Is this place even still open? I Haven't been to Bare Elegance in quite some time, but for awhile it was the place to go.
18th birthday...Check!
Wife out of town...Check!
Bachelor party...Check!
Drunk, horny, and have totally exhausted all potential late night lovers in your contacts list...Check!!!
Bare Elegance sucks, actually all strip clubs suck. Why do we keep going back?
From the minute you enter they try and suck every last dollar out of you. Getting through the door alone will cost you $20. Once you get inside there is a two drink minimum. After $20 dollars at the door and two $6 waters, you've spent $32!!! $32 before you've even seen one silicone booby! Â If you happen to be short on cash don't even think about going to the ATM. There's always some exorbitant surcharge and most of the time you don't even get actual cash , but some weird voucher that you take to the bar so they can fuck you some more.
Strippers. They're kind of like a cross between used car salesmen and panhandlers. They will constantly hound you for lap dances and tips.
  "No, not now maybe later". Oh, she'll be back.
  "Ready for that lap dance now, honey?" No...FUCK!!!
You can try telling them you have no money, but that will only encourage them to start padding you down and searching your pockets. I think they can actually smell money. Why don't they just buy a machine that hangs you upside down and shakes all of your money out?
  "Don't have any money? Lets put you in the shaking machine and find out! Oh, I see you've got cash hidden in your socks!!!"
Then there are the strippers that pretend to be really interested in you.
  "Hey you're cute, where are you from blah, blah, blah".
What she should really be saying is:
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  "Hey you look gullible, give me all your money douche bag! Gimme, gimme, gimme!!!"
Now I know how a woman feels when a man she doesn't want to talk approaches her asking one pointless question after another, when what that man really wants to say is:
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  "Excuse me, may I please have access to your vaginal cavity?"
After an hour or two of forced conversation and constant lap dance propositions, you will feel like paying them to get away from you.
  "Here's $5, leave me alone, please".
Problem is, if you did that they'd be all over you like vultures circling a dead carcass.
I don't even understand lap dances. Let me sit here for three minutes with my hands behind my back while you crush my package with your heels and rock hard fake boobs. Sometimes while giving you the dance they look away, sometimes they look you in the eye, which is sort of creepy. Actually the whole experience is kind of creepy.
In addition to all of this the DJ plays shitty music and the lighting sucks. The lighting really sucks! Look out for an Adam's apple...
I guess as long as there are horny, frustrated, men, there will always be crazy, drug addicted, former victims of sexual abuse waiting to give them lap dances!
God bless 'em!!!
  *Disclaimer- this review was intended for entertainment purposes only, so all of  you current and former strippers(oops, I mean "exotic dancers")  and you know who you are, lighten up.
4/26/2009 Â
I'm not sure how new the reviews of Bare Elegance on here are, so let me give you a 2009 break down:
First of all, with strip clubs, it depends, to a great extent, what you're looking for. I am on the picky side, so when I started going to strip clubs years ago, I only used to go to clubs that had features. Since I'm into big, fake boobs, house dancers rarely did it for me. So my taste in clubs was far different from most people, who are into "real" girls. But when I moved out to LA, I learned very quickly that LA clubs have a lot of these "centerfold" type girls I'm into as house girls, and even have them at times during the day. And no place is this more true than Bare Elegance, close to LAX.
The thing about Bare Elegance is this: a lot of the girls look like models. I'm sure it's pretty expensive on Friday nights and other "peak" times, but during the day / week, it's a $6 cover. They do have valet parking, but again, during the day they don't enforce it. But their girls, again, are centerfold caliber. Not many fake boobs, but big naturals, and young. Very hot in terms of the women, even the waitresses. So if that's what you're into, this is the spot.
Why no perfect score? Well, for one thing, it's /too/ good. To me, when you're dealing with House girls, friendliness goes a long way. Bare Elegance girls, however, are pretty much like any stuck up hot chick - they really don't seem to care about you, they just want your money. Not too surprising, but there are other clubs (read my forthcoming review of Jet Strip), which have girls that don't mind just chatting it up with you. And I don't buy dances, so I don't know how much they charge, but when you see the place with its three stages and disco lights, you know it probably ain't cheap. And the songs are shorter than they are at an average strip club. They give you just enough to tease, but then it's immediately start soliciting you for dances. It's not a great hang out - more of a special occasion type of place. And again, if you're into that, it's great. The girls are hot, and everything is upscale. But for me, if you're going to be that way, you should have features. Something to justify the expense. So it's good for what it is, but I'm not really crazy about what it is. Again, a once in a while indulgence.
