Empire

This place is tiny… TINY!!! I will admit it, I have been here numerous time bc just bc it’s close to the FWY. Lol. N I don’t want another DUI, but that was until I turned 21, not anymore I go. Bitches get nasty up in here, it’s aight to pick up but it’s easier to pick up a fight bc foos think they be the top dog of them all. Lol. And iv gotten kicked out the club bc I took a bottle to the dance floor. lulz :)
I got in an hour later, the bouncer thought I was cool but like 20 min after I went in my buddy got in a fight n out everyone went. EVERYONE. bouncers outside are cool but the ones inside are big and pissed. These dudes prob pissed the fuck off bc the club n dance floor is tiny. No joke your dancing with a female and you are rubbing and 3 other dudes dancing with females too. But there are pros to that bc I’ve noticed these Freaky Cindys that like to rub ass to ass with a dude while he dances with a fem. So yeah it has its pros n cons. But the club is cool if your under 21. Just pregame or get an older chick to buy you a drink. That works until you get caught. The females never do…

Rape bar

I give this club 0 stars!!! The dance floor is to small, the DJ sucks! And they are way to over priced on drinks! It cost 28 dollars for 2 vodka redbulls and I have never paid that much for 2 drinks at a club before!!! And I used my debit card and they added the tip in their automatically so it cost me 31 dollars for 2 drinks! i will never go back to that club! They need to be closed down!!! Total rip off!!!

I don’t understand what is wrong with the staff here. We had long confirmed reservations for two tables for bottle service during New Years Eve but we ended up with one. We were stuck outside trying to clarify that with the staff but ended up waiting around confused until we accepted the one table. It didn’t help that the staff never came by to even bring out our bottles until 30 mins before the countdown. I wasn’t even sure where we could flag down for help as we watched the servers help other tables.
This venue is really small as well. I have never had so many drinks accidentally spilled on me in my entire life and I club a lot. You can expect the dance floor to be jam packed and NYE was more of AZN night.
I really felt like this place was ‘hood’ I swear a shootout can occur and behold there was a real one several weeks later! Yeah, too scared to come back to this venue with such poor communication and service. The area doesn’t help either. Saving grace is basically who you come with. As long you have good friends the night is salvageable.

This club is horrible. The DJs are okay, the crowd diversity reflects walking around on the continent of Asia minus Russia. Drinks are made poorly & they don’t have a cheap substitution for RedBull, they have Monster. Have you guys had Monster Vodkas before? They’re awful. Monster + Vodka = dude why would you ever do this to yourself?
Just skip this club & find another place. Until they figure out how to improve it by bringing in some better DJs & promoters, skip this place. They could also get an interior designer to sort out the odd placements of tables.

got my belongings stolen at a bottle service table and cant get ahold of them over telephone/​website isnt helpful if you can call it a website
rude people up front except the ticket girl shes great
crowd was all asian
i wouldnt come here again

My friends and I went to Empire for you NYE celebrations this year. We decided to get 2 tables. However when we got there we were told that they were going to give us 1 larger table instead. When we asked to get our original reservations they desperately tried to convince us that this single table was better. After some debate we finally agreed to take the single table.
As they are walking us to our table there is another group sitting at the table. Again we were left standing around for another 15 minutes while they tried to figure things out. Ultimately they moved the other group somewhere else. Once seated it took our server another 20 – 30 minutes to get our bottles to the table. At this point it was already 11:30pm. FAIL!!!
Honestly a horrible experience, but because it was NYE we had no other option. We had to put up with it.
Once the bottles came out we just tried to enjoy what was left of the night. Thank god for great friends. Otherwise this night would have been a complete disaster.

The ONLY positive thing i have to say about the club is that the dj does play some good ass music! They play alllll the best hiphop.
cons:
They lag the line so people will have to pay. I once waited in line for almost an hour and a half and me and my friends were the second ones in line!!!
Shit is small AF.
It gets soooo packed that you Cant even dance!
The bouncers are sooooooooo rude!
NO where to sit. You have to buy bottle service to get a booth.
Ugh overall not worth the wait.

