Dirty Dog Saloon

Location: On Catherine St in Hamilton. Parking directly across from the club costs $ 2.50.
Quality and Price: Cover is $ 5. Lovely atmosphere and décor… but it pretty much ends there. On a Saturday night, it wasn’t packed at all. Very few people and the dress code was super casual. Bull rides cost $ 5 each. Played pop country all night.
Service: As a theme bar and club with a mechanical bull and poles, we were thoroughly disappointed when our group of professional pole fitness instructors were told that the poles were for «looks only» and our «feet were not allowed to leave the stage». Not only that, our girls had cat ears and a bejeweled tank top on that said «security» in sparkles — but they were told to turn the shirt inside-​out or wear a Dirty Dog Saloon t-​shirt. Other than us, NO one was on the poles that night. Then, during bar dancing, our girls were told not to pull on the overhead bars (when other girls were doing it before and after us). We felt nit-​picked at and left the building shortly after. Tim the General Manager would have been okay with us on the pole, but owner had final say (which was a no), but then didn’t hesitate to try to strike up a future «business» networking speech. Tacky.
Overall: Would not return again, would not recommend. A total buzz kill bar. I rate it a ¹⁄₅ for décor.