I’m on holiday. It’s a Wednesday. I lost my phone at the last nightclub and I had it returned. It’s time to celebrate at Luxy Nightclub tonight. So here we go!
Wednesdays @ Luxy Club,
Opened in 2003, Luxy has become a staple nightclub for foreigners to visit. It’s one of the most known and I think the oldest running nightclub in Taipei. Often big international acts come to play here. It is also popular among some locals as well.
View from the front looking towards the back
Essentials:
Opening Hours:
22:00PM – 04:00AM
Address
5th Level/Floor, No. 201, Sec. 4, Zhong-Xiao East Road, Taipei, Taiwan 106
You walk into the building and the entrance is on Ground floor. You will then be whisked up the elevators to the proper club level.
Venue Website:
http://www.luxy-taipei.com/
Event Website:
https://www.facebook.com/luxy.taipei.fans
Promoters:
Self promoted.
Occurrence:
Every week since 2003.
Dress Code / Door Policy:
On Wednesday night, there is not real enforcement of any dress code. Friends got in with hoodies, hats. However inside it’s a mixed bag of well dressed guys with collared shirts and dress shoes to the casual person (myself with my running shoes, jeans, and collared shirt). Girls are also just as guilty with a mixed combination of nice dresses towards casual
Entry Fee / Cover Charge:
$500NTD ($20AUD) to enter. The entry fee includes 2 free drinks.
Passouts: N/A
We got in at 10:45PM, saw how dead it was and left. There was no problems with leaving.
Guestlist:
See website. You can also contact 0955 904 600
Cloak Room:
Luxy has self-serve lockers. Rental of a locker is $20 NTD (Just less than $1AUD)
Tonight: Wednesday is ladies night..
Assessment Time:
Dropped in at 10:45PM
Returned 12:45AM – 4:00AM (closing)
Outside Line:
Pretty much 3 or 4 people at the time. No waiting time.
Inside:
Luxy is on level 2. Enter the ground floor for security checks and head up the elevator.
Upon entry into the lobby, you’re in a laser beam light room. It’s a bit confusing when you first encounter it.
Elevator Lobby; Green Lights
Don’t leave the laser too long in your mouth, it actually heats the inside of your mouth up, and probably kills some cells along the way.
Head on to enter the back of the Luxy nightclub. The complex is one big room with a balcony at the back, overlooking down towards the dance floor. The circular bar is at the back and is well-lit. Surrounding the bar areas are the various lounges which are reserved for bottle service customers.
The Main Bar at Luxy Nightclub
At the front is the dance floor, sunken from the rest of the venue to hold about 50-80 people. There is also a long dancing pole, while the DJ is an raised stage away from the rest of the crowd. I assume that the stage is used more for big bands or acts to set up and play on here while maintaining distance from the crowd.
3:00AM on the Dance Floor
Bar Prices / Line:
$200 NTD per shot (Approx $7-$8AUD)
Bottle service pricing: Unknown.
We did what most other smart people did and had pre-drinks at 7-Eleven, about ten minutes walk away.
Bathroom Facilities:
Little to no line at all. Clean toilet facilities
DJs:
Unknown, I think just the resident DJs playing tonight
Music Style:
EDM Tunes, RnB, Top 40. Mostly all the party tunes that people are familiar with.
Crowd:
There are quite a lot of foreigners. I met Russians, Singaporeans, Japanese, Chinese, and of course Australians. I didn’t really interact with any local Taiwanese people here as I can’t really speak Mandarin.
Ratio:
10:45PM – 12 guys when we initially had a sneak peek. Left after five minutes for pre-drinking somewhere else.
12:45PM – Girls were here! Ratio was still poor at probably 4 guys 1 girl.
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2AM. Phone rings from a girl – It can only mean.. Booty call!! “No” is the answer. Aww.
Even better though – it’s an invitation to go clubbing! Hooray!
At 2AM??
Haha, well I was already in the city, so might as well drop on by – here we go!
Upstairs 2AM general dancefloor shot
Volar @ Civic Hotel:
Assessment Time: 2:00AM – 2:45AM
Crowd: Asian – mixed Internationals and Local Asians. Mostly guys at this time.
Music: RnB
Atmosphere: Packed inside on the dancefloor. there were enough sofas around to sit down on, but nobody here was in a dancing mood.
Bar: The bar appeared to still be busy, but only with a row of people at the front instead of 4 or 5 rows deep.
Entry Fee: Full $25 forked out for this quick visit.
Video:
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As part of the non-rnb weekend, we head on down to Chinese Laundry – a safe place to go, so here we go!
Hanging with a statue depiction of someone probably related to me
Chinese Laundry Saturdays: 14th August 2010
Assessment Time: 09:00PM – 03:00AM
Opening Hours: 09:00PM – 04:00AM
Lockout: There was a lockout, but unsure what time it was. We were told leaving at 3:00AM that once we left we were not allowed back in. The lockout may probably have been 2:00AM
Address: 111 Sussex St, Sydney (above the Slip Inn)
Venue Website: http://www.merivale.com/
Promoter Website: https://www.jammusic.com.au/#/chinese-laundry
Occurence: Every Saturday. Promoters also do Friday nights.
Dress Code / Door Policy: There was no strict dress code tonight. Most of the guys wore casual – shirts and jackets with jeans. Girls were mostly dressed well here.
Entry Fee / Cover Charge: Standard Prices are $15 before 10PM, $25 After. Guestlists available for discounted prices from the promoter website
Guestlist: See promoter website for details
Inside: Nothing has changed since last time. Walk into the bottom level, where the Cave on the left to hold 100 people or so. Chinese Laundry room on the right where the main tiled floor holds 150 or so people. Secondary chillout room behind a wall where the only lounges reside for 50 or so people. TV in the chillout room is playing episodes of The Smurfs. Sand Bar on the top level with a large outdoor smoking courtyard for 200-300 people.
Cloak Room: No cloak room services tonight.
Bar Prices: $12 Smirnoff double blacks. Lines were 2-3 Deep at the Sand Bar and Cave most times. Courtyard and Chinese Laundry had much shorter lines and we bought from here instead.
DJs: Maseo (De La Soul), Act Yo Age, Kraymer, Samrai, Chris Fraser and more.
Music Style: House, Breaks and Rnb/House Mashup. All the commercial house songs were being played earlier as well as a lot of hip hop, old school rap songs too in the Sand Bar. Later on the night it was more of the DJs playing songs they liked, which were not necessarily well known to the crowd, but still danceable to, which was the key point here. Occasionally in the Cave, the beat got pretty repetitive and we needed a break, from the breaks. (pun unintentially intented)
Crowd: Mostly a white crowd, but tonight there was an unusual higher number of asians than usual. Find out later there was a few Asian birthdays tonight, which explained it.
Entertainment: No extra entertainment
Atmosphere: It was a good turnout, but it wasn’t as sardine packed as last time I was here. It may have been because of the lineup not being as strong – the lead DJ was delegatd to the Sand Bar. Either way this turned out better dancewise – there was enough room to dance around without it being too dead. however places like the chillout room in Chinese Laundry were empty most of the time. For me, it was a good balance on the floor, but for people who liked packed out venues, tonight would be a little disappointing. People in general here are having fun and of course are dancing. any other non dancers just hang out at the outdoor courtyard.
Sand Bar Upstairs Dancefloor area
Video: Walkthrough all 3 rooms – Chinese Laundry, Cave, then Sand Bar, then the outdoor courtyard
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