BS West

I’d say it’s closest to one of the best dance club/​bars in Arizona (aside from charlies). The go go dancers are delicious, the drinks are great, and the crowd is very approachable. They offer different deals every night and on Fridays they do drag shows. The space itself is large enough but not as big as charlies. There are mostly young adults from 21 – 30, I suppose the location scares away most older men. People there are very friendly to talk to, you just have to be able to open yourself up!
I come here all the time and honestly I can say it’s probably the best bar in Arizona. It’s not perfect but it’s what we got! :)

Normally, this is a great place to go for drinks and good times and would get 4 stars. But the drag shows are the absolute worst and last forever. Avoid it on fridays at all costs

Drag Queen show on Wed night was so amazing and entertaining. Laughed so hard and loved every moment of the Voice style drag show. Coaches performed first, then the contestants with 2 songs. Friendly staff and fun crowd with video DJ in between sets.

Best gay bar! Nice staff and awesome drinks! Always crowded on weekends and weekdays so there’s always fun!

I just loved here and was looking for a cool bar to go to! I came across B. S and loved it! Great staff, great drink specials! The DJ knows how to set the mood. I’ll be back for sure.

Although I was there in August with the temp 117 degrees and this place was pretty empty, the folks were awesomely friendly and the drinks were good. Love the 2−4−1 drink specials… when you order a drink you get what looks like a poker chip good for a free drink, which expires in a year. Some of the regulars told me that they had collections of these spanning many years. They had go-​go boys which were pretty lackluster, but I was there offseason and the place was dead. I will go here again if I’m ever again in Scottsdale!

HA… my girlfriend brought me here, she let me figure it out for myself that it was a gay bar. Im not sure how to rate this… I guess it was ok. I thought it would make a great rock and roll/​live music bar, but it is what it is. Sunday night about 8, it was pretty empty, and the music was non stop GaGa and Beyonce… go figure.

Had an awesome time last night. Great vibe, great drinks, beautiful queens, loud music, and awesome people. You should definately go :)

Cover charge at 1am when club closes at 2am, awful drinks that are watered down and not what we ordred, club patrons seem to be from the trailer park down the street

Not worth the hype! Always a cover, Mediocre typical gay diva tunes. 2−4-1s are nice, but many other bars have nights where they offer the same. You come to Scottsdale expecting an upscale experience and they fall very short of «upscale»! Rude staff, not all, but most of them. Suggested to a friend to have a birthday there recently. They were charging $ 150 to $ 200 for a VIP area without bottle service and not once did a cocktail server come in to check on us. They also wanted to charge an outrageous extra amount for a dancer to come in and entertain over 30 paying customers. Nothing special about it anymore and desperately needs a remodel.

Great gay bar! Just beware that if you pay with card you will get charged $ 2 more than if you pay with cash$$$

I will never come here again! The DJ sucked! All he played were songs on the radio and highly out dated hip hop songs, also kept playing really sad/​dark almost scary techno music. And the establishment alongside the staff was horrendous! Worst gay club I’ve ever been to!

In response to Heather N. Your friend probably did not close her tab at the end of the night. When you start a tab with us you sign a receipt saying if you leave without signing your tab we are able to close it, it also states that when we close it a 25% gratuity is added automatically. None of the bartenders ever tip themselves. We would get in a lot of trouble if we did that and two dollars isn’t worth our job. Glad you had fun! See you soon!

SO much fun! I went here last weekend and had a total blast. The staff and crowd are beyond friendly. If you’re looking for cheap well made drinks, and a great environment check it out! There is a cover, which doubled as a drink voucher so no big deal. The Drag show on Friday’s rocks! Worth stopping by.

Cool place to dance and get your drink on. Like the two levels and plenty af lounging upstairs for conversation. Only down side is that it sits in an alley not easy to find unless you kmow the area well… bad location.

