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Neighborhoods: Civic Center/Tenderloin, Nob Hill, Union SquareWed-Sun. 9:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m.
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Went there in the dead of winter...must have been February on what must have been the coldest night in SF.This place can suck my a**...and F you to the asshole working the effin' door. Your an underpaid, ugly tool fyi. So over-hyped and I can't imagine how...because no one gets in...seriously he turned me and my 5 lady friends (who were dressed to KILL for the night) away because we weren't on some piece of shit "secret list" for the promoter...blah blah blah and then when I was about to go ape shit on him he turned away a group of 5'8 leggy blondes with major skank alerts written all over them...then I thought ok it's not just us...so I told him to eff off and we hiked up the street to the cellar..which by the way is really fun and we ended up having the time of our lives for our monthly Ladies Night!
OKAY. Last review for Slide. I Promise.
This is more of a tip than a review. Brought some friends visiting from NY here and even they were surprised at how obnoxiously strict the one to one ratio rule is. Arrived with 3 guys and 3 girls. A pair of 1-and-1 then 2-and-2 were in line in front of us and passed through Mr. Mustache Man with the clipboard no problem. Our turn and skKkuUUrtTTtt...hold upppp.
Say what?! "It's at capacity so the only way to get 6 of you in is if you get bottle service...and I'll let you go with just 1 bottle for the table."
Gee, thanks for doing us this favor by trying to bamboozle us with the "you need table service" gimmick. You are too kind Mr. Mustache Man.
We ended up paying him off instead. Had I been in a more coherent state (predrinking at the hotel maybe wasn't such a great idea after all), I would have staggered 1 guy and 1 girl through the line instead of saying there were 6 of us.
So TIP for all of you, large groups should pair off and act like you don't know each other. Less hassle and negotiating at the door. But besides the small snafu, it's always a good time at Slide...I never remember how I left or how I got home.
Hopefully that money we slipped Mr. Mustache Man will buy him some booty so he can take that stick outta his a$$.
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Good idea in theory, not so great in real life. Alcohol + wooden slide = asking for a lawsuit, but alas the slide is still there. I scraped my ankle pretty badly on the way down and I was wearing jeans and completely sober.
Got in without incident unlike other yelpers, but the crowd was a bit dull and stiff the night I went. The music sucked, to be blunt. This creepy middle-aged man in a bad shiny shirt kept following my friends around and someone randomly slapped my ass while on the dance floor. I never caught the perp :(
I usually have lots of fun when I go out dancing with my friends, but not the night I went to Slide. On the way out, there were groups of guys who couldn't' get in so we helped them out by becoming a part of their "group" to even out the M:F ratio. Overall not a club I'd return to.
Yes the club gets hot and guys may have hard time getting in, but when DJ Jon is in the house, the music is the greatest and totally fun!
My favourite spot in the city!!! I know there are haters giving bad reviews because males that brought other males couldnt get in the club. You must bring 2 females per male. Slide is THE BEST CLUB PERIOD IN BAY AREA! I am tired of the sausage fest that is very common in the bay area. Slide I bring the love!! Other clubs I bring a shield to protect myself from the many swords.
Look, a lot of people really hate slide, and i can level with you, I understand. It's trendy and the only people that go here are the out of towners and the people who have been going out so long before they actually turned 21 that they've developed a long term relationship with places like Slide and can't really venture out into the better places.
On the other hand, Helllooooo they have an actual slide, and if you are not a peasant they let you go down it! I have never been rejected from going down the slide. So maybe its your fault they didn't think you could handle it.
Drinks were good and strong and dirty, just like I like em. We went on a thursday and it wasn't too crowded and the dance floor was just right and fun was had by all.
The set up is perfect for a small group. i love that the bar is alongside the dance floor, you bust a move for few minutes, quench your thirst and you don't even have to miss out should your jam start playing it. Yes, i called it your jam. don't hate fucker.
Four years after learning about it, I finally visited Slide on a Thursday night. I was pleasantly surprised by the groovy music and the stiff but tasty drinks for the first half an hour that I was alone with my girlfriend. Then began the downSLIDE.
My friend (who came all the way from Oakland) was refused entry since he was not with a girl. That was annoying but kind of understandable. We went up and got him in with us. It was still not very crowded so the bouncers agreed to let him in.
An hour later, another friend (whom I had spent most of my last 4.5 years with in college and hadn't seen for three months) attempted to come in with two pretty ladies and another guy. Since he needed to park, he told the two ladies and the guy that he would meet them inside the club.
Little did he know that the bouncers would put on a grand show of utter stupidity. Finally excited to enter a club to be merry with old friends after having parked 6 blocks away, the guy was refused entry! Meanwhile, I had come up to call him since the cellphone doesn't work in the club downstairs (bummer!) and the three people he was supposed to enter with were also there. All our efforts of explaining simple math to the bouncers (2 grils and one guy + 1 guy = 2 couples = no stags) failed. Instead, the bouncer told me rudely "Get in, or get out." The choice was an easy one and I let the bouncers know that they had caused Slide to lose out on a lot of money tonight just because of their stupidity.
