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The Z Formerly: ACI, Alternative Club

(147 Ratings)
Where men can be men
The Z is the only private men's club of its kind in South Texas. A safe, fun, private environment for y'all to let loose & unwind. It features a steam room, television lounges, community rooms, private changing rooms, and lockers.


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Reviews

Silverfox57
Silverfox57
Over a year ago

Not the cleanest place but a great place to relax and meet people.


BathHouseBob
BathHouseBob
Over a year ago

This place is tough to review. On the one hand it is a dive. Summer heat makes the place almost unbearable with the general lack of A/C. The shower and steam room area smell like they havne’t been cleaned since before Anderson Cooper was a silver fox. Oddly enogught the back bathroom has appeared to be clean each time I’ve visited this place. Pro’s - Usually at least a few hot and well hung guys. Wide mix of different ethnicities and ages. Hot military guys find their way in here from time to time making it interesting. Plenty of open play space make it unnecessary to rent a room. They have a public sling room and a room with a slurp ramp. Con’s - The place is filthy and in disrepair. Too much “bunk room” space - a maze area with glory holes would be a welcome replacement for some of the shabby old beds. Old trolls can be pushy and might need a gentle push to convince them “no men’s NO”. Prices seem high for the condition of the club and lack of amenities (no pool, no hot tub), and lack of A/C. But with no other bathhouse in San Antonio, and not even competition in Austin, their monopoly allows them to charge more than they should. No specialty rooms - no private video rooms, no private sling or fuck bench room. Staff can be crabby and play crappy music, killing the mood. Some comments online argue “this isn’t a bathhouse” but the first thing they tell you when you ‘join’ is the rules inclining no water sports, no scat, and no means no. I’ve honetstly had fun here since moving to San Antonio and it beats not having any place like this. But if you moved this club to almost any other major city it wouldn’t be able to compete.


LeviathanDrago
LeviathanDrago
Over a year ago

Lots of fun but kinda unkempt slightly.

ACI is a favorite place of mine, mostly because it is the only place to go. XD It is a bit dingy and unkempt but it is still a place to go. While it is almost always filled with old men. Sometimes there is an occasional hot dude or young guy which is always fun. :P


jwwsea
jwwsea
Over a year ago

Hot Men including white, latin, black, military. Few twinks.

Much better than Austin. But Houston and Dallas still reign supreme.


ian.dotson.9
ian.dotson.9
Over a year ago

Gross!!!!

It's not even a bath house anymore. The steam room is closed indefinitely. The place is creepy and dirty and so are the majority of men who go here. Last time I went (and it will be the last time), someone peed on the floor and I stepped in it. If you want to go to a bath house, you got Austin right up the road and while Austin's bath house is not spectacular by any means, it beats this place by far.


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