The Social

The drinks were ok but the club smelled like open butt
I won’t be going back here

Best place to do hot yoga at while drunk, yes, its that hot. Always a good time here though. Mixed crowd, small bathrooms, always out of crown –_–
I got a table a few weekends ago and wasn’t very happy w my experience. The lady who put my bottle in liquor jail was so hard to find. D bags next to our table was flinging waters… Security didn’t do anything after I brought it up to their attention.

I went here last Saturday for Bass Kingdom with some friends of mine who knew the DJ’s spinning for the show. I had a pretty good time, but there were some issues I had with the place.
This place kind of blends in when you drive by it on the street, it’s really inconspicuous. Once you get inside (after being patted down and bags are checked) the front bar and seating are actually really pretty… BUT it’s extremely cramped with barely any open area to stand and the seats were all reserved for groups which was annoying because you are constantly being shoved by people trying to get by you. We also arrived there around 930, so there was no cover, but the back room was closed until 10 when the show started so that made it even more cramped.
Once we got into the back room it was big and open with two bars (one smaller one in the corner for cash only) and there were little VIP couches that were roped off on the sides of the room. The biggest complaint I had was that it was SO hot in there! I kept having to leave and stand in the hallway because it was just too hot to even stand in the back room.
Overall I had a pretty good time and it sounds like there are some good shows on Saturday nights. I’ll probably be back!

Was here for NYE — if it wasn’t for being there with my friends, this would have been an absolute disaster.
To get so many things wrong with a club is an art, it’s almost worth going here because it’s so incredibly bad.
1/​The door girl had the memory of a goldfish and almost didn’t stamp us or give us champagne tickets without being asked
2/​The champagne was flat and incredibly bad, all the other drinks where not great
3/​One entire section of the bar just wasn’t getting served. People would stand there for up to 30 minutes before moving down the other side to get served.
4/​Bartenders kind of hate everyone
5/​The front room was freezing cold, the back room was quite hot
7/​The bathroom doors dont self-​close, by the end of the night the womens line would just look straight into guys pissing at the urinal
8/​The countdown for NYE was pathetic, they just flashed up a countdown on the screen with no announcement — the DJ seemed to have no idea the countdown was even happening until people started going nuts over the music.
9/​The go-​go dancers — its as if the owners want the place to be grimey or didn’t want to pay a premium for some really hot, professional dancers
10/​The worst crowd. Stand anywhere and expect douchebro’s and women alike just smashing into you without apology.

I was excited to have a new place to hangout in Seattle but was really disappointed. worth getting a table here.
I would not pick this as my priority party place, and its not a specific LGQBT club as we were told.
Overall, the music is a-​okay, the bartenders are pretty good with the drinks and the best park is they do valet parking for only $ 12, since its super hard to find parking in Capital HIll, and that’s all the goods I could think of about this place
Now for the down sides — We’ve heard this place is packed on the weekends, so we went a little earlier than usual, at 10:30pm, which the promoter had asked us to do so as well. Holy gosh… when we got there, the lines were already building up. After I left my car with valet, I got in line with my friends, it was around 10:45pm by then. Then we waited and waited, the line didn’t move an inch. When the security finally get people moving in, its already 11:05pm. SERIOUSLY!!!
For the past experience my friend had with the booking a table and still have to pay for entry, plus my own. I would not want to book table at this place again, since its a waste of money. And people around our «table», which is just a few sofa chairs, people started to put their clothes are the end of the sofa, sitting n chilling on the sofa. So its really not

Checked out the Social last saturday night, and I most definitely will not return! Paid $ 10 for a crap crowd, crap music, and the bartender did not serve me; even though I was waiting patiently for at least 10 minutes. He instead served others who came to the bar AFTER me. Guess they really did not want my money. My bf was served and had to pay $ 9 for a Redbull and water.
I did not see any evidence that this is a gay bar because the club contained some of the most aggressively heterosexual, pretentious crowds that I have been around in a while. Mini-​skirts and high heels were the standard attire for most of the women. While waiting in line to get in, a woman in a minidress walked on the patio above the steps, granting us all with an up-​skirt view, to which the doods who bragged about their Beemers in line all groaned in lust. Dancing on the dance floor did not seem to be approved of as groups of insecure kids standing awkwardly around would just stare, point and laugh, or some insecure woman would starting dancing with forced sexiness inches away from me, like it was some kind of competition, despite the fact there was quite a bit of room so that proximity was confusing. I was grabbed by some guy early on, so I felt very unsafe to not be right next to my bf.
Rudeness, being jostled without apology was the norm. The climax happened when a group of huge doods started moshing and whooping in unison. The sound was pretty shitty, and was not sufficient to fill the room at all. The projection screen just was a blank blue computer image. The women’s bathroom was foul and full of mean girls.
It is a total clusterfuck trying to get from the back area to the front. Fire hazard!
It was one of the longest hour and a half’s that I have ever experienced. This club sucks!

