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    Review by Martiniboys.com
    I desperately needed a VIP lift in my life. I turned off ESPN. I sewed the Kenzo label on my jeans, I taxied myself to the club that I had heard should I gain access, and they would treat me nice. I stood in line with the population that I would soon be partying with once indoors. I gained access.

    I ordered stiff drinks, and in rapid succession, as I needed a deeply inflated ego to fit in with those boorish, trendy philistines sulking about. On the way here, I made sure to buy my spiky belt, and I got a hipster haircut earlier at Lid Lounge (I'd heard nonconformists can be subjected to internment or torture).

    Apparently my shoes gave me away, and I spent the majority of the night being interrogated in the bar's basement (the trapdoor to which drops the suspect clubgoers).

    However, I escaped, and ran to what appeared to be a glassed-in room, a fish tank of sorts, with a sweet looking crowd - I didn't see any of them in the line - and puffy couches. Oh...finally, a place for nonconformists to curl up with well-tended super-models, in the club, in the dark, lying to one another about their pasts (refer to yearbooks), making canned comments about [insert social concern], and waiting for a trend to come along that will allow for slightly more comfortable pants to provide them with a fragile sense of social adherence and belonging. . .

    2 Reader Reviews

    1. Alex's Review :: October 30, 2007
    The worst place I've ever been to by far (in Toronto or elswhere). Bouncers, cashiers and coatcheck people all need attitude adjustment and are plain rude. Forget about signing up for the guest list as it expires long before you can get into the club even if you show up an hour early. We had to pay full price after waiting in line for over an hour and a half. Basement floor is being repaired main floor is essentially just a bar with horrid music and you have to wait forever to get up on the patio... (that leaves you with one decent dance floor instead of 4). On the "bright" side the bar service was quite fast although no "last call" warning was ever given and the crowd well dressed. Was it worth the wait and the cover? Certainly not. You may get better treatement if you are a high roller opting for the whole VIP bottle service etc... for all those just looking for a good time - take your money elsewhere...

    Alex's Rating: 1 Stars
    2. Jonathan's Review :: October 29, 2006
    The place was alright in terms of atmosphere. We got there 11:15 and found that a small line in the back (The front line was really packed). We handed in our ticket (cost us $15). The bouncers gave a bit of attitude. We got more attitude through out the night. Bouncers telling us to take another stairwell for no reason or just pushing ppl aside when they had to move. We checked our coats ($3 an item) and went to get a drink. Drinks are expensive, I somewhat expect it, but its nice to go to a place that has more reasonably priced drinks. The crowd there was a bag of mixed nuts, a lot of sketchy characters. I give the crowd a 6/10. 6/10 for me, means that I paid and I am just barely deciding to stay.

    The biggest problem was with the coat check at the end of the night. This is where the club loses most of its points. 1 coat check girl working for 70 ppl in line at 1:30 in the morning. I waited a good 40 minutes in line and I somehow ended up budding like 30 ppl because of all the pushing and disorganization. The coat girl lost my friends coat and several other coats. Management is really dumb to not realize that they need an extra coat girl. A fight broke out at one point because of all the pushing and ppl getting angry.

    Jonathan's Rating: 1 Stars
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    Inside Lounge

    Address

    218 Richmond Street West, Toronto, ON

    Phone

    416-591-0009

    Area

    Clubland

    Age

    18 - 25

    Venue

    Club

    Hours

    Thu. to Sat.: 9:00pm - 3:00am

    Price

    $$ (affordable)

    Payment

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