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Pangaea is proof that Austin is trying to become a city and not just a town. Pangaea is the first real dance club that we have found in Austin since we have moved here from Chicago. The music was good, the crowd was fun and friendly, and it really came to life after 11pm right up to closing.
Most clubs that we have visited in Austin are nothing more than bars with worn out wooden floors, and crumby seating and poor music. At Pangaea the ladies wore skirts and high heeled shoes (yeah!) and the men realized that there are in fact shirts made that actually have buttons and collars on them, and shoes that are made for going out and not just running. It was refreshing to find a real club with people dancing, having fun, and not just a cheap bar full of people just getting drunk.
The layout of the club was inviting with the bottle service area set up in rows down the middle of the club, and not in a separate VIP area. Drinks were high priced for Austin, but still cheaper than found in major metro areas around the country, plus there was no cover. The club could do better by loosing the animal heads, and the stockade walls and redesign the motif to be modern and elegant (but that may be too much for Austin).
While Pangaea does not rival the clubs that you will find in Chicago or NY, it is certainly a step in the right direction to turning Austin into a city. We'll definitely be back.
When it's 1:35am and the DJ completely *stops* the music and starts talking, it's time to do one of two things: 1. throw a drink in his face mid-monologue (about himself and how great Pangaea is); 2. walk out. 25 minutes left in the night and you're going to squander it on advertising? What a pretentious piss-hole this place is.
A tip: if you're going to have the audacity to ever charge more than $5 cover, don't let me go in on a free night to find: scruffy-looking kids wearing t-shirts they found balled-up under their beds; backwards baseball hats; sneakers. Think it through, get it together. And fire that damn DJ.
If you are the type of person that goes downtown for $400 bottles of Grey Goose then this is the place for you. Definitely a great spot for people watching. Seemed like about a 50/50 mix of actual rich kids and fake rich kids. The decor and lighting is interesting but the whole thing felt out of place in Austin - this would probably feel more normal in Dallas or Miami or something. The sound system is off-balance but decent and the featured DJ was good - but even he seemed out of place in this kind of faux-swank environment.
Definitely attractive, chic, fashionable, but not my style - and I'm sure they won't miss me either.
"Private Party"
Me: "So, it's a private party tonight?"
Doorman: "You can get in for $25 cover."
Me: "HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!"
Random Girls: "Seriously! HAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAAAHAHAA"
Okay you got me Pangaea. You're now a comedy club. Sweet!
I had non-drunken experience at Pangaea this weekend. Obviously, the drinks made things much better… Read more »
Well, you get what you pay for. Sort of.
Pangaea is everything you hoped it would be, and much, much more. Whether that's a good or bad thing depends on the person. Is it flashy? Yeah. Chic? Of course. Trendy and Edgy? Absolutely.
My can of beans? Eh.
The place is absolutely wild. I don't recommend that any of you kids who regularly do the red river crawl come here, it'll just be too much to take in.
In an attempt to avoid any sort of misogynistic commentary, I'll briefly comment on those who patronize, and are employed at, Pangaea. The ladies are gorgeous. Maybe in that late night, dim lighting, lots of makeup and "downtown attire," but still, no complaints here really. Bottles are, ahem, expensive (as expected of course), if you don't reserve a table you're kind of screwed in terms of being there for more than a little while. It's like all those clubs in Night at the Roxbury: Long lines to get in, 1 guy for every 5 girls is admitted (yet there still manages to be too much dick on the dance floor), creepy bouncers, and over eager drunk girls celebrating their engagement/singledom/birthday/abortion godknowswhat.
Just be warned, Pangaea is not for the faint at heart. Just like most places downtown, you've gotta have the right attitude going in or it's doomed to be a failure.
Horrible place. They rope off the front and put two guys at the door, one who just talking to you like your reason for being there is just to chit chat with him, and the other just stands in silence with his stupid fake ear piece. The door guy is not in charge of anything other than creating the illusion of a line, but I assure you... there is no one in the club. Dancers can't dance. Bartenders can't tend. I've had better service from the waitstaff at IHOP.
