Magic City — Restaurant in Atlanta

So the legendary Magic City...aint so legendary or "Magic" anymore. It had been over 13 years since I last been to Magic City. The club back then and the club today are VERY different. We went on a Saturday night . Parking was $20. Quite steep for parking considering we had to park in the BACK of the club, uphill and not in the club's main parking lot. Walked in the club to see that since the early 2000s they had remodeled. No surprise. The place looks really nice, but isn't as practical as it used to be. The main difference is the stage. It has this huge metal bar hanging from the ceiling that looks like a fancy pull-up bar. The girls were doing tricks I had never seen before. It was amazing. They were really putting on a show! And it all would have been great....IF WE HAD A PLACE TO SIT!!

As you may know that since the early 2000s strip clubs have started to sell bottles of alcohol. Nothing wrong there. Get your paper. However, at least have a section for patrons to sit who don't want to buy a bottle. I have been to strip clubs all over the country and I have NEVER been to a strip club that didn't at least have seats for customers who weren't buying bottles! We tried to sit down in some empty seats above the stage and were immediately told that that section was for bottle paying customers only and we had to sit on the floor level. No prob. We took a seat at one of the tables on the floor and were immediately told by a waitress that we couldn't sit there unless we bought a bottle! Even after explaining to her the bouncer said we could sit there we were told no!!

I remember fondly walking into Magic City back in the day and taking a seat ANYWHERE I pleased and having an amazing night. Well those days are gone! Now here is the kicker. There were seats at the bar that you could sit at. Not many, but there were seats. Probably about a dozen. Well you won't believe this but as the club began to get crowded the people who were sitting at the bar were made to GET UP! I then watched the bouncers take all the seats away from the bar and take them OUTSIDE so no one could use them. Well as you could imagine the isle was full of people standing around with no place to sit while at the same time the bouncers kept telling people to "clear the isles" HOW SWAY? We have no place to sit!! While there were PLENTY of seats all around the club that were EMPTY but reserved for bottle buyers. What if I don't want anything else to drink? Then I have to pay hundreds of dollars just to take a seat? Word? And then right in FRONT of the stage where we were standing was a bouncer. Dude was standing in FRONT of the stage partially blocking the view. I'm trying to look at beautiful women, not an ugly bouncer.

This leads me back to the stage. The stage is much higher than it used to be. Because of this you can no longer sit at the stage and tip the girls. This results in the girls making less money on stage. Not only that but the girls make less money on table dances because guess what? Its hard to pay for a table dance if I don't have a table to sit at!!! The girls were nice looking but not mind blowing. There was only one chick in there that I considered super hot. She got on stage and people tipped. There were plenty of dollars up there but she didn't take off ANY clothes while on stage. So I'm in a strip club and I'm tipping but the hottest girl in here won't get naked during her stage set? I then saw her take off her panties for a table dance for a bottle customer. But she wouldn't do it on stage? Word? Needless to say I was very disappointed. I left VERY early to go try my luck at another club. I never do that. I usually stay where I am even if the club isn't that great. And perhaps I would have....if I had someplace to sit.

Side note, I have noticed that since strip clubs started selling bottles I go home with lots of money. Why? Because I NEVER have a chance to spend it on table dances. Hey Magic City, your club isn't fun anymore. I never thought I would say this about Magic City but I would likely never go back, not...

I came to Magic City on a Monday…. And it lived up to the hype. The food was AMAZING …the vibes were cool.

So I came back the following night to place an order. When I called the order in— I asked if I had to pay at the door to receive the food. The lady on the phone told me there was no charge to pick up the food.

When I arrived, I was told that I needed to pay $10 each to enter. I told the guy at the door (Kenneth) that I had already inquired about a cover charge for food. He didn’t know anything about that and took the $20 for my friend and myself to enter.

Once I got inside, I checked the food and noticed my lemon-pepper mild wings didn’t have any lemon pepper seasoning on them.

At this point - I expressed to the servers that I was upset that I had to pay at the door- after I specifically asked if I had to pay a cover to get the food.

———- Multiple things took place at this point. A guy in the kitchen told me the female who answered the phone was training. My mild-lemon pepper wings didn’t have lemon pepper seasoning on them.

I asked about the seasoning and the guy in the kitchen said they put it on the side because they didn’t want over season the wings.

He then gives me a container of lemon pepper seasoning.

I tell him I was in the establishment the night before and the wings were prepared with the seasonings.

He then opens the container and sprinkles the seasoning on the wings.

I express my frustration because - 1st I had to pay after they said I was good and now they are sprinkling the seasoning on—- with an attitude.

I decide to leave — and at this point — I’m upset along with the kitchen staff.

We get outside and Kenneth the guy working security tried to rectify the situation.

He refunds me the $20 and asks the kitchen staff to remake the food. He said he understood the importance of customer service.

The kitchen staff, said they were done and they didn’t want to fix the problem or remake the food.

My overall issue is I received a certain quality of food the previous day and returned for the same service and was denied it.

I work with athletes and entertainers who are loyal patrons. So it’s disappointing to be treated the way that I was, however I appreciate Kenneth for trying to make the situation right.

At the end of the day, I was out of $60, because I left a listening party and Ubered to Magic to pick up food, only to leave with no food and...

Please read carefully to your staff. I live in Las Vegas obviously there’s no comparison. I drive trucks so I come thru atlanta a lot. My first experience to magic city was filled with excitement, I went out of my way to visit. That excitement expired quickly. In all my experiences when entering a gentlemen’s club this was the absolute biggest disappointment. The women were just doing nothing, just smoking hookah, I thought they were guest if it wasn’t for their attire, drinking sitting around, smoking as if they were at home. I was so disappointed thinking of to myself this is place I’ve heard about in so many songs and tv, the absolute worse. I’ve never been at a strip club where the stage was empty for hrs. The women were either lazy or uninterested. The food was great I only stop for the wings now. The consistency of the customer service varies sometime depending on who’s at the kitchen they may give me an extra cup of sauce and sometimes they don’t even if I say I’ll pay for extra That’s confusing. At the bar the lady said it’s a $30.00 minimum and I just wanted two bottles of beer.. it’s not my first time coming in and I ordered two beers before no problem this time nope she turned me away with an attitude. I don’t understand why can’t I just get whatever I want without restriction so that was another disappointment. The security guy Kenneth was cool ver pleasant. Overall for the overpriced everything in the place and the lazy ladies who seem to be wasting their time and the inconsistencies concerning customer serviceI wouldn’t Recommend this establishment for a good place to see entertainment only the food is good. As far as a strip v lll un it’s more like a smoke lounge. The dancers are uninterested and smell like weed very unprofessional. The vegas, LA, Miami is way better I strongly urge you to talk to your employees to remedy this situation because as I’m leaving I’m asking people is it your first time and I say go somewhere else.. save ya money and disappointment and go else where. In fact tonight I was talking with two gentlemen who were highly disappointed good thing I wasn’t the only one. Very expensive for little to...