NEVERNEVERNEVERAGAIN. I came here the same night I went to Roxeanne and I am probably never coming back to Adam’s Morgan because of my experience here. Top floor was too small and too dark, drinks were too expensive and not that great, nothing but trap music. Don’t even get me started on the bottom floor. It was WAY too hot and crowded, the floor was slick from sweat and it smelled like a giant buttcrack. You could SEE the haze in the air from blunts and cigarettes. I hated it. Couldn’t understand why my friend wanted to stay, I was ready to go after some drunk dude stepped on me because there was no room to dance.
Nyomi M.
Évaluation du lieu : 5 Washington, DC
I love coming here especially on Saturday nights. The crowd is not stuckup or boughie. Its a more relaxed crowd and you will have a good time. I was surprised at how big it is inside. It looks so small from the outside but dont be fooled. They have three floors. And all three have a bar which is a plus. Very spacious club. Im not into those uptight clubs where everyone is just standing around with there nose in the air. The bartenders are friendly and seem to enjoy what they do. Alot of nightclubs have bartenders who have this attitude like they dont want to be there, but I wasnt getting that vibe from them. I was disappointed when I asked the bartender on the first floor(Ethopian looking female) to make me a mojito she said they dont make mojitos but when i went to the second floor bartender. They made one for me. That was just so odd. Well anyways, I will be going back! Love this place!
Grace H.
Évaluation du lieu : 3 Salt Lake City, UT
This place is just so-so. The atmosphere is pretty chill and it draws a pretty low-key crowd compared to a lot of places in Adam’s Morgan.
Miki G.
Évaluation du lieu : 3 Alexandria, VA
Been away from the Adams Morgan for a bit but I was greatly please to have stumbled upon it on a Sunday Night which I thought it was weird cuz the lights were not turned on. Talked to the people hosting the event and they wish the owner would fix the light to give more people the notice that the place is open and that there is something going on. Anyways. they had an event that was pure techno music with about 5 – 7 DJs. It was a 5 dollar cover and that is what is being used to pay the DJs for that night. The drinks were cheap between 3 – 6 dollars depending of the time but most importantly, they were pretty charged. :) Definitely plan on coming back on Sunday because there was none of the Friday/Satuday hassle of police outside, people being creep outdoors and not harrasing, which is a first for this area in a club. Better bring dancing shoes though. :)
Dominic G.
Évaluation du lieu : 4 Washington, DC
It’s a decent spot to chill. A place that you just come as is. I thought I saw a couple of Grandmothers in there, but hey G-Ma wanna party too. Overall it’s just going to be different on certain weekends. It all depends if something Major is going on in the city. Drink prices are average. I got overcharged 30 dollars on 3 drinks. I caught it notified the bartender and management corrected it. I think because she was the only bartender it was just a honest mistake, nobody’s perfect. I’ve been a few times so I guess I’ll continue to come.
Starr B.
Évaluation du lieu : 4 Washington, DC
Heaven & Hell is NOT a glamorous club. It DOESNOT have any bells and whistles or any type of ambiance and/or nice décor. It is just an urban club in Adams Morgan that has three levels. I have been to Heaven & Hell twice and I had a good time both times. People dance, it is not a «stuck up» spot. There was not a fight inside the club either nite I have been… but Adams Morgan is infamous for drunken people walking along the strip, fighting or about to fight in the streets so…(shrugs shoulders… maybe we were lucky!) If your looking for R&B/Hip Hop to groove to… Heaven & Hell maybe your spot! Upon leaving the club be sure to grab your nice, greasy, jumbo pizza slice from any of the nearby pizza joints to end off your Adams Morgan experience the RIGHTWAY! LOL
Kevin N.
Évaluation du lieu : 2 Capitol Heights, MD
Hell! 1. $ 12 drinks 2. No lights in the basement 3. Doorman told my friend«You cant walk in here with that 20… it might be fake… Heaven! 1. Smoking patio…(Convenient) 2. Music was everything you wanted to hear.
Jessica K.
Évaluation du lieu : 1 New York, NY
I came here on a Friday night-bar hopping. It literally is heaven and hell. I liked upstairs because it was cool and not crowded, downstairs where i call hell was so hot and humid, I couldn’t breathe. I think I stayed for 30 minutes max and left.
David B.
Évaluation du lieu : 1 McLean, VA
This place was cool about 15 years ago. So unless you have a time machine, there are many other places to get drunk and hit on ugly people. ps If you have a time machine, please send me a pvt msg.
Kristin A.
Évaluation du lieu : 4 Alexandria, VA
This place will definitely give you heaven and hell all in one night lol. After several times of walking pass(because it looked too young and rowdy) we decided to stop in. We actually went into the downstairs area(basement) and they were playing old school hip hop. It was very dark and dingy looking. However, the drinks were really good. We also ventured upstairs and it became a lil piece of heaven because me and my now BF had our first kiss here(I know some place for a first kiss, right). The bathroom upstairs is off in the cut and doesn’t lock/close properly so I was basically trying to balance holding the door closed as well as maintaining my flow lol. After more drinks, dances, and kisses the place immediately turned to hell when two females started to fight. Now I can’t say that fighting takes place here every weekend but the place has to be named heaven and hell for something. I think you can get the best of both in this one location. I’d go back because I’m all about fun and the music was on point. I also think beforw a certain time you can get in for free.
