Kaliente

Their are so many bad reviews! Well, I have been going to kaliente for several years. I don’t go all the time, but if you want to see some great female impersonators that lip sink and proform in awesome culture costumes. Its a great place for you. I go during the week for the performances and less crowd and I don’t recall paying cover charge. You do pay for valet. I recommend it to keep your car safe, but I have parked across the street on occasion and it was safe and free parking. Go see them and give them a tip. They are awesome, and the drinks and staff are very friendly.

Ghetto Fabulous !!! I’m never going back. I’m sorry folks but this place was recommended to me as a really cool bar if you wanted to listen to Latin Music. First, you show up to a $ 10 dollar valet parking and a $ 6 dollars cover charge. So you go in and the air stinks horrible it’s super packed by small children that think they’re the bomb because they’re at a club. Bar service it’s pretty decent if you drink beer from a bottle their bar tenders aren’t that skilled. And if you go to the bar pay with cash, don’t try to use a credit card they will clone your card. Music is extremely loud to the point you can’t hear anything. They have a pretty good music selection I liked that part. But honestly it’s overly priced the ppl that get in are very ghetto and that why I hate that because of ppl like them we get judged that all gay ppl is nasty ghetto and dirty. I’m sorry but I’m. Never going back.

I have lived in Phoenix, Denver, Washington DC, Hong Kong, and Dallas, so have had some good exposure to clubs in a variety of places. The club is located a distance from the «gay strip», but only about 5 minutes. The club has a $ 7 cover charge for anyone over 21 and $ 15 for anyone under 21. The club is lots of fun on Saturdays, but not so exciting on any other day in my experience.
Pros:
— Great Music (Spanish, R&B, Dance)
— Great Crowd (very friendly)
— Very Friendly Staff
Cons:
— Ventilation
— Size (Fire Marshall will come out on occasion and stop people from entering, so get there before 12:30)
— Parking (just valet)

I would like to give this place a little more credit than it’s gotten. I’ve been to Kaliente many times and have never had a bad experience. The drinks are great, the music is good and the crowd is very entertaining. I’ve seen all kinds of representation from the GLBT community here.
Apart from being a club, they also hold all kinds of pageants and contests which are awesome!

My friend warned me the place was horrible but ‘musica esta buenisima’ so I went to check it out with them. The crowd is a little mixed – both lesbians and gay men. Age range varied from 20’s to 40’s. Mostly Latino, but a couple of other people were there too.
The music ranged from dance, reggaeton, 90’s rock en espanol, cumbia, tejano, and more. It is pretty dark and dirty. My main problem was the stupid fog machine. ughhhh so cheesy and unnecessary. The bartender we went to was really cool and they did accept credit cards. not sure what was going on when Cesar went.
I prolly won’t go back cuz it cost $ 7 and I hate paying to get into places.

let me say first that I always call it Kaliente with a «K» — knowing its a «C».
I dont know why i even went here. but i got frisked at the door, there was a rancid urine smell in the air, and after all di all my beer ordering — i find they dont accept credit cards. im sure tejano music is the alluring part of this place but for a non tejano music liking mexican — it sucked — it felt like a back alley (kinda is) dump w a bunch of spanish speaking johns waiting for the drunken moment of vulnerability — havent been back since — parking sucks — and it stinks (literally)