Hundreds of Stacked Dancers & High Mileage for Lap Dance Aficionados at Sapphire
Oshun Dances at Sapphhire
No matter how many times I’ve gone into Sapphire in the two decades or so since it opened, I’m always amazed at the sheer number of gorgeous babes with big boobs walking the floor in platform heels and skimpy lingerie. If a selection of 300-400 slender, busty, beautiful dancers available for high mileage lap dances is enticing to you, buddy, you’ve come to the right place.
Sapphire markets itself as the “World’s Largest Gentlemen’s Club,” and it may well be. It’s definitely the world’s most over-the-top strip club party. The main showroom is 10,000 square feet, and that doesn’t count the gourmet Mexican restaurant or the smaller showroom where the Monday Night Football and comedy shows are held.
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Sapphire Las Vegas Men’s Club
To give the club a more intimate feeling, Sapphire uses a huge floor-to-ceiling curtain to cut the main showroom into more intimate spaces during all but peak hours. This squeezes the dancers working the floor into a tighter space, which increases the agreeable impression of a wealth of available female flesh.
The lighting is mostly Sapphire’s signature wall of small twinkling turquoise lights, which means it is suitably dark for a man to unwind with a beautiful woman in his lap. There are three full bars and three stages, the center stage on a platform about 20 feet up. The guys on the main floor watch the dancers on the two small stages at either side of the center-stage platform.
The stage shows are among the best of the Vegas topless clubs, with erotic pole dancing, acrobatic dancing, and floor work, but the stages are too high for guys who like to sit on the rail and watch the show close up. The stage shows here are more like a decorative bonus amidst the splendor of all the beautiful women around you.
Sapphire is a Tit Man’s Paradise
Arista Dances at Sapphhire
Sapphire has a preferred type, and if you like big tits, you’ll be a happy man here. Most of the dancers are on the high end of the spectrum for both beauty and body; calling them 9s and 10s doesn’t cut it, as at least half of them are 11s. Even when there’s a big crowd, there are plenty of dancers working the crowd.
The lap dances on the main floor are probably the highest-contact in Vegas, priced at $20 per song like everywhere else. The dancers in this place work the crowd relentlessly when they’re not on stage, but if you turn down a dancer, she’ll move on to the next guy gracefully. If you’re the shy type who doesn’t know how to approach dancers, you don’t have to worry about that here. Just sit anywhere by yourself and you’ll be approached over and over again by knockout babes looking for a comfy lap to dance in.
After a recent visit to the Sapphire comedy hour, I stopped in the club for a while. There were women draped across nearly every available man. I’ve never seen so many men in one room look so happy.
Sapphire VIP Packages
If you’re coming for the evening, check out the VIP packages at Sapphire. There are packages for single guys, groups, guys who prefer a specific bottle, etc.
The packages include free admission ($50 savings), free limo transport, a line pass, host service, a reserved VIP table in the center of the action, and a discount on drinks if you buy online. Even with the basic VIP65 package (suitable for the average guy going solo), you essentially get $69 in alcohol plus the royalty treatment at the most elegant club in town for $65.
The package is worth it for the value of the reserved VIP table alone. At peak hours at Sapphire, this may be the only way you’ll be able to sit down. Here’s how it breaks down:
| VIP65 Drink Card Package | Arrive by Cab |
|---|---|
| Free limo to club | $20+ cab fare to club |
| Free admission to club | $45 admission |
| Includes $50 free drinks plus free shot if you buy online = $69 value in booze | No booze included |
| Limo driver escorts you straight to front of line | Wait in line |
| Reserved VIP table waiting for you in the center of the action with a great view of the club’s three stages | Wait for a seat on the rail to open up |
| Summary: $134+ in value if you buy online plus reserved VIP table and royalty treatment for only $65 | Summary: Pay $20+ for cab plus $45 admission = $65+ before you’ve had a single drink, plus no royalty treatment and no reserved VIP table. |
The Sapphire Monday Night Football Party is the Best in Vegas
Emily Dances at Sapphire
From September through December, you can start the week at Sapphire’s Monday Night Football party (excellent man chow buffet, three drinks, three giant screens and a roaring crowd for $20), where you can sample the lovely dancers at half-time with their 30-second $1 topless lap dances (in my opinion, the best lap dance experience in Vegas). When the game ends you’ve already had three drinks and you have a better idea of which girl you’d like in your lap for a longer stay.
Sapphire welcomes couples and the percentage of couples in the audience has been increasing, so if you bring your wife or girlfriend on a busy night, she won’t feel alone or awkward.
The VIP Skyboxes
Sapphire also has 10 “skyboxes,” which are essentially private VIP rooms, some with multiple couches that accommodate a dozen people and some designed for 1-on-1 time with a dancer. The skyboxes are 25 feet above the main floor and have full-length one-way windows that overlook the main floor below; they also have their own controls for lighting and music volume and even a flat-screen TV.
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Sapphire Free Limo Transport
Call 702-869-0003 to reserve your ride.
As a local, I go to this club for their terrific parties, or just to bliss out getting girls in my lap. Plus the Sapphire Pool and Day Club (see below) is my favorite way to while away a summer afternoon, ogling the Sapphire dancers in their teeny bikinis, and watching the go-go dancers jiggle.
Sapphire Pool & Day Club
Sapphire’s Pool & Day Club is open during warm weather (April through October) and it’s the best pool party in town, with the largest number of gorgeous topless girls. Even the bartenders and cocktail servers are topless here, and the club chums the waters with their own uninhibited dancers. Read my full review: Sapphire’s Pool & Day Club.
Sapphire offers a special arrangement on Sundays for people who are checking out of their hotel room in the morning and would like to spend the day at the pool before catching a flight home Sunday night. Take the free club limo to the pool (call 702.869.0003 to reserve your ride), and the club will store your luggage for free. Then they’ll give you a free ride to the airport when you’re ready to leave to catch your flight.
The Sapphire Pool & Dayclub offers package deals that include free limo transport, a lounge chair for the day, or cabana, a line pass, and drinks, bottle service, etc.
I spent many hours on TVO prior to going to Sapphire (first time at strip club), so I thought I’d share my experience from February 2023. I chose Sapphire because I’d like to think I have very high standards and I wanted to maximize my chances of finding very good looking dancers. With my travel/work schedule, the only day I could go was a Tuesday night. I was concerned about the quality of women on a Tuesday, but after one look around the club I realized that wouldn’t be a problem. I was ready to spend for a memorable night and brought 6k in cash with me to the club.
I showed up without a reservation and drove myself. Paid the cover and tipped the host who seated me in the center of the action. I was pleasantly surprised that every staff member was professional and friendly. Nothing like the horror stories on google reviews. Immediately after sitting down, and I have to emphasize the immediately, two girls sat at my table. They were solid 8s but not my type or what I was looking for that night. I read all about the hustle factor but it exceeded my expectations. Eventually, I got the first two girls to leave (by tipping them). A few seconds later, two gorgeous Latinas came to my table. Absolute stunners. Pretty, fit, and young. We talked for a little while and they pushed hard to go to the VIP. I insisted on having some lap dances first. After a lot of back in forth, they gave me a couple of dances. They were very high mileage dances.
We went back to the VIP waiting area where they explained the prices and tried to sell me on a skybox. I said no to the skybox and they offered an hour in the VIP for 1800 each. I told them that was way too high. We negotiated for what seemed like forever. They were extremely pushy. That pushiness included a lot of touching. One of them put my hand under her thong and led my finger into her pussy. She promised she would “make me cum” in the VIP. We eventually agreed to 1200 each for an hour plus drinks and tips. The VIP was enjoyable and it was not a busy night so it was almost empty. They gave me high mileage dances, if that’s what you want to call them. Lots of humping, titties in face/mouth and rubbing their nipples. One of them kissed me a lot on the cheek and ear and made out with me briefly with a lot of tongue. They had no hesitation to rub me with their hands through my pants and other stuff that I won’t mention. These women were absolutely stunning. Can’t emphasize that enough. As my time wound down, they went wild and I felt like I was finally living out my fantasy haha.
The downside to the VIP was they never stopped pushing me to get a skybox. They promised to do a lot of things in the skybox, but I just wasn’t going to spend that much more money and I didn’t want to use any of my credit cards. Also, they asked me for a massive tip. I tipped them well but much less than what they requested/demanded.
We wrapped things up with the girls trying to sell me on coming back the next day to do a skybox. I considered it but eventually decided I wasn’t ready to go to that level after already spending so much the night before. With that said, I wouldn’t hesitate to go back next time I’m in town.
Thanks TVO for all of the information. I wouldn’t have been prepared without it and while it’s expensive and full of hustle, Sapphire was the right choice for me. Sorry for the long post.
Wow Mark. That was a hell of an evening. Las Vegas and Sapphire are awesome!
Mark,
Thanks for the detailed write up. It’s always helpful to get current trip reports. I imagine on a Tuesday there weren’t that many guys (comparatively) so the dancers want to latch on hard to the guys that are there. If they were quoting $1800 an hour each for VIP, what was their ask for Skybox? Sapphire’s website has Skybox packages for $1500 (plus tax etc) which includes $500 drink credit and $1000 entertainment voucher, plus free ride, no cover, etc. I imagine if you walked in the door having already prepaid, you could find any number of hot dancers that would do the hour for the $1000 voucher. These packages are new, having shown up online when Sapphire recently redid their website. Hustle has been very high the last few times I was there, including lap dance quotes always starting at $40 and a few $50. I’ve always been able to get 4 for $100 when patient. I also have a much easier time fighting off the hustle when I’m standing on the rail by the main bar. VIP is definitely negotiable as well. I paid $160 ($100 plus $60 for 2 drinks) for 15 minutes (which ended up being closer to 30) because the dancer I was with did not want to go on stage when they called her – my good fortune. I think the highest I’ve been quoted for standard 15 minutes was $300 plus the drinks. These were last September. Anyway, glad you enjoyed yourself. I’m trying to get a trip together for April.
You dropped $2400, in one hour, IN LAS VEGAS, and didn’t get laid???
You got ripped!
Prices are very standardly $40 for a dance, 3 for $100 on the floor. This is what was quoted by around a dozen separate women. Changes due to the clarification around being independent contractors vs employees and whatnot, but I can definitively say that on a Saturday night, $40 for a dance on the floor was the quoted rate, consistently.
Yes. I found the same on Dec 2/3 a couple of weeks ago. Standard on floor dance $40 and 3 for $100. 15min VIP was $300 plus drinks. lots of push for the VIP.
It was Rodeo week Friday/Saturday and full floor was not open. Times in Vegas have certainly changed.
So Sapphire is advertising their NFL opening week MNF kickoff party on their website. My question: what is the difference between the $25 and $50 choices? Both have open bar 4 pm – 7 pm, free ride, etc. I believe in the past the $50 package has had much better food and is in the huge showroom. Any other light you can shed on this? If it is as huge a party this year as pre-covid, hopefully there will be a lot of dancers on hand and they will have reinstituted the $1 halftime dances. Thanks!
Sapphires just told me that the $1 dances will be back this season!
You have it right…. the showroom has better food, better seating, bigger and more TVs, the hosted raffles, and… the $1 dances.
No $1 dances in the main room, only the showroom? That is the most important item in the purchase decision process. 🙂
that’s correct
Saw a news article that Sapphire has an application in to put in slot machines. They are supposed to go into some area of the club defined as a ‘tavern’ where there won’t be any adult entertainment. Article said the application was currently under review.
https://www.instagram.com/p/ChIpS_Mvmat/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
True…. here’s an article about it.
Thanks Nunya …. BTW, are you a subscriber? It’s free.
Anyone know what are the VIP prices looking now in 2023? And how about lap dances? Still $30 a song or have they gone up?
I can’t stress this enough… prices are not set.
They float
They are highly negotiable
And whoever goes first loses
Consider Nunya’s recent report
Mark H.
Mark,
Thanks for the detailed write up. It’s always helpful to get current trip reports. I imagine on a Tuesday there weren’t that many guys (comparatively) so the dancers want to latch on hard to the guys that are there. If they were quoting $1800 an hour each for VIP, what was their ask for Skybox? Sapphire’s website has Skybox packages for $1500 (plus tax etc) which includes $500 drink credit and $1000 entertainment voucher, plus free ride, no cover, etc. I imagine if you walked in the door having already prepaid, you could find any number of hot dancers that would do the hour for the $1000 voucher. These packages are new, having shown up online when Sapphire recently redid their website. Hustle has been very high the last few times I was there, including lap dance quotes always starting at $40 and a few $50. I’ve always been able to get 4 for $100 when patient. I also have a much easier time fighting off the hustle when I’m standing on the rail by the main bar. VIP is definitely negotiable as well. I paid $160 ($100 plus $60 for 2 drinks) for 15 minutes (which ended up being closer to 30) because the dancer I was with did not want to go on stage when they called her – my good fortune. I think the highest I’ve been quoted for standard 15 minutes was $300 plus the drinks. These were last September. Anyway, glad you enjoyed yourself. I’m trying to get a trip together for April.
Personally… I make my counter offer once and stick to it.
Two dances for $50 is a relatively good deal. A girl who is struggling will still take a twenty for a dance.
Ken,
Girls are pushing hard for $300 for 15 minutes in VIP, plus $60 for 2 drinks and then tip for the waitress. However, I’ve had it as low as $100 plus 2 drinks and ended up with almost 30 minutes. That particular time, I was getting lap dances and the girl was called to the stage and didn’t want to go. So she got out of it by telling the DJ that we were going to VIP and offered me a deal. I usually stick to the main floor and as far as lap dances go, almost everyone asks for $40 and some even $50. Never paid that myself (and never will). If I like the dancer, I offer $100 for 5, sometimes they take it, but I’ve never had anyone turn me down when I offered $100 for 4. Most times I have been in Sapphire, there are more dancers than customers so you have some leverage if you a patient and nicely negotiate. If they don’t take it, say no thanks and wait (or search) for the next hot girl.
Considering the skybox experience for my next visit. What price range is considered “normal” nowadays? And by price I mean everything: base price, bottle fee and all tips. Last i heard it was $700 but i have a feeling its higher now. Thanks.
I was at Sapphire recently. I was quoted a lot of money. It was 250 for 15 minutes 500 for 30 minutes and 1000 for 1 hour in the normal VIP area. None of those include the drink prices that you have to buy as well. The sky box were more obviously, but I don’t recall the price. Back in the day the sky box was the most luxurious event I have engaged in. It’s just way too expensive now.
Wow! Not sure about the skybox experience at that price. If normal VIP 1hr dance is $1000 now, im guessing skybox is $1500-$2000? If your willing to pay that, than why not consider a brothel and get more than just touching. Just doenst make sense. At least to me.
Chris: How is sapphire looking now? Are things recovering more compared to 2021?
Ken Dang: Is this comment directed at me? I was at Sapphire recently. At the time they said it was a tame night, but it seemed back to normal to me. Girls everywhere lap dances always occurring etc. The prices are through the roof now it seems on everything. However I had a great time and spent way to much money. It seems like the girls are willing to do more now? As it seemed they were VERY friendly now you went back to the VIP. I don’t ever recall them letting me do or them doing certain things to me that happened on this particular trip. Maybe it was just the girl I was with, but we exchanged phone numbers at the end as I want her again the next time I am in town (never had that happen before either).
A little delayed, but as promised. A little long but I wanted to be thorough.
Sapphire MNF Trip Report – 11/15/21
Went to Sapphire Monday night for the Monday Night Football watching party. Bought my ticket online at about 4:30 that afternoon – total came to $32.49 with taxes and fees. Shortly after received a call to arrange my pickup. Set it up for 5:40 pm and after hanging up, received a text confirmation of where to meet the driver. He picked me up right on time in the Harrah’s bus pickup area in the garage – vehicle was a Sapphire bus much like the ones used a rental car facilities.
I put my mask on to enter the bus as I didn’t know what to expect. The driver was very personable – asked me what type music I liked, general good chat. Told me I didn’t have to wear my mask if I didn’t want to so I immediately removed it. I was the only passenger and I asked him about that – said they wouldn’t allow mixed groups on the bus due to Covid. Quick ride over, dropped me off and I tipped him. I asked about ride home later and he said to text him – he could likely do it if going that way or not busy (ended up not using him as I stayed late).
Greeted inside by a host who walked me to the window to check in for my reservation. All the staff was masked up, as required by Gov Shithead. The girl gave me my two drink tickets and two raffle tickets and the host took me into the showroom to a reserved table. There was a pretty good crowd there – some groups, some solo guys. Buffet was set up on the far end – had a carving station with prime rib, some chicken, wings, and bbq pork. Also had bags of chips, cookies, and other desserts. No pizza that I saw. It was pretty decent.
Waitress came to take my drink order – I asked about specials and found out beer buckets were $30 for 5 beers if one of the sponsored brands (or $16 for one – no brainer). Most brands were part of the sponsor group – Bud light, Mich Ultra, Modelo, a whole list of others as long as you didn’t try to go too specialty. Got my bucket and food and settled in to watch.
There were 3 ladies roaming around, wearing jerseys, and at some point a 4th showed up. After seeing this past week’s post with the picture of the Jersey Girls, those look like 3 of them I saw, especially #85 in red – I know she was there. Saw an occasional lap dance during the game but in general they weren’t doing much selling.
I had prepared myself and brought $100 singles with me – I don’t know if it has been written before that maybe the halftime $1 dances were not happening but if so I missed it. When halftime arrived, I really thought some more ladies would come in and there would be an announcement about the $1 halftime dances but didn’t happen. I wasn’t expecting the previously described tsunami of hot girls but it was a bit of a letdown. I did ask one of the hosts about it and seems they haven’t done it due to Covid since reopening.
They did give away a good many prizes, including the jerseys from the jersey girls. First winner got his pick of the 4, then each after that. When the game ended, the host announced that everyone could move over into the main room for DJ and ladies.
I had ordered a second bucket of beer so I took that with me to the main room and found a table near the stage. As time went by more and more dancers arrived. The back part of the club was blocked of by a curtain so everything was happening around the main stage area. I was beginning to get approached for dances with the usual ‘what’s your name, where are from’ etc etc. Turned away most early as they weren’t my type. I’ll also note that there wasn’t a mask in sight, except for the bartenders, waitresses, and hosts. I don’t think I saw a single dancer or customer wearing one and no one said a thing to me. I started talking to a nice looking dancer and asked the rate – I was quoted $40 per dance, which I balked at. She then said she could do 3 for $100. I liked her and I had not had any dances yet so I went for it. Went to chair near the curtain and started up. Very good mileage to say the least. Finished up with her and went back to my table. A bit later I started chatting with another hot one and again quoted $40. I asked what happened to the $20 and she said ‘Everything is going up’. She quickly went to 3 for $100 so I said yes. Gave her the $100 and she ended up doing 4 dances. Again very good mileage, no pushing hands away, no air, full contact right away.
At one point I went to the men’s room and when I got back my bucket of 2 remaining beers were gone from my table. Asked a dude sitting next to me if he saw where it went and he said maybe the waitress took it. Got up to ask and the girl by the bar said yes, they thought I was gone. I guess you have to put a napkin on it or tell them. Lucky for me the bucket was still sitting right there on the edge of the bar with the two beers in it so I took it back – ha ha.
Spent the next little bit watching the stage show and gently declining approaches that were not my type. Interesting that all night no one tried to get me into VIP. Also would note that there were a decent number of female customers there. Most were with guys but I think I remember at least one table with just women.
I did use my two drink coupons late in the evening – got a shot of tequila and a vodka tonic. Saved me a few $$$ getting my buckets during the game and using the drink tickets on the high cost drinks later. It got late pretty quickly (or so it seemed). I still had most of my $100 singles although I had used a bit for stage tipping. I was watching on extremely hot dancer on stage, really getting into it and actually heard a women at one table tell her man that ‘she is good, really good’ as we watched. I went up to the stage to tip her and she was on all fours, turned her ass to me to let me put the bills in the back of her g-string. Now I will note that I was watching another dancer on stage who caught my eye but after her set, she got snatched up pretty quickly. When this one got off the stage, she was standing to the side gathering up all her tips, so I walked over and started chatting to see if she was available. She said she would be back ‘to harass me’ in a bit. So I sat back down at my table to wait – had to fend off a few but when I told them I was waiting on someone they moved on.
So I’m sitting at my table waiting, which was actually just below the wood railing where you can stand near the bar and watch the stage (can’t be seen from the bar area). I wait a little more and she doesn’t show so I decide to take a look around – I stand up and she is up above by the bar with another girl, watching the crowd. I walked up around to the bar and around to her other side and just sort of stand there beside her for a minute. I ask her ‘wasn’t I watching you on stage – I thought you were coming back to harass me’ and she says she had to go freshen up and then didn’t see me. We start chatting and I ask her how much. She doesn’t give me the $40 routine – instead she just says something like ‘it just depends on what you want to spend’. So I tell her I have money – not sure how much but I’ve got something like $30-40 plus maybe $70 of my singles stack. I show it to her, tell her it’s NOT hundreds, and she laughs and says singles will spend also. Point being she knows about how much I have left. I say let’s do it and we go to a chair back near the curtain again. It’s probably about 2:30 am at this point. So she hops on my lap and we get going – I’m leaving it up to her as to how long. Mileage was fantastic and she was smoking hot, tall, maybe 5’9’’. I made sure to get approval from her before attempting anything and she did not dissuade me at all. So she goes for 10-12 songs, every which way and position, and after what seemed like 45 minutes, we stop and I give her most of my money. She counts it up and I’m not sure exactly how much it was but then she tries to give me back $20 or so, saying she didn’t want to leave me with zero or no cab fare. I told her to take it, that I was calling Uber and didn’t need it. So she says ok, but then takes her top back off and starts grinding again. I think she did 4-5 more songs because when were done it was about 3:30 am. Sat for a minute and I tell her how fabulous it was and how hot she is and so on – genuine compliments. I told her I should have found her earlier. I think we spent about an hour together. We say our goodbyes, etc, as she says she needs to make the rounds one more time before closing. She was homerun!
So I head out to call my Uber. Then I realize I don’t have a mask for Uber so I have to ask a host at the door for a mask. He finds one for me and I head out.
Summary: Game was ok, worth the admission for the ride, food and 2 drink tickets – just don’t waste your tickets when on beer when a bucket is so cheap (for a strip club). Bummer was no halftime $1 dances. In the main club, girls will charge $40 if they can get it but quickly drop the price if they think you will pass. It doesn’t look like anyone is charging $20 but I didn’t push to try and get it. Maybe someone else can report. There were a lot of dancers there and most were high quality. Mileage in my experience was just like pre-Covid and the last girl was one of the best I’ve had – I will find her next time. However, YMMV.
Arnold, I’m getting married finally after it getting post pined due to COVID. My friend wants to have my bachelor party in Vegas and truthfully I’m not sure I really want to go, because my concern is not over COVID and the ethical issue over having a bachelor party. But my concern is just that Vegas is not the same as it was pre COVID. I have been plenty of times over rhe years and had a great time but I have not been back because I have heard so many terrible things about what has happened to Vegas. So my question is- is it worth coming back to Vegas at all? Sapphire? Treasures? Are any of them worth it?
Chris: The wild Vegas lap dance scene, prepandemic, has not returned. For many strip club aficionados, that was what the Vegas clubs were all about. If you’re drinking, masks are not required, so you see very few masks and nobody is bugged about it. But there is a fear factor now, not just in Vegas but throughout the country, with regards to close physical contact with strangers. Dancers are more wary, as are customers. They say time heals all wounds. They don’t say how much time is required.
I went here pre-covid and had a great time. All $20 floor dances with high mileage. I just went back 2 days ago and sadly it was not fun. Many girls on stage did not remove their tops. All the girls that approached me charged $40 for a floor dance and were low mileage. I like to try a floor dance before considering the VIP but this was a big turn off. I left after an hour and had a much better time at Palomino.
Hi Arnold,
thanks for all the valuable content on this site. How is Sapphires for a weekday afternoon? I will be visiting Vegas for work next week and might find myself free in the afternoons, especially between 2pm and 5pm? wondering how many dancers can we expect to see during those hours?
seamac: Sapphire doesn’t open until 8 pm on weekdays. On Fri/Sat/Sun they open at 2 pm.
