The Camelot Showbar Strip Club

Address:	1823 M St NW, Washington, DC 20036, USA
Phone:	+1 202-887-5966
Site:	camelotshowbar.com
Rating:	3.6
Working:	11:30AM–2AM 11:30AM–2AM 11:30AM–2AM 11:30AM–3AM 11:30AM–3AM 1PM–2AM 7PM–2AM

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Daryl Woods

I have been to strip clubs all around the world. I have never been to a strip club with no cover charge before. Gotta wonder how much money this club is losing by not charging for cover. Im not complaining though. If you have never been to DC before everything including this club is very small and usually rectangular with several floors staked out top of each other to make up for the lack of space. Camelot is no different. Very small and rectangular. There was an upstairs but there wasnt very many people in there on a Sunday night in early December. The place was so small there wasnt any real room for a DJ. There was a jukebox on the wall that served as the DJ. It was loaded with plenty of songs old and new and the best part is that customers could "be a DJ" by buying songs. Another first for a strip club is that I could have sworn I saw a stripper pay for her own songs in the jukebox for her stage set!! Strippers in DC seem to have very bad taste in music. The songs the strippers chose were just not good for pole dancing at all. I was more than happy to "play DJ" with several of my own selections. The other patrons seemed to LOVE my choices. Im from the south so Im sure Camelot Showbar had never heard of some of those songs before. The club seems to cater more to older white gentlemen from capital hill for the most part. The guy sitting next to us was at least 70 years old and a widower. We know because he made it abundantly clear by letting everyone know. Bouncers wear shirt and ties and act more like store managers. As I said before the club is small. So small in fact that the stage the strippers dance on can only accommodate one girl comfortably. Two girls and its crowded up there. The girls on the other hand were beautiful but had NO IDEA how to dance in a strip club. They just kinda swayed back and forth to the music like trees in the wind. ANOTHER first is that after each girl got offstage they wandered around the club greeting customers while CARRYING THEIR PURSES!! What?? They dont have a locker room? Guess there is not enough room. And greet customers is ALL they do. No table dances. I went with my wife and we were dying for some female company. The girls greeted everyone but us!! Guess they were too scared because she was sitting with me. We never have this problem in other strip clubs. The girls would look and smile but NEVER approach us. Guess its a DC thing. All in all we had a decent time. Not a lot of options in DC so this had to do. Nice girls, small place, not very lively but hey....no cover charge.

Bulletproof7 yeah

I do not review things, this is maybe my 3rd review, the other two being on Amazon maybe 8 years ago. I have never review a restaurant or club. As others have noted, it is basically a wide hallway with tables on the left and on the right. There is one 6X6 stage in the middle; lap dances are illegal in DC. It looks like a fancy restaurant. There is really no club area, there is a 10 foot bar at the end of the hallway, next to the bathrooms and kitchen. I stopped by yesterday having done everything else I wanted to do in DC and being hungry. The girls were amazingly beautiful, much better looking than I would have guessed, all of them have playboy bodies. I ordered a hamburger. It was made with rotten meat. I was a cook at a bar in a small town for 8 years. I am very familiar with the various levels of spoiled meat. When it gets a little grey, or losses its pink color, it is still somewhat edible. This was beyond that. Also, FYI, I am not a prissy eater. I will eat french fries or a cinnamon roll that has been sitting out for days. I will drink water that has been sitting uncovered and unrefrigerated for a week. No biggie. If your meat is bad, you should instruct your cook to be honest with you, and tell the customer that you are out of ground beef, ask them if they would they like to substitute it with a chicken sandwich or like item. This meat was green. It was the most spoiled meat that I have ever put in my mouth. Rancid. So heres to you manager, your one star rating for that spurt of sour liquid squirting out into my mouth when I took that bite of meat. Dripping out from the patty, getting rancid juice all over my mouth under my tongue. After resisting the urge to vomit and coughing a lot, I left in a hurry and walked next door to a different restaurant and at an acceptable meal.

Courtney Schietinger

So our waitress was by FAR THE WORST waitress I have ever had. We didnt tip because she didnt pay a second of attention to us while giggling and flirting with the gentleman next to us. She was only worried about the single men. I am a woman, and I came with one other woman and two men. When she finally got us our check, she put it all on one and made me work out who had to pay what and how much. She did not split our check, I had to work out all the math myself. When she came over, and saw we didnt tip, she literally cussed me out. F bomb, telling me Im insecure about myself and thats why I didnt tip. Telling me we sat at a bottle service seat, even though we didnt seat ourselves. I get that its insulting when someone doesnt tip you. I know they only work for tips. But when you act standoffish and rude from the get go, you didnt earn a tip. From anyone in my party. And then she proved why she didnt earn it by showing her full rudeness. I will never ever go back there. I sincerely hope she gets fired. UPDATE My boyfriends card got charged $200 over when his bill was less than $30. Pathetic. Other reviews have stated that this was done to them as well. Thats fraud.

Stéphane Le Cam

Although the ladies performance was superb (with some exceptions), our waitress over-charged us about 4 drinks mixed in with our orders and even brought the manager to force us to pay the drinks we didnt even have. I gave them my card which she then hostaged it, threatening me that if no one pays, I would be charge the full amount of the bill. She also kept my card in her bra which funny enough, snapped my card in half (I actually do find that hilarious). Bartender doesnt know how to make an Old Fashion unless she was taught to make it bourbon on the rocks with a cherry? Manager was polite at first and then had an attitude with me because I told them to swipe my card in front of me. They never gave us our cash payment back either. Im guessing they use that to tip the server. We were sure not to give a single dime after that incident. Moral of the story? They steal right in front of you and youll have to deal with it. Dont keep an open tab. She is a waitress and perhaps didnt even finish high school from what it looks like, though Im sure I could even hire a senseless animal to do a better job...

not important

My first strip club experience so this may not be a reliable review. It was a very pleasant time for me from right through entering. Bouncers was nice, smiled as he invited me in. Found a good spot that looks straight to the dance floor. Although it is a small club so you will moat likely to have a good spot from anywhere in room. Dancers know what they do. After the show they do come next to you for tips but thwy do not ask for it. They simly thank you for watching them and leaving even though you do not tip them. Waitresses are extremely friendly. One sit and talked with me even thoigh I only had one small beer. And conversation was fun too. One thing that got my attention was that performers are really close to each other, like family. They celebrated one of their friends birthday and slapped her with a cake! They are all sober and well. Owner is a great guy talking with customers one by one. Overall great club. Thank you all for great time! Ps no lapdances because of the fact that it is banned through whole DC.