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Montmartre Lounge
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Categories: Bars, Music Venues [Edit]
Neighborhood: Hollywood6757 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90028
(323) 465-5369
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- No
- Music:
- DJ
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Coat Check:
- Yes
14 reviews for Montmartre Lounge
I went here on a Saturday night and I was so surprised at how large the dance floor was and how spacious everything was. The drinks were regular Hollywood expensive price. The people there of course were all very trendy and pretty diverse.
I give this place 5 stars because the music is decent, the dance floor is large, so there isn't a lot of pushing and shoving or rubbing against sweaty people. There is enough breathing room, and it's not all stuffy. I truly enjoyed the whole evening.
Never in my life have I had my card charged 300 for a "holding fee". That's BS. I only spent 30 on my tab. And to top it off...I called the club to try to reverse this charge and it took over a week of leaving messages and finding people known by random alias's to reach the "bar manager". This is the shadiest club I've ever been to in Hollywood. And believe me, I've been to almost every club in Hollywood. (this was 3 years ago---didnt know yelp existed back then)
EFF THIS PLACE!?!?
Man do I have a major bone to pick with this pretentious, tooooo cool for school, hey look I'm a door guy and that makes me somebody, over attitudenal, insult of a club after the shenanigans they pulled Saturday night!! Grrr
As a bit of background, I worked in the music industry for over 13 years. I am no stranger to lists, lines, clubs, covers, release parties, you name it and I've either organized it or attended it, but never, EVER have I been to such a clusterfuck of an event thanks to the unorganized and straight up RUDE staff that works here.
First of all, isn't the concept of a line something taught in Hollywood Club 101? Apparently they skipped that day.
Second, if an event has an RSVP list, you normally should be advised to, oh I dunno, check the list before letting every mindless monkey poser in Hollywood into the club while people who are actually supposed to be at the party stand there getting yelled at. Instead they felt it best to toss the list and start charging everyone $20 or was it $30 or was it $10, no let's do $25 (Seriously this was the conversation I witnessed to try and get as much out of the crowds as possible!) Disgusting!
Thirdly, when the person who runs the company the event is for comes to the door and says, these three need to be let in and the obnoxious door guy, takes a too cool puff on his cigarette and blows smoke in her face and threatens to have her arrested if she comes back out of the club and talks to him one more time, well not only should his ass be lynched and fired, but I dare you little man to step over that bullshit velvet rope of yours and I'll be more than happy to introduce my heel to your ass for a little parking lot party.
Ugh, I will never attend this club again on sheer priciple alone. And for the small penised little man syndrome door guy, get over yourself, because you're nothing but bad balding joke!
Stephy... I think we were probably there the same night for the same event (The Rocco DeLuca/Kiefer Sutherland/movie premiere/concert thing?) But I had a much better night than you did...
I agree that the line/list situation was a totally unorganized clusterfuck, and there seemed to be a lot of pissed-off folks (Stephy probably among them) but we were lucky and got through that mess right away. My friends who showed up later got caught up in the clusterfuck though, and even though they were on the list, got charged the same $25 that Stephy referred to in her review)
Once upstairs, we camped out around a couple patio tables near the outdoor barcart that was serving up free vodka & energy drinks (gotta love those sponsors!) then worked our way inside, soaked up the very cool modern, upscale atmosphere of the place (i especially loved the unusual ceiling treatment), saw a great set by Rocco DeLuca and the Burden, met Kiefer Sutherland, drank a lot more free vodka, got wasted enough to actually dance, met a lot of interesting people, and basically felt like a VIP all night... there was even a zippo boy who gave me a free zippo lighter! I had an amazing time that night!
So if I had such an amazing time, why only 4 stars instead of 5? Because I know that if I weren't lucky enough to be on the "right" VIP list and get there before they started charging everyone $25, I could have had a much different experience. I attribute my amazing night more to my good friends that were with me and kept me laughing (not to mention the vodka and energy drink sponsors) than the venue itself...
I need to go back on a "regular" night instead of some invite-only event. Once I do, I'll be back here with an update
My friend and I parked over at the Highland and Hollywood parking garage and were walking, and walking, and back, and forth. We can't find the entrance. We walk again and again and again....
Me: "Where the fuck is the front door? "
Friend #1: "It should be right here."
Me: "Maybe it's behind this brick wall?"
Friend #1: "Let's knock on it."
Me: *knocks* "Nope nothing."
Friend #1: "Maybe the entrance is under this sewer drain?"
*we look at each other in disgust*
me: "You go first."
Friend #1: "NO! You go first!"
Me: "No you!"
Friend #1: "No you! I'm not getting my shirt dirty"
Me: "I'll give you $10 and my last hit"
Friend #1: "I'll by you a drink, your last hit and throw in $20. "
Me: "DEAL!"
*Phone rings*
Friend #2: " Hey I see you guys on the street, we're almost to the club... wait what are you doing?"
Me: "Trying to get in. We think the entrance is either behind this brick wall or under the sewer drain."
Friend #2: "You crack heads!! The entrance is behind the venue"
Me & Friend #1: *At the same time* "Ooooooooooooooooooooooh"
After 20 minutes of trying to find the front door we walk towards the back and stand in line. One of the door guys asked if we were on a list. We told him yes and the next thing we know we're pulled from the line and into the club.
Awesome dance music, lots of hot people, hot bartenders, and a nice stiff vodka cranberry to complete the night. Lights every where, great crowd, good times, hungover the next day, I can't get enough of this place. Park over at Hollywood & Highland to avoid the valet charge.
And next time I'll know where the front entrance is!
Went here last night for a wrap party. I realize that since it was an invite only event, the drinks were free, the food was free, and it wasn't a typical night...I should let up on the place a bit. But oh well.
