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Aura Lounge
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- Price Range:
-
$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street, Valet
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- No
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Music:
- DJ
- Best Nights:
- Fri, Sat
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Smoking:
- Yes
- Coat Check:
- Yes
7 reviews for Aura Lounge
Smokey club with a Euro-pop/techno feel.
Reviewing the latest Dallas hot spot is about as useful as predicting when lightening will strike next. It'll either be hit or a miss. Experiences vary from person to person because there are so many variables to consider, for instance: personal preferences, budgets, short-term agendas, desirability to the opposite sex, desirability to seek the opposite sex, alcohol consumption, time of entry, and the specific day of the week. About the most useful thing here would be a status report that helps you gauge whether it's worth the risk.
* Date: Friday, February 27, 2009.
* Time of Entry: 12:20 AM.
* Duration: 30 minutes.
* Cover Charge: Free ... but we sent an attractive female to do the negotiating. Not certain whether the guest list was an actual barrier-to-entry or a façade. The club was 60% capacity when we went in.
* Male-to-Female Ratio: All around ... a solid 5:4 mixture. Although there were pockets of men, the overall atmosphere never seemed like an overwhelming sausage fest.
* Attractiveness of the opposite sex (on a scale of 1 to 10): 6 to 8 ... Not as attractive or pretentious as Lotus Lounge next door (see http://www.yelp.com/bi...). The scene seemed more like a dance club.
* Music: Hip-hop and Electronic (?)
* Accessibility to Alcohol: Two bar areas. The bar nearest to the door has a long service area. There's another much-more-crowded bar towards the back near the DJ booth.
* Interesting features: Large and spacious. Private lounge areas run along both sides of the dance floor that's ideal for people watching. The coolest part would be the pixilated light show where rows of color spectra would fall against columns of narrow white screen panels that result in a checkered-box pattern. Also, smoking is allowed indoors.
* Approximate Waiting Line at 12AM: 5 minutes.
* Total Tab: We skipped the bar this time.
3 Stars - Good for dancing and lounging but nothing that makes Aura a "Must Go" destination.
Went on a Friday night from about 11:30 to just before close. Pretty much your standard club. Didn't have to wait in line or pay a cover which was good. That said, the sausage to honey pot ratio was a bit off too much sausage, not enough honey pot. Also, maybe this is a Dallas thing that I don't experience back on the East Coast but the sausages were extremely aggressive gropers which of course in about every case scared the honey pots right off the dance floor. I don't regret going but won't go back next time I am in town.
When I went, it was for a friend's birthday. I went later than everyone else, but when we got to the door, the bouncers has a huge line outside, so I thought it was full. When I called my friends on the inside they said it was empty! The inside is not that great, setup is just okay. It wouldn't be so harsh except for the fact that i had to wait outside for a "B" rate club. The place did get packed around midnight or a bit later than midnight. I have just been to better places. can't complain about the drinks becuase no matter where you go its going to cost you.
This place is just nothing to write home about, it's not going to wow you and if you have to wait? just not worth it.
I went here coupleof weekend ago. My friend knew the owner's wife. So we had no trouble getting in. It was loud and crowded. Just the way it should be. I was surprised how diverse the crowd was. I had a couple of drinks and started dancing. The drinks were strong and not very expensive. $7 for Vodka Cran. The alchohol got to me quick and I started dancing. The DJ was good (not great). But I was drunk and having fun. Will definitely go back here again
Definitely a great club with a very modern decor, lots of people (but not too crowded), and superb music. The bartenders were very fast.
The action is on the dance floor. Right above the dancing is the DJ and lights, and the people are jamming to the pulsating, but not-too-loud music.
No Eurotrash or European House music here-- mainly Hip Hop.
Definitely will be back.
Great club although if it's past 11pm and you aren't good looking enough, they will most likely keep you waiting at the door. Music is great (mainly top 40's and hip-hop/techno remixes), and there is a big dance space. However, the drinks are really expensive ($9 for a melon ball that didn't even have liquor in it, only melon liqueur, who are they trying to fool?). Bar gets bogged down as their bartenders aren't fast enough to handle the volume... still a nice place though.
Since late April of last year, Aura has occupied the space that was once the cha-cha hot spot, Club Babalou. I remember going when it first opened up and it was THE place to be. However, I know that is how Purgatory and Club Blue used to be too. (LOL at the thought of both of those) The first 2 months they are hot... and then well.... someone in Mesquite finds out, and then.... it's not. I can't say that it is anywhere near the two aforementioned places but it's not PM Lounge either. Sure there are plenty of graphic tees with only the front hem tucked in but there are also less douchey uptown natives. Unlike Wish. This is because Aura has a far superior location to it's more "DB" cousins like GLO and Wish. By that I mean, it is not connected to a jumba juice. By that I mean, it's not in a strip mall! That being said, you can start your night across the street at Idle Rich, Lotus or the more "uptown option" of "Frat Friar" (Black Friar). When you start to feel like your current locales amount of men in ed hardy, and pink neon signage is just not enough, run across McKinney to the warm pink glow of Aura. Don't run to fast! You will trip over the velvet rope! DOH! Aura is not nearly as jammed as it used to be so the wait won't be to long, I can assure you. Once inside, the strawberry lemonade colored lights will sparkle off the chandeliers giving you a rosey glow perfect for nabbing one of the FAB guys you will find on the dance floor. *side eye* Go ahead and dance here, the music is always pretty good and it is never to crowded that you will get some girls sweaty back on your arm. Gross. All in all this place is alright, and the location makes it easy to fall into. Go ahead and go. If I see you there I won't tell. Whoops. I almost forgot.... go on Fridays, or Thursdays only. The Saturday crowd is a complete 180.
