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The Sailor's Style Guide: How to Dress at a Yacht Club

If you've been invited to a casual yacht club rendezvous, you'll need the right threads to fit in. in this guide, we'll walk you through the yacht club attire you'll need to fit in. hint: you can find the perfect outfit head to toe with castaway.

You've been invited to a meal or event at a local yacht club, but you've never been to one before. Suddenly, the panic sets in. What should you wear? Fortunately, there are lots of options and visiting a yacht club does not mean you have to spend a lot of money just to fit in. This post will give you some pointers on yacht club attire so that you feel neither under nor overdressed, and can really enjoy yourself and have a great time at the club.

Before you even think about what to wear, check to see if the yacht club you're going to has a dress code posted online. Most of them do, and the rules can vary from club to club. The Nantucket Yacht Club , for example, requires semi-formal attire for its dinners and cocktail attire including ties for men during its dinner dances and balls. The Hyannis Yacht Club goes into a little more detail. It accepts stylish casual wear including clean, neat jeans and shorts for lunch. For dinner, guests are expected to step it up by leaving the denim at home and wearing sports coats. Different areas of a club may also have different dress rules. Bars and outdoor decks tend to more lax and allow casual clothing.

Sometimes, the easiest way of narrowing down what to wear is to eliminate what you should not wear. This is just a partial list of how not to show up at any kind of yacht club unless you want to be denied admittance or receive a lot of disapproving glares. All rules listed apply to the inside of the club, and can vary for beach and dock rulings.

Flip Flops or Going Barefoot: This rule applies INSIDE the club, or for any meal time. Most people love the beach, but going barefoot is not only unacceptable, but unhygienic.

You'll want to wear appropriate footwear such as sturdy sandals or closed toe shoes. While a lot of children and adults love their flip-flops, they may be a little too casual for a yacht club atmosphere. The most popular choice here is a boat shoe style but a bridle bit driver is always appropriate - check the latest . The lightly worn leather and pencil-curled laces fit the bill in the cool department.

Torn, Stained, or Worn Clothing: Any attire that is showing signs of wear such as rips, stains that never came out, holes, missing buttons, etc. should be left at home.

Baseball Caps and Other Hats: Most yacht clubs prefer that men remove their caps when inside the venue. Save them for the sailing excursions.

Extra points on the water if you rock the Club’s Burgee on the hat!

Swimwear: Just a no-no. Save it for the boat and the beach. A cover-up can be acceptable for the patio.

Going Shirtless: Nope!

Undershirts as Shirts: See above. You may also want to be careful about choosing a t-shirt, particularly one with graphics, when visiting a yacht club. Most prefer that you wear a collared shirt, even if it's a casual one such as a polo shirt.

Tank tops for men and any tank tops for women that are skimpy and don't hide undergarments should be saved for another occasion.

Women have a lot of options when it comes to visiting a yacht club. Linen and cotton make the perfect summer blouses. A light but structured Sleeveless Top paired with a sweater is perfect for warding off cool sea breezes when you're out on the deck. A polo or collared shirt works well for the yacht club scene as well. You can also consider a dressy blouse that has a little bit of flounce to it. If shorts are allowed for the time and area of the club you're visiting, consider sporting Sailing shorts with a cute anchor embroidery. They're cool, classy, and show off just the right amount of leg. Casual skirts and dresses are perfectly fine as well as long as they're not too short and revealing. If you're attending a party at a yacht club you may need to wear a nice cocktail dress, or a classic Tunic Dress for a day event. Special events such as balls and dinner dances usually specify what is appropriate attire on the invitation.

Don't forget to have fun with accessories! A straw handbag can complete a nautical themed look.

For most casual yacht club occasions, men can't go wrong with a collared shirt and long pants or Cisco Shorts . Pastel and preppy shades such as summer green, hurricane red, and islander blue rule here.

When casual attire is allowed, collared sport or polo shirts are always in fashion. Seersucker and linen shirts are available in several colors and patterns for summer club get-togethers. If jeans are not allowed, seersucker or cotton canvas pants are still casual and comfortable yet dressy enough for all areas of a yacht club. If you really want to show your love of nautical dressing, consider wearing a fun Embroidered Pant !

