I wanted to visit the new club Beach Haus, but I was told by security at 11PM it was closed. I could claim the race card but to be honest I think you have to pay for membership to get in here. Backup clubs The Temple and TheClub were closed as well – Even on Christmas Eve, many places are closed, and Kings Cross looks desolate. A lady promoter nearby handed us free entry cards to Trademark Hotel. I didn’t like it as the last time I attended the Eve event but, I really had no other choice, so with our free entry cards, there was nothing to lose, let’s check it out!

The central bar and lounge area at Trademark hotel

The central bar and lounge area at Trademark hotel

Eve (aka eVe) @ Trademark Hotel

Assessment Time: 11:40PM – 02:15AM
Opening Hours: Unknown – 4AM?
Lockout: Did not appear to be a lockout. The cashiers were still there when we left.
Address: 1 Bayswater Road, Kings Cross, Sydney
Venue Website: http://www.pianoroom.com.au/trademark/index.html
Promoter Website: http://www.boymeetzgirl.com.au
Occurrence: Every Friday
Outside Line: There was no line outside and we got straight inside. I was told by the lady I had to hide my wig and then put it back on inside, as they may not allow it past the door.
Dress Code / Door Policy: Casual seemed to be ok tonight as numbers were low. I would suspect the dress code to be more strict on busy nights, but tonight, it was casual ok. I wore a green t-shirt, black clean sneakers. Majority of males wore collared shirts with jeans/pants, while girls wore mostly dresses, though there were a handful of girls wearing jeans, as it was a cold and rainy night. However the vast majority of girls looked their best. There were some people in Santa hats as it was christmas eve.
Entry Fee / Cover Charge: $15 standard full entry. One of the promoters/managers gave us a free entry ticket for use before 12AM. During a break just before 1AM, she was still outside giving out her cards, so I am not sure how that works.
Guestlist: info@boymeetzgirl.com.au, or through the various individual promoter facebook pages which are easily found. 
Inside: Enter ground level to walk halfway upstairs to the cashier. Walk all the way to the first level to enter the main bar area to your left. To the right are lounges and a separate sectioned off lounge area to hold 50-80 guests – a possible VIP area on busy nights. Bar sits in the middle of the whole setup, within lounges surrounding the North, East and Western sides. The southern side of the bar is where the DJ is located, complete with dancefloor, podium, and mirrors in the far corner to give the place a bigger feel. It needed it, as the floor was quite small at about 30-50pax.
Cloak Room: None could be spotted or found.
Bar Prices / Line: The drinks are not cheap here. The prices escape me, but think along the lines of Ivy, Establishment. This is what Trademark is about. You needed to order water from the bar, so the wait was around 5 to 10 minutes. A bit long. At times as i wait for my water right in front of the bar, other people would just cut in and order. So rude.
DJs: Unknown tonight.
Music Style: Mostly contemporary American RnB tonight, with some top 40, hip hop and some house thrown in. It was good enough to dance to all night.
Crowd & Ratio: The majority are Caucasian from a Aussie-European background. Some Aussies here, some Asians, some Africans, some Indians. A bit of everything. All appear to be well dressed so its not the sleazy type you would expect. There are a number of people here to keep the dancefloor busy. The ratio was probably just about even or 40:60 Women to Men, so nothing to complain about. Also spotted some other people here who were earlier walking around the streets of Kings Cross looking for a club to go to.
Entertainment: No extra entertainment.
Atmosphere: On the dancefloor itself it wasn’t too packed, so it never overheated. You did have your own space and at times, there were spots on the floor where you could express more bold dance moves if your heart desired. The dancefloor and lounge area directly next to it were the busiest, with people mingling there. People are friendly here. The rest of the club was pretty desolate, with about 40% of the club being completely void of people.
Video: 360 of the main dancefloor
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Desperately looking for a club to hit for Christmas Eve, and a lot of clubs are not open.. except for Flow, who are holding a once off Thursday event… nice – so here we go!

Flow Fridays @ World Square Pub (WSP): Thursday 24th December 2009

Assessment Time: 11:30 – 3:30am
Website
: http://www.flowfridays.com.au
Address
: 680 George St Sydney (Formerly Equilibrium)
Dress Code
: Casual / Smart Casual. Girls wore dresses, and most guys wore nice shoes with collared shirts.
Door Policy
: Tight on the female/male ratio. Bring girls with you if you are a guy wanting to get in. Many a man hath been rejected from Flow for being alone or by grouping with his fellow man. This in turn helps with atmosphere
Guestlist: See website
Cover Charge / Entry Fee: $10 tonight for all patrons. Only for tonight, as there was less patronage on Christmas Eve/ Thursdays.
Inside: The Flow event is only held upstairs. It’s a small room for 200 or so people.
Cloak Room: None
Bar: $5 Gin and Tonics
DJ: Typical Asian RnB DJs on rotation
Music: RnB
Crowd: Entirely Asian.
Entertainment: Not even an MC tonight, so it was just the DJ holding the show together.

Atmosphere: Very dead in the beginning – usually its packed on Fridays, but it *is* christmas eve. Around midnight it still isn’t packed, but it is getting busy. At around 1am the place is definitely very packed now, which was pretty good.

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