TBA Brooklyn

Came here for some sort of warehouse party the other night. Nothing super special.
It got crowded as the night went on and less fun as it became harder and harder to move around.
$ 12 cocktails and beers in the $ 6÷7÷8 range.
The music the DJ was playing was fun to dance to but after awhile it just became repetitive. The tables dividing the space made it difficult to dance outside of your small friend bubble.
If it’s going to be marketed as some exclusive party they in return really have to up their game. As of now they have an average bar. Step it up!

Lady bartender (half bun hair style, bangs, wearing red lipstick, and a Polk-​a-​dot shirt that night) — I made this review solely for you.
My BF and I gave this woman credit card and ID to keep our tab open. She barely acknowledged us and never smiled once. Whatever we got our drinks anyway. Came back second time to her to get another round and she asked for the last name on the card (which we provided). Okay still no smile, no thank you, no nothing. Whatever, moved to the dance floor with our drinks. Came back for a third round and this time we went to a male bartender. Got our drinks and told him we have an open tab and gave him the last name. He came back and said sorry we don’t have your CC and ID here (at this point I’m slightly freaking out because I need my ID to fly back to LA). He then asked the lady bartender and she said, «I don’t know who they are — they never gave me their ID and CC.» I told her WE GAVE IT TO YOU. She didn’t say anything and disappeared. Are you kidding me? Male bartender checks again and came back apologizing and threw in a free drink. He was very apologetic, even though it wasn’t his fault. I appreciated him. NEVER ONCE DID THE LADY BARTENDER APOLOGIZE. Her response is totally unprofessional and unacceptable.
Lady bartender, check yourself and your attitude cause it SUCKS. Learn some customer service skills and put a damn smile on your face. If you can’t do that, you need a new job.

Stopped in for a drink on Saturday with no expectations and this place really blew me away!
Fantastic vibes, crisp sound and no cover!
The bouncers are also extremely friendly. I will definitely be back for a visit soon.

Place is awesome for real music and good vibes… Looking to hear top notch DJs. Look no further, ten stars if I could.

Idk if they have more then one room but the room we were in for a magazine launch was really small and pretty crowded but the music was great and the crowd was super friendly. Drink prices were very decent

Went for sleepy and boo, they of course did a good set, great tunes.
The bouncer seemed to forget who I was every time I went out side for a smoke, weird. haha
«I was just there five minutes ago» … «Oh, yeah… go on»

I had fun here, the DJ’s were good and the crowd was nice. It’s pretty small though, so it can get a bit packed at busy nights but usually it’s perfect. They did have quite some cool visuals, especially the wall with LED’s.
Beer was around 5 or 6 $, which I think is not bad. And usually no cover fee! Awesome :)
Overall, definitely worth checking out if you like techno and house genres.

Really like this place, the Djs are always really good get you on your feet dancing easily the staff are friendly and fast. Great place to go. Drinks I think are a bit over priced.

Come for the Club Matte and stay for the tunes :)

I went to TBA a few times between September and December 2014 and will probably go back once it re-​opens.
My TBA experiences have been mostly positive though it is definitely the best place I’ve ever been to.
Pros:
— Cheap. Most of the nights I went there was no cover, the most I paid was $ 10 and once I was with a large group of friends and we were able to negotiate the price with the doorman which was pretty cool. The drinks are not that cheap ($ 6 – 8 for a beer).
— You can go in and out as much as you want; the club is quite small so its good to be able to go outside a bit. Also you can just go buy beers at the nearby convenient stores and drink up while you’re outside if you wanna save money.
— QUALITY MUSIC: This one is very important to me and though TBA is small it has a very good selection. I did not necessarily know the DJs when I went there, they seemed to be mostly local dudes. Depending on the night it was usually deep house, tech house or techno.
— Good vibe. Quite small so no real places to socialize but good people, happy faces, never too rude when I was there. Actually you can do some socializing if you go outside, there’s always a friendly crowd in front of the door.
Cons:
— Small. As I said TBA is quite small, it looks like it used to be some kind of small warehouse or mechanics shop so this can get problematic if you are an intense dancer and there are lots of people.
— Unsatisfying sound system. Again music is very important to me and while the tracks played there are good the sound system just was not enough. There are 4 large-​ish units, one in each corner of the room, plus one sub unit under the dj booth. The 4 units seem to be something like Turbosound TMS4 with an extra bass case under them, the mid and high frequencies are at a good level but kick and sub were REALLY lacking, even when I was just in front of the unit.
— It closes at 4am. They ave a cool way of closing with the light turning on really slowly, but 4am is too early when you’re having a good time.
I think that pretty much sums it up for me. Hopefully TBA will re-​open soon and maybe they will have fixed some of the issues but really its a good place to go to.

The sound system is even better. TBA has been a solid spot with a crowd that is there for the music & for a good time rather than most places filled with annoying people taking photographs of themselves to show off a «good time».

No bullshit club which hosts lots of local DJs spinning weird, danceable sounds. Décor is not flashy. If there’s a cover, which there usually isn’t, it’s around 10 bucks. Fun, relaxed environment. Door staff are approximately 100 times nicer than people I’ve encountered at other Williamsburg dancing establishments.

The bartender was a complete idiot. My date asked for a fuzzy navel and she said she never heard of it. She then asked for a different drink and she said ‘We are not a tiki bar we are a night club’. She then asked ‘Do you want something sweet?’ and proceeded to give her the worst mojito I have ever tasted. She also put a lime in my vodka red bull which I have never seen. If she went to bartending sch

it’s absolutely a nice place to finish off your bar hopping night in WBurg. Depending on your mood and what type of music you are into.
The DJ was good and I kinda liked the look of the place.

