Studio 4

WOW. I must have gone on the 1 off-​night where things went actually right. well… sort of.
My cousin and I have never been to AA (or Michigan). We stopped by studio 4 after asking a local where some hot spots were. After walking around for a bit, we decided to give Studio 4 a try. The guy said ladies were free before 11 pm… it was 10:55 pm, so we thought ‘damn, way to start a night right”.
We go inside and there’s no one. I mean literally 1 other person aside from the employees. We order their special– $ 3 Long Islands. The bartender was really nice and she made the drinks tasty n strong. I couldn’t believe it… I’ve never paid $ 3 for a Long Island… it’s a min of $ 10 or more in D.C.
The music was hot. All the employees were nice. But by midnight, there was only 5 of us in the club. We gave up and left. But even when we were leaving, the bouncer wished us a good evening.
We actually came back at 1:30 just to give it another try and the club had already closed down. This was the complete opposite experience of all the other reviewers! Really odd.

I boycotted this place, but somehow I am convinced to come back. Its the one place you know that won’t be packed and for a good reason.
small, smells, pricey, and dirty.
Only bright side is that there can be celebrity sightings of michigan athletes

I’ve always been a fan of Studio 4. It’s a great option for the Wolverines whenever we want to dress up and have fun with the locals. I admit I haven’t been in a year or so, so I can’t attest to the crowds now (as I scroll and read other reviews). I will say that the interior is nice and the dim lights make for a great ambiance if the party is thrown right. Warning, the dance floor takes up most of the space, so there’s no escaping the crowds.

A typical night at Studio 4 would consist of the following:
1) Waiting in line for ½ an hour in the blistering cold of Michigan, figuring out whether the girl in front of you is wearing a tube top as a skirt, and dealing with the jack ass bouncers who have just begun their careers as club bouncers, building up their resumes in hope of one day ending up in LA or NYC as part of the A-​list of bouncers… keep dreaming buddy
2) Once you manage to not get thrown into the cement by the bouncers, congratulations, you have passed the first stage. Now your next task will be to manage not to get kicked out because they will find every reason to do so. A few tips, don’t wear hats, don’t fall asleep on their couches, don’t have beef with the bouncers or bartenders, don’t have beef with the rest of the people in the club, don’t drink to the point where you’re so drunk that you get kicked out and have the nerve to stand back in line (while dressed in a Halloween costume) in hopes that the bouncer will not recognize you, and then reaching the point where you are banned from the club… yeah I happen to know someone who’s had this happen to her before. I know her really well actually.
3) So, once you’re finally in the club, chances are you’ll probably see an empty dance floor and wonder why the hell they made you wait outside for ½ an hour. This is called strategic marketing.
4) Once you realize that your hoe-​dar is excessively sending off signals, that everyone around you looks like a serial rapist, sex offender, or just plain wasted to the point of no return, you will decide to join the «wasted to the point of no return» group and head straight to the bar where you will rack up a tab that you will cry over while hugging the toilet the next morning.
5) Eventually later on in the night, you will realize that you have to make that dreadful trip to the bathroom. Since I’m a girl and I don’t have the luxury of relieving myself in 3 seconds, I usually have to wait in a long line full of crying, emotional wrecks who swear they will kill the bitch that their boyfriend was grinding up on the dance floor. Once you get through the door, you will also have to push yourself past the girls blocking the 2 bathroom stalls who think taking pictures of themselves with the bathroom as backdrop will look hot as their next Facebook profile picture. If you’re lucky (which you probably won’t be unless you go clubbing at 9 pm), you will be able to get a toilet either not overflowing with puke, feces, or flooding the rest of the bathroom with toilet water. Be careful when you wash your hands too, chances are someone thought puking in the sink would be a better idea than puking in the toilet.
So there you go. I think I’ve had more fun clubbing in my bedroom with the disco light I won at Chuckie Cheese’s. The only reason why I give it one star is, not just because Unilocal does not give me the option of choosing zero stars, but I have to admit, some of the funniest memories (that weren’t funny at the moment of occurrence) happened here =P

Studio 4… so many good memories here… But I’ll just give it 2 starts for all the comments above. It used to be azn night every Friday/​Halloween/​pretty much every weekend.
The place IS ghetto as hell. I know a friend who got beat up there by the swarm of bouncers. Another friend of mine was asked to leave cuz he was wearing a black t-​shirt. I mean come on… this is not Tao from Vegas (please refer to my comment on Tao)
About the drinks, they are little bit overpriced. you can get better drinks/​deals at Nectos.

Ok, I have as much hate for this place as the next person. The only reason it’s getting 2 stars is because I have actually had net positive experiences here, no thanks to the club in particular (aside from the cheap drinks), but I can’t imagine that anywhere is worth giving 1 star unless I actually stormed out, swearing I wouldn’t go back.
Yes, it’s full of awful undergrads or I don’t know whats, dancing and drunk as all get out, and being incredibly obnoxious in the bathroom. Speaking of the bathroom, it has only 2 stalls for women– completely unacceptable for a club of this size– and they tend to be absolutely revolting by about midnight, at least the three times I’ve been there.
There’s a giant fake tree in the middle of the club. Seriously, what is that about?
But the drinks are often cheap, and I’ve gotten plastered there for very little money– the key is to get there early and escape somewhat earlier. Unfortunately, that defeats its purpose– as a dance club, maybe somewhere you’d go *after* you were at another bar– but at that point you’re paying some absurd cover and waiting in line for literally over an hour (something I would never, ever do at this hellhole).
Also I got a picture with Jael from America’s Next Top Model one night, which I cherish– this was thanks to arriving early– my friends who got there at 11:30 never even made it in the door.

i saw penis at studio 4. i don’t know if that means i should give it ***** or *.
there was this crazy girl that fell over at least 4 times cause she was so high she couldn’t take her eyes off herself in the mirror. my friend and i were alternately horrified and amused. she was like a car crash – we just couldn’t stop looking. and then she walked over to her guy friend dragged him over to the bench, mounted him, and they went at it. she was so enthusiastic that she actually fell off if you will and we saw penis. it was the grossest thing, yet best story, that i have ever witnessed at a club.

I went once and that was enough for me. The music was good, I enjoyed dancing… but the crowd was somewhat aggressive. The drinks were expensive and there weren’t many places to sit down. I sat on one of the few couches with a few of my friends as we watched a group of girls standing in front of us dealing with an obviously ridiculously intoxicated girl. The girl proceeded to sit down on a couch, lean her head between her knees and… vomited all over the floor. Agggh! Disgusting. Now, in most other places this would warrant a quick escort to the exit by a burly bouncer. However, instead I sat and watched as the bouncer brought out a mop (no bucket) and slopped the vomit around for a minute or two. The girl then was allowed to stay, resting on the sofa. Let’s just say we promptly left, no need for me to witness round two.
Bottom Line: If you want to dance, there are better places around town without the drama.