Night scene review.
I was curious to explore Riverside as some of the reviews of its soft opening raved about it having an great outdoor DJ/ bar night scene. So I decided to check out at prime time - Saturday night @ 11:30 pm.
Public transit was easy up until the St Henri metro station then a 18 minute walk - so I decided to uber it instead (8$ ride). Entrance was nice - no cover. There was an indoor club area entrance and an outdoor backyard feel entrance. Beautiful view next to some abandoned silos. There was a food truck, le cheese (I don't know a picture of a chunk of cheese) which I found so creative. Inside also had nice decor. The bar lost points for me - no actual menu- cheapest was beer for 4$. And for using card you need a minimum 15$ purchase, so not so cheap.
Nice outdoor picnic table seating along with inflatable furniture randomly scattered across from the food truck area (90s haha).
Music : garbage- no variety - cheap budda bar style vibe - the DJ clearly did not know any new or old tracks - and was playing for himself. Even after a few drinks I still did not feel like dancing when I love dancing!
Crowd: too young - I felt like I was in a student council dance party. Definitely does not beat places like the W hotel.
I'm kind of upset the Asian night market for this year is being hosted at this spot - seems small and will not fit full capacity.