by Ying Lucario on Is it in a manual somewhere that clubs should only carry terrible wine? It's clean, has a lot of mirrors, restrooms on the lower and 3rd floors... velvety, highback sofa's, shimmering candles and complimenting light. Yet somehow, I didn't feel any warmth in this place. Maybe it's just my association of night clubs that deliver half-assed cocktails and one night stands, or it could have been the bad wine, or maybe that the servers, whom are dressed in black, never cracked a smile and seemed distant as hell. I'm sorry, but, this place does not have a pulse.
by Luise Handshaw on When you go into ESSR, understand that you're there for quality, quality, quality and the bartenders/ kitchen are approaching your cocktails/ meals with diligence, care and passion... with only the best ingredients. It's not even about elitism, it's common sense in exquisite taste. I think what people seem to be forgetting is that all good things come to those who wait. Remember or try to imagine what it's like to wait for a letter from across the globe. It's all the more better when you can smell the ink and read the hand print. Relish the anticipation of a truly amazing cocktail or meal, and don't stick with your typical rum and coke, rather indulge and be open to a new experience. It's easy to criticize how long a cocktail or dish takes to get to your table when you're so used to the instant gratification of a typical american lifestyle of jack in the box and text messaging. When you step into a place like ESSR, you have to stop and take it all in. You can go to any stinky bar up 6th street and order a sex on the beach or a dirty martini, but when you go to this place, you better enjoy the ambience, order a specialty drink on the menu and wait to have your face melted off. If you want larger portions of food, you're also probably used to eating crap as well. Yay, America, for lowering our standards and expanding our waistlines. Appreciation is hard to come by these days, and if you're running low on it (from either end), you're either going to have a great experience here, or you just won't get it. You go to ESSR for something entirely different... and different, in this case, is really f*&^#%g good. It's the difference between making love and settling for a quicky.. ESSR is by no means a quicky, rather it's the best, most attentive lay you'll ever have... it takes its time and gives it to you right. Seriously, all you have to do is talk with your friends or admire the beautiful welding around you and your food and/or cocktails will be ready before you know it. Don't complain, appreciate... Take a moment to try to understand. APPRECIATE.
by Jessica W. on I figure I should review this place since my profile picture was taken here. And perhaps you can tell from the picture, I was pretty wasted by the time I got there. But do not fret, I remember everything! So the party bus pulls up and the bouncers were major dickheads. They didn't want to let our group in because we didn't call ahead to let them know our time of arrival as they have to accurately time entrances, of course. So we get in and I realize it's not my scene. In fact, the line out the door indicated this was not my scene, but whatever, this is one of my college buddies birthdays, so I'm gonna shake my ass regardless. This club is for the very trendy girls who dress from the magazines and work as receptionists in downtown richmond, and the boys who have money and like girls who dress from the magazines and work as receptionists, or the ghetto boys who don't have money, but like the girls from the magazines and work as receptionists. uh, yeah. Seemed very L.A. In my picture you can see the two girls in the back right side who exemplify those who would enjoy this club. They are the ones looking at me and my friends like we are crazy cuz we'sa posin for the picture. Certainly not recommended for those wandering away from the Mission or Marina. Who wants to get boozed up and then go wander around the TL anyways? But if you are a typical mainstream line out the door kind of club person, then heck, maybe this IS for you.
