801 Bourbon Bar — Restaurant in Key West

What's with all the hate in some of these reviews? Lighten up, people. For ten bucks to get in plus the tips you're giving, you're spending less than you would to go to a movie and you'll be much more entertained. We first saw Sushi New Year's Eve 2000 and my husband and his friend were gasping at how gorgeous she was (and she was). My friend and I kept saying, "You guys know Sushi is a drag queen, right?" That's how drop-dead gorgeous she was. My husband knew; the friend did not and kept insisting we were wrong. No. We. Weren't. Sushi is the drag mother of KW. I knew to not expect her in the middle of the week for the 11 pm show, and that was fine. We'd been saving this show for our last night in KW and it did not disappoint. Each night, the girls would be out passing out cards and would chat with us. I use a wheelchair, though, and knew there was no elevator in the 801. Some places have VERY narrow stairs, though, and getting upstairs can be a challenge. The stunning Sasha was outside between shows and I asked if I could get upstairs. Without even missing a beat, she said, "I'll carry you upstairs myself. C'mon." She then took my husband in to go look at the stairs to see if they were too narrow. My husband carried me up and Sasha cleared the way, finding a spot for us right up front. We were mesmerized by her performances, especially "Formation." OMG. I am always impressed by anyone who can dance in heels, especially since I can't wear heels and certainly can't dance anymore, but to see Sasha in these thigh-high red boots with spiky heels doing these dance moves was off the charts crazy good. We kept trying to tip her and wanted to get a picture with her but honestly, I was so into what she did that I just was screaming and whooping it up because the dancing was so good. LOVED her. We really enjoyed the whole show. . .Dakota, Whitney, Eden (I think, it was so hard to understand what her name was, but she was amazing and a good show hostess). Sheila came out for one song. Great entertainment, great fun. I loved all of their personalities, and I enjoyed talking with them after the show. It's fun sitting with strangers egging each other on to go up to tip a performer or singing along with the people near you. I cannot tell you how much I appreciated Sasha for immediately making me feel like I was worth it and making sure I could get upstairs - something I could not even get from the Hemingway House. You may not get the drag mother Sushi, but you're sure to be entertained and enjoy. No, it's not LIPS from NYC and it shouldn't be compared to it. . .you're in KW. Enjoy it. And for God's sake, if you can't deal with watching RuPaul's Drag Race, then don't bother coming, and don't show up in your Liberty University shirt thinking you're going to convert the sinners here. . .really, you're in Key West, you're in their house, so just take your proselytizing...

We were asked to come in by the beautiful hostess on Sunday night before the 11pm show. We had a lovely conversation with her and talked to her about how we liked working in keywest in the service Industry. We came back to come and watch the show and we’re going to bring in a few couples that we had met from our night industry who were very generous and I asked the man at the door if he had happened to have two couples come in as I was going to describe what they looked like he got super snippy with me about this is a tourist town and he sees sooo many people that he couldn’t possibly remember seeing anyone. A simple I can not recollect or seeing who you are describing would have worked but the rudeness was not needed. As someone who also works at a busy bar if someone comes to me and can describe someone that sticks out like a sore thumb I’m sure you could say yes or no in a more polite manner if they had seen them or not as I also deal with this same question every night. I was looking forward to the show tonight as the hostess was lovely and enjoy drag shows. As someone who is a dancer and burlesque performer I do believe in paying it forward and being generous and I’m sure in the slow season on a Sunday the artist would have appreciated our generosity. I will not be coming back to be able to support this business. I will be walking by however often as I do live here and will like to tip the hostess because she was definitely putting the effort into her craft as one artist to another. I know fun attitude is part of the scene and I love it and think it’s funny but this was...

What a horrible mistake it was, visiting this place, went straight to the bar and asked the very rude and clearly frustrated bartender, if he had daiquiris… he said what the f&#k is that, where do you think you’re at? I immediately knew if I was rude back things would escalate, so I replied, frozen drinks… then he said strawberry and piña colada, I asked for both mixed in 1 drink with a Corona… he clearly had something against me as he was also attending other customers with a much better attitude. The guy gives me 2 frozen drinks 1 strawberry and 1 piña colada… smh, I told him it’s 1 drink with both flavors mixed and he again started arguing with me, I completely ignored him, proceeded to payment with my card, obviously did not tip the guy, only paid the $19.50 and wrote him a little note saying, be nicer next time! FYI, I’m all in for tipping this industry as I know it’s a tuff job, but not when treated this way… well to end this story, I move to a side to let me friends order their drinks who were eager to leave as they witness what happened and the bar tender reads my note, and says I knew she was a f&#n c&nt wow really???? My friends disagreed with him, he flipped us all out of the bar and said we were not to be served there again… seriously!? What a way to leave this eye catching place… We are most certainly NOT going back...