rokkerr wrote:I have to ask what is the ''norm'' in Greek strip joints for VIP rooms? I never actually got a dance while I was in Greece...
Is touching legal?
What does $20 get you?
What does $100 get you?
Etc... just in case any of our intrepid members go back on holiday...
*/me with Jim Carrey's crazy voice*
Okie-dokie! Athens' strip-clubs etiquette 101, by yours truly!...
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...There are like at least 30-40 strip joints in Athens atm, but only a handful are really "A-grade" (top-class, so to speak), really!...
...Most of the best clubs are to be found around
Syngrou Avenue (pronounced like: "sing"+"Roo" or "Rue"), which is one of the biggest / well known avenues in Athens, and part of at least 3 Municipalities (Kallithea / Nea Smyrni / Paleo Faliro - nvm bout how to pronounce those atm, unless you plannin' on visiting / staying around that area for long-lol)...
...Doors at all strip clubs open around 22:30-23:00 (some of them open even earlier like 21:00), but it's usually
not advised to visit any of them before 00:30-01:00 a.m. really, unless you don't mind being at a (mostly) empty club, with the ladies asking (bustin' yer ballz more like it-lol) for "lap dances" and/or "company"!...
Closing-time of the clubs: Anything from 6-8 a.m. depending on the volume of the customers being present.
Entrance fee is anythin' from 10 - 20 euros (note: dunno the $-equivalent amount - just google for a trustworthy euro-to-dollar, and vice-verse, exchange rates-site that updates daily etc), that includes one drink of your choice (but nothing TOO fancy tho like champagne or "special alcoholic brands", like single malt whiskeys, "signature"-vodkas, exotic-cocktails, and the likes. You can only order "plain" shit like very common whiskey / vodka / beer / etc.-brands with yer ticket. Otherwise, you' ll be charged for the full price of the "special" drink of your choice!...
...So, upon seating in a club (
99% of the times you will be seated
NOT in a big / comfy / "luxurious"-couch, but rather on plain table-chairs,
unless you are a "loaded"-regular and/or friend of either the Manager or the owner of the club himself, and/or you are partying out with me, which is a "win-win" thing guaranteed really)!...In-house djs usually play mainstream house / dance music, which alternate with the strippers' fave tracks when they appear on stage for a show ofc. At the very late / very early hours you might even hear "Greek music" (NOT a fan maself, but anywayz). The rate of on-stage shows per night, as well as their "themes" / obscenity / etc., is greatly varied from one club to another, and you may witness anything from...zero-shows-per-night (!!!) to several shows per hour, and from plain "I-drag-my-ass-around-the-pole-for-3mins-and-disappear-for-a-cig-and-drink-afterwards-at-tha-girls-locker-room" shows, to brutal 2 or 3some LIVE / REAL on-stage sex with kinky outfits / sex-toys / etc.! It all depends really on: a) the club, b) the day of the week, c) the availability of the relevant in-house strippers, d) how well "connected" is the particular club with the local police-dpt.
Moving on, now then!...:
...Say, you fancy 1-2-12 girls and you wanna meet / have fun with them: You can either ask a waiter to bring her / them to your table, or simply ask the lady(-ies) yourself when they pass by your table. After that,
you can either buy them a drink, and/or have a lap dance...:
1)
Stripper drink-prices, vary from club-to-club, but the "usual" ones are the following:
a)
shot = 20 euros ( = ALWAYS tab water = the lady will prolly stay at your table for chit-chat with you for like 5-10mins +/-)
b)
"Piccolo" = 1 glass of (shitty, unknown, champagne-brand) = 30-40 euros ( = the lady will stay with you for 15-30mins usually)
c)
"Normal drink" = 1 glass of whatever (alcoholic) beverage the stripper wants = 60 euros ( =the lady will stay with you for 30mins++ usually)
d)
Bottle of champagne = various choices, ranging anything from 250 euros - 1500 euros ( = the lady will stay with you around an hour +/-)
2)
Lap dancing: In most clubs we have 2 types:
a) "Simple lap dance" = the stripper offers a lap dance (usually 1-2 songs in duration) right there at your table ( = no privacy / everyone else in the club can have a peek at you) for anything from 10-20 euros (again: prices vary from club-to-club).
Customer CAN touch / "feel" tha stripper's boobs AND ass as a "minimum standard". Ofc,
IF the stripper REALLY FANCIES you (meaning you
CANNOT demand / "force" it ofc), you can do a LOT more to her like: fingering / kissing / licking her pussy/ass/boobs, mouth-kissing (with/without tongue) / handjob given to you / rub her pussy on your crotch.
Note 1:
80%+ of the times the above things WON'T happen at a simple lap-dance tho!
Note 2: Strippers
DON'T take off their panties when performing a simple lap dance! (unless, again, they really like you ofc)!
Note 3:
Customer is free to "negotiate" with the stripper
BEFORE choosing a simple lap dance of WHAT that lap dance will consist of
EXACTLY. Many customers specifically ask for
handjobs and/or blowjobs (until they cum) as well. But, again, whether they will receive one, or not, rests upon the
stripper's discretion at all times!
b) "Private lap dance" = 50-100 euros = usually anything from 2-3 songs in duration, and taking place at a
"VIP" / "private" area of the club (assuming it has one -
MOST of them
DO have one tho). Apart form that, the services that were described in
"2a" as "optional", in this case become sort of...