Does the limo take you back as well?
Ty: No, but you can sometimes arrange it if the limo is heading your way to pick up guests.
Hi Arnold… I love the site. It’s a wealth of information. I wanted to bring to your attention my recent visits to sapphire. I went a couple of times this past weekend for the first time since the covid shutdown. I was initially getting told by the damcers $40 for a main floor dance and $200 for 15mins in the VIP.
I at first thought it might be someone just hustling, but I did get those prices from other dancers too.
Are you seeing this? Are these really the current going rates? Or did I just happen to run by some exceptions to the the previous norm ($20 per main floor dance))
freddie: I’m hearing from others that $30 and $40 main room lap dances are getting more common in the high-end clubs. The common starting rate for VIP dances was pretty much $100 for three somgs (about 9-10 minutes). So, $200 for 15 minutes doubles the minimum price but also gives you an extra 5-6 minutes. I don’t think there is a “current going rate” yet. The clubs and the dancers are still trying to figure out what works best post-pandemic. There were always some dancers in the high-end clubs that charged $30-$40 for lap dances, even before the shutdown. Now there are more of them. These prices may swing back to more $20 dances when the scene normalizes.
Hi Arnold, has Sapphire brought back the limo deals? Thinking about heading their in the next week while I am in town.
Greg: Yes, Sapphire’s limos are running again.
Are they topless? Several yelp reviews mention that the dancers have been keeping the tops on.
Greg: The Sapphire dancers are now topless. Up until last month, the entertainers were required to keep their tops on.
Hi Arnold, I am visting this upcoming weekend. Always had great time at Sapphires but wondering how the current atmosphere is? if not Sapphires do you have any other club recommendations?
Jordan/Arnold, Sapphire still has the $65 drink package on their website but it’s difficult to find. On the homepage you have to go to the very bottom on the left side under ‘VIP Services’ and click on ‘Vegas Limo Transportation’. The next page that comes up has the VIP Drink Card Package for $65 with $50 drink credit, table, no cover etc. I haven’t tried to purchase it so no telling if it would work and/or is still being honored.
Nunya, thanks for the tip. I just tried to book it. It still says $65, but when you put in a date and phone number, it goes to a PayPal screen that wants to charge you $128.
BTW, if you click on the VIP100 package on the front page, advertised as $100, it goes to the same PayPal page for $128
Bob, I think that $100 —> $128 final total is due to high sales taxes and additional service fee. I believe you will find similar increases for final prices if you book something like a chair at the Sapphire Pool party. The $65 package may have gone the way of the Dodo bird.
Arnold,
Any word on if Sapphire will bring back the VIP65 packages or are they not needed currently to get a seat? I’m not gonna be out there for a couple of months but I noticed the single person packages have been removed from their website and that is what I’ll be looking for my next trip out. Thanks!
Jordan: The clubs are going through changes continually. Anything could be happening a couple months from now. If I see a club announce something significant, I’ll post it, but mostly I find out from TVO readers who visit all of the clubs regularly and/or see info on social media. Check the club websites/facebook/Instagram pages shortly before you plan to go.
Radical Blackjack has been delayed till May. Any news on it’s release date?
Also: will it come out in ebook?
Tred: The expected date for Radical Blackjack to come off the press is now on or about June 10. It will come out as an ebook though I’m not sure how long after. I wrote a post about it that includes the Table of Contents here: https://write-aholic.com/radical-blackjack-my-first-blackjack-book-in-15-years/
My wife and I were thinking of going this summer to sapphire. She is kind of neurotic about being watched. Do you know if the skyboxes have cameras?
Franksandbeans: I believe all of the vegas strip club VIP rooms, including Sapphire’s skyboxes, have video surveillance. This is for the club’s protection. If any physical altercation or a serious accusation or allegation of any kind takes place “in private,” the club needs to have it on video. This is one of the reasons why the private rooms in Vegas are so safe. The entertainers feel safe, as do the guests.
Arnold,
Any idea if the following information is true today:
COVER CHARGE: $45 (free admission if you take the club limo–$15 reservations fee waived if you purchase a buy-1-get-1-free drink coupon); locals, free if arriving in own vehicle; no cover 6 am – 6 pm.
I’m hearing its now $50 but i’m mostly interested in the locals entry. Not sure if it’s worth going
John: My advice, until the clubs get back to being normal strip clubs, is to call for information before you go, as the clubs have been continually making changes in policies as the crowds are starting to return,
Arnold, I contacted them over the phone and through social media and both confirmed that discounts have been discontinued and the only price of admission is $50.00 per person.
John: Thanks for the info.
I have been pinged with ads from Sapphire about pool parties. Are lapdances taking place at these or is it just a pool vibe? How come no one in Vegas has gone the route of private parties like they have in NYC at Die Happy Tonight? This would be a fun concept in Vegas now that the clubs are closed.
Bob, no party pools are allowed right now and pool occupancy limits are 25% last time I checked. Also, no adult entertainment is allowed.
So Sapphire can’t have its topless go-go dancers and topless cocktail waitresses and topless bartenders.
Wynn is allowing guests to go topless at their European pool, so Sapphire can probably permit topless guests. But most of the Sapphire dancers aren’t in town as starters.
So you can relax by the pool, have a drink. There is likely a DJ. And you may see a guest get topless.
Sisolak won’t allow private parties. He fined a casino that let a church use a meeting room.
Nevada’s governor is making war on us.
AFTER the comedy show Sapphire added a Male Strip Show for ladies (Saturdays). Ladies can also enjoy a lapdance from the men.
Hi Arnold, Thanks for this site.
I Wanted to post my experience at sapphire from a trip I took January 2020. a friend and I had been to Palomino the previous night (Awesome!), and I felt like I should extend my experience a bit more, so I decided to try out Sapphire’s daytime scene. I called the limo and they picked me up at the D promptly (it was about 11:00AM on a Thursday). No cover of course, the ride was free ($10 tip), and the 2 bloody marys I had were less than $10 each, so no complaints there. Since the club is 24 hours, I figured there might be some activity, but I was literally the ONLY customer there and there was no music or any atmosphere except for a couple of TV’s that were on. I was met at the door by not one but 2 beauties, a very slim blonde with medium breasts, and a nicely proportioned dark haired girl with large breasts (the only 2 dancers there), and we went to the bar. I had a bloody mary and bought them each a coffee with baileys or something. I indicated to them that I was up for some $20 lap dances and they took me to a secluded area of the club (not sure why since there was literally nobody else there), and this is where things took a turn for the better. Not only were these girls hot, but they were great all around. They only asked me once to go for a VIP dance which I declined and then they just sat with me for the next 3 hours chatting and taking turns giving me occasional dances ($30 per dance including tip). At one point the blonde suggested that we order starbucks coffee since she had been craving it, which I happily did and got us each a coffee delivered to the club via postmates. By the time I left (about 2:00PM) there were a couple more dancers there and 1 or 2 customers. All around the mileage was very good the entire time, although the blonde didn’t allow as much as the dark haired girl (she had the bigger breasts anyhow). Before leaving I tipped them another $100 and they asked me for my phone number, which I gave them, and they each texted me later to thank me for a great afternoon with them. It was a great GFE and I would absolutely go again during the afternoon hoping for the same girls and/or the same type of experience.
FS, thanks for the excellent report on very early happy hour.
Hi Arnold,
Thanks for all of the information. You do a wonderful job and I, like many others, have spent many hours enjoying the site.
I am moving to Vegas in a couple of months for a new job. To celebrate, I want to go to Sapphire based on my time on your site. I am planning to spend $1,500+ if things go well, including some time in a Skybox. I have two questions.
I don’t drink at all. Any suggestions for saving money or making use of the mandatory bar tab for Skyboxes? Also, I’ve read in comments here and other places that some have found success with hosts bringing them great-looking girls before they have to reject too many vultures. Any
advice on how much to tip hosts and how to ask for their help? I have only been to one strip club, but it was not fancy and I certainly did not have a host.
Thank you friend!
Marcus, the hosts at Sapphire are happy to help you even without a tip, but one thing I’ve used successfully is to tip the host at the time he’s seating me. It’s a good way to get a better table (just point at the table you want as you’re putting your hand forward with the money) and also a good way to get the host started on sending over the kinds of dancers you want.
Just say, “I love petite brunettes/blondes with big breasts. Could you introduce me to a few?”
A twenty will cover it for both the table and getting the good dancers headed your way. If your host keeps looking after you well, it’s nice to seek him out after a few great dancers or at the end of the evening and hand him another twenty.
The dancers he sends over will tip him as well for the introduction, so the service will work out well for both of you plus them.
I think you’ll have a great time! Sapphire is a great place to have $1500 to spend.
Arnold,
Love the website. Thanks for the effort.
My wife and I spent a night at Sapphire (our favorite) a few weeks back, and during this latest visit, we noticed: (1) we got very little attention unless we flagged dancers down, at times requiring that we get up to request their company and (2) when we found a dancer we were particularly fond of, we told her to come back and … she didn’t.
As to not getting attention, I suspect we’re not being approached because we’re a couple, despite my impression being that Sapphire is couples friendly (maybe not?). I say that because the few times my wife went to the restroom, I was approached by several dancers. I can understand the dancers’ hesitation, as they’ve shared some pretty awful stories about jealous wives, but I’m not sure what to do about it.
I will say that my wife is as interested in getting her own lap dance as she is in in me getting my own (we only sometimes share), and we don’t mind paying for our own lap dances.
As to the second issue, we’re at a loss. I typically narrow in on a relatively small handful of dancers over the course of the night, and end up wanting to receive several lap dances from just one or two (maybe three) dancers, but spread out over the night. My wife is more interested in a variety of dancers, but still would like a few to return for an encore (or two).
We had told a few of the dancers to come back, but that didn’t seem successful. Is there something we can do? Tip some? Tip excessively? Just ask them to hang out with us for a while? (We’ve had success with this in the past, but we don’t want to waste the dancer’s time either.)
We’re not interested in VIP (we don’t think), being more than happy with the lap dances on the floor. But we’ll get priced out if that’s the only thing the dancers will respond to. We’re happy to pay for multiple lap dances from the same dancer(s), but not necessarily two or three lap dances straight … just the same few dancers, a few times throughout the night.
Any advice?
J
J, Sapphire’s pretty good with couples. Maybe not quite as good as Palomino, but one of the better clubs for couples in town. But I think dancers overall are still conditioned to think that couples will generally want fewer dances and are riskier to approach because the woman in the couple may get jealous.
So you did a good job just reaching out to dancers yourselves.
One thing to keep in mind is that Sapphire, like most Vegas strip clubs, still tends to seat couples off to the side somewhere where it’s harder for dancers to reach them. That tends to discourage dancers from approaching.
For a lot of couples, that’s great, because they really don’t want to be approached that often. But for you and your wife, who actually want lots of lap dances, having a terrific table right on the aisle and near the stages is critical. Maybe get to the club a little earlier and be ready to tip the person seating you a twenty to get a better table where it’s easier to connect with dancers.
Also, it’s hard for everyone, not just couples, to get dancers to return for more lap dances. Basically, when you tell a dancer you might want another dance later, the dancers think you’re blowing them off. They don’t believe you really want them to return.
And even if they do believe it, most dancers don’t like to work more than a few hours a night. So maybe a dancer met you an hour after she arrived at the club and gave you a dance or two, then she sold a few more lap dances to other guys, then somebody got a Skybox dance for an hour or hired her for a few hours for a private party and after that the dancer was exhausted and went home.
Probably the best way to get a specific dancer back at Sapphire is to ask a host to send her back. He’ll try to help, if she isn’t tied up with someone else. You’re more likely to get her back if you want a VIP dance, especially a longer VIP dance, than if you want just a lap dance. Remember, she’s trying to score her living as fast as possible and with the least wear and tear possible.
I’d say, overall, try to get there early enough to get the best possible table and tip the person seating you to get the table you want. Go on a slower night rather than at peak hours on a Friday or Saturday night if you’re into having favorite dancers return. Don’t hesitate to ask a host for help. And just understand that most of the best dancers are going to be difficult to get back because they’re going to get swooped up by someone else, especially at a popular club like Sapphire.
Hi Arnold, posting this here under Sapphire as it would be the best representative for my request. Could you do a post breaking down the following:
Suppose I find a girl I like and we spend 3-4 hours together in the main room (no trips to the VIP). Long afternoon or evening with GFE and say 20-25 actual dances. I’m paying as I go, so end up spending $400-$500 on dances. I’m buying some drinks, tipping the waitress or bartender along the way. How much of my money does the dancer get to keep? Who does she have to tip from that, how much to the house or bouncers or hosts? Also, I’ve had scenarios like this where the dancer skips their turn on stage when called and I believe they may have to pay for that choice – can’t remember what she told me on that. I think this would be interesting info for guys to know. Most times like this for me, at the end of my visit I’ve spent all my allotted funds and don’t have extra to tip more (she’s got all my money already – ha ha). Thanks!
Nunya, typically every dancer pays a “stage fee” to dance at a Vegas strip club. The stage fee is lower for dancers who arrive in the afternoon, highest for dancers who arrive at peak hours on Friday and Saturday nights.
At a top Vegas strip club like Sapphire, the stage fee might be a little over $100 on a Saturday night at peak hours. A few years ago I talked to a dancer at a major Vegas club who had paid a $20 stage fee to start work in the afternoon.
Some clubs allow dancers to skip dancing on stage in return for paying a higher stage fee. Other clubs may charge a stage fee as low as $45 on Saturday nights, but they take a high percentage of the dancers’ fees for VIP dances.
Some clubs let especially gorgeous and loyal dancers work at the club without paying a stage fee because the dancer improves the overall caliber of the club, thus bringing in more customers over the long run. Top dancers also bring in bar tabs for the club when they sell VIP dances. But most dancers pay a stage fee.
In my experience in Vegas, if a dancer has agreed to dance on stage (perhaps in return for a lower stage fee), she’ll leave you to dance on stage and then return to you when she comes off stage. The only exception would be if she’s actually in the VIP with you. In that case, the club will simply call her up on stage after she gets out of the VIP.
Generally, all dancers are required to tip the club’s bartender, the dressing-room housemother if there is one, and the club’s bouncers. Then she tips the VIP host for every VIP dance. This tip is generally about $20, but it can go to $100 for something like an hour in a Sapphire Skybox.
So at a club like Sapphire, at peak weekend hours, it may cost a dancer $150ish for stage fees and tip-outs in the scenario you describe, where she spends 3-4 hours with you earning $400-$500 from lap dances. It will likely cost her less on weekdays or at other top clubs, and much less in the afternoon. The dancer will keep all of the money she’s made except for her stage fee and required tip-outs to the bartender, housemother and bouncers.
Many Vegas dancers are content to earn a few hundred dollars a night in a few hours, especially in the course of a relaxing, friendly evening of doing 6 or 7 lap dances an hour for a nice guy.
Other Vegas dancers expect to earn $1000 to $2000+ a night, often in a couple of hours. A dancer like this simply won’t spend 3-4 hours with you. They often won’t do $20 lap dances at all. They’ll come right off the top with an offer of an hour in a Skybox or VIP at a high rate.
So, don’t worry too much about this, because dancers generally do a good job of keeping track of their time and earning requirements. The only thing I’d say in general is that you can feel more relaxed about time in the afternoon or on weeknights when stage fees are lower, while it’s better to be more generous and careful about a dancer’s time on Friday and Saturday nights.
I went to Sapphire for the first time last night on a VIP65 package (ends up being $83 with fees/taxes and shows up as “Sapphire gentlemen’s club” on your credit card when I was told it would be Sapphire grill). This billing should definitely be changed. I got there around 10:15 pm on a Friday and there were plenty of tables so probably didn’t need the package arriving this early. I was alone at a table with two chairs and random guys would sit at the other chair when it got busy. Some would ask and some wouldn’t so it made me somewhat regret the package as well. I always let people sit when they asked since it does get busy and guys look a little lost without a table.
I was approached constantly by vultures and they are good at making you feel bad for rejecting them or would just sit in your lap and almost force a dance on you. I’m not a newbie so made them move on and tried not to feel bad about it since there’s plenty of other guys to pick on. But, I can see how shy guys could get suckered by this hustle. One also charged $30 a dance after the fact or called me cheap when most others charge the standard $20. I usually don’t tip on a simple lap dance but one dancer was GFE with no hustle. After about 30 min sitting in my lap, she said I guess I should offer you a dance at least. I got one dance since it was late but gave her $100. Overall, this is the best lap dance scene I’ve been to and must’ve gotten about 30 of them!
Saphire’s for happy hour on a Sunday, won’t go Sunday again. I thought with football on TV it would be busier. Five girls and 10 customers. Four girls were busy with other guys so I grabbed the only available one for a lap dance. Totally flat chested, her second day on the job. I don’t think she’ll last amid the 9’s and 10’s and she mentioned going for an audition at Palamino where guys have the bottom half to look at also so the top half isn’t as important. Still great mileage but not enough to get a hold of.
Arnold, I have a trip report from a couple months ago and am overdue in sending. I struggled between going to Sapphire or Treasures for the first time. Having been the Sapphire before, I was familiar with everything, and decided to stick with what I knew vs an unknown (the GFE dinner at Treasures sounds fun) but I’d rather spend time and money with a naked girl vs dinner with her.
I did the VIP99 this time since the VIP65 always seems to run out too fast. The driver picked me up promptly, even had to wait a few extra minutes for me while I finished doing my tie. The driver was cool and made good small talk which helps with my nerves on the way over (shy & quiet guy here no matter how many times I go to Sapphire).
There was a beautiful blonde host meeting me curbside and escorted me inside the club. That was a first time and pleasant surprise as I don’t recall lady hosts or getting escorted in the past. Maybe I have a reputation there now. After the usual check-in which I breezed through pretty quickly I meet my host. I can’t remember his name, but he was good and would like to have him again in the future if possible. Remembering past advice from you and your website and some prompting by my host I was able to describe my ideal woman and he said he’d make sure to send some over as soon as possible.
As soon as he got up and left my table the obligatory vulture came and sat down. This particular girl was not my type, but fortunately she got the hint quick enough and left, but not after still over staying her welcome. When she left my host came back promptly with the woman of my dreams! Her name I remember and plan on requesting again during my next trip.
We flirted for awhile and she confirmed all the things I like, and then we were off to the Skybox. Irony, I barely used my VIP99 card. But, I guess it was worth it since it got me the host who got me the girl. Inside the Skybox, we had one of the wildest and craziest nights I have ever had. There were many times I was worried we’d get in trouble but I guess we always stayed within the rules. I have never had an orgy before, so I can’t compare, but this was like an orgy without sex. You name it and we probably did it… twice. I can’t really describe it well, but we were all over that room doing all kinds of stuff. The cocktail waitress walked in on us when ‘time was up’ and I happily renewed. The cocktail wattress was cool and flirty despite the position we were in. And the orgy continued on when she left. I actually spent my next day’s budget, but it was worth it. She actually wanted to exchange phone numbers, but I am not trusting enough for that? Maybe next time a burner phone?
Anyways, just when I started considering a different club, Sapphire once again roped me into coming back on my next Vegas vacation. I can’t image how any other club can compete with the Skybox experience with the right girl.
Chris, thank you for this terrific report. You describe Sapphire better than I do. This is exactly what the club is like when done right.
It’s also very helpful to me to hear about the extra service from the host with the VIP99 package. This is good info for others considering the club.
My husband and I are coming to town in a couple of weeks with another married couple and we want to check out a club. We want to watch the stages, get a lap dance or 2 each and drink and have fun. We don’t want to get pressured into spending a bunch of money or worse get scammed. We’re hoping to keep it at no more than $500-600 total for a couple hours entertainment for the group. Is that a reasonable budget? Are we better off at another club or is Sapphire a good choice? Should we get a VIP package or just pay as we go?
Jessica, yes, Sapphire would be great for your group on your budget. At peak hours there will be three stages to watch. If you’re there on the weekend a porn star will be doing a special show. The club is dark and elegant and the lap dances are terrific. It’s a great sexy nightclub for a group like yours.
I’d definitely get a package for your group, not only for the drink discount but for the reserved table for the four of you. I’d probably do a bottle package because that will get you a better table with a great view of the stages and you’ll be in the heart of the lap dance scene. Plus you’ll get the free limo to the club, a line pass, the full VIP experience. If you just pay as you go, you’ll likely spend more on drinks, you have to go very early to get seats and it won’t be at a table, you’ll wait in a long line to get in, etc.
You’ll get approached by dancers but dancers don’t hustle couples and mixed groups too hard. Nobody will scam you or pressure you at this club; it’s very well run.
I think you’ll have a great time.
My husband went to Sapphire and was charged 458 for a private lap dance and a bottle of vodka. He says he thinks the dance was only about 15 min and he was in a booth? He was really drunk and I don’t know if his story is believable. So how much is a bottle with a private dance usually and how long/ what kind of private dance do you suspect he received?
Amber: The minimum cost of a private dance at Sapphire is 375 for a 30-minute dance. That would be 200 to the dancer and 175 for the bottle fee. Most customers also tip the cocktail waitress who brings the drinks, plus the dancer, as well as the VIP host. If he paid for the dance with a credit card, they would likely tack on a 20% fee. Also some dancers charge more than the 200 standard charge, as dancers are independent contractors and may set their own prices. I suspect he got a 30-minute dance and the 458 cost plus tips would not be not unusual.
Thank you!!
Is this likely in a booth or a private room?
Amber, no. The minimum charge for a private booth or room at Sapphire is $700, so this was in the group VIP.
Arnold,
Hope you don’t mind me reporting about my experiences again. And I do have some questions in them.
This time I hit 3 clubs on my Christmas trip. Sapphire was the first one I hit. Sadly, it was not as good as the first time I went.
No one escorted me in like last time. I was also stuck at the cashier area for a good 5-10 minutes. I don’t know what the hold up was. It was like they were trying to verify something. I didn’t have to go to the cashier last time, and it was quicker.
I’m also not sure if I missed some things that may have been mentioned here. I noticed half the section of the club was closed off. Apparently they close half of it unless it is Friday or Saturday according to a dancer. That was interesting to know because the tables were filled up and there was a good crowd for a Christmas day. And I don’t think some of them were package deals because random people just kept sitting. My issue with that is I had a package and I was put in a spot that I don’t think was very good. Like when the host put me there, he told me he would relocate me when a better one opens up, but never did. I would assume if people didn’t have a package, they would be asked to move if someone that did have one arrived.
Two months ago when I went, there were quite a few empty reserved tables, and they did not allow people to sit there when there were quite a few open reserved spots. Of course, that was Friday and is understandable, but if they reserve tables in advance that way, I would assume it would work that way all the time. So for someone that doesn’t drink, a package deal on a non Friday or Saturday might may be a waste then if you can just sit anywhere. I only got a water and the rest of my drink card was unused when I left. I’d be quite curious how it would be on a non-Fri or Sat if it wasn’t a Christmas holiday. Or if the holidays fall on a Friday or Saturday, how that would affect the club on those days? Because next year, it falls on those days and it is possible I may take a trip again those days.
I got my first VIP there (15 mins) which was good. Apparently, tax is not included on the drinks for VIP there. And I also don’t like how they ask for gratuity if you don’t fill that section out (I used my credit card for the drinks part). They worded it like it was expected and the average is $20. I gave that to them.
Overall, it was not nearly as good of an experience compared to my first time, but it was ok. The trip continues on the Palomino page.
Mark, the tables are reserved because somebody has reserved them with a package or because they have a reasonable expectation that someone will get a bottle that entitles them to a table and they have to have a table available.
This is standard in Vegas night clubs and busy strip clubs.
Arnold,
Right, I understand the reserved tables. What I was talking about was there didn’t seem to be much the night I went. The tables were full, but with many people without packages sitting in them since I saw random people just sitting when others left. But since I purchased a package, I would assume I would get some kind of priority versus someone that didn’t get one. Basically like the first time I went when there was a reserved sign for me. So it’s not about why there are reserved signs, but I expected reserved signs to be there for people that had packages, since there was none this time, despite getting a package. They just had to randomly find one.
