Melrose Ballroom

I came here recently for the Brazil in Concert this past weekend had a great time.
For some strange reason, the venue made people wait over 20 mins to get into the empty ballroom. Despite the waiting in the cold for no reason, my friend and I were pleased with our Saturday night here.
Very spacious venue so there’s plenty of room for dancing. The place was covered in colorful decorations and the on-​stage TV screens displayed footage from the Rio Carnival Parade. Definitely have to get to RIO next year for the real deal! Drinks were overpriced if you purchased the epic deal of the night: 5 Coronas for $ 45! We ordered mixed drinks with Leblon which were super strong and clearly the better choice.
Despite knowing only 5 words of Portuguese, we felt welcomed into this Brazilian Carnival party and couldn’t stop dancing. The music was lively and loved the costumes people wore to the event. Melrose Ballroom was the perfect space for the festivities and hope to return here for another event soon.

The one star is for the venue itself, spacious, clean and the music was good. Went here on NYE with 3 of my friends. Reserved a table and bottle package and paid the overpriced 50 $ entrance fee on top of that. having it being the first time in my life deciding to «do it up» for new years it was an awful and frustrating experience. After waiting an hour at the door in the cold on a «VIP» line which honestly calling it that was a stretch, its 20 to 12am we are finally found on the list and escorted to what we thought was our table after about and hour and a half and after they swiped our credit card, the waitress informs us that we were placed at the wrong table and we were suppose to be upstairs. OK. thats too bad we paid 850 to be here and the people who supposedly «paid 1000 a week in advance» werent even there. so how about you dont move us because we paid close to the same and its YOUR mess up not ours.
the waitress starts to clear our table to bring it upstairs! we go up there and let me tell you, if you could have a bar/​club in a prison this is what it would look like. closed off, bright lighting and where were we placed in this cold bright room? at a tiny table with folding legs and no chairs?! wait, not even a chair to sit on after paying this money and a different dj. everyone up there looked sad or bored. ridiculous i went to the same waitress and asked that i can speak to someone in charge because it was a nightmare and they never came. im super laid back but this made me lose it. i will never in my life spend a single dollar at these places. to charge so much money and be treated this way. get it together.

Here for NYE and the party is suppose to start at 9 and its 10:15. We’re still outside waiting. Ridiculous!!! Should have done to don conqui for free
10:27 still freezing my butt off.
10:52 still outside.

Venue was nice events are great here. I came for a «mma» «boxing» style event which was awesome. The only thing they get a poor review on is their staff. One bouncer whom was wearing a steelers cap was extremely rude. He must of have been having a bad day maybe a bad life but would not stop finding a reason to yell at us. Either we were too loud cheering our friend on or not sitting in our table seats. What really was the top of it all was when he comes to our sixteen your old friend that he needs to step outside and get air and was accusing him of being intoxicated. Why didn’t he shout at the children that attended and we’re falling asleep. Clearly he was a young boy and when we (adults) asked the issue his unprofessionalism took place. I’ve never encountered such a disgustingly rude «bouncer» in my life. He needs to learn to speak to others and keep his baby momma issues in he streets.

Expensive! Period! Drinks and food are way overpriced. Its Astoria queens not Monaco.

Had a great time. No hassle at the door. Service was great. Great sound system. Clean restrooms. Definitely would attend another event.

Had a great time! It’s an awesome venue and the manager George is so helpful… I lost my jacket and he found it for me the next day and contacted me right away.

The manager George thinks he is some big shot. Big douchebag. Other than that the rest of the staff is nice, great venue.

Working with omicon is a horrible decision as their promotional tactics are absolutely shady and border on illegal as they are hacking peoples accounts on Facebook to send invites and even falsely claim people are going to the events that aren’t. Sad day for melrose ballroom hiring the sleaziest promoters out there. At best you are working with slime balls and the company you keep defines who you are. At worst your reputation could be totally shot if the cops show up for all the drug use involved wit their parties. And being the sleaziest promoter is like being the worst drug addict so who is melrose ballroom allowing I to their venue nowadays. Just a horrible bunch of people on top of melrose’s already garbage customer service seems like a recipe for disaster.