You can't call yourself an upscale club without having top quality sound, interior, and service. Putting a spray-painted reed fence against the wall and tacking bamboo everyone isn't upscale. Getting a girl to run around with sprinklers is not upscale. Putting deputy dog and boy wonder at the door to act like egotistical frat boys is not upscale.
Place is a rip-off.
I agree with Bill: they can't shut this place down soon enough for me.
It's just not my style. I like places where I can go in and buy a beer for $3, then hang out and shoot the breeze with my compadres (unless I am at a concert). I went here with a friend and left feeling as though my eardrums were assaulted by terrible techno crap.
Walking I got the feeling that everyone in there is buying bottles of Cristal, just to go home to their efficiency. Either that or there are a lot of really rich 20 year olds.
The decor was interesting to say the least. I particularly enjoyed the nude ladies on the walls. The porter was nice in the bathroom, but I guess that's his job. The concept of a porter still kind of creeps me out by the way, I really don't need someone to put soap in my hand.
The rest of the staff was rude. I remember they would not let my friend finish her drink, they literally came back and took it when it was half-finished 10 minutes before they were closing. It's not like they give that booze away.
Not planning on coming back here...ever.
Pangaea is the kind of exotic safari-themed ultra-lounge we all dreamed about as kids. (Except for those nerd children that dreamed about becoming astronauts and curing cancer and shit).
Basically: ultra-loud music, ultra-hotties, and the finest ultra-processed cheeses this side of the Atlantic.
Oooohhhh, it's loud and scary and a beer cost $35. Boo fucking hoo, why don't you cry about it.
Me, I drive here in five Lamborghinis at once. Yeah, I stack those bitches top to bottom.
STAY FAR AWAY FROM HERE unless you are into cheesy dance music, cheesy people, and paying too much for your drinks.
Bringing Las Vegas to Austin is a bad idea. People go to Vegas to get a certain kind of experience you can't get anywhere else. That's what makes it what it is. Why would you want to make Austin cheesy like that?
Do 45 yr old women in mini skirts gross you out? Do like douchbag guys with greasy spiked hair, gold chains, and cheesy shoes? What about when you see one of those 40 something cougars kissing a 20 something douchbag? Yeah see...it's a gross place!
For $250 you can buy a bottle of Crown Royal...I tell ya what; you can punch me in the face, kick me in the ass, and I will run down to the liquor store and bring you back a bottle of Crown for $250- sounds like a better deal doesn't it?
So if you are rich and stupid you should have a really good time there! Enjoy petting the fake Zebra skins and waiting outside in line when the place isn't even half full.
I call this place "The Douchery".
Come on?
Yeah, that bad.
Granted, I went during an "event", so I didn't have to put up with any crap, like a rope, waiting list, etc. But, what the heck do we need in ATX with a place that requires that stuff anyway.
I felt bad for the animals, that all that survived are their heads on the wall.
The decor. Um, I read in the Statesman that it cost more than a million dollars. Seriously, I could've taken care of that for about a grand or less.
Drinks are standard. But, doubtful that I'm going to pay $300 for a bottle of Jack. I get mine for $34 like everyone else, thank you very much.
And, the people who were there. Yes, I say again, it was an "event". But, I don't need a hook up, and especially not with WANNABE pretentious a-holes.
And, the stairs seem like a hazard, especially after buying and drinking that $400 bottle of booze.
BTW, where are you supposed to dance? Or, am I just going to wait in line to be "let in" to sit around and mingle. Ugh.
Just give me a mojito, or mexican martini and stick me outside on someone's deck, please.
Drinks are mediocre and overpriced. BEWARE - They automatically add 20% gratuity to the total, no matter how large or small the order. Who actually checks the line by line?! They cleverly still have a space for you to enter "tip" and "total" - easily making 40% off everyone!
