The RENO strip Club has only been open about 2 weeks. I arrived on a Thursday night about 11:30pm. I was greated by a hawker as I walked down the street after checking-out Zanchios Bar (see my other post). The hawker was relatively suttle and not too aggressive, not like what you see in Reynosa or Nuevo Laredo, but he definitely wanted me to visit the club, and offered me a two drinks free card if I would try it out.

I agreed because I had not heard of this bar, and I did not remember seeing any reviews of it in the past. So, I figured I would provide a much needed service, and offer myself as a sacrafice in the name of mongerdom everywhere. So, I was greated at the door by a well dressed security man, who promptly frisked me for weapons, and thanked me for visited as I was quickly patted down.

Once you pass throught the main entry door, you decend a opulent stairway down to the club area, which is really very small. It is probably a little larger, or maybe not, than clubs like TVO or Extasis. But for a club that I would classify as upper crust, it is relatively small.

This club is very plush. The seating is very cushiony and comfortable. The club is similiar in appearance to clubs like Premier, Amnesia, Blue Ibiza, Mitote, and Colorados. There is a very good reason for this...The club is owned by the same people. RENO is a high end club with a high roller price tag.

The cover charge on Thursday night was 100 pesos, but they did give you two free drinks with your cover charge. I know, 100 pesos is high, but I decided to make a donation in the name of all mongers everywhere. I took the plunge because I wanted to make another contribution to the message board on a previously unknown strip club.

When I first sat down I ordered my usual Coke Lite, and I was impressed by the pleasantness of having a small bowl of shelled peanuts on the table to munch on, which I thought was a nice touch, especially since I was kind of hungry. I know, you're probably thinking that the peanuts are kind of pricey with the cost of that cover charge and all, but it was a nice surprise anyway.

So, before the waiter could bring me a drink, a young lady came over to my table and sat on my lap. She had black shoulder length hair, rubby lips, and kind of a round face. She was of a Northern Mexican decent, and she spoke a little English too. She was a nice girl, but not really my type. Some of you may know that I like flaca morenas, and she was not a morena, and she was a little to fat, not too much, but too much for my narrow and particular tastes. But, she did have a very nice personality and she was talkative. I decided that I liked her. She reminded me of an amiga I have over at TVO. The waiter immediately decended upon us and asked if I would buy her a drink, and of course I declined. I explained to her that it was nothing personal, but that I dont buy drinks until I've had a chance to scope things out first. So, the waiter was not pushy, and he went away without any display of disappointment. The girl I was with said she understood, and she just stayed on my lap and we had a nice conversation.

She told me a lot of information that will be incorporated into this report, and she was very nice about answering any questions I may have had. I know she must have thought I sounded like a reporter from PLAYBOY or something, but she volunteered a lot of information, and she did not just dump me after I declined to buy her a drink. So, we sat for a while and talked, and eventually, because of her sincerity in not asking me for a drink or pushing me in any way, I decided she had earned a little money, and I ordered a waiter over and voluntarily bought her a drink.

In retrospect it was a deep financial commitment, because the chica drinks are very high. They are ninety pesos, and the drink is Baileys. It is a creamy drink in a very small glass with very little Baileys. She could have downed it in five seconds. When I looked around, all of the girls were ordering Baileys and it was being served in very small round bottom glasses. Fortunately, my girl nursed hers as slowly as she was physically able to, which enabled her to stay with me long enough to put together this report.

On this night, Thursday, there were a lot of girls working. I guess there were at least 15-20 girls. For the size of this small club, it seemed like there were a lot of girls on staff. Almost all of them were in guys laps, and getting drinks bought for them. But, when I first arrived there were a number of girls just sitting alone on the couches and in chairs because there weren't many guys there, but as the evening progressed, and by the time it was 12 midnight, the place was busy. Most of the customers seemed to be gringos, who I assumed were staying in some of the expensive hotels in the area.

This club is geared toward the gringo customer. I noticed that most of the recorded music that was being played was North American contemporary rock music that was being performed in English not Spanish, which is not common in Monterrey.

My girl told me that the girls are from all over, not just Mexico. She said many of them do know some English, and have worked in clubs in the USA. However, based on what I saw, most of the girls were of lighter complected Mexican decent. One of them was totally gringa and originally from Dallas, Texas. Many of the girls had a more "gringa" appearance than Mexican. This club reminded me more of a club that could have been in downtown Atlanta or somewhere, except the waiters all spoke Spanish. I didn't get a chance to talk to any of the other girls, but I assume they spoke Spanish as well. But, my perceptions of this club suggested that they were trying to appeal to the gringo wealthly business traveler, and that they were attempting to copy a more decidedly North American presentation style.

My girl told me that one of the girls was from Argentina, and that others were from more exotic vacation destinations in Mexico like Acapulco, Cancun, etc...

In my opinion, the quality of girls was not as good as Amnesia for example. I would say the quality of girls was between the higher-end places like Poisson and Obsession, and a place like TVO for example.

I asked my girl about the privado arrangement, and she said it was 450 pesos for 4 songs, and no sex. But, she said you could do all the touching and fondling you wanted, just no sexo. I asked my girl if the girls see men outside of their work environment, and she said she would see me, but that it must be very descrete so the management doesn't find out. She gave me her email address and her cell phone number in case I wanted to call her. A waste actually because she just isn't my type.

Well, that´s about it...Bring your wallet!

Spongebob

Originally posted in 2010/06 Batster - Quick Visit to Monterrey, Mexico

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...STAY AWAY FROM Club Reno, unless you like to spend lots of money for virtually nothing in return: 100 peso cover charge. 230 Peso girl drinks, 230 Peso private dances……by now if you are thinking it sounds like a rip off, YOU ARE RIGHT. But my boss has more money than self control and gets completely retarded in the presence of strippers.

End result of the night. My boss dumped $380 dollars on a few table dances, some drinks, and the company of some very attractive women. He enjoyed himself immensely as always but for those of us on limited budgets I would say stay away. This is how bad the place is: One of the girls told us that there was a three private dance minimum to see the goods, because with one dance they don’t even take their top off!!!!!
230 Pesos for a privado and she won’t even take her top off??? WTF

I will say this. There were some real stunners in the place....

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