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ashroid
08-19-2009, 12:42 AM
I've been looking at Yelp and I noticed a lot of pissed off reviewers.

It seems to be all the same complaints: I waited too long, I got a drink spilled on me, etc.

It seems like the only people that don't complain are the ones that have the hookups...:rolleyes:

Aside from here and Yelp, does anyone know of any other review sites? Hopefully ones that aren't as critical of the club scene in Las VEGAS?

P-tr-ck
08-19-2009, 01:15 AM
I've been looking at Yelp and I noticed a lot of pissed off reviewers.

It seems to be all the same complaints: I waited too long, I got a drink spilled on me, etc.

It seems like the only people that don't complain are the ones that have the hookups...:rolleyes:

Aside from here and Yelp, does anyone know of any other review sites? Hopefully ones that aren't as critical of the club scene in Las VEGAS?

I don't know any others than yelp, but I noticed the same. But if it comes down to the Las Vegas clubbing scene I'll stick to Jack Colton.com. If you use all the tipps you get from this site, you wont have anything to complain for after your Vegas trip.

blibblab
08-19-2009, 03:44 AM
Here's the problem with many review sites on the internet - typically the people most motivated to write reviews are those who had a negative experience, no matter if it's the fault of the establishment or the reviewer.

dnix
08-19-2009, 06:09 AM
Here's the problem with many review sites on the internet - typically the people most motivated to write reviews are those who had a negative experience, no matter if it's the fault of the establishment or the reviewer.

+1............

royale
08-19-2009, 10:10 AM
Here's the problem with many review sites on the internet - typically the people most motivated to write reviews are those who had a negative experience, no matter if it's the fault of the establishment or the reviewer.

Not completely true. You guys should check out my Vegas list. Its pretty much 75% 5 or 4 stars. I just tell it like how it is..and Tao Beach did suck for the regular joe, but I also said please don't consider this opinion if you have tables cause you will have a great time. Depends whos reviewing I guess. I love Yelp, eventhough their mods are douches and I could careless about their elite sausage fest status.

ashroid
08-19-2009, 12:49 PM
Not completely true. You guys should check out my Vegas list. Its pretty much 75% 5 or 4 stars. I just tell it like how it is..and Tao Beach did suck for the regular joe, but I also said please don't consider this opinion if you have tables cause you will have a great time. Depends who's reviewing I guess. I love Yelp, even though their mods are douches and I could careless about their elite sausage fest status.

What is "elite sausage fest status"?

I hate saying this, but I found there to be a lot of girls on Yelp and many of them seemed to be pissed about waiting in line - hence the low ratings on a lot of the clubs. They also complain a lot about drink prices in the clubs, which are fairly standard from club to club - especially top tier clubs. But, on a side note, would the prices in California match those of Las VEGAS or no? Is that why they complain it's so expensive in Las VEGAS?

royale
08-19-2009, 01:44 PM
What is "elite sausage fest status"?

I hate saying this, but I found there to be a lot of girls on Yelp and many of them seemed to be pissed about waiting in line - hence the low ratings on a lot of the clubs. They also complain a lot about drink prices in the clubs, which are fairly standard from club to club - especially top tier clubs. But, on a side note, would the prices in California match those of Las VEGAS or no? Is that why they complain it's so expensive in Las VEGAS?

Its this status they give to veteran members. You have to apply and be approved by a committee. They have these "elite" events which are all dudes and chicks that love to eat.

PS. I do agree with you about the chicks that complain about the drinks prices. Then they go "HE HE HE My BF paid for it nEwaYz"

Addicted2SinCity
08-19-2009, 01:53 PM
Its this status they give to veteran members. You have to apply and be approved by a committee. They have these "elite" events which are all dudes and chicks that love to eat.

PS. I do agree with you about the chicks that complain about the drinks prices. Then they go "HE HE HE My BF paid for it nEwaYz"

LOL i am laughing so hard at this! i think the way you spelled "anyways" is what really got me

blibblab
08-19-2009, 03:50 PM
Its this status they give to veteran members. You have to apply and be approved by a committee. They have these "elite" events which are all dudes and chicks that love to eat.

PS. I do agree with you about the chicks that complain about the drinks prices. Then they go "HE HE HE My BF paid for it nEwaYz"

Sounds like the Goddess convention (if you listen to This Ain't Iowa, you'll know what I'm talking about... And it's not pretty)

royale
08-19-2009, 05:52 PM
Sounds like the Goddess convention (if you listen to This Ain't Iowa, you'll know what I'm talking about... And it's not pretty)

haha i kind of know what you are refering to.. I m guessing they don't exactly look like goddesses. They probably sport a rockabilly look and play tarot cards on the side.

blibblab
08-19-2009, 07:02 PM
haha i kind of know what you are refering to.. I m guessing they don't exactly look like goddesses. They probably sport a rockabilly look and play tarot cards on the side.

