Starlets Review from Summer 2022
Saw this review on the other site and posting here as there isn't much info in the thread about this spot.
Alright look this is the kind of spot that you'll see rappers, and athletes go to in NYC and make it rain, rent out a corner, whatever all that fucking shit. Not really my thing, but I just wanted to check it out for the sake of seeing what's up. This is also the spot where the bartenders ("startenders" here) and dancers have been beefing. Couple of news articles on that [URL]nypost.com[/URL].
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So basically the dynamic is the Startenders are all up on instagram, they kind of bring in the customers. They are not danceable though I asked. Apparently they don't have to tip out though. The dancers say the startenders kind of look down on them, like "I ain't some stripper ho" meanwhile it's like the same shit. Some kind of jealousy thing that's apparently still going on, but hopefully they put aside their differences because you got some high rollers coming in here sometimes, their photos are all up on the wall, all the big names in hip hop / athletes that were in here.
Alright it's a Thursday night at about 1145. Industrial area, I found parking on one of the side streets. Not far from the NYC Gentleman's Club. Right off the Brooklyn Queens and Express way and also right by the Grand Central Parkway so should be easy to get to. 3 security guys. Check the Vaccine card. I'd scan. Pat down. Stomp your feet. Keep walking further up to the door, cover is heavy $40, I asked if the guy did a military discount, he said alright and did $20 which was cool of him, I can't stand doing more than $20 at the door let alone fucking $40 good lord. Anyway walk in down the hall, all the celebrity photos, then looks like they had a buffet going, I'm trying lose some weight so I passed. Walk past a big instagram selfie taking mirror. Bathrooms on the right and then your in the club. Big bar, stage on the inside a couple poles. Standing only at the bar no seats. Two upper lounge areas with couches all along the sides and tables. Some where up there smoking hookah, and you can also get dances up there, $25. Other than that the girls can grind on you near the bar and you just tip singles. Crowd seemed to start pouring in around midnight, but not that crowded overall. Way more bartenders and dancers then customers. Hip Hop type crowd.
Girls. Alright you got the startenders about 20 of them all inside the bar, they could get drinks for you, but mostly on their phones taking selfies. They were in these hot pink spandex things that I have to admit was one of hottest uniforms I've seen. And then you got the dancers not in pink, dancing on stage and milling about. The Startenders were a clear head and shoulders over the dancers I thought. I would put them at a 9 and the dancers at a 7. Majority Latina / Black maybe one white startender but she coulda been latina in hindsight. Alot of big asses and big titties. A lot fake stuff but some not. There were a couple spinners in their but it was obvious if you want to be a startender you got to have to have the goods. This club is very similar to Atlantis down in Woodhaven but maybe their dancer / bartender looks were closer to the mean. Main difference you could get lap dances here.
I got dances from some domincan girl named CiCi. She was pretty. Mileage was decent, you can't do too too much you kind of visible but their was nobody policing me. She was kind of touch and go, grind, stand up shake her booty, I would bring her back to grind some more. It was alright, she was nice, it was atleast two way but I don't know if folks come here for the dances or hell even the dancers. They see these startenders with that wannabe Kim Kardashian look, a lot of them kinda look like she does, they see them on instagram and they want to come through and chat, watch. So I don't know if this really a great mongering spot. The greatest of us can make it work anywhere but that $40 cover probably hurts too much. And the hottest chicks here aren't even danceable. Look I came, I saw it, caught the vibe, but this is just not my kind of spot, more of a rap video sort of place. With that being said, if your into black / latina / mixed sort of looking girls, I don't know how much fun you can have but some of the hottest ones in the city work behind the bar for the instagram looking type girls. I just don't need a model looking girl to give me my corona. You can look all fucked up to me to give me that, it's ok. And apparently a lot of drama, not so much the 2 amer kind but more the catty real housewives of Queens strip clubs type. Anyway had to get in here, first review for this spot in 5 years. [URL]www.youtube.com[/URL].
Anybody been to Ildas after the Reno?
I stopped going after a few of the girls retired that I used to love seeing.