Okay...so i used to live in (south) Scottsdale and I was totally one of THOSE people. You know...the ones who talk so much shit about Scottsdale but somehow end up there every weekend (not at the overly douchey clubs, but places that were still very much Scottsdale). I moved to San Francisco about a year ago so I'm not too sure if things have changed in the Scottsdale scene, but I doubt it and since this is one of the few (if not only) new places that has opened since I left some friends of mine wanted to check it out when I was home for a visit since they heard good things about it.
Here were the good things I noticed: 1) The bouncer was actually pretty cool. We had a group of 5 girls and 2 guys and that was a good enough ratio for him to let us right on in. On the rare occasion when I would go to a place in Scottsdale where they had a line and I would be the ONLY guy amongst my group of girlfriends the bouncers would often give us a hard time, so this guy was okay in my book (although after reading other reviews maybe I should consider myself just lucky). 2) Even though the drinks were typical Scottsdale prices and came in those over-sized shot glasses they love to serve drinks in my Vodka tonics were actually pretty strong. However, that's all I can say that's good about this place.
The thing that REALLY bothered me is that from what I understand this place tries to portray an image that there NOT "typical Scottsdale." Well guess what? You didn't fool me!!! I saw the same lines (both to get into the club and on the sink counters in the bathroom), the same gelled up douche bags, and the same dis-proportioned girls (seriously if you're a size 0 those DD's aren't gonna suit you honey, a B cup would have been fine) that you find at Myst or Axis. But you know what? For as much as I loathe those places at least they own the fact that they want to cater to this type of crowd and aren't trying to pretend otherwise.
From what I understand this place is a little more laid-back during happy hour and for day drinking on the weekends (but I should hope so!!!), and if I'm ever there at either of these time I'll be sure to update this review, but for right now two stars is all you get...