We attended/helped execute a private event here on an April Saturday evening (7pm-2am). Ours was in a room with 80-person capacity to the right of the main staircase.
UPSIDES:
- As a private event venue you are essentially PAID to host an event here. You make a cut of all drinks sold in your room (~$1). On our night, it ended up being about $300.
- All your guests get free admission/no cover to the nightclub.
- They let you bring in your own food!!!
- They run a coat check for you (though ours didn't run smoothly and 70 people had to check their coats TWICE)
- You can also order food below at Riley's and bring it up if it is before 9pm or so.
- Friendly, personable, seem-to-actually-care staff! It's like they actually LIKE their job. Not something I see very often at nightclubs. The BOUNCERS were bopping to the music too. Cool.
- Our private bartender Jessica was AWESOME in every way.
- Our room had a door to close (the room across the dance floor just had privacy curtains
- All the patrons seemed VERY happy!
- Hand stamp is invisible to the naked eye!!! YES!
- 4 ATMs on-site (also see downside)
- Beautiful, clean, spacious, well-decorated bathrooms.
- The night we were there was a glow-in-the-dark party with black lighting, free glow sticks/glow bracelets/glow glasses
DOWNSIDES:
- IF you are over 25 you are OLD as F*CK here. Everyone was born in the 90s. It's a tough blow to a 30-something-year-old's self esteem. But also kind of fun to watch the madness unfold. We NEVER looked this ridiculous, I'm pretty sure...
- Gets INSANELY busy as of 11pm Saturday night! Hard to manage getting our guests through the dance club crowd and out the doors at the end of the evening
- All 4 ATMs on-site were down the night we were there...
All in all, would ABSOLUTELY hold or attend another event here! read more