RDV

Went to RdV with a few friends for my friends birthday. We had a great time. The crowd was good and it didn’t start to fill up till about 1am. It is small, but they don’t let too many people in so you still have room to dance. We never had a problem with people bumping into us. It was a good crowd. What I didn’t like is that there was a mandatory coat check, but then I saw some people with their coats and some coats on the couches around, but if there wasn’t a mandatory coat check I can see how the environment could get really sloppy with coats on all the couches so I understand why they do that. The lounge makes you feel like you are in someone’s living room, it was filled with couches and coffee tables. the music was really good and a good variety of techno and house to top 40s, rap, etc. I would go back.

The DJ didn’t have «Pour it Up» by Rihanna… My ratchet fancy was merely tickled with an electronic mix of «Bandz» and of course a little” Make it Nasty”. I could have done with more of that but my obsession with house overshadows my desire for rachet stripper music.
It’s expensive to get in but so is just about every other place in the area. If you go with the right set of gentleman you will walk in with out reaching in your wallet. Matter of fact, just check it along with your purse in the 5 $ coat check. Won’t even need it.
Now after coming here a total of two nights I realized that the guy at the door is a straight up A – HOLE! Jerk Jerk Jerk. Not the little angels right out side. but the guy that handles like tickets and stuff and checks the guest list. He wears glasses and has one screwy eye. He is a mean spirited man and I can only imagine how much business this spot loses due to his behavior. They need to get rid of him ASAP.
Aside from him and some a – hole guy hollering about a mandatory coat check which clearly was NOT mandatory. This spot is decent. The music is cool. As I mentioned before I was hoping for a few more rachet tracks but you’re going to get mostly house dance electronic in this spot. The crowd is mixed and I haven’t seen any drama.
The bathrooms are fairly nice.
The seats are comfy. Nice couches and the décor in here is pretty nice. Bottle service and all that good time is nice as well. Once you’re in and drinking the a – holes at the door matter a lot less.
One of the less difficult spots to get in to around here and fun enough minus the jerks.

Went in with a promoter. Still was hassled by them while they tried to charge me $ 15 to get in. Had to wait 15 mins in line. When I walked in around midnight it was pretty empty. Why have a line just to have a line? Then, there was a $ 5 mandatory coat check. I LOVED the music. I feel like clubs these days only play house music and it was refreshing hearing the music at rdv. It was music from a couple years ago that you have started to miss. The bathroom had a woman giving you paper towels in exchange for a tip but the actual bathroom stall reeked of pee and there was no soap. Gross. The club was 90% women. The décor was classy and had a loungey vibe. Despite everything, still had a fun girls night out.

Went to RDV with my best friend and her boyfriend, who were visiting me from Panama. We had an amazing time! Music was great, drinks were good, a bit pricey but hey it is Meatpacking…
It was a Wednesday night and obviously the place was empty before midnight, it eventually started to fill up around 12:30ish. Good crowd. I must say that the place is a bit small, and the way it is decorated makes you feel you are in a lounge rather than a club, couches, tables, coffee tables. I can’t quite imagine this place on a weekend night when I suppose it gets packed, don”t know how people would get around.
This place doesn’t get 5 stars because of the cover; we were on a promoter’s list and even like that we had to pay cover for girls and guys.
All in all, we had a good time and would definitely go back!

Typical setup to a meatpacking club. Crowd wasn’t as young or douche filled as Kiss and Fly next door. This was a more 25 – 35 year old crowd. Obviously if you are a guy and don’t know anyone, you will pay a cover and pay for expensive drinks if you don’t know someone there. That’s how these places work when you go. Don’t act shocked or complain when that occurs. Décor is nice and has a good setup. If I could I’d give it 3.5.

