasn't sure if the cops would help any way. 3) Get more aggressive with them. That felt completely pointless since they seemed more than ready to get into a yelling match or physical altercation with me. Also, I work in a professional setting and didn't want to have to explain how I got into a fight or got involved with the police at a stripclub to my colleagues. Ultimately, I pulled out $20, told them that's all I'm going to give them, and then walked out. Needless to say, it was a terrible experience.
By the way, if you look at their Google reviews, you'll see a bunch of 1 star reviews from people with names that are Asian/South Asian. Those folks seemed to have similarly terrible experiences and some claimed that the folks at the club were racist. I don't really know if there was a racial component with the people that I dealt with (I'm East Asian), but I do know that I had a terrible experience and didn't do anything to provoke it.
After a while, another dancer came up to me, we chatted a bit, and I agreed to get a lapdance with her. Again, we went back to the lapdance area and the dancer started talking to me. I said I was from the States, she then explained that she once danced in the States, got $10,000 from some celebrity who felt bad for her, and then proceeded to tell me a bunch of additional details about her visit. At some point, she took off her panties but not her bra, and then just kept talking to me instead of dancing. At some point, she explained that at one club she danced at, there was a rat that scurried on to the stage. None of this was very interesting or arousing to me so I thanked her for her time and began to get my wallet out to pay the $20 for the lamest lapdance of my life. She then said that she was sorry, that she wasn't herself that night, and that her dog just died. As an animal lover myself, I legitimately felt bad for her and expressed my sympathy. As she was very slowly getting her panties back on, I gave her $20 and tried to get out of there. She then said, hold on, you owe me at least $60 more. I disagreed and said that I had just gotten 1 dance, and that she just talked the whole time. She told me to hold on and that she was going to talk with a manager. So I sat there, while she was very slowly putting her panties back on and when we finally got up, we walked over to the manager. She explained that I owed her more money and was refusing to pay. I calmly explained that I got one dance, paid for it, and that I didn't owe more. The manager, who was a huge dude by the way, got angry with me and said that he personally saw me walk in with the dancer more than 10 minutes ago, and demanded that I pay up.
Again, I calmly explained that I only got one dance, and that the dancer was slow to let me leave, and that I paid for what I got. I encouraged them to review the video of what happened (apparently they record the lapdance area) and I was confident that if they saw what happened, they would know I was telling the truth. He refused to do that and then 2 other bouncers came over and started yelling at me. One of the guys got right up in my face, and kept yelling for me to pay what I owed. I stayed calm and said that I did. He kept yelling at me, saying that if I go to a restaurant, I wouldn't just leave without paying the bill, and then told me to pay them the damn money that I owed. I said, that if I went to a restaurant, and they tried to charge me for 3 hamburgers when I only had one, I would pay for 1 hamburger. At that point, I attempted to leave but the 3 huge dudes were blocking the door and refused to let me leave. We were at a standoff for a while where they kept telling me to pay $60 and me refusing to do it.
All the while, I considered my options. Option 1) try to get the hell out of there. I was pretty sure they would physically restrain me and potentially hurt me if I tried to do that. Option 2) Call the cops. I thought they might try to destroy my phone if I pulled it out, and I wasn't sure if the cops would help any way. 3) Get more aggressive with them. That felt completely pointless since they seemed more than ready to get into a yelling match or physical altercation with me. Also, I work in a professional setting and didn't want to have to explain how I got into a fight or got involved with the police at a stripclub to my colleagues. Ultimately, I pulled out $20, told them that's all I'm going to give them, and then walked out. Needless to say, it was a terrible experience.
By the way, if you look at their Google reviews, you'll see a bunch of 1 star reviews from people with names that are Asian/South Asian. Those folks seemed to have similarly terrible experiences and some claimed that the folks at the club were racist. I don't really know if there was a racial component with the people that I dealt with (I'm East Asian), but I do know that I had a terrible experience and didn't do anything to provoke it.