Michael D.
Yelp
I'm going to try to write this review for people who like the idea of going to a cabaret, but are worried that they may be uncomfortable.
This was our second cabaret, the first being in a much larger venue (Triple Door). We liked the cabaret in at the Triple Door, but *loved* this cabaret.
The show itself is fairly tame as far as cabarets go. If you are visiting Seattle from middle America, or are otherwise less liberal socially, you will not be uncomfortable. The men are shirtless, and the women at most are topless with fairly large pasties on. It's not much more risqué than what you'd encounter at the beach. There is very little "suggestiveness" in terms of the performers touching each other, and to the extent there is, it is also heterosexual. In terms of below the waist, the women are in bikini bottoms, and "more conservative" thongs. The men are in pants most of the time, sometimes in codpieces, and one time the host was holding just a hat in front of his privates.
Two people were "asked" to go on the stage -- me being one of them! I am not the type who usually likes this sort of thing, but I loved it. It was not embarrassing at all. Basically, after the host yelled a profanity, I was asked to repeat him. It was great fun. I was seated in the spot closest to the stage, which is why I was picked. The other person was at a bachelorette party. She sat on the stage while people danced around her. No one got particularly close, and it was much tamer than what I've seen at Vegas in the adult Cirque shows.
I say all the above to say that if you want to do a cabaret, but are nervous, I would go ahead and do it. This will be among the more cabarets you can choose.
The performers are incredibly talented. There are four dancers (two men, two women), one singer (woman), and the host who is also an acrobat-type person (man). The venue is stunning, and very intimate. If you get seats along the catwalk, the dancers will be dancing literally inches from your face. There's no touching, of course, and they don't touch you, either, except for a playful flick of a feather on your face once or twice.
We are vegan, and there are vegan options. We did the three-course "VIP" meal. I would recommend if you are vegan to email them ahead of time, as our server -- while sweet and attentive -- was a bit clueless (she didn't know the difference between vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free). When we went both soups were vegan, and were marked as such. The corn chowder was excellent.
However, no entrees were marked as vegan. In emailing back and forth with the venue ahead of time, I was told that the risotto is vegan without the protein. The server had to confirm this with the kitchen. That's what I had, and it was good. I prefer the vegan risotto at Jazz Alley, FWIW.
The other dinner vegan option was the vegetarian burger without the aioli. Our server confused gluten free and vegan, and so my wife got it with a lettuce wrap instead of a bun. I'm not sure if the bun was not vegan, though, and this is why she got what she got.
The vegan dessert option was a vegan tiramisu. I'm not sure why it isn't listed on the menu -- it is excellent. The server knew about this, and I was told in my email discussion ahead of time that it would be available.
We do not drink, and there were a handful of non-alcoholic mocktails which were also quite good. However, no NA beer options.
Overall, we really enjoyed ourselves -- so much that we are going to do this again in the future! If you're on the fence, do it!
