Venom

Worst experience I've ever had

by JMarikob at Citysearch

Avoid this place!!!!!

My friend and I came out to Venom for her friend's bday. Upon entering we decided we wanted a drink, so my friend went up to the bar to get us some drinks. I ask the couple sitting there at the edge of the booth if it is taken and they say no, so I sit there and wait for her. A few minutes later she comes back to the booth and we sip on our drinks. Not two minutes later this a-hole in a goofy looking scarf tells us rudely to get out of the booth. Not taking him seriously, my friend and I don't get up from the booth. He says it again, louder now, telling us that the booth is reserved and we need to get out. We tell him we didnt see a sign, or even know the booths were reserved(considering they were right by the bar, and didn't seem very nice or exclusive). He says again that he is the VIP host and tells us to get the f*** out or he's calling security. Appalled by his rudeness, I tell him to go ahead, considering I still didn't think that someone as rude and unprofessional as him could approach customers this way.

About two seconds later, he grabs a security guard and he confirms that this douche works there, and that this table was reserved so my friend and I calmly leave.

I tell my friend I wanna leave, because I didn't like the vibe here, but she insisted we stay since it was her friend's bday. We stand around for a minute and Mr. douche is mingling with some skanky looking hoes and I tap on his back and ask what his name is. He yells 'Michael Michaels' and my manager's name is Dave do you want me to go get him for you????' sarcastically. I say 'Yeah I do' and 'Michael Michaels' disappears into the crowd.

After this my friend and I headed to the restroom. When we come out guess who was waiting for us outside of the restroom? douchebag a.k.a. 'Michael Michaels', the 'VIP host'. He violently grabs my arm and yells to security that i kicked him. (COMPLETE LIE!!!!!) This pisses me off since i never touched the bastard, and so we get harassed and kicked out by security. Security refused to even listen to me, and immediately took his side. Not to mention my drink was taken away from me as we were getting pushed out.

I hate this place and hope it goes under. If you're reading this 'Michael Michaels' F U!!!!

• Pros: Location
• Cons: Lack of customer service, lying 'VIP host', cramped, small

WORSE Seattle night club.

by PickyClubSpots at Citysearch

Where to begin? Venom is complete garbage. Whenever I go out with my buddies and one of them mentions stopping by Venom, I just want to pull out my .45 and shoot him in the foot. The security guards treat everybody like dirt and think they are GOD. Nothing like a little 1v1 fight will settle the score.

The go-go dancers freak out if you accidentally bump into them. They are not even that gorgeous. Just a bunch of college girls who are still in shape and have large breasts.

I still prefer Ibiza's over Venom.

I have been kicked out of Venom for bumping into a security guard unintentionally. May I remind everybody that there's 100 people crammed in a prison cell.

Cover charge is too expensive. Who hell pays $15 just to get in a trashy environment? Even with the VIP pass, I pay $5...that's still too much.

The day I hear that Venom gets successfully shut down is the day that I will know that there is hope in humanity. That place just attracts low class people who enjoy picking fights with random people for the most retarded reasons.

DO NOT GO TO VENOM.

• Pros: Nothing
• Cons: The inconsider security guards and stuck up go-go dancers

AVOID UNLESS YOU'RE UNDER 25!!!

by KZamm at Citysearch

I arrived with a group of over 30 year old women and it was immediately obvious that our demographic was not the desired group.

We were told we could sit at a booth--it was only 10:30. Then a different security guy told us we could not sit there and directed us to another. Then he came to the second booth and said that since I was "rude to him" we needed to "get out of his booth and sit in the back of the club with the non paying customers or he'd make us leave altogether, physically if he needed to." He stated he did not care about us being told it was alright to sit there. Ridiculous.

When we asked several security members for the manager and the bartender for the manager or his name, no one seemed to know who it was or his phone number. One of my friend went outside to ask the security man there for the manager, and he physically shoved her back and told her she wasn't allowed back into the club.

Customer service doesn't seem to exist here, and the security members know they are treating people wrong or would not refuse to contact the manager when requested.

My friends and I are professional and intelligent and now offended, and will find every blog possible to inform the public of the rude treatment at this establishment.

You decide!

by quadravibe at Citysearch

Saturday night for gentleman was a bust. Cost me 15 for cover, the bouncer almost wouldn't let me in after waiting in line for an hour, because he didn't believe my ID was real. But was nice and finally let me in after 5 minutes of thinking about it. Drinks are roughly 10 for mixed and 4 for bottled beer, talk about ripping a person off, however my bartender was polite and fast also knew quite a few shines (or tricks with glasses while making drinks. The girls on stage were OK I guess, not ugly but I was expecting a little more, great outfits though. The guy to girl ratio was really bad, about 3 guys to each girl. And on top of that there about 60% Asian, 15% African American, 15% Hispanic, and 10% caucasian. I think I counted 5 caucasian girls. The place was packed. There is lounge seating but the music is so loud that you can't hear anybody anyways so forget about talking. And yes if you step outside for a cell phone or smoke, you get the priviledge of waiting in line once again. Bottom line find somewhere else to go.

• Pros: bartenders
• Cons: waiting in a long line for a let down.

Uninspired music, lousy bartender service, uninteresting crowd

by marknasonseattle at Citysearch

Purveyors of quality clubbing beware: this might not be the best place to spend your Friday or Saturday night. Having international djing experience I have come across many different levels of quality of service in night clubs, and I'm afraid I have to rank Venom Seattle as one of the worst. In specific:

DOOR: no dress code; on a Saturday, girls would pay 10 dollars cover, while guys 15; amazingly, the VIP lineup was LONGER than the regular lineup. MUSIC: totally uninspiring mix of last year hits and R&B "crowd-pleasers", by a dj with an impressive lack of mixing skills. BAR: the (female) bartenders were slow, unattentive and obnoxious. CROWD: most people would go to this place to get drunk and get a quick hook-up; if you're looking for hip, cool, attractive people, try something else