Warning DO NOT COME HERE! Everything about this venue is shady. I have been to hundreds of venues throughout Hollywood and this was the worst experience I have ever dealt with.

My girls and I are waiting in line and the bouncer checked my shoes and said they weren’t the right kinds and I’d have to go across the street to buy flats…
Uhm…wtf?!
Thankfully a girl behind us had extra shoes and was nice enough to let me borrow them but remember ladies if you’re going here and you’re not wearing heels, make sure your shoes have BACKS on them… no other club I’ve been to has had this problem.
We get into the club and no one is dancing… It was so awkward.
The DJ sucked and his transitioning of songs didn’t make sense at all.
All I can say is I’m never going back and I’m glad I at least got in for free.

I didn’t understand the attitude at the entrance… you pay cover on a Sunday and they treat you like its a privilege for you to enter… it wasn’t busy and the music wasn’t any good. They have no times for their dj lineups from 1pm to 3am. They won’t let you leave and come back to listen to a particular dj without paying entry again?!
It was a waste of my $ 15

DO NOT COME TO THIS SCARY PLACE!!! and I didn’t even make it in.
Boyfriend and I attempted to celebrate our friend’s Bd since we were invited. First of all, we were in the bottle service line for 45 mins. Idk, supposedbly the promoter changed the price, whatever.
We couldn’t wait in line another minute because it was THAT ghetto and scary and I did not feel safe. Literally. Luckily a shoot out didn’t occur.
this doesn’t deserve a star. If anything it doesn’t deserve a review. But, being the good Samaritan that I am, I think everyone deserves a warning.
So, boyfriend and I crossed the street and went to Colony. Lol.

Unilocal should make zero stars just for this.
THIS PLACE SUCKS.
I went here for an event — they failed to tell me the event was no longer taking place, charged me, and when I asked about the event acted like it had already happened even though IT NEVER DID. Overpriced, crap.
Don’t ever go here, not to mention the whole atmosphere was an R rated prom — including music that came out 7 years ago at my prom.
What a waste. Hated it.

Bouncers powertripping all night, tiny dance floor (seriously? a 20×20 section in the middle of the place no walls, just surrounded by booths with steps on every side making it easy to get hit by drunk people falling off steps –which i did.)
Packing the venue? good. Overpacking because you think your venue can handle double what it actually can, not good.

This review is tough for me to write mainly because I had a good time when I was there, but it was because of my friends, rather than the club itself.
Pros: 1) The bar wasn’t crowded, didn’t have to wait more than half a minute tops. Drinks were average price ($ 12 patron shot, $ 7 corona).
2) good ratio of guys to girls
Cons: 1) small dance floor
2) $ 20 cover although all the promoters and website saying free and we were on time!
3) there were WAY too many bouncers inside this place. Outside they were fine, but the inside bouncers were swarming
4) no where to sit unless you pay for bottle service and you get a booth
5) too many dudes on prowl. it is to be expected but all my female friends felt uncomfortable so we left after an hour :-(
6) the dj felt like he should talk more than play music. there were multiple moments where everyone stopped dancing because he lowered the music and started yapping

If this Place could get no stars, it would get one.
So, I was there last night. And I’m already writing a review, I don’t do this, ever.
Before you even enter the club you pay a $ 25 cover, that’s a Vegas price for a 10×10 weed scented box. $ 100 for 4 people is kind of retarted. We got in for a little less (60 for 4), but thats because the boys seem to be «smooth» talkers. Which btw, I was treated like a second class citizen because I was there with 3 boys. Ugh. Ohh and their crappy ATM was broken which then led to a walk to cvs and almost getting ran over.
First, As soon as you walk in you realize how much this place sucks. I had no idea it was 18+ otherwise that would have been my first clue at the level of suckage. Second, should have been the girls leaving saying «this club sucks!» but meh. Moving on, this Club looks like something you’d find in the middle of Huntington park… If one existed.
Second, by no means am I cheap and I have no problem paying premium prices for drinks. In a premium setting. I paid $ 27 for a watered down jack and coke, and a cranberry vodka. Balls! We couldn’t enjoy our pricey drink because the douchebag with the flashlight kicked us away from the bar 2 seconds after getting our drinks. Really?
And that’s not our first or last encounter, everywhere I went with that deng drink I was followed by another idiot with a flashlight. I’ve never seen so much security, it really took away from the experience. If there was any to begin with .
Lastly, not ONE reasonably good looking guy there. So not only are they creeps, they’re super gross creeps. And the girls were all gross and hoochie. Like. dress to your stomach while u grind on someone’s junk, grody. Im pretty sure i Saw people having sexytime. Anyway, Not like you’re here to get top notch females anyway. But ick! Have some standards.
Now, if you’re still trying to find an excuse to go to this craptastic club. the bartenders are reasonably good looking. the gogo dancer is kind of cute and the music is meh. Enjoy!

