02/08/09

Entertaining, not best drinks for the money

by Golbez

This place would have earned 3 stars if they didn't make the weakest alcoholic drinks I may have ever had. For $4 I need rum in my coke. I ended up spending $4 per shot (mixed drink was as much as the shots...)

$2 jello shots, I don't think I've ever paid more than $1 for one. Bill Cosby is turning over in his grave.

Despite that we had a pretty good time.

• Pros: Live entertainment
• Cons: Drag queens lip synch, very poor value in drinks

02/01/09

cut a rug!

by li1misskates

excellent club! great music, environment, people.

if you like techno, dance, or house music, you'd love this club :)

prepare to cut a rug and get sweaty!!

01/13/09

Great Atmosphere

by ashnewton

Ember's was a blast. I went there with two straight friends and we had a great time. The music was good, the drag shows were good, and the drinks were good.

• Pros: $5 cover
• Cons: If you don't like smoking, not for you

04/07/08

Not a hater, but...

by JOHNNYROCKETONTHESPOT

Drag show leaves much to be desired. These "Ladies" have little or no talent. If you're going to lip-sync--please try to learn the words.

No ventilation--so be prepared to be hot boxed by cigarette smoke.

Dance floor is small, lights are over-the-top in a bad way, creates a feeling like a bad acid trip--and watch out for gropers.

Bathroom stalls are shorter than 5', so be prepared for awkward situations...

• Pros: Uh...
• Cons: Everything.

03/01/08

Rude staff, cool club

by Magician07

Rude large bartender with long frizzy hair wouldn't fix my drink right. He has an attitude problem, and

even threw an object at a customer. However, really fun drag queen, lip synch show with

great costumes and dance moves!

Fun show that went on for a few hours on friday night. Plenty of video poker machines, pool

table and gold fish aquarium inside the bar, must see to believe!

In the back dance club, another rude waitress pushing drinks on me over and over, even though

I had a drink 2/3 full.

But great dark, moody atmospher and fun retro music from Depeche Mode, Human League

and classic bands with real style. Not todays American Idol and rap junk.

Interesting crowd of gay, straight and bi folks. Some were dancing alone, seemed to be

in their own world. Not too much mingling, people seemed to stay alone, or stick with their

group. Older rundown place, but seems to fit the mood and character of the people there.

02/11/08

depressing filthy black hole

by 2cool4thistown

Embers should have been put out of its sorry misery long ago. It's a pathetic, tired, wannabe excuse for a dance club. They haven't upgraded a thing in 20 years - not the music, not the lame-ass dj who spins only for himself, not the terrible drinks, not the inattentive bartenders, not the ancient drag queens, not the overflowing toilets. And masses of idiot patrons think it's all fantastic! I don't get it. It's as if it's in a black hole with no awareness of time: I would like to be able to dance to something besides "Tainted Love."

• Cons: Terrible dj who spins ancient tunes even when no one's on the floor.

01/04/08

Great place to start the night off

by esmiththought

I went to enjoy some drinks and some drag queens... I can't complain about either one. On the other hand music was tired, the dance floor was small and the sitting area was tiny, but I still had fun.

• Pros: Drag Queens, bartenders were really nice
• Cons: Small Dance floor, Hardly any place to sit and hang out

10/30/07

Watch Out for Some Pervs

by thundertree

Two weekends ago, my best friend & I showed up at Embers looking forward for a fun break in dancing the night away. The drag queen show crowd were feisty, fun and funny. While the atmosphere appears run down and could use some sprucing up, it served its purpose. The bar tender kindly submitted our 80'S song requests that the DJ honored all of them. Thank you! All was good, until some black (cute) dude came along and started to aggressively dance with me and then exposed his private thing to me right on the dance floor! I was angry, shocked and disgusted. He attempted to apologize and left after I warned the pervert to get away from me. Here I thought was once a safe friendly bar to go to and this dude had to go ruin it. I'll never go back due to no longer feeling safe.

• Pros: Great loud vibrational music and DJ will honor your song requests (especially from 80's)
• Cons: Weird perversed aggressive drunks

05/19/07

WENSDAY NIGHTS ARE THE BEST.

by purplebabypunk

IF YOU HAVE EVER WOUNDERED ABOUT THE UNKNOWN, THEN GO WENSDAYS. THEY HAVE SO MUCH TO OFFER, MEN BEING TIED UP AND BEATEN, AND COVERED IN WAX, WOMEN BEING BEAT, AS WELL AS BLOODLETTING, AND SO MUCH MORE. SCARY BUT FRIENDLY PEOPLE. AND OF COURSE CHEAP DRINKS........

• Pros: FRIENDLY PEOPLE, CHEAP DRINKS, GREAT MUSIC
• Cons: NONE

04/25/07

Embers burns you in a bad way...

by rpg1377

Embers always has a love-hate feeling. Personally, I don't like the establishment. Their themed nights are a lot of fun. Latinos Nights were on Sundays, and a lipsyncing show usually happens on the weekends. Drinks are very affordable. The popcorn is always free! There does seem to be a crowd there everytime I go and hardly ever overcrowded.

Embers' covers never make sense to me. In my opinion, they overcharge and it doesn't make sense to me. Meanwhile, the crowd is very strange. I feel like I have to be very feminine in there to fit in with the drag queens. It does not feel like a gay bar at all. The dance floor is really smoky, and the bathrooms are kind of gross. Unless you know someone who can show you around, Embers is not a place to go all by yourself for the first time.

• Pros: Good themes, large bar area, good drinks
• Cons: Weird crowd, unnecessary covers