The Exchange Minneapolis

ONE bartender, Kirk, was fantastic. Otherwise a terrible place. A friend of mine was hanging out with someone in a VIP area and I was hanging close. The VIP people didn’t want me there and I was told I could stand at the bar. I asked exactly how close I could stand, to make sure my friends wasn’t harmed, and I was subsequently kicked out. I have it on recording where the security guard said that we were kicked out because we had the potential to get raped, and we didn’t pay for VIP. NOT OKAY when the men who had the potential to rape us were still inside. I guess if you want to rape someone just give the bar extra money and they’ll let you. Definitely not okay. I will never go back.

I have been to this place 2 times and both experieces were very different. The first time I went for a friends birthday and did VIP bottle service. I was super impressed with our host, the music, and the vibe that a couple months later I decided to do bottle service for my birthday in December. This experience was completely different…
First, there was a private event that was going on so the venue opened much later than it was supposed and didn’t notify me. Part of my group and I had to wait in the lounge next door so they could set things up so my event didn’t start at 1030, an hour after I had told my party to get there.
Second, our host was completely rude and in my opinion a little bit of a narcissist. When coming to our table, she would ask us for our order while looking at herself in the mirror like no one else mattered. I had to tell her that we are spending a minimum of $ 400 so the least you could do is take orders from my guests and check on us more than once every hour and a half. To put the icing on the cake, she told some of my guests that she didn’t serve drinks only bottles and she rushed us to close our tab with her because we weren’t buying bottles anymore just single drinks which could still be included on our tab.
I still give this place an ok score because despite the lack of communication and that one bad seed of a host (who should be let go in my opinion), everyone else who worked there and the dj that night were pretty sick! The events coordinator, Megan, was really helpful and easy to work with and all of the bartenders that worked in front of my table were extremely helpful because our host was not.
I would recommend checking it out but get there before 11 or you will be waiting in a line around the corner unless you are doing VIP.

From what I’ve read, this is a pretty new night club to hit downtown. This underground club has everything: house music, top 40 remixes, a large dance floor, and plenty of bars to get your drink on. It’s separated by two different areas by a long hallway that has a gorgeous gas lit fire place. One side is more trendy/​upscale and the DJ is spinning deep house music. Lots of couches and chairs to sit on with a much smaller dance floor. The other side is much larger and has your traditional club vibe. The DJ wasn’t the best in my opinion. He would play a lot of great top 40 jams but he transitioned them with a blunt entry of really bad early 2000s techno. I’m a lover of EDM, but this made me cringe.
We stayed until 1am (closes at 2) and had an amazing time. We will definitely be back!

We were part of a pub crawl and the lady at the door was a complete bitch to us. I will never elect to spend my money here. Your loss. Have some common decency… it doesn’t take much to be a nice person. Seriously we were out for a good night and spending a lot of money. The lady at the door was so rude. We went to the pour House instead and spent all our money there… Much bettwr

New nightclub and two words: Huge basement.
Yep, I came here with a group of girls cause we were out for a bachelorette party. Woo-​hoo! Yeah I was the organizer for the night. We arrived and had to download an app for free entry. Sorry I forgot the name of the app, I removed it right away once I used it. Sucks for those who doesn’t have a phone and have to pay $ 5. Also they have to wait on a different line.
We walked downstairs to the basement level and you could hear the loud music blasting. To your left is The Exchange Nightclub and the right is Alibi Lounge. If you youngsters like to dance your butt off, turn left and if you mid 30s like to enjoy great cocktails and sit on nice booths, turn right. This crowd has a great mixture of people from all races and ages. Most girls and guys are dressed up. But it is a great place for dancing.
The big dance floor is in the middle and it plays awesome music. Their drinks are inexpensive according to one of the girls from the bachelorette party. I didn’t pay much attention to the drinks I was focusing on the bride, making sure she had a great time. The only thing I hope they had was a big sign for the bathroom because the place is big already and anyone could get lost. So, it is located across from the bar of The Exchange Nightclub and next to Alibi Lounge if that helps:)
No parking here, just valet for $ 15 or take an Über.