by Hisako Madon on Ahhhhhh!! The very thought of this place makes me squeal with delight! A friend was hosting a party here upstairs with a table and bottle. We got here was no problem at all getting in. The friendliest door/list people I have ever met. Upstairs was super secluded and completely separated from the very 9-5 crowd downstairs. There were different DJs but the DJ upstairs was an angel and had our whole group dancing all night long. The wait staff was incredibly attentive. We had a few plates of appetizers and it was incredible. The shrimp, chicken, and waffle fries were out of this world delicious. I had such an amazing time here. The decor, the atmosphere is incredibly sexy and the people were fabulous. Absolutely fell in love and danced the night away. Oh not to mention my friend and I were both in jeans and tanks and not once were we made to feel anything less than fabulous. Cannot wait to return!
by Lakia Hofmans on What a waste of time. Totally overrated. So. I decided to go to Miami for my bday and since I heard so much hype about this place I decided I'd choose to go there w/my friends to celebrate the night of my bday. Plus, their website mentioned JOHN LEGEND's name for that night so I was like ooooooh I wanna go there! What a big mistake. So I bought tickets online ($23 per person b/c they charge a $2 something service fee each) since everyone was saying that there'd be long a-ss lines and might be impossible to get in. Even my friend said that he heard some people say that even with table reservations it took them a long time to get in. Maybe that was a few years ago? Maybe it was just cuz we went on a Sunday night that they weren't really busy? I don't know but I had a super lousy time here. We got there really early because we thought we had to "beat the lines" but we ended up being the first ones there aside from a couple that were inside. It was DEAD... I've never seen anything like it. Even Vegas clubs on Sunday nights have a good amount of people come in around opening time. When you enter the venue you're in a main room that has a bar and 2 arm chairs for general seating. Then there's stairs that go upstairs which was blocked off. The room was kind of impressive. Then there's a room in the back where the vip only seating is, a bigger bar and the small dance floor. I was really disappointed that they didn't even have more general seating anywhere. I kept wondering why they called it "Mansion" when really it didn't seem that big. The bartenders kept saying "yeah usually the party doesn't get started until after midnight" but at midnight it didn't even come close to being crowded. So we stuck it out and waited for more people to get in since we thought "oh this is Miami it's probably true that people don't like to party until wee hours of the night". What we should have done was left to go to another club or something. We thought about it and were actually close to the exit but realized they don't stamp you so you couldn't go in and out of the club and b/c I spent a lot of $$$ on tix I didn't want it to go to waste. So we stayed and tried to dance some. After standing around waiting for more people to fill up the club or even the dance floor my feet and my friend's were huuuuurting already. Sad. There was A LOT of empty space on the dance floor. Around 1 a bartender told my friend "yeah in about a half hour more people will come in". NOT. Wow they're pretty good at making people stay, yeah? By 1:30 we decided to finally cut out. When we got outside you could hear crickets playing. NO ONE in line. Cameo, which was about 5 blocks away had more activity going on! So my summary: PROS: - Music was hip hop and it was pretty good. - Pretty interior. CONS: - Bouncers weren't friendly, some bordered on being rude. - Drinks were not great and insanely expensive (even a friggin diet coke was $5!!!) - There were NO beautiful people here (male and female), except maybe for the 1 woman bartender who I thought was kind of pretty. - They use big names to lure innocent people there to pay their insane entrance fee and won't let you back in if you leave - No general seating aside from 2 armchairs in the main room - Oh yeah btw, the couple that were sitting in the VIP couch when we got there were told to get up and off the couch around midnight I think. WTH? there was still NOBODY there!!! If you're from out of town I wouldn't waste time going here. I thought Clevelander was wayyyyy better on a Friday night and there's no cover there!
by Joshua A. on Rude door people are about as in-style as boot cut jeans and Kate Gosselin's haircut. Don't hold a private event here unless you'd like your guests to be heckled by door guys at a quickly-dying establishment. Also - it smells like garbage outside of this establishment. Maybe that's why they call it "The Box" ?
