i've had plenty of midtown places respect an appointment time. including moonlight, asiannewheaven, yadda yadda. asian only places, i dont expect it, but there its not a shell game...you can see the girl and the customers in queue and calc how long you'll need to wait. at luxy you never really know is the girl there or were they just bs'ing you all the way to get you in the door.
this place is so bad that you can call from down the block, confirm the girl is there and available, and when you walk in another greets you at the door. then they are dumbfounded if you will wait. then they think oh...choice. try to walk and suddenly the girl is free in 5 min...but 5 min later...a different girl again walks in. just too many games...i dont need that aggravation.
maybe its just that they want to pack the schedule real tightly, figuring to just get you in the door and one of the girls will appeal to you. sometimes - as in this case - i think its that they dont want you to get on too friendly a basis with a particular girl ('management' there specifically tells the girls they should not give out their numbers to customers)
when i have taken another, its solely because of lack of time to go to another spot. even so, that shop drops waaaay down on my list of places to go.
from now on if the girl i ask for doesn't open the door, i'm going to turn around and head elsewhere without another word.
that behavior coupled with the fact that they are still in 200 club means i dont expect to be there again anytime soon.
i agree with you, always have a backup plan. out of spite though i dont want it to be the nearest bar to wait, i want it to be the competition a few blocks away.