As a venue I did not like Vanity all that much. The only thing that made this place fun were the friends that I was with. Good company can turn even a bad club into a night of fun.
A large group of my friends were visiting Vegas for a birthday. This particular night we had 22 people come out. We have a very good ratio: 13 girls and 9 guys. A promoter friend of hours had put us on the list to get in for free. However, when we arrived we had to wait quite a bit to get in. The bouncers had suggested we let the girls in first and that they would then let the guys follow (after 5 mins). This sounded very shady to me, but against our judgement we decided to trust the bouncers. Once the girls got in they tried charging some of the guys. A few were willing to pay, but other refused based on principle. When we threatened to leave and the bouncer saw of of our girls come out to see what was wrong they caved and let everyone else for free.
Once we got in the club was absolutely empty. We all ended up having a decent time, but I did not appreciate the bouncers trying to be sneaky and take advantage of us. Especially when the club is empty.
I would rather pay to get into Marquee or XS than to return to Vanity.