The DrYNk

This is your typical club with trashier people. The bartenders are terrible, ever-​revolving and lose your card on a consistent basis. I have had my card «lost» and had to have them «check again cause I KNOW you did not give it back to me» on three separate visits. (They always found it)
I have been a total of five times, and ONLY bcs my girlfriends wanted to go. The hookas are WAY overpriced as well. The DJs are really hit or miss. Lots of ghetto music. the drinks are overpriced and made with super cheap alcohol. HPC has cheap drinks as well but is WAY BETTER. and its two blocks away. HYDE PARK CAFE hands down.

Went here the Wednesday night before thanksgiving and it was the first time I’d been in there in YEARS. (I tend to avoid S. Tampa bars/​clubs). I know they had since remodeled it but I didn’t expect to find more than half of the square footage was devoted to «vip». Drink prices were steep-​which was to be expected. I was just disappointed to go there to dance only to find out I couldn’t really access the main dance floor bc I wasn’t «vip». That’s lame. I’ll continue to skip this place.

I was there Saturday 11÷28÷15, I would just be carful when you go into this bar watch your tab! I had the blonde bartender at the front bar try and scam some drinks for her friends and put them on my tab, and when it was brought to her attention she was a total asshole! So if they think you’re drunk they are going to try and take advantage of you!

I went last night for the first time and I really enjoyed myself. It was open bar for ladies from 10−12am and for the fellas from 10−11pm. The dance floor was super small and that’s why I’m rating it a ⁴⁄₅. The VIP area was pretty pointless in my opinion. It was just as packed as the rest of the place and people were standing on the couches. The music was great and everyone was enjoying themselves.

I ordered a shot of Patron and instead they gave me well tequila and charge me for a shot of Patron… Horrible service the women that bartends there have no respect… management I can tell really don’t care a bunch of felon criminals that work at the front door. Also ordered a hookah there and the girl I was with got a throat infection because the hookah was dirty and it wasn’t cleaned out properly

I’d give this place a zero if I could. I went out with my BF & his friends. Long story short my BF is black and his friends are white. Everyone bought rounds of fireball and when my boyfriend bought them the bartender overcharged him $ 3 for each shot… When all his friends said no we paid $ 7 the (blonde) bartender was incredibly rude and said «they’re $ 10 and 10×4 is 40.» Not only that but she acted disgusted towards him… I’m pulling the race card and I’m white. This place is a sh*t hole and all the staff is cocky & rude and clearly their one bartender is racist … I’ll never spend my money there again.

The layout is stupid. The female bartenders are rude. If you’re not a tall, buff, tan guy then they’ll most likely pretend not to see you. I stood there with my group of people obviously waiting to order drinks and a guy comes up next to me, the bartender looks straight at me and then asks the guy what he wanted to drink. Thankfully he pointed out that I was before him. If you’re not in VIP then you’re basically stuck in the back bar. There is no main dance floor because it’s all VIP which is right in front of the DJ booth. At least the music was good and there was no cover when we went.

Love the crowd, and experience but the bartenders suck in the vip, I was given a half drink that tasted like all cranberry. When I asked the bartender to at least finish filling my glass up he filled it with ice.

Ended a bar crawl here with the girlfriend. Cool, if you are into the losing an eardrum while being borderline assaulted by party predators. I am not.

I just spent $ 700 for a table with 2 bottles of vodka. I don’t know if that’s the normal price in south Tampa but I didn’t feel like it was really worth it. Who knows. Maybe you’ll like it

Absolutely horrific experience tonight. This silly little place called The Drynk thinks they can handle a big name DJ? No. Just no. I paid $ 35 to see Galantis tonight. First of all they only had will call available– I get to the door and the girl (who was extremely rude) has to search through a paper list for my name. Then she proceeds to tell me that I have to pay an additional $ 15 because I am coming in after midnight (this was stated nowhere). I argued with her until she got someone else and then he told her she was wrong and to let us in. Then my boyfriend and I go to the bar and order 2 mixed drinks– big mistake. I paid $ 10 for a ginger ale. The place was so over crowded that you literally could not move an inch! I attend edm shows on a regular basis and don’t mind crowds but this was ridiculous. We get out to the dance floor after shoving through people and Galantis comes on at 1am (normal). What was not normal was that the music was blasting so loudly that it was painful to the ear drums. Either their sound equipment could not handle this type of music or it was just turned up too loud. Other people were complaining of the same thing so I know it wasn’t just me. Here’s the kicker– Galantis played a 30 MINUTE SET!!! I could not believe it! $ 35 for a 30 min set? Outrageous! So we left, and needless to say I will never ever go back. I go to Miami for shows on a regular basis and pay the same for a 2 – 3 hour set in world class clubs. The Drynk is pathetic.

Tried to go here for the Mayweather and Pac Fight. I called the promoter through the website, his name is Cameron or Kameron. I told him we (5 military) wanted the pre night special $ 45 open bar and we couldn’t pay online because of 1) The site to buy was blocked on on military base and 2) The site wasn’t even working anyways when I tried to access it. He said show up with my party and he would honor it. Long story short… we get there and he said it was a mistake and only available to some «special parties» yet people left and right l, after we paid to get in, had it saying they walked up and asked. So he pretty much lied to me after the fact because the bartender (Also the bartenders are great people, fair and have personality unlike Cam) inside even said they were still having the Open Bar special and took care of us with great drinks and pricing. So if you go don’t deal with Cam because do is a liar.