Music is too loud. Carnal/Caveman theme was pretty interesting, but not classy or upscale.
Last night I ventured in and immediately took back all the mean things I've thought, said, and written about Pangaea.
It is REALLY dark, REALLY loud, and basically very crowded.
However, HOLYSCHMAMOLY, they had really really good music there. Like, really (hip adjective) house that I hadn't experienced in a setting like this in far too long. Whoa. I was in love.
Now, still, I'd not go there if I wanted to be very social and like, meet strangers, but if you're with a few people and really want to go into a really kind of emotionally charged environment (something about DARK LOUD and CROWDED) to get your dance on, then I'd say do it there.
(oh, and a note, I voted that all the photos of the place are not helpful because in my experience, if you're there at night, you'll not be able to see much past the next person you're trying to get around and will probably be tripping on an inopportunely-placed bench)
We left the Marq because one of our bachelorette party told us that she would buy bottles at Pangaea - ok, sounds good to us! There were 13 of us, and maybe it was because of our matching tank tops or just the draw of a bachelorette party, but they took us right in. Well, after the guy at the rope explained to me that it was Steve's, the owner, birthday, and that he would give us free drinks at our table. We got upstairs, and I thought the decor was pretty nice - you could see the whole place at once, which I actually like so that I don't get claustrophobic.
We headed up to Steve's table - which was at the elevated tables at the side. There were indeed bottles and mixers, but they ran out fast, and by the time we actually got a taste, we were headed back to the table we got when one of ours bought a bottle of Grey Goose and a bottle of Kettle One. The waitress brought them over with sparklers for the lids, so everyone knew... and that was pretty cool. The tables were low with couches, and pretty soon we were up and dancing on them. I honestly expected to be reprimanded by management, but I guess they don't care when you buy a bottle.
I was quite impressed by the DJ and the snare drummer. The DJ was doing remixes of all these old school rock songs, even Journey. It was awesome. The drummer was amazing and added more than you'd think to the atmosphere. The annoying part was these jets of compressed air/smoke. They were so freakin noisy - they hurt my ears even more than the loud music!
I was not impressed by the half naked go go dancer. She moved around the club to various locations... and was only dancing about half the time... because the rest she was just kind of standing there or drinking water. And she did not have that good of a body for what she was wearing.
I'm not sure I'd go back, because I'm pretty sure that I'd be stopped at the velvet rope without someone buying bottles and 11 other girls and a bachelorette, but it was definitely an awesome time.
Expectation: World class sound system.
Reality: Yes
Expecation: World class DJs
Reality: Yes (but "safe" ones, not cutting edge)
Expectation: Cutting edge design
Reality: Yes. But I don't get the whole fake Safari thing. Pretend themes are hokey in a Joe's Crab Shack fake seaboat kind of way.Go for the real deal.
Expectation: Party like you're in Vegas or Manhattan
Reality: People party in Vegas, NYC, Cali, New Olreans where it doesn't close down at 2am. If you want to party you still need to leave Austin. A party that ends at 2am is for amateurs.
Expectation: New style of Club
Reality: Chain bar Chain store.
Expectation: Superb service comes with bottle service
Reality: Your server got hired for her looks, not skills. The automatic tip means they don't work for a tip. They just walk around half naked and disinterested and take your money. You make drinks yourself.
Expectation: The price of the bottle is the price you pay
Reality: You pay more. There's a 20% automatic gratituty. Your $300 bottle is really $360 after $60 tip. With around 25 drinks in a bottle that's a $2.40 tip per drink. You are making the drinks yourself.
Expectation: Bottle service is a good value
Reality: $275 for the bottle plus 20% auto tip is $330. With 25 drinks in the bottle that's $13 per drink. If your table doesn't finish the whole bottle you have still spent money on several $13 drinks. You can't take it home. At real bars you can order by the drink and get hammered with 7-8 drinks for under $50
Reality: Get there early. If you open a bottle late, you will waste most of your bottle with closing time fast approaching.