I havent been here in  like 7 years but from what i remember it was a cool spot. I didnt see anything that led me to believe this place was dirty. The girls at that time were cute and friendly. It was bit expensive, maybe thats why i didnt go back, lol.. But if you have a bachelor party or something it should be chill.
Review Source:This place is dirty, slow run, and basically sucks, but is seriously not so bad for a strip club.
There are two stages although only one had girls on it while we were there. Â The string of girls dancing is much more consistant than some of the other clubs we've been to, and they had a very impressive range of body types for the women which for me is tops. Â I saw a stripper there who had no breasts at all - none! Â
The strippers actually seem to put effort into their pole dancing as well. Â That said, this is one of the clubs (see also: Seventh Veil) where a number of the dancers are quite obviously completely stoned. Â One so much so that she slowly circled the pole a few times and then stumbled off the stage entirely after the DJ finally cracked up. Â But hey, what can I say, it's not like I'm coming here for scholarly persuits.
The reason I'm not giving it 5 stars is, to start, I simply can't get over having to pay a cover or having a drink minimum. Â I'm just spoiled like that. Â But my main complaint has to do with the sports games they run on the sides of the stage. Â That alone is really annoying to a non-athletic dork like myself, but the strippers watching the games as they dance is just, well, amusing and rude.
For the ladies hoping to make big money at the "amature" night every Tuesday.
The cash prizes on the website are advertised as:
1st place: $500
2nd place: $250
The actual cash prizes are:
1st place: $250
2nd place: $75
3rd place: $50
runner up: $25 gift certificate for their "botique"
The management tries to justify the price change by claiming there are not enough guys there. Seeing as its a Tuesday night at a club that is not even very busy on the weekends, I'm assuming this is something that happens more than every once in a while.
The contestants are asked to arrive between 9:30-10. Contest does not begin till around midnight. During that time girls are asked to walk around and tell guys to cheer for them during the contest.
The girl who wins first place is a "ringer"-the management know her.
As an amature night connoisseur I can tell you that this is not a good one to go to.
this USED to be the best club but now it's gone downhill big time. the advertising on the website is quite erroneous. these girls are FAR from the hotties they claim to have. Â truth be told, alot of them are quite UNATTRACTIVE, sad even. $20 cover. $6.25 for a friggin' bottle of water and $51 for a lap dance. PLEASE. Â go elsewhere.
Review Source:The only strip club I have been to previously was in Las Vegas, and it was male strippers...this was my first time at a female strip club. I went with a group of 6 people for a friend's birthday. She had never been to one either and we were curious. We asked our boyfriends all kinds of questions about stripper etiquette, but it turns out we didn't really need any tips. My advice is to bring some ladies friends with you, because the strippers seemed comfortable with us and I touched quite a few tata's and lets just say I smelled like a stripper at the end of the night. ;)
I had a good time here, but was expecting more, I think...We got there a little early because my friend had to get up early the next day and couldn't stay out too late, so we arrived at 8:15pm. It was completely empty, and the guys I was with said it gets crowded later. So the same 4 dancers were on rotation, and I think we were all looking for a little more variety. Even by 10:30 there wasn't a big amount of variety.
The girls were good dancers and worked hard for their tips. All in all, I wouldn't go here again, I think I would want a place that was a little more fun and not filled with desperate old men copping a feel, if that kind of strip club exists. Isn't there one with a party atmosphere where the girls onstage are having just as much fun as we are? No skeezy dudes in tracksuits? If anyone knows of one like that, let me know, because I can totally see the potential of having a great time. Â
Oh, and after 10pm private lap dances are $41 bucks...prior to 10pm they are $21. Big price difference! But I give props to these ladies for working their asses off, and for having lovely soft skin. :)
~$10 bucks per person entrance fee (Coupons online, but print them out as they won't accept your iphone)
~They serve food, and have a B rating. (We didn't eat here.)
