K. Nakanishi Review of Exchange LA
Let me start by saying I'm not a high brow person ...
Let me start by saying I'm not a high brow person and I will never pretend to be. This place tries way too hard to be "the club of LA."
No club will ever be worth waiting as long in line as I had to for this. Not to mention the fact that if you are a guy, you WILL pay. No matter what. Like, I had a friend DJ-ing this and was supposed to get in for free, but the bouncers were "gracious" enough to only ask to charge me for half of the whole cover charge (which apparently varies on who you are and what group you show up with between $40-$50, a higher amount if you show up by yourself as a guy, or with a group of just guys). Furthermore, why the heck does a club charge this much if they can't even get an actual credit card machine? Do I really have to pay $3 at your ATM to get the cover to get in your club? The answer is no. Because no club is worth this amount of BS.
Club culture profits from making part of or everything feel exclusive, when the truth is: you're in a big room with loud music that you could go anywhere for. People, save your money and go to Bootie LA. It's $10, and the best crowd and music you'll experience for some real fun. But hey, if you're insecure enough about your personal life to feel like you have to drop over $100 in one night at one place to affirm that you had a good weekend, that's you're own business.

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