I will highlight pros and cons ans give my conclusion.
Pros:
-downtown on yonge. Easy to find.
-decor and overall ambience fairly good
-attractive girls
Cons:
-poorly trained bouncers
-poorly trained staff ( inconsistency in drinks. Either too strong or too weak)
-girls dont know how to engage customers
-girls dont know the meaning of entertain much less dance. They need dance choreography coordinator.
-poor management. (You dont hire a carpenter to do an electricians job)
- very tense and uncomfortable environment.
-pressured into buying drinks
-pressured into services.
-extremely high drink prices (all strips clubs have high prices but these were exorbitant)
-no entertainment and very poor selection of music.
Conclusion:
Please note i have been General Manager for 2 top brands and so i am little harsher because of what i expect from any gentlemens brands. Especially one with a rich history like Zanzibar. I would say it will be either sold or quite possibly be shutdown within the next few years, if they do not evolve from their current format. What they have is unsustainable and cant make real money by running customers away. Also you can have strip-club brand without offering sex but it has to be creative in maintaining its clientele. This brand currently has no clientele other than cheap stragglers who will argue over bills every-night and cause difficulty in paying the girls. I wish the brand luck and might just contact Mr. Cooper and offer my services. In all honesty there is no strip-club in Canada yet to impress me other than Wanda's in Montreal. Everyone should pray to the old gods and the new that i don't open a strip-club here. i would have 0 competition.