Got here at 10. Came here for a friend’s bday. And well, I was on the list, no cover. I paid for parking in their lot $ 10? I think…
Walk in and it’s dead. I came here on a Sat. night. The drinks are about average, $ 10 for a black and coke. I also got a couple of shots. I sadly spilled my drink and the bartender nicely gave me another one for free (main reason for the 2).
But other than that, the music was okay, mostly Asians, and trust me this place did not have many people in it. I think it got busy around 12ish and that is when I left. I had fun because of my friend’s and thats about it. However, you can’t argue about it being crowded and never finding a swat. :)

Worst excuse of a bar/​club on the westcoast.
WOW. Honestly, even with all the bad reviews here, they were promoting a decent bottle service deal for halloween on facebook everywhere so decided to give this place a shot.
First off, we had bottle service and we were STILL kept in a line while regular entry people got in… uh isnt VIP entrance and bottle service meant to AVOID that? and this was at 10 PM aka we were the first group there.
Second, we paid cash+gratiuty tip, etc at the entrance and were ushered into a DEAD EMPTY dancefloor to our table. We are seated down until the «manager» CONRAD blonde hair dude comes up and says he changed his mind about that promotion THEYVE been advertising and tells us we have to pay almost 200 $ more than advertised or we have to get out. No negotiations, he tells the bouncers to get us out of there ASAP. Crap service, he dissapears and refunds us our money MINUS A HUGE CHUNK. Guys cover before 11:30 was supposed to be 15 $ and girls FREE, instead both guys and girls get charged 20 $ cover and he refuses to talk to us while keeping our money.
Trash of a place and management. Ive never seen such a hard scam and ruin of a night. Trust me AVOID THIS PLACE LIKE THE PLAGUE!!! Theres plenty of other clubs on hollywood, Dont give this place a DIME!
PS Theyre drinks were disguisting (and not in a hooked it up with the alcohol way. One drink and I didnt even want another rest of the night. A first for sure. And lastly, uhh theyre «VIP» Parking lot was full of run down 90’s car and one car actually DIED and had to be pushed into a parking spot by the workers.
A sign of how legit this spot is. Hope you read this Conrad and shape up jerkoff.

i came on Asian Night (saturday) because my friend begged me to go with her, and I can confidently say that I would never come back.
I don’t think i need to say much more. Just read the reviews below me.

There’s no theme or nice décor. The music is alright. The crowd is… okay I guess. If we weren’t there for a birthday party, I would have been pretty bored. There is a guest list that’s free for girls until 10:45pm (extended until 11pm on Saturdays) and $ 15 cover for guys. I think it’s regularly $ 20 so it’s not much of a discount. There are 3 lines outside — the table buyers, all girls, mixed. I find it a little crazy that the club isn’t packed at 12:30am, but they still keep 4 – 5 people standing outside waiting to get in. Felt pretty bad for them, it was quite cold. Empire does get a plus for coat check, haha.
Tip: be careful where you park. There’s no need to park «valet.» A lot of the metered spots near the club are only for an hour until midnight, but if you drive 2 – 3 blocks away, you’ll see free meters after 6pm. We easily parked on Hollywood/​Vine and walked over.