Cabaret Lounge

503 W Burnside
Portland, OR 97209
503/ 525.4900

Located in: Northwest Portland & near Downtown Portland
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BarFly's Review of Cabaret Lounge

Housed in what used to be the beloved restaurant Canita, is a tinted-windowed strip club that serves steak. Downtown businessmen can get a woody on their lunch hour and Burnside gets a giant eye-sore while we're at it.

Reader Reviews of Cabaret Lounge
Last Night

I went there last night with a group from work. Not a bad place, Bambi is the greatest. Philly needs her badly. I spent most of my night there with her.

Reviewed Safely & Anonymously (pussy) by gooddog on March 19, 2008, 7:51 pm
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Cabaret pretty much sucked.

One of my friends had been giving the dancers cash all night, then a girl came on stage who saw a one in his hand, and when he didn't give it to her IMMEDIATELY, she yelled at him until he set it down and also got the bouncer to kick him and all our friends out. We're still not sure why or how this happened; she wasn't a good dancer, and as soon as she saw the bill started heckling him to put it down. WTF? This place was WEIRD. Sure, they had good music for the girls to dance to, but it was pretty much the creepiest strip club I've been to.

Reviewed Bravely & Awesomely by dangersaurus on March 14, 2008, 3:21 am
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Happend this Saturday

12:15 AM Saturday night, Dude is being led to the private area for a dance.

[bouncer] do me a favour, if youre getting a dance, dont touch [dude] what are u talking about? Who did I touch? [bouncer] Ive seen you here too many time [dude] youre being a jerk. it's my second time. what the fuck! [bouncer] just dont touch [dude] i didnt touch anyone. ive spent $400 on tips and drinks. whats your fucking problem? [bouncer] dont like it, get the fuck out [dude shoving his drink in bouncer's chest] why dont you shove this up your Ass?

dude is kicked out through the side door.

Big picture: Overlly aggressive security staff. Overall: Nasty place, weird vibe.

Reviewed Safely & Anonymously (pussy) by Portland can kiss my ass on February 9, 2008, 9:01 pm
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Worst strip club ever.
devoid

The place is filthy; not just dirty, but filthy...I'm talking disgusting despite the dim lighting filthy.

The staff is rude and pushy and the booze -insanely- overpriced. ($9.25 for a shot of Bushmills and $4.75 for a weak and watered down well drink?!) The bartender told me they were out of the cheap beer that I asked for then I saw a different bartender pour the same kind of beer for another patron. Then the bartenders also seem to have a habit of dumping drinks before they're finished.

Don't waste your time...don't waste your money. There are much better places within spitting distance.

Reviewed Bravely & Awesomely by devoid on January 16, 2008, 11:46 pm
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Sasha

what a naughty hottie best private dance ive had in town yet. i even hit up the ATM damn

Reviewed Safely & Anonymously (pussy) by max on November 24, 2007, 8:17 pm
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I Love This Bar

This is a crazy fun place! The dancer are hot, and so is the bar staff,'Jamie the bartender is one of the greatest girls anyone could ever meet she is great at what she does and excepts everyone for who they are and knows how to make everyone fill good. I loved everyone there, the girls were all like sisters to me and I miss you all... So if you are looking for a great night out i highly recommend this club, dont let the outside scar you away cause the inside will blow your mind!

Reviewed Safely & Anonymously (pussy) by Angel on November 23, 2007, 9:26 pm
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Good time
asenna94

My wife and I travel around to as many of these type of clubs as possible. Had a good time here, girls were hot. Enjoyed the diverse set of dancers, preferably of darker skinned orientation. I would go back.

Reviewed Bravely & Awesomely by asenna94 on October 29, 2007, 12:34 pm
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Yeah

F'ing awesome. WAAAAY better than I expected. Went to Magic Garden earlier, and my usual high expectations for once were not met (they're usually great over there). Decided to try out the Cabaret and wow ... what a great time on a Tuesday night. Glad I'm not making more money, else I'd lose it all there. Good stuff.

Reviewed Safely & Anonymously (pussy) by J-BO on September 25, 2007, 9:46 pm
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Kelly

First time ever at a strip club, first lap dance ever by "Kelly". I dont know if all strippers are that nice but she blew my mind. I..think im in...love?

Reviewed Safely & Anonymously (pussy) by Bach on July 29, 2007, 4:13 am
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you nancy-boys

Note to pussies in Portland: A few black guys on the corner doesn't constitute a bad neighborhood. Come up to the Ranier Vally if you want to see a real ghetto. The Caberet is the best club in your pathetic "city". The dancers are mostly anorexic, but they compensate with friendliness and utter shamelessness. (On your knees, rubbin my cock and suckin my finger...now that is a lap dance) Chick named Judy gave me the best private dance I've had, even in Vegas.