Expectation: Bottle service is somehow more convenient
Reality: No one at our table of 6 had what we wanted. With our differing likes of Scotch vs Makers vs Titos vs Ketel One, we compromised on a bottle of Grey Goose. We were stuck with this choice for the next 25 drinks. The carafe mixers get watered down.
Reality: Regular table service waitresses are funner, you can order drinks of different liquor types, and have it made it for you and be served. You pay per drink as you go. Real waitresses act nice because they are working for tips unlike bottle service.
Expectation: Bottle service is funner
Reality: It is fun in a cook your own food restaurant kind of way. I think ordering different shots is funner than being stuck with one liquor. We usually do different types with each round to liven things up. Since our bottle had 20+ shots of liquor already, it doesn't make sense to buy even more. We were trying to finish our bottle before closing to get our money's worth.
Expectation: Bottle service is elegant or classy
Reality: You aren't served, not very classy. People get sloppy after serving themselves "triples" from the bottle. Please somehow weed out the douches getting wasted. Nothing frat or wasted is classy. Outside going home this wasted chick (seen inside earlier) was behind her Ford Excursion sitting at 4th & Colorado talking on her cell phone. She thought she was pulled over out of the way, but her SUV was blocking a whole lane of traffic while she yapped on the phone. At least she wasn't driving over someone.
Expectation: Hot Pangaea Dancers
Reality: If you want to pay to see women dance, just go to the Yellow Rose. It's kind of sad/weird to old men stare at a semi-clothed Pangaea dancer. Plus drinks are cheaper at strip clubs (never thought that was possible)
Expectation: Party
Reality: Yes. But there's a vibe that it's amatuer night. Lame people need to spend and pay for a party because they can't party on their own. Not saying everyone was like that, but a lot did give off that vibe.
Pangaea Austin is not their first rodeo, they have opened a well designed club. Even the outside door looks cool. It has good sound. But that's about it.
A lot of other people have been "sold the dream" of Pangaea. But take off your star struck glasses and you will see much ado about nothing. It's not a good value, it's not good service, bottle service is an inconvenient concept, and I'm scared of liquor wasted amatuers.
I went to Pangea on a Saturday night for a friend's birthday. There was about ten of us. The first thing, well the second thing I guess I noticed, after getting over the how dark it is, was how huge it was. I think that's officially the most convoluted sentence I've ever written. Good luck deciphering it.
The music was very fun. I didn't know a lot of the stuff that they played but it was definitely very danceable.
The bartenders were nice, although they did refuse to get the birthday boy a blue wave. Most bars do refuse the blue wave. So. Although the place was way crowded, the bartenders did a great job getting people their dranks quick.
The crowds were pretty.
I don't particularly remember the ambience as it was dark. But there were random low couches sticking out that my very inebriated and clumsy-even-when-sober friend kept hilariously tripping over. Also, as I mentioned the place is huge. Huge. We kinda stayed around the front of the place, and couldn't see how deep it went.
All in all, a fun place. I would recommend this place especially if you're looking for a place to dance drunkenly to fun musac.
This place is so authentically Africa!
1. It's just the place I'd hang out after a hard day on safari-- except they wouldn't let me in, since I was dressed like I was on safari.
2. They don't serve Shiner Bock. Slly, what do you think this is, Texas? (Apparently, Dos Equis is the preferred beer of the dark continent.)
3. You will probably see live cougars lurking about. (The kind that walk on two legs and wear chanel no 5)
oh yes pangaea i mock you. mock, mock, mock.
It's a very new lounge in Austin with safari theme. The marketing and PR of Pangaea is very successful. I don't know how they can always got hundreds of people waiting in line to get to their party. One time, one friend didn't RSVP, he had to pay $20 to get in.
