Respect at Harry Denton’s Rouge

I was excited to come here for my bf’s cousin’s birthday. The bf said its a nice place and pretty classy. (That was his line to get me to go, since I don’t like to go clubbing because of all the ghetto wackheads our there…)
1 star for the nicely decorated venue. Red, plush couches along the perimeter of the club and really cool chandeliers hanging from the ceiling.
And it all goes down from there. When I got there, the first thing I noticed was the funk in the air. «WTF was that?» I says. The BF thought they didnt take out their trash, but boy that smell was wicked. It definitely smelled like dying fish at the fish market. I’d rather stand in between 2 homeless people who havent seen a bottle of shampoo or a shower in 3 years. The worst thing was that it wasn’t a smell that lingered away like a fart. The smell was coming through their ventilation system and everytime the air blew through the vents the wave of stinky putrid fish smell filled the area… UGH!
Then whoever was djying was HORRIBLE!!! I know its hard to get up there are do your thing, but come on! Whoever he was had no energy and second of all he had no skills. Ugh!
The crowd was awful. They were not good looking, nor did they dress nice… Now I may not be a hottie, or dress like I got racks of money in the bank, but there were people in the club wearing flip flops and hoodies. WTF? I cant blame the people though… Its the club’s management that should be to blame. They allowed hoodrats and squares to mingle with us normal folk and it was all too weird.
To top it off, while in our VIP booth, there was this totally raunchy couple and they were making out and grinding on each other a little too close to our booth. One of our peeps was about to say something to them but they left after a while. Another thing about the management… if they had a properly trained wait staff, he/​she should have made sure that we did not have to witness anything that would make us sick to our stomachs and would have shooed those party-​goers away.
Later on after, there was some guy who was going around to the girls in our group and kept asking them to dance with him. This guy (who was wearing an incredibly ugly scarf) had already been warned by one of the guys, that we were all taken and not to bother us again. And YAY for me, I was his next victim. I politely said «NO.» And he pestered me again. So I said, «NO, I do NOT want to dance with you.» And gestured a «go away» move with my hands. He asked me again to dance with him, and here comes my bf who just had to teach him a lesson… Needless to say, scarf guy got his ass handed to him on a platter.
Later as we were going through pictures, we realized scarf guy was the same guy who was dry humping the girl near our booth. The management and employees that worked that night should have done a better job who they let in. If someone is gonna throw massive ends on a booth and 2 bottles, then please don’t allow poorly dressed, perverted douchebags that can’t take no for an answer into the club!
Please think twice about having a special occasion here. Its a waste of your money and your night.

Ok, so I wasn’t there during the nightclub thick of it all but I have been there for earlier on for an amazing margarita or three before the evening really got going and I love it. I think the décor is nightclubby and the main bar is great for serving crowds. Did I mention the margaritas rock? And the bartender is one of the nicest guys I have met in the nighclub/​bar business. The happy hour there is amazing and when nick’s crispy tacos is open as well I see lots of happy people enjoying good food and drinks. I must go back to shake it later on when the DJ is in da haus and I will share my impressions again but with a lovely space and responsible and pleasant staff, I do expect it to be a good time!

If it werent for meeting with friends then this would have been a drag. Although the beer is reasonably priced which is great, it takes forever to get attention at the bar even with my Mardi Gras beads. The only upside was our server who came by later… she was a dead on look a like of Eva Mendes unfortunately she would not let us mark her face with the beauty mark… that could have saved the entire night and perhaps would have earned this institution a higher rating. I will return but only if it is with the same friends that I went with.

i came here a few weeks ago for a birthday and i can honestly say i’ve been to better places. i think i expected too much from this place just by the looks of it. first of all, our names weren’t even on the guestlist even though we had requested this way ahead of time. luckily, we knew someone that was throwing the party that night, so we were still able to get in.
the selection of music could’ve been a lot better. i guess it was the dj that sucked that night. there are also a lot of dumb drunks here that don’t know how to hold their liquor.

Rouge is a let down. The crowd was gamey and wasted. We had bottle service and were privileged enough to have a passed out and vomitous barely-​legal chump at the table next to us. On the up side it didn’t take long for security to spot the «I don’t know how much is too much barfing toad» and toss him out. Rouge has potential. The décor isn’t bad, the main bar is large and it has a roomy feel for a small club. It’s just a victim of bad execution. Each time the DJ would spin a good song he’d cut it off for some non-​sequitur by the time we got to the floor. Rouge felt like a kindergarten club where yahoos go to cut their club teeth. The most professional people at Rouge were the bouncers — I know why.

you thought starlight room was bad… wow!!!
beware once nick’s is closed.

Loved it! I came here with a bunch of friends last weekend and had a great time.
The place is definitely small (only one floor), and you’ll have a fun time weaving through hordes of people as you trek from the bathroom or outside back to your crew. Drinks ain’t cheap, but what’s new… you shouldn’t go out to a club if you don’t except to throw more than few dollars at each beer. The smaller bar in the back corner tends to not be as popular, so you may want to hang around there for most of the evening ;).
Parking is HORRIBLE. We spent a good 40 minutes looking for parking around 10pm, but that’s SF for you… highly recommend heading to the city early, grabbing parking and a bite to eat, then going to Rouge before 11pm for cover-​free admission. Oh, and don’t forget to CONFIRM your RSVP after Rouge sends you the confirmation e-​mail…
Other than that, the music was great, and the crowd was happening. We had a great DJ with a good hip-​hop selection and had some great mash-​ups with 90s pop hits…’twas awesome =). Maybe not for all you houseys or pure top-​40s people, but hit the spot with my group.
And the go-​go dancers are friendly =P. OH, and they let you go in and out freely without having to re-​pay cover, unlike a lot of places. That was great, as I had to pop in and out to make phone calls.
Check it out! =D

hmmm… how do i start?..
asian invasion…
the girl who’s name is ashley? the girl who hooks up all the bottle service and is in charge of the guest list sucks.
i not only talked to her to get a feel of the music they would be playing on friday (october3rd) night i emailed her a list of names to put on the guest list.
so we get there… and every one’s bitching that there names aren’t on the guest list.
Lo and Behold this girl didn’t put any (more than 10) people’s name on the guest list… GRRRR…
by the time we get there we are literally the only people in the place dancing. thankfully we were already perved and didn’t mind the whack ass music they were playing.
later in the night the girl who promotes and is the assistant to the owner of the club walks in and is trying to hand out flyers for the next night… so i asked… «what’s your name?!» hoping it was the same girl i spoke with…
and YES IT WAS! she apologized and said she got my email and sometimes the email between her and her boss’s email doesn’t work…
(right…)
So she attempted to make up for it and gave me a free drink ticket.
i probably won’t be coming back here.
nice place though. lots of chandeliers and an open dance floor… with no one occuping it…

Aw man! It’s over! Hopefully Paige will find another venue for this fine event.