Mark, you were literally in Vegas on the slowest nights for Vegas tourism of the entire year.
I’ve never seen Sapphire allow people without packages to sit at tables reserved for people with packages. The only free seats at Sapphire are along the stages, at the bar, and a few miscellaneous seats tucked here and there against a wall.
Probably the people you saw changing tables had packages and decided to change tables on their own and the club wasn’t fussy about it because it was one of the slowest days of the year.
Hello Arnold,
Does Sapphires have similar half time dances on Thursday night NFL game days? And I am a titties guy and love to play with them. Do you happen to know any stage names that I can look/ask for when I am gonna be there this Thursday or Friday nights. Thanks in advance.
seamak, you won’t need stage names this Thursday or Friday. Just get there at 10-11 pm or so and you will be in high-mileage titty heaven.
No half-time dollar dance tsunami on Thursday night but there are always girls in the club for normal lap dances. If you can, try to come on a Monday night early in the season next year. That half-time lap dance party is a lot of fun.
Arnold,
Sorry for going overboard with my Treasures review/opinion (what can I say – I love the place!). Full disclosure, ’m spoiled with Sapphires as I have a longtime friend that helped open the club. He coordinated an EPIC bachelor party for me 8 years ago and I watch him run the show on Superbowl Sundays each year. Otherwise I don’t visit Sapphires often, and I’ll explain why.
What more can I say about Sapphires that Arnold hasn’t already said? 300+ women, 400+ on weekends is TOTALLY TRUE. Most are 9/10 and dare I say 11’s is TOTALLY TRUE. And if a floor lap dance isn’t high mileage enough for you…don’t worry, because there literally are DANCERS LINED UP waiting for you. It can be sensory overload at times from lights and sounds to all the bodies around you. And if you’re going to Sapphires, do it the right way. Buy a package whether solo or bottle service for a group. It’s sad seeing all of the people that paid to stand at a crowded bar because they didn’t pony up a few more dollars (and avoid taking taxis to the club). Amount of money you save on bottled water alone is worth getting a package.
Last visit was Superbowl Sunday with 16 guys (horrible game) and prior to that a week before X-mas with the wife. Neither are typical days, as week before X-mas only half the club was open and Superbowl Sunday is the clubs 2nd busiest day of the year.
Because of our friend and time of year, my wife and I we were comped a bottle and booth. I don’t know their policies, but unless you’re a high roller or tip out big time it’s safe to say a single couple will NEVER get a booth to themselves if the club is at full capacity. Just doesn’t make sense for the club and dancers to reserve a booth for two people when it can easily accommodate a party of 8+. However, we were appreciative of the privacy the booth provided. Wife and I like to avoid the spotlight and I prefer that she be shielded from drunks as much as possible. But being a single couple in a booth had its limitations. Most dancers ignored us or didn’t notice us, even when I tried to flag them down. And we get it. It wasn’t worth their effort to battle through rows of tables/chairs for a couple that likely will only get one or two dances and less chance for VIP upsell. We had more action from a table in the pit that August vs a VIP booth. But again, it’s a blessing in disguise since we weren’t constantly turning down dancers. The booth allowed us (read: my wife) intimate time with two different dancers that night. One of them was a little tipsy and too much into my wife (she nibbled on my wife’s nether regions under her dress more than once!) I got a handful of HIGH MILEAGE (palming and slapping ass, nipples in my face and across my lips) dances from a few stellar Latinas, but otherwise it was more about my wife that night.
I can’t poo-poo on Arnold’s recommendation for Sapphires being couples friendly. We see couples in the crowed and we’ve received attention as a couple (tables). But in my honest opinion, I think Sapphires is most appropriate for that EPIC STRIP CLUB party that you see in movies (think of the movies Go or Very Bad Things). I think this club is perfect for groups of 4+ guys. You just can’t go wrong. Due to number of dancers the hustler factor can be an 11, which has its pros & cons. Some dancers can be downright desperate (vultures or 7’s/8’s that can’t compete). Going to the bathroom has to be one of the most EXHAUSTING exercises. My wife and I take bets before I leave for the head on how many dancers I have to turn down, along with a side bet of how many will grab my crotch. On a Saturday night when the club is at full capacity, a round trip bathroom visit equates to at least 5 AGGRESSIVE dancers. Some even result to insults (i.e. what you don’t like women? Are you some kind of fag? Quit being a bitch and buy a dance). If you’re drinking heavily and partying all night, when you’re making your 7th or 8th trip to the bathroom, the routine gets old. But then again that desperation works in your favor. As I mentioned above, I’ve had 4 or 5 dancers lined up eyeballing me, waiting for me to turn down or finish with a dancer. It’s awesome to have the luxury of options at your fingertips but it can be exhausting depending on the circumstances. And the competition leads to SUPER HIGH MILEAGE dances. We enjoy the beauty there and appreciate the savings we can get from having an in at the club, but since I mainly do clubs with the wife, we usually prefer Treasures.
All that said we’re most likely doing my 40th at Sapphires this December, whether it’s a large group or just wife and I. My wife loves Gina Valentina and she signed off on doing VIP with her Dec 28th (assuming price is right). Sapphires is like the Grand Canyon or Pyramids of Giza…it’s a bucket list item that MUST BE EXPERIENCED before you die.
RK, thanks for the great report!
Exactly right, Sapphire is the over-the-top Vegas strip club with mileage through the roof and erotic sensory overload. It’s a blast. Could not have described it better.
This site has been a godsend which prepared me a lot for a first timer. Thank you Arnold for answering all the questions. It is also great reading other experiences, so I decided to share mine. Apologies if it is too long.
I’m going to split my experience for Sapphire and Palomino on their respective pages. Only been to one club before prior, so this was my first at these clubs while also going solo. I went to Sapphire on Friday night and purchased the VIP65 2 weeks in advance. I get a text a week later confirming. Got another text 12am day of, then another around 3-4pm to schedule the actual pickup time/location. But they also called me at the same exact time as the text. I made arrangements with the call for 11:20pm. They arrived 10 mins early at my hotel, and I was the only one in the limo.
Arrived at the club, they escorted me in. They checked license and I was also checked by a scan, and they checked my pockets. Then the host led me to a table, and I sat down. There were Halloween decorations and it wasn’t super dark which was quite nice, so I can actually see. I never had to share my table with anyone. There were always 2 empty seats. So that was nice.
It was an ok size since I’m not familiar with how large clubs are supposed to be, but I imagined it would be larger considering there could be 400+ dancers at peak hours. Pretty much all tables had reserved signs, so reserving a table to be able to be guaranteed a seat was definitely a good idea.
The club vulture is for real. There was a girl already sitting down at my table when I barely sat down, and I was still talking with the waitress for a drink. I ordered a water (I don’t drink) and it was some small bottle with Sapphire label on it. Expensive since it was that plus 1 drink I bought for the club vulture, and my drink card was used up. She wasn’t bad though, but nothing special. She was entertaining, so I honestly didn’t mind her that much. Although she did keep wanting me to take her to VIP, and sold me that I can suck her nipples and stuff. But reading this site, I stood my ground to not go into VIP that day since I don’t drink, and didn’t feel it was worth it. Was saving VIP for Palomino, and decided to just get many lapdances out in the floor instead.
I felt like I got along pretty well with another dancer since she sat with me for at least half an hour, maybe longer. Possibly because I bought her a drink? It was apparently free since the waitress forgot about us when we ordered, so we had to ask for it again. Sadly, some people in front of us knocked our table over and spilled our drinks. Luckily it didn’t get on us. So I basically ordered her another one. She was fun to be around with, considering how quiet and shy I am. I kind of regretted not going to VIP with her just because of how cool and chill she was. At the time I didn’t think about it since I was budgeting, but looking back after I got home, I wish I did, or maybe spent a little more in order to spend more time with her. It was like a GFE. Did get a few dances from her though.
Rest was just typical dances. One thing I noticed was you pay after the dance. That’s how it was for me at Spearmint Rhino a few years ago as well.I was also never brought to any other location or dark area. Every single one was done at my chair and table. So pretty much out in the open since I was in the middle. An ok amount came up to me, so I didn’t have to worry about not getting any dances nor being bombarded with them. I was mainly trying to experience all different types. Though I did cave to some even though some weren’t my type since I’m not the best with saying no.
Mileage was pretty good. I don’t think I asked permission first for any of them except the one I got along with, because at first, she didn’t allow me to touch her breasts. But I got multiple dances from her and she let me after. But overall, about 80% allowed me to touch breasts. And only 1 or 2 asked for tips if I can recall. Did get a horrible one and she claimed she did more than 1 song, which I didn’t ask for, but outside of that, there were no other issues.
Toward the end, there was a decent looking one, but her lapdance experience was the best I’ve ever had. Though she charged $25 (didn’t know until after the dance though), and I went for 2 dances regardless, because it was great. Since it was late, I was there for over 4 hours, and I was getting short on cash, I couldn’t take her to VIP. That’s another one I kind of regret.
Took a cab back (I don’t normally take cabs) and cab guy kind of scammed me since I was paying with cash and he “forgot” to turn on the meter. I was also very uncomfortable with him throughout the ride since he felt super sketchy, so I kind of just wanted to get out asap. I paid him $20 and left.
Overall, a pretty good experience. Lots of dancers, high mileage without really having to ask, lighted well on the main floor, reservation was all arranged without me having to follow up with them, and pretty friendly workers.
Unfortunately, pricey drinks and VIP minimums pushed me away from VIP so I have no experience for that here. I’m also not sure the overall experience would have been the same if I didn’t have a table.
Believe it or not, Sapphire is now in the middle of the range for Vegas strip club drink prices.
Beers at other places run up to $18.
Hi Arnold. I visited Sapphire on Friday and Palomino on Saturday. Great choices. I’ll post my experience a bit after, but I was wondering if most girls at Sapphire usually start the dance right away, or do they usually wait until the next song?
Because every girl I got a dance from just started right after I accepted. I feel I got the short end of the stick. Like only half a song the majority of the times. My only experience was a few years ago at Spearmint Rhino, but they all usually waited until the next song to start.
And would you happen to know if any clubs would be busy or have a good selection of dancers Dec 24, 25, and 26? May want to hit one up, but not sure if it’s really busy because it’s a holiday, closed, or slow due to everyone celebrating with their families/friends.
Also, is it usually better to ask questions on the specific venue page? And what if it’s not a question about a specific venue? Where would be the best place to ask?
Btw, your get directions link on this page seems doesn’t seem quite right.
Thanks for all your replies!
Mark, most dancers at Sapphire and everywhere wait until the next song to start the dance. If you get a dancer trying to start in the middle of a song, just say, “Let’s wait till the next song.” It may be some new trick a new dancer brought in from Florida or somewhere.
December 24 and 25 will be slow, with a number of clubs closed. But Sapphire will be open, with a good selection of dancers, both night. Palomino will be open one of those two nights with a good selection of dancers. December 26 will be the start of the New Year’s Eve rush and every club will be jumping again.
Just ask any question wherever it occurs to you. In general, it’s better if it’s related to the page somehow if your comment will be helpful to others, but don’t worry about it.
I’ll check out the directions link. Thanks for the heads up!
Beware in the vip. There were high pressure tactics on a recent visit from the dancer to tip the doorman 100 dollars and then the vip waitress 20pct on top of the bottle fee then tip dancer again after the dances were done. The dances were fun but the pressure wasn’t. It soured the night.
Chris, this is standard at every club now.
If you read the comments around the website, I warn people that the dancer will ask for that $100 plus the 20% for the waitress and another tip for the dancer.
I also tell everyone that no one in their right mind pays these tips.
The dancer must pay the VIP host $100 of the amount she makes for a Skybox dance. If you tip the doorman any part of that — say $40 — you are already tipping the dancer.
And I tip the cocktail waitress for bringing the bottle, but not 20% of the ridiculous bottle charge. Tip her $20-$30.
Just be prepared, know it’s going to happen, and know you’re not going to pay that. That way, you can relax and enjoy the dance.
Arnold. Let’s say I drop 300 for a VIP booth or a skybox for me and my gf and we bring one dancer with us.
Could I go find a second girl half way thru the hour and bring her in for 30minutes? I would love to surprise my gf with a second dancer part way through the hour.
Shane, since you will have met the club’s booze requirement for an hour (which is essentially mostly the rent for the Skybox or booth), and you’ll already have another dancer with you for an hour, you can probably work this out.
The club’s main thing is that they don’t want Skyboxes used for short dances. Longer dances with multiple girls are always fine. So an additional girl for however much time will likely be fine, if both dancers agree to it.
Hi Arnold. Awesome site. Been reading comments and articles left and right for hours. I’m heading to Vegas solo on the second week of October. Thinking of going on a Fri or Sat night (or both?). I’m a total newbie when it comes to these. I have a bunch of questions if you don’t mind.
From your recommendations, Sapphire or Palomino is probably what I’m looking for with the high mileage. Would love to experience both, but Palomino’s flying solo package is not available Fri/Sat, and the free limo is only for 2 or more people. Is Sapphire’s VIP65 and/or free limo the same way? It doesn’t mention it.
If available, how far in advance can you purchase a package? Does a VIP table mean a guaranteed seat regardless of time you arrive? I won’t be able to go until after 11pm, probably toward midnight.
With that same topic, how far will the limo pick you up? Hotels off the strip? University of Las Vegas area?
Also any tips for a really shy and quiet guy? I’m not sure I can handle too much traffic (hard for me to say no), but at the same time, I don’t think I would really approach or ask for anyone either.
I also don’t drink. Would you know the prices for non-alcoholic drinks? Like bottled water? Sorry for all the questions. Thanks in advance.
Mark, trust me, you can get the free limo to Palomino even as a solo guy if you are willing to be a little flexible on pick-up time or go a little early or walk to the hotel next door for pick-up. Essentially you have to catch a ride with others they are picking up. The only reason they won’t promise to pick up solo guys, and won’t sell the solo-guy package on Friday and Saturday nights, is because they can’t commit to picking up a solo guy at midnight on a Saturday when 30 groups with packages all want a limo at the exact same time.
Just give them a call a day or two in advance, or even early on the day you want to go, tell them you are flexible on time and pick-up location, and ask if you can tag along when they pick up or drop off someone else. They’ll work it out with you.
Sapphire has more limos so they will guarantee a pick-up time with their free limos even for solo guys with a VIP65 package.
You can purchase a package as far in advance as you want. They’ll get back to you by email within 24 hours to work out the details on pick-up time, etc. If you purchase a package on the same day you’re going to the club, be sure to call them after booking the package to let them know you just bought a package for that night and to work out pick up details. Otherwise the girls might not see your reservation until the next day.
Yes, a package with a VIP table means a guaranteed seat no matter what time you arrive. The limos will generally only pick you up at Strip or downtown hotels. You might be able to work out a pick-up at Hooters or the Tuscany, someplace like that close to the Strip. But they’re not going to drive out to Red Rock Station or Green Valley Ranch. Probably not UNLV area. You’d have to get yourself to the Strip.
For a really shy and quiet guy, try to get to the club early enough to sit along the stage, especially at Palomino. Bring dollars to tip the stage dancers and they will come over and dance for you and get you over being quiet and shy. Plus, if you’re sitting by the stage, you’ll get approached less often by other dancers, so you won’t have to be saying no all night. When you see a girl you’d like to get a private dance from, ask the cocktail waitress to introduce you and hand her a tip. She will be glad to help.
Bottles of water and soft drinks and juices are generally around the same price as a beer at Vegas strip clubs. If I remember correctly, a bottled water at Palomino is $6. At Sapphire, it may be $15.
Don’t worry about being shy or not being a drinker. The girls are beautiful and at both clubs the stage show is a lot of fun to watch, especially on Friday and Saturday nights. You can have a great time doing just that.
And the girls are specialists at flirting with shy, quiet guys and helping them have a great time. Again, ask a cocktail waitress for advice or info or introductions. These girls are so charming you will not be afraid. Your cocktail waitress is your best friend.
Planning to pay all cash at Sapphire to avoid crazy credit card fee add ons. If I go to vip or skybox and it’s 300 for the bottle fee. Do I tip the waitress 60? Anyone else I should grease.
Roger, I’m sure there are guys tipping $60 for bringing a bottle to a Sapphire Skybox but they don’t include me.
If you’re feeling generous, a $20 tip for the waitress will be plenty.
The dancer is going to ask you (at the end of the dance) to tip the VIP host so she doesn’t have to. If you get a great dance, that is the extra tip I would make.
She may suggest an outlandish amount like $100 and tell you that’s the norm. I’d tip him $20 to $40.
The other person you may want to grease is the host who seats you (assuming you’re getting a package). Tip him $10 for a better table location if you feel like it, maybe $20 if you want to ask him to send over a particular dancer or type of dancers.
If you’re getting a bottle service package, you’ll get a great table and all the dancer attention you can handle even without the tip, so save your money.
Very wise on bringing cash and avoiding the credit card add ons.
Hi Arnold.
A girl last weekend at Sapphire tried to get me a bottle above the 300 dollar minimum in the private vip. Is there an advantage to doing that like maybe extra time in the booth (obviously have to pay the dancer for her extra time.) I mean if I buy a 400dollar bottle and still only get an hour, what’s the point. And also she brought up skyboxes. The bartab minimum was the same at 300. Her fee was an extra hundred. Seems like maybe I should have just gone for the skybox. What do you think?
Eppy, I see no point in springing for a bottle above the $300 minimum unless you have a particular preference you’re willing to pay to satisfy. You won’t get extra time unless you work out a deal with the club in advance. That may be possible.
I don’t know why the dancer would try to upsell you on the booze unless 1) she really likes some particular premium booze or 2) she gets a commission if she upsells you. But I think if a commission were involved, I’d have run into upselling on my Skybox visits, and I never have. And you’re the first customer I’ve heard this from.
The Skyboxes are nice for the total luxury and privacy. They aren’t booths, they’re real rooms with fine, luxurious furnishings, a real door you can close, and huge one-way windows overlooking the club. They’re just a really comfortable, private, nice way to spoil yourself.
I have free time on a Monday in October in the afternoon, it sounds like there would be a few girls in at that time (the report from 04/01/19 indicates 8-10)?
I am from out of town, but will be renting a car, do I really have to take their limo to get the $15 entry? If I drive my own car, they won’t give me the special?
Randy, Sapphire doesn’t charge admission in the afternoon if you drive your own car. You’ll be fine. You’ll get the happy hour deals.
The good thing about the free limo in the afternoon is that it brings in more tourists, which brings in more dancers, which is good for everyone.
Arnold. What is a good table location to ask for when being seated on a busy night. My girl and I are going. She wants to be where she can see dancers but also a good location to get top notch lapdnace contact. The last thing we want is to be hidden somewhere that dancers won’t come to. You said they often don’t approach couples so we want to be visible.
Claude, ask to be near an aisle near the stage. Tip the host seating you as you ask for that location.
Make sure you arrive a bit early, like 10-10:30 pm or a bit earlier. If you arrive at midnight, all those seats may be taken.
If the host seats you in a good location, tip him again while asking him to send over dancers who like couples. Have your girl go to the stage now and then to tip and compliment the stage dancers. Don’t hesitate to get out of your chair and approach a dancer you like and ask her to come over.
Once you get the word out that you want company and your girl likes the dancers, and everyone sees you getting lap dances, you won’t have any trouble.
You’ll get top notch lapdance contact. That’s one of the top reasons why this club exists. I think you’ll have a great time!
Hi Arnold.
Do the private VIP booths have curtains that close? Or are the booths open to other customers and staff the whole time? Are there ever any deals on multiple hours of vip or skybox? Can a dancer score that deal.
Eddie, I assume you’re talking about the booths for 60-minute dances, which are different from the VIPs for shorter VIP dances.
The booths have three sides with an open doorway. But they are lined up down a hallway with no traffic except for the host leading a dancer and guy down to another booth. The 60-minute VIP definitely gets a lot less traffic than the other VIPs.
The booths and the room they’re in/hallway are very dark.
The Skyboxes are completely private, real rooms with four walls and luxurious furnishings and a big one-way window overlooking the club. They each have a real door you can close.
Dance prices at Sapphire are pretty much fixed. Usually if you stay in the room for another hour, you have another bottle fee. And the dancers pretty much charge the fixed price.
But the club does rent Skyboxes out for private parties, so you might be able to get a deal for multiple hours.
If I wanted to do multiple hours, I would negotiate in advance with the club for a custom package that included multiple hours in a Skybox at a discount. You might be able to work that out if it’s not a Saturday night with Jessica Drake as the feature porn star and it’s not the week CES is in town. What you’d most likely be able to negotiate is a break on the bar tab for multiple hours.
Only a dancer could give you a break on her fee. Not impossible, but the girls are first rate and know they can easily get their full fee.
Arnold.
Do club dancers ever dance outside the club? Or is that a supa no go. Wifey has a fantasy about making out. She won’t let me hire a companion for the night and doesn’t want full blown sex.
Louis, strip club dancers in Vegas are independent contractors, so they can dance for whomever they want wherever they want.
Clubs likely frown on dancers using the club to sell their services outside of the club, so you want to be discreet, but there’s no harm in asking.
Getting mouth-on-mouth kissing from a strip club dancer or even an escort or brothel girl is always the hardest thing to get. Blow job? No problem. Kissing? Problem. But there’s never any harm in asking.
Coming from Canada in October. I see the question above says a skybox is 800. I submitted a reservation to Sapphire and they said it is 959. Who is right? Thanks, mate!
Hamish, it’s $800. If they’re quoting you a price of $959 it’s either because you asked to bundle in something else with the Skybox dance, and that’s the extra charge for the extra services or drinks, or (more likely) it’s because you’re paying for the dance with your credit card.
Sapphire, like every strip club in Vegas, charges a surcharge for “dance dollars” when you pay for a dance with a credit card, including a Skybox dance. That’s because they have to pay the dancer the full amount in cash while paying the credit card company a surcharge for a cash advance. The surcharge for dance dollars is 20% at every strip club in town, including Sapphire.
Let them know you’ve been informed that a Skybox dance is $800 and ask them if the extra $159 is the surcharge for paying for a dance with your credit card. If it is, ask if you can pay the $800 in cash when you arrive to avoid the surcharge. They will say yes. They may require some small deposit in advance, like a $19 reservations fee, but if so they will credit it toward your dance package.
There’s also a possibility that the extra $159 is local taxes. There’s no tax charged on a Skybox dance if you just buy it from a dancer at the club, but maybe there’s been some law change I haven’t heard about yet that requires them to charge tax on the dance if you order it as part of a package. I truly doubt it, but Vegas taxes on strip clubs are obscene, so there’s a slim possibility. If that’s the case, they’ll tell you and you’ll be better off just purchasing the dance at the club directly from the dancer. In that case, let me know and I’ll have further suggestions.
Hi Arnold. What’s the procedure when going to a skybox. So I meet a dancer on the floor and decide to do a skybox.
Do I pay the dancer the 800. A door person? Or the waitress? I have read your site so will have cash. But whose hands will be getting my money? And in the skybox will the lights be dim and intimate? I went to the private vip booths a long time ago and they were dark and it still had some of the energy from the club. Will it be weird to close a door to a room in a giant strip club? Like will I feel detached.
Will, you control the lighting in the Skyboxes, so you can make it as dim and intimate as you like. The Skyboxes have a big one-way window overlooking the main floor of the club, a beautiful view, so you won’t feel detached. You’ll feel more like you’re on a balcony where you can see everyone but no one can see you.
I’ve paid the dancers directly when I’ve had Skybox dances. That is, you pay the dancer directly for her portion of the dance. You pay the cocktail waitress for the bar tab portion of the dance.
You don’t pay the VIP host anything unless you tip him after the dance so that the dancer doesn’t have to tip him out of her dance money. At some clubs, you may slip the VIP host something when you arrive at the VIP for better seating, but that doesn’t apply with a Sapphire Skybox.
Hey Arnold,
Going to be attending one of the Turs night football events at Saphires in about a month. I plan to stay afterwards till around midnight. Do you reccomend I also get a table package for better seating to enjoy the floor show or should the seating be fairly open around then?