My friends and I arrived and could not find a coat check so we just put all our jackets and my flats in a shopping bag and put it under a table. Nothing in the bag was even close to being valuable. Hours later that bag was no where to be found. Really? What kind of ghetto crowd takes a bagful of cheap clothes?
Not only that, I managed to lose my phone and no one handed it in. Yes, ghetto crowd and possibly ghetto staff. I know it’s my own fault that I lost my phone and my jacket and shoes got stolen, but it makes me more sad than mad to know that such evil people exist out there and they all seem to gather at RDV. I’ve dropped my wallet in a bar in LA and I managed to get it back within 3 or 4 days. Sadly I guess this in not how meatpacking works.
If you try to call them the next day, or the day after, or the day after asking if they’ve found your stuff, they will not pick up their phone or call you back or even email you back because they really don’t give a shit about you.
The only redeeming quality about this club was the DJ, but I could not fully enjoy his beats because I spent the majority of time waiting in line to pee in a coed bathroom and to look for my stolen goods.
After the worst clubbing experience of my life, my friends and I shivered our way home on the train and I had to drag myself home in high heels cuz I didn’t have my dirty ol comfy flats to walk home in.
Don’t judge a book by it’s cover. I repeat, ghetto.

This place is okay. It has cool décor and it’s fairly laid-​back.
That being said, it is way overrated. I’ve been here twice and there’s never been much of a line and the crowd inside is not as hot as a lot of the other Meatpacking clubs. There’s also no place to dance so it can get kind of boring/​exhausting.
I also have a bone to pick with their bathroom situation. There’s maybe four stalls and they are coed. That’s really not enough. And the bathroom attendant was really rude. She kept telling me to go to the back of the line while I was trying to explain to her that I was trying to check on my friend who was sick in one of the stalls.
Basically, go if you have nowhere else to be. It’s a cool atmosphere. But don’t make it your first priority, there are way better scenes in Meatpacking.

This is hands down my favorite night spot in NYC. I’ve been about 6 or 7 times so I am writing this review based on several experiences I’ve had there.
The décor is off the charts cool. Dimly lit with plush red velvet couches and low tables with candelabras, Persian rugs and distressed wood floors.
Secondly, the DJ is just awesome. I’m a DJ myself and so I’m really critical of what others choose to spin. I can safely say, it’s a perfect blend to make everybody happy. Mostly house/​electro with enough pop to keep the Top 40 few happy, and with enough rap and 90s to mix it up. Nothing too cheesy or expected (Call Me Maybe, Don’t Stop Believin’…etc) & the DJs always keep it fresh and surprising! It’s really just a great dance floor scene.
The whole floor plan/​set up works in its favor as well because about half of people are sitting/​standing around their respective tables with bottle service and, others without the bottle service, dance between the DJ and the tables so it’s never too crowded. You feel like everybody gets a piece of the «action» and there’s not one area of the bar that’s more exciting than the other.
Good looking crowd. Maybe a little on the Euro side, but if you’re with a group of friends and everyone is dancing everyone looks the same. Would never call it ghetto or touristy like I’ve seen in a few other reviews, either.
The service is really great — bartenders and waitresses are really nice. Drinks are definitelyyy on the pricey side, but it’s Meatpacking so it’s not a huge surprise. The bathrooms (like a few other people have said) are also pretty disgusting. The line is majorly long — it’s never fast — and it’s also gross because everyone and their brother uses it!
BUT. If you’re looking for a fun, dancey night out with a group of friends, it’s a for-​sure hit. Never had a bad time. I would just prepare for a hit to your bank acct.

LOW CLASS + GHETTO
I’ve been going to clubs in Manhattan since 2001. The Meatpacking was once super exclusive & hot, now it’s really trashy. This place feels more like a Ghetto hook up spot for college kids and tourist.
I guess the club didn’t mean to be Tacky, but when the entire Meatpacking district has become tacky-​ville, what do you expect?
Also I have one more comment — Why do they let in these gang banger looking hood guys with Caps, Air Jordans, and pants sagging over their ASSES? This is supposed to be a sophisticated club for GQ types, not The Source Magazine weekly party LOL.