Or you can opt for solid pants but add some nautical flair with an embroidered belt . Classic summer staples like Seersucker and Madras Patches will make you the talk of the Club, in a good way!

For those chilly sea breezes and evenings, a quarter zip pullover wards off the cool air while keeping you stylish and casual.

It's a good idea to keep a sportcoat and a few ties in your closet just in case the yacht club you're visiting requires it. Opt for a fun all over embroidered jacket, or a Madras Patchwork style to really up your game.

Kids' clothing should conform to the same yacht club rules as established for grown-up guests. If you really want your son to look cute, consider dressing him in the same matching outfit as dad.

Whether you're looking to make a splash with yacht club attire or just want to look good on the boat or while meeting with friends, we have the seaside looks that you'll look and feel wonderful in for men, women, and children.

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For London Sailboat Racing Club, No Waves in Sight

By Christopher Clarey

Aug. 8, 2013

LONDON — At the clubhouse of the Royal Ocean Racing Club here, the only ocean in sight is in the oil paintings that hang on the walls and in the stairwells.

The real Celtic Sea and its frothy perils are far removed from No.20 St. James’s Place, the club’s fashionable address in central, mind’s-eye London, near Green Park and a short stroll from Buckingham Palace.

“I remember once sailing on an Italian boat and they introduced me as a neighbor of the queen,” said Eddie Warden Owen, the club’s chief executive officer.

The club, which stages the Rolex Fastnet Race, does have an office in Cowes, on the Isle of Wight. That’s the starting point for the Fastnet, which begins Sunday, as well as for many of the club’s other offshore regattas.

But the heart of the matter remains here in London, behind a Georgian brick facade at the end of the oddly shaped L of a street where Rupert Murdoch has a penthouse apartment and where the late Princess Diana’s ancestors built Spencer House, one of London’s last 18th- century private palaces. It has been restored for an estimated £16 million, or $24 million, by its billionaire tenant, Jacob Rothschild, and is now the headquarters for his investment company.

“I can see from the outside point of view that it looks a bit odd that we are sitting in the middle of St. James’s, but it works,” said Janet Grosvenor, a club member and former Fastnet race director. “It was a group of businessmen who founded the club and the logical place for them to meet and come together was London, and they wanted it to be international, too.”

As of July, the club had 3,265 members from 65 countries. Nearly 2,000 members are based in Britain but there are 1,308 members based overseas, 269 of them in the United States. Female members are allowed, as they are not at some other British yacht clubs, but there were only 289 as of July.

To qualify for membership, candidates must have completed no less than 500 offshore racing miles, or 800 kilometers, and have spent at least two nights at sea. There are apparently no exceptions.

“You can’t buy membership,” Grosvenor said. “You can’t just ring up and say, ‘I want to be a member.’ You have to do the mileage. You’ve got to have the background and have got to be proposed and seconded.”

The American media magnate Ted Turner, who won the Fastnet on corrected time in 1979 with Tenacious, is a R.O.R.C. member. Honorary members include King Juan Carlos of Spain and King Harald V of Norway.

Despite its high-born connections, high-rent address and imposing façade, the club is surprisingly informal. Coat and tie might be obligatory for men at the Royal Thames Yacht Club in nearby Knightsbridge, but there is no dress code at the R.O.R.C.

“We don’t pretend to be anything we’re not and that’s the good thing,” said Mark Newens, the house manager. “The great thing here is every member has to have qualified through ocean racing and therefore you know when you’re meeting a member that they’ve all shared the same common experience: Get wet, get cold, get miserable, and have a few drinks afterwards.”

Sometimes more than a few drinks.

“You see some great party tricks,” Newens said. “There’s one member who is very high up in a bank who can put a pint on top of his head and he can sit on the floor, pick the pint up with his feet and drink it. That’s usually at 2 in the morning.”