Aaron, the Thursday night games let out early enough that you should be able to get a free seat on the stage after the game. If you leave for the VIP, be sure to tell the cocktail waitress that you’re returning.
On the other hand, if you actually like watching the stage show, the stages are too high up for you to watch comfortably from a seat along the stage. You can also get a free shot if you get a table package. So those would be reasons to get a table package.
But if you don’t want to commit to all the booze with a full table package and don’t care about the shot, and you don’t want to sit along the stage, I’d talk to a host about sitting at one of the reserved tables. Slip him a $10 bill and tell him you came for the Thursday night game and will be leaving at midnight. Because there will be a lot of people arriving after midnight, he will almost certainly allow you to use one of the reserved tables.
Arnold,
Thanks for a great website.
While I’m no newbie to strip clubs, I’ve only ever been to those where it’s $20/dance and you pay the dancer as you go.
So say I’m going to Treasures, and have settled on a lady I want to spend 30 minutes w in the VIP room. We settle on a price. This price includes both my room/liquor charge and the dancer’s fees, correct? Who do I pay, and when?
Thanks.
Ken, the dancer will usually tell you the price for her fee and also tell you the bar tab separately. So she may say, “30 minutes would be $350 and that includes $100 in drinks.” Or she may say, “30 minutes would be $250 and there’s an additional $100 bar tab.” (The actual prices quoted may be different.)
If you get an inexperienced dancer, she may say, “30 minutes would be $250.” Since she hasn’t mentioned the booze charge, you ask, “Is there an additional bar tab?” or “Does that include the bar tab?”
If you want to negotiate over the dancer’s price, you can make a counteroffer to her at this point, but she cannot change the price of the bar tab. Only the VIP host or club manager can negotiate over that.
What happens after you agree on a price is that the dancer takes your hand and leads you to the VIP. The VIP host gets you settled comfortably and immediately sends over a waitress to take your drink order. Your VIP time typically doesn’t start until your drinks arrive, which will be fast. You pay the cocktail waitress for the drinks, tip her, and that takes care of your bar tab.
You pay the dancer directly for her fee. At the end of the dance, she may hit you up for a tip to pay the VIP host, so that her tip to him (required at most clubs) doesn’t have to come out of her dance fee. If the dance was good, I generally pay this tip, but you are in no way required to pay this tip. It will generally be from $10 to $100 depending on the length of your dance. Think in terms of 10% to 15% of the dance price.
You can also tip the dancer herself an additional amount if you choose. Don’t feel any pressure to do this. If you had an exceptional time, or you stayed and had multiple dances with the girl, then you may want to tip. Sometimes a bold dancer will suggest you tip her. Again, don’t feel any pressure. Most guys say no.
If you ask the dancer or club personnel how much to tip, they will always give you the highest possible number. Vegas runs on tips and locals are loyal to each other. But you do not have to pay that amount to be a good guy.
Sorry for the delay getting back to you, had a technical issue with comments.
Arnold.
Are there good skybox packages? I’d rather spend my money on the skybox bartab than for a table.
Vin, yes, other people at TVO have set up a custom Skybox package at Sapphire.
Just go to the Sapphire website’s custom package page here to set it up. You can also set up a custom package by calling 702-869-0003. Just tell them that you want a package that includes a Skybox dance, limo transport, free admission, a table for while you’re looking for a dancer and a line pass. If you want a drink or two for while you are searching for the right dancer for the Skybox, include that.
If you’re committing in advance to a Skybox dance, they’ll take excellent care of you.
Sorry for the delay getting back to you. Had a technical issue with comments.
If my girlfriend and I go to private VIP at Sapphire can we each bring a dancer? In other words, can we pay the 300$ bar tab and two dancers with us paying them each 400? Would it work the same for a skybox? My gf has a fantasy of her being danced on and with two dancers at the same time. Anything I’m missing on the logistics of this or advice you have? And if we stay for a second hour does that mean another full 300 in bar tab?
Rodney, yes, you can do that for both the private booth VIP and the Skybox. And it’s a lot of fun.
And yes, a second hour in the VIP or Skybox means another bottle. But you can always take it back to your table after and use it to party with dancers.
Brian, yes. No problem at all.
Seems pretty fancy. Can you wear shorts and a collared shirt inside?
Hi Arnold,
If I were to buy the $65 VIP package at Sapphire ($50 drink card), will the servers or hosts kick me out of my table after I finish using my drink card? In other words, do I need to have a drink on the table at all times to keep a table? Also how many domestic beers do you think I can get with the $50 drink card?
Thanks.
John, no, there is no requirement to keep drinking at Sapphire. If you want to nurse one or two drinks from your drink card all night long it’s fine with them. You will not lose your table. You paid for your seat for the whole night (or until you leave the club) when you bought the package.
When you leave your table for the restroom or VIP or whatever, be sure to tell the waitress that you will return. She will make sure to save your seat.
Domestic beers are $15, so you can get three on the $50 drink card or four if you kick in another $10 at the club. You also get a free shot with the package if you buy the package online.
The way the drinks work is you get a drink card with the value on it and the waitress deducts the drink price for each drink. That drink card is the same as cash, so do not leave it on the table if you go to the restroom or VIP. Anyone could pick it up and use it, or the waitress could throw it away if she assumes it’s used up.
Are they hiring ?
Rose, all Las Vegas strip clubs are always hiring. The number to call for a job or dancer audition is 702-796-6000.
Any Tips for going on a Thursday night, never been on that night, best time to get there? When will the bulk of the girls be there, quality etc…?
Thanks!
Jordan, we’re in full swing in the spring tourist season so the club will be busy every night, with Thursday probably the busiest week night. You’ll see the usual Sapphire high quality.
If you’re going with a package, I’d get there around 11 pm for the peak experience. You’ll probably see around 180 girls before you leave.
I was there last Thursday. If you want the best seats in the house get there between 9 and 10. It started getting really busy about 10:30. I was there about 8 a bit too early but was fun. After midnight it was crowded but soo many dancers were there and more kept coming in.
I tend to be an early bird probably arriving around that time also John maybe a little earlier and then leaving before it really gets going. However one night at the Sapphire was having so much fun with someone that we spent a while in the VIP room to where they were getting us little snacks for us. But I digress, when I left she walked me over to show me how packed it was. I couldn’t believe my eyes, it looked like you could hardly move. So I was glad went early but yeah I tend to be what they call an early bird myself.
Trip Report – 4/1/19
So early Monday afternoon, my buddy and I decided we were ready to hit a club and as it was just after 2 pm, decided Sapphire was our best choice. Called the club for a limo pickup about 2:15 pm. No problem – the driver called us back about 10 minutes later and just after 2:30 was at our hotel. Quick, easy ride over – tipped him $10, went in and stopped at the desk. They waved us right in – no requirement to buy the 2 for 1 drink or anything else. No vultures hovering at the entrance that we could see – headed for the main bar – 2 bottled domestic beers, $6 each.
Not sure how many dancers were there – maybe 8-10. We leaned on the rail by the main bar and one girl was on stage. After a couple minutes, we were approached by a pair of dancers, had a little chit chat – they were nice, not too pushy and we told them were going to just hang out for a bit so they strolled off. The dancer on stage came down and wandered over – not much chit chat from her – asked if I wanted a dance – she was nice but not my type so I politely declined.
So as we are standing against the bar rail, the two girls that approached us as a pair had taken seats down below us and were just hanging out. We took another look at them and decided we should call them over. My buddy went down and asked them to come back up. After another minute or two of chat, we headed towards the middle of the club and sat down at a table. No issues sitting at a table. Had some dances and a good bit of flirting and hanging out, pretty much the beginning of a GFE. They did try to get us into the VIP but we resisted, opting for floor dances. We traded girls for a few dances before each settling in with our preferred girl. One thing I will say is that mileage was good but I was told a couple times that cameras were watching and we needed to be careful ‘out here’. Still trying for VIP but we weren’t being pushed too hard.
In between dance sessions, we just hung out and joked and flirted and so on. They both had to do a session on stage so we went down and sat on the rail and put dollars in strategic places before heading back to our table. Buying $6 beers until it hit 6 pm, at which point the beers went to $16. So it gets to be about 7:30 (we’ve been there almost 5 hours) and having arrived with only the cash we intended to spend, ID, and room key, we are both out of money. However, we are having a great time. The girls suggest having dinner from the Mexican restaurant – our response is that we have spent all our funds (after all we are not a couple of rubes who take credit cards to the club). We really do want to keep hanging out and we tell them we have more money back at the hotel. So at this point, they say they might be able to arrange a ride for us – they go talk to the management and come back shortly – it’s all set up. Sapphire limo takes us back to the hotel so we can get some more cash and waits on us. Now we were spending good money all afternoon but nothing crazy so it was a little surprising (to me at least) that the club would do this. We run up to the room, grab some more cash and run back down to the waiting limo. He takes us back and in through the back door – we tip him another $10 and the girls are waiting for us at the door.
Its about 8:15 pm when we get back and we decide not to eat but we begin another round of lap dances. The girls ask about VIP again and since we are planning on drinking more $16 beers, we decide what the hell. Head back for 15 minutes at $150 plus $50 for 2 drinks, one of which I get for my dancer. Waitress gets very pushy for a tip which was kind of irritating. When it’s over my dancer tips the guy back there $20 which I give back to her later.
We go back and sit down at a table, no issues at all, and continue our dances and GFE. At one point we move up against a wall for dances and right after, the waitress swipes our nearly full beers as we are trying to wave her off. We complained and our girls somehow manage to get us replacement beers, although the waitress comes back and scolds everyone for leaving them on a table and also scolds the girls for moving over to the other table – I don’t remember why we moved for that round of dances.
Meanwhile, all during our whole visit, as we were doing the groups of dances, I’m keeping track and asking where we are on the count as we were kind of paying in groups of $100. I was doing pretty good with the counts despite my beers and each time I thought we were at 5, they would say, that’s 2 or 3, $40 or $60, so they were definitely treating us well on the dance totals.
Near the end, I tell her if she sits on my lap, I’ll give her a massage, which we do for about 30 minutes or more – fun for both of us I think. We hang with them until about 11 pm or so, spend our allotted funds, and decide to call it a night. They even said they were being told to clock out as new girls were coming in and the club didn’t want too many in the house. My girl asked for my number, which I gave her (she sent me a text a couple days later saying she hoped I had a great time in Vegas). The club was getting busier but truthfully we were so involved that never really noticed if it was very busy or not. We head out and catch a cab. All in all a fabulous time.
Nunya, thanks for the excellent and detailed review of Sapphire in the afternoon.
Very glad to hear you had a good time.
If you get the VIP65 package, is the $50 drink credit just used like cash, so you could get 3 beers @ $15 each?
Nunya, yes. I’m a local, so just pay cash, but if I remember correctly, it’s like a debit card. You also get a free shot with that package if you buy it online.
Hi Arnold,
Last time I got that package with Sapphire they put a what looked like a business card on my table and when I ordered something they took the card and then put it back on my table. They also warned me when it was about to run out. That was two year ago however, when I went to Sapphire last year, I didn’t get the package
Thanks, Ryan. Same now.
We are looking at going on one of the nights with the porn stars there. I was wondering if you could explain kind of how that works and how is varies from a normal night. Thanks
Anonymous, Sapphire always has a huge selection of awesome dancers giving high-mileage lap dances and VIP dances every night, whether a porn star is there or not.
But on porn star nights, the club tends to get packed, which means top dancers from all over the country fly in to do those high-mileage lap dances. You see Hollywood quality on porn star nights.
The porn star herself does at least two stage sets on the main stage. Each stage set is at least three songs. Every star does something different with costumes and props–always more elaborate than a normal topless club stage show. Some can really dance, others mostly wriggle around, but they all get topless and have stunning bods. The crowd tends to include lots of the star’s fans, who cheer and egg her on. It’s a fun party.
When the porn stars come down from the stage, they work the crowd, especially hanging out with the guys at their private tables who got the $135 package (2 hour open bar). They’ll flirt, sign autographs, pose for selfies, ask if you’d like a dance. If you aren’t at their private tables and you’d like a dance, I’d let a host know early. Their dance cards tend to fill up.
You can buy them a drink to get some extra attention. If you get a VIP dance with them, in my experience, the dance is very hot and hands-on. They seem genuinely into sex. These girls aren’t shy.
Meanwhile, the club’s lap dance orgy is going on throughout the rest of the club and the club’s other dancers are taking the stages.
Hi Arnold,. Will sapphire charge me a cover if I just walk there from the strip?
Chris, Sapphire has been known to charge people who arrived by their own car if they’re not locals. They are inconsistent on this.
I’d probably call for the free limo just to make sure you’ll get in free. They have a lot of limos, so pick-up is usually fast. The way it works is they charge you a reservations fee (it’s $18 or $19), and you get to convert that into tickets for two drinks at roughly half price.
If you really want to walk there, I’d call when you want to head over and get a promise from someone who will be there when you arrive that they’ll give you free admission. Get a name! They’re more likely to agree on a Sunday thru Thursday night. On Fridays and Saturdays, they get packed.
Arnold,
In your opinion where is the best place to sit in this club assuming you tip the host well and he asks your preference? I’ve sat both out by the aisle and back toward the walls and there were advantages and disadvantages to each. Biggest thing I noticed was sitting back toward the wall it was harder to get a better selection of girls coming over, they were taken before they made it a few rows back. I’m leaning toward requesting close to the aisle where they are walking by if possible. Thoughts?
Jordan, that’s exactly why I always want to be in the center of things near the aisle at Sapphire. You get first crack at the best girls there.
Hello Arnold,
Do you the know the prices ranges for champagne bottle service at Sapphire? I don’t drink spirits mainly just beer, wine or champagne.
Matt
Matthew, champagne bottle service starts at $225 at Sapphire and can go pretty much as high as your taste requires.
Headed to Vegas for Presidents’ Day for a guys weekend. Which club is the one we should go to? Do you have an updated top 3? Is rhino still worth it?
Ryan, I’d go to Sapphire (get a package) for the 400+ stacked 9s and 10s and high-mileage lap dances, Treasures for dinner at the steakhouse and high mileage lap dances, or Palomino for the terrific nude stage show and high-mileage nude private booth dances. Deja Vu offers a great deal too with its high-mileage lap dances and private shows, open bar from 6 to 9 pm, and its private bedroom dances starting at 15 minutes for $150.
Thanks Arnold! I’ll make sure to use the link from here when we set that up.
Awesome site Arnold, thank you for all of the hard work 😉
Quick question. My wife and I are planning on going in May (went about two years ago and had a great time) but are going to do a couples VIP package this time. If we do the VIP165 package that comes with the $150 in drinks do we still need to pay the alcohol charge on a VIP room dance? I was considering the half hour option when we find a dancer she likes but there’s no way in hell we could drink $325 worth of alcohol lol.
Chris, yes, they still require the alcohol charge on a VIP room dance. But there’s a good chance you’d be able to work out a break on the alcohol charge if you work out a custom package with the club that includes the VIP room dance.
Under the packages button at the club website you’ll see an option to “Build Your Custom Package.” I’d give it a try.
Ah that’s a good idea, thank you! Would we need to know beforehand what dancer we would like the VIP dance to be with?
Chris, no, I know people who have worked out custom packages that included a VIP or Skybox dance and they didn’t need to specify a dancer.
I was at Sapphire Saturday 1/26/19. I bought the $65.00 drink Package. I always rent a car in Vegas so I verified that If I drove myself It was still free admission with the package(I’m not a big drinker). No Problem. I got there early around 8:30 and the place was still fairly empty. Got a few fantastic dances on the floor and then went to the VIP room for an hour. Great experience with the dancer, but they hit you up for service charges and tips for everyone back there and that ruined the experience for me. The dances on the floor were great, so I don’t think I would ever do the VIP again. Not worth all the extra expense. When I came out of the VIP the showroom was packed with ALL types of girls. If you can’t find what you like here you’re not going to find it.
Just got back from a week trip. Had been to Sapphire many years ago so decided to go again. Was worth the trip. Tons of girls to choose from but they vary from 5’s to many 8’s, some 9’s and a handful of 10’s but plenty of good lookers of various races and cultures…average is probably 8’s and having gone to 4 strip clubs this trip by far had the easiest time finding “my girl” (looks and personality).
First girl was a dud. She was a 8 in looks but when I asked for a lapdance she said she didn’t like giving lap dances on the floor and preferred to go to the private room. So I said I’ll give you $40 (double) for a lapdance preview here on the floor and then I’ll think about VIP. She wasn’t too thrilled at that so I thanked her for having a drink with me and politely told her I was going to look for another girl.
2nd one came up to me was a super hot blonde Russian…good conversation, actually drank the drinks I bought her (she ordered tequila). I tipped her about $50 every 30 minutes to just sit with me and chat and flirt and did this for 3 hours or so. Got a few free lap dances within that period but I typically do not do private rooms and prefer to just find fun girls to hang out with, get their number and then ask them to go out with me to the casino/strip the next day.
I had some fun times at other strip clubs this trip too but I was with a work friend and when you want to almost guarantee a decent strip club experience you usually can’t go wrong with Sapphire…simply because so many girls work there.
GUYS PAY ATTENTION:
I see many guys not know how to instantly get rid of the girl that’s soliciting them in a polite way so you’re free for the next hottie to come by that you’ll actually want to hang out with. You simply say “I’m looking for another dancer”. …You can throw in “You look gorgeous tonight but I’m looking for another dancer”. I see way too many guys sit with the first one that comes to them and don’t get rid of them because they don’t know how to politely tell her and spend the $ anyways.
Sapphire Trip Report:
Arnold, I figured I would share my recent experience so others can learn from me. Was in Las Vegas for a big convention, and I went to Sapphire a couple days ago. I called about booked a drink package a head of time and was scheduled a pick-up. That experience was fine, however, I didn’t really like getting picked up in a very public front door at my hotel, so I think next time, I’ll schedule a pick at the hotel “next door”. There were so many people I don’t think anyone noticed or cared anyway.
The quality of dancer seemed lower than normal at Sapphire, but I guess it was a week night in December. However, almost every girl there was definitely a “looker”. I didn’t take advantage of my host though, and before I knew it all the high quality dancers were off in the VIP area and I was waiting for what seemed forever before a really nice and friendly dancer won me over. Personality does matter. There was only one really pushy girl, and naturally she came at the one moment I was eyeballing a different one, couldn’t get ride of her in time, before I preferred dancer was off to VIP with someone else.
The one friendly dancer did end up taking me to a Skybox. Was quoted at $600 per hour and the cheapest campaign bottle was $400. They tried really hard to get me to pay a more expensive bottle, but I wouldn’t. The time spent in a Skybox is a lot better than the standard VIP area. I really appreciate the extra privacy and lack of interruptions that the regular VIP area has. The host upstairs offered to get my phone number and the dancer offered to give me her phone number. I decline both. First time I had ever been in the Skybox and I think I will prefer going up there from now on.
After it was over, the club gave me a ride back to my hotel in somekind of high-tech small car – Tesla? The driver drive back very fast and aggressively and truthfully scared the heck out of me.
Overall, it was a good experience. It was not the orgy that I’m used to, because its December and was a week night, but the time spent there was still probably better than the other options in Las Vegas. Sorry for the long story, but hopefully this helps others.
Arnold, I think the inform on this website is both helpful and pretty accurate. The Las Vegas club experience is a lot better when you know the rules ahead of time.
Arnold. What is the best use of the bar tab in the hour VIP options here either booths or skybox. Can you do drinks as you go then take your balance with you back to the main floor? Or there any benefit or advantage (extra time or attention or options) to getting a bottle of something for your 300 bucks?
Nando, you can take any leftover booze back to the main floor with you. I don’t drink much, so I always get a bottle and then take it back to my table to pour drinks for dancers.
Good idea. Is there any way to buy a certain bottle to get more than 1 hr in VIP. Or do you have to repurchase every hour.
Nando, usually you have to repurchase every hour but I’m sure if you were willing to pay the equivalent for a better bottle you could negotiate more than an hour. Just talk to a host. He’ll try to accommodate you.
What is the protocol and experience like for the Monday night football halftime dances. Is it a dollar each? Or Do dancers expect more? Will they stick around for more than a few seconds if you give them 3 or 5? What does a typical halftime dance entail? If I bring my girlfriend will they do dollar dances for her. What’s an ideal place to sit. That room looks super packed in pictures.
Will, the dancers expect only a dollar. Yes, they’ll usually stick around if you offer more dollars. In that case, I’d tip at the end.
A halftime dollar dance is a fully-topless, high-contact 30-second lap dance.
Yes, they’ll do dollar dances for your girlfriend. All she has to do is hold up dollars just like the guys.
The dancers really cover the place. If you hold up dollars, you’ll get action.
The doorman who brought the bill pressed hard for a 90 dollar service tip. I felt like if I tipped nothing I’d be in trouble.
Paolo, if there’s one thing everyone in Vegas is expert at, it’s pressing hard for a huge tip. Don’t feel you have to pay that much unless the guy did some amazing favor for you.
Hola Arnold. You have a great site.
When I go back to a VIP booth at Sapphire for an hour what do I tip the staff back there. The waitress and the doorman. What if I extend for a second hour. Do I tip again? Also. I had a dance tell me to order a bottle of champagne so I could extend for the second hour. I was kind of confused.
Paolo, tip the waitress what you’d tip her anyplace else in the club, a few bucks. You don’t have to tip the doorman, but it’s considered a nice gesture to give him $20 so the dancer doesn’t have to pay that tip. You tip only once, at the end, even if you’ve extended for a second hour.
The club makes its money on the booze in the VIP room. That’s why you’ll likely be required to order another bottle if you extend for a second hour.
Hi Arnold. The Monday night football special mentions raffles and prizes? Any idea what those are about?
Craig, yes, the club hands out many prizes. I’ve seen everything from Sapphire t-shirts to HD tvs and 60-minute Skybox dances.
If you’re a regular, can a dancer ever get you a deal on admission or bar charge for VIP. Or is that up to a host. My last host at Sapphire sucked. I tipped him well and dropped decent cash too.
Oscar, that’s pretty much set by club policy. Your best bet is to work out a custom package in advance that includes exactly what you want. You can fill out an online form for a custom package at the club website. For example, if you reserve a VIP dance in advance, your odds of getting free admission go way up. The bar charge for the VIP will be a tougher negotiation.
Hey. Thanks for the great site. To the last commenters point. If I get ahold of a favorite and know I want to head to VIP what’s the best entry deal. We rent a car and drive ourselves. So packages add up. Sometimes my girl tags along too. We don’t need a table if we go VIP room.
Roland, Sapphire has a deal where if you take the free club limo you get free admission and the option to buy a 2-for-1 drink coupon. That’s the best deal if you don’t need a table. You save $50 admission plus the price of a drink.
I’d call them and ask if you can get that deal if you drive yourself. They’ll probably say yes unless the club is packed. If this is a night when they say no, drive to within walking distance and have Sapphire pick you up there so you can get the deal.
Arnold. Was at Sapphire last week and hit it off with a nice girl. She gave me her number without me asking. I know she sees me as a client and that’s cool by me. Do you ever reach out for your favorites or do you just let fate dictate your nights.
Kevyn, yes, I’ll reach out to a favorite. Dancers tend to treat regulars well.
Part two of three. Arrived just before midnight on a Saturday in August, with no major events (i.e. fights, conventions) that weekend. Like dummies we took an Uber from Babes, so even though we’re locals we were each taxed a $50 cover. When we got inside, the club was in full force with all three stages exposed. The atmosphere was akin EDC with lots of pounding “electric” music and strobe light effects. We walked the room first to peep the scene. The front bar was PACKED at standing room only, so we strolled to the bar in the back, where most of the dancers congregate. There were at least 15 unused VIP tables corralled towards the back stage. I asked a host (bouncer) if we could get a VIP table. He didn’t hesitate to set us up near the 3rd stage, about one or two tables/rows back. He only cautioned that to keep the table we’d have to keep buying drinks which run $20+. Upon being seated we immediately met our server for the night. Forgot her name but for the most part she was fantastic, and hotter than half the dancers too!
