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9 reviews for Date and Dash
I am really surprised to see the other reviews! I had a great time, this definitely exceeded my expectations. I'm a pretty critical yelper (and I read these reviews BEFORE I went to the event), and this is one of the only times yelp has been grossly wrong.
It was at the Drake hotel, which was a beautiful place for this kind of event. They had some drinks specials that were kind of cheesy, but the event was very well organized once things got going.
There were about 25 women and 20 men (which I expected to see), but honestly 20 guys was more than enough. There was a very unique mix of men, and I thought a little something for every kind of woman. The guys were polite enough, some of them were a bit strange (but aren't there strange people everywhere you go?) and some of them were really cool.
I think the key to this is to keep an open mind. 3 days after the event, and I have 9 matches. No, I'm not wildly interested in dating all of them, but how can you really know what you want from a person after 3 minutes? I tried to stay as open minded as possible. Cute? Smart seeming? Not Creepy? Employed? Sure, I'll mark "interested" on the sheet. It doesn't mean interested babies and Volvo's with the guys, just interested in having a cocktail with one day.
So give it a shot. Like I said, it exceeded everything I had expected, I met a LOT of guys, and a couple dates coming up. Just keep an open mind, and try not to take it too seriously, and you might actually have some fun.
ZERO STARS. I attended the 'event' in Miami and me and my friend were the ONLY ones there. The bartender did not even know there was an event happening there. Came home and double checked the website, yeap - right place, right night, right time and no dates. My card was charged $76 and no phone number on the website to call for a refund.
Found the event on YELP. This sucks! Date and Dash is right, Dash with your CASH!!
Well, I gave it 2 stars, which is "Meh. I've experienced better." OK, I haven't. I had never done speed dating before this event. But I have a feeling that it could be much, much better than what I experienced.
They listed different age ranges for dating on their site, yet they throw you all together if there aren't enough people. My range was early twenties to early thirties. I get there and find out that not only am I the youngest of the group, but I'm almost half the age of some of the attendees.
Of the 11 guys I only opted to get in contact with 4 of them and I felt like I was spreading my dignity thin. The experience was good in itself to get a feel for speed dating and to meet some more people; however, you know there is a problem when you'd be more willing to go hang out with the people of the same sex you just met.
Overpriced. $35 and all we got were some pretzels and chips with guacamole. The venue was too small to give couples much privacy. The background noise was a little too loud to understand everything your date said. The 'organizer' seemed to have been thrown into this without a clue and I give her major props for sorting things out, but overall it's very unprofessional.
Save your money! I've never done speed dating before but I know it can be better organized. First, there were supposed to be 2 groups - 22-32, and then 33-40s. But so few people were there that they combined the groups. Still, they were running low on guys so they scrounged up ppl who were already at the bar to go around for the hour or so. Guys alone at a bar at 8pm on a Friday - real winners!
Mostly, I'm just mad that it costs 35, but its SO poorly organized.
If you do decide to go tho, watch out for the creeps, bring a girlfriend, take good notes so you can tell detailed stories later and don't let them sit too close. And tip for the guys - when I see ur speed dating card with EVERY woman circled yes, it seems a bit desperate. And one guy even wrote "she wants wild sex!" next to one of his dates. LOL.
I went to date and dash this past Saturday. My low expectations were not met. No connections to speak of.
The event was held at the The Book Cellar in Lincoln Square, which is a nice shop but was entirely unsuitable for this event because there wasn't enough room. Each small table had two couples, two girls on 1 side, two boys on the other, boys circulated. As if the contrivance of a 5 minute date doesn't make things awkward enough, you were forced to overhear others' and broadcast your own trite conversation. And the event was a couple of guys short, so for two rounds the girl would just sort of be twiddling her thumbs, eavesdropping on the couple next to her's conversation, and then proceed to have her "date" with that guy who was just diagonal from her.
The included "refreshments" were some grocery store Valentine's cookies. No booze.
$35.
Total Scam.
NOTE: I wish a savvy bar would set up their own speed dating thing on an off night, charge 10 bucks, know that everyone would buy a drink or two, and everyone would gain.
Totally agree with Chia P's comments.
I too was at the Book Cellar event. Way disorganized. Didn't start on time. Some of the men were Date and Dash plants, not really true potentials. Dry, gaggy cookies and miniscule cheese cubes are not what I would call "appetizers". I got a parking ticket because it wasn't clear we had a break, and I didn't know we could take one. There was no waitstaff during the event, so once you drained your glass, forget about getting another. It was the wrong venue for so many people: way too loud and crowded. Needs to be a brief break in between "dates" so you can at least make a note of who that person was.
Didn't receive any matches on the website, so I finally emailed the host and he responded with a very curt: "you've already received them"--which I hadn't or I wouldn't be asking! Jeez. Turned out I had ONE match out of the fifteen men.
I would definitely try a speed dating event again, but not through this service provider. I did, however, meet some single women, who I think could be great new friends!
My friend and I decided it would be fun to do speed dating. One of those "why not" things that we felt we should do once in our lives. If nothing else, the story of it would be interesting. It wasn't too expensive and we thought that going to the Book Cellar would be appropriate for us because we're readers.
Well.... Chia P got it right. I guess there were supposed to be cookies, but I didn't notice them until my friend pointed out that they were stale. The organizers got there late, which meant everyone was standing around wondering who else was here for the event.
And then the dating began. not only was it very hard to hear your "dates" over the other conversations going on around you RIGHT next to you, but also since people were packed in so closely, it was awkward to make notes on whether someone is a "no" or a "yes" with them sitting right there. So I decided to wait until the end to make a decisions.
At the end of the dating and dashing, I asked one of the organizers what to do next, and he replied: "You're looking at it," meaning the yes no form in front of me. Gee. Thanks for being so helpful. At this point, I got arbitrary about my yeses and nos and just wanted it to be over with.
My friend and I went across the street to hutenbar (sp?) and laughed so hard we nearly cried just going over the stories we now had, and met a lovely group of people there.
So, at least our mission was accomplished: we tried speed dating and got a couple of good stories out of it, some stories to be continued. But if anyone was considering speed dating I would recommend a company that was much more professional about it.
I went to one of these events and there were very few people there, maybe 12 total (men & women). When I needed help with the website, they were very unresponsive. I was unable to enter my info on the site due to glitches. I'd least like to find out if no one liked me. C'mon. Don't waste your time or money.
Ok, so I've been hesitant about speed dating for some time but going for it on a Monday was a great diversion to the "case of the Mondays" factor.
I didn't really expect to meet guys within the stated 22-32 age range (and yes, that was the case with some). It also didn't matter so much to me if I met anyone I clicked with or not, I was really in it for sociological observations. But it was pretty crazy to meet about 12 guys in the course of an hour.
You can tell who's lying, you can tell who has an extremely bad opening line, and you can tell your girlfriends all the hilarious stories. I would suggest bringing a friend or two along--it's more fun that way and it's great to compare notes afterwards!
It's generally about $32 and held around various bars in Wicker or Lincoln Park. The one I went to was at Tavern in WP. And PS--I did actually cheat ,and gave my number to a guy--just not one who was there for speed dating! A win-win in my book.