Where do I even begin… the sketchy promoter – she was like not even supposed to be here. She brought my gf and i in, and we were shown to a table that had a guy sitting at it, he looked like Albert Einstein. While we tried not to be creeped out, we decided to make a lap around the place. 5 minutes later, we don’t have a table and she pours water and lemon lime into a glass and tells us its vodka.
We find an empty table and sit down, since the entire place felt like a freak show. We ended up getting kicked out by thug life guy who which we couldn’t even understand what he said.
Couldn’t wait to get out of this place. I can’t even describe the crowd because its like they just let everyone in.

I really don’t have anywhere else to compare this place too, so I’m going with a 3 out of 5.
This place is small, it has an exclusive feel, and it is decorated very interestingly (as you can see in the pictures). The night I went, the music was pretty good, but there really wasn’t any room to dance as there were so many people crowded around the bar. Drinks are expensive, but damn are they heavy handed. One $ 15 bourbon and coke and I was good ha.
This place wasn’t for me, but I have a hard time scoring it lower because I’m sure it would suit you if you had (a) the money to spend and (b) were on some kind of mind altering supplement.

Waited in line for like 5 minutes. The bouncer was really nice and complimented my friend and I on our appearance. I even didn’t have my ID and he let me in. Only downside is that some host guy came up to us and said we had to pay $ 15. while half drunk white girls were getting in free. but that really didn’t bother me.
The interior is actually really nice inside. A little smaller than the usual club but enough room to dance. The crowd was so-​so but I really like this place most for the music!!!
In all I had a good time but hopefully next to there is a better looking crowd.

NEVER GOING BACK!
I went 2 nights in a row… the first night (Friday), a flight broke out over forming a line in the restroom. The bouncer started the flight with someone much smaller than he was, and then he ended up kicking the poor guy out of the club. Oh, as for the restroom… it is very small and it is unisex, there is no organization!
The 2^nd night I went with a club promoter and the door guy did not offer me a comp. ticket… I walked off; however, a promoter worked something out and I received a comp. But, as I was walking back in… a guy who is Oriental, with glasses and one perfectly working eye insist that I leave (because I went to the entrance early and refused to pay a cover). He created a huge scene, and began to approach me like he wanted to push me out of the entrance, down the stairs, and in the street so a car could hit me. I was flabbergasted! I’ve been to RDV with other Promoters many times in the pass without a problem. I received a haircut recently and I guess I may not «fit the bill» anymore.
But, I’m mostly upset that the night before (which was the Friday night) I had my friend pay to get in and he opened bar-​tap.
As mentioned above, I will never return to that place unless I’m dead and somehow buried under there.

Get to the Chase:
Pros:
1) Really nice décor, comfortable seating, great crowd
2) Door entry fee not outrageous and bouncers were not the typical Manhattan A$$hole swag
3) Drinks are strong but pricey
Cons:
1) Always crowded
2) Don’t expect to dance
3) Music/​DJ was subpar… might as well play the radio and listen to the top 40 charts

