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Review of EVE Nightclub

I went with a friend for their Great Gatsby New Ye...

I went with a friend for their Great Gatsby New Years Eve party 12-31-17 01-01-18. I don't know what we paid for advance general admission tickets. They included party favors and a midnight glass of champagne. The various party favors (bowlers, tiaras and noisemakers) were on top of one of the bars. The party started at 9PM. We arrived at 10:30 and no line. All we had to do was give them our name that the tickets were purchased under. We were not frisked. But were patted down upon reentry later. First off I think the venue is quite glitzy. The floor was kinda cool with tiny, reflective metal discs in it. It was hard to tell the decor by the sheer number of people crammed inside. You could not move on the dance floor. There were no seating areas (standing only) at the bars and no stools. The cushy and bistro table type seating areas throughout the venue had been pre-sold for the evening for $200 and up and had bottle(s) purchase requirements. There were mixers with bottle purchase. A pink one that I think was grapefruit that NO ONE drank. Take note venue and don't ever serve that mixer again. Also empty glassware was everywhere. No one was picking up the used glassware. The venue got through the ENTIRE evening without picking up and washing up ANY of the dirty glasses. They must have had tons of cases of new glassware to use. LOL.The DJ was excellent.Tunes were Top 40 as advertised. I would have preferred Big Band and Swing though, to fit the theme. There were two burlesque dancers wearing short red and black fringe go go outfits. One was on the platform by the DJ and the other was dancing ON top of the bar LOL. I didn't see the "gold satin curtain" advertised. There was a lady walking around the crowd with lit sparkler type champagne bottles. Bartenders and table servers literally worked their butts off. It was SO incredibly busy. The female staff wore beautiful, fringy white mini dresses. And they were so pleasant despite the workload placed on them. $17 for a shot of Scotch and glass of Pinot Noir. Female patrons were dressed to theme and definetly looked like affluent 20's socialites. Men wore fancy suits and tuxedos. Lovely fashions on display. Outside on the second floor balcony was a smoking area with a few tables and chairs. You had a nice view of Orange Ave and could people watch. I don't know the occupancy level of that balcony. But it was not monitored. Ladies restroom was kinda small and had an attendant with various necessary items. About 11:50PM we noticed a bartender at the bar pouring some flutes of champagne. So that's how we got our champagne. Otherwise we would have missed it. There was a large EVE ice sculpture on the second floor. It looked like that's where the bottles of champagne were supposed to be served but they weren't.