Celebrities Nightclub

Music & drinks are good, but the price to get in is bleh.

Celebrities on (Straight) Tuesday I would have to say it’s a love/​hate experience hence why the 3 stars.
Good: It’s by far one of the hardest hitting venues in Vancouver. Last Night show was epic!
However…
BAD: Being unable to get into this place is the biggest drawback. Cover is 15 bucks which isn’t bad at all however to get to that point, you’re most likely going to have to pay 20 – 35 dollars per person… YES PER PERSON to «buy/​grease» your way into the club. I’ve been to clubs around Vegas, Oklahoma City (ha yes Oklahoma), Miami, Chicago the works and «buying/​greasing» your way is quite normal when lines out the door. However, still having to pay a cover afterwards is what makes no sense! Hell, Club Drais in Vegas (the hottest club on the strip) you can get entry n cover taking care of for 10 people deep. It just shows that this establishment needs to address entry issues.
Now you’ve finally paid your way into the club or waited 1 – 3 hours outside to wait into another line to do a coat check service like WHAT THE FUCK! It was soo bad that I just decided to hold onto my jacket rather than waiting another hour to drop it off.
So finally you would think you get to enjoy your show… However this place is so packed that it makes you think if they are way over capacity. Either way, you are packed in their so tight. That A) you can’t dance B) you can’t get a drink in a decent time and C) you’re getting bumped into soo many times that it kills the show. Plus feeling like a sardine in a can isn’t the ideal experience! Most importantly, I would be concerned that Celebrity is near or at capacity so if a fire/​hazard did happen, I would feel like it would be a huge clusterfuck. Please be weary of that!
Overall, this establishment cares more about taking your money but not fulfilling their duties their after. Service here is literally non existent. Hell you already paid upfront– they can care less about you going forward in your experience… As much as I loved the music, I wouldn’t come back even if they paid for my cover which also aided in bypassing the line.

Worst clubbing experience ever. My friends and I didn’t even get a chance to go in.
Celebrities on Tuesday is extremely busy with hundreds of young and basic kids in college trying to make it into the club. If you think you will never get in, YOU ARE RIGHT.
Three ways to get into the club:
First, you have the guest list/​VIP line, which has to be done days before the night to ensure your group can get into the stinking place. Second, the regular line, A.K.A. you need a miracle if you’re standing and waiting in the line on a Tuesday night because the line will NOT move. And lastly, the greasing line which involves giving $ 20+ to the bouncers so they let you in faster.
I have been to other clubs around the area (i.e. Fortune sound club, 560, Library Square, Lamplighter) and have had an amazing time in all of them without a problem.
I was excited to have a fun night out with my friend who was celebrating his birthday and many others, but we all wasted two hours waiting for nothing instead. Bouncers were rude and the atmosphere was unorganized.
If you’re thinking of going to Celebrities on a Tuesday, go elsewhere! Better yet, rent a hotel room with your friends, pick up drinks at the liquor store, and have a good time together INSTEAD of blowing off money for a cheap, unmemorable, and ugly night at Celebs.

2.5÷5 C’est cher payé pour ce que c’est! Même si j’y ai passé un bon moment…
D’abord mon coloc se fait fouiller à l’entrée. Il avait une petite boîte avec 3 joints roulés. Ok c’est interdit, c’est de la drogue, mais il y a certainement plus fort que ça qui passé les portes (les filles né sont pas fouillées). Le truc c’est que le sorteur a remballé mon coloc après lui avoir pris un des joints. C’est de la dictature!
Ensuite les décibels. C’est pour vous détruire les oreilles. Ça faisait clairement mal par moments!
Puis je pensais éviter les gros lourds qui tentent de ramener. Ce n’est pas au Celebrities qu’on est tranquille pour ça.
Enfin pour terminer sur une note positive: L’endroit est géant, super classe, se retrouver au milieu de gays torse-​nu bien taillés j’ai kiffé :D

Line up for Travis after party SUX. Waiting outside in cold and rain for almost two hours. We are from out of town and this was a horrible way to spend the rest of our night.