I’d estimate there were over 250 girls, with 30-40 being what I’d consider 10+/11s. Decent ethnic and body type mix, albeit skewed with a higher number of blondes and brunettes. Probably 80+ Latinas, most of them natural, with a concentration of Mexicans and Cubans, and a few Colombians and Venezuelans sprinkled in. Maybe 30-40 Asians, some “F.O.B” and about 30 Black girls. Outside of a handful of 6s that snuck into the club, the girls were mainly 8-9s. And contrary to what people think, it wasn’t a silicone warehouse. As expected at Sapphires, the hustle factor was an 11! Non-stop solicitations, even with my wife beside me and us not making eye contact. Every time I walked to the bathroom, I would get approached 3-5x (twice I had girls grabbing my crotch, trying to sell me on VIP dances). And if my wife went to the bathroom…it was sharks to a drop of water. Unfortunately, this results in a rather cold and quick hustle, with most girls not willing to waste more than two minutes to talk or hangout.
Attending as a couple was neither a pro or a con, although she did hit it off with a couple of dancers. The lap dances were absolutely high mileage with lots of contact, with some ladies placing our hands onto their asses and breasts, and most were ok with us slapping their asses. Hell, we even had a couple girls that were outright taunting us by rubbing their nipples across our lips. One Venezuelan was on wifes laps rubbing her arms, necks and inner thighs. Super hot! Later in the evening my wife got what seemed to be a 10-minute massage from a masseuse. Highly recommend one. Having been the 2nd club of the night, it was a long first night for my wife, so I didn’t want to push a VIP dance. Partied until 430a and when we left it was still packed but for obvious reasons the girls were looking tired. Absolute must for large groups or if you prefer a party-atmosphere. I wouldn’t go so far to say that it was couple’s friendly, but our next excursion to Crazy Horse proved otherwise (see Crazy Horse III review page for our experience).
Had an amazing time here with my girlfriend. Thanks for your site. A couple notes. We booked a couples package online but did not receive the promised 2 free shots for prepaying. Our host, who I tipped 20 bucks when we got there, disappeared on us after an hour. We were there for about, including much time in VIP. Security on the floor was awesome and dealt swiftly with an overserved guy near us. Tip. If you go to VIP, your prepay tab can follow you there. This doesn’t lessen the amount you owe the house but if you’re there awhile it is good to know.
Art, glad to hear you had a good time but sorry to hear you didn’t get the free shots. Next time ask your host right away about how to collect them. If you forget to ask your host, ask your waitress and she’ll take care of it.
I have a rental car. Can I buy a package and drive myself and my girlfriend? Will we still get the VIP entry. We tried Palomino last night and it was slow, kinda low energy and not what she was hoping for dancer selection.
Billy, if you have a package you can drive yourself and still get VIP entry because of the package.
Arnold, my friend and I are looking to go dejavu on a Monday night and take our chances, but if the scene is dead we will probably end up at Sapphires. Do you know if Sapphires will pick us up in their free limo at dejavu? Or should we arrange to have the driver to pick us up at the trump hotel across the street?
Or do you have any other recommendations to get into both strip clubs without having to pay for cover because we are also fine with walking as it’s very close. Thanks in advance.
Tim, yes, Sapphire would be willing to pick you up at Deja Vu. I’d use that option if you decide to go, because that way you get the two-for-1 drink ticket option and guaranteed free admission. If you walk, you may not get either.
Taking my wife in a couple months but neither of us drink alcohol. She wants to do private dances. I get that alcohol is how the club makes money but the two drink minimum or the bottle or half bottle at other places just is a total loss for us. We see the couples packages for reserved tables all have bottles involved. What’s the best strategy for value for a no drinking couple looking for a table and some private dances. I get that we have to give the club some money! Just wish we got some value for it in return.
Evan, at Sapphire, I’d recommend two solo packages. That gets you the reserved table, free limo to the club, free admission and line pass for less than the price of a taxi and admission. It includes two free shots and $50 each in drinks. Treat some dancers to the shots and use the drink coupons for bottled water or soft drinks or to buy drinks for the dancers.
Hi Arnold, amazing comprehensive website on Vegas strip clubs. Took your advice and visited Deja vu, Sapphires, and Palominos in October.
My next Vegas trip will be first week of December. What are the prices for 15 min and 30 min VIP at Sapphires? Are they group VIP or private VIP like at Deja Vu with closed doors/curtains? Also are there drink minimums for 15/30 min VIP at Sapphires? And are Monday Night Football still worth going with the amount of girls present during first week of December?
Thanks!
Winston, three songs in the group VIP at Sapphire is $150. That includes $50 booze. Thirty minutes is $375 and includes $75 alcohol. That’s the group VIP as well.
An hour in the group VIP is $700 and includes $300 alcohol.
The fully-private, luxurious Skyboxes, with a door you can close, aren’t available for under an hour for $800. That includes $300 booze.
By the first week of December, the MNF parties have definitely slowed down but you’ll still have a couple dozen dancers for the lap dance tsunami. It’s still a lot of fun.
If we go to Monday night football is the 20 dollar package it. No extra cover? Also, what is suggested attire for my gf. She will be getting lapdances.
Ron, there’s no extra cover for the $20 MNF package. Your girlfriend can wear pretty much anything she wants. Sandals are not advised, though. Have a great time!
Thank you for the prompt response. Do you know what kind of group packages are offered? For Sapphire or any other clubs in general?
AC, you can check out the bachelor party packages here. That will give you a general idea. But you’ll see on the website that there are also custom packages available, so you can get whatever you want. Most of the top clubs have similar packages and will work with you on a custom package, if you prefer.
Thank you for the information. Just to clarify, the 2 drinks for 1 option includes alcoholic drinks?
AC, yes, of course.
Also I’m a little confused. As mentioned earlier, we would be a group of about 18. If we have a limo/bus sent for us, you said we could get the 2 drinks for 1 coupon, but would we also need to pay for entry? I was under the impression that for $34-$39/person, we could get a ride to, 2 drinks, and entry. But now I’m doubting my own understanding of it lol. If you could please break it down for me, it would be very helpful.
AC, you get free admission at Sapphire by either getting a package or by arriving by the free club limo. So no, you would not be paying for admission. That means, essentially, if you take the club limo but don’t get a package, that your ride is free, your admission is free, and you’re getting two drinks for $18.
The one thing missing from that is seating together. This club fills up at peak hours and you’re bringing a large group. It may be hard to find seating at all, let alone for 18 to sit together, without a package.
Hello, so I’m planning a bachelor party for early November, there will be 15-20 of us (lol big group). How would the free limo service work in our case? Is there any minimun purchase required, with such a large group? Pretty much, what charges can we expect per person, in our group?
P.s. I might be copying and pasting this question to other strip club reviews, please don’t mistake it for spam lol.
AC, the only difference in the free limo service is they’d likely send a small bus or van for you. But you’d want to reserve your ride early to make sure you can all get there when you want to at the same time. No minimum purchase required that’s any different for a group. There would be a reservations fee for each of you (it’s $15 or $19 per person) that would be waived at the door if you buy a 2 for the price of 1 drink coupon for $19.
You’d likely save money overall by reserving a group package. It will be very difficult to find seating together unless you reserve a group package, especially at peak hours and especially on weekend nights.
Arrived at 5pm for happy hour with my wife. Had another fantastic lap dance from a mature Russian girl closer to 30 than 20. Those Russians, they really work hard for the money. There were only 5 or 6 girls there but they were keeping busy.
Thanks Cancon. Always good to get happy hour reports.
Hi Arnold,
Wanted a quick bit of advice – is it going to get crowdy today & tomorrow night on Sapphire ? If so would try next week.
Anonymous, yes, Labor Day weekend should be crowded at Sapphire, but the crowds bring out the best dancers and the place is very big.
Arnold – – is Sapphire, say, on a Sat night in Jan, going to be heavily represented by the painted and decorated and enhanced girls, or, rather, employ so very many girls in total, that the more naturals and minimally-made ups are also well represented?
Greg, if you’re into more girl next door types, come early.
Arnold: understood. thanks.
Can you pre-buy things at Sapphire? For example, you can buy a package, which is essentially pre-buying your drinks before you get to the club, but can you pre-buy things such as time in the VIP dances or a Skybox?
Chris, yes, you can pre-buy pretty much whatever you want at Sapphire. Just fill out the form for a custom package at the club website or give the club a call at 1-702-869-0003 and they’ll work with you.
still wondering about NFL playoffs on Sunday Jan 20, games are late afternoon and then evening. that said, if I want the best Sapphire’s experience that week, should I plan on a Thurs, Fri or Sat instead?
Greg, Sapphire will have some kind of party for the playoff games, but it will be small compared to their MNF and Super Bowl parties. Go on a Thurs, Fri or Sat night for the full Sapphire experience.
Hi, is it still free cover for locals? will they make me buy drinks?
Mike, it’s still free cover for locals and they usually don’t hit you up for drinks at the door. If it’s a packed weekend night, though, that could change.
A – – thanks again for all the attention you give to my plethora of questions!
…So what you’re indicating re options for hotels in relationship to the 4 strip clubs mentioned – is that staying at a low-cost hotel downtown would work just as well – now? (Didn’t used to be that way?)
Greg, yes. In fact, downtown is the best location for Palomino and it’s very close to Little Darlings, not much farther to the other clubs. Just remember the clubs can’t pick you up on Fremont St., so you have to go to the pick-up location for your hotel.
Arnold – – thinking I’ll be in LV from Jan 15-21 for the strip club experience plus maybe Cirque etc. what low-cost strip hotels would be nearest to the 4 clubs – Palomino, Deja Vu, Sapphire and Little Darlings? hotel quality/amenities is not my prime consideration, I’m guessing.
Greg, downtown is a good option now. Otherwise possibly Stratosphere, or, if you want the central Strip, possibly Flamingo.
Arnold – – is it true that Little Darling’s lap dances are 4 minutes long for $20? If so, seems that a full-nude 4 minute lap dance is quite a deal in itself!
Greg, Little Darlings lap dances are one song. That tends to be 3 to 3 1/2 minutes. They’re a good deal because they take place in a private booth, not the main floor, and are fully nude.
Arnold – – what about the NFL playoffs? I see there are two games on January 20th. Will Sapphire’s have a similar MNF experience for both these Sunday playoff games on Jan 20, 2019?
Greg, depends on the time of the games, but Sapphire’s MNF parties are special.
do dancers allow kissing in VIP or private? at Palomino, are the totally nude lap dances somehow any sexier than the lds at the topless clubs?
Greg, no on the kissing. At Palomino, lap dances are topless. You have to go for a private booth dance at 3 songs for $100 to get a fully-nude dance. They’re very sexy.
Arnold – – I don’t drink. I have no interest in alcohol; only interested in naked women banging me. So,am I right to feel screwed that all these VIP private room packages are discriminatory against me – meaning charging me for all kinds of drinks I’ll never drink?
Greg, there’s no charge for drinks in the private rooms at Little Darlings or the private booths at Palomino Club. At Deja Vu on Tuesday nights, the private bedroom drinks are only $2 each ($4 total for 15 minutes in a private bedroom).
Arnold – – boobs yes, but is generous but polite butt-massaging a part of “high mileage”?
Greg L: Depends on the dancer.
Arnold,
How is Sapphires on a Sunday daytime during NFL games? Been there for MNF and had a ball, but never during day on weekends.
JD, a much smaller crowd than for the MNF parties. Maybe a couple dozen guys. More dancers than for a typical non-game afternoon.
My husband and I are planning to visit Sapphire for the first time next month. We will be there on a Tuesday night and usually like to arrive somewhere between 7-9 pm via club limo. We have been to strip clubs 3 other times together. I am hoping you can help give some guidance on how to make our time most enjoyable at Sapphire. It is important to us that we have a table/booth out of the action…preferably somewhere on the edges where we can share a booth or bench together. This way we can watch the show and then not be on display if and when we choose to have a lap dance. We don’t want to purchase a package because we do not see the value in it based on how much we drink. Thank you!
JJ, if you don’t want to buy a package, the only seating will be along the stages or at the bar. There are also some small sofas/benches scattered around the edges of the club.
If you go that way, you want to get there before 9 pm but pretty close to 9 pm while the free seats are still available. Getting there at 7 pm is a little early. Maybe arrange for limo pick-up at 8 pm for arrival around 8:30 pm. They will charge you a $15 reservations fee each for the limo, but waive that if you both purchase a buy-1-get-1-free drink ticket at the door (a great value).
Be sure to take the free club limo so you don’t have to pay an admissions fee. If you find dancers unsure of whether to approach you and there’s a dancer you want to meet, be sure to ask a host or cocktail waitress to introduce you.
I think you’ll have a great time.
Rick, why don’t you try going to a club at peak hours when they’re at their best if you don’t like typical afternoon action?
Which night would be better to go to sapphire…Wednesday or Thursday? Most likely will be getting there around 10pm. I’m also planning on going to deja vu on Tuesday night. Can I expect lots of very attractive dancers that night? Basically don’t want it to be mostly customers and few dancers.
Ras, Thursday is closer to the weekend, so that’s the better night. With the bigger crowd comes more of the club’s top dancers.
Deja Vu will have plenty of quality dancers on $2 Tuesday. It’s a big night for them. Recommended.
Hi Arnold,
I’ll be in Vegas late August for work. Planning on going to sapphire and getting the vip65 package. Does the limo pickup have a bunch of advertising on it? I’ll be in Vegas with mostly female coworkers so I’d like to be discrete if possible. Also, how do the main floor lapdances work? Do I get the dance at my reserved table or does the dancer take you somewhere a little more private on the main floor?
Ras, Sapphire will send a limo with no advertising on it if you ask. Let them know when you reserve.
At Sapphire, lap dance location will be at your reserved table when the club is packed. When the club is less crowded, the dancer may take you to a more private nook or cranny.
Hi Arnold,
If I go into Sapphire around 4 pm with a VIP65 package, do I get to keep my reserved table as long as I am there, even if I stay until it gets really crowded? How many dancers will be there around 4 pm? Just curious, since they are open 24/7, how many and what quality dancers are there in the a.m, like a Friday morning 10 am? How many customers would be there? Thanks!
Tony, yes, you would get to keep your table as long as you stay, even if it gets really crowded. There might be 5 dancers in the club in the morning. Maybe 8 to 10 around 4 pm or soon after.
These are not the dancers you see at 11 pm on a Friday or Saturday, when women fly in from around the country to work at Sapphire. But they’re still quality dancers.
Strip clubs have high local taxes over and above the regular NV sales tax.
hey Arnold,
I’m not talking about taxes.
I’m aware of the 8.25% Nevada sales tax.
They said on top of that i need to pay another 20% to my server when i get there.
I told them they should have told me this before I bought bottle service and they said its displayed on all their web pages.
so what is this all about?
so basically all their prices displayed on their website you need to essentially add 28.25% to all of them.
This is putting a bad taste in my mouth and I’m already feeling scammed.
is this 20% service fee something you where aware off or this something new?
hi Arnold,
Following your advice i just purchased a package online but unfortunately it seems there are some hidden charges.
On the “thank you” page after i paid it says:
” *20% Service fee will paid by guest upon arrival.
what is this all about?
so even after just paying when i get there i need to pay more?
and it’s 20% of what?
I’m a bit annoyed by this and im worried i might have made a bad decision as I bought a pretty expensive package and now it seems i will need to pay even more.
Please get back to me asap
Chad, believe it or not that’s the Vegas strip club sales tax. The government gets a huge chunk of your admission fee, etc. But you won’t pay a sales tax on lap dances, VIP dances, or more drinks in the club.
Huge taxes on tourists are a big part of what makes Vegas so expensive and why the hotels are always resorting to tricky new fees.
If you want to switch to a less expensive package to save on the tax, give the club a call and they’ll work with you.
wow you really are amazing with the quick reply
Thanks a lot.
A few more things:
Do the days i pick to go matter for enjoyment given my budget?
Back when i was a regular at rhino I never went on weekends as I assumed there would be so much money in the club I could not compete.
For this upcoming trip my gut tells me i would be wise to avoid Friday and Saturday nights.
What are your thoughts on this?
Given my budget am i better off avoiding Friday and Saturday night?
I imagine there’s a lot of high rollers in the club on the weekends.
Also, I’m still unclear on something; when you buy a package you will also need to still pay $26 at the entrance?
Also, do you think they will mind that a solo guy is buying a couples package?
And lastly, what are your thoughts on the daytime vegas scene in 2018?
Before renovation at rhino their daytime girls where also super hot; daytime back then where (significantly) hotter then their night shift after renovation started.
Is there anywhere you recommend for daytime that might approach that level of quality during the day?
Thanks again for all the help.
Chad, it’s similar at Sapphire. There’s a ton of money in the club on Friday and Saturday nights. You get dancers on those nights who won’t even consider doing lap dances. Their minimum is the VIP.
On the other hand, your planned budget is serious money and the dancer selection on Friday and Saturday nights is outstanding. There are spectacular women filling the club.
Still, you’ll likely get better service and more attention other nights of the week, when the club isn’t jam-packed, and the dancer quality is still very high.
I’d say it partly depends on when you’re coming. August is a relatively slow month in Vegas, so if you’re coming in August, a Friday or Saturday night would still work. If you’re coming in September over Labor Day weekend, or the big fight weekend of September 15, the club is going to be filled to standing room only, there will be huge money in the club, etc.
If you buy a package, you pay nothing at the door. Your limo ride, admission, line pass, VIP seating, drink discount and host service are included in the package.
They won’t mind a solo guy buying a couples package. Bottle packages always specify a maximum number of guests, but never a minimum.
Rhino is one of the better daytime clubs, but a lot of the guys are there for the lunch deal and don’t spend much on the dancers. So the dancer quality is not what it was, though it’s not bad. I had a bad experience there recently in the afternoon though. I was at a business lunch at the club and one of the dancers on stage started yelling at everyone for not tipping her. She really would not shut up. If you go in the afternoon, be sure to tip the dancers on stage!
You might also consider Sapphire’s topless pool on a weekend (Friday thru Sunday) afternoon before October. The club’s dancers are a big part of the scene and you can get VIP dances from them.
thank you for the quick reply Arnold.
I hope that you are right and I wont have any issues getting in because im young and black.
I have a few more questions for you:
I’ll be in Vegas for 10 days and I have $2500 to spend.
I do NOT like going into a strip club with less then $1000 to spend so I will almost certainly split my budget over a maximum of only 2 or 3 visits.
My #1 criteria for enjoyment in a club is the hotness of the dancers.
Before their renovation, I was a regular at rhino and I still cannott believe how hot the average girl working there was back then.
Unfortunately, when they started renovations everything fell part and the hotness of the average girl working there dropped completely.
I pretty much stopped visiting Vegas clubs when rhino fell apart since I assumed they had the best girls.
Lately, I’ve been hearing more and more reports that sapphire might have a talent level that rivals rhino pre-renovation.
Is this true?
Does sapphire currently have the same quality of girls that rhino had before renovations?
A few more questions for you:
Given everything I’ve read on your website I will almost certainly buy a package when i test sapphire.
But I do have a few concerns about these packages since I only go to clubs alone.
Should i expect to get a table alone with the solo guy package or the most likely scenario is other guys will be seated at my table?
Would buying a bottle guarantee I get a table alone during my entire visit?
I saw that they offer a couples package called “sapphire champagne for 2” that is only $225 and comes with a bottle. I’m considering buying this for me alone if it can guarantee i get my own table alone.
Also, I usually stay 4-5 hours when i visit a club: will buying a bottle get me a table alone during this entire period? what happens when i get up to go to the washroom?
Thanks again for this very informative website.
Chad, you will not only be welcome at Sapphire, you’ll be appreciated at Sapphire. The most important color at Sapphire is green.
Yes, I would say that Rhino lost their best girls to Sapphire during their renovation, and they have stayed at Sapphire. Sapphire now is what Rhino used to be.
With a $65 solo guy package, you’ll likely be seated with other guys at your table. Yes, a bottle would guarantee a table alone, reserved for you through your entire visit. And it will give you booze to pour drinks for thirsty dancers.
Be sure to use your host and cocktail waitress and let them know that you’ll be returning to your table when you head to the VIP or washroom. Sapphire can get packed and mistakes do get made, but not if you use your host and waitress properly.
Also use your host to make introductions to dancers you like across the room, or to get you a table in a preferred location, etc. With a bottle on your table, you can expect extra attention from your host and a lot of attention from the club’s best dancers.
With your budget, I’d start the night off right with a modest tip to your host. Find a subtle way to let him know you’ve got money. For example, ask if you can have that table in a better location as you’re slipping him a ten. Or, if he takes you to the best table in the house right off the bat, you might ask about the club’s Skyboxes, just some question like, are they really private? Let him know you were a regular at Rhino and heard all their best dancers moved to Sapphire.
In other words, for the best service, establish a relationship with your host right off the bat. Then use him as needed to make your evening perfect.
One last tip. You will always be treated better at a major Vegas strip club if you wear a sport coat, especially since you’re young. I’ve had hosts say this openly to me. It gets you a better table, gets fees waived, etc. Even if you end up hanging it on your chair for the night, it’s a universal flag to hosts and dancers that you’ve got money even though you’re young, especially if you also have a bottle on your table.
Hi Arnold.
Thanks for the great info on your website.
I keep hearing reports that sapphire has been denying entry to black customers.
I’m a young black guy who had planned to visit this club in a few weeks.
Is there any truth to this?
When was the last time you where at sapphire?
Did you see any black customers inside?
Chad, that is an absolutely false report. I am at Sapphire 2-3 times a month. I see black customers there every time I go.
It’s definitely a false report.
You will be fine.
I’ve seen people not get in and moan to the door staff but if you are wearing sandals, plain white t shirt and sweat pants you are getting into any club.
If you go to sapphire you will have a fun time just book directly with them or their promo team they will set you up.
I did and they set everything up easy and simple. Skin colour won’t be an issue at either the club or pool. PS check out the pool if you get a chance it’s really worth it.
Hi Arnold, thanks so much for all the awesome info on your site. It was such a help for my wife and I on our first visit to a strip club last year in Vegas (which was Sapphires and was AMAZING). My wife loved the high contact lap dances and left the VIP room very satisfied if you know what I mean. We are going back to Vegas in a couple weeks and have already booked the couples package at Sapphires. This time around, my wife is really hoping to find a girl that is open to kissing. Do you think that is a possibility? Could it ever happen on the main floor, perhaps in a quiet corner or would we need to go to the group VIP area or a private VIP? Thanks again!
Funtimes, as you know, kissing isn’t standard, but you may be able to find it. I’d ask about kissing with a girl whose lap dances you’re enjoying. Say you’re hoping for kissing as part of a VIP dance to give that extra incentive.
Thanks for the quick reply Arnold. One more question, we are planning on visiting Sapphires on a Wednesday, what time would be good to get there? We would like to arrive before it gets too crowded so we can settle in a bit and relax. We have a couples package booked so we will have a table reserved. Thanks again for the great site.
Funtimes, I’d go around 10 pm on a Wednesday night. The club won’t be packed yet but you won’t be alone and there will be an excellent selection of dancers, with more dancers arriving at 11 pm and midnight.
I really enjoy Sapphire, and now that I’m a local I can imagine myself going here pretty often. I’m pretty sure they expect you to pay to actually sit down at a table, which is a policy I hate, but I’ve just kind of ignored those “reserved” signs each of the three or four times I’ve been. Maybe I’ll get in trouble at some point, but I’m not going to a strip club to stand next to the bar for a few hours.
Jay, exactly. But you’re a local, so if you lose your table, it’s no big deal. You can come back another time. Also, as a local you mostly get free admission.
For people from out of town, I strongly recommend a package for the reserved seat, free admission, free limo, and drink discount. It’s a better deal, gets you a better seat, gets you better service, etc. And there’s nothing worse than arriving at Sapphire at peak hours and finding there are simply no tables available.
Arnold, let me start by thanking you for your work! Well done good sir; this site has been my go-to when researching where to take my wife for her first strip club experience.