It's at the second floor of Cuba Libre. Used to be the old Alamo drafthouse. The name is cool. Pangaea means the continents are one piece before they separated to the current configuration.
During SXSW, I went to facebook hosted party there. A lot of young people showed up. They offered free red bull drinks too.
Facebook brought several laptops for people surfing, no access to other sites, but facebook.
Later the band started the show. The singer is pretty young. I liked him, but the music is too loud. So I left early.
Sucks, this place doesn't offer food.
This place is awesome!
We had bottle service and what seemed to be our OWN bar back. The guy was on top of everything. As soon as an empty glass hit the table it was instantly gone and replaced with a new clean glass. When asked for another bottle or mixer it was provided in less than 5 minutes. The ice for the champagne bottles was constantly being changed out to prevent water being spilled on the table or on us. The beverage napkins with the Pangea logo were always promptly refilled and were always placed with the Pangea logo facing us. I noticed all of this while drunk (I'm a former pappasitos employee so i notice a lot of service details) and screaming at the top of my lungs because i was having such a blast. This type of service was done on a Saturday night at full capacity.
Without a doubt this place far exceeds any other night club in Austin. The downside is the price of everything there; however, you definitely pay more for stellar service and location.
Amazing environment and decor
Classy patrons
I can't explain in words how neat the layout and decorating is in this place. If you haven't been, its a must go, just to see it. I haven't been to Vegas yet, but I have been to big NYC, Chicago, San Fran and LA clubs.
As for the people in the bar, most of them are attractive and easy to talk to compared to most of the ostentatious bars I have visited. They have go-go dancers, if that is what you call them. In other words they have beautiful women dancing on podiums. The music is really good too. If I went to a party in the desert, in the middle-east or Africa (non-Muslim of course), that a very wealthy individual put together, this is what I might expect to see.
If your looking for a piece of luxury and the drinks that go along with it, then you have found the place.
they can't shut this place down soon enough if you ask me. i think the economy will take care of that for us.
first, the whole concept is so far removed from makes Austin what it is. and no, i'm not some aging hippie that celebrates 4:20 everyday and longs for the days of Austin Weird.
i've been to this place in Miami during a private business event. it worked and we had a blast. but the BS throngs waiting outside until our party was made "open" told me that coming any other might would be a waste.
back to our city....waiting behind a velvet rope to get into a place to drink in Austin is a colossal waste of time. there are so many better places to drink, that are so much more fun, that do not have the attitude of this place. wait in line for what? to pay big bucks to have bottles brought to your table with sparklers? c'mon! and how many drunk little daddy's girls does one have to see stumbling through the place to find the bathroom to puke to know this place is not cool.
let's all avoid Pangaea so that we can hasten it's exit from the Austin nightlife and free up the space to be a better bar/club.
Ugh, fucking wretched. If you enjoy having your out-of-state ID bendingly scrutinized just for the privilege of wading through pitch darkness, lethally deafening 80's pop song remixes, and an alternately oblivious and aggressive ocean of wall-to-wall jostlers and flailers, then this is the place for you.
This place would be cool if:
1) If it wasn't full of d-bags. Because seriously, this place has got them all over the DAMN place. And I'm not saying everyone that goes there is one. But if you wear a dress shirt with some lame skull n bones design showing how badass you are... you may just be a d-bag. Oh and you act like a complete jerk off.
2) The cheese factor for the decor was toned down a bit.
3) There was more of a defined dance floor, it's kinda awkward walking through rows of bottle service tables.
4) On the upshot my bartender was pretty nice. So that's 1 star :)
5) The music was good when I went, but then again I knew who was playing.
So that's 2 stars. I'd have to have a pretty damn compelling reason to go again.
Pangaea is nice club, but not one I would go to all the time. The clientele is attractive, but not anymore than you might find at half the clubs in downtown Austin. The drinks are comparable to what you pay in New York. Of course this is Austin, so I don't really want want to pay New York prices unless I am in New York. Because you can dress up your club as much as you want, but no matter what you do it is still just a club in AUSTIN.