The club is a newcomer in British terms. The Royal Thames, the oldest sailing club in Britain, was founded in 1775. The Royal Yacht Squadron — with its clubhouse in Cowes Castle — was founded in 1815.

The Ocean Racing Club was not established until 1925 and was inspired by the Cruising Club of America, which had resurrected the Newport-Bermuda race in 1923. Weston Martyr, a former gold miner and trader turned writer who was then living in New York, had taken part in the race and was convinced that his fellow Britons required something similar.

With Martyr lobbying in and out of print, the decision was made to start a race from Cowes. There was support for racing to the Spanish port of Vigo, but Martyr’s route around the Fastnet Rock off the southern Irish coast prevailed.

Sixteen boats entered, but only seven started on Aug. 15, 1925. Jolie Brise, a converted French pilot cutter, was the winner, and before the last boat had finished, the Ocean Racing Club was founded at a dinner in Plymouth.

It later received royal patronage and has long been known by its acronym, R.O.R.C. But it did not come to St. James’s Place until 1942, with World War II in full roar. The club’s quarters in Pall Mall Place had been destroyed and the newly hired steward killed by a bomb in November 1940.

According to Ian Dear’s book, “The Royal Ocean Racing Club: The First 75 Years,” the club’s secretary, Pete Peterson, and others managed to salvage much of the contents of the wine cellar, carrying the bottles to safety under a blanket on a stretcher.

“Onlookers lifted their hats respectfully as the two men maneuvered ‘the body’ out of the ruins,” Dear wrote. “Afterward Peterson sent a telegram to the commodore: ‘Clubhouse bombed. Steward killed. Wine saved.”’

A German bomb also destroyed the roof and some of the walls of No.20 St. James’s Place before the club made the decision to move in. But the new clubhouse was inaugurated on July 23, 1942.

There were some problems with the new neighbors, chiefly the American soldiers who were billeted a few doors away in the Stafford Hotel.

One crashed a vehicle into the railings in front of the clubhouse and Peterson was later moved to write a letter to the local police — according to Dear — asking for them to “discourage the excessive number of young women who were attracted to St. James’s Place by the existence of the American Army billet. They hang about and are becoming rather a nuisance. An even more serious matter is the use made of this Place by a more professional type of woman.”

But as peace returned to Britain, so did peace and quiet eventually return to the neighborhood, and the club quickly resumed its racing activities after the war.

The club’s now-defunct Admirals Cup — an offshore competition between national teams that ran from 1957 to 2003 — was particularly successful at its peak.

The club’s low point was unquestionably the 1979 Fastnet Race, in which 15 sailors were killed when a tremendous storm struck the bulk of the fleet when it was well into open water. Only 85 of the 303 boats that started managed to complete the race.

Grosvenor, working in the organization that year, remembers pushing on through the horror.

“I can remember going home and I probably cried for two days because you just have to let it out,” she said. “I knew some of them and dealing with some of the next of kin afterwards was… well, I suppose the question in my mind was, ‘What are we doing?’ It’s supposed to be fun. It’s supposed to be enjoyable, and this is what happened. But I don’t know. I just stayed with it and then I guess you feel, how can I make a difference?”

Grosvenor and the club did so by making safety and safety training even more of a priority. They became early adopters of tracking technology on competing yachts and postponed the start of the race — an unprecedented, protocol-breaking move — for 25 hours in 2007 when weather patterns similar to the 1979 storm posed a threat.

Grosvenor and the club leaders decided it was best that the fleet take the brunt of the storm closer to shore. There were critics, of course, but there were no fatalities, which makes it hard to argue further.

The club — even without ties in the clubhouse — has gathered heft. There is the Fastnet Room, with its photos of club admirals past. There is the Jolie Brise Room, with its seascapes and big meeting table. And out the heavy front door decorated with the club’s trademark seahorse, there is London, central-casting London: no froth, no waves.

In an earlier version of this article, Eddie Warden Owen’s name was misspelled in a photo caption.

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Start date 23 Jun 2011
23 Jun 2011

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The whole dress code / black tie / blazer / comodore thing is why I have avoided yacht clubs.....

