Red Velvet Gentlemen's Club

(Formerly W Showgirls, W Sports Bikini Bar)
19312 Vanowen St., Reseda
Exit 101 North @ Tampa, right on Tampa, left on Vanowen
(818) 345-9900
Web site: http://www.wshowgirls.com/
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/wbikinigirls
Sun - Sat: 11am - 2am
Room capacity: 156
Map
Name change to Red Velvet: 11/2007
Grand opening: 8/2006
Last review: 1/2007
Last visit: 12/2006

Update 2/2008:
This club is officially closed.  The review below is from 2007.

As of November 2007, this club is now nude and does not serve alcohol.  The review below is for "W Showgirls" and does not reflect the changes.  The cover charge is now $10, drinks are $5 and dances are $12.  Use your Z-VIP card for free admission.

All photos by Paul Hart

The club is the definition of a neighborhood bikini bar and blends in with the area.  They deliver on the expected friendly atmosphere and even boasts their signature hot chicken wings to boot.

Their parking lot is in the rear of the building, and you can enter from the back. Alternately, you can park on the street and enter from the front entrance.

From the front, there is a pool table, mini kitchen to the left, DJ podium and the bar on the left side of the building. The stage and bathrooms are at the rear of the room.

There are high tables with stools near the front entrance which gives you a good view of the stage, and couches closer to the stage. There are plasma screens around the bar and as of this writing, possibly the only club with a plasma TV inside the bathroom in case you don't want to miss that impending touchdown.  There's also a projection TV screen above the pool table near the front of the club.

Bar on left, stage on far right.

The stage is relatively large for this small club and contains one brass pole.  There are regular chairs around the stage if you want to get a close look.

There are no specific areas for lap dances.  I didn't see anybody doing them while I was there but I assume they are done at your seat.  The atmosphere is very laid back here and it seems like people are just doing their own thing.

There aren't a lot of dancers here and I suspect that's not going to change because of the size of the club. This isn't the place to come for a huge line-up of dancers like a chain club, or for high mileage.  The dancers seem to be down to earth and ready to chit chat.  Checkout XTC, dancer of the month for January 2007.

All in all, this is a place to come for a relaxing drink, play a little pool, watch the game while you eat wings.  Oh, and by the way, there are bikini dancers on stage too.
 

Club		Nice neighborhood club but tiny. The remodeling brings the rating up.
Dancers		There aren't many but the ones that are there seem to be friendly.
Attitude		About as good as you're going to get.
Nasty Factor		This is not the place for that.

Showgirls

Update 7/2002:
The city of Reseda has closed down this club.

Cover is $10 (including drink) or mention zbone.me and pay $5. Lap dances are $10 for bikini, $15 for topless and $20 for nude. According to WysGuy, the club will be expanding and will be finished by November 2001.