DNA Lounge

Great place to watch some awesome bands!
I was fortunate enough to see someone stage dive and get drugged out like a rag doll.

Buy your tickets at the door to save on the over priced service fee.

This nightclub and event space turned out to be better than I expected. Attended the Mortified "Doomed Valentine's Day" show this past weekend. The line to get in went quickly with no problems or delays at security nor at the ticket counter to check in. Most of the seats for the event were reserved, though I came early enough to get a seat without paying the higher reserved seat ticket price. There were a few lounge/booth seats as well, and limited upstairs seating. The audio system and lighting were stellar here, clear and effective sound and stage lights for your viewing pleasure, and a practical layout, with bars on both levels. It never felt overcrowded or uncomfortable. A fun and casual atmosphere, lots of talent on stage and endless laughter from the audience throughout the evening. I loved the show, but the venue is part of what made it such a great experience.

The upstairs section of this place is horrible. Went to a sold out show on 2/22 and never plan to go back. The capacity is way over crowded with little space to move and so hot it was suffocating. In addition, drinks were expensive and the bathroom situation was a joke. Super long line in a slim hallway with tiny bathrooms that had the doors open with only one stall with stinking up the whole area. Lastly, smog machines should not be allowed in a space that is already choking on excess hot human breath .

What a garbage hole. Not a single person in line for food and 6 staff members talking about Trump or some political trash ignored me for almost 5 minutes. Then I waited 20 minutes for a disgusting undercooked piece of pizza. Too top it off even if you purchase some of their rat dropping food you can't even use the bathroom to wash you hands. This dump show will be out of business soon. What a mismanaged urinal mint.

I went for Y2K night and had a lot of fun. Only the main stage was open but it was a good vibe. All of the workers there were nice. I tried a drink and it was not really good though. It was an enchanted drink with green apple vodka, I would definitely try out more drinks because I think I just chose the wrong one. I would recommend.

So I went out with my boyfriend and our friends for New Year's Eve. While most of the night went well, sadly, it took a bad turn. My boyfriend and I were separated from our friends and accused of drinking too much despite having only two drinks. It felt very discriminatory and homophobic, given other people behaving very obnoxious and explicit, while we were just dancing and enjoying our night. It felt unfair, unsafe, and I wish my partner and I could have enjoyed our night out in a more comfortable way.

I've been here many times over the years when they had Bootie every Saturday, but I went back for the first time since covid recently for their Taylor Swift and The Weeknd themed NYE party.

I was luckily able to find parking on an alley street a block away. We checked Uber pricing out of curiosity when we left around 2 AM, and it was $100 due to NYE pricing, so I'm glad we saved ourselves some money.

The place hasn't changed a bit. I've always appreciated that they have multiple rooms, so you can walk freely between the three rooms when you want a change of dance floor or music.

There are multiple bars too, so if you think the line for one bar is too long, you can always go to another one. I think there was one bar downstairs and three upstairs, so 4 total. Coat check is $5 and is located upstairs.

For NYE, they had a big vat of balloons above the main dance floor, so it was a fun place to ring in the new year and watch the balloons and confetti fly right at midnight.

The only thing is that the music wasn't really remixed. For most of the Taylor songs as well as the songs they played upstairs on the second dance floor (not the lounge inside), they played the whole song rather than remixing it, so it felt more like I was at karaoke rather than a club. I miss the Bootie remixes back in the day!

For folks who want something to snack on after dancing, the pizza spot is open next door. We got a slice of pizza around 1:30, and it was a long wait. We saw people ordering whole pizzas which significantly slowed down the line.

I'm glad we came to Bootie for their NYE party! It was a fun time and felt like a throwback for me.

David from DNA kicked us out because i gave a drink to a girl to hold at an 18+ event (advertised as 21+), and apparently she didn't have a "wristband" so they kicked us out because she was HOLDING (not drinking) a margarita for my roommate at an advertised 21+ event. The signage was non-existent, and they wouldn't hear us out. Ridiculous, never coming back again because they assume the WORST of their clientele! If it's a 21+ event on social media, why are you letting in underage clientele? Ridiculous Venue!

This review has been a long time coming... oh boy.

I've been going to DNA for about 6-7 years now, and it has surely gone downhill. The staff are just horrendous! Although I love everyone working at dna pizza (tasty) & at the ticket booths (super sweet) ... + the head of security as well being super dedicated and cool .. these other security guards are for sure on a power trip.

I've had a friend of mine unfortunately s**ually harassed by a man , whilst his group of friends surrounded my group of girls and I , making us feel unsafe. He wouldn't stop touching her as she was clearly under the influence when all we wanted to do was sit down after dancing. How the security handled it? They kicked him out thankfully, but when everything was all said and done, we were also yelled at from a masculine presenting female security guard (who is new working there) to "move out of the fucking way" (waving her dirty rag towel at us) for her to clean a spill up at a table NEXT to us. We clearly weren't in her way but she has a tendency to redirect her anger onto the attendees.

Not only that, at one other show she has screamed at me with a flashlight in my face saying "if I see you vaping one more time you're done here" -- how about you stop the men behind me from smoking that joint , huh? There were numerous amounts of people smoking inside (cigarettes, joints, vapes) but I guess she remembered my face and went for the jugular .

Oh!! And not only that!! I was assaulted by a woman in their bathroom who broke the door down on my transgender girlfriend and I. I filed a police report the following morning. And? They told me without an officer actively there during the scene of the crime, they will refuse to give me security footage of that woman being there at the venue & being kicked out because of her hurting me. Even with an active police report , I still could not get the footage from them to help support my police report against this woman ... only having evidence of the wounds she's given me.

This place used to be a safe space for me to dance and have fun with my friends, I come here at LEAST 2x a month since early 2017. I understand the vaping rule, I do, but you have your attendees vomiting, defecating, fighting allllll outside of the venue. What about them? Why not handle that? Then they are let back in?! You all handle things at this venue so horribly, it's shocking they are still up and running after COVID... I go to support my favorite local artists and gf to have a good time, but I have pure sheer anxiety just going to this venue alone. I never had this feeling towards DNA Lounge, ever. It sucks this all crumbled like a cookie.

I have been going to the DNA Lounge for a very long time. There's a lot of really great stuff about this venue- they have excellent staff (professional, aware and kind), an awesome security team, a fabulous sound system, talented and friendly bartenders, and a variety of different events. They also have adjacent DNA Pizza which has a fun crew, tasty bites and late nite snacky options. I am a fan!