I understand why people would enjoy the club scene after going to Butter the other night. Poshy chandeliers, a grand spiral staircase leading down to a dimly lit and intimate dancefloor and seating area. I get it, and while it's not my scene, I have a feeling that Butter knows what they're doing and they're pretty good at it for the most part.
The bartenders are super friendly here but don't know a lot of specialty drinks (I asked for a Bombay Flush, got Bombay on ice with a maraschino and splash of cranberry). The tables and bottle cases are very metal chic but the seating isn't as posh and lush as I was expecting (a little velvet would be cool, but probably not practical cleaning wise). One thing that really disappointed me was the bathroom - cheaply done, very sterile and while the lighting was low it wasn't low enough for me to miss the reallllly cheap toilet paper, no soap in any dispenser and the fingerprints all over the mirror (it's 8pm on a Thursday, no way that happened unless you didn't clean it for a while!).
But back to the feel of Butter and the experience - this is a really nice place and the nicest I've been to in Charlotte. Don't know much about poppin' bottles or gettin' low on the dance floo, etc etc but I do know that this is a great place to go if you've got some money, want to be flashy and maybe meet an athlete or 2!