To anyone complaining about cover charges and drink prices, etc: would you pay a $10 cover at a nightclub, then expect a free drink at the bar as soon as you walk in? Â Of course not. Â You don't get the benefits of the establishment and what it has to offer unless you pay. Â Get over it.
Dancers don't get paid unless you, the customer, pay them... either through tips or private dances (which they only get a percentage of). Â The entry fee you pay goes into the club's till. Â Therefore, if you don't pay the individual dancer for her time and services, she won't spend any effort on you. Â Dancing isn't about "caring", she's there to work. Â By the way, you don't have a right to walk into any exotic club and expect to be sexually serviced. Â If you think that's automatically included, you can go pound sand. Â Does it happen? Â Sure, but rarely in this club, and you have no right to expect it in the first place.
All that being said... this place has gone waaay downhill since Mike has owned it. Â Poor business practices, overcharging for drinks, steadily worse treatment of the talent, bad promotion at the wrong type of clientele, firing girls who aren't the owner's personal type preference (he likes brunettes with fake tits), overcharging of the dancers, and so on. Â I met one cocktail waitress who never got paid for roughly two weeks of work. Â She didn't have nice things to say. Â If they keep pissing off the staff, this *will* turn into a dirty club because the girls will be trying to recoup all the cash they're paying out for club fees.
If you do go here, tip the stage and tip your dancer after doing privates with her. Â She has to pay out more than you think she does (less than 50% goes in her pocket, and then there's a forced tip-out which doesn't even go to the support staff). Â If you want clarification, just ask. Â She'll tell you.
I've had some fun times at Bare Elegance. Its the place to be if you're by LAX, got a few hours to kill and some cash to drop. Its the best club in the area and there are some very attractive women that work there. Look for the glowing purple neon lights on the outside of the building. Its been used in several TV shows such as Silk Stalkings.
Review Source:I used to work at one of the big defense firms to the west on Imperial. Â One of the perks (missing on the official welcome sheet) was that you get free lunch time admission with your company badge! Â You have sign your name, but I always signed at the Head of Ethics or the CEO, and they never cared to check.
As with all strip clubs, there's a drink minimum, but with free admission it felt I had half off.
They had $1 steak plus all you can see pink taco on Mondays. Â If I recall correctly, they had a free buffet on Thursday with your required drink purchase.
Much to my surprise, the girls in lunch time lineup were pretty solid. Â There was always one dancer in the lineup that just ridiculously hot compared to her peers.
In closing, Bare Elegance, also affectionately called Building 69, was was a good place to be cheered up after a hard half day at work.
I went here on my birthday with friends and it was probably the shittiest night ever, Saturday, aside from these  lap dances from an aging and cellulite legged lady from Sweden.  Many of the girls there need to spend more time at the gym, they are pretty chubby, and the lap dances are really expensive for the $$$$ you drop for them.
Yeah the only thing good about that night was being with my pals and that stripper...she was a sweetheart...we spoke Swedish together and she made me feel like a king that night :)
But,
Never again...
I'll take my friends & money to RIO... I have heard many good things about it :)
So after my friend's birthday dinner at a blues club...what better way to end the night than at a strip club?  LOL.  Since he had never been to one before and neither had his gf  (who gave him permission to go) we decided to go check out this place.  I had heard from another friend that the best strip clubs were by the airport and we picked this place based on the name.
My only complaint against the place was that it is pretty expensive. Â First you must valet park. Â Then there is a $20 cover to get in. Â Luckily us girls didn't have to pay =P Â Granted the girls are pretty hot...there wasn't one ugly girl (and usually there's always at least one ugly girl), still $40 for a topless lapdance seems a bit steep to me. Â I think bikini dances are only $30. Â This was my only strip club that I've been to in LA. Â The first strip club that I went to was Olympic Garden in Vegas and the lapdances there were only $20. Â
Since we had a group of about 10 we sat at one of the stages. Â This might have been a mistake because everytime a girl came up to dance we had to keep tipping her. Â But on the other hand this was a great way to see all the girls and some of the girls were good at doing a little extra for a tip. Â Let's just say I got to grab some boobies and had my face stuffed between some boobs ;-)
Being the great friends that we were we got the birthday boy up on stage and got him a lapdance by 2 of the hottest girls there while everyone watched. Â I have to admit they were pretty good dancers...even I was getting a little um "hot" and I'm a girl. Â His gf was pretty cool and also got him a private topless lapdance as well. Â And since I didn't want his gf to feel left out I got her a lapdance too =P Â Oh what the hell...I guess I just like seeing girls getting lapdances from other girls, haha.
