by Mercedez Bakanauskas on I guess this place was **HOT** like FOUR years ago. When I tried to get in then, I was confronted with the typical Hollywood BS of a douchebag up front picking who could go in and who can't (also see Area). Cut to now... I've been there the last 2 Saturdays and it's been good. My friend is promoting. You can say "MnM guestlist" at the door and it's all good in the hood. It's $10 before 10:30 or 11:30, depends on how large the line is, bigger line = $10 before 10:30. $20 afterwords. The place reminds me of Green Door. There's the indoor smoking patio and one big room for dancing. Plenty of space to sit and relax if you need. Parking is above hollywood on Cherokee and the other near by street for $8. Though the lot will get full by like 10:45pm.
by Lakia Garnica on "A gold ring in a pig's snout." - my vote for the blurb that should accompany any advertising of this venue. The Gold ring? The presentation of the food and the appearance of the venue. The Pig's snout? Whomever is in charge of the actual operations. I worked here for like, 5 minutes. The food was impressively presented and some of the items actually lived up to their appearance - the Pig Steak, the Hot Rocks, the dessert menu and pretty much any Bento Box presentation being good examples - but so much about the place just did not work that the positive elements were more than outweighed by the negative ones. It was better at Chili's - no kidding around. For a venue with that much history and beauty working in it's favor - I mean seriously... who gets to enjoy a cocktail on a rooftop patio 5 stories above Hollywood? Who gets to eat in a restaurant that makes that one at the beginning of The Temple of Doom look like an In-N-Out burger? - one would think that the machine would match the body of the car, right? WRONG. Any opinion here is kind of moot because word on the street is that the chef is about to "move on." I honestly think the pizza joint across the street does more revenue weekly than this monstrosity. What do you expect when your marketing plan is: "If we build it they will come"? Plus, in today's economy who can justify the expense? You're not eating in this joint for under $100 a head unless you're into sharing meals, on a diet and drinking water. The wait staff, with a couple exceptions, run around that amazing and beautiful restaurant like like ants after someone's peed on their trail. (What? Am I the only one? Um... shh. Let's not talk about this again.) There is no structure to the service - hence, the poor experiences that you can read about here in so many instances. It's not really their fault - when your manager comps every table full of her "PEOPLE" and you end up averaging about .03% on your tables after tipping out 20 people, how much can you really care? Basically: as machines are concerned... we're talking about the Edsel of Bougie Restaurants. Again... PIG'S SNOUT Basically, two bartenders run the clubs - "The Twins" - with impunity. Not surprisingly they shit on the rest of the staff... all while hand selecting their shifts and "managing" the tip pool. Is this a problem? Yes. Is it a new problem to nightclubs? Not at all. But again - the machine is broken. There's no clutch. There's no regulator or cooling system. No one with any objectivity (*Mmm-mm. Gub. Boobies!*) regulates the situation and anyone not a twin gets the crumbs left over. Oh and by the way: when you're standing outside and waiting to get in - just know that there are like, 9 people inside. The whole "hold the door" mentality is in full effect, so be prepared to walk into an empty cavern (or climb the stairs to the roof in silence) because the payoff is... you. Very PIG'S SNOUT. The owner is an egomaniac notorious for this sort of thing, so in all honesty... I should have listened to my friends who said not to work there. The results of his "vision" are a couple snotty clubs in San Diego; a great place to get stabbed in the face in Long Beach; and now this giant, multi-million dollar spittoon. It's too bad... the view is amazing. Someone put a better machine in this baby and the Über-Elit will finally have the venue they deserve - safely above the struggling peons who still have the clarity of mind to believe $14 is too much to pay for a Vodka/Red Bull. Unfortunately... it's gonna take those guys from "Overhaulin'" to save this lemon. Only go here if you enjoy hanging yourself with velvet rope. *pfrrrrt.*
by Aaron A. on I LOVE the Delux burger! Plus it has Kolsh on tap which is awesome by me! The rest of the menu.. not so exciting, but damn that burger is good!
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