“… Arrived late at night on low cost flight (wondering whether it was worth the cheap price to put up with a planeload of stagdo’s with the manners of idiots). The Airport is small but clean and very easy to find a taxi, the red cabs seem good value paid 7lats on way into city and 8 on way out, its great not to get ripped off by the taxi mafia on the first night!
Anyway arrived at my hotel and headed out to see what fun the night would bring. The Riga this week magazine in the hotel room has a good map and several ads for discos clubs and massage joints. I made for the Old Town and must say that Riga is a beautiful city with well laid out public parks and quite similar to Tallinn.
Approaching the the Old town you can’t help but see stunners left right and center 7’s 8’s and 9’s strolling around with that east europe grace, hot pants and high heels.
Went into a couple of bars in the center and had a couple of beers and then headed into the Roxy Disco ignoring the pleas of several touts offering the strip bars and nightclubs.
Roxy was not great with poor doorstaff and not so much hot chicks so we bailed and headed next to La Rocca which seems to be the most popular local disco. Entrance was about 5lats but the eyecandy wass well worth and the place was full of students and a great vibe. There are several dance floors with a russian disco in one part (warning watered down drink) and a expensive topless bar on the third level. This placee stays open until about 5. 30 am or 6 and was pretty cool, it is a bit of a young crowd but I think if its freebies you are looking for its the best bet for Riga.
The next night we got pretty smashed and ended up committting the prime nono of mongering (Getting into a taxi and tellingthe driver the bring us to a good nightclub).
Kleopatra’s: A very apt name as this place made me feel like Mark Anthony I. E. Suicidal ripoff, waterdown drinks, the hardsell ladydrink scam, the hardluck stories from the girls and very very littleaction in the backroom 10min private dance 40lats! AVOID!
After we got out of this pit we made for Voodoo based in the Reval hotel reckoning we had best get all the fleecing out of the way that night (voodoo has been described in some forums as a russian mafia ripoff joint)
I have to say that it was not that bad, when we got there at 4 in the morning the bouncer agreed with that paying the entrance fee at that hour should not have to be paid and let us in. The club dancers were pretty hot and energetic, the girls behind the bar were lively and the place was full of pros or semipro’s who I’m sure would have been more than happy to go back to my hotel, but been rather drunk we decided not avail that night.
Next night went back to La Rocca and hooked up with a girl called Elena who works in a department store 100lats all night little raver! And a really nice girl about a 7. 5
I tried Ladyland massage during one of the days 50 lats for a hour of decnt topless massage and a handjob with I have to say a very hot hardbody girl about a 8 but its not worth it.
All in all I would say that Riga is a great place to visit but the stripbars are there just to ripoff the stagparties, I think the best place to score is the local discos …”
