Decided to go along to see what Moulin Rouge was like just to see what all the fuss was about. So around 11 PM I trotted along there with three mates, one of whom had his girlfriend and her friend in tow.
There were three guys sitting up against the seforum.xxxe which was about three feet high and very large compared to the norm here in Patong (about 7 m by 4 m) with just a couple of poles upon which to perform. The place was dimly lit, with raised platform seating away from the seforum.xxxe, around the place so that you could sit at a distance and observe the dancers, and this also had the capability of having curtains drawn around the seats so that supposedly you could have a lap dance or some such like?
No smoking allowed inside and of course no cameras. We were shown a drinks menu and the prices started at 250 baht irrespective of the drink, with some in their thousands of baht, so this was a very pricey joint indeed. Rum and cokes were ordered for three of us, with three beers for the others. I have to say that the rum tasted very peculiar and a good mate of mine who owns a bar under Tiger complained afterwards that the drink was making his stomach churn, and stated that it tasted more like gasoline.
The dancers were very professional with some quite stunning antics on the pole, more like an acrobatic show and totally different to the hip gyrating which their Thai counterparts undertake at the bars.
The girls were blonde and fairly statuesque and one even looked as if she could take up professional women's wrestling!!
We hadn't been seated for more than five minutes when one of the dancers who had finished her stint came up to a mate, rubbed up against him a couple of times and asked him for a tip, to which he replied that he just wanted to drink his drink and watch the show. Her reply was something along the lines of, "in that case you go now, go to the door and go out" and she stormed off.
Another girl came up to me a few minutes later and did the same thing and I managed to get out of it by telling her that I had no money on me and I would have to go to the ATM to get some more for my evenings entertainment. So she stormed off.
After this we decided to finish our drinks quickly and leave as the place was not "user-friendly".
I would never go back, and would not recommend it to anybody. One of my mates made a good point, in as much as on his visit to the Middle East, there were quite a few Russian clubs operating which featured blonde Russian girls and the very wealthy amongst the local population seemed to be frequent visitors and big spenders -- -- perhaps they were catering for that clientele here, but do not think they will have much luck with it.