One of my best friends is gay so I’ve been to many a gay bar and club in New York, San Francisco, LA, San Diego, etc. I always enjoy my experiences because I personally find the music to be incredibly fun, the drinks strong, and the atmosphere to be more relaxed.
This was my first time at a Phoenix gay bar so I was excited to see what it was like. It’s located in a strip mall in Old Town, which was a little surprising. I paid $ 5 cover and $ 6 for 2−4−1 Vodka Cranberries. You buy one drink and then you get a token to use later on that night. The drinks were strong and cheap — my favorite combo.
Overall, a lot of fun dance music and some hip hop, three go go dancers, and a small-​medium dance floor and a «patio» outside. It was a fun time and I would likely return.
There was only one issue:
BEWARE!
I didn’t find out about this until after we had left, but my friend charged the drink ($ 6) she bought on her credit card. She was told there was a $ 2 service charge. When she got home, she saw that she had been charged a total of $ 10. Since she said she did not tip — which I personally do not agree with — she didn’t understand where the extra $ 2 charge came from. Now, I personally always tip when I buy drinks, even when it’s 2−4−1 night and the second drink is technically free — I still tip on both drinks. However, I still don’t think it was right for the bartender to tip himself, because that is technically committing fraud. Incredibly wrong and illegal. I am so glad I did not use my credit card and I would NEVER use my card here after that incident.

I felt that I would share with others my experience. Bs West has been the hot spot for quite the years. They are well known and they get quite packed ! The drinks are amazing and not bad priced. You must be thinking wow this place sounds good? Well it’s not let me share the horrible experiences I’ve had .
The staff are the rudest staff anyone could encounter ! The first bad encounter was on my birthday where we went in a limo and paid the cover to get in. We were in the bar for about 10 minutes till one of the staff members kick my group out because they said we were rude on out way in ! Really? The second time was the last for me ! I ordered A drink on the outside patio from the cocktail waiter. When he came back he had all of my friends and my drinks. While we were getting the money to pay him he riped the drinks from our hands and said you have cash ready or no drink ! I told him that he was rude and we were getting the cash as my friend was holding the money in his hand. He said you wanna see rude I’ll show you how rude I can be when your out of here ! I advised the cocktail waiter he can have his drinks and we were leaving ! Me and my friends will never return and will spread the word on the staff bring rude !
With out customers you don’t have a bar ! If your staff feels they are so power happy to kick people out no one will go back. Please be ware everyone !

Even though I love it here they should keep the people who know about the place to answer the phones and answer the questions without getting no one in trouble, if not stay off the fucking phones.

I was thoroughly disappointed with this place. For starters, the night we went (about 2 months ago) there was a $ 12 cover per person and there wasn’t even any live music or entertainment. I still don’t know what the cover was for… The bar was filthy and totally outdated, the staff were not friendly and the overall vibe was blah.
We arrived and ordered a round of drinks. As we were sitting outside on the patio, one of the bar staff came up to our table to clear our empty drinks and mistakenly took a drink that was half full. I said something to him and about 5 minutes later the «bar manager» came out and asked us all to leave. We were upset and confused. Once we were outside she told us that she thought we were on «high on drugs» (which we weren’t) and said we are not welcome back for the night. I called the next day and left a message for the owner and never got a call back to this day. Highly, highly embarrassed and disappointed.
We went back about two weeks ago and decided to give it another shot and we still were not impressed at all. I would absolutely NOT recommend going here. Save your money or go to one of the other 65 bars in the area. That’s my story…

First and foremost, I am writing this review as a straight guy who is very LGBT friendly (don’t read that as I’m LGBT curious, I simply don’t care what your sexual preference is). And in reality, a lot of straight people go to gay bars these days — it’s 2013 people!
With that said, I’ve gone here both with my LGBT friends as well as my girlfriend. I’ve also always gone on Wednesdays, which have great drink specials. BSW is a great place to dance and if it so interest you, to check out the muscle-​ridden underwear-​only go-​go dancers.
Drinks are strong. In fact, the very first time I went here within 15 seconds of getting in the gate… one dude puked on another dudes shoe. Neither seemed to care — something of which if that happened in a straight club, you would have got your ass whooped, then thebouncers would have thrown you over the fence. I turned to my gay friend and said, «you guys sure are wild party animals.»
On Wednesday you buy a drink and they give you chips to spend on drinks later. Gay bars are known for having strong drinks and this place is no different. Any other place in Scottsdale is going to pour you watered down drinks — I know, because I go there too. So needless to say, you get your money’s worth here, I feel, on Wednesday.
Parking is mainly in the parking garage, which is pretty plentiful. But if you go later in the night, that garage may be full. But hey, this is better parking than 80% of Oldtown Scottsdale. So get there early, or better yet, cab it there and cab it home.
The last time I was there with my girlfriend and her friends. It was good fun until the end when someone lifted her purse. The friend got a little crazy and upset and blamed us. It is unfortunate that this happened, but I can’t nessisarily blame the bar for this act. I did contact BSW the next day and they were helpful.