I came here last night for a fashion show, and it was a great time! I ordered two drinks at the bar before the show started. I had a vodka cranberry and the second one, I actually asked the bartender to whip me up something with mint and cucumber and she did just that.
It was fairly crowded for a Thursday night, although I had expected it to be more crowded on the Hill… but then again, this place is pretty separated from the usual bar area.
The space is HUGE, and really nice, in my opinion. I thought it was the perfect venue for a fashion show, and I can imagine it getting pretty hot and packed for when people come out to dance.
The crowd was pretty mixed, I know it’s namely a gay bar, but it seemed pretty mixed. I’m not sure if it was because of the fashion show, but there were a lot of friendly people who I got to meet last night. The bathrooms were big and clean too!

I’ve put up with this place for long enough.
I should say, to start, that I have been to the Social. I tried to give it a shot. It’s a half-​assed attempt at a night club at best.
I should also say that I live next door, and have put up with the noise and the owner’s blatant disregard for City noise ordinances. However, I have kept quiet. But last night put it over the top for me.
The clientele at the Social last night was not what it usually is. They were Samoan gang members and apparently there for some musical act, I’m assuming a friend of there’s. I don’t know what this bar is thinking hosting this kind of event, knowing they are a dangerous crowd and would probably make their normal clientele feel uncomfortable.
There was a SHOOTING outside of the bar last night. The Social was over-​serving their patrons, two girls threw up onto our dumpsters and there were many heated conversations outside the club. A man threw his fist through the door and broke the glass. Next thing we know we’re on the floor of our apartment because two shots were fired off.
The Social is irresponsible, dangerous, AND one of the worst places to go and dance anyway, so I would suggest you stay away.

Since Fevers, Mafi and Major’s picked up nights there it’s been amazing!
It’s in a prime location on the hill. One of the best neighborhoods to go on in.
This is place is massive!
It’s beautiful, sleek andmodern in the front. with a huge bar. The bartenders are rad. Attentive, nice and don’t skimp.
The cocktailers are sweet and patient as well.
The back room has a bigger bar and it’s HUGE!
Great sound with lots of room to groove.
Those three masterminds have done a great job at taking some place new with not a lot of foot traffic and making it awesome!

I’m surprised that this place has such bad reviews!
I came here for a bachelorette party and we had a BLAST. The bartenders weren’t rude at all and the price of their drinks were fair. The bartender made me his special green tea martini. It was a bit too strong for me so I probably wouldn’t order it again next time, but for those of you who prefer strong drinks, that might be the drink for you.
Dance floor is HUGE with small areas by the wall with tables, with mini couch chairs. There was a lot of drag queens everywhere, good music, and overall a good vibe.
However, two downside about this gay club:
1) $ 5 cover
2) parking is VERY hard to find. We parked at the half-​price bookstore and thankfully, our car did not get towed, so park at your own risk. The paid parking lot was like 6 blocks away so that was very inconvenient.
All in all, legit gay club. I would definitely come back here.

I give this place 4 more months. It’s a cool space but so awkwardly laid out that everyone just stands in the middle like it’s a high school dance at the gymnasium. I came here once on a thursday for a drink and there were maybe 4 other people there. I went again on a friday when there was free cover — all i have to say is i don’t know who would pay to come here.
The music was very mediocre and while they have projectors on all the walls, it seems as though they were all set on a computer screen saver… very awkward.
There were some attractive guys there though, so i guess that was a plus.

What’s so special about this venue?
It’s a square box. There’s a DJ booth up top. There’s a boxy bar in the middle. At least there were funky lighting features…
They should really care more about the interior design. C’mon. wtf. I wanna go to a cool looking place to be seen. Why would people ever wanna go to such a humdrum place?

I have to echo what everyone else has been saying. We came here for Friday night during Pride and expected this place to be off the hook. The reality was about 300 under-​dressed other gay boys standing around and not dancing. I kept waiting for the lights and music to start doing something and for everyone to start MOVING but it ended up being a standing-​fest for the entire four or so hours we were there.
This place really has potential. It’s a cool space, but yes it was incredibly warm the entire time, and there are no windows or even a deck space. It’s basically just a big empty, twinky barn. There is nowhere to sit. The fact that everyone was just kind of standing around during the «rave» speaks volumes to the dancing music (or lack there of), so the overall night was meh.
Seriously, though, if you’re going to play music, play something people can dance to. I literally can’t recall one song that was played the entire night, because they were all just remixes that melted into one another. It was one, boring, four-​hour-​long song. We managed to have a good time, but I don’t know if I would come back until they turn this place around.
Oh yeah, and what is up with the bathrooms? Its like peeing in a brightly lit operating room — and you can see everything that’s going on. Everything. Sigh, guess it’s back to R Place!
PS – To the owners: those tiny projectors everywhere went out about four years ago.

