Piranha Nightclub
Piranha is a multi-room dance club in the "Fruit Loop" area near the Strip. Usually crowded, you can watch the dance area from the 2nd floor balconies. Be warned, there are always lines on the weekends of people looking for some go-go boy action.
- trans-friendly
- 20+
- 30+
- dancing
- drag
- go-go boys
- happy hour
- after hours
- mixed LGBTQ+
- mixed gay/straight
- $$
- live entertainment
- performance
- good for groups
- late nite
- travelers
- LGBTQ+ owned
- nightclub
- locals
- lively
- adults-only
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Ripper of a club!
Fellas you made my time in Vegas last year when I was visiting. Coming back again next week and looking forward to the hot blokes and sweet tunes, and great VIP treatment. You guys treated me and my aussie mates like stars, so will return the favour with a few of us this time round! ;-)
Healthy competition
Just like the casinos constantly try to outdo one another, Las Vegas gay clubs are better if there are several competing for the crowds. Piranha upped the ante on Krave just as it took the full house from Gipsy when it first moved into The Strip. Now, all three offer drinks, dancing, and entertainment designed to lure a similar clientele mix of club-happy locals and thrill-seeking tourists. Being the newest always helps in terms of architecture and appeal, and being in the gayest intersection on Paradise allows Piranha to benefit from the crowds circulating the 'Loop.
fun little place
It was smaller than I expected from Vegas. Two rooms with a bar and dance floor in each one. There's an outdoor smoking area. Staff were friendly and drinks were affordable. That means a lot in Vegas. :)
second bar we went to
only thing that killed it for me was the friggin distance! so far but besides that, the club was reasonably full, i think they gave us a free drink ticket which is always nice, the music could of been a bit better..im really not a fan of dj;s switching the music so quickly...can i feel out the song at least?..
Mediocre for the price
If Piranha & 8 1/2 is Las Vegas' attempt at West Hollywood , it has much to learn. Still, taken on its own terms, it's okay. It's not worth the $20 entry, though we refused to pay this and turned to leave, only to have the doorman chase after us and offer us halfprice entry, which we thought was fair, to see what the fuss was about. The bar staff and dancers are friendly (moreso than the crowd), yet the place feels cold, calculated and stage-managed. There's no sense of the subversiveness that one finds in the WeHo bars this is trying to imitate - and that can be the difference between great gay club, and a merely decent one.