We got there, parked around the corner, and got in no problem.
Up a massive set of stairs to the main room. The lighting was nothing like in the above picture. Pure white light bouncing off of pure white walls and black floor...I felt a little like being in a super hip doctor's office. Except with Sapphire and tonics to dull the pain instead of funny gas.
One thing I do have to say, those bartenders (all men by the way, which I found a little strange) poured a mean gin and tonic. Bless them.
The party had some passed apps, which seemed delicious. I only tried one because I was sure it was meat-free.
My biggest irk...there was one bar on one side of the room, and that was it. Everyone was piled in around the bar, it was nearly impossible to get a drink, and the rest of the room was mostly empty.
Whoever they got to DJ the party was good, he played a rad mix of music (including Queen, which rocks my socks anytime).
I wouldn't even bother with this place on a regular night.
I love this place because it makes the economy of my hometown thrive. In other words, it is supposedly "high profile" clubs like this in LA that drive people to go out and spend money in Las Vegas like crazy for the real thing. This place posing and these were the warning flags:
1. In line, the bouncers were condescendingly telling the line to pay for bottle service because that is the fastest way to get in. Really, if you know anything about getting in to IT places, you already know this. It's so tacky to announce it.
2. When you get in, you don't even have to pay to sit in the seats that are not VIP. This is fine for a lounge, but at a high end club, the avail seating takes away from the prestigious experience of buying bottle service.
3. VIP area does not have enough servers. There were also Pele selling roses. Weird. I've never seen that in Vegas.
4. The DJ; ouch. His interlude music stretched way too long, forcing the crowd to do the two-step for a energy-dragging couple of minutes. Also, his mixes were not well-planned.
5. The counter top at the bar was dirty, and there were no hot female bartenders. They were all men. I'm interested in men, but I want my high end club to have hottie women bartenders.
In the daytime, my persona is a hippie, political-involved, feminist teacher, but when I put on my red dress, red lipstick, and snake skin stilettos, you have to impress me or you will get 2 stars. If you are in Hollywood, its better just to go to Geisha House on Hollywood and Cherokee. Don't buy into the celeb hype and go here. These celebs are obviously lost on their way to LAX to go to Moon in Vegas.
before I realized that holding ones party at a club is THE DUMBEST IDEA EVER, I had mine at this joint. We had a list of over 250 ppl, promised to be let in if there before 10:30, no problem. The promoter also promised us that there was only one other party that night and we'd have a nice section to ourselves.
Flash forward to me and my posse strolling in, obvs not problem...but then the calls come in. 10pm on, there's a HUGE cluserf*ck outside and they aren't letting ANYONE from my list in. I tried to go down and rep and got yelled at. My promoter tried to go down and got yelled at. Now, I know my mistake in even thinking this would all work out but honestly, if ppl are there at 10pm, on the list and it's not crowded...LET THEM IN. End of story. Bottom line, I had a not that fabulous birthday party that culminated in someone stealing our champagne and the B*TCH waitress not helping us get it back.
I give this place 3 stars PURELY because after this terrible experience, I met the owner (turns out he was my new boss' poker buddy wish I had been there back during the birthday!) and he was very nice and apologetic and even hosted my boss' surprise birthday to help me out. Space is actually fairly nice, there's two sets of bathrooms and a large patio which totally help the flow and I'd maybe give it another chance... but never again for my birthday!!!!!
smells like.... pretentiousness. But about what I expected -- I was there for an event and then witnessed the transformation into le club. Agree w/ Kampy that the ceiling and lighting is quite cool, but all in all an overt reminder of why they don't call me Andy "Hollywood" S.
came here for a company party. the venue was large for the number of people. i like the large patio outside. other than that i thought the place was poorly designed. it felt like they started with a cool mid-century modern design with some of the lighting, surfacing and the ceiling over the main floor, then ran out of money or something.
the red carpet leading up to the club was filthy and worn. i'm sure with the money this place pulls in they could maintain it better. i have a strong strong sense that douchebaggery abounds here on a regular night. trust me, i know these things.
Also known as Montmartre Lounge. NICE club! As usual, long lines, expensive drinks... dont pay for the vallet. Instead park at Hollywood and Highland complex accross the street.
always have a great time here. went here for a gal friend's bday and got hooked up with bottle service. love the decor...something about white sofas is so sexy. music is always poppin. 1 star off for automatically adding 20% gratuity to a drink order. boo.
So I always forget where the entrance to Montmartre is, but now I just tell myself "by the Burger King lot, across the street from Lucky Strike, on Highland" and I somehow manage to get there. I've been here for several parties, the first one being the infamous party where Paris abruptly left upon learning Nicole was there since DJ AM was spinning. Every time I go there are a bevy of stars-- Carmen Electra, Dave Navarro, Molly Sims, Adrian Grenier (cute!), Nicky Hilton, Tara Reid (lol), Tom Green, etc. etc. The inside is very Old Hollywood meets swanky LA nightclub-- there is a history behind the building, too. I took my visiting NYC friends here last week for the Pussycat Dolls clothing launch/fashion show, they had a fabulous time seeing some...skimpy fashions and random celebs. There's never been a problem at the door or with the list, even when we came late from dinner. There's usually some cheeseball guys here, like some guy saying my friend had been "staring at him all night"-- um, gross no!-- but it's not as bad as some clubs like Element. And don't forget you can park at the Hollywood + Highland lot for $2 w/ validation (so buy something from Starbucks or Virgin beforehand) rather than valeting.
had a blast at this club. there were some meatheads in the crowd, but it was all about the music. location's right along the walk of stars, which was somewhat entertaining while you waited in line. decor was swank and modern, with an earthly den-like lounge area too. drinks were pricey.
