I visited Cyprus end of september. I have read the forum and just wanted to add some fun to the sun, there is my report:
Kyrenia (Girne): I'm quite sure there are no clubs in the old city. In the casinos there is only gambling. Maybe some clubs are located out of town, some postings of address/phone would be helpful, else they are not easy to find.
Nicosia: The HP of Imparator and Playboy are not online anymore, I would have visited them but I don't know if they are still open.
Limassol: In one club ("Spicy Girls") they ignored a no for a lady drink and just opened a bottle of champagne. I wanted to leave immediately, after some discussion with the manager I paid 20 CYP. This was the worst experience but you should watch out for rip-offs in general. It was my first evening in a club in Cyprus, so I had to learn the hard way.
I stayed in the Eden Beach apartment hotel (25 CYP), 10 minutes from the old city but not in walking distance of the tourist area. Nice rooms, swimming pool on the roof, you can bypass the reception by stairs or elevator, it would be very convinient to bring a girl.
Taxi drivers are very keen here to bring you to a club, beware!
Paphos: There are about 5 to 10 clubs, some of them located in the middle of the tourist area.
"La Grotte": they have nice girls there. I spent the usual 5 CYP for the entry and 2 lady drinks (10 CYP each). I mentioned to the manager that I would like to take a girl and after a while a got an offer for 150 CYP. I told him that I would think about it (it was my first day in Paphos and I knew from this forum that it shouldn't be more than 100 CYP), but the manager then got quite aggressive and insulting. So I left and didn't go back, but the girl was really good looking and I didn't had the impression that she hates her job.
"Gentlemens Club": manager was nice and not pushing, but girls are only average. I got an offer for 80 CYP.
"Apocalypse": little bit outside of the tourist area, the have only 4 girls, one of them good looking. I went there about 02:00 hoping to get a good offer. I spent one lady drink but when I didn't wanted to pay another one they just closed the club. I didn't insist and just left.
I think that's how it works best to take a girl out:
Go at about 23:30, tell the manager you want to see the show first and stay at the bar. During the show the girls dance topless, later on they don't go topless anymore (or don't dance at all) unless you pay for it.
Soon a girl will approach and try to get a lady drink. Normally this is not the most beautiful one, so better watch the show first and decide later.
If you see your girl tell the manager you want to invite her for a lady drink. This takes about 10 minutes, you probably pay a second drink. If you are sure you want to spend the night with her talk to the manager. You then get an offer, I guess you will need a lot of negiotiation skills to bargain (see experience above), maybe you just have to accept or not.
So for a nice and good looking girl you will spend up to 200 CYP (drinks, bar fine, tip for the girl). The problem is that you have already spent about 30 CYP before you get an offer. There is no flat rate, I guess the price depends on several things (girl, you, how many customers in the club, mood of the manager, etc.).
Some observations/remarks:
- When I got an offer the manager never mentioned to wait until 03:00.
- Everything is organised by the manager, don't ask the girl about prices and conditions.
- Almost all girls are from Ukraina, some from Belarus.
- One girl told me that she gets 600 USD a month, probably just the fix salary.
- One girl told me that she gets only 0.5 CYP from a lady drink.
- Ask the manager first if your hotel accepts a girl in the room, "Alexander the Great" is no problem (best price/value of all hotels in Paphos anyway).
- None of this places has been busy, only 1 or 2 other customers paying lady drinks.
- I couldn't figure out how often a girl is taken out. My impression was it doesn't happen a lot.
- In the "Visitor Yellow Pages" I have seen an ad for an escort service, but I did no investigations on that.
Taking a girl to the hotel is not really cheap, but just staying in the club, see the show and paying some drinks is much too expensive.
I will not return to Cyprus in the next foreseeable time, but any postings will help other travelers to get some fun and no hassles on their trip.