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| - To dispel any confusion, what used to be Menage Ultra Lounge is now HOM. Why the long sordid review? Because Feast is doing three things: Play, Hom & Liv. Confusing? Yes it is!
PLAY - Upstairs is downtowns "trendiest" nightclub according to their website. They got that right. A 10$ cover does more than keep out the riffraff. You'll see so much money walk through the door your jaw will drop. But you'll also see a nightclub so pretentious that there are VIP ropes in front of absolutely every chair, couch and staircase in the joint. If you don't pay, you don't sit down. And the real stumper is at 1:30am on a Saturday they were all still empty!
The best thing about it was the bartenders because they definitely work hard and appreciate being in a hot nightlife spot. The liquor selection on the other hand was almost as disappointing as the music. Make sure you ask for what you want to drink even if you don't see it on the shelf because they may be hiding it, like Patron and Jack Daniels. And if you like Scotch, be prepared to have only Johnny Walker.
The dance area, if that's what it's supposed to be, is completely conflicted. They have the (empty) v.i.p. couches and velvet ropes set up where there should only be dance floor. But more importantly, I've never seen a house dj cause so many train wrecks than at PLAY. If you're a dj and every three and a half minutes when you start monkeying with the turntables between songs, all 30 people on the dance floor stop moving and turn and look at you, you should take a hint and stop fooling around. Beatmatching means keeping the rhythm going, not killing it with a hammer. That cool downtempo music you hear on the website? You're not going to get that from one of their resident dj's. At least not at PLAY.
HOM - Feast, the ground floor restaurant and namesake that anchors the nightclubs.
LIVE - Advertised as a "lounge" downstairs. As soon as I walked in here I realized how much time I just wasted upstairs at PLAY. Do not waste your time upstairs if you want to dance. Check downstairs first. This is a true dance club. There are three disco balls, a dj setup and the bar and seating are out of the way enough that you could really get a crowd going if you knew what to do with the vinyl. The gentleman spinning was doing a nice job but everyone was upstairs because that's what's hyped as the main party space. They got the names mixed up. Downstairs should be PLAY and upstairs with the useless couches should be LIVE.
Who wants to dance around a bunch of elite couches and crappy music? Granted the house dj's probably aren't the main reason they are in business. Make sure you pick a night with a guest dj you think you might like off their website before you drop your hard earned cash. Even trust fund babies should be pissed at this place but they're often brainwashed into believing expensive = good, so their taste can be out the window.
Final recommendation, if you find yourself not enjoying the music upstairs make sure you go downstairs to see what's happening. You may find you have a cooler dance floor all to yourself! They serve alcohol until 2am and are still open until 4am. The second best thing about this nightclub is that even after the booze stops flowing you can still dance your buzz off.
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