The music played is good to fair and is enhanced when the go-go dancers are out. That being said recently when my girlfriend and I went to Pangaea where we turned around right after entering b/c the music was deafening (not always like this). Though this was the first time ever that I felt like an 87 year old man complaining that the TV is to loud.
Overall experience. Drinks are overpriced, music is fair to good, patrons are fairly attractive, and the decor is nice. It is worth going to every once in a while, just don't make this your only hang out in Austin.
Pangaea's a global chain that has now invaded Austin. If there is any indication that Austin is now on the map as a booming metropolis, this is it. (New York, London, Spain, Miami, and .... Austin?!?!) If you made an effort to come here, you probably won't be disappointed... if you're more of a emo's/red-eyed fly person, then you probably can't wait to leave unless you were piss drunk.
I didn't get to experience Pangaea for too long, my buddy hurled while climbing up the stairs on the way in, so I only had about 30 minutes to chug 3 beers. In that time span I can tell you that it'd be a great place to end the night, there aren't too many non-gay places in the warehouse district where there's a dedicated dancefloor. The DJ plays all kinds of dance/techno/trance, not really my cup of tea but at least it wasn't a bunch of generic crap which is always good.
Drinks were surprisingly cheap (or I was surprisingly drunk), especially compared to Qua, the other ballerama establishment opened recently. And the thing I dig most... alotta places to sit. Not sure if I buy the whole safari theme though, having been to some safari lodges but then again it IS a nightclub.
Negatives I guess would be the absence of a patio or outdoor place for smokers and the scantily-clad creepy dancer marauding along the wall. She looked either coked-up or genuinely disinterested. I didn't even notice her for the first 15 minutes i was there, it was like attack of the ninja stripper...
1. I hope Larry C. doesn't get a "digi pic" from his "deep throat" contact at Muse Architects as it would be nice for this to be revealed to the public at opening. I am sure the owners and investors would appreciate it.
2. The opening date has not been revealed, and will not be revealed until design/construction is further along.
3. Insert link to site I created about a book I wrote about FICO scores.
4. Insert link to site I created about women who cheat.
5. This now concludes my non-review.
I had to update this & change my rating to 2 because of below:
Just a warning to anyone planning on going to check this place out. DON'T USE A DEBIT CARD TO BUY DRINKS! They put a $300 hold on credit & debit cards. Also, our tab was only for $20 & they automatically added a gratuity of 20%.
This is the swanky new lounge that opened in the old Alamo Drafthouse Downtown location. After a nearly $3 million re-do, the place has been transformed into a safari-themed lounge complete with supposedly antique African art and artifacts.
The bar was interesting. They had very scantily clad dancers standing on platforms dancing very provocatively & a very loud DJ with a live saxophone & bongo player mingling about. All the waitresses wore red skimpy dresses & the decor was very earthy with bambo, grass cloth, draping cloth overhead & dim lighting.
Prices were expensive. For the 1st 2 hours or so the drinks were free (this was a media preview day), afterwards the drinks were pricey! $7 for wells & $6 for a Heineken. Everytime someone got bottle service, their waitress would bring it out with this sort of sparkler-like firework thing on top to get everyone's attention.
I am interested in visiting after they get in the swing of things with their regular crowd. They feature bottle-service which really isn't my thing especially with a bottle of Tito's for over $200 plus 20% gratuity. I am not sure if this concept will jive with Austin scene. We'll just have to wait & see.
I'm not a fan of bars or clubs, so this is a review from a different perspective. I was here a couple times during SXSW and thought it was pretty nice. The couches are very comfy and much nicer than most other clubs that make you stand the entire time. The sound system is obviously high quality (saw BT perform live), but a bit too loud for my taste.