Jonathan L.
Évaluation du lieu : 2 Baltimore, MD
I have been to here with my best friend because this is the only place he goes in Adams Morgan(don’t know why tho). Parking is torture enough. Cover is $ 5 and drinks really aren’t that strong… at all. Bartenders are straight though. The levels are… Heaven: for house and Black Eyed Peas(after Fergie) fans. Ethereal, lots of blacklight, unicorns on the walls(I swear!), that type of deal. Green Island. People to lazy to climb the stairs to go to Heaven or Hell. And those too lazy to change their stereos on the drive home from work. Hell. Random dingy smell and«hardcore» rap and regae/dancehall. And NOCLUB music makes me sad… Good mix of crowd(race and music wise). Question. Would I come back here on my own volition? Answer. Probably not… New bar
K S.
Évaluation du lieu : 4 Washington D.C., DC
Heaven and Hell has become a favorite spot for my friends since last summer. However, I will say we always drink [a lot] before/while we are there. I don’t know if it would as fun if we were sober. We especially love this spot in the summer. We’ve only been there on Friday and Saturday nights. It’s a 5 dollar cover. It really doesn’t get live until like 11:30/12. But finding parking in Adams Morgan is hell, so you better leave time for that. Downstairs in Hell the music is reggae, hip hop, r&b, go go, rap. Hell is HOT. A lot of body heat, kinda dingy and certainly many creeps on many occasions. When I say creeps, I mean old creepy men lurking, trying to get on anything with legs! They have huge fans to TRY to keep it cool. All the furniture around the perimeter of the floor looks like it came from a garage sale off the street. Behind the bar is a sign written on some loose leaf«NOTIPS, NOLOVE» or something like that. I’ve been to basement bars in Adams Morgan, but this part of this bar is in pretty bad shape, especially when you consider the other two floors. The bathroom is also dingy. BUT, when I’m out here with my girls, I REALLYDON’T CARE. I’m not thinking about the décor, and neither is anyone else, when we’re in here drinking. Just thought I’d mention that. Purgatory has about the same vibe, same music, just a little nicer and definitely fewer creeps. The bathroom is always down on this floor. Heaven seems like a completely different place. There is A/C, nice[r] furniture, the bars are nicer. There are full bathrooms, although they stink at times. It’s much bigger upstairs. They play mostly Top 40 I believe. The drinks are expensive [at least for my broke college student pockets] and watered down or just taste like juice, so I try to refrain from getting drinks. Unless someone is buying me one of course =) People aren’t just standing around, everyone is just trying to live it up!
Brian M.
Évaluation du lieu : 2 Wichita Falls, TX
I usually try to give places second chances and have been here three times. The place is divided into three floors, heaven, purgatory, and hell. Here is a review on each: Heaven was almost completely empty two of the times I went and the other time it was a decent little dance spot. Purgatory is smelly, sweaty, and completely packed. Don’t go with a decent pair of shoes on and make sure you don’t look at the wrong person, the customers aren’t the friendliest of people. The drinks are weak and pricey. Hell is just that, hell. It is awful. It was muggy, smelly, and I literally had trouble breathing. Maybe they want it to be hot down there to play off of the whole«hell» theme but it is tacky and gross. You would think a place like this would be free, right? No, there is a cover charge.
Chris H.
Évaluation du lieu : 1 Rockville, MD
I went here with a group of friends after a birthday dinner. Is this place heaven AND hell? No, it’s just hell. Yes, it is a bar in Adams Morgan, so nothing spectacular should be expected. The décor is gross, it is DARK, the drinks were weak and made with the cheapest alcohol imaginable, and there was a line run by some douche bags who yelled at people for smoking outside. The music was pretty much everything you would hear on the local urban stations. I didn’t dislike it, but I can listen to the radio stations in my car for free. Keep in mind that there is a cover. I didn’t even make it up to purgatory or heaven. It was so bad I left my friends there to go people watch. Adding to the pleasure of my experience was the fact that this place gets CROWDED. That is not due to popularity, it just happens to be small. Since it was crowded, I was lucky enough to smell someone’s lack of deodorant/soap. This is not the fault of the owners, but it speaks volumes about who goes there. The table we were sitting at was suddenly taken over by 40 year old women. Taken over as in we were pretty much ousted. But hey, if you like those sorts of things you’d have a good time here.
Raynell B.
Évaluation du lieu : 4 Washington, DC
Great place. Its old. The name speaks for the spot Great Music on each floor Drinks are excellent not expensive @ all. We had blast I really enjoy myself. Great little spot to hit with your girl for a last minute hang out. Afterwards you Must get a Slice of Pizza its A Must! I’m soooo going back!