We were in Vegas May 24-28, and decided to work a visit to a topless and/ or nude club into the itinerary. Because we were there with family, pre-planning an exact time for a club was nearly impossible, which meant we needed to call ahead instead of booking online. We decided on Palomino Club on Saturday night. My wife was hesitant, and the night almost was derailed by a bad experience trying to set up a limo to the Palomino. The man on the phone promised a limo within 30 minutes to an hour. After an hour, I called back and inquired again about a limo. The man said he would call their driver, and that he or the driver would call me back. Another 30 minutes and no response. I called back 3 times and no one answered.
My wife was ready to bail, but after a quick call to Sapphire, we had a limo in less than 30 minutes. The driver was courteous and professional, and the Tesla he picked us up in was a nice touch. At the club, the women were gorgeous and plentiful, but not pushy. We sat on the rail for a while and my wife began to loosen up. We moved to the bar and she was obviously nervous about a more intimate encounter. A young woman hovered near by, but was never pushy.
We moved to a table, and after a few moments the woman approached us. She was really friendly and very kind to my wife. We talked for a bit and she put my wife at ease. Then we negotiated a lap dance for my wife and all three of us had a blast! The other girls took note, and we were approached a few times, but we were never made to feel uncomfortable. Everyone was very nice and respectful.
Then Monique stopped by. She was a Czechoslovakian bombshell with a slight accent. She was flirtatious but respectful, with a 10/10 for a body and a personality to match. We wound up negotiating a 1/2 hour in VIP. The staff in VIP were great, and we even got extra shots with our drinks for free without even asking! Monique was so much fun, and had a great personality that put both of us at ease.
In VIP, we moved between dancing and talking, and a few other extra-curricular activities (ladies, if you’ve never had your nipples sucked by a man and woman at the same time, go to Sapphire!). My wife was so excited, and Monique was so much fun. My wife and I loved every second, and Monique seemed to have a great time too.
After the VIP experience, we moved back to the rail for a bit and called it a night. My only issue was leaving the club; the hostess at the front said to call our original driver (they couldn’t provide that service for us?), but he was on another trip. We wound up getting an Uber. Beyond that, Sapphire was great, with an SPW of 100% (for me and my wife!), and a bustling atmosphere. When I was away from my wife, more than one young lady approached me, and a few even grabbed my crotch, so for single men, this is the place! But couples shouldn’t be intimidated either. Everyone was great with my wife and I, and we saw several other couples too who seemed to be having a great time.
As far as Palomino goes, I was disappointed in their customer service, but I also acknowledge that it was a busy holiday weekend and they can’t appease everyone. I would like to try them another time, but I’ll definitely use their online system and skip the phone call. Sapphire on the other hand was accommodating, professional, and fun. 4.5 out of 5, with the only complaint being the return trip. If anyone is on the bubble, I suspect you would have a great time at Sapphire. Thank you again Arnold for your research and recommendations. You saved my ass with my wife, and this site allowed me to have a plan A, B, C, and D to show my wife a great time. Bravo!
Thanks for the great review, A.W. I’m happy to hear that you and your wife had such a great time.
I will definitely start recommending Sapphire (and Monique) more to couples.
Palomino is fine with a last-minute call on a Sunday thru Thursday night, but on Fridays and Saturdays they get to standing room only, with a long line at the door waiting for people to leave, and you just can’t call last minute for a limo. You need to reserve at least a few hours in advance or get a package. Every limo is in action and they’re a bit farther from the Strip than Sapphire so the wait times tend to be longer when it’s so busy.
I wish they had been more accurate about the wait time. I’ll let them know.
Thanks again for the detailed review, which I’m sure will be helpful to others.
Really enjoy your website. As a local who works graveyard is Sapphire going to be my best option for stage dancing during the late morning hours?
James, the best option for stage dancing during the late morning hours is Little Darlings. They have a good stage show every hour they’re open and so they usually get customers too.
So if you’re into cute nude girls dancing for you, that’s the place unless you’re looking for booze. Little Darlings doesn’t serve alcohol.
If you want alcohol, I’d go to Sapphire or, if by late morning you mean getting close to lunch, Spearmint Rhino. Rhino gets a lunch crowd which tends to mean dancers on stage. Be sure to tip the dancers on stage if you go there, because they will literally come over to your table and chew you out if you don’t.
If there is a particular feature dancer I’d like to get lapdances from, what is the best way to get that to happen short of the VIP skybox dinner option? Can I request a dance when I reserve the VIP package or do I ask the host?
Hontom, the best way is to ask the host. They can only reserve the Skybox dinner option in advance. I would let the host know when you arrive and if he hasn’t gotten back to you, remind him when she goes on stage or you see her at her private tables after her stage set.
If you have trouble spotting the host on a very busy night, ask a cocktail waitress to send the host to you. Let her know you want to book a dance with the featured star.
Have fun. Those porn stars are a treat.
I see a ton of negative and 1 star reviews online (google mostly) for Sapphires lately, has it changed in the last while to more hustle than previously?
Mike C, first, be aware that the strip club employees in Vegas attack each other’s clubs on the online review sites. And sites that get high grades at places like Yelp often get those good marks from locals who get exceptional deals in the club that out-of-towners don’t get.
When I see a bad review of Sapphire that seems written by a genuine customer, it’s usually written by someone who doesn’t know how to do the club right. They hop in a cab and ask the cabbie to take them to a strip club. That means they start the night out with a big cab fare and a $45-$55 admission fee.
After paying that fee, they find there’s no place in the entire club to sit down because the free seats are gone by 9 pm. They go to order a drink, find a beer costs $15 to $18, get pissed off about that, stand around drinking it, then leave after a beer or two, having spent $100 for nothing and completely frustrated with their visit.
Don’t make that mistake. If you go to Sapphire, I strongly suggest you get a package. The solo guy packages start at $65 and get you a drink discount, free limo transport to the club, free admission, a line pass, a reserved VIP table for your stay, and host service. Now, you arrive at the club without a hefty cab fare, you get in for free after getting whisked past the 20-30 minute line straight to your host, and get escorted to a VIP table in the thick of the lap dance scene.
If you prefer a table closer to the stage or the bar or wherever, the host will try to arrange it. If you want an introduction to the redhead you see across the room, the host will arrange it. If you want a steady stream of stacked blondes sent to your table, the host will send them.
You get more drinks for your money, you’re in the thick of the action, and you settle in to watch the stage show and get the highest-mileage lap dances in town from uncountable hundreds of girls.
This is the way to do Sapphire. If you do it that way, I guarantee you’ll have a great time. Also, always keep in mind in a major Vegas strip club that the first couple of girls who approach you at your table are likely to be the most pushy girls in the club and often the least attractive. Don’t let them hard-sell you. Get rid of them and settle in so the better girls can get to you and you can have a great time. Sapphire is actually one of the lowest-hustle clubs in town (because the girls have so many customers with money who want them) if you get rid of those first 2-3 girls.
Hi Arnold, My wife and i, on our way back home after a month in Palm Springs, stopped in at Sapphire on Tuesday at 4:30. Happy hour beer and 10 or so dancers giving lap dances. I always to try to have a lap dance with any girl who will approach us. Alexia was first – shook her butt in my face a lot but couldn’t really get my hands involved. Then a girl with tiny titties but 3/4 inch nipples that fit nicely in my mouth. I think they’re surprised that i would be so bold but they just giggle and go with the flow. Must be my grey hair and the fact that my wife is watching from 20 feet away. The 3rd girl, smokin body, was trying to sell me the VIP room with my wife. She moaned like a porn star and even put her hand on my privates. I can only imagine that there are a lot of young guys who must have to clean up a sticky mess with some of these girls grinding in your lap. Will be back in October for Monday Night Football.
Arnold
What is a Thursday night like at Sapphire?
MB
MB, Thursday nights are great. Not as packed to the rafters as Friday and Saturday, so the dancers can take a little more time with you. Same high standards for the dancers, same high-mileage lap dance orgy. Maybe 150 dancers in the club at any given time, but you’ll see over 220 if you arrive anywhere near peak hours and stay for a few hours.
Arnold thanks for the information and I will be sure to let you know how it goes.
Arnold, as a non drinker the cost of the table, or package really bothers me.
If I order off the menu, do I get a “free” table?
Or do I eat standing?
-P
(never been to Vegas, just doing some research)
Tred, if you get there before 9 pm or so, you can get a free seat on the stage. If you go at peak hours on a Friday or Saturday night, you will not get a seat. Even if you order from the menu, you will likely eat standing (they have tables for people who are standing).
If you’re there on a week night when the club isn’t packed, no guarantees but you may be able to get a table by tipping a host (think $10-$20).
Went to sapphires on Wednesday March 7th at about 1030 pm.
Host said since it was Wednesday and early he would get a table for me if I wanted. Took him up on his offer.
Girls we hot. Very high mileage dances. Spent an hour upstairs at the end of the night with a hot blonde with retainers “named” Fabiola. Amazing time.
One tip. Bring cash. ATM service fee is 20%. I would have gladly spent more money but I am too much of a cheapskate to pay a 20% service fee.
Arnold, I plan to visit Sapphire on a Friday night. What’s the best time to arrive Friday night? What’s time is considered peak time for the club? Thanks.
MB, be sure to get some kind of package. The club starts filling up around 10 pm, is in full swing around 11 pm and just stays in full swing with more dancers and guests arriving constantly until 2 or 3 in the morning.
Arnold, thank you for the information.
Hello Arnold,
Thank you for the information about Deja Vu. I thought while I am in Vegas I would try another club. I’ve been looking at Sapphire. High contact and mileage sounds great and the large dancer selection plus the VIP rooms sound really nice. What’s the hustle like? Reviewing the Sapphire website they have a lot of attractive and sexy dancers. I saw a very attractive dancer name Emily. Does she still work there and is she a good dancer? Sapphire allows customer to create their own custom VIP bottle package. Do you have any thoughts on that?
MB, Sapphire is the perfect other club for high-mileage lap dances. The hustle is not bad here because the customer-dancer ratio is good. In other words, the dancers don’t have to hustle hard to make money.
In any large Vegas strip club, the first 2-3 dancers to approach you will be the hard hustlers. Just politely get rid of them and you won’t have a problem after that.
I’m not sure if Emily still works at the club, but you don’t have to worry. You’ll see 120-150 Emilys here on a week night or 400+ on weekends. It’s easy to find high-mileage dancers just by looking at what’s going on around you. But dancers don’t survive here long unless they give high-contact dances. Too much competition.
Yes, you can build your own custom package here. Do it! Get what you like. This is a club that prides itself on customer service.
Trip report – 2/20/2018
Called and got a free ride. Picked up in a Tesla. Sweet ride. Driver was great, gave him 10 bucks and he gave me his number for a ride home. Don’t know if that is normal but worked great for me.
Club layout was nice, about half the club was open, slow night. Grabbed a beer (15 bucks) and got a place at the main stage. Tipped for a while and then approached by Kat. Best girl of the night. Smart and hot. Gave me tour which I gave her twenty for. I connected with her later for a long back corner dance. Fantastic.
Overall, women were very attractive to ok. High mileage with all floor dances. A couple of vamps, but they were easy enough to say no to. All and all the descriptions on this site are accurate and very fair. In general, be cool and you will be treated cool.
One nit pick. Had 4 or so Beers got 10 or so dances and tipped well. When I asked for a water to wind night down they wanted 11 bucks. Wow. Just wow. Left me with a bad taste at end of night. All and all a good time!
Thank you sir!
Taking wife to Sapphires, her 2nd time, less shy now, for a back room dance, how do I ask if the dancer is high mileage wife friendly?
ls, it would actually be difficult to find a dancer at Sapphire who’s not wife friendly. I would scout the mileage around you for a while, then get a couple’s lap dance from a girl who looks promising. If that goes well, go for the fun in the VIP. You’ll find you have a lot of choices.
Have fun!
Hey Arnold, It’s SDman. I wrote the couple’s review in May, 2017, for the Palomino Club. You ended up making it a link for others to access. Well, I’m happy to report the wife and I are headed back to Vegas in May, 2018 for our annual trip, and visiting a strip club will definitely be on the agenda!
We were both thrilled with our experience at Palominos, but we figure it makes sense to branch out and try Sapphire this time. We’re thinking with that many gorgeous women walking around, providing high mileage lap dances for both my wife and I, it will be pretty hard to go wrong. Plus, my wife is interested in checking out the male review, and I figure since she’s such a good sport, fair is fair.
We’re going on a Thursday during the Cinco de Mayo weekend, so I figure it should be somewhat less crowded, then Friday/Sat nights.
It sounds like the lap dances on the main floor are out of this world, and I think I read the dancers are often good at finding a nook or cranny that might be provide a little more privacy, away from others.
Question: What is the motivation for paying substantially more money for the group VIP room, as opposed to just linking back to back lap dances on the main floor at $20 a pop? We will be getting the couple’s package, which gives us a decent bar tab (the couple’s package worked out great at Palominos last year), so we probably don’t need the extra drinks in the VIP room. It doesn’t sound like the group VIP room offers much privacy. Thoughts?
The only thing that bums me out about Sapphire is the high cost of the private rooms. That’s really more than I want to spend, and I’d prefer a 30 minute private or semi-private room, but that doesn’t seem to be an option.
Incidentally, the wife and I hit Cheetah’s club in San Diego a few months back, and it was actually pretty awesome. It’s topless only, and they don’t serve alcohol, but we hopped next door to a convenient bar periodically, and it was no big deal. The girls were fantastic once they realized my wife was cool with the whole process, and considering San Diego is technically a ‘no touching’ city in the clubs, we sure didn’t find that to be the case! That being said, it doesn’t compare to the clubs in Vegas, which are off the hook. It’s time to return, and cause more trouble!
Thanks, SDman
SDMan, good to see you. You can get through-the-roof mileage for you and your wife on the main floor at Sapphire. There are definitely nooks and crannies that the dancers can and will take you to.
The only difference is that some of the very top dancers don’t do $20 lap dances. If you get your heart set on one of these dancers, you will have to do the group VIP. (If you do, be sure to let your cocktail waitress know that you’re returning. Otherwise, they’ll give away your seats.)
But most dancers do the $20 dances and are happy to do dance after dance with you.
You may have to make an extra effort at first as a couple to let the dancers know you want them to approach. Ask your cocktail waitress or host to send over dancers you’re interested in if you have to. Or walk up to them and introduce yourselves. Don’t be shy. Go for it.
I think you’ll have a great time. It’s a fun, elegant club just to hang out in and watch the scene, and the girls are gorgeous.
Thursday of Cinco de Mayo weekend ought to have a good crowd without being packed to standing room only. A good choice for a date with your wife.
Thanks for the feedback, Arnold. Oh, we won’t be shy! My wife has quickly found her groove in these clubs. She gets dressed to the nines, wears a low cut, revealing sexy dress, puts on a sexy choker, dons the heels, and sexy makeup, so she fits right in w/the girls. She now feels comfortable walking right up to a girl, and telling her she wants her to spend time with her husband. I just sit back in all the glory, and soak it in. Lol.
Great wife, SDman!
Just wanted to say your Sapphire review was pretty much on the money. However, it’s $100 for the songs in the VIP plus $50 for drinks (not the $40). Most of the girls were 9’s and 10’s all the way. Early on , the $20 dances at the table were full contact, but the rule is “you need to behave out here”. But as the night went on, you could ask for something a little more private behind the stage, where you didn’t have to “behave” so much…or at all for that matter. It was like the dancers flipped a switch at some point, and people started heading to a more private area (not vip) to the back side of the stage.. They work real hard at upselling. A simple no thank you, and they understood. No one was very pushy. As per usual, my waitress was the prettiest girl in the place, with the best body and an incredible attitude. I forget her name, but wanted to give her a shout out. Melissa maybe? Oh, and I would definitely recommend pre paying on their website. Once they send the SUV to get you, they take pretty good care of you. I was waiting for a surprise $200 charge at the end of the night (the free drink thing can get confusing), but after a half dozen beers on the tab, coupled with the $50 in free drinks…my bill was like, $28. A pleasant surprise.
Hey Bill, glad to hear you and your son had a good time. Your description is perfect–you got the details exactly right.
I’ll update that VIP drink charge to $50–thanks for the heads up.
Just booked 2 of the $65 deals for next week. My son just turned 21, and it’s my excuse to go to Vegas. I chose Thursday night, is that a decent night to go? I could change to Friday, but we leave but crack early on Saturday.
Bill, Thursday night at Sapphire should be good. There will be a couple of good-sized conventions in town with the weekend leading into a giant convention.
I think you and your son will have a great time.
Thank you for all your info!!!
Thank you for the info, one more question, I’m taking the limo to Sapphire , can I get a limo back to the hotel downtown instead of a cab?
LS, not usually from Sapphire. You could always talk to a host. In Vegas, money talks and they may have a limo heading in your direction to pick someone up.
First timer at a Vegas club,for the $100 private dance at Sapphire, plus the $40 for drinks, do you tip any additional? hopefully not a dumb question.
Thanks!
LS, it’s not necessary to tip, but if the private dance is really great, you could tip $10 to $20.
Hey Arnold.
As a research nerd who over analyzes everything I want to say thank you for all you’ve done. This is a fantastic website that I’ve spent hours scouring reading all I can. So thanks again, sir.
My wife and I will be going to Vegas soon and she is very bi-curious. We have had talks of trying the swinging scene and we want to start with the strip club.
My wife is a very attractive 20 something and I’m an overweight 30 something. We are looking To spend in the neighborhood of $300 a night when we go. Given this information we have narrowed it down to sapphire and paolomino. We will take the limo and will pregame with alcohol so I don’t know we need a $150 bar tab. What would you recommend with our budget and interests? Thanks again for everything. Truly a wonderful site.
Ryan, if you’re interested primarily in the high-mileage lap dance scene, I’d go to Sapphire. Get two solo packages for the reserved table and discount on booze (also free limo, free admission, & line pass) and you’ll have enough booze. Then spend the rest of your budget on lap dances. Your wife will be able to caress the dancer and the dancer will caress your wife.
If you’re interested in a terrific nude stage show, I’d go to Palomino. Take the free club limo and go an hour or so before peak hours to get decent seats together. You’ll be charged a $30 cover each, but that includes three drinks each. Spend the rest of your budget on private booth dances, which start at 3 songs for $100. The dances are fully-nude, usually high-mileage and great for a couple with a bi-curious wife.
In this situation, you might want to sit on the rail (at the stage) at the club to find the best dancers for your private dances. Tip a couple of bucks to each dancer and watch for dancers you like who come up close and pay special attention to you and your wife.
I think you and your wife will have a great time.
Thank you very much for the quick reply. I will report back how it goes. We are going to go with sapphire and enjoy the pool as well. Thanks for all the advice. You’re a true patriot.
Have fun, Ryan. Great compliment.
In town formhe holiday weekend…how is,the club on Xmas weekend? Is it worth going, or not enough ladies working?
JDD, there won’t be 400 dancers but there will definitely be enough dancers to make going worthwhile. Probably a dozen early, I’d estimate 25-35 later on Christmas, but they will be Sapphire’s usual high quality and the lap dances will be high mileage.
Hi Arnold,
Thanks for the detail and info on your site, my wife and I visited Vegas in September for a long weekend and what was meant to be one night of adult entertainment turned into 3 nights (and days) of fun! We visited Hustler, Sapphire (x3!), Deja Vu, Palomino, Lacy’s & Spearmint Rhino. I’ll review those on their respective pages.
The free limo rides was perfect for us and clubs were too happy to pick us up from another establishment – obviously free advertising at a competitor’s site but I often told the driver to meet me slightly away from the entrance just out of respect. Usually tipped the driver $5-10.
Sapphire was an amazing experience and the biggest draw was the number of girls. There’s definitely someone for everyone. Our first visit to the club was interesting, we just tried to take in the size of the place and the fact that dances took place on the floor initially felt a bit intimidating (we’re from the UK and they don’t do that here lol). It was a Thurs night yet the place was very busy, we stayed from about midnight-5am
Once seated and after a couple of drinks my wife decided she wanted to find a girl to give me a lap dance (that’s why I married her!). She found a buxom ebony however before she began told me that it’s $20 for a dance $40 to touch – that set off alarm bells in my head because I’ve been to strip clubs in the US before and I had never heard that so I thought I was being hustled. I didnt want to offend my wife by rejecting a girl she picked for me so I received the dance but kept my hands firmly to myself! Thankfully it was a one-off and no other dancer mentioned that nonsense. I got 4/5 dances that night and so did my wife. The girls loved that we were there together and loved to entertain my wife. There was a lot of mutual boob fondling which was incredibly hot and we built a rapport with a number of girls which was really nice.
We came back the following night (Fri) and had a similar experience but with new girls, a couple girls recognised us from the night before and we got dances from them again. By the third night (Sat) we were still seeing new girls and felt like we wanted to take it up a notch so we went VIP with a hot girl which was very pleasant. The only thing I’d say regarding VIP is be prepared to have more cash than you’re told it will cost. I can’t remember the figures but you basically pay for three drinks, a pre determined tip for the host and the $100 or so for the dance (for 3 songs) itself. We were given a rough estimate but it ended up being around $40 which cleaned the rest of our cash. To be fair it was 8am by this point so prob best!
All in all a great experience and we’d definitely go back. 5 stars for fun, choice of girls and general atmosphere.
YG
Arnold,
I always have a great time at Sapphire regardless of day, time, or money spent there. However, I still have not gone into a Skybox. Every dancer has always sold me on regular VIP booth and always tells me those are better than the Skybox. I’ve never questioned them to date, but can’t help wonder why the regular VIP would be better than a private room? It sounds like a room with a door would be better? Not to waste time with a personal anecdote, but my last time in VIP, the pair that took the booth across from us, the customer ended up making a cellphone call and talked to his mom for an hour. The dancer and cocktail waitress was incredulous. Having to listen to it took some of the fun out of my experience and was a major distraction, and I couldn’t help but speculate if we’d been in a Skybox that wouldn’t have happened? Any thoughts on that?
Chris, the reason the dancers sell you on the booth rather than the Skybox is because a host is automatically assigned when you get a Skybox and so the dancer has to tip the host.
The Skybox is a far better experience. Go for the Skybox. If you feel inclined, tell the dancer you’ll help cover her tip to the host.
I’m thinking of a skybox on my visit to sapphire soon. But just have some questions, i know there is a bar tab of $300 to pay. I’m not a fan of bottle service when it comes to drinks i like a bottle of beer. Can i use the bar tab on a bottle of beer or 2 instead of bottle service? If so does that cost extra?
John, you can get anything you want to drink with no extra charge. You can get drinks for the dancer too.
My wife and I love this place even when it’s empty at 5pm on a Monday. $5 beer and 4 dancers doing laps. I had a go with Katrina – OMG – she didn’t stop me from doing what I wanted 20 feet from my wife who says next time it’s her turn to get her groove on.
Cancon, I love your reports. You always push the envelope.
Hi Arnold, first off thank you so much for all the great information you put here. I appreciate it and I learned so much from your pages. I went a couple months ago and had a great time. I am new to strip clubs (it was my first time in one in 30+ years when I was a dumb sailor). I did go to Sapphire and it was everything you said about the girls Wonderful girl selection and all I talked to were very friendly. I did a few very high mileage lap dances and even did the 30 minute VIP with my favorite. My only complaint was the way I was treated going solo and after doing a few lap dances and VIP and even bought a few girls drinks we were kicked out of our seats by a group and put in the back. It wasn’t even crowded yet. When I was asked to move I was okay with it but before we could even pick up the drinks we were pushed out of the way. I just felt because they see a person going solo I was tossed aside. I was not too happy and I finished my drink and left… The girls were awesome though. I will be back in Vegas in a few days for a week and I will go by your thoughts as well and maybe this time check out one of the other clubs you suggested. Thanks again for all the great info!
Bob, if you had a package with a reserved VIP table that should not have happened to you. If you went to the club without a package, this will always happen.
If you had wanted to stay, and you wanted a better table, remember that a $20 to the host always goes a long way. Just say, “Is a table a little closer to the stage (or wherever) available?” while you circumspectly hold out the twenty. It always turns out to be available.