This venue is falling off if they need to work with a bunch of slimey promoters like the OmiCONs. I wouldn’t be surprised if the NYPD raids this event.

Always have a great experience here !! Love the atmosphere and the staff is very friendly and accommodating !! Beautiful venue ! Will defiantly be back again and again!
— Yanni K

Regardless of anything else, my purse was stolen (including my wallet and phone) the night I was here… so my experience was severely tainted. Wouldn’t feel comfortable or safe going back.
I contacted the venue and they were very nice, but I doubt there was much ‘investigation’ of the incident. Considering I paid $ 170 for my ticket and over $ 200 in alcohol, I would expect much much more. Still don’t have the purse.

It is amazing, how unprofessional and rude worker can influence the impression of the the whole place. I think this guys name was George. What does he do? He tells the customer in VIP section to go fck himself!!!

It sucks… staff need improvement.. was here for the night and totally wrong… tap beer, mmm not the best, service not kind… security, more like a danger for u…

Sound system is great, front door not terribly douchey. The night I went it was ‘all-​ages’ so they heralded 21+ to the 2^nd floor and we were told that we can only drink up there. The bars on the main floor only served non-​alcoholic beverages. Weird, but whatever.
I’d definitely come back again if they bring in solid talent.

Went there to see what this place is about on the 4^th of July. Cover was $ 20 a little expensive but for NYC I’m not surprised. Sound system was good staff was friendly. Place was kinda empty though. If they do some more advertising this has the potential to be a great place. Great venue would go again.

This place has potential but staff needs MAJOR improvement. I came here on Sunday June, 29 for a dance party. Before arriving, we spoke to promoters who told us ladies were free and guys were $ 15, when we get there, the lady at the front charged my boyfriend $ 20, we didn’t make a big stink about it but we let her know we were told it was $ 15 and she seemed kind of embarrassed.
We were amazed when we opened the door to the third floor, they have a lovely dance floor with a sick sound system (inside, it sucks in the terrace). We ordered beers and the busboy got it for us and charged us $ 10 when on the menu it said $ 8. We thought ok maybe he’s not well informed with prices since he’s just a busboy so we let it slide. Then we order Jameson with ginger from one of the bartenders that looked like she was having the worse day in her life, she said it was $ 12, we gave her a $ 20 and she returned $ 7. At this point we are doubting the staff at this place ever learned how to count. We ordered another Jameson and ginger from a different busboy (since it was impossible to get the attention of another bartender) and he made it in a completely different and smaller cup and charged $ 14! We complained to what seemed to be the bar manager and he just blew us off.
This place needs completely new staff that are well informed and well trained (busboys should not be allowed to serve drinks! They do not have a bartender license!). Apparently the staff needs a pay raise as well so they do not overcharge customers to keep the change.

The venue is great! This place has a lot of potential BUT management has a lot of work to do as far as hiring experienced bartenders and staff in general. I understand it’s up and coming but it took me nearly 20 minutes to get a drink. The food is way over priced for quantity and quality. They have beer garden around the block as competition and I could of had a field day there with the amount my tab was for an HR stay.

Beautiful venue, terrible sound system.
We attended Project 46 here on June 6 and we were impressed by the décor, the lighting, and the overall venue. Unfortunately, the sound was only coming from two big speakers on the stage and it was drowned out. The show was 18+ and they were only serving water and non-​alcoholic drinks downstairs, so we headed upstairs which was 21+.
This venue has a lot of potential! I can foresee it being a great place for events, but if they want to have a concert or EDM show, there needs to be an upgrade in the sound system.

This venue is going to be one of the top performance venues in NYC for EDM production. The sound system is awesome and the dance floor on all THREE floors is polished concrete which makes for dancing extra easy and fun!
I went here for 2 shows and had an amazing time. The bars are massive so there are no lines! The bottle service is true VIP service and the rooftop is the coolest space. It has it’s own bar and has access to the outside part with killer views of the city.
I cannot wait to see what other shows this space is going to put on! The worlds top DJ’s in a new venue is an awesome experience. None of the crappy Pacha crowd!