Reviewed Safely & Anonymously (pussy) by Superior Seattlite on July 2, 2007, 4:07 pm
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Not a Bad Place

We had fun here. Some HOT ladies!! Three stages. Saw only one chunky chick, a good time to hit the john when she comes up, for the most part nice honeys. Some of the girls were bruised, probably from the poles or ???

Music was mostly hip hop and rap, They need to mix in some techno and dance styles IMO. The girls here are not shy. One of the girls folds a dollar and slides it up her trim and dances around.. talented! A couple of the girls were making out on stage and spanking eachother...Fucking Hot. Didn't see this kind of love at any of the other places. Good drink service. Didn't get a lap dance but looked over and saw the girls were climbing on the boys, compared to the Acrop where they wont touch you and they wont let you touch..LAME.

Highly recommended place!!

Reviewed Safely & Anonymously (pussy) by David on April 22, 2007, 5:35 pm
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Kyle
Yamada

not sure who is managing the bar there anymore. if you guys dealt with the owners (father or son) it would not surprise me they didn't inform the staff. i'm actually a little surprised you/Jen would pick it for your tour.

Reviewed Bravely & Awesomely by Yamada on March 20, 2007, 12:52 pm
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BarFly Bus
Kyle Ritter

Last BarFly bus I brought to Cabaret was treated quite poorly by both the door and bar staff. Couldn't get a straight answer out of either as to why. I have no problems with bars imposing drink minimums and such as a way to keep out the riff raff. I'd never complain that I have to purchase two drinks to look at boobs. But...this is the BarFly Bus. Jen always, ALWAYS informs bars that she is sending a bus full of 52 people and pre-arranges the waiving of covers and minimums with the management. If that doesn't trickle down to the staff, or if the staff simply doesn't care, then that sucks for said establishment.

Reviewed Bravely & Awesomely by Kyle Ritter on March 19, 2007, 9:00 pm
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shady patrons?
Yamada

the door guys are pretty good but scum does get in, trust me. i have even had money stolen by a BT there (short changed often) though she has been suspended (i think for three months). my favorite BT Jamie (sp?) there is chill though. beautiful & tough!

Reviewed Bravely & Awesomely by Yamada on March 19, 2007, 5:22 pm
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Under-rated!

I'd always driven by this place and figured it would be a total disaster. Looks shady, in a bad part of town, have to step over drugged out homeless to get in... But I was downtown and drunk on st. patty's day and stopped in. Had a fantastic time. The music was great, the girls were smokin and the staff was all very friendly. Security must have been good too cause there were no shady patrons to be found. But bring lots of cash! Those girls can milk ya! Oh... and get a private dance with Nikita! Best $20 you can spend!

Reviewed Safely & Anonymously (pussy) by George on March 18, 2007, 11:50 am
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rude

We ordered a drink from a waitress, and then she dissapeared. So, we ordered a drink from another server, and the original waitress had a real attitude towards us after that. She refused to let us leave without ordering more drinks; she swore at us; told us to get the f*** out. Nice customer service skills, right? This place is straight up skanky and they have nothing but trash for employees. Mary's club is a better choice, as far as strip clubs go.

Reviewed Safely & Anonymously (pussy) by martin on December 9, 2006, 11:37 pm
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The nicest bartenders

Everyone is just damn nice in this place. They might not quite measure up to the little place on the corner by your house, but for a strip club I've been surprised at how everyone behind the bar and most of the guys at the door and most of the girls are genuinely nice and friendly. The ambiance is pretty good and it's less of a dive than most of the clubs in town. The only thing I don't get is Rich in the other review talking about smoking a hukka. Whatever he was on that day I want some. I haven't seen anything resembling equipment like that in several visits. I wonder if he was sitting with a giant caterpillar...

Reviewed Safely & Anonymously (pussy) by Bryn on June 9, 2006, 5:30 pm
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What a dive

Seriously. The girls are scary. The location is scary. Having to walk through hookers and drug dealers to get in the front door is scary. How long before they crack down on those nasty table dances? Ah! Get me out of here!!!!

Reviewed Safely & Anonymously (pussy) by Jake on May 15, 2006, 9:07 pm
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Cabaret

I enjoyed my time at Cabaret.I was treated fairly and not like some perv, the owner introduced himself and offerd to buy us a round. What other place would do that? Compaired to the other strip joints that have tried following in Cabarets foot steps in that district and failed. It blows the others ("Lush", and others not to be named) out of the water. I enjoyed smoking a Hukka while eating my $5 dollar Steak and washing it down with glass of scotch, wile having hot girls nude..Ummm what more can a guy ask for. I would recommed it.

Reviewed Safely & Anonymously (pussy) by Rich on March 24, 2006, 12:09 am
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fun night

This place was a blast. Hot girls, rad tunes!

Reviewed Safely & Anonymously (pussy) by Jake on November 20, 2005, 11:23 am
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