Hey Arnold,
quick question on skyboxes..is it 500 with a 300 bar tab totaling of 800? or 300 bar tab goes towards that 500?
Finn, it’s 500 for the girl and room plus a 300 bar tab = 800 for an hour with a girl in the Skybox. Nice experience, though.
Hi Arnold, I’m a fairly new local and I’ve never been to sapphire. As far as self transportation goes, Is it self parking or valet only?
Brando, either way. You can self-park or valet park. Don’t miss the Monday Night Football parties coming up. They are terrific.
Dear Arnold,
Thank You. Your thoughts make a lot of sense.
I hear what you are saying about the dancer. You make valid points, which I actually agree with once I read and re-read your thoughts. Specially, your comment that the dancer “probably feels there needs to be lots of warm-up time in the VIP.” when it relates to couples, given women guests freaking out horror stories. I get it.
You hit the right points. In my mind the issues were that besides certainly the point that we didn’t get to choose her, it’s that from the get-go the dancer tried to get her friend involved (instead of asking), rushed us to the skybox and finally stating that the typical tip is $100 to $150 when $20, or $40-50 is what’s right. I kind of had the feeling that this amount could not be the typical tip; but I just wanted to avoid any chance of a conflicting or uncomfortable situation. At the end of the day, we go there to get beautiful fun memories — and not the other way around.
In any case, again, you’re right. It was learning experience. And it was indeed the first time I’ve visited a strip club with my wife (we’re newlyweds). I really appreciate you sharing what happened when you and your wife went to a strip club for the first time together.
I will follow your advice and visit Sapphire again when we are back in Vegas next year (including calling the same VIP host). This time with more experience and better control of the evening. Thank you.
Harry, the first dancers who approach you in a Vegas strip club, including if sent over by a host, tend to be more aggressive sellers.
Next time, just tell the host you want to watch the show and play the field for a while. Get rid of the first dancers who approach you quickly unless one of them really happens to be your type, in which case you’re going to have to deal with a harder sell.
The girls who drift to your table after the most aggressive sellers give up are usually softer. This is for any Vegas strip club. And remember, if you know they’re not really your type, don’t waste their time. They have to earn back a stage fee of around $100 just to break even for the night, and that doesn’t include their special lingerie, transportation, etc. Many fly in for the weekend to work at Sapphire, and they have to cover those costs too.
If you want to take time with a dancer to make sure she’s your type, you kind of have to feed the meter (keep getting lap dances, or just tip her for her time). Otherwise, let her know it won’t happen so she can go make money elsewhere.
One last thing. You have to have a thick skin in Vegas in general over tip requests. Everyone in town lives off tips, so they’re not shy about asking for tips and suggesting a high amount. If a limo driver or dispatcher tells you $10 is the normal tip, you don’t have to give him $10. Give him $5 unless there’s some special reason he deserves $10 (like you’re going to the Sapphire pool for the Sunday check-out special, and he loads all your suitcases into the car for you and helps you carry them in to security at the pool.)
It’s the same with dancers. Just because a dancer suggests an outrageous tip, doesn’t mean you have to give that. Just hand her what you feel is appropriate. If you don’t feel any tip is appropriate, just say, “Oh, I’m sorry, I didn’t budget for that. But thank you so much for the dance.”
Hello Arnold,
First of all, let me say Thank You. Your website, reviews and comments section are by far the very best I’ve seen for this type of entertainment in Vegas.
My wife and I visited Sapphire yesterday. We are in Vegas for a few days celebrating a few things. Based on your reviews and comments section I thought it was the place to go. I must admit that I am a planner — so in order to get all things lined up and avoid some hustling while at the club, I paid two VIP65 and a skybox private room in advance by calling the club the day before. We were picked up by a friendly limo driver and upon arrival promptly we were walked into the establishment where a VIP host was waiting for us. As he personally was walking us to our table in the main floor, he introduced us to a girl who he said has worked quite a bit with couples before. She was cute; so I didn’t immediately mind. My plan actually was going to follow your advice and “test” girls’ attitude and interest until finding the adequate one. But by the VIP host ‘placing’ a girl with us from the start, my plan felt apart. And on top of that, this girl then brings a friend of hers. So, suddenly we find ourselves with two girls right off the bat! I wasn’t that happy at that point. But, I decided to trust that the VIP host knew what he was doing.
During our time in the main floor, I looked around and I couldn’t agree more with you about the quantity and prettiness of the girls that you mention in your review. There are lots of really hot girls over there.
In any case, these two dancers stayed with us at our table in the main floor and I bought one lap dance for my wife from each girl. These girls knew that we had a skybox reserved and they were trying to upsell and get us all four to the skybox after just a couple of minutes of being in the main floor. But, we said that we wanted to stay in the main floor instead for a little bit at least. Let’s say about 20 minutes or so after we sat down, I finally told the first girl that we had reserved the skybox for only one dancer. So, the second girl proceeded to leave; but I did give her an extra $20 as a tip for her time.
When the three of us finally went to the skybox, I made yet another mistake. I trusted that the dancer was going to keep tabs on the time being spent and ‘reserve’ a good amount of time to heat things up. But instead, we ended up using the first 35-40 minutes for small talk. We went to Sapphire because my wife has been intrigued about doing some touchy feely boobies time with another girl, and of the sort; and I was all too happy to oblige. By the time when things were getting somewhat interesting, the dancer says time is up and that we had even passed like 15 minutes the hour. She tried to upsell another hour but at that point I was too disappointed; so I said ‘No, thank you’. The dancer proceeded to say that it is typical to get $100 to $150 tip; but that it was up to me. I gave her $100 to just end the situation quickly and without an incident (I guess that was dumb of my part). The whole thing looked like a total ripped off.
We did enjoy the VIP treatment from the start (very friendly VIP host, cocktail server and limo driver) and the VIP host gave us the same limo driver to get us back to our hotel. Though, certainly the dancer that the VIP host provided to us was not what we needed. So, the overall experience at the club left a serious bitter taste. We had spent money freely while we were there trying to fulfill a unique experience that I thought Sapphire would provide. But certainly it was far from it.
We are planning to come back to Vegas in a few months. What should we do differently to increase the odds that the experience we are looking for actually happens? Call the VIP host next time (I do have his card) and make sure he understands what we need?? I’m disoriented and disappointed. I’m feeling right now like giving up the whole thing.
Thank you for your insights and advice.
Harry, I wrote up an answer to you first thing this morning, then the more that I thought about it, the more I realized I was wrong. So here are my thoughts.
First, any VIP dance or private room dance or Skybox dance at any strip club in Vegas starts the minute you enter the VIP or private room door. I’ve never had a dancer start chitchatting instead of dancing, that’s a new one. But if it happened, I would take charge. I would say something like, “You look so hot. Come here in my lap.”
Now to the heart of it. At first I thought you might have run into hustlers. But the more I thought about it, the more I don’t think so. The tell is that the dancer spent time with you at your table before heading to the Skybox, and in the Skybox she added 15 minutes to your time to make up for a portion of the chitchat. Hustlers don’t do that. Also, you say that the dance had really started heating up. That doesn’t sound like a hustler either.
I think this dancer honestly considers herself an expert on entertaining couples, and feels there needs to be lots of warm-up time in the VIP. Every dancer has a horror story she’s heard about a woman guest who freaked out in the VIP. This dancer wants to avoid that.
That means she’s probably developed a reputation in the club as a dancer who doesn’t have women guests freaking out on her. So the host was probably trying to do a good job too.
The biggest problem is that you and your wife got rushed into the Skybox before you were really ready and you didn’t get to choose a dancer for yourselves. That’s a bummer. That’s like getting married three weeks after meeting the first girl you’ve ever dated. You needed time to play the field in the club.
For what you are looking for, I would go right back to Sapphire because it’s a terrific club for the experience you want. I’d probably give that same host a call and tell him exactly what you told me in your comment. You want more time watching the show and scouting dancers and getting lap dances before you choose a girl for the Skybox. Make up your minds that you are not going to accept any dancer for the Skybox until you have had time to enjoy a drink and you’ve scouted the room and know who you want.
If you go back to the same host, you are now a repeat VIP customer, which is a host’s dream. That means this host is going to do everything possible to see you get what you want.
By the way, a $100 to $150 tip for a Skybox dance, even if the dance has been terrific, is extremely generous. It’s perfectly fine not to tip, $20 is a nice gesture, with maybe $40-50 for an exceptional experience. If everything about the dance has been perfect, and you know you’ve got memories to relive for years to come, then you decide if you want to make a special gift of $100.
The first time I took my wife to a strip club, she got us railroaded into the VIP with the first dancer who saw us come through the door. This is not an unusual experience. I’d try again if I were you. This time you’ll be in control of your evening and I think you will probably have an evening to remember.
I removed a comment that had bad recommendations and inaccurate info. But here’s some advice for all.
Peak hours in the Vegas strip clubs are Friday and Saturday nights, especially from 10 pm on. Some clubs don’t hit peak hours until midnight or 1 am. Thursday nights can get crowded too. Week nights, it depends on holidays and what conventions are in town. If you’re going on a particular date, ask and I’ll let you know if the club is likely to be crowded.
When I give dancer numbers for each club, I always specify “at peak hours.” A club that gets 130+ dancers at peak hours on Saturday night may get roughly half that on a slow week night with no conventions in town. Same for a club that gets 400+ at peak hours on a Saturday night. You will never have the full number of dancers all on the floor at the same time–you’ll have roughly 2/3 of them on the floor, with some off in the VIP or dressing room.
A large percentage of the club’s dancers don’t even show up until midnight or 1 am or 2 am. If you arrive at a club at 11 pm and stay until 3 am, you’ll see most of the 11 pm dancers replaced with new dancers before you leave the club.
At Sapphire you need a package if you’re going after roughly 9 pm pretty much any night of the week. That’s because there will be no seats left on the rail and all tables are reserved for packages or bottle service. The club will be standing room only on Friday and Saturday nights, sometimes on Thursday nights, and whenever there is a convention in town. But I recommend a package at Sapphire any night after 9 pm because you get both a discount on booze and a table, and you won’t be able to get a seat without one even if the club isn’t packed. This is standard at popular nightclubs in Vegas.
Know in advance what to tip: How Much to Tip in a Vegas Strip Club. $5 is generous for the limo driver. $3 is acceptable. $10 is rape. There’s no need to tip the host for guiding you to a VIP table included in a package. Only tip a host if he does something extra for you, like taking you to a better table upon your request, or lining up a particular dancer for you.
Vegas people make their livings selling things to tourists and getting tipped by tourists. They will conspire to get you to tip each other, often to get special favors from each other. They hustle. Again, read our article on tipping so you don’t get run over, and read our article on Dealing with the Vegas Strip Club Hustle. I literally never feel hustled in Vegas strip clubs anymore because I nip it in the bud without even thinking about it. Here also are my top two tips on this subject.
Don’t let a dancer you don’t like monopolize you. See our article on Strip Club Vultures. I’ve never run into a vulture at Palomino, but they’re at every other club and even at Palomino you could run into a clingy dancer you personally don’t like.
Watch the lap dance action around you before you agree to a lap dance. Wait for a girl who’s been giving good mileage, if mileage is important to you. Watch for stage dancers who are getting physical with the guys on the rail–they are advertising their high mileage. Ask a host or waitress to send over a dancer you’re interested in. That kind of request is worth a tip.
Take your time at a Vegas strip club. Don’t let the dancers rush you. Watch the stage show a while, scout the dancers, get the lay of the land before you spend any money over the cost of your package or first drink. You will often find your first dancer contact overly aggressive–that’s because the pushy girls move in fast to try to empty your pockets before anyone else gets a crack at you. Get rid of that first hustler and maybe the second and you’ll find you’re approached by the softer girls who take their time and flirt with you and are a pleasure to deal with.
Coming from Canada all the clubs are full nude here with booze…needless to say we’re a bit spoiled and my wife and I love going out for some private dances here at home. Well, we’re headed to Vegas and we want to hit up Sapphire and get a private room. My question is, do the dancers go full nude in the private rooms or are they only topless? Is there a different set of “rules” behind closed doors?
Best to have some floor dances to get wound up and find our favorite girl and then head up?
Newb, at Sapphire the girls can only get topless in the private rooms. There is truly not much g-string there though. At Palomino the girls can get fully nude.
The dances are definitely looser and higher-contact in the private rooms. You’re making that dancer’s night and they tend to show their appreciation.
It’s not a bad idea to start with some floor dances, kind of check out your chemistry with the dancer, see whether she’s smooth and has some moves or just looks better from a distance. There are some gorgeous dancers at Sapphire who don’t do floor dancers though. If one of those girls really appeals to you, use your judgement based on her approach. Does she seem warm? Does she get close and flirt and make physical contact with both of you? If so, she’s probably a good choice.
I’ve never had a disappointment in a private-room dance at Sapphire.
Actually, not all of Canada are nude clubs. Newb would have to narrow it down to a city or province where the rules are made. Alberta has only topless with a minimum distance between the dancers and patrons so touching is not allowed.
Hi Arnold.. My wife and I are going to Vegas and she always goes with me to the strip club to see the woman. (God love her! Lol!) Anyway, I thought I’d surprise her and take her to the Men of Sapphire in addition to seeing the women at the same time.
How common is it for men to accompany women into the Men of Sapphire show? Don’t get me wrong. I have nothing against gay men, I just don’t want to look like one!????
Upforit, go for it. I’d be surprised if you didn’t see a few other guys there with their wives or girlfriends. Doing the male show and then the gentlemen’s club is getting to be a popular date.
Bish, you keep talking about the pool parties but you never mention the chance to be a DJ (For a price) at sapphire. It’s on their website. $2440 (With a $2000 cabana/food/drink credit.)
It’s called the “60 minutes of fame”.
Not my cuppa, (I would tak 3 skyboxes, myself, or the dinner date and skybox with a porn star). But some guys might be interested in it.
Tred, I never noticed it before. I’ll have to do a post on it–maybe interview one of the DJs coming up.
Please also let know any mandatory entry fee at Sapphire for MNF half times or the usual free limo transfer will apply with 15$ reservation fee with a waiver condition.
James, the Monday Night Football parties at Sapphire have a $20 admission. That includes two drinks and a terrific catered buffet. See here: Vegas Strip Club MNF Parties.
To get the limo, you pay a reservations fee of $15. They will waive that at the door if you buy a 2-for-1 drink ticket at the door for $19.
Then the half time lap dances are $1 each.
How much reservation fee a couple has to pay going to sapphire with free limo service? Would it be 30$?
James, for a couple you’d pay $30. That would be waived at the door if you purchase two 2-for-1 drink tickets for $19 each.
But if you’re going with a wife or girl friend, I’d strongly recommend getting two VIP65 packages so that you get a reserved table for the night.
If you don’t want to do that, make sure you get there by 9 pm, otherwise you will not find a place to sit down.
If I go solo and purchase a VIP 60 package, will I get a table all to myself and not be kicked out? I’m not a drinker so I probably wouldn’t be getting anything from the bar, I just want my own seat .
Joel, I can’t guarantee a full table all to yourself (Sapphire gets filled to standing room only). But I can guarantee you’ll own your seat at the table for the entire time you’re at the club and your table will have a reserved sign on it.
If you leave for the bathroom or VIP, just be sure to tell the cocktail waitress or host that you’ll be returning.
The tables are very small. If someone else is seated at your table, he’ll turn his chair to face the stages. He’ll just be resting his drink on the table you share.
Get yourself bottled waters or soft drinks and use the rest of the drink vouchers to buy drinks for dancers.
Hi Arnold, I will go Las Vegas Strip Club for my first time. I am planning to go Sapphire solo on Tuesday night and I just want few lap dance, watching pole dance, one drink maybe, arriving by free limo.
Should I go in by buying the VIP65 or buy-1-get-1 (how much does it cost actually?)
Will VIP package reserve a better table for pole dance?
Plus what time should I go in order to save money and meet the better and hotter dancers?
Andy, if you get the VIP65 package, you can go at peak hours when there are hundreds of dancers. If you get the free limo with the buy-1-get-1 without the VIP65 package, you have to go very early, when there are maybe 40-60 dancers in the club.
So, the question is whether you want to pay a little more for the prime time experience.
If you get there before 9 pm, you can find a seat on the rail (on one of the stages). The buy-1-get-1 ticket was $19 last time I checked (roughly six weeks ago). You can get lap dances there, but you can’t see the stage show very well because the stages are pretty high up.
If you get there at 10:30-11 pm, it’s prime time. You need the VIP65 package at that time to be able to sit down and get lap dances. From the VIP tables you can see the dancing on all three stages. You can get 3-4 drinks, depending on what you get, and you’ll get a free shot (normally $30+). Plus you get free host service, which means you can ask a host to send over your type of girl for a lap dance, or maybe a dancer you’ve spotted across the room, plus a line pass. Either way, you get the free limo and free admission.
Just depends on whether the extra for the package is worth it to you for the better view and the prime time selection of dancers.
Hi Arnold, generally sapphire pool is busy on friday or saturdays? and where to check the pool events (hosting) for the coming July 4th weekend? Thanks in advance.
Jason, yes, it’s usually busy on Fridays and packed on Saturdays. July 4th weekend it will be packed every day.
I’ll be posting the pool hosts/hostesses here as soon as I find them out, which will be within hours of the hosts being booked. I’ll also do home page posts on them well in advance of the July 4th weekend so people can reserve a place.
Right now, the only firm name for the July 4th weekend is Natalia Starr, July 2013 Penthouse Pet. She’ll definitely be on stage at Sapphire the night of Saturday, July 1. Usually she would host the pool party the day after but that could still change.
I expect to know the other names any day now.
Jason, I have more info on the porn stars coming to the Sapphire pool the July 4th weekend.
Abigail Mac will be in the club Friday, June 30 and the Sapphire topless pool on Saturday, July 1.
Natalia Starr will be at the club Saturday, July 1 and at the Sapphire pool Sunday, July 2.
Still not sure about Friday of that weekend. Check back here for updates: Porn Stars Hosting at Sapphire and Sapphire Topless Pool.
Do the women at Saphhire wear that hideous powder/glitter perfume? I have a couple hours to kill before I meet up with my girlfriend who is flying into Vegas. Is there a strip club you could recommend where gals are mindful of wearing too much perfume?
Fred, it’s dancer by dancer. But a lot of dancers here are aware that guys don’t want to get perfume on them.
You’ll have a good selection of non-perfumed girls just because of the sheer number of dancers at Sapphire.
I haven’t noticed glitter at Sapphire.
My wife and I visited Sapphire on recommendation from your site (5-14-2017). We called the club limo service and that went smoothly. We were alone on this ride. The club atmosphere was intimidating. Large security guys, metal detector, overall not a relaxed feeling. The club was very nice but the stage was not well lit. We had a table that was about 15 feet from the stage and it was difficult to see the face of the dancer. As a couple it’s hard to get attention from the dancers. Many girls walked by us without saying a word. A few approached us and just wanted to dance. It’s better if a girl tries to have a conversation as my wife picks the girls and she’s not going to pick anyone who can’t converse. The pole on the stage is only 8’ tall so there wasn’t much happening there. The girls on stage did give the customers attention when they were tipping. Only one girl had a good stage show and we watched her lap dance. She was the one girl my wife liked. I stopped her as she walked by and introduced my wife. We did 2 lap dances in the main room and decided it might be worth the VIP experience with her. We weren’t disappointed but the 15 minute VIP cost $150 for the dancer and $76 for the 3 mandatory drinks. The waitress then informed me that I needed to tip her as well…so another $10 for the waitress. $236 for 15 minutes of fun…but it was fun. Also the door price was steep. We took the club limo but the drink coupons were a lot…more than $60 for us. I can’t remember the exact amount , I just remember being shocked when they told me how much. If we hadn’t met this particular girl, we would not have done VIP with anyone there. Thanks for the info.
Also, which package do you recommend for us to purchase at Sapphire because I would also like to go to the male revue and of course see the ladies side as well? Any recommendations for us as a couple as to how to get the best high mileage dances? Sorry for all the questions and thanks again for your help.
KJ, no problem. The best package depends on whether you want a bottle or champagne and strawberries, or whether you want a more economical package that still gets you the VIP treatment.
Two solo packages (the VIP65) are $130 ($65 each) and get you over $138 in drinks, plus free limo, line pass, VIP table, etc. Couples packages start at $165 and get you around $190 in drinks. There’s a champagne & strawberries with whipped cream package for $225, if you’re into that.
The male show tickets are $40 per person, and that’s separate, but that includes free limo too.
I’d probably work out a custom package with the club here: Custom packages.
Tell them that you want to include the male show but also have a reserved table inside the main club after. They’ll help you work out the best deal.
To get the best high mileage dances, just watch the dancers around you and let the highest-contact dancers know you’re interested in a dance (or let a host or cocktail waitress know which dancer you’re interested in and they will send her over).
Or watch how a dancer approaches you. If she stands 3 feet away and says “Want a dance?”, she’s probably not a high-mileage dancer. If she puts her arm around you and your husband, or sits with you and touches you as you’re talking, she’s probably into contact.
Or walk up to the stage and tip a dancer on stage and watch how she reacts to you. If she comes up to you and reaches over the stage to hug you or put her titties in your face, you know she’s into high contact.
If you find dancers are shy about approaching you at first because you’re a couple, you go ahead and make the first move so they know they don’t have to be shy.
I think you’ll have a great time.
My husband and I will be in Vegas June 2-4 and we want to experience the best strip club for couples. We both love large breasts and we would love to have high mileage dances. Any suggestions?
KJ, for what you are looking for, go to Sapphire. Get two solo packages or a couples package so you have a reserved table, because the club gets packed on weekend nights. That will also give you free limo transport, a line pass, and host service at the most elegant gentlemen’s club in Vegas. You get the best deal by reserving your package at the club’s website, because they throw in some extra drinks.
Sapphire is like a breast wonderland and the high-mileage dances actually shocked my wife the first time I took her to the club. The dancers are great with couples. There are three stages to watch between couples’ dances, and Nikki Delano (Friday night) or Kissa Sins (Saturday night) will be doing special shows while you’re in town. That tends to make for an especially great party.
Don’t hesitate to ask a host or cocktail waitress to introduce you to a particular dancer you’re attracted to, or send over some blondes, or whatever. They are there to help you have a terrific evening.
It’s a great erotic date for a couple.
Can I expect the ladies at Sapphire to offer me high mileage dances as well as my husband? Also, what can we expect to pay for private dances? Do private dances offer more contact? I love as much contact as possible and I would love it if some of the dancers wanted to play with my large breasts as well! Thanks so much!
KJ, you can get the Sapphire dancers to give you the high mileage dances or you and your husband can get couples dances. Either way, same charge.
In a couples’ dance, the dancers generally focus on the woman first, making sure you’re happy.
For the degree of contact you’re seeking, I’d recommend a private dance. In the group VIP, private shows start at $140 (that includes $40 in drinks) for 10 minutes. A 60-minute private show starts at $700 in a private booth or $800 for an hour in one of the Skyboxes (photos here) You can also get 30-minute private shows for $375.
The 60-minute private show puts you alone in a private space with a dancer and that loosens things up.
Hey Arnold,
I appreciate that you have all this info out for us! Quick question my girlfriend and I are going out to Vegas next month and she wants to spend money on a private skybox, I’m just wondering is it worth it compared to palominos 30-minute private dance show? I saw that you replied to some that it’s as close as you can goto a brothel experience? She’s looking to
Have a fun experience so any info would
Be greatly appreciated thanks!
Dean, the Skyboxes are more elegant, both are roughly comparable in privacy. So what it really depends on is what you and she are more into before and after your private show.
Sapphire is a high-mileage lap dance orgy. Think of a large dark elegant space lit only by turquoise twinkling lights and the glow from the bar and three stages, filled as far as the eye can see with beautiful women draped over smiling men. Awesome.
Palomino has the wildest stage show–think 2-4 girls getting naked on stage, flying around two stripper polls, doing crazy striptease acts out of leather or satin, one girl crawling across the stage to undress another.