I can’t even begin to say how disappointed I am in the absolute lack of service we received last night. We first arrived at around 9:41 for the guest list line up only to be turned away by the bouncers, telling us that since we were 1 minute late (we had to transit all the way from Richmond for fucks sake) and we had to wait at the back of the regular line up. They told me they would only let me and 4 of my friends in right away which I refused to, we opted to wait in line instead since it was me and my friends birthday and we didn’t want to separate our group (plus we were late so I understood that there were regulations and happily obliged to wait in line). Little did we know we would be stuck in line for a GODDAMN 3 HOURS in the rain, having the bouncers pace back and forth up the line with their beady little eyes and greedily (AND RUDELY) telling us to just pay them $ 20 to grease the line to skip to the front AND pay additionally for the cover. Honestly, the worst part wasn’t even waiting in line, it was the fucking bouncers!!! We would ask them how much longer it would be, and they would cockily shrug and reply, then ask us why we wouldn’t just pay them money to skip the line. They kept upping the price to grease the line as well, it went from $ 20 to $ 60 by the time we left. The last straw was when one of my friends stepped outside the barricade (not even an inch away from it) for some fresh air since we were all cramped in this little space like a pig sty for almost 3 hrs already, and politely asked the bouncer how much longer would it be. The bouncer rudely ignored her question and started mocking her (saying stuff like «why are you even bothering to ask me, do you think it’s okay to make your own line?), accusing her of trying to cut in line with us and accusing all of us for covering for her when we tried tell him that we were in line for the past 3 hours. He even said «if I asked the people behind you, I bet they would disagree» to which everyone behind us (strangers) told him off telling him that he was wrong. Either he’s a complete fucking idiot for not recognizing the same people standing in line for 3 hours or he’s just an paranoid asshole (or both!) He made a complete scene, and ass out of himself, and called my friend out in front of everyone, almost making her cry. I was completely appalled and at that moment I just walked out of the line, and all 13 of us left. I don’t understand why celebrities has such awful customer service, it has completely ruined my first clubbing experience, I am so angry and honestly I wish that I could give this shithole ⁰⁄₅ stars. Fire your goddamn bouncers and tell them to stop being such greedy assholes and unprofessionals!!!

Less than one star!!! But could only choose one star as the lowest. Went here with my girlfriend and her friends on a guest list and we were refused guest list entrance because we were 1 minute late. This place is absolute shit, none of the bouncers would make any exceptions despite it being her birthday and us being 1 minute late! One of them even said just pay him more to get in now, what the fuck. It started raining, my girlfriend was crying, we were soaked and they still didn’t let us in. Celebrities is a disgrace to Vancouver hospitality and abuses their status as a popular nightclub. Never coming here again after how we were treated.

I have been here twice. Once before the renovations, and once after. I think I enjoyed myself more before they did renos.
I organized a friend’s birthday party here the first time. Cover was ten bucks, not too bad. I can’t really justify paying anything more than 10 bucks unless there’s a special event or show or something. It was a little slow at first but picked up later and the dance floor was filled with people. Music was good, fun to dance to. Ran into friends I hadn’t seen in a while too which was nice.
Second time I went I waited in line for an hour and fifteen minutes. Of course by the time we got in there it was jam packed. Like, literally. You are sardined on the dance floor and can barely move. The dance floor was so sticky that it ruined my shoes. I feel like the vibe of this place has changed. It caters more towards EDM shows which is fine but not really my scene. The music was also EXTREMELY loud! Like deafening!
I know they play old school music, I think on Thursdays? Maybe I’ll check that out. Even then I’m not sure. My last experience kind of turned me off from ever coming back… it’s a shame because this placed has been hyped up for years but sounds like it’s going downhill. Three stars only because I’m including my first experience.

LOVE how we can be ourselves and dress as we please and dance they night away to awesome house music…

Best club I like to come to just to have a great time, I was just in over the weekend after the pride parade. Obviously this is a one off but when I have come here in the past I always have a blast. Definitely a club like feel, one of the better looking ones in Vancouver. Drinks were quite reasonable, as well a really good crowd. Will continue to keep coming

I came here to see TOKiMONSTA and had presale tickets so I cut the regular line (super quick to get in). I got there around 11:15pm, TOKiMONSTA came on around 1am and played for an hour but I was able to get to the front center of the stage so that was super cool. The show was really good!!! I recommend coming here for concerts, I don’t know how it is on a regular club night. Small club but plenty of room to walk around, there’s an upstairs too but I couldn’t really see anything. Get to the front, the DJ is right there– awesome view.

No no and no. We got on their «VIP» list which was supposed to come with a private table but instead we were just ushered in and left to fend for ourselves with little to no other seat other than the private tables. After giving it an hour of nothing happening we walked outside to see a huge group heading west — asked where they were going and just followed them. They filled us in on how Celebrities is no longer the gay bar it portrays itself as — and took us to a real one.