Goddesses? No. Looking like women who's daily diet intake can fill a trough? Yes. And it's scary.

royale
08-19-2009, 08:14 PM
Goddesses? No. Looking like women who's daily diet intake can fill a trough? Yes. And it's scary.

We were kind of the same page.. .
http://images.quickblogcast.com/8/4/1/5/1/123334-115148/fat_chick_drinking_from_tits_thumb.jpg

dnix
08-19-2009, 09:59 PM
Its this status they give to veteran members. You have to apply and be approved by a committee. They have these "elite" events which are all dudes and chicks that love to eat.

PS. I do agree with you about the chicks that complain about the drinks prices. Then they go "HE HE HE My BF paid for it nEwaYz"

sounds like a promotion. think I might apply. :D

royale
08-19-2009, 10:35 PM
sounds like a promotion. think I might apply. :D

oh no.. you don't want to get on yelp. The mods on there are ban happy if you arent on the 'inner' circle...

ashroid
08-19-2009, 11:36 PM
Are there any other websites out there sort of like yelp? I also tried looking up citysearch, but it seemed kind of weak.

royale
08-19-2009, 11:56 PM
Are there any other websites out there sort of like yelp? I also tried looking up citysearch, but it seemed kind of weak.

Yea they are all weak! Only one that is some what competitve and Yelp defects go to is Zagat.com

dnix
08-20-2009, 12:56 PM
http://www.usasexguide.info/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=582

pcket5s
08-20-2009, 01:56 PM
http://www.usasexguide.info/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=582

def just click that shit @ work.... dnix just got me fired haha... the site did load tho

dnix
08-20-2009, 02:11 PM
damn it. sorry. I forget................but the domain name should give ya a hint. lol

pcket5s
08-20-2009, 02:30 PM
damn it. sorry. I forget................but the domain name should give ya a hint. lol

haha I shoulda read it.. I just glanced at it real quick, skimming, and saw usa....forum.. so I was like ok CLICK.... then I saw some females breasteses on the right hand side and was like AHHHH SHITTTTTTT :D

ashroid
08-20-2009, 02:35 PM
http://www.usasexguide.info/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=582

I was told about this website I first started going to VEGAS.

Good site. Good site... :p

blibblab
08-20-2009, 06:26 PM
haha I shoulda read it.. I just glanced at it real quick, skimming, and saw usa....forum.. so I was like ok CLICK.... then I saw some females breasteses on the right hand side and was like AHHHH SHITTTTTTT :D

Just... uh... Yeah... Uh... Just blame it on someone else taking control of your computer!

yo vanilla
08-25-2009, 04:27 PM
Usually the cynics are the ones quick to post their opinions. But I gave Yelp some good reviews of the places I ate in Vegas this summer.

BarrelO
08-25-2009, 08:16 PM
My favorite part about Yelp is how you can rate a review as "cool." WTF does that even mean?

royale
08-26-2009, 11:12 AM
My favorite part about Yelp is how you can rate a review as "cool." WTF does that even mean?

Cool is something you use if its neither useful nor funny..so technically its the worst compliment you can get

tangoplus
08-26-2009, 11:53 AM
Cool is something you use if its neither useful nor funny..so technically its the worst compliment you can get


ive given you many cool votes

royale
08-26-2009, 12:07 PM
ive given you many cool votes

lol where? I didnt know you were even on Yelp..

tangoplus
08-26-2009, 12:22 PM
lol where? I didnt know you were even on Yelp..


loll

and im going to remain hidden :D

tangoplus
08-26-2009, 12:37 PM
yelp is good though.. i used to be a lurker, but i am finally contributing now. i have a couple of well written reviews, if i must say for myself :)

royale
08-26-2009, 01:28 PM
yelp is good though.. i used to be a lurker, but i am finally contributing now. i have a couple of well written reviews, if i must say for myself :)

Thats good to hear. I wouldn't want to intrude on your reviews of chinese food in Toronto anyways :p

tangoplus
08-26-2009, 01:40 PM
Thats good to hear. I wouldn't want to intrude on your reviews of chinese food in Toronto anyways :p


lol im just kidding.. http://tangoplus.yelp.com


chinese food in toronto kicks your ass btw :D

dnix
08-26-2009, 01:46 PM
lol im just kidding.. http://tangoplus.yelp.com


chinese food in toronto kicks your ass btw :D

Are these profile pics really you????? I swear they all look different.

tangoplus
08-26-2009, 01:49 PM
Are these profile pics really you????? I swear they all look different.

i know i look different with different hair.. or maybe my contacts throwing you off?

dnix
08-26-2009, 01:49 PM
yeah its the contacts lol

tangoplus
08-26-2009, 01:52 PM
yeah its the contacts lol


i rarely wear them.. more often then not to clubs

dnix
08-26-2009, 01:58 PM
I think its the hair and different facial expressions. Your current avatar, and the one where your chunking the deuce look similar. Your yelp avi, and the face shot where you look all innocent, are completely different.

tangoplus
08-26-2009, 02:04 PM
"where you look all innocent" lollll

that one is an older photo :) i guess i was innoncent back then....

royale
08-26-2009, 02:05 PM
lol im just kidding.. http://tangoplus.yelp.com


chinese food in toronto kicks your ass btw :D

lol well I don't doubt it... cities with lots of chinese people living there usually has good chinese food.