The interior is very neat and otherworldly compared to the rest of the clubs in the area. It's warm, wood-filled, African. There were lots of other interior touches like the screens draped from the ceiling, the beach island style bar and the particularly nice bathrooms.
I should disclose that I know the investors, so not waiting in any lines or paying any covers probably lends a lot to my perception. I wouldn't ever pay or wait in line to get into a place like this but that's only because I don't like the whole bar/club scene, nothing about this specific venue.
It is an upscale place, the interiors are beautiful, but I just cannot personally tolerate any place which doesn't have good customer service. The waitress was super mean that we couldn't even sit unless we ordered by the bottle. Probably, that's their strategy but if that's the case, put some way to notify people in a non rude manner or partition the place some way that people would get it (not that it makes any sense anyways). The place is way too ostentatious for me and I expect common courtesy.
We went to see a live set for UK Breaks Evil Nine. We used our usual way to obtain presale tickets and entered for $5.00 promptly. The decor was unique and the layout was good for bottle service. We notice an obvious dead spot on the dance floor. If you move to the rear you can hear the bass. Evil Nine played a great set. The bar staff at the back was great. All in all a cool venue. We will be back for Miguel Migs and King Britt.
This bar is way overpriced and way too crowded. There are lots of drunk sorority girl types here if that is your cup of tea.
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pangaea is about going home to one big continent
Pangaea is about greedy banks making money by improving the avg FICO score of their portfolio before they sell it
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effen HOT.
Got the d.l. on this through a hair salon stylist at Gruv. We were talking about how I need a haircut and that she could hook me up with a sub $12 cut (i.e. FREE). Hair then transitioned to social clubs and Pangaea.
This went on my Austin "Best of List" minute I got wind of this. P.S. Am working on getting my deep throat contact at Muse Architects to take a digi pic of the drawing set to finish build out in Q4. Grand open in November?? It's getting 5stars based on promise and will do full due diligence on this venue.
Q from Yelper: "Larry how did you find out about Pangaea"
A: I was at Swig. I was getting hit on by a crew of hawties, some were girls. Yes my man charm works on Texas dudes.
Cocktail wairtress then told me of Pangaea opening across the street. She said that it'd be good money (I guess I'd be a _____________). I talked to my buddie who hands out liquor contracts and wallah!: this Yelp review
Q: Hey Larry, would you ever bartend? HeckYa! Its like method acting for Cocktail the remake when Tom C takes the old guy role.
Q: what does the Yelp machine say about Pangeae (aka Pangina)?? effen HOT. Just like Austin rips the best restaurant/club concepts from all over the USA, Pangaea is just that good.
Pangaea FL even has a casino. Look for Pangaea TX to be hottest cuz of Austin hawties.
Q: what is due diligence. It's like when women check out men at http://www.thedatingre.... It's to catch men cheating cuz men leave a paper and credit card stub trail that you can see with the right lens.
Came here on Friday night and it was DA BOMB! It's a lounge with a wild crowd and insanely good mix of music. I love it, it's better than Qua for sure.
Bottle price is pretty standard. Just get a group of good friends and drink/dance your butts off here! Talked to a manager there, the grand opening is this Friday, Nov 16.
Tips: Go with bunch of girls so that you can avoid any unnecessary line.
Update:
* Grand Opening *
How the hell did I sneak into Pangaea on the Grand Opening night?! I have no clue!! I wasn't even thinking to go to downtown last night! Anyway, it was another fantastic night at Pangaea and it was unbelievably crowded. A friend told me it doesn't feel like we are living in Austin being inside Pangaea. It is expensive to buy a bottle of Greygoose at $275 but if you split up the bills with 5 or 6 friends who can averagely drink at least 5 drinks a night, it's worth it. A small glass of long island ice tea costs $9, Rum & coke = $7. You do the math.
I am so coming here for my birthday bash now.
Note: my tips still hold true. The chances to get in is higher if you are with a bunch of hot looking girls or tell them you are going to open a bottle. It's worth it.
