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| - I get dragged here from time to time to appease my friends, and I generally have a good time because I'm with my friends, but other than that, the club itself is just your average club that happens to be predominantly Asian on Friday nights. I've never been on a Saturday so I don't know what it's like then.
Let's start with the positives. The decor is nice, something you would expect when you're partying near the financial district. It's close to Chinatown, so once you've had enough, it's fairly easy to make your way over to the nearby late-night pho restaurants. The bouncers here never gave me any trouble, and to be honest I'm still not sure what the dress code is. They say you have to wear a collared shirt for guys, but yet I see some guys in sweaters. I think you just have to blend in. I hate dressing up, so I like the somewhat lax dress code. The bartenders have usually been pretty quick to serve, and were all friendly. The price of drinks are fair (~$5) and the cover isn't that bad ($15) when you consider that this is a "nicer" establishment. Sometimes they have fondue towers and serve waffles, which is random but when you're drunk that kinda stuff can make you unbelievably excited.
So onto the problems. The biggest problem here is really the crowd. I don't understand why people think it's ok to push people in this club when such behaviour would never be tolerated outside of this club, or any other club for that matter. I guess Asian guys tend to be somewhat tame, so I rarely ever see fights break out, but man, if this kind of pushing happened anywhere else, you'd get punched in the face. Pushing people does not make you seem manly, it just makes you douchey, so tone down your ego.
The girls here are a bit better behaved, or maybe I'm biased because my girl friends are well-behaved, but wow, some guys really have no game. Guys, if a girl isn't interested, she's not going to be interested so just swallow your pride and move on. Also, just because a girl is showing legs, or some cleavage doesn't mean she's looking to get laid so stop the unsolicited touching, it's super creepy.
The music here can sometimes suck real bad. I love Top 40 and that's what they predominantly play, but the DJ here really needs to learn to DJ properly. You have to keep the flow so that people aren't abruptly cutoff in middle of the song. I swear sometimes they only play 30 second clips of songs, so by the time you get into a song it's already moved on to the next track. I've read multiple complaints on here about the exact same issue - and it really is a problem.
I guess overall I would probably say that this sort of place isn't for me personally. I prefer going to a club for the music, and to actually dance. I sort of feel like I'm in high school again when I step into the Fifth Social Club ("Easy"), where guys are trying to act all tough to attract the girls who are huddled into their respective circles trash talking other people who are exactly like them. I think I would prefer this place if the maturity level of the crowd went up a bit.
Meh, in the end it's not that bad of a place and with enough vodka, any place can be fun. At least I know I can look forward to the drunk pho (the best kind of pho) after putting up with the whole ordeal, so for me it's kinda worth it. I feel like it's a bit unfair to the establishment to give it negative ratings based on the other customers - whom they can't really control, so I'll give them some stars for the decor, the staff, the ambience, and a good playlist that abruptly cuts off in random places.
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