Last night, there was a drunk female patron maliciously throwing items at a friend and myself, without us ever provoking this person or even knowing who she was. I reported this to one of the owners, Alex Garcia. He went to speak with her, but the behavior continued.
I left and reported this incident to the police. They arrived and took statements from both parties.
The owner then texts me that I am banned for calling the police and reporting a battery at The Social.
The owner came and talked to me stating, «Even if you are bleeding from an attack, if you contact the police you will be banned.»
They are saying that if you are stabbed, punched, mugged, or shot at The Social and report it to the authorities, you will be banned. With this attitude, this place will be overrun with violent criminals who have carte blanche to attack innocent by-​standards within their walls.
Be careful and wear kevlar when attending.

The owner (s) of the Social think this about their customers:
— Like to feel like they are in a sauna when they aren’t even dancing.
— Don’t care if there is actually any alcohol in their drink.
— Don’t really care what is in their drink.
— Don’t really listen to the music.
— Will pay any price just to be there.
This place is a disaster for simple reasons that are so easy to fix. This place could have been a gold mine, but the owners are clearly clueless and now that most everyone has checked it out and decided they hate it, it may be too late to recover. I don’t know who the owners are, but I would guess they have never owned a bar before.
It seems they have at least partially fixed the heat situation. It’s hard to believe that a place like that could have gotten even close to that hot on a cold night with very few people dancing. They must have some crazy idea that people want to sweat while they are in a bar.
Pick your bartender wisely and watch them pour! In generally the drinks are a glass of soda with a splash of alcohol. I guess they figure people don’t really care if there is actually alcohol in the drink. They randomly charge anywhere from $ 7.50 to $ 9 for the same drink, and they randomly decide what they are going to put in it. Some bartenders think «Absolute» means any old cheap vodka, and «7» means sour mix. My drinks were wrong most of the time, and the bartender acts like I’m an ass for requesting that I get what I asked for.
And plan to stand in long lines if it’s moderately crowded.
They have this idiotic rule about not being able to carry your glass between the front and back rooms, even to go to the bathroom. I asked about this and was told they didn’t want to mix the glassware between the front and back. If that is the reason then they are really, really stupid. I don’t want to drink out of a plastic cup! Sacrifice the whole flow of the club because you’re too lazy to sort a few glasses at the end of the night. Glasses are cheap!!! Who cares if you misplace a few!!!
The sound system is very weak. Two small speakers (for the size of space) in the back and that’s it. I guess the music doesn’t matter either.
The smokers stand right at the front, so expect to go through a cloud of smoke as you enter and leave.
I still have hopes for this place, but they are dimming really fast. The owners won’t get a clue until there are no customers left to care.
I’m giving them 1 star, plus 1 for potential.

Let me preface this review by saying that I really wanted to like this place. Really, I did. There hasn’t been a new gay nightclub in Seattle in forever, and the existing options are so rundown and generally God-​awful that they clearly only do business because people simply have no other options. The Social was supposed to be that option. Unfortunately the place is a fucking disaster from top to bottom.
First, it’s important to note that The Social has been hyped for the better part of two years. With a scheduled opening date of June 2011 it is perhaps the most absurdly long delay for an opening of any bar in the history of the universe. There’s even an article from early 2011 on
about this place and how technologically advanced it’s going to be, with iPads in every booth that patrons can use to order food and drinks, and to socialize with other people in the bar. Well, needless to say there are no fucking iPads to be found at The Social. There aren’t even booths that one could sit in the use said iPads. In fact, there isn’t even a menu you could potentially order off of. And this is the crux of the problem with The Social. We were promised the most incredible nightclub the world had ever seen and we ended up with a gay, white-​walled barn.
The owners claim to have hired a ‘top design firm’ to create this place. If this is true, they need to ask for their money back, immediately. Everything about this place is horrific from an aesthetic standpoint. The extraordinarily odd rusty sign on the front, the cinder blocks lining the entrance, the stark white walls, the exposed wooden rafters, the unfinished bathroom with the brightest light bulbs you’ve ever encountered. It’s all just incredibly bizarre and lacks any theme or sense of cohesion.
On top of that, The Social had the most annoying, most inefficient, slowest bar I’ve ever encountered in my life. It took me almost 20 minutes to get my drink when I first went to the bar. Not because of any kind of significant line, but because the bartenders were just incredibly amateur. They took drink orders out of order, took forever to process credit cards (it literally took the female bartender over a minute to ring up two drinks), and then when I finally got my drink, it was beyond weak. My friends all decided against ordering more alcohol because it simply wasn’t worth the effort.
The ‘circuit’ night was packed full of gays in tank tops doing absolutely nothing. Literally. They weren’t drinking, they weren’t dancing, they weren’t talking to each other. It’s like someone moved Purr into sterile, white room. Actually, this seems fairly likely since Purr has been dead since The Social opened. The only person having any fun was a girl standing by the speaker stacks who appeared to have taken a massive amount of GHB. She was really feeling the music. Too bad no one else was.
My advice: don’t waste your time.

