5 stars
HORRIBLE DRINKS!!!
Used to be fun but the drinks have always been an abortion. The "$4 Sky" vodka drinks leave you saying, where's the vodka? Now it is just a couple of nelly boys preening on a couple of wooden boxes.
Jeremy rocking out the patio bar stop by and say hello
Don't bother
Great bartenders, shitty dancers, bring hamburgers to feed them.
Mix of casual, upscale, and sleazy without hitting any of them
As you'll see from my other reviews, I like strippers and bars that know how to do "sleazy," but there's a place for other gay bars, too. I don't mind upscale ("G" in NYC springs to mind) or casual / fun ("Bourbon Street" or "Flicks" in San Diego) when the mood is right.
The problem is that Savoy isn't a bad bar, but doesn't fit into any category well. Rather than appeal to multiple categories, it misses being good on any count.
The strippers are too tame, self-involved (STOP looking at yourself in a mirror and make eye contact with customers!!!) to be sleazy. It's too casual to be upscale, but just slightly too formal to be really casual and doesn't carry the fun-factor or friendliness that's required to be "neighborhood."
I was there on a Sunday and on a Thursday. Crowd was reasonable both times for the day of the week and I didn't have a bad time, but was not memorable at all. And, I guess, for a gay bar, that's probably a cardinal sin: be good, be bad, be *something*... but pick one thing and do it well.
Good but could be better
As a tourist, I went to check it out...the positives---very nice decor...loved the TV screens....always nice to see bartenders in their underwear, in particular one who filled his CKs very nicely...but he wasnt my bartender instead i got this other one who seemed more intent in getting us to drink and drink while talking to his friends...the go go boys were twinkish, not generally my type, but the worse part is that they didn make any effort to be friendly...and people in the ara where the dancers were seemed intent on smoking...the nonsmoky area was nice, but mostly empty...i would go here once in a while if i were a local.
Too Many Twinkies!
This is a bar for twinkies who are into other twinkies and the old men who like to look at them. If you are looking to find a masculine man, you will not find him here!
Fun and relaxed. Older crowd- except Sundays
Great place. It's the first stop on the night out usually, though weekends get plenty busy. They also shuttle to their sister bar "Paradise" around the corner. The new patio is awesome and they have a new bar next door for those who don't like the smoke. Sundays has a very young, hot crowd.