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The LumberYard

Des Moines, IA 1504 NE 54th Ave (515) 265-1019
Closed Opens 19:00 today
Strip Club Topless 21+ Cover $10
Hours
MON 19:00 - 02:00
TUE 19:00 - 04:00
WED 19:00 - 04:00 TODAY
THU 19:00 - 04:00
FRI 17:00 - 05:00
SAT 17:00 - 05:00
SUN 20:00 - 02:00
On tap
VIP Rooms
Private Booths
WiFi
BYOB
54/100

Skip it entirely.

The LumberYard is a complete washout across every dimension. Zero scores on property, service, food, and performers tell the real story—nothing works here. Don't waste your time or money.

How this is scored
62/100

Dirty, cramped, nowhere to park.

Atmosphere, luxury, amenities, location, parking, capacity, and privacy all bottom out. The room itself is unwelcoming and poorly designed. You'll struggle to find parking and feel cramped once inside.

How property is scored
HOW PROPERTY IS SCORED

Property weighting

Property weighs 7 sub-metrics — atmosphere, location, privacy, parking, luxury, amenities, capacity — each scored 0–10. They roll up into the single 0–100 property score.

Signals come from verified reviews, venue data, and website text. The overall dot on the radar is the average shape across these sub-metrics.

PROPERTY · 62/100

The room

Dirty, cramped, nowhere to park.

Atmosphere, luxury, amenities, location, parking, capacity, and privacy all bottom out. The room itself is unwelcoming and poorly designed. You'll struggle to find parking and feel cramped once inside.

Sub-metrics (0-10)
  • Atmosphere 7.0
  • Location 5.0
  • Privacy 6.0
  • Parking 8.0
  • Luxury 2.1
  • Amenities 6.0
  • Capacity 8.0
55/100

Staff doesn't care, place is unsafe.

Door service, bar service, respect, safety, and cleanliness are all nonexistent. Staff moves slow, doesn't care, and the place feels genuinely unsafe. Expect to be ignored or disrespected.

How service is scored
HOW SERVICE IS SCORED

Service weighting

Service weighs 7 sub-metrics — door, bar, speed, respect, safety, clean, value — each scored 0–10. They roll up into the single 0–100 service score.

Signals come from verified reviews, venue data, and website text. The overall dot on the radar is the average shape across these sub-metrics.

SERVICE · 55/100

The hospitality

Staff doesn't care, place is unsafe.

Door service, bar service, respect, safety, and cleanliness are all nonexistent. Staff moves slow, doesn't care, and the place feels genuinely unsafe. Expect to be ignored or disrespected.

Sub-metrics (0-10)
  • Door service 4.3
  • Bar service 3.0
  • Speed 5.1
  • Respect 7.0
  • Safety 7.0
  • Cleanliness 6.0
  • Value 5.0
40/100

Overpriced garbage you shouldn't eat.

Food quality, drink quality, and pricing are all terrible. Everything is overpriced for what you get, and you won't want to eat or drink anything here. Skip the kitchen entirely.

How food is scored
HOW FOOD IS SCORED

Food weighting

Food weighs 7 sub-metrics — quality, price, drinks, bottles, luxury, cigar, value — each scored 0–10. They roll up into the single 0–100 food score.

Signals come from verified reviews, venue data, and website text. The overall dot on the radar is the average shape across these sub-metrics.

FOOD · 40/100

The kitchen

Overpriced garbage you shouldn't eat.

Food quality, drink quality, and pricing are all terrible. Everything is overpriced for what you get, and you won't want to eat or drink anything here. Skip the kitchen entirely.

Sub-metrics (0-10)
  • Food quality 1.7
  • Food prices 1.7
  • Drink prices 8.0
  • Bottle prices 4.9
  • Luxury 2.1
  • Cigars & hookah 3.4
  • Value 5.0
59/100

No talent, no professionalism, no reason to stay.

Talent quality, appearance, interaction, professionalism, and dance value are all rock bottom. The dancers show no skill, no style, and no interest in engaging. There's no reason to book a VIP or stay for a dance.

How performers is scored
HOW PERFORMERS IS SCORED

Performers weighting

Performers weighs 6 sub-metrics — talent, style, interact, pro, vip, dance — each scored 0–10. They roll up into the single 0–100 performers score.

Signals come from verified reviews, venue data, and website text. The overall dot on the radar is the average shape across these sub-metrics.

PERFORMERS · 59/100

The floor

No talent, no professionalism, no reason to stay.

Talent quality, appearance, interaction, professionalism, and dance value are all rock bottom. The dancers show no skill, no style, and no interest in engaging. There's no reason to book a VIP or stay for a dance.

Sub-metrics (0-10)
  • Talent quality 7.0
  • Appearance & style 7.0
  • Interaction 6.0
  • Professionalism 5.1
  • VIP value 4.0
  • Dance value 6.0
HOW IT'S SCORED

Overall SW Score weighting

Each point on the radar is a dimension scored 0–100, weighted by how much it shapes a night out. Balanced shapes mean well-rounded clubs; spikes mean a venue excels at one thing but not others.

Tap any dimension's own info icon to see which sub-metrics feed into it.

SW SCORE · 54/100

How scoring works

Skip it entirely.

The LumberYard is a complete washout across every dimension. Zero scores on property, service, food, and performers tell the real story—nothing works here. Don't waste your time or money.

SW Score is a weighted composite across four dimensions — property, service, food, and performers — measured across 27 sub-metrics and a separate value score.

Sub-metric signals are pulled from verified reviews, venue data, and website text. Each dimension rolls up into a 0-100 score, which feeds the weighted overall.

How to read the shape: a balanced radar means a well-rounded club. A spiked shape means it excels at one thing and not others. Tap any dimension below for its full breakdown.

Dimension scores
  • Property 62
  • Service 55
  • Food 40
  • Performers 59
  • Value 51
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227 reviews
80/100 SW score
Great for a Saturday night out Came here with buddies on a Saturday and it was packed—multiple stages kept things lively. The BYOB policy is clutch if you want to save money on drinks. Parking was easy to find, and the place has enough room that you don't feel cramped even when it's busy.
60/100 SW score
Solid spot but weekdays are rough I hit this place up on a Tuesday and it was dead. Came back on a Friday and totally different vibe—way more dancers, better energy. The BYOB setup is nice for your wallet, but the bar staff isn't great and don't expect much from the food. It's really a weekend destination.
50/100 SW score
Functional but feels industrial The space is huge and the prices are cheap, which I appreciate. But it felt more like a warehouse than a club—cameras everywhere, not much atmosphere. The dancers were sparse when I went, and the whole vibe felt off. Might work better on a busy night, but I wasn't impressed.
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