They are both outstanding clubs with high standards of service. Both have hosts to look after you and make sure your evening goes well. Both have charming dancers that are experienced at entertaining couples. And these are the clubs that get the first pick of the best dancers in Vegas.
My wife loves both. I love both. You can’t go wrong with either.
Would Sapphire’s be the best choice if you were going solo for an hour or two?
Rob, Sapphire is a great choice for going solo any day of the week if you’re looking for the best lap dance scene. I’d recommend the VIP65 package if you’re going at peak hours (after 9-10 pm), which is a nice time to go.
If you think you’d like the nude stage show and VIP dances at Palomino Club, you can get a Flying Solo package for $60 that gives you free round-trip transportation and two drinks. That’s virtually the same deal, because although the package gives you two drinks instead of roughly four, you can buy the other two drinks for the money you save on cab fare back to your hotel.
The Palomino Club Solo package is only available Sunday through Thursday though. On Friday or Saturday the play would be to have your cab drop you off across the street at Jerry’s Nugget casino. Then walk across the street to the club and tell them you arrived by your own transportation. That gets you in for $10. Draft beers are $6, so you end up in the same ballpark.
So, get the right package or arrive the right way and go to Sapphire if you’re into a high-mileage lap dance orgy with 400 first-rate dancers or Palomino if you’re into a nude stage show & nude private dance with 130+ first-rate dancers.
Arnold, any tips on how not to lose your reserved table when you go to the stage or bathroom or VIP when your a single guy going alone to the club? Thanks!
Jordan, that’s what Sapphire’s hosts are for. Talk to a host, tell him you paid for a package with a reserved table, and ask him to save your table until you get back from the stage, VIP, or whatever.
Slip him a ten the first time you ask. Be sure to ask him to save your seat every time you leave, but you don’t have to slip him another tip.
This is all great research. Thank you. I saw your earlier comment about skyboxes for couples. It sounds like you recommend it. My girlfriend and I were at Sapphire in November. She got some great lapdances from “Monique” but other guys were just ogling the action. I’d rather just have this for my eyes only.
Ferris, I think your girlfriend, you and Monique would have a terrific time in a Skybox.
Hello Arnold, thanks for providing great info on these reviews. I’m planning on going to LV in a week or so and would Sapphire be a good first LV strip club to go to? (I’ve never been to vegas)Also what times would you say it’s rather calm and packed in the club? Thanks.
Donal, Sapphire would be a great first Las Vegas strip club to go to if you think you’d enjoy being immersed in 400 scantily-clad and beautiful women and you think you’d enjoy close contact lap dances with them.
If you’re more of a visual guy into watching a hot stage show, I’d recommend Palomino Club. Palomino Club has 100+ gorgeous dancers.
The dancers are charming at both places.
Sapphire is topless, Palomino is fully nude. Both clubs serve alcohol so you need to be 21+ to be admitted. Let me know which sounds more appealing & I can give you some tips on the best time to go and the way to get the most for your money.
Hello Arnold!!
I’m sorry, I’ve already questioned… but I have one (actually two) more doubt!!!
Me and my boyfriend are going to Vegas in march/2017 and we are planing to see Men of Sapphire on a Thursday. When we’re done there, we plan to move over to the main section with female strippers.
My question is: We will be abble to acces the main section or we will have to pay another cover charge? They are in the same building but, do they have separate cover charges??
Can I if get the Men Of Sapphire included in some package? The Men Of Sapphire review is is only half full at best and every couple that they can get in there who may buy a drink or get a lap dance is a bonus. We would have already paid for the limo and the cover at some package and I don’t think that we should have to pay the cost again.
Oh! Where can we buy the cover charge saving money? We should buy online like almost everybody or should we looking for tix4tonight or some promotion??
Thanks you, and I’m sorry I am so confused! I’ve looked for this answers on internet but people say different things about it all the time. It seems we have to have lucky. hehe
Bia, no, you will not have to pay another cover charge. Once you pay for Men of Sapphire you’re in the club and you can go from Men of Sapphire into the main club without paying again. Men of Sapphire admission was $20 last time I checked if you arrive by your own car or the club limo–I will confirm that for you later today.
You can buy Men of Sapphire packages here: Men of Sapphire packages (bottom half of page) but I don’t love the packages. I think it makes more sense for you and your husband to call for the free club limo and just pay the $20 admission fee for Men of Sapphire at the door.
If you arrive by cab, the club will charge a higher admission fee so be sure to either drive yourselves or arrange to take the club limo.
Sapphire will charge you and your husband an extra $15 reservation fee each for the limo and you can get the fee waived by each buying a two-for-the-price-of-one drink ticket at the door ($18-$19 last time I checked, which is a deal for this club).
That would mean you’re paying a total of $36-38 for four drinks and a total of $40 admission for the two of you, or $76-$78. The cheapest Men of Sapphire package would be $80 for the two of you and doesn’t include any drinks.
The only exception to this would be if a reserved table is important to you once you enter the main club after Men of Sapphire. Men of Sapphire ends just as the main club is in full swing, and it can be hard to get seats without a reserved table.
In that case, you might want to get a couples’ package on the club website here.
The package would give you the free limo transport, line pass, club admission & a reserved VIP table in the main club, all for the price of the drinks included in the package. Then you’d have to pay the $20 each admission to Men of Sapphire separately.
So, to summarize, I’d call for the free club limo, get the 2-for-1 drink tickets at the door, and pay the $20 admission to Men of Sapphire if you think 4 drinks will be about enough and you’re willing to scout out and perhaps wait for seats on the rail in the main club after Men of Sapphire.
If you think the two of you can drink more like six drinks plus a couple of shots, and a reserved table in the main club is important to you after Men of Sapphire, I’d get a Sapphire couples’ package for the two of you & pay the Men of Sapphire admission separately. You can use the couples’ package drink credits in both the main club and Men of Sapphire.
You might be able to get a custom couples’ package that gives you a break on the Men of Sapphire admission if you call 1-702-869-0003 but I don’t think the odds are good because the Men of Sapphire dancers probably control their own admission fee. It might be worth a try. Just know you have the other options if the person on the phone gets confused because they probably don’t hear this request often.
Oh! Thank you for a great and value information Arnold!
We will do what you’d do.
We want to call for the free club limo, get the 2-for-1 drink tickets at the door, and pay
the $20 admission to Men of Sapphire because 4 drinks will be enough. I’m just a little insecure about it because I read on YELP some recently reviews that Saphire is not giving up the limo fee when people want to purchase the 2-for-1 drink tickets. People are paying for the fee limo + cover charge admission. I didn’t find the information about the fee limo waver on saphire’s website. Is still on??
Oh, and on Las Vegas Oficial Website the tickets for men of saphire are $40,00. It must have increased.
Basicaly If we pay for Men Of Saphire we dont have to pay another charge to see the girls, but if we pay to see the gitls (VIP packadge, Couple Packedge or take the free club limo and get the 2-for-1 drink tickets at the door) we will have to pay another charge. It dont make so much sense, but I think that once we will be there it all will be more easy to understand.
I’ll wait for your answer to really decied what to do because If Saphire isn’t giving up the fee limo and is chargig people to get in, I think that buying some packedge online would be better because at least we will get the free shots.
Bia, you’re right, the price of Men of Sapphire has gone up to $40.
That means I would do this differently. I would get the $40 package for each of you at the Men of Sapphire website. That gets you to the club by free limo, gives you a line pass, and gets you into Men of Sapphire for the same price as tickets to Men of Sapphire alone.
You buy whatever drinks you want. If they offer you a 2-for-1 drink ticket at the door, obviously it’s a good value.
After Men of Sapphire, you’re already in the main club. Just head out the door and turn right to enjoy the female dancers. You won’t be charged a second admission.
I’m looking to come to sapphire in about a week. I’m coming with my wife and I’m looking to get a private lap dance with my wife being included in the dance for about half an hour preferable in private. What type of room should I be looking for.
Lama, at Sapphire even 30-minute dances ($375, includes $75 in drinks) are in the group VIP. The dancers will still give you a great high-contact couples show, very erotic.
You have to go for the 60-minute dance to get a private room. For $700 (includes $300 in booze), you get the dancer alone with you in a private booth with an open door. For $800, you can have the dancer alone with you in a Skybox private room, where you can shut the door behind you. Skybox dances include $400 in booze and full host service.
You can check out Sapphire Skyboxes on our Vegas strip club private rooms page.
If you’d like a private bedroom show but you really only want 30 minutes, I’d recommend checking out the Palomino Club private rooms directly below Sapphire on that same page. They have 30-minute private bedroom shows for $350 (though some dancers may charge more) and the dancers at Palomino, as at Sapphire, are terrific with couples.
Sapphire’s Skyboxes are the most luxurious in Vegas and the private couples’ shows are as hot as they come. You can go about as far as you can go without actually going to a brothel.
Hello Arnold,
I plan to go to Sapphire with my wife on a Friday night. The idea is to go for the Men dancer show and then move over to the main room for the Female dancers. We are not NV locals and we will be arriving in our own vehicle.
If we are not interested in purchasing a pre-paid drink package nor in necessarily getting a reserved VIP table, would you know what cover charges we can expect to pay at the door? Will there be two separate charges for each of the Men and the Female dancers sections? Would getting a “buy-1-get-1-free drink coupon” be a good option for us? Would we get any $ benefit by requesting the club limo rather than arriving in our own car?
Thank you in advance for your responses.
Jack: It’s always 20 each for out-of-state visitors, but if you arrive in a cab, you will have to add 45 each to get in the front door — so don’t arrive in a cab. If you arrive in your own vehicle, you won’t have to pay anything extra to go into the main room after the men’s show. You will probably be subject to a 2-drink minimum each and drinks at Sapphire start at 15. If that’s about your drink limit, then you probably don’t need a package. If you drink much more than that, then consider a package deal. The “buy-1-get-1-free drink coupon” (actually 2 drinks for 18) may only be available to those who come in the house limo. Ask them about it when you get there.
Went to Monday night football on December 26 with my wife. A bit short of half time lap dance girls as many had gone home for Christmas. Had two great hands on lap dances in the main room after the game. My wife, lucky me, loves to watch knowing that the excitement will climax once we get home.
After giving up on TOTT and trying Club Platinum last month, I finally went to Sapphire Monday 11/7/16 for MNF. $22.00 for 2 drinks and surprisingly good food. Also 2 raffle tickets. I won 2 prizes. The half time $1.00 dances were pretty wild. It is a great place to watch MNF. I bought a third beer for $7.00 thinking hey not bad for a strip club. Then I bought one on the main floor after the game, $15.00. WOW what a shock.
When I arrived I was about 20 minutes early for the MNF party. The doorman said sit wherever you like with a lighted sign which was most of the floor at that time. I didn’t even make it to a seat and was “welcomed” by a dancer. I explained I was there for MNF and it was my first time to Sapphire. She gave me a tour of the different rooms for the various price VIP dances. She asked if I would like a dance(no pressure for the VIP). She said it was happy hour if I would like to buy a drink first. Great deal for HH. $5.00 for a mixed drink from 4-6 pm. We sat and talked for a few minutes and then proceeded to get 2 very good dances. Great start at Sapphire.
Then right before half time as the girls started making their way into the room I had two Russian girls plop down in my lap. Karina was new and was being shown by the other what to do. I wouldn’t even come close to the spelling of her name. She was nothing but hard sell. wanted to do $20.00 dances during the $1.00 half time. Or she said she would sit with me and I could “tip her $5.00, $20.00 or whatever” I said No thanks, maybe after the game. 1 minute to go and she shows up again. After the game she escorts me to the main room. I figured ok, let’s do a dance and I’ll be done with her. We went into the back corner and got the worst dance ever in a strip club. All the while trying to sell me on “how much better it would be in the VIP”. NO thanks and I moved on. I had a few more great dances and then there was another who said she “did not do floor dances” I said I wasn’t interested in the VIP and she stormed off in a huff. As I was walking out the Russians stopped me again to push the VIP. Again I said NO THANKS and out the door I went. Overall a great place for “High mileage” dances. I will go back. Just know when to say NO.
Trip report:
Went on Saturday, Oct. 8.
First, traffic. There is (or was at least), roadwork on Sammy David Jr./Industrial right in front of the club. Bollards, barrels, k-rails and signs shifting the lanes. Fairly easy to follow and it didn’t interfere with entering/exiting the lot, but be aware.
Into the club. $45 cover. Got the obligatory latch on and headed to the back bar. Bought myself and her a drink. $45. Plus tip, I’m twelve minutes into my night and $93 into my budget.
A few minutes of tour with the lady and ask about a dance. “Ten minutes or half hour?” Ask about floor dances. “I don’t do those.” Personally, I find that ladies who don’t do floor dances are no great shakes in the VIP.
Another few minutes of wandering around and I find a different gal. Ask about dances. “Did you want the half hour or just the ten minutes?” Floor dances? Scrunches up her face and shakes her head.
Not a great beginning.
Stages are small, with fewer seats than the Rhino. It is possible to get some standup time railside, though. After a bit, I’m approached by a dancer going by the name “Mia Moore” (see what she did there?). She does floor dances, and very well, I might add. Finally back in the groove.
Was recommended to a couple of dancers by Monroe at Striptease. Finding them was easy enough. There’s a bouncer/host at a podium right near the front desk. Give him the name and he’ll call it in to the DJ who’ll put it over the sound system. Delilah and Foster showed up and were a lot of fun.
Feature dancer Alexis put on quite a show, got a lap dance from here ($100 per song, but I enjoyed it).
At the end of the evening I did take one lady into the VIP for a three song set.
Cons: Two drinks are $53, about a third higher than the $40 other clubs charge. No couches or booths, just the same high sided rolling chairs used out on the floor.
Pros: Lighting is dimmer than the main club, but bright enough to still clearly see your dancer. When the door closes sound levels drop thirty or forty decibels, allowing for a closer kind of conversation.
Will probably go again, maybe try on a weekday.
David, you’d save money with a package. $65 (and mandatory tax) gets you free limo, free admission, a VIP table, a line pass, and a $50 drink card, plus a shot.
You paid $45 for admission alone.
If you’re ever here on a Monday during football season, try the Monday Night football party. $20 gets you a catered buffet, two drinks, free admission, and there are dollar dances at half time–when a great dancer lands in your lap, just keep feeding her dollars for the best lap dance in town.
Thanks Arnold. Do I get to choose reserved table, (I’ll go early). I want the girls to have easy access for lapdances. Do you have any recommendation for the best areas in the club. How much should I tip the host?
Rick, yes, the package will include a reserved table. As you are handed over to the host for seating, have a $10 ready to slip to him and tell him you’d like to be seated in the middle of the lap dance action, near the stages.
When the club gets really crowded, it can be difficult for dancers to make it through the tables to the edges and corners of the room.
Also, if you’re towards the middle of the room near the stages, you can see the dancers near the entrances to the room and wave one over if you see a girl you like.
Hi Arnold,
Can the VIP65 to reserve a table be purchased with cash? I don’t like the idea of doing it online – ie credit card charge… thanks
Rick, you can get the package and pay for it with cash at the club the night of your visit, but you lose out on the free shot that comes with it if you purchase online.
Just call the club at 702-869-0003 to reserve your limo ride and tell them you’ll be wanting the package.
Thank you for the quick response. I don’t think nike pants and shoes are gangwear yet (cross fingers). I need to wear somewhat of a gym attire because that’s what I’ll be telling the wifey 😀
One more question though, this is a high-mileage place, right? Mostly? Can I massage and bury my face in boobies?
Jon, you’ll be fine in nike. And Sapphire is the mileage capital of the universe. Take a moment to look around you when you get to the club and you’ll see uncountable hundreds of gorgeous girls offering what you’re looking for.
Is there a formal wear policy? Are T-shirt, pants and sneakers ok? Belt-less pants if possible, lol. Because it seem belts get in the way of lapdances lol
Jon, you should be okay as long as it’s not gang wear, ripped jeans, or a sleeveless t-shirt. To be safe, maybe wear a shirt with a collar, like a polo shirt.
Arnold
If I wanted to go to sapphire one night but hadn’t planned ahead would I still be able to get a reserved table via the VIP65 package. For example, say I hit the club on a Friday night in with my boys and then one or two of us decide the next night (a Saturday) we want to go back, maybe we have more cash left to blow than we thought. How late would be too late to decide to go and still be able to do the package (i.e. Get a table) because without a table we all know a Saturday night for dances would be tough. Would I be able to call at 9-10pm for a midnight -1am pickup and still be able to do the vip65 for 1-3 people? Thanks for all you do on the site. I hope the pornstar thing is still going on this winter.
Jordan: [Edited reply]: My misunderstanding. Sapphire says if you reserve a package, the table is reserved in your name and you can only cancel the reservation up to 48 hours prior.
Yes, i guess I’m more or less talking about if it’s possible to just call up on a Saturday night a couple hours before we want to go and be able to still get a table. Without him booking it several days in advance.
Jordan, as long as it’s not a big fight weekend or concert weekend or 3-day weekend, you’ll probably be okay. I’d plan to be there before 11 pm if you’re making arrangements last minute.
Great advice, thank you.
Arnold, my girlfriend is a lightweight drinker, only one or two a night. So the couples package here makes no sense for us. If we just walk in with no package (we’ll be driving ourselves) and pay the cover what are the chances of getting a decent table on a Monday or Tuesday night? We love sitting at the rail at clubs but it looks like the stages at Sapphire are pretty small and therefore have very few rail seats, is that true? One final question, will clubs pick you up in a limo at another club to take you to theirs? Or is it only hotel to club service…
Jimmy, Sapphire and most clubs will pick you up at another club in the strip club area around Industrial, though not at a club out in the boonies like Babes.
The problem with going to Sapphire any night without a package is pretty much every table will be reserved. If you go a little earlier than peak hours, though, you should be able to get seats on the rail. You should be okay arriving at 9:45-10 pm or earlier.
Another option is to get two of the VIP65 packages. That would save you money off the couple’s package but get you the line pass and reserved table without drowning you in booze you won’t drink.
You might even try this: If you’re driving yourself rather than taking the club limo, buy one VIP65 package. That gets you a reserved VIP table. Then just pay the admission for your wife and take her with you to your table. If the host is uncomfortable with that when he seats you, slip him a $10.
Hi Arnold,
You’ve been giving some great suggestions and reviews about sapphire. When I look at the Yelp reviews for sapphire, they have really bad and negative reviews from customers. How accurate do you think these negative reviews on Yelp are? Is it mostly just a bunch of BS? Thanks.
Chad, there was an expose not long back that showed businesses had to buy advertising with Yelp to keep good reviews online. Plus, I know for a fact that the Vegas clubs have employees writing bad reviews about the competition and good reviews about their own club.
When people on Yelp write an honest complaint, it’s usually about using their credit cards to buy “dance dollars.” There is no extra fee for using your credit card for drinks, admission, etc. but if you buy “dance dollars” it is a cash advance and there is a huge extra fee (20%, last time I checked). So be sure to bring cash for lap dances.
But this is the case at every strip club in Vegas, not just Sapphire.
I’ve also seen a complaint about a girl at the admissions desk not honoring the posted admissions price, or something like that. If that should happen to you, just ask to speak to a manager, and it will be corrected. This is an honest club.
Also, if you read my review, you will see that drinks are expensive at Sapphire — $15 for a beer or wine, average drink price $19. So, this is probably not the club to go to if your budget for the night is $40. A lot of promoters work in Vegas and get paid for just getting guys through the door, even if the guy really doesn’t have the budget for this club. That can lead to disappointment.
I believe the price is worth it for this club. It’s the highest-end club in town, with literally uncountable hundreds of gorgeous dancers. It has the best special events and parties in town. And the lap dance scene really does have the feeling of an orgy. When I first took my wife to this club, she thought it looked like the Hieronymous Bosch painting Garden of Earthly Delights, the panel where everyone’s having sex, before the panel where everyone goes to hell.
And they know how to take care of their customers. If you’re sitting there and longing for the beautiful blonde across the room to come over and offer you a dance, just ask a club host for an introduction–that’s what he’s there for. If you want the host to keep you supplied with a steady stream of girls with big titties, he will help you with that too. Just slip him a tip if you appreciate that kind of service.
So, it’s all about the right club for the right guy. If you’re on vacation and want to spoil yourself, I highly recommend Sapphire.
Thanks Arnold! Will probably use the rock star package for a friends bachelor party!
Love your website and have loved the two times we have visited Sapphire! We will be going to Vegas the end of August to party with another couple for his birthday.
We want to have an awesome experience together at Sapphire with the 4 of us wand were looking at the ROCKSTAR STATUS package which offers ROCKSTAR lounge seating (3hr). Do you know what this is? Is it worth it?
Which package would you recommend if we were looking for some private time with some dancers for the 4 of us?
Thanks again!
Jared, the Rockstar Lounge is a special lounge area in the middle of the action at Sapphire, beneath the elevated transparent center stage. It’s separated from the rest of the room by draperies. You can leave the drapes pulled back to be part of the club’s lap dance scene or you can have them closed for privacy.
You can see a picture of the lounge about 1/3 of the way down the page on our bachelor party page here.
Instead of the usual club chairs and a small table, there are supremely comfortable sofas, etc. Getting the Rockstar package will get you not only the champagne, etc. listed in the package, but in general the super royalty treatment at the club and a lot of attention from the dancers. You should feel free to ask a club host for anything you might want, including asking him to introduce you to a specific dancer or keep you supplied with a particular type of dancer.
You might also want to consider going with a Skybox party. The Skyboxes overlook the main room and about half of them are a nice size for four people (see Skybox photos here near the top of the page). They are the most elegant gentlemen’s club private rooms in Vegas.
The Skyboxes are $800/hour, but that includes a dancer to entertain you for the hour and $300 in drinks. In the Rockstar Lounge, you pay the dancers separately.
In the Skyboxes, you can get a different dancer every hour, if you like, and you can arrange for more than one dancer at a time (there would be an extra charge for that–I believe it’s $500/hour for every dancer more than one). In a Skybox, you control the music and volume and lighting.
In a Skybox party, a club host will be assigned to you. He’s there to make every effort to make sure you have a great time.
You’d reserve a custom Skybox party here.
Both would be a fantastic way to enjoy this club. The Rockstar Lounge would be the choice if you want to be more in the center of the lap dance scene and have a greater variety of dancers in to entertain you with lap dances.
A Skybox party would be better if you want more privacy, control over the music and lighting, and the concentrated attention of a dancer or dancers there to entertain you for a full hour or longer.
When Floyd Mayweather or movie stars go to Sapphire, they tend to book a Skybox party for their entourages.
There’s also a karaoke room at Sapphire, if the four of you would enjoy singing karaoke with dancers in between getting them in your laps. If you guys are into singing, let me know and I’ll get the rate for you. It was a little higher than a regular Skybox, if I remember correctly.
I go to Sapphire mainly for lap dances out on the main floor, but when I want to really treat myself, I go for a luxurious hour with a dancer in a Skybox.
Lol! Thanks, I’ll keep it on the longer side then for sure. Extra beard oil too to cope with the climate!
Hi Arnold! I am a big fan of Sapphire (and your site!) and will be visiting again in September. Since my trip there (and there were several in the 10 days I was there!) I have grown a beard, a trimmed one at that. It has met with Universal approval from friends, family and women I’ve been dating in the months I’ve had it (over 3 months now) and I would say my attractiveness has increased by 20%.
How well do beards fare in the clubs in you experience Arnold? Obviously in Sapphire the mileage is there, and I can report some fantastic times in and out of the VIP. Obviously the contact is significantly less than with a full on sexual encounter (one woman had red marks on her breasts who I was dating though the beard wasn’t as soft and in its first full month after foreplay but this is all I have to report as negative here).
I’m wondering if it simply depends on the dancer, and/or whether my increased attractiveness (I’m not a bad looking guy anyway) is worth keeping the beard and road testing it when I get there?!
Any insight you could provide would be most appreciated!
David H, at the moment I am sporting a beard myself and look a lot like the Unabomber. My beard is at the longer, softer stage, and I have not had a negative reaction from any club or dancer yet.
Obviously if you have a three-day growth with hairs as sharp as needles don’t expect motorboating.