Several friends in our party went to choderville Qua, which rejected our sneaker-clad friends. I hope choderville Qua keeps rejecting people wearing sneakers, so we can spend our money in far superior clubs like Pangaea.
I was curious as hell to see how the old Alamo had been transformed and wow, they did a phenomenal job. The lighting...brilliant, soundsystem...brilliant, DJ...brilliant, interior decor...brilliant, bongo drummers...brilliant, dancers...brilliant...freaking vibe...you guessed it, BRILLIANT!!!!!
It felt like I was back in a club in Europe..it most definitely did not feel like Austin. Hell ya I'll be back and bringing friends. I have nothing else to add except thank you Qua.
I went to Pangea for a special event, it's located in the original Alamo drafthouse. It's a clubby-club, not my scene, maybe if I was 22 I would be impressed. Pseudo-safari ambience, but pretty good DJ and our bartender was cool. I also despise a fake "line" with velvet ropes to create buzz. Seriously, it's Tuesday night and the place was not THAT crowded. Luckily we were on some sort of list but I think lines to get into clubs in Austin are kind of ridiculous in concept. Good people-watching though, that's for sure.
I went on Saturday night to Pangea as the 2nd stop for a friend's birthday extravaganza. To sum up the experience, I'll quote what my husband said when we first walked in - "This place is terrible". It's a catch 22 - you really should only go if you're under 25, but I don't know many in their early 20s who can afford bottle service. There was a long line to get in. I don't understand why anyone would wait in line to get a drink when there are a million other places within walking distance, but we were on some kind of "list" and cut to the front of the line. They show us to our table which was right next to a go go dancing platform. I sat my husband down with a clear view of the barely dressed dancer, and he stopped complaining. Next is the production where the waitress brings over the bottles. And they're on !Fire! It basically works out to a $50 bottle of liquor with $300 sparklers. What you need to do is pass the bottle around to take shots until you think this place is fun. That way when the fog machine turns on, you'll throw your arms up and say "woo-hoo" instead of noticing how cheesy it is.
Yes, I know this place is cheezy and expensive, but if you can find a drunk idiot to buy bottle service all night and you love dancing on furniture it can be a great time. I have been twice and have been knocked over on the table once and had drinks spilled on me both times and in my book, that is a great time!! If you don't get injured or dirty , you're not having fun, right? Within 30 minutes of my first visit I was called on stage by the go-go dancer to dance with her and fulfilled alot of my stripper fantasies. The music is great and the DJ is super hot, too. The only bad side is watching all them drunk ass people trying to go down all those stairs at 2am. Kinda scary thinking they are all gettin on the road. Maybe next time I will try to get a 30 min head start.
I don't go to bars very much at all, but stopped in to Pangaea for a Facebook event pre-SXSW and I liked the place. After a free Red Bull I roamed around looking at the dead animals on the wall (not sure I get that), but at least it was unique.. It has a bunch of couches to sit down in and I got lucky and got one right before the band started.. I think they make people wait on the street on purpose to create the illusion that it is very desirable to get in.. After waiting in line a while it was only about 50% full.. That is kinda lame, they should probably stop that.
My favorite club! Great dance music and the mgmt is pretty cool too. Sat. night is the night.......................
Overpriced drinks and a very unfriendly staff. Great music though! They are very picky who they… Read more »
No stars is more like it. There is a big lack of bathrooms and usually a sea of vomit to walk through to get the the ones the do have. The bouncers are jerks about trying to use the men's when there is a extremely long line and no one in the mens. Come on, have some compassion. Drinks are expensive and while the bartenders are good, it is still not workthhaving out with a bunch of uptight people who think they are some how special for getting into what could be a decent club.
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Category: Dance Clubs
Neighborhood: Downtown
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Neighborhood: Downtown
Category: Dance Clubs
Neighborhood: Downtown
Category: Dance Clubs
Austin, TX
Category: Adult Entertainment
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