"mandatory" really (
otherwise you got a shitty lap-dance and you are justified being pissed about it too).
Again, it's safe if you negotiate BEFOREHAND with the stripper of WHAT EXACTLY will the private lap-dance consist of ("better safe than sorry"-logic applies). And this is true, because some strippers even go for having real sex with the customer (usually for 100++ euros / with condom tho). No, you CAN'T bring/use your pvt sex toy / S/M home-collection with you while you shag the lady, omg! And you CAN'T ask for any bizarre (with or without quotes that one, depending on your tastes) shit like peeing / shitting / vomiting / fisting / animal-sex / what-have-you! There is only that much a stripper can do for those prices, so don't be a twat-lol!...
In general...:
"The DON'T-list":
1)Even though the dress code + the atmosphere is "loose", more or less, that DOESN'T mean the other customers have a strong desire in seeing your ass entering a strip-club as a bloody English / German tourist!. That means: drunk like a barfly, smelly, wearing lycra shorts + white socks + sandals, splitting a single bottle of warm Heineken among the 5 other friends of yours, having a back-pack on you (even when seated in a fkn chair-lol!), and shouting / singing / laughing hard, like a fkn oppressed college-freshman, having an LSD-overdose at his first Spring-break away from mam and dad-lawl! 
2) Leave any "macho" attitude you might be carrying at the door: Greek clubs don't, simply, have "bouncers" like you have in the States, but rather MAFIA-members (and not the...Italian one either - RUS/UKR/ALB ones mainly). So BEWARE, cause if you really lose it at some point you might end up all bruised up in a dark alley in a jeffy. And thank God the following day you didn't end up in a dumpster. Being knived / shot (nearly) to death!.- 
3) Don't be a smart-ass! Seriously, unless you are having a REAL issue with a fucked-up drink, or from a bad lap-dance from a stripper that didn't quite did what she promised to ya beforehand, don't make a scene - no one will appreciate it, and chances are you'll end up on the club's "shit-list" and/or end up as in "2"! 
4) Don't abuse (verbally / physically / etc.) the ladies EVAH (well, unless they specifically ask you to ofc-lol!)...: If you have an issue with one of them, simply ask for the club's manager, and, politely, explain to him what bugged you, etc.! 
5) Don't spend more than you carry! "Yeah, ofc Cpt. Obvious!" some of you might say, right? Well, I dunno how such cases are...settled in clubs at the States, but here we don't take such shit lightly! At best you will end up in jail for the weekend (assuming you visited the club one of the "good days", i.e. Fri-Sat-Su) and be banned from ever going at that specific club again. At worse, well, see "2" again!... Only dude I know in rl that doesn't have to carry a single euro when visiting the well known clubs (but pays them in FULL at agreed-upon days / hours) is...meself!...But then again, I know the relevant club owners for 10-18 years, PLUS I've spent 100s of 1000s of euros the last 20 years on such joints! 
6) Don't put euro / $-bills at the ladies' panties when dancing for you, or when at the main stage! This AIN'T AMERICA-lol!...If you really wanna tip 'em, do so discreetly (i.e.: if she performed any kind of lap dance and you want to tip her extra, just hand her the money nicely. You can always buy her drinks at your table and tip her there as well ofc)! 
7) Don't EVER agree on being a part of a bachelor-party's stage-performance (whether yours or someone else's)!...Because you will end up stranded by 2+ sexy strippers on stage, and you will see your pants ripped off (literally!) + cold water/ice cubes will be thrown on you + you will be mildly (?) whipped / slapped by the performing strippers' hands and/or sex toys ("for fun!") + you might even get cuckolded, with all the customers laughing hard on your fkn expense! YOU ARE WELCOME!!! 
8) Don't drink + drive! Nearly all clubs have taxis waiting outside to service their customers at all times. Even if they don't, ask the manager or one of the waiters to call on for you!
So, to...sum it up, it ALL comes down to these factors (order of appearance is random, except "1" ofc-lol):
1) How much money you "carry" with you AND you're WILLING to spend!
2) How much free time you have!
3) How good negotiator you are!
4) How handsome you are!
5) How well-mannered you are!
6) Whom (if anyone) you know from the club you' re visiting!
7) if you are partying out with, or without, me!
The more of the above stated factors you possess, the more crazy, awesome, fun you gonna get!...I can...verify personally all this info, being "street-educated" (as well) at such places, since I was 22 y.o.: I've done THE craziest things in strip clubs when I was younger (see: 3somes with 2 strippers + me while having double simple-lap dances at the same time and the whole joint jaw-dropping on us / normal-anal sex at pvt lap-dancing areas / gg-sex + me watching them at pvt-lap dancing areas + cumming on 'em / receiving "squirting-showers" on me from 2 standing strippers at VIP-area's sofa, after eating / fingering their pussies / etc). Some of these ladies were SO incredible, that I ended up having relationships with them that lasted for YEARS too!... 
So, that's about it I guess!...If you need to know anythin' moar, just ask! 