No Regrets said: We only wear them when it is desirable to do so though I certainly enjoy dressing up a couple of times a year (No Ramage, don't...) on an immaculate Boat, and parading a mile or two down the Thames in a mini flotilla of similarly presented vessels. It's only a small nod to the traditions which have kept the River a nice place to be, where there is respect and kindness shown to others, even strangers. Let the traditions die, and we may as well all become Pikeys. Click to expand...

No Regrets said: I certainly enjoy dressing up a couple of times a year (No Ramage, don't...) . Click to expand...

Bassplayer said: The whole dress code / black tie / blazer / comodore thing is why I have avoided yacht clubs..... Click to expand...

Ramage said: I could not possibly comment........ Click to expand...

Brayman said: What's this, No Regrets talking sense? Shorts can also be smart you know. Click to expand...

No Regrets said: Yes, but would you kindly iron your legs next time please? Click to expand...

pande said: Having seen Braymans legs many times and hopefully again this weekend I don't think they need ironing at all - they are lovely legs Click to expand...

To help the OP smart casual means trousers and a collared shirt in most clubs. Jeans are possibly ok but beter to avoid. It means a jacket and tie are not required.

24 Jun 2011

Andrew_Fanner

I think most clubs are fairly similar, nobody fusses about working rig or day to day scruffs/comfortables, although my club objects to bare feet in the clubhouse. If a dress code is stipulated for an event then that is what is expected. Doesn't happen too many times per year.

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Judging by the Bray lot a skirt and fishnets seems to be mandatory, optional for the ladies though.

Chris_d said: Judging by the Bray lot a skirt and fishnets seems to be mandatory, optional for the ladies though. Click to expand...

apollo said: Zimmer frames and Glasses with chains on them for ODCC? Click to expand...

boatone said: Your comment re ODCC deserves a slap Click to expand...

apollo said: Chris_D started it....... Click to expand...

Chris_d said: ..but you were caught go and stand outside the headmasters office Click to expand...

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Moscow nightlife: despite the freezing weather, the Russian capital gets hot as the sun goes down. Between discos, luxury, exaggerated parties and beautiful Russian girls, the Moscow nightlife offers everything you need for memorable nights.

Moscow nightlife

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Most of Moscow's nightclubs contain a restaurant, a bar area and a nightclub (the larger ones also have bowling alleys, billiards and a casino!). Perhaps because Moscow is such a large metropolis with very cold temperatures and taxis are so expensive that the owners of the bars and clubs want to offer their customers an all in one place for night entertainment.

So, in other words, Moscow is not the best city in the world for bar-crawling, especially bearing in mind that these multipurpose venues often charge entrance, but rather it is better to carefully choose the club where to spend the night.

For a quieter and more sober evening, head for an evening stroll along the Via Arbat or the Red Square to be fascinated by the lights of the city and the grandeur of the buildings, and admire the shops and street artists. An alternative to experience Moscow's nightlife is to spend an evening of lyric, ballet or opera. The Russian capital is home to around sixty theaters, the most famous of which is the world-renowned Bolshoi Theater (Theater Square, 1, Moscow).

Moscow nightlife districts

Moscow's nightlife is not concentrated in a single district but is scattered throughout the city. However, there are areas with a greater concentration of bars and nightclubs .

The Krasnij Oktjabr (Russian for "Red October") complex, a red brick building located on the island in the center of the Moscow River that once housed a chocolate factory, is dotted with numerous trendy nightclubs and offers spectacular views of the river and the symbolic places of the Russian capital. This is where the most glamorous parties in Moscow take place, there are numerous bars, restaurants and art galleries.

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Other neighborhoods with good nightlife are the old manufactory area near the Russian government building which houses some bars, the area around the Trubnaya metro and around Kuznetsky Most , while the Kurskaya groups the clubs with electronic music. We can also mention the area of the Patriarch's ponds, an area that is teeming with quiet bars.