Opening Night and EVERYONE came from out of the wood works! I mean, where did all these people come from? Did they ship people in or what? However, was great to see a big support from the community for a new Club. Something that has been much needed.
Now to the whole point of this review… The Social Club.
Have you ever been to a Rave? If so, you know exactly what The Social is like. They skimped on décor and just place a few white couches in a large warehouse location. Add a nice and large bar with projected images on the wall, a DJ up high to over look the crowd and then extreme over kill on strobe lights!
Paying $ 8 at the door… We thought it would be something special. Where did they get the idea that you could charge $ 8 for THAT! OH Wait, did you think this was for kids under 21 who can not purchase alcohol and be totally stoned out? Sorry «THE SOCIAL», we are adults who drink and have money to prove it. Try respecting that fact if you want us to return.
If you want to make this place work… Remove the stage, create some better sitting areas, transform the dance area into an actual Dance Area. Plus, add some DECOR!
Honestly, is this the same company who made EVO? It’s like you had two different designers. Truly disappointment by the results from this club. While EVO will make it and be around for a long time. The Social is doomed from day one. Quickly turn it around or you will be closing doors soon!

Oy… White bathroom with bright lights in a gay bar? Where is the sexy in that? The music was awful as well. I had a lot of hopes, and it’s probably incredibly difficult to open a gay bar. But there’s no excuse. Either do it right, or don’t do it at all.
I would turn this place into a parking lot, if I could just get the original Pony back.

First off, I was stoked to check this place out as people have been hyping the fuck out of it for the last six months — sadly I missed the grand opening as I was out of town and got back early evening yesterday.
Granted when I got to the bar it was late, about 12:45 — and no one was really there. The space is interesting and unlike any other bar in the area but on the same note, it’s plain. Pink lights splash down on white pleather ottomans, the back bar lit up with some sort of social media (ish) bull (ish) although the projector is set behind some support beams so even if you wanted to read some twinks’ update on what vodka he’s mixing with Redbull you can’t, other than that — it’s a big empty room.
I read reviews of there being no HVAC and that still holds merit as me and the seven other people there were sticking to ourselves. I can only assume that the heat is melting the veneer off the floors, it smells like the paint aisle at home depot — the only real difference being that I’d actually buy something at home depot.
I can get by with the décor, the heat and lack of talent — just let me get a fucking drink.
Well, that didn’t happen either and here’s the kicker.
It’s now 1:20AM — I was a bartender in LA for years, I know how it goes. but this really burned me. No one called last call, unless they did before I got there at 12:45, which I highly doubt. Noting that it’s late, I asked the bartender if they were still serving. He didn’t even look up at me before asking another bartender if they were still serving, and she didn’t know — so she shouted out to some poof kid in a blue tank top (who didn’t even look like he worked there) if they were still serving, when he snipped «shots» over his shoulder as he walked away, the chain repeated backwards to the chick telling me that they we’re only serving shots. Well, late on a Sunday — the last thing I want is a fucking touch down, so I declined. We’re not in Hollywood so I don’t expect to be treated like we are.
On my way out, I hit the head and was fully fucking surprised at what a mess the bathrooms were for how slow it was. Paper towels everywhere, trash under all the stalls, all the countertops were wet, trash cans over flowing, even a full on lemon rind. tasty! Plus you can see square into the women’s room at things you’d never want to see if it were busy.
Yeah, it blows. And it’s too bad, there hasn’t been worthwhile spot to open on the hill in a while. I wanted to give the benefit of doubt seeing that it’s a new business, and I’ve honored that in reviews past but I don’t see a silver lining — if it we’re my bar I’d straight up fire the staff. Hopefully they get their shit together before Everyday Music needs a new location, again.

It’s a stark white space shaped like a barn. It looked clean and modern, but INCREDIBLY hot. Considering that it’s full of gays, this is probably a Westboro Church member’s idea of hell.
And, there was a twink in a corner either dancing or having a convulsion from the strobe lights.