RDV is reportedly named after ‘rendezvous’, or according to my friend Mr. Merriam Webster:
a: a place appointed for assembling or meeting
b: a place of popular resort: haunt
2: a meeting at an appointed place and time
I agree RDV lives up to its name! RDV has got the trifecta down pat:
1) Great, very danceable music (techno-​laced top 40, with a little electronica and 90s thrown in for good measure). It does get dancey after 12ish, but there are big couches everywhere you can hang out on if your’e not into that.
2) Above-​average looking people. Definitely does not attract the underage sloppy EU crowd (I’m looking at you, Kiss & Fly hehe). Fairly hip upscale 25 – 35 yr old crowd with a pretty even girl/​guy ratio.
3) Very good (although expensive) drinks. At most MPD clubs you’re lucky to get a rum and coke poured even remotely decently. So to get freshly muddled strawberry bellinis? I’m in, even if they do cost 20 bucks each.
Know before you go:
1) Coat check is $ 5. I know global warming is cutting the winter season short, but honestly I think it’s a lot. They actually enforce it too — I saw one coat check woman literally ripped a jacket off a girl and force her to check it.
2) THE BATHROOMS. EWW. There are only 3 for an entire basement of drinking, sweaty people. They are co-​ed, there are half empty drinks everywhere, and the floors are sticky and wet. I honestly don’t know why they even have a bathroom attendant because it was pretty nasty.
3) They don’t really open until 1130 (not 11). I tried to go around 1115 and was asked to come back at 1130. It fills up fast through between 1130 and 1230 so don’t wait too long :)
Anyways — you only live once, so don’t let something like a nasty bathroom or a coat check hold you back from a great time. I’ll definitely be back.

Interesting lounge that feels like you’re in someone’s ‘fancy’ basement. I came here because my friend knew of an event being held here for aspiring painters/​photographers. They decorated the lounge with paintings/​photos for sale (and boy were they $$$!)
Music was ok but there really isn’t much room to dance. The place started getting packed around 11.
As other reviews have mentioned, the mandatory coat check thing is pretty annoying. I would expect swankier places to charge $$ for a coat check…

RDV is a pretty legit little lounge. Owned by the same group who does Beau, you really can’t go wrong. The décor is cute, and though it’s small it’s a good resort when your thought process is «I want to go out tonight and listen to something upbeat, pop-house,…but I don’t want to do the crazy club scene». If you like that, then RDV is your place.
It’s pretty clean, used to be a great place for after hours. Not sure how that is now but I’ve always enjoyed this little basement hideaway.

Go down the red carpeted stairs and enter a downstairs lounge where your reception will go in and out. There’s a red glow to the ceilings, antique couches of different colors and fabrics on top of some rugs. A plus is the bumpin’ mix of hip hop, trance ‘n music that create an energetic blend of songs.
I came here for an event, so they were giving out free tequila drinks, as well as some other snacks and mini giveaways. I did see how drinks were normally priced, at a whopping $ 20 for a cocktail (and thousands for wine, etc). I definitely wouldn’t choose this place if I had to pay these outrageous prices. The venue is interesting, but the place is just a spot to go to for a bit, as others say-​before heading to other lounges.

Hmm, so do I review this place or not? I guess I could right, because, well, I went here. I went here earlier tonight (Thursday) and even though it was for an event I was inside of the place, so why not write about it. This place is swanky, as one could guess from the outside, or atleast figure out from the reviews. I was here because it was an issue release party for Social Life Magazine, so they rented it out and had an early party there. I was told that $ 20 was the price for a bellini, which is just ridiculous (I only had a couple glasses of wine because I wasn’t staying for long, both of which were free) but the people who go to this place were also covered by other reviewers: guys in suits that are older and have a little bit of cash looking for some mid-​20s lady to spoil for a little bit. I ain’t mad atcha, as they say…
I’m glad I actually liked this place, because I’m supposed to be going back tomorrow!

If you don’t have money stop reading here and head to the East Village — I hear they have some killer dives in that part of town.
I am somewhat conflicted when writing this review… On the one hand I walked right in with my incrowd-​female-​friend and joined a boring group hovering around cheap vodka and cranorangewater mixers and drank for free. (Which i love) The décor was dark and elegant and the music being played was popular JayZ anthems inducing somewhat of a fist pump from the crowd. Who doesn’t love drinking for free and swaying to decent music?
On the other hand, this is just not a place I feel the need to come after living in New York for the past couple of years. It’s cramped with no room to dance, the crowd are the would-​be oligarchs of the Republic of Deucshacrasia and the masses are forced to wait in a velvet rope line before being allowed to proceed into the holy land…
I wouldn’t come back — well unless I knew a promoter and drank for free. Twist my arm!