A friend in need’s a friend indeed, a friend who bleeds is better. This is some sort of semblance of a large expansive party scene. The movie begins as the ingénue enters the blasé debauched 60s arena, music and winding light displays nauseate and make everything wavy. Or, that’s more Midnight Cowboy. This is apparently what we have left of any place to dance.
Dudes in flannel wind their arms to machine noises. Young thin girls in furs circle in a group to keep from allowing themselves to be singled out. 90s Delia’s iconography and some grunge coopting of Christ imagery is widened and projected on the wall.
The large dance floor is also a rusty, sepia colored bar with large beer glasses filled with something you have to call «lager» when you order it. It is bro and dance friendly. People dance in large groups and smaller pockets.
Occasionally a few It girls who prepare with Deee-​Lite themed mood boards congregate in corners or dance with hives of people by the djs. Men circle on the light errand of predation around these women who wear fishnets over culotte underwear, fake black cockatiel feather shrugs, purple hair in two to three mini buns, and high platform vinyl combat boots. I ask them if they too like the 90s, «The 90s are my life.» They say. Cool, please continue to dress like a member of Hole, please color your hair seapunk and continue to wear black because I love it.
My companion wears flannel and flails his arms. He compliments them «I like what you’re doing with this whole thing.» I begin to close my eyes and hit people in an effort to dance to this music. Hopefully I will connect with his sculpted butt or walrus mustached face. Bittersweet Symphony is also a 90s song. And the scene begins to simmer into something friendly, people, flannel colored bros and aqua themed sea punk chicks, young indiscriminate hipsters begin to mix in open square dancing amalgams. Perhaps Jordan Catalano moves toward the voguing Dawn Weiner, perhaps the Budnick joins Daria and Aeon Flux. What I’m saying is, people seem here to dance and begin to admit others, the usually tight xx/​xy behavior flouts the grinding demands of biology for the moment and the community moves unpredictably.

Four walls, with a bar (with overpriced drinks), and DJ booth.
Not really much more to it — we went on their anniversary night so there was no cover, but there was a «suggested donation» box, and staff were pricks about it. Look — if you’re going to have a $ 10 – 20 cover every night, don’t act snooty to people who are checking your place out for the first time.
If you’re into house or lo-​fi it could be a good spot. I certainly wouldn’t pay to get in.

This event space hosts some of the most beautiful deep house parties. I am a HUGE fan of deep house and the many DJs I have seen here have kept me dancing for days. Another huge plus of this space is that they serve turkish beer. I mean really, turkish beer And deep house under one roof? My kinda heaven!

I’ve been here a couple of times when it’s free, wouldn’t pay cover to get into this place.
from the outside looks like it could be a spacious underground spot but in reality its just a bar with speakers and a dj booth.
not exacty spacious either, and sometimes they would have tables/​booth set up across the center of the room during dance party nights leaving barely any room to dance. and I see they bought more new furniture recently too. I wouldn’t pay 10 – 20 bucks for a dance party with no room to dance. even standing feels awkward. the music is great in the other hand and drinks are good.

A fairly new techno club in Brooklyn deserves at least your consideration. This place has been on my radar for a while now and we finally checked it out a few weeks ago. It’s located a bit off beaten path in Williamsburg, almost right under the bridge in a warehouse. The minimalist dark techno DJs spin there, dark setting with no lights, interesting simple décor definitely contribute to overall feeling of sense of identity. Whether you like any of those components is a different story, but you have to give credit to the people who run this place — it’s pretty darn authentic.
Here are some random thoughts I have about this place:
1. The cover was $ 10 which I think is fair. A lot of Unilocalers noted they paid $ 20 to get in on other nights. I personally think $ 20 is a bit steep for BK/​Williamsburg.
2. There are no lights, strobe lights etc. This is unheard of for an electronic place venue. I felt a bit weird dancing to music alone. It’s definitely not the same without lights.
3. The place is very small and was quite packed at 1 am on weekend. You can’t dance without people bumping into you while trying to walk by.
4. The night we went they played minimalist techno. For those who don’t know it’s when a simple repetitive bit plays for hours and there is only a small change in tune. Obviously, not everyone’s cup of tea even among techno music lovers.
5. The crowd was as expected: a good mix of international kids with a hipster flavour.
6. They don’t allow photos here. Not sure why and more importantly how they are planning to enforce it — check out my photo of the artwork on the wall:)
I can’t say I love this place and want to give it 3.5 stars. I will check it out again and form a better opinion.

Being a lover of electronic music, looks like this place is for me, so let’s see what the results were.
Location, good not too far from other bars or restaurants, so if you’re around the area and you like electronic music definitely check it out.
Security staff, like any other place just stand in line shut up and wait to get in SIMPLE! don’t like it? don’t go out! Remember the attitudes the rules made up by bouncers are to keep people calm and respectful and to get people in quickly and smoothly, they don’t need to pick and choose who to be nice to, there’s no time for that.
Looks, when first arriving you really feel like you’re about to enter some underground crazy event but this expectation quickly fades when you get in, and you find out that it’s a well lit clean garage turned into a bar/​club so remember to turn down the craziness enjoy the music and slowly get crazy ;)
Service, responsive, quick and pleasant prices can be brought down a few dollars on mix drinks.
Crowd, I’ll have to come back to study this one better.
Sound, ⁷⁄₁₀ there’s enough punch to fill the room that’s what matters.