The event ‘LKF’ has been closed at the Civic Hotel, and thank god for that. The promoters have moved their Saturday event to another venue, Mr. Tipply’s under the new moniker “Nova”. Time to check it out!
NOVA Nightclub Saturdays @ Mr. Tipplys (Formerly City Hotel)
Nova has been running since September 2014 on a Saturday weekly basis. The promoters aim to keep out the riff raff by promoting the event as for VIP only (i.e. Men with money to spend on alcohol) and promote attractive waitresses for “one on one” service. Kind of borderline sexual. The promoters directly target the Overseas Chinese crowd in Sydney by bringing in popular Chinese celebrities or DJs.
Essentials:
Opening Hours:
10:30PM – 4:00AM
Address:
349 Kent St (The old City Hotel)
Parking:
There is nearby street parking on Kent St or at the Kent St carpark with weekend flat rate.
Venue Website:
Event Website:
Promoters:
Mizuya Entertainment, Dynamic Entertainment
Occurrence:
Every Saturday since September 2014
Dress Code / Door Policy:
Smart casual at minimum, but I got away with running shoes, a hat and t-shirt. (I had just returned from the Hardwell concert) To be sure, we asked the promoters and security if it was okay to get in looking like poor uni students. They said it was fine.
Entry Fee / Cover Charge:
Tonight it was a full blown $30. It’s finally happened outside of Marquee and Ivy. Massive hole in my wallet.
Passouts: No passouts before midnight.
Guestlist: See website for details
Cloak Room: $5 initial reservation and $2 for bag re-checks. Standard for an Asian club.
Bottle Service / Table Service:
There are ten bottle service areas inside the club. Any object that resembles a table is converted to a bottle service table. The pricing per table is unknown, but typically you are looking at for a few hundred dollars per bottle. Tonight:
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After being kicked out of Hugo’s (she tried to steal a huge 30cm candle), and being refused entry to sapphire (she didnt have ID), we snuck into Candy’s…
Candy’s Apartment // Thursdays
Address: 22 Bayswater Road Kings Cross / http://www.candys.com.au
Cover: $10
Music: House
Crowd: Touristy / Euro
Timeline
Getting in
I really thought we would be refused entry as she didn’t have ID. She just walked by security as they looked at my ID! We walked down, then she shoved me through past the counter and we basically got in for free! Nuts
Atmosphere/ Music
We got in 11pm it wasn’t too packed.. lots of room to dance around, but enough anyway. The music was housey but not commercial. Trash House? It was a good balance of men:women. At around midnight the floor was pretty much packed out. Very good,and the music was better (more electro) by this time.
She pulls down a wall on herself
She stood up on the front stage where the DJ was playing. I came up after and we dance. She went up to the DJ booth and held onto the wall. She leaned back and the wall slowly moved backwards, and started to fall!!! She fell down, and the entire side of the DJ booth wall fell on top of her!! Jesus christ what a mess. Luckily, it was a foldable woodem wall, and the wall had folded a bit, so that she was lying in a folded wall gap. You just had to be there. The DJ started applausing my friend for her efforts.
‘We are so getting kicked out’ I think… but instead of being kicked out, people are helping her up, and let us dance again!! Truly bizarre.
Coda
Left at midnight cos I work on Fridays. Shouldve stayed longer.