L'Amour Nightclub

 

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Killla B.

San Francisco, CA

ok WTF?!

Last time I was here at this asian mafia bar ripped straight out of a bruce lee flick, there were TONS of kittens running around. NO dont smile, dont say how cute. FUCK THAT this is chinatown, shit i'm lucky if they were kittens as a matter of fact. they were running all over, hopping on the damn flea soaked couches that the hookers love to snuggle up to my boyfriend on.

dude i can deal with the asian karaoke, i can deal with the AWFULLY CHEAP liquor you try to pass off as remy xo, i can even deal with you over-aged call-girls hitting on my dude... i might even take you up on your two for one offer my damn self... BUT NO
NO
NO
NO

I do not go out and get drunk to get traumatized by cats! I want to drink away my problems, forget my sins NOT HAVE CURSED BLACK CATS RUNNING ON MY SHOULDERS AND STARING ME IN THE FACE LETTING ME KNOW THEY KNOW WHAT I DID LAST SUMMER...

OMG NOOOO

whatever, i actually really liked this place, its super low profile - a safe place to go and do dirt but the cats totally ruined it for me.

oh god, i hope they were cats.

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Laura F.

San Francisco, CA

A great date spot. I've taken three dates here. Two were best friends, one was a legit date. He stuck around for an entire 5 months, and I believe I must credit L'Amour for the success of our first date and the long-lasting relationship that came to be.

The last time I was there, a lady at the bar... we'll call her a "patron" (ahem)... was hula hooping. For like, a good 30 minutes.

Honestly? In my top 5 favorite bars in SF.

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Pete J.

San Francisco, CA

Out in Chinatown on a Saturday night, we were fresh out of Red's & looking for a spot to have one final nightcap, when we caught a few notes of "My Heart Will Go On" on the breeze...

Down one flight of stairs & through the sexy red doors, we came upon an orgy of chrome, neon & red vinyl all aglow in candlelight & accentuated by the sound of shrill &/or tonedeaf Chinese people singing bad Cantopop songs.

Make it a Tsingtao & don't think twice about paying the five bucks for one (five bucks?!), because it will be one less moment you have to worship this place.

I fucking love Chinatown.

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Brian B.

San Francisco, CA

The best Karaoke whore house I've ever been to.  I've stumbled into this place a few times with big groups and I think they hate us. They tried to charage a friend $25 for a beer and there are girls that work there that will sit with you while you sing.  Never really figured this place out but definately 2 stars for the best reverb in the city.

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Lauren S.

San Francisco, CA

Chinatowns secret treasure.  So secret in fact that i forgot the name, couldn't find it on yelp, and have been waiting to find it somewhere on the Internet so i could review it.  Today, I got tired of trying to find the listing myself, so i asked my friend who i was with.  Don't know why i didn't do that from the beginning.

OK.  So, let me set the scene.  Paul Clark wants to go on a Chinatown pub crawl.  Paul Clark loves him some Chinatown.  I only use his full name because he is not just Paul, and he always talks about himself in the third person.  We come up with four bars, starting with the Buddha Bar of course.  My roommates Carly, Ed and I all meet Paul Clark and head over to the first stop. Great time, yadda yadda as is the Buddha bar.  LiPo is closed for some reason, we go to Red's, drink more, yadda yadda, and cruise on to our final destination, which oddly enough i cant remember what it originally was supposed to be.  

That's when we see it.  The sign for L'Amour Night Club.  Oooooh!  Could this be a strip club?  We are definitely all thinking it.  That would make for a great end to the pub crawl!  We see bright red puffy plastic on the doors to the entrance, in which you have to walk down stairs off the sidewalk just to reach them, the word L'Amour...why wouldn't it be a strip club?  So, we decide to continue our adventure and walk in.  OK.....Soooo not a strip club.  Might have been at some point, I think I saw poles around, but I could be mistaken.  The place is bright red and HUGE!  Its this enormous space, with couches all over and tables in between, and bright red neon over the bar and on the walls, and to the left a big screen playing some sort of videos.  What is that???

OMG!  Its a karaoke bar!  So we immediately go to the bar, grab some drinks, and find some spots on a couch across the table from the only other white folks in the place.  Looking around for the stage, I couldn't find it.  It was weird, but the microphones came to you!  You sign up for a song, and they bring you the microphones, where you sing from your area!.  No pressure, stay comfy.  Here is where it gets interesting though.  The only songs they have.....are Chinese pop, and American love songs.  Obviously I'm not hip to the Chinese pop, but hell yes do i know love songs.  So the four of us chose.  Selections were slim...but we sang "Reunited" (and it feels so good!), and the four of us did an amazing rendition of "I've Had the Time of My Life".  We shut this place down, laughed at what had just transpired, I  got a phone number from one of the other dudes at our table, and we went on our way.  Seriously, words can not capture this place for what it truly is.  This night is permanently etched in my memories as one of my favorites ever.  I don't know if another Chinatown pub crawl will compare.

I must find it again....I must sing for the Chinese one more time...I must be reunited, so i can have the time of my life.

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