I was going to send you a compliment on Ghandi..but for some reason it doesnt let me ms high security and no friends on yelp

tangoplus
08-27-2009, 05:52 AM
lol well I don't doubt it... cities with lots of chinese people living there usually has good chinese food.

I was going to send you a compliment on Ghandi..but for some reason it doesnt let me ms high security and no friends on yelp


lol sure you did.. why wouldnt it let you?

and give it time.. yelp's not very popular in canada as it is in US. but it's starting to pick up steam.

royale
08-27-2009, 08:48 AM
lol sure you did.. why wouldnt it let you?

and give it time.. yelp's not very popular in canada as it is in US. but it's starting to pick up steam.

I get this message " eep! an error occurred. try again? " when I try to compliment.

Yea Yelp has been around in the states, but its taking over the world.

royale
10-11-2010, 03:05 PM
Looks like we got more reasons to not trust Yelp reviews..

http://www.yelp.com/biz/pure-las-vegas#hrid:LoabIDtjX6U4ckUe60sWSw

That one is a winner. I know Pure isn't as hot as used to be, but sometimes it depends 'who' is showing up to these venues as well :)

LS6
10-12-2010, 09:06 AM
Looks like we got more reasons to not trust Yelp reviews..

http://www.yelp.com/biz/pure-las-vegas#hrid:LoabIDtjX6U4ckUe60sWSw

That one is a winner. I know Pure isn't as hot as used to be, but sometimes it depends 'who' is showing up to these venues as well :)

Ive been to some other clubs that are not huge per say but i still enjoy myself. There are too many factors to judge a good fun night.

- Line how long does it take? Did you arrive early or late? did you not plan the taxi line wait?
- drinks - price? too expensive? best price?
- Friends - their mood, positive? your mood? pissed? drunk?
- Dancing - stuck up people? friendly people? did you dance?
- Dress code - did you pass? did you get denied? did you prepare?
- did you have fun? - most important rating.

While the bold items are the obvious, the rest are sub factors that will influence the main items .. but these extra sub factors are usually out of our control.

This can get bad for people who are inexperienced with Vegas and well they take their frustrations out on their lack of knowledge. as you get better with Vegas these variables seem dont seem as bad and can be controlled a bit more.

I recall going to Pure and having fun.

elle
10-12-2010, 01:06 PM
Looks like we got more reasons to not trust Yelp reviews..

http://www.yelp.com/biz/pure-las-vegas#hrid:LoabIDtjX6U4ckUe60sWSw

That one is a winner. I know Pure isn't as hot as used to be, but sometimes it depends 'who' is showing up to these venues as well :)

I love Yelp, but I can't take club reviews too seriously because your experience at a club is really what you make of it and the company you keep. That "review" just sounds like a bitchy rant from someone who doesn't even like clubbing!

royale
10-12-2010, 01:27 PM
Looks like we got more reasons to not trust Yelp reviews..

http://www.yelp.com/biz/pure-las-vegas#hrid:LoabIDtjX6U4ckUe60sWSw

That one is a winner. I know Pure isn't as hot as used to be, but sometimes it depends 'who' is showing up to these venues as well :)

I love Yelp, but I can't take club reviews too seriously because your experience at a club is really what you make of it and the company you keep. That "review" just sounds like a bitchy rant from someone who doesn't even like clubbing!

hahaha did you see her profile on there?

royale
10-12-2010, 01:35 PM
Heres another good one for today

http://www.yelp.com/biz/pink-taco-las-vegas#hrid:jbCkRZUpzXcG1PYbgiby4g

If she really looked like her picture, she wouldn't be going to Pink Tacos at the HRH and complaining about the "meat being old"

elle
10-12-2010, 01:36 PM
Haha, yeah...based on her interests, why did she think she would have fun in a big Vegas club? It's like me going to museums and Yelping about how everything was a snore.

