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Camel Cafe
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Category: Dance Clubs [Edit]
Neighborhood: Murray Hill28 W 33rd St
New York, NY 10001
(212) 290-1624
- Nearest Transit:
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34th St-6th Ave (B, D, F, V, N, Q, R, W)
33rd Street (PATH)
34th St-7th Ave (1, 2, 3)
- Parking:
- Street
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Price Range:
-
$$$
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Music:
- DJ
- Best Nights:
- Thu, Fri, Sat
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Smoking:
- Outdoor Area/ Patio Only
- Coat Check:
- Yes
7 reviews for Camel Cafe
First review by Edwin C. paints a pretty accurate picture of camel 2 years ago.
Venue is unchanged (I think; I haven't been there since last summer).
Lately, I hear it's pretty dead.
So, like i just said, i haven't been here since last summer. and the reason i am writing this review is because it is now may and summer is fast approaching. this means i will probably make my way over to Camel sometime in the near future. WHY? because in the summer time Camel blasts their AC like Circle blasts their fog machine. S*** is NO JOKE. It's like walking into one of those walk-in refrigerators that butchers store their meat in. I know when I go to Camel i can expect my nipples to be hard within 45 seconds. the morning after Camel i always wake up with chafed nipples, but it's always worth it. Nice to have some place to cool off in the summer, after being at some spot where you could slip while walking because of the pools of sweat on the floor.
But I heard owner/mgmt has changed since i've been there last. so, who knows if AC will be on blast this summer... also, we're in a recession.
It's a small space, but it's cozy. The prices are not too bad and the drinks are heavy on the alcohol (a bit too heavy). The attire for a guy is either business casual w/ a blazer or jeans and a button-down. Feel free to bring some fob essentials (aviator sunglasses, skinny tie, an accent and your passive/aggressive game). Now to the important details.
(1) Girls: attractive, slender Korean girls. Oh God, I love these Korean girls!
(2) The Game: Most of the girls come w/ groups so there is a lot of circle dancing. No matter how great of a guy you are, you'll have to deal with their entourage prior to singling out any one girl. The quickest way to handle this situation is to recruit some wing men and buy a round of drinks for the group. This will usually do the trick and get her bodyguards to chill out for a moment while you drop your game.
(3) How Much Will It Cost You? For a typical guy, expect to drop $200 for a fun night. For a rich, spoiled mama's boy, plan on dropping $1,500 to $2,500 because your friends will stiff you with the tab. For a pretty girl, expect to spend $15 for that first drink before the guys start to pick up the tab. For a not-so-cute girl, please just go home. You're wife material, not a clubbing chick.
Went to this place pretty late on a Friday night but got in with no cover charge since it was just me and two other girls. First thing, this place is TINY. Second, it was jam-packed with Korean guys that stood around, inviting us to admire their manly physiques (ugh) and Korean girls that glared us down. What? I am NOT looking at your man Miss Plastic, I just looking to dance and maybe have a drink or two.
Speaking of drinks, after pushing through the crowd, I realized that the reason for the crowd in front of the bar was because THAT WAS THE DANCE FLOOR. Needless to say, we bounced after ten minutes. Don't go, unless bitchy girls and tiny clubs with no room to dance are your thing.
This place is so small and the "dance floor" is laughable. I would not consider this a club, but more of a lounge. There is plenty of seating available.
Decor is pretty nice. Upstairs is secluded if you are looking for privacy for a big party.
Definitely a Korean crowd.
Music is good, though (DJ). I must admit that. I've only come here on a Thursday night and it's the only place I know of where people actually dance on a Thursday! I guess for that reason, I change this review from 2 stars to 3.
Even with a small dance floor, lots of people dance and it's always interesting to meet new people.
I've been here for Thursday and Saturday nights. It gets pretty packed on a Saturday, but the dance floor comes and goes. It's empty one minute and packed the next. It goes this way for about an hour (midnight to 1am), and then it stays relatively packed. The music here is a lot better than the other Asian clubs, which I really like.
The crowd here is really young (late teens, early 20s) girls and older (late 20's, 30s) guys, all Korean for the most part.
Come if you want to have a fun time dancing with friends! The waiters are very attentive and accommodating.
Sometimes I wonder what I'm doing at the Bowery Hotel Bar one night and Camel the next.
Then I realize that's like asking why the sky is blue.
Camel's a Korean bar. Or lounge. Or club. Something like that. There's bottle service, so it's not really a bar. People dance their ass off, so it's not really a lounge. It's too small to really be a club. But whatever it is, it most certainly is not a "cafe."
In any case, if you know what this scene is like, you either love it or hate it or you're "not really into this type of thing but you were dragged here by your friend."
Personally, I think it's a good time, when I'm in the mood for this sort of thing. But it's a cramped space, so be prepared to be bumped into. A lot. Although if it's a cute girl, I don't mind so much. And there were plenty.
This place is the size of a small loft space... and everyone there is pretty much FOB (fresh off the boat). This is the spot to go if you just moved here from Korea and want to exclusively hang out in a place where most people speak in Korean to each other. For everyone else, there's a lot more to NYC than this...
I walked in with 3 buddies, and they pushed bottle service on us... ARE you freakin' kidding me? I don't mind paying for bottles, but not at a place like this.
Unless you're in you're a college student or young professional in your 20s, this place might not appeal to you. Imagine a jam packed hallway leading to a bar with 1 server and a lounge upstairs . . . that's what you should expect with a $10 cover for a Korean club. The music isn't great, but it's open because there probably isn't any other K-club around in NYC. For a place called camel, it sure stores its drinks behind the bar well instead of serving it out to the customers like a garden hose full of water.