All in all, this is a good place to enjoy with your partner, but certainly not a place I would recommend if you are in a group and have plans of meeting up at the club. Hit Vessel for that!
I've had good times and bad ones here. However, the one experience which I always remember happened like this:
Friday night, 12:30 pm. A female friend inside invites me to come to slide. i go. No one is outside in line. The bouncer tells me I can't come in. Why ? Because I don't have a female with me and will mess up the ratio inside.
There is no one outside and I know its not that crowded inside. I tell him I am meeting a female friend inside. no go. I phone the woman inside, who happened to be dating the dj. She comes out and then he lets me in.
Dealing with him, waiting in the cold, and the lame crowd inside (which wasn't crowded by the way) = not worth it.
Pro: The kid in me loves the fact that there is a slide at Slide. Cannot go down in a dress, though, ladies. I learned that the hard way.
Con: We reserved 3 booths for my roomie's birthday bash. They charged us for 3 booths but only gave us 2. This required unnecessary talks, arguments, etc. with management before they gave us the 3rd booth - not even near the other two booths.
Pro: Vast array of music. Got some 80's music, some old school hip hop, some Scissor Sisters (my fav!). Thumbs up.
Con: Sent our guest list DAYS in advance. On the night of they claimed we never sent one. You're kidding, right? This required more arguing, finger pointing from one staff member to another, then to us (REALLY?!) Thumbs WAY DOWN.
Pro: Attentive bartender. He was quite awesome - was quick with the drinks, and was attentive enough to keep my wallet with him at the bar when he realized I walked away without it, as I am often 1) forgetful, and 2) drunk.
Con: Pretty reluctant about letting guys in. THEY WERE ON THE LIST! "No, you never sent us one." Are we really doing this tango again? You're stepping on toes, Slide.
Pro: The bouncer (named T?) was pretty good about letting people in when my roomie and I requested him to do so. That was cool of him.
I don't know if I would go back. It was kiiiiind of a shit show.
2 stars.
I'm going to go ahead and throw down my first 1 star review here, for the obnoxious Slide.
Aside from the slide (which most girls can't go down due to dress logistics), Slide is pretty much the standard fair for lounges. I like the music and the crowd is well mixed. But here is why its deserves the one star:
Slide is overly pretentious.
It starts with the infamous mustachioed bouncer that you'll read about in every bad review. He acts like Slide is God's gift to earth and he's the gate keeper. I think the man lives for the 2 hours each night when he feels like he has power in the world. Massive inferiority complex stored in that mustache. All kidding aside, anyone who's serious about their business needs to fire that man.
In all, what Slide has to offer does not match the pomp it pretends to have. It's a club that carries the same false arrogance as the aforementioned bouncer. When you see it for what it is, it's rather embarrassing.
Pro: I never got in and made my way to Vertigo (which by the way, HOLLA! to the owners there)
Con: I never got in. If Yelp made it possible, on a scale of 1-5 stars, I would rate it negative infinity.
I could have provided a more succint review but I'll just have to provide you the quickest smackdown in club entry denial. Let the rant begin!
I beg to ask, how do you get turned away at the door at 9:30 PM, your name and party's names are on the guestlist, and no one's inside? AND you still offer to pay ? Really? I think I can concur that we all know here on Yelp who we're talking about when I mention LE DOUCHE MOUSTACHE. Did Le Douche Moustache at the door feel that mighty powerful with his Office Depot clipboard? Slide is not Tryst or PURE - hell, it's not Las Vegas. I'm pretty sure he saw my mid neck/eye roll and decided to terminate my mission.
DUDE, I just wanted to go down the slide fucker lol. Don't get me started on the slide. After seeing pictures of this famous slide, I can now say that I've seen better ones on Sesame Street.
I'm probably too old for this joint at the mere age of 25 but when I'm coming from out of town and want to get a taste of one of SF's "best nightlife" venues, that is not how you treat prospective clientele. You want people to come back and say good shit about your club. No one's ever going to say Slide was 'poppin' or 'the shit' because you turned your nose at them at the entry.
My friends and I had to wing it from there since we didn't know any other venues in the area. Despite being overdressed, we randomly found ourselves at the other end at Vertigo. Awesome people and awesome music.
So my advice? Don't waste your money or time here. It's apparently what this venue doesn't want.
It's so fun when the slide is open! I went down twice! The DJ was much better than the last. The drinks came quick and were quite strong.
Downside?
Sorry boys, you gotta come in with the ladies. If not, you better guestlist it.
The slide was closed the night I went! WACK!