BTW Royale, I just saw your profile too and noticed we have each other added. Small world! I'm on there as Lubs :)

MikeyTantalo
10-12-2010, 01:49 PM
vegasreviewspot.com

new site... fun stuff!! already a great post about Mikey T tooo!!

royale
10-12-2010, 02:10 PM
Haha, yeah...based on her interests, why did she think she would have fun in a big Vegas club? It's like me going to museums and Yelping about how everything was a snore.

BTW Royale, I just saw your profile too and noticed we have each other added. Small world! I'm on there as Lubs :)

ah nice! I must of commented on your review at one point or another then :)

royale
10-12-2010, 02:10 PM
vegasreviewspot.com

new site... fun stuff!! already a great post about Mikey T tooo!!

Bookmarked! Its very informative one stop shop for all the clubs..

royale
10-14-2010, 01:54 PM
http://www.yelp.com/biz/tryst-las-vegas#hrid:lxyQSWBxau6-XhvjoqGCKg

One word: waterfall.
It makes Tryst amazing... especially in the midst of the swarm of drunkards. There was NO WAY anyone could move around.

My girls and I got invited to a table with bottle service, stayed for a few drinks, then wanted to split... and in turn the guy whose table it was STOLE our purses because we didn't want to stay! We spent the better part of an hour trying to track them down, and eventually a guard gave them back to us.
After asking where they were, he simply stated, "Just be happy you have them back." THEN, one of the guys at the table "coincidentally" had my friend's camera in his pocket.
NOT COOL.

I know this isn't the club's fault, but right after this incident happened my friends and I wanted to get the fuck out of there.

On the other hand, the benefits were that we got right into the clubs, got some of our guy friends in with no charge (rare in Vegas), had fun on the pole and on top of tables, and the outside area with the waterfall was breathtaking.

BarrelO
10-14-2010, 06:20 PM
Looks like we got more reasons to not trust Yelp reviews..

http://www.yelp.com/biz/pure-las-vegas#hrid:LoabIDtjX6U4ckUe60sWSw

That one is a winner. I know Pure isn't as hot as used to be, but sometimes it depends 'who' is showing up to these venues as well :)

I love Yelp, but I can't take club reviews too seriously because your experience at a club is really what you make of it and the company you keep. That "review" just sounds like a bitchy rant from someone who doesn't even like clubbing!

hahaha did you see her profile on there?

She sounds like the kind of person I would've hung out with in college. But yeah, if you're the riot grrrl type, the Vegas nightclub scene probably isn't for you.

elle
10-14-2010, 09:54 PM
http://www.yelp.com/biz/tryst-las-vegas#hrid:lxyQSWBxau6-XhvjoqGCKg

One word: waterfall.
It makes Tryst amazing... especially in the midst of the swarm of drunkards. There was NO WAY anyone could move around.

My girls and I got invited to a table with bottle service, stayed for a few drinks, then wanted to split... and in turn the guy whose table it was STOLE our purses because we didn't want to stay! We spent the better part of an hour trying to track them down, and eventually a guard gave them back to us.
After asking where they were, he simply stated, "Just be happy you have them back." THEN, one of the guys at the table "coincidentally" had my friend's camera in his pocket.
NOT COOL.

I know this isn't the club's fault, but right after this incident happened my friends and I wanted to get the fuck out of there.

On the other hand, the benefits were that we got right into the clubs, got some of our guy friends in with no charge (rare in Vegas), had fun on the pole and on top of tables, and the outside area with the waterfall was breathtaking.

LOL. Not too smart there...if you aren't going to stay long, keep the purse on your arm!! If the purse is so big that you need to set it down just to have a few drinks, you probably shouldn't have brought it to a club, haha.

royale
10-15-2010, 12:07 PM
http://www.yelp.com/biz/tryst-las-vegas#hrid:lxyQSWBxau6-XhvjoqGCKg

One word: waterfall.
It makes Tryst amazing... especially in the midst of the swarm of drunkards. There was NO WAY anyone could move around.

My girls and I got invited to a table with bottle service, stayed for a few drinks, then wanted to split... and in turn the guy whose table it was STOLE our purses because we didn't want to stay! We spent the better part of an hour trying to track them down, and eventually a guard gave them back to us.
After asking where they were, he simply stated, "Just be happy you have them back." THEN, one of the guys at the table "coincidentally" had my friend's camera in his pocket.
NOT COOL.

I know this isn't the club's fault, but right after this incident happened my friends and I wanted to get the fuck out of there.

On the other hand, the benefits were that we got right into the clubs, got some of our guy friends in with no charge (rare in Vegas), had fun on the pole and on top of tables, and the outside area with the waterfall was breathtaking.

LOL. Not too smart there...if you aren't going to stay long, keep the purse on your arm!! If the purse is so big that you need to set it down just to have a few drinks, you probably shouldn't have brought it to a club, haha.

Sounds like she got what she deserved in that one. Oh I hope you don't rat me out on Yelp that I clown on those guys :D