Depends on what you are after!
I enjoy both, but each for their own reason.
Monty's is the old stalwart - dark, dirty and unpredictable. You can count on a decent line-up of girls though showtimes are often too far apart. The private dance area pretty much sucks but if you get the right girl up their with the right attitude the sky is the limit (a complimentary shot of Cuervo Gold to the DJ to look the other way helps too!). It is the anything-can-happen factor that makes the place exciting and keeps me coming back. I have been witness to:
- many impromptu duo shows - a few that would be classified as drunken lesbo make out sessions
- a couple of very large wasted women who ended the night stripping on stage and screaming while the poor staff tried to coax them off (eventually it was the loose change that other patrons were throwing at them that drove them away!)
- a fight between a dancer and an amateur fellow wet t-shirt competitor who kept ripping her clothes
- as well as a variety of fire shows, candle shows, duos, trios, amateurs, etc.
The Fox Pub was rebuilt a few years ago after a fire destroyed it and part of the hotel it was in. The Fox is newer, bigger and flashier than Monty's. It has a great stage with unobstructed views and generally a higher calibre of model-material dancers. It is the place that students frequent and where curious groups of girls go to check things out. They have more frequent shows it seems and offers non-stop dancers on Thursday nights and sometimes on the weekends too. But it is too safe for my liking. Dancers come and go - nothing special about their shows, no extra interactions with the crowd - safe but boring. The staff are great and the waitresses sometimes dress in themes (I particularly enjoyed the corsets that many were sporting!)
There you have it - my take on the only 2 places in Victoria that you can see naked chicks for the inflated price of a beer.
FTG