So I'm glad I'm not a guy because I could see how strip clubs could turn into a very expensive hobby. Â I recently watched a show where they were saying that at some of the high end strip clubs, girls could make $1k-$3k/night. Â Maybe I should consider a career change? Â That pole dancing class that I took might come in very handy after all, lolz.
These days, I am all about new experiences. So, a few weeks ago, when my client (who's now a friend--funny how being in the...umm, trenches...will get two people closer) said he was going to take me out to have some "fun" (his exact words were: "Dude, we're going out on Thursday night. You're head's going to explode."), I was like: "You don't have to ask me twice, but, where are we going?"
Him: "a strip club"
(So, I've never been in a gentleman's club and now, after I asked a few friends (okay, I asked everyone I knew, short of my dad and my mom--less of my fear of them asking further questions and more because I did want any untoward visual imagery to pop-up in my head), it was apparent that EVERYONE BUT ME had gone to a strip club before.  One of my girl friends, who's a devout Christian and whom I would not have guessed would even venture near the parking lot of a club, let alone step in one, proudly asserted: "Yeah, I've gone to several! Bring dollar bills."  Of  course, now when I see her, visions of her clenching dollar bills in her teeth, try to stick it into the g-string of the girls (Gettin' that imagery?  Girl-on-girl action.  Hot...so...hot) immediately pop into my head.  I'm going to hell (well, maybe I was going before, but now I'm sure I am now going to get to ride the "express" elevator).
Me (tyring to be nonchalant): "Oh yeah? Which one?"
Him: "Bare Elegance"
(Let those two words roll around your head a little: Â "Bare...Elegance." Â "Bare-Elegance." Â "BareElegance." Â "Barelegance." Â I don't know about you, but that conjures up images of naked royalty, and in a good, not Queen Elizabeth, sort of way.)
This whole conversation was starting to make me feel uncomfortable ... in my pants.
[Fast forward to Thursday.]
We started off at Chaya Venice to toss back a few drinks, then to Hama Sushi, where we had a few more sakes and, as a prelude of what things may come, some...sushi. Â So far, so good.
We leave for Bare Elegance, but on the way my friend asked if I minded we stopped by "a place" that he couldn't remember the name of, but it had something to do with paradise or sumthin', because he knew a girl there. Â (Me thinking: "Dude, don't BS me, you've been there many a times before.")
Me: "Sure, okay."
[Cut to Fantasy Island review - <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/YjJPTXwMgYTAgnWGwGna1Q?hrid=nREnXtFkxX8KAfFKGbhTMw%5D">http://www.yelp.com/biz/…</a>
At this point I am half-drunk, we make it down to Bare Elegance, which is near LAX. Â It was kind of quiet in the parking lot, so I guess we probably got here later than we should have. Â But when I walked in, WOW. Â Maybe because my expectations were set low from just having come from Fantasy Island, but IMHO the girls were undeniably hot. Â They even have their own poles with platforms that are 5 feet or so in diameter spread out over the room. Â "NOW NEW AND IMPROVED WITH MULTIPLE STRIPPER ACTION."
I moved to LA when I was 8, so I consider myself an Angeleno and I take great pride in my city. Â I am proud to think that all the lonely traveling salesmen who fly through our fair city and have a few hours to kill will somehow end up at Bare Elegance and see some really, really hot women getting completely naked. Â
They don't serve alcohol here, but I'm kind of glad they don't, because you wouldn't want to risk going to a museum sloshed to the point where you can't enjoy the nuance presented by the artist, would you? Â Besides, we can always liquor up somewhere else--first round is on me at the bar if you pick up the first round of lap dances at BE.
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