Jan B.
Évaluation du lieu : 2 Oxon Hill, MD
OK so Heaven or hell was OKAY! I can’t really get the part that dealt with Heaven being disco music, really nobody up there, and not so diverse crowd! Then you have Hell, which is primarily African Americans, Hot as HELL literally, rap and go-go music! Huuummm it definitely made me wonder was there an underlying message or something… Sad! I gave it stars because I met a really nice guy there, for the 10 mins i was in Heaven! O yeah still had to pay cover on Saturday night and it was only 1 hour left to party, that was BS!
Candace H.
Évaluation du lieu : 1 Washington, DC
Hell, floor 1: Named appropriately. At just after midnight three ginormous curly haired women showed off their freakum moves. A middle aged drunk man in a faux leather jacket and sunglasses hung on to the ceiling, appropriately three inches above his head, as he danced. The Hell DJ deserves one-third of the single star allotted for this review for creatively laying reggae over some danceable hip hop. Purgatory, floor 2: Where we entered — I looked around, a little bit in shock — and was told by a friend that the place is even better than it used to be. I had a hard time understanding that the blistering, bare design was intentional. We ordered drinks, and another one-third of the single star goes to the too-busy-for-you bartender who made up for making us wait 25 minutes for a drink by filling my jack & coke with pure jack. Heaven, floor 3: Bad disco lights, bright blue paint, a strobe light, and top 40s laid over bad late-90s pop make this place another Adams Morgan institution to ignore. Final one-third of the single star for the five or so good looking men I saw on this floor. That kind of made me happy for a few minutes, until I realized I probably wouldn’t ever want to date someone who thought that this was a cool place to spend their Saturday night. On the way out, a drunk db wearing a wedding veil(must have been his, yes, –his– bachelorette party) slipped down the stairs and proceeded to knock over some AdMo sign pointing patrons into another dirty bar. Funny fact: You can see a total demographic change depending on what floor you’re on. Typical Adam’s Morgan bar, with a theme.
Ann L.
Évaluation du lieu : 1 Kathleen, GA
My first time going up the staircase to enter this craphole I was told I would have to pay a $ 10 cover when there was only one half hour left before the bar closed. I thought to myself«what kind of place is this?!?» as I laughed my way down the staircase. Nearly two years later I got to find out. First of all, the place is frigid, despite there probably being well over 200 people there. The décor is absolutely the strangest I have seen in my entire life, with the exception of maybe a diner in the Bronx. They have black light murals painted on the wall. Not only that, these murals are based on actual paintings and artwork. If you are planning on making a pilgrimage to the Sistine Chapel at one point in your life, don’t come here as you will be sorely disappointed. There were two bartenders at the bar I used — one guy and one girl. The man was dressed up rockabilly style and made a comment about«having three starving children» at home. I think he was joking, but I don’t know his life. The lady bartender looked tired(this was still 9 pm, mind you). Really tired and seemed really confused. I ordered two rum & diet cokes, not that intense of an order that you have to repeat it back to me twice to make sure you comprehend it. But the drinks were cheap and once I was onto my third r&dc, I wasn’t minding the place but I sure was embarrassed to tell my friends to meet me and had to leave.
Juliet A.
Évaluation du lieu : 3 Washington, DC
Late night dance parties? Oh yes. I would love to come back here and try the much-raved about 80’s night, but I wasn’t disappointed with the musical selection on Saturday night. Lots of hip hop, 90’s, and 80’s tunes to get down to. All sorts of people(and I really mean all sorts) come here to just have a good time; I doubt anyone was trying to take themselves too seriously(except for maybe the guys who were trying, unsuccessfully, to get with the ladies). Some trashy(read: sloshed bachelorette busting out of a nasty white corset outfit) and some not so trashy clientele made for a pretty diverse crowd. Not such a fan of the green and red glow lights everywhere. The drinks are pretty weak, and not cheap(especially considering they are served in plastic cups!). Bartender Sean is pretty sweet, and hails from NYC, so that gets him points in my book. $ 5 cover charge, plenty of room for dancing, open late.
Victoria S.
Évaluation du lieu : 5 San Jose, CA
Words can’t even describe my love for Heaven & Hell — I mean that’s where I met my husband of 3 years(9 years together). How can you top that… it’s a funny story that doesn’t really need to be told one more time. During my wedding the pastor mentioned Heaven & Hell and used it to make a funny analogy about marriage. I guess without H&H I would not have met my husband so I must give it 5 stars! And also for the long-haired blond guy who yells to the street«Heaven & Hell» — anyone who has lived in DC long enough knows who I am referring to and god bless that guy. Back in the day, when I was a regular of Adam’s Morgan, my friend and I would say«door nazi» and he would let us in for free with no cover and no wait. Not sure how we came to know that but it worked every time. I haven’t been there in years… is that door guy still around? What happened to its sister club, CRUSH? Wow… I miss those days of my youth. Excuse my nostalgia…*sniff*