Clubs and discos in Moscow

The crowd is very mixed. Students, young professionals, techno lovers, tourists all gather at Propaganda. Everyone comes to enjoy the music and have fun. It is one of the few clubs where the dancefloor dominates and there are hardly any tables, apart from a few that overlook the entire space. Propaganda is a restaurant until midnight. You can come earlier for dinner and stay for dancing. After midnight, the staff clears the tables from the dance floor and the whole place turns into a club. The place is different from the usual Moscow restaurant / club hybrids, however, because the atmosphere changes completely from "relaxed restaurant" to "underground electro club". Not to be missed.

There are more areas with different music. In the first area, expect a mix of traditional music and Russian pop songs. In the second, slightly larger area, there is live Russian pop music until 2am. After that it is mostly some kind of electronic music. The club is frequented by beautiful Russian girls around 18-25 years old, stunning students or models, and of course there is a good deal of young Russians, middle-aged men and foreign tourists trying their luck! Unlike many other nightclubs, the Icon is a pure nightclub and not a club turned into a restaurant. In any case, if you like to party in a big club and want to savor the typical Moscow nightlife , this is the perfect solution.

The crowd is the same as in other high-end Moscow clubs. Men are rarely under the age of 35 and are committed to giving the impression that money is not an issue. The women are amazing even by Moscow nightlife - if you want to meet Moscow's super models, this is the place! Ideal if you want to toast with the Moscow elite.

The club is located on two floors. The lower floor is mainly frequented by people hanging out at the bar and is good for conversation. The narrow stairs that perfectly fit the student atmosphere of the club take you to the main floor where the real party takes place, complete with a bedlam and girls dancing on the bar counter. In the summer months there is also an outdoor terrace. The place is always crowded and bouncers unnecessarily queue people - having a table or someone inside can be the key to skipping the queue. Otherwise, you might end up waiting half an hour or more. Come early or come back late if you want to avoid the crowds.

The crowd that frequents this club is quite mixed. People are less trendy and more underground. The place is suitable for afterhours, so most people arrive from 3am onwards.

Immediately upon entering, you will have the feeling that you have come to the local high school graduation prom instead of a real Moscow nightclub. There is no real interior design, but basically just a large hall with a stage and a bar. The crowd is almost entirely made up of teenagers and young people. Not many of the teens speak English, but it probably doesn't matter after all the alcohol. The music ranges from Russian pop and hip-hop to the most famous international hits. Perfect if you want to party and drink alcohol in one of the cheapest clubs in Moscow .

Here too, it's full of beautiful girls and it's also a great place to hit them off, as those who come here are notoriously more approachable. The advice is to be very firm with the girls who approach and to make your intentions clear. If you want to be 100% sure to get in, come at 2am when the club is still uncrowded.

Oblaka plays a mix of Russian and international pop music. Occasionally, as in many other clubs, there are performances by Russian pop singers. As is often the case in these types of clubs, the music and DJ are not the best but the guests don't seem to care.

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The bar looks similar but still distinctly different than regular Moscow posh clubs. Most of the people who frequent this place are over 25, and you can find everything from young professionals to creative types to self-proclaimed models. Great if you want to see the "real Muscovites" celebrate without the overblown flashes of wealth. The proposed music is a strange mix of old and new commercial songs and Russian pop.

Downstairs is a large open space that opens its doors wide in the summer. The interior is rustic, yet elegant, with wooden furnishings and plenty of seating. The interior combined with Ugolek's popularity creates a crowded yet intimate atmosphere, especially on weekends. People come to chat, drink and eat. The upstairs bar has a more welcoming atmosphere. It is smaller, with soft lighting and armchairs to be able to relax. On weekends there is a DJ who mixes electronic music and transforms the bar into a relaxed place, ideal for the pre-party.

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This comprehensive guide to Moscow nightlife will run you through the nuts and bolts of all you need to know about Moscow’s nightclubs and give you a solid blueprint to operate with during your time in Moscow.

What you need to know before hitting Moscow nightclubs

Prices in moscow nightlife.

