by Michelle L. on It was called the Ritz back in the day. When the Ritz relocated, Webster Hall reopened in 1992. I have read some of the reviews and also have always heard things about Webster Hall that are contrary to my own experience here. First I want to dispel the myth that people over 40 don't dance or go to clubs. I am 47 and my husband is 45 and we both like to dance. People do mistake me for my twenties but it doesn't matter my eggs are still 47! When I go out to dance that is all I do. I am a dancing machine I don't drink or anything else. I just dance. I have been to Webster Hall over the years and it changes and goes up and down in popularity. But my experiences are always the same. Maybe because I only go to dance. I am old enough to have gone to clubs like Studio 54, Copacabana and other famous dance clubs. When I was 15 I had a fake ID not to drink and I didn't drink but just to get into clubs and dance. Webster Hall is not classy like the Grande dames of clubs back in the day but it is just fine it will do. I like the variety traveling from floor to floor with different music. I have read about nasty guys grinding against girls in other reviews. That doesn't happen to me. It never has. Those creepy guys don't bother with me they don't want to embarrass themselves. I go with my husband. We just like to dance and have fun. I used to be a professional dancer back in the day. And he is a pretty good dancer too. So it is obvious I was there to dance and not for anything else. I am not really up on the latest clubs like I used to be so if I go out dancing I go where I know which is Webster Hall. It is a mix of tourists , New Yorkers, and people from LI and Jersey. A very mixed crowd. The bouncers have never bothered me at all. A note for tourists, I am not sure that you will get a genuine NYC feel by going here as many go because that is what they want. It caters to tourists and to so many with different tastes I am not sure you will get that. But you can get a feel for how crowded NYC venues are.
by Tony Weideman on You walk by on the street and look in and wonder.. this is not a bar or club.. it's a bad Chinese restaurant. You go upstairs and it's the start of a really good night or the end of a really sloppy one. The scorpion bowls is what you come here for.. they are strong and $15. The drinks aren't dirt cheap unfortunately and there isn't too much room to stand... but definitely a good time. Bathroom stalls in the ladies room are tight though.. hit myself twice with the hanging thingy for your purse/coat... and no, I wasn't drunk just clumsy I suppose.
