Tourist Traps in Monterrey... even for locals
This is kind of intresting cause I have mentioned it sometimes while posting, other times while talking to the mongers: tourist traps... even for locals.
There are a certain amount of clubs that sway a little way into the "tourist trap" lable.
What I mean by that are clubs that will try to "rob" you while not caring if it will damage the business.
Main club that does this is Obsession.
While a favorite of mine for the lunch buffette, I never try going at the night shift there. Girls will double team you, act dumb and order double size drinks (double price too), the waiters will not tell you anything related to how much your tab has inflated to global proportions.
And by the time you order the check, you have been scammed. And there is no way on Earth that you will knock of drinks of the tab you never ordered and so on.
Next in line are the nefarious La Coneja and El Chocolate.
La Coneja, formerly La Zota, was world famous in Monterrey for dealing and whealing you even before setting foot inside the club.
Guys at the door charging an non existing cover charge, Getting a tab like fore example beers for 40 pesos when a sign clearly says they cost 30 pesos.
And on top of that, the waiter will charge you 50 pesos cause that will include his tip.
Same at El Chocolate, where the waiters will fume if you don't buy drinks for the girls or accept a girl that they bring to you.
At both la Coneja and El Chocolate, the waiters go through the roof when I order only one "agua mineral... no lemon or salt". Worse when I tell them that I am checking the girls, no money for them
Lastly but not least, Azul Tequila. You have to be a customer or know the waiters or they will charge you till you go blind with drinks if they more or less see you are drunk.
One time at Azul Tequila the waiter charged me 50 pesos for a 30 pesos "agua mineral", I just told him stright foward, "what? you think am a newbie or what????".
Went away pissed, mad, angry, whatever... but I did tip him 10 pesos, which more or less left him perplexed, told him I am a good with those that are straight with me.
Never saw him again, anyway.
I just wonder, if they do these to locals, what will be of the mongers coming to Monterrey???
Any of these has happened to you guys????
Save yourself trouble and stick with Infinito
My friends and I took our first trip to Monterrey last weekend. Infinito is the place to be. By far the best club in Monterrey in terms of dancers and cost (as judged by a nonspanish speaking gringo new to Monterrey but not Mexico). To be honest this is a loud and busy club but the girls in general are hot, young and supple; eager to service you. Almost all don't speak english. Dances/time with the girls upstairs is $5 USD per every 4 minutes. Oral is $15-20 USD on top of the time, full service is $30 USD plus the time cost. You pay the upstairs attendent the first $5, then pay the girl (before or after depending on the girl) and then pay the rest of your time bill to the attendent afterwards. I didn't have the courage to ask what happens if you don't have the money when it is time to pay. Time can be judged by the guys calling out the girl's names every 4 minutes, they will respond back if their mouth is available. The girls will quickly try to initate a full service session by welcomingly grabbing your crotch as they get the most money this way. A warning to the novice monger as to the initial awe that can result, the upstairs are open rooms with 3 sided cubicles, no curtains. Two fold-out chairs are provided for your "comfort". One will quickly see numerous girls servicing their clients in numerous ways in the black lighting. One however gets desensitived to the openess and later comes to appreciate it. I was very happy to see workers cleaning the cubicles/chairs/floor several times each night.
The clientale at infinito are mostly locals, neither high end or poor. A majority just drink and try to grope the girls for free on stage which they are somewhat successful at. No tipping is done. As a result a lot of girls have to stand around between sessions. We were pretty much the only americans etc there. The clientale either were either friendly to my american friends and myself or ignored us. Most don't speak english. I was glad my one friend could speak spanish. We never felt unsafe or too much out of place. The waiters are not too pushy. We befriended two waiters during the 3 nights we visited and this worked to our advantage, they helped us find each other and girls we were looking for.