This club used to the best in South Tampa and still has a lot of potential depending on the night and doesn’t deserve it’s 2 star rating. Recently remodelled to mimic Miami club Mansion’s 3D Led ceiling icicles that change colors with the music. ¾’s of the dance floor room is VIP leaving the non-​vip dance floor a bit small and cramped when it gets busy which can be annoying. Occasionally we will get flyers on our door for a complimentary Open Bar on Fridays 10pm-​12am. If you don’t get a flyer, you can Text 352−267−2426 to get on the open bar guest list for Friday’s 10 – 12! The flyers are dropped off last minute and we only get them at 5pm on a Friday and by that time we usually have already made other plans. They need to drop the flyers off the day before so people have time to make plans. Normally, it’s pretty dead before 10 – 12 even with a free open bar. Last Friday we went and it actually got pretty packed in both rooms by 11ish so this place might be getting more popular, slowly but surely. This place usually only gets busy til about 12 – 1. Thursday night is ladies night so ladies drink free 10pm-​1am! Open Saturday’s too! Free cover before 12! With Drynk’s underrated 2 star rating, you can get your Maverick Unilocal Mobile badge here!
While I see what they were trying to accomplish with the remodel by increasing VIP revenue and adding better lighting, the redesign was poorly designed. Originally this club had 2 separate rooms with red bubbly walls and separate music in each room. I preferred that previous setup because it offered a greater variety and purpose to each room. Now there’s one main room and one waiting room with partially obstructed views and muffled sounds of the main dance room and its currently wasted space and a dead zone where you won’t find any people. Management needs to make these 2 separate rooms like there used to be with a DJ booth in the middle so they can offer both rap and techno instead of just techno or atleast add additional lighting and a different unique vibe and purpose to the current «waiting room». Initially during construction, I had thought they were building a 2^nd and 3^rd story for more dance floors which would have been way more practical. The ceilings are way too high for the space and wasted space. They could easily put another floor in for more music variety. Management also needs to do a better job promoting specials and events.
For alternative clubs in Soho, sadly Mangroves/​Sunova Beach is closed, Lodge gets way too packed and has long lines, Jackson’s gets some headliners but is hit or miss, Aja/​Epic is only good on Fridays but isn’t even open every Friday, and Hyde Park café has a good early happy hour 8 – 10 Friday’s with rap and techno rooms.

I went on a Thursday night, a.k.a. Ladies Night. I found the staff to be professional, the music to be contemporary, and the large crowd of 20-​somethings to be cheerful and friendly. It’s an entertaining place to get drunk and talk to strangers, but there’s not much room to dance.

Ehh, I really am not sure what that was all about. Confusing use of space. Awkward. Went under protest after reading reviews, but I had to take one for the team so I didn’t have much of a choice. Didn’t immediately write it off, gave it an hour or so, but the longer I stayed, the better looking WOB looked around the corner.

This place has potential, but as it stands, it’s eh.
Here’s why…
–The layout is strange as there’s no center dance floor. You’re kinda hangin’ out in the aisle if you want to be near the DJ or in that room. Nothing like moving out of other people’s way every 10 seconds! There’s a bigger dance floor in the back, but then you’re away from the action, the lights, the screen, etc.
–Cover charge ($ 10). Not a big deal, but no other bar in the area has a cover. Considering drinks were way more expensive here, I’m not sure what that cover was covering.
–The crowd on a Friday was just lame and the place was 80% empty. Some people had bottle service (lol) and hooka service (really?), so you know they were cool kids.
–DJ had the crowd moving (it was EDM night). No prob there.
There it is in a nutshell. A confusing club. A confusing night. Label me confused if you find me back here.

Worst Club I’ve ever been to in my life. Very Rude promoter/​security with stars tattooed on his neck with light skin kicked my friend out when she was trying to use the bathroom. I’m from Brooklyn nd I know what rude is but I’ve never seen bouncers treat ppl especially woman like this no explanation just you have to go. Other promoters attempted to rectify situation by offering a drink but we were so annoyed at this point that we had to decline. This is not an establishment that I will ever recommend to anyone attempting to enjoy tampa Definitely will NEVER EVER COME HERE AGAIN

Its alright. I heard this place was recently renovated. The music its pretty decent but everything else was just ok. VERY VERY POOR use of space. Whoever designed this place must of been an intern or someone with NO experience at all with use of space. There is so much space that is wasted!
Besides that its an ok place to just come chill I guess.

Sucks. Just sucks. We’re on the guest list and must be there by 10pm. We’re waiting in line for over an hour and its 11pm. Whats the point of a guest list? I can see inside the club and it’s empty.
Got inside after an hour plus and nothing special. Have a better night somewhere else.

Loud, decent music (mixture of top 40 and old school), respectable staff and good Drynk specials. Dancefloor is tiny, so I guess that’s why they’re adding on to the joint. Good move.
Not a bad place, but not really my «go-​to» spot for SoHo.