Before you head out and start gaming all the sexy Moscow girls , we have to talk money first. Bring plenty because in Moscow you can never bring a big enough bankroll. Remember, you’re the man so making a fuzz of not paying a drink here or there will not go down well.

Luckily most Moscow clubs don’t do cover fees. Some electro clubs will charge 15-20$, depending on their lineup. There’s the odd club with a minimum spend of 20-30$, which you’ll drop on drinks easily. By and large, you can scope out the venues for free, which is a big plus.

Bottle service is a great deal in Moscow. At top-tier clubs, it starts at 1,000$. That’ll go a long way with premium vodka at 250$, especially if you have three or four guys chipping in. Not to mention that it’s a massive status boost for getting girls, especially at high-end clubs.

Without bottle service, you should estimate a budget of 100-150$ per night. That is if you drink a lot and hit the top clubs with the hottest girls. Scale down for less alcohol and more basic places.

Dress code & Face control

Door policy in Moscow is called “face control” and it’s always the guy behind the two gorillas that gives the green light if you’re in or out.

In Moscow nightlife there’s only one rule when it comes to dress codes:

You can never be underdressed.

People dress A LOT sharper than, say, in the US and that goes for both sexes. For high-end clubs, you definitely want to roll with a sharp blazer and a pocket square, not to mention dress shoes in tip-top condition. Those are the minimum requirements to level the playing field vis a vis with other sharply dressed guys that have a lot more money than you do. Unless you plan to hit explicit electro or underground clubs, which have their own dress code, you are always on the money with that style.

Getting in a Moscow club isn’t as hard as it seems: dress sharp, speak English at the door and look like you’re in the mood to spend all that money that you supposedly have (even if you don’t). That will open almost any door in Moscow’s nightlife for you.

Types of Moscow Nightclubs

In Moscow there are four types of clubs with the accompanying female clientele:

High-end clubs:

These are often crossovers between restaurants and clubs with lots of tables and very little space to dance. Heavy accent on bottle service most of the time but you can work the room from the bar as well. The hottest and most expensive girls in Moscow go there. Bring deep pockets and lots of self-confidence and you have a shot at swooping them.

Regular Mid-level clubs:

They probably resemble more what you’re used to in a nightclub: big dancefloors, stages and more space to roam around. Bottle service will make you stand out more but you can also do well without. You can find all types of girls but most will be in the 6-8 range. Your targets should always be the girls drinking and ideally in pairs. It’s impossible not to swoop if your game is at least half-decent.

Basic clubs/dive bars:

Usually spots with very cheap booze and lax face control. If you’re dressed too sharp and speak no Russian, you might attract the wrong type of attention so be vigilant. If you know the local scene you can swoop 6s and 7s almost at will. Usually students and girls from the suburbs.

Electro/underground clubs:

Home of the hipsters and creatives. Parties there don’t mean meeting girls and getting drunk but doing pills and spacing out to the music. Lots of attractive hipster girls if that is your niche. That is its own scene with a different dress code as well.

What time to go out in Moscow

Moscow nightlife starts late. Don’t show up at bars and preparty spots before 11pm because you’ll feel fairly alone. Peak time is between 1am and 3am. That is also the time of Moscow nightlife’s biggest nuisance: concerts by artists you won’t know and who only distract your girls from drinking and being gamed. From 4am to 6am the regular clubs are emptying out but plenty of people, women included, still hit up one of the many afterparty clubs. Those last till well past 10am.

As far as days go: Fridays and Saturdays are peak days. Thursday is an OK day, all other days are fairly weak and you have to know the right venues.

The Ultimate Moscow Nightclub List

Short disclaimer: I didn’t add basic and electro clubs since you’re coming for the girls, not for the music. This list will give you more options than you’ll be able to handle on a weekend.

Preparty – start here at 11PM

Classic restaurant club with lots of tables and a smallish bar and dancefloor. Come here between 11pm and 12am when the concert is over and they start with the actual party. Even early in the night tons of sexy women here, who lean slightly older (25 and up).

