It’s a weekend in Melbourne – tonight I was not planning to hit any clubs, but unfortunately friends felt like celebrating the new year again…. OH LOOK ITS A CLUB ABOVE THE CASINO! I’ve been before and didn’t really enjoy it (I was alone), but friends wanted a dance fix… we were literally just at Sensation the night before! Well, here we go!

Assessment Time: 1:00am – 3:30am

Website: http://www.crowncasino.com

Address: 8 Whiteman St, Level 3 or 4.. somewhere at the top.

Dress Code / Door policy: Casual clothing ok. No large groups of guys. Saw a group of 5 guys get the ‘Guestlist’ excuse. I step up on my own and I am allowed right in with no guestlist question. Unlucky.

Entry Fee / Cover Charge: $20 for access to fusion and the other club. $15 if you just wanted to stay in Fusion.

Guestlist: None, but check website in case.

Inside: Inside fusion is a main room to hold 200 or 300 people. Podium at front. Lounges at the back. Upstairs in the corner is a smaller room to hold 100 or so people which plays different music.

In the other room, it was one room, with two bars, a total capacity I reckon of 300 or 400.

Cloak Room: none that I could fine.

Bar: Did not utilise bar

Music: Current Contemporary Commercial House in the main room, RNB in the upstairs. I wasn’t sure if it was because I was tired from the night before, but I wasn’t into the RNB tonight, but the house tunes I got into. Friends want to stay in the RNB room though here.

In the other club.. it was just one room – a mix of rnb / pop and house. Lots of party tunes.

Crowd: Mixed. Main room there were more euros. Upstairs more asians and indians.

Entertainment: No extra entertainment for the crowd tonight while I was here

Atmosphere: Pretty packed throughout the entire night. Very solid, very good. However it got pretty smelly upstairs.

In the other room it was average.. but got worse and worse as the night got on. Many sausages, with just enough girls to keep you in, but meh.

I drank and now I am tired. I gave up dance in the rnb room. I think most of tonight we were trying stupid pick up lines

My friend wants to pick up chicks. So he talks to them. He needs a wingman so I come in and push her against the wall and dirty dance with her. Friend copies me. IMMEDIATELY a man friend comes up and starts an argument with my friend. Her boyfriend then comes.. my god. This is not good. Her boyfriend has come to apologize on behalf of his drunk friend, and actually likes that we are hitting on his girlfriend. Sigh. >_>

I liked house music and my energy got back up again. Ready to party! Danced with some random people. Random people looking and random guys dance with me dance to house music – they think I am awesome. So do I.

Friend wants to leave. It’s 3:30. Fair enough. We go, but I secretly wanted to stay here and dance.

I would say go to Fusion, but not the other club, it is not worth the extra $5. Or even better, find another club! haha, but this is pretty good if you like to party until 4am.. a good turnout tonight.

Fusion @ Crown Casino Complex–  6.5/10

The other club next door I dont know the name to– 4/10