As for my personal "experiences", my story must be told. During my 3 nights I took every hot girl I found upstairs to test them out with a full groping/dance session, some numerous times. Maybe half were willing to let me grind my face in their crotches. Every one tried to sell me sex and if they thought they had a chance, the more aggressive/willing they were. I always asked in broken spanish my friend taught me if they gave BBBJ's. Very sadly, only 3 out of some 20+ some hot girls said yes (and I usually can convince them otherwise with my sad puppy dog look). I had to pay $40-70 USD plus time for some great BBBJCIM action (well 2 out of the 3 were great). The one somehow managed to withdraw me at the very moment I finished, making a mess on my leg (F her, no pun intended, she was the not so good one). The other two took the shots like a pro and spit into the corner. These two were content with me relaxing and taking my time and were eager to please me. I found these two girls again on the next nights for an encore of their performances. Also during my last BBBJ session a hot girl who was getting pounded from behind in the cubicle in front of me was very eagerly watching me (as I was her) a very unique experience for me. It was kinda weird however when I was being serviced and janitors were cleaning right around us. I also partook in seriously good FS action where I was riden hard like a pack animal, with the girl moaning profusely (real or not). She also deep throated me (CBJ) with the appropriate deep throat sounds (it is not as loud upstairs). Needless to say I tipped her a little extra as this is beyond normal service.
So my advice is to save your time and money and go straight to Infinito. This is what my friends and I learned. We tried matehuala one night and it is very similiar in setup and costs as Infinito, except 1) the open cubicles are downstairs and 2) the girls are not as hot. Sure Infinito has some average or not so great looking girls but in general the Infinito girls are hot with a plethora of 6's and 7's and several 8's and 9's on the Thur-Sat evenings we were there. Matehuala only had a fraction of Infinito's quality. Also, I did find a rare BBBJ at Matehuala and the girl stopped every 10 secs to look around the corner, pissing me off. Sure enough the attendent comes over after 3 songs, interupts us, and starts to harass the girl and myself about the condom (I think for not paying the standard $3, this was all said in spanish). So I had to pay the $3. He encouraged me to continue but what for? I left and stiffed the girl by giving her only 1/4 asking since she didn't deliver BBBJCIM like I expected. So Matehuala can suck my balls (pun intended), this never happened at Infinito.
We tried La Spugna right around the corner of the Crowne Plaza where we were staying at. Huge mistake. They wanted $30 USD for just a lap dance and the girls were not even that good looking, 5's and 6's. Then I told my friends not to buy any girls drinks ever (they are new to all this). Sure enough they bought the girls at La Spugna some mini beers. Cost for each of the girl's mini beers when we left right soon after getting there? $12 USD. So never ever go to this place! Rip off.
We also tried Harem. This was a "medium" level club. And by medium level I mean you pay at least double for action here compared to Infinito. And the girls here while better in quality than Mat. And La S., could still not match the line up of presented at Infinito (and they literally line up the girls at Infinito every hour for you to inspect and choose). It was a little more relaxing here, but the girls are more aggressive at you buying them drinks, which we wouldn't do, pissing them off but then we were left alone. Infinito has little of this. At Harem, dances were $10 USD for two songs but the girl I took to test out was very uninspiring though attractive. She didn't even grab my crotch once, and in mexico, if a girl doesn't do this, I find it rude. Then my friend paid a girl for a dance and not the waiter or attendent and the waiter threw a fit (but not at us) and wasted a lot of time tracking her down before letting us pay our tab so we could go to infinito.
Also Tangley, or however it is spelled, across the street from Infinito was kinda dead and had not so good girls. A drunk girl kept harassing me and wouldn't let me leave her which I did after a short bit. She kept wanting $10 for a dance which I wouldn't pay above $5. She tried to kiss me and ended up biting my lip, I was pissed about both.
So in my opinion, if it matters to you, just go to Inifinito. Don't bother wasting your time or money at other places unless you are into that.
Here I will also briefly mention that we never encountered any violence of any nature or felt unsafe at any time/place in Monterrey. I am sure trouble could be found if one were to look for it or act like a ******* etc but we played it safe and kept our cool, took taxis etc. Monterrey is a very big city with a lot going on, the people we observed weren't acting at all like as expected judging from the media reports (I. E cowering in fear). They went about their business as usual etc. Don't be at all surprised when you realize the same. Keep your wits with you and you will be safe. Most of all enjoy your mongering!
Also if you don't speak spanish (or have a friend that does) and are uncomfortably with that fact (one can mostly get by without speaking spanish but special requests etc can be very difficult) then I suggest Tijuana (which I also love) for you where a decent percentage speak some English. As for me, I look forward to return trips to Infinito.