Wow straight up fuck the bartenders here, I gave a 50 and the bitch at the bar said I gave her a 20 we were going back and forth about it for like 20 mins, what kind of shit is that? I am an excellent tipper but do t steal my money you assholes

There needs to be a balance between letting people in to the club without wait because they were on guest list and those people that waited in line for long time. That said, it is completely unethical to ask straight cash bribe to be let into the club outside of the cover charge. (obviously expecting nightclub bouncers to have ethical knowledge in the first place was wrong).
Cash in hand for the bouncers at the door so that one can get into the door to pay whatever the formal cover is absolutely ridiculous!
This should in fact lead to the demise of this club!

Really fun club! Aaron is hands down the best bartender hands down! I went there for my birthday this past Friday my friends and I were visiting from Seattle, I highly recommend this club if you’re looking for a turnt night! I met some great people and had a blast!

I just went here for the first time.
There was a huge lineup of people who had already bought tickets for the event that night and that line was moving slow but that’s completely on the promoters for the event who oversold it. But the promoters also work for the same company that owns this nightclub. That had me a little annoyed.
The bouncer was awesome though. Really friendly guy. Staff at the coat check is friendly too. And the bartender who was Asian (forget his name) was a cool guy. One of the better bartenders I’ve been served by at the nightclubs in Vancouver. Of course after 11 PM it’s impossible to get a drink quickly at the bar.
The atmosphere at the club was pretty good. It seemed more like a younger crowd, even though the event was 19+.
The décor was alright. On the outside it looks like a crack house but inside it’s pretty nice and standard.
I’d say this is one of the better clubs in Vancouver. It gets all the good acts. Overselling an event is not cool. To avoid this I’d recommend coming early.

Worst place ever, paid money to see Tchami after waiting for a year for hime to come back, went out for a smoke and was not let in again, security guard told me to call the cops and won’t even tell me their names! Will tell everyone not to go in there.
I love blueprint event and love who they bring in town but after being treated like this I don’t think I would ever go back to celebrities again.
The worst night club I’ve been to ! You pay for events and you don’t go in !

Aweful. Too expensive and corrupt bouncers. This isn’t Vegas lol. It seems there are much better choices in town. We were excited to go here but so disappointing.

This is the LOUDEST club in the city!!! The best club to go to on Tuesday nights, Saturday is really decent too.
They have the some of the best, if not best EDM music in town! I guess the only complaint I have is that it’s literally too loud some nights to actually have a conversation with anyone here and your ears will leave ringing at the end of the night sometimes.
But oh the memories, so many here. I remember the old days when DJ Betty Ford was spinning and that was awesome. The new renovations make this club look more upscale.
Make sure you call in for glist as it can get packed and you’ll be thankful you’re in the VIP line and not in the regular line.

Always had good times here on their Tuesday ‘straight nights’…we had some friends visiting from Switzerland this week and we decided to bring them here.
Sad to say BOTH their phones and wallets were stolen and when we went to tell the bouncers they only pointed us to whom I’m guessing was their manager. The guy was patronizing and condescending as he took down our information and was not helpful whatsoever.
He repeatedly told me to ‘calm down’ when we were trying to explain how the girls didn’t have a contact number BECAUSE THEIR CELLPHONES WERE JUST STOLEN.
WATCH OUT FOR THIEVES AND PICKPOCKETS!!! Don’t expect any help from the bouncers either. Quote from Mr. Condescending-​Bouncer «The second you walk through those doors you’re on your own.»

You need to put yourself on the guest list!!! It’s so easy and the line is so long otherwise. I emailed my request on Sunday for Tuesday and they confirmed it on Monday.
I can’t believe how crowded it was for a Tuesday! The email said we had to get there before 10:30 or they won’t honor the request so we got there a little after 10:00. The regular line was so long but there was no one in the VIP line for the guest list! It’s so cool to be able to just walk right past the line :) You still have to pay the $ 10 cover though.
Inside the club, it has a large dance floor, cool, and loud! I loved the music though. The DJ didn’t talk at all, just played good beats. Just the way I like it! I don’t know anyone could stay still in there. And actually no one was.
The bartender we latched on to was super sweet and made good strong drinks! I always try to stay with the same bartender and tip well.
I had so much fun!