The second floor of the Ugolek restaurant is an extra bar with dim lights and house music tunes. Very small and cozy with a slight hipster vibe but generally draws plenty of attractive women too. A bit slower vibe than Valenok.

Very cool, spread-out venue that has a modern library theme. Not always full with people but when it is, it’s brimming with top-tier women. Slow vibe here and better for grabbing contacts and moving on.

High-end: err on the side of being too early rather than too late because of face control.

Secret Room

Probably the top venue at the moment in Moscow . Very small but wildly popular club, which is crammed with tables but always packed. They do parties on Thursdays and Sundays as well. This club has a hip-hop/high-end theme, meaning most girls are gold diggers, IG models, and tattooed hip hop chicks. Very unfavorable logistics because there is almost no room no move inside the club but the party vibe makes it worth it. Strict face control.

Close to Secret Room and with a much more favorable and spacious three-part layout. This place attracts very hot women but also lots of ball busters and fakes that will leave you blue-balled. Come early because after 4am it starts getting empty fast. Electronic music.

A slightly kitsch restaurant club that plays Russian pop and is full of gold diggers, semi-pros, and men from the Caucasus republics. Thursday is the strongest night but that dynamic might be changing since Secret Room opened its doors. You can swoop here but it will be a struggle.

Mid-level: your sweet spot in terms of ease and attractiveness of girls for an average budget.

Started going downwards in 2018 due to lax face control and this might get even worse with the World Cup. In terms of layout one of the best Moscow nightclubs because it’s very big and bottle service gives you a good edge here. Still attracts lots of cute girls with loose morals but plenty of provincial girls (and guys) as well. Swooping is fairly easy here.

I haven’t been at this place in over a year, ever since it started becoming ground zero for drunken teenagers. Similar clientele to Icon but less chic, younger and drunker. Decent mainstream music that attracts plenty of tourists. Girls are easy here as well.

Sort of a Coyote Ugly (the real one in Moscow sucks) with party music and lots of drunken people licking each others’ faces. Very entertaining with the right amount of alcohol and very easy to pull in there. Don’t think about staying sober in here, you’ll hate it.

Artel Bessonitsa/Shakti Terrace

Electronic music club that is sort of a high-end place with an underground clientele and located between the teenager clubs Icon and Gipsy. Very good music but a bit all over the place with their vibe and their branding. You can swoop almost any type of girl here from high-heeled beauty to coked-up hipsters, provided they’re not too sober.

Afterparty: if by 5AM you haven’t pulled, it’s time to move here.

Best afterparty spot in terms of trying to get girls. Pretty much no one is sober in there and savage gorilla game goes a long way. Lots of very hot and slutty-looking girls but it can be hard to tell apart who is looking for dick and who is just on drugs but not interested. If by 9-10am you haven’t pulled, it is probably better to surrender.

The hipster alternative for afterparties, where even more drugs are in play. Plenty of attractive girls there but you have to know how to work this type of club. A nicer atmosphere and better music but if you’re desperate to pull, you’ll probably go to Miks.

Weekday jokers: if you’re on the hunt for some sexy Russian girls during the week, here are two tips to make your life easier.

Chesterfield

Ladies night on Wednesdays means this place gets pretty packed with smashed teenagers and 6s and 7s. Don’t pull out the three-piece suit in here because it’s a “simpler” crowd. Definitely your best shot on Wednesdays.

If you haven’t pulled at Chesterfield, you can throw a Hail Mary and hit up Garage’s Black Music Wednesdays. Fills up really late but there are some cute Black Music groupies in here. Very small club. Thursday through Saturday they do afterparties and you have an excellent shot and swooping girls that are probably high.

Shishas Sferum

This is pretty much your only shot on Mondays and Tuesdays because they offer free or almost free drinks for women. A fairly low-class club where you should watch your drinks. As always the case in Moscow, there will be cute girls here on any day of the week but it’s nowhere near as good as on the weekend.

In a nutshell, that is all you need to know about where to meet Moscow girls in nightlife. There are tons of options, and it all depends on what best fits your style, based on the type of girls that you’re looking for.

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