The Tea Room Theatre

HEADS UP! Reported in social media world that the Tearoom will be closing their doors for good! Yes I have been here but not in awhile… Tearoom has been where they are for numerous years that showed gay porn in 3 sections of the facility, the main screen and 2 others lower and upper. Men get together to do the obvious with each other and the traffic during the tea room hours varied. The best time to go was their special rate from the 1^st hour of opening and a all day special rate which many men took advantage of… Being its in the Tenderloin Distrct, I have gone to the tearoom for the male stripper providing if they were decent looking to passable that I might sit in, the men there quickly vacated out during the strip shows… From reading why Tearoom is shuttering is the owners could not keep up with the skyrocketing rents against the $$$ of men coming in… I do have to say that the gal that worked behind the counter was not so nice and she is mentioned A LOT in the reviews could be another factor why Tearoom is bowing out.

This is a SF gem for guys into guys, dirty movies and backrooms a plenty.
Also listed in some places as the Tearoom Theater this is an old-​school, traditionally sleazy bookstore like your mother would warn you about. Every city used to have several dirty bookstores where you could go in the grouse porno — this is pre-​Internet — and video booths in the back area would have movies that would play for a few minutes at a time when you fed them quarters.
OMG the sex that also went on! Sleazy naughty dirty sex like a man’s man would want. pshaw the filthy complaints, you want a sex club to be used, not antiseptic.
OK so back up a little what the Tea Room Theater experience is — first off it’s just a block from Powell so Tenderloin adjacent. But the cops are usually nearby so although you might get hassled for spare change they’ll generally leave you alone. Once you’re inside that will make little difference.
The entrance is tight and secure, $ 15 cash only, bring an extra $ 20 to rent a locker, I think they’re only $ 5 more, and bring singles so you can tip any dancers.
I think you can BYOB in as well but don’t make a mess as they’re are garbage cans inside.
They’re are a lot of regulars who don’t apparently like the alternatives available which cost more and have a lot of bizarre attitudes around sex. Being in the Powell St area there are also plenty of tourists dropping in.
Once your past the curtain, and BTW the doormen are cute, it’s dark but a long room with seating for 50 at least and gay porn on a big screen lighting the place — just like old school days! A variety of frisky men some young, some old, all horny.
To the left side of the screen there’s another curtain leading back to the quirky building’s back areas where they’re are two separate bathrooms — not for sex, and two back rooms also with large screen tv’s where up to 20 guys each can pile in and do whatever comes to mind.
Last time I was there was some hot gut wearing only shoes, he moved too fast for me to see his junk but his ass was a pleasure to behold and I wish I was beholding it right now. You don’t have to go to the gym to see horny studs getting busy!
Tuesday is a discount day so it’s busier.
They also sell porn DVDs, and have the free gay rags and safer sex info.

One of my dance teachers had told me: All the dancers have to learn how to be SEXY. I finally learned it from being a strip dancer on the stage.
Never thought about being an erotic dancer at a gay porn theater before, until one time I needed to practice a role as a male striper for a movie. At first, I entered the open audition at Nob Hill Adult Theater which is a 5-​star all male strip theater in SF. Even if I thought my dance was suck, the manager told me that I can start working there anytime when I am ready (but I have to take off my underware earlier). However, I thought I need some practice, and that was how I got into Tearoom theater.
When I go to Tearoom, I pay the fee like a regular costermer. Because I don’t dance there for tips, I feel more free. I know the room is dirty and most people there are older, somehow it makes me feel sexier about myself. I love to take off everything, and just bring a bottle of oil for my own jerk-​off dance. It is fun to have people take turn to suck my cock while the big screen is showing something hot. When I am ready to shoot, I like to imitate the hot guy on the big screen and cum with him. I would ask if anyone like to eat my cum so it won’t make the floor dirty.
Yes, it is dirty, but also loving. I know some people like to watch cum shot in live, so I usually try to please them. I am still not ready for Nob Hill yet, because it is so much fun to play at Tearoom. Are you interested in drinking the striper’s cum on the stage?

I discovered this place when the old Campus Theater closed.
Yes, the place is stinky, filthy, and kinda creepy. That is the allure (to me)
I go there a few times per year to live out my fantasy of humiliation, however, it is difficult to find enough bold guys to participate. Most guys just sit there and watch the vids. I mean, stay home and save yourself $ 12 if that’s all your gonna do there, K?
They do have a good menu of vids playing all the time, and the Asian tranny cashier in the mornings is bitchy and a hoot.
In summary: if you’re looking for posh comfort, try the St Mark, if you’re thrill seeking, jump off the bridge, if you want to see and smell what a porn theater USED to be, go to the Tearoom. See you there!

i went tonight… the latino guy was hot, this was a freaking friday night… old gay crones were there… would you believe??? 4 people in total watching the guy strip: how sad… this is a trip place… not a place to meet real people

I had read a few reviews on here, so ventured to this place as i’d been to the Nob Hill Theatre the night before which was so quiet and dull, apart from the performers who all want you to stuff their socks with bills for a rub of their thighs.
First impressions — the doorperson is one of the rudest people i have met with so much attitude and treats «customers» with utter rudeness and disdain. (I do not know what your problem is, but i suggest some therapy — you are a very sad person).
A friendly punter advised me that i could hire a locker for my bags and jacket — a $ 20 deposit.
So i went in, through the grimy curtain into the «Theatre». A large room with a screen, rows of 3 seats on left and 4 seats in each row on the right. Lots of guys, maybe 40’s to 70’s. It is pitch black except for the screen which has a small stage in front. To access the other «rooms» you have to walk down the aisle and go through another curtain to the left of the screen. (That is where the lockers are, not that little Mr/​Ms Helpful had told me that). Now i am no prissy queen, nor am i obsessed with hygiene but this place is FILTHY. I repeat — FILTHY. There are two small rooms and the back, some lockers and 2 restrooms. There is no privacy whatsoever and no booths etc.,
I got my $ 12 dollars worth and left. I will not return, it is just FILTHY.
Avoid and save your money.
It could be a good place if they had staff that actully cared about the people who pay their wages — the punters.

Now this place has been around for a long time from what I have heard, I was curious when I walked by one night and decided to go inside. They charge a cover of $ 12 which I understand because they need to keep the trash out that surrounds the place. It is in the heart of the Tenderloin so it can be a little shady, but I like that about the place.
It reminds you of a 1070’s porn theater house. It has a main room up front and two small rooms in thr back that plays more gay porn. The only problem I have with the place is that it can use a real detailed deep cleaning, especially the bathrooms. They also have amateur strippers there doing shows sometimes. The problem with them is that they are mostly tweaked out druggies who look like they are just looking to make money to score. But I may be wrong, I know it is tough out there and some guys just may need to pay their rent.
The place is actually not bad like I said it just needs some love and care. Different types of guys go there depending on the day. You have more of a variety after work or late Friday and Saturday night.