Dolce Vita

Don't go in

For anyone going on a stag trip to Budapest the best advice I can give you is NOT to go to the Dolce Vita club. It is little more than a clip joint of the type seen years ago in London‘s Soho.

After thinking we had done well by negotiating a free drink, normally 2,000 Forints, we were totally ripped off within about 10 minutes of going inside. The girls will come and chat for a couple of minutes then mumble something about a drink and a dance. Whatever you say they will get up and start dancing then a guy arrives with some cheap sparkling, probably non-alcoholic, wine. As soon as they realise you have rumbled what is going on and you start complaining that you haven’t ordered it they will present you with a bill. In our case this was 24,000 Forints each.

Although there was six of us and we put up some resistance, any arguing just resulted in more heavies arriving and standing around menacingly. They are quite happy to escort you to a nearby ATM as well. Don’t go there, there are other safer and less expensive places to have some fun.