The Friday night DJ was terrible; it seemed as if he…
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Yes there are sexy people here. Yes, they have a fabulous DJ. Yes there is probably a higher girl/guy ratio here.
But seriously. The guy that the door is a jerk. My girlfriend got bottle service and two bottles of Grey Goose for her birthday and after that we apparently relinquished any sort of "right" we had to request the entry of one guy to come in late to join our party, even though we were with a ton of girls. Or so I was told by the bouncer. Our guy had to stand in line with everybody else.
As far as I'm concerned, we upheld our end of the deal by dropping a lot of cash and bringing in a 4:1 girl to guy ratio. Now uphold your end of bargain and give us the good service we paid for.
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Negative 5 stars if I could!
Slide is obnoxiously lame and its going to catch up with them at some point over their gender discrimination at the door. The doormen here give bouncers a bad name for sure... And while this venue makes a ton of money because of the location and the ridiculous hype that surrounds it - the way that they treat people on an everyday basis is quite the joke!!! Except discrimination towards either gender is never a laughing matter, is it?
Alright, here's my two cents on Slide:
Positives:
People - Upscale, 'pretty people' type crowd.
Drinks - The usual, 'I paid what!?' SF prices.
Music - Excellent, easy to dance to and enjoy.
Ambiance - High end, good decor.
Negatives:
Bouncers - Please..get over yourselves. I get it, this is your moment to shine, but really get over it. We've usually gotten tables here so haven't had to deal with them personally but I've seen them at work and they're Class A Dbags. They are so tough on guys wanting to get in. I don't know about you girls, but I like boys, I want them IN the bar, not outside of it.
To be honest this is reason enough not to come here. You're a bar, stop taking yourselves so seriously. It's the bars that have every reason to be full of themselves but aren't that are worth going to. Not places like this.
It's an alright place. I don't get what all the hype is about though.
Venue: Very nice. Like a very mini sized vegas room in a club.
Bartenders: They were cool. All dudes though. =T
Waitress: Kept the chasers coming. Was dark but looked pretty hot.
Drinks: Strong, not too shabby.
Crowd: Was it just me or did it seem that aside from our group and the group for the bachelorette party, there seems to be a lot of old men in there looking for young girls and young girls looking for men with money?
I would come here again, and hopefully I'll be able to add another star next time.
Slide has been given 4 stars this time around for showing a twenty-something gal a good time. I celebrated my birthday with my closest friends in tow with bottle service this year. VIP baby! There isn't anything but a bit of Grey Goose to get all of us loose!
The music was just right, our cocktail waitress was awesome (she made sure we had enough clean glasses, mixers, and water at the end of the night) The booth was located right on the dance floor and it was comfy when the stilettos began to hurt.
I won't give the full 5 stars just yet - they didn't let my friend's bf in - he had to stay in line. Damn, I should've come outside. Isn't bottle service enough to get one guy in?
BUT, Slide was surprisingly good that night and our guy friend did get in. We had a ball and thanks to awesome friends, Grey Goose and good music, I had an amazing birthday here.
Cheers!
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I got a great idea. I've been staying awake all night coming up with business idea's for a new club and last night, after much thought, it came to me. Im gonna open up a club and put a slide at the entrance and im going to call the place...wait for it......SLIDE! Im going to stock the place full of old men, put some douche bag security at the door and make a 1:1 ratio admission deal.
FAIL
GJ genius, real formula for success.
I've always come with girls so I had no problem getting in. But not getting in without girls has happened to me at Harlot and it is lame. Getting rejected cause your trying to have a guys night out...lame. Icing on the cake is when they say you can get in if you get bottle service...yah, im gonna drop $500 into the a-hole owners pocket for being a douche? goodone...
Classy lounge/club. They're very strict with their guest list, and I don't think they let in people who aren't in the list. There was a line winding down the street when I went there a few Friday nights ago, but there was plenty of breathing room inside.
It wasn't too crowded at all. The music was fantastic as well. The lighting was a bit dark, so it was a bit hard to see. Random note: I think the slide is a bit over hyped, and I didn't see anyone going down it. Good choice for a night out (if you can get in)!
Ok so I'm judging this place solely on its Thursday night parties, or any other time when Donovan used to spin.
Yes, the bouncers are douchebags. Get to know them.
Yes, it's guest list only. Showing your t&a will (generally) not help you get inside.
Yes, it's pretentious as hell.
But I've never been disappointed in the music selection, the drinks (pricey but stiff), or the clientele (you won't be coming across the stereotypical drunk sorority girl stepping on your Pradas and spilling your champagne) and the DJs that spin here actually know their shit. No iPods, just experienced Serato users.
I'm really sad that Donovan won't be spinning here anymore, but I'm sure they'll still have some kick ass house nights here and there.
If only they ever opened the damn slide! I've probably been to this club 30+ times and was only able to slide down once. LE BOO!
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