Kuma Charmers

This is the only place that we know of in the Ithaca surrounding area. There are other similar clubs within a 30 – 40 mile drive but depending on what you are doing and how you are getting there — that might make Kuma Charmers the only place to be.
Charmers’s is in a quiet part of the road and away from the university and town. You have to go several miles out before you get there and if you aren’t looking for it, well, you just might miss it. And if you’re feeling frisky, you’ll be sorry that you missed it!
I found Charmers right here on Unilocal.With a girly picture and no reviews plus being in the middle of nowhere… it could either be a very scary place or the exact place for the playboy like hefner to come check out.
The place has a big parking lot and a nondescript entrance. I expected a cash register booth or a check-​in as soon as I walked in but you actually get to walk down a wide hallway before you get to the soda bar and meet Bob, the proprietor. Billard table and lapdance private rooms to your left and a double stage with racetrack seating to your right. Depending on how many patrons are in there when you go, the place could feel slightly intimidating.
The two times I visited, only the main stage was operating. They have an elevated DJ booth, with a window cutout, announcing each dancer. The dancers come out of a curtained area on to the stage and do a typical three-​song (to my recollection) set. While on stage, you will occasionally get propositioned for later lapdances. The stage ceiling was decorated with cool lights that made me think of old traveling carnival lights.
Most of the dancers are warm and have great attitudes, and some, a little less… There was one stunner and the others were pretty and less. The girls wouldn’t be doing their job if they didn’t ask you for a lappie in the booths… but that’s the thing they ask not hustle nor pressure (except for maybe one aggressive salesgirl).
I went in there with my buddy with the sheer intention of just relaxing and hanging out —Kuma Charmers was a great place for it. If you haven’t been to as many go-​go stripclubs as I have, you may be inclined to rate it «seedy-​looking» or scowl at some of the girls who work there. 4-​stars because it was a good experience with no real alternatives in immediate vicinity — basically, your only choice (to my knowledge) — plus 1-​star for no alternatives, plus ½ star for friendly and spend-​as-​will budget friendly.