You need to buy another drink!
Most of the clubs in Las Vegas or anywhere else for that matter have a minimum drink rule. Fine. As long as it’s understood before a customer pays his cover charge and walks in the door, I don’t see a problem with that. Afterall, the club is a business and they have to make their money. Some examples are the bottomless $10 drink at Deja Vu or Lil Darlings, the two drink tickets for $10 at Olympic Gardens, the $8 drink at Tally-Ho, the two ($12) drinks required at Palomino, et al. However, my current rant revolves around clubs that make you purchase additional drinks after you’ve already bought the supposed minimum.
What am I talking about in particular? Okay, I’ll be blunt. I’m talking about The Palomino. In the past, once a customer had already bought 2 drinks when watching the feature show downstairs, they had to purchase an additional drink to go upstairs to watch the regular strip show. That basically made it a 3 drink minimum. However, whenever you called the club, the policy was always a “2 drink minimum”. I made a note of this in a past review because quite a few readers had started referring to The Palomino as a clip joint. I personally wouldn’t go to that extreme, however, I did think they weren’t following their own policies. After adding that to the review, I received a letter from Palomino management. As you can see, they claim it isn’t club policy.
Let’s make sure. Please email LMR if you go to the Palomino and keep me updated on the drink situation. It’s little things like this that can ruin an otherwise perfectly wonderful club. On the other hand, I’d like to offer kudos to the many clubs which don’t force extra drinks on their customers: Crazy Horse Too, Cheetahs, Centerfold Lounge, and several others which I haven’t mentioned. Let’s hope club management at the different clubs realize that their customers have a choice in Las Vegas, and that if they don’t make changes, there’s always somewhere else to go.
UPDATE: During our last review visit in late June, The Palomino has not been forcing customers to buy additional drinks. After you buy your first two drinks, you will not be forced to buy anymore. Be sure to keep your receipt. Kudos to The Palomino for listening to their customers and making changes when necessary.