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05-04-2012, 11:02 AM
Nope. None of us could get past the bodyguards tonight. It was wack.
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05-04-2012, 12:52 PM
Guest list is a way for them to screen undesirables from their club. If you were a woman, they would not have that line. Discretion at its highest. Not to say you are undesirable by no stretch of the imagination, just they have orders to minimize the dudes, maximize the females etc.
I understand it can be frustrating and you just want to have a drink. Well, if there is attitude at the door, odds are there will be attitude in the club. Somehow, that attitude is contagious. The women will be similarly cunty. Try going on an off night, and strike a small conversation with the doorman, he may remember you on the Saturday night and lift that rope up for you.
You prob won't do this, but moonlight as a bouncer for that club. Get the documents you need, and speak to the manager. Bouncers, have gotten more tail than many without doing many approaches. there will be no riff raff in that place which means less rowdy behavior. Making your night simple, and focus on any targets. Bouncing has been discussed on here, do a search if interested.
This phenomenon exists in many places. Even here in the gulf middle east. Playing cool with the doorman, and get some gals to go with you there. Might do the trick for that velvet red rope to get lifted.
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05-04-2012, 01:44 PM
Part of the reason I don't go to Hollywood. I can't stand the door and the drama. Such a waste of time, I have better things to do than hope that a bouncer would let me in to a venue. Most of the time "the list" are just buddies, frequent people in the "circuit", etc. Its not really exclusive, its totally haphazard.
The thing is, eventually as the hype dies down, the crowds go to the new spot and the people that were previously denied were so slighted by the rude behavior of the door staff they write the place off and it eventually goes belly up Which is why the clubs in LA open and close so quickly.
Trust me, its never worth it. Go somewhere else.
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05-04-2012, 02:38 PM
Did you offer to slip the guy $100?
At hot clubs, unless you know someone, that's about market rate. If you're lucky, you could get two guys in for $100.
But you need to either know a guy at the door or be prepared to grease.
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05-04-2012, 02:41 PM
Hollywood is one of the most overrated experiences ever. It's a production. Plus, if you're not rolling with coke, it's much harder to pull.
"The Boy and Girls Guide to Getting Down" was pretty damned on-point.
But it's a very predictable scene. If you get a table or give the door guy $100, and roll with an 8 ball, you're not going to have any problems.
If you're not prepared to play that game, then it's going to be a point of frustration.
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05-04-2012, 02:45 PM
Why would you even want to go to a place like this? I don't understand that.
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05-04-2012, 03:52 PM
The standard rules of getting into a club do not apply to Greystone. I would not suggest handing a c note to the bouncer.
I've written about Greystone before.
I have an in through industry work. I'm not really willing to say more than that or drop info to people I don't know personally, but here's what I suggest:
You need to be great friends with a higher up at SBE. What I would suggest is going to a sister venue that is much easier to get into and make nice with the General Manager. For instance, you might go to The Bazaar or Mercato di Vetro, both of which are owned by SBE. These are restaurants so there is no line or bouncers. You still need to go decked out though to establish yourself as a playboy of the highest order. Dress up, G Manifesto style. Show up and leave in a cab to leave some mystery. Say you're staying at the W in hollywood. I HIGHLY suggest you have a business card, and not one identifying you as the assistant manager at your local Blockbuster.
You don't need to drop mad cash at the restaurant. Order some apps and a few decent glasses of sparkling, red wine, or cocktails. You can do this for under $100. Make nice with your server, tip 25%. At this point, ask to speak to the general manager. When he comes over, tell him this:
"I like the style of this place, are all SBE venues like this? I heard about someplace called Greystone Manor and heard some good things, do you recommend it?" They'll drop some line about how it's great but can be hard to get into, possibly leaving a little leeway to the possibility that they could get you in. Stand up, give them a firm handshake and introduce yourself. Tell them you're in town for a few days on a business trip and want to get some fun in, hand them a business card, make it known that you are a "someone" even if you're not, and tell them very directly, "You know, I'd like it if you could call ahead and get me on the list. I have some clients/associates who are coming into town in a few weeks and I'd like to direct them to the best spots in the city."
When I go to Vegas, this is how I get VIP service everywhere. In the hospitality industry, restaurant managers, sommeliers, doormen, chefs, etc, all hang out together. It just so happens that restaurants are not exclusive, but clubs are, but the people running all of them are connected to each other. So establish connections where you can and branch out from there.
If you can get into Greystone on a Thursday night, congrats. It is probably the highest concentration of hot women in L.A. right now, all of them slutted up.
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05-04-2012, 04:00 PM
On a note about Hollywood, most of it these days is fucking ghetto and whack. I haven't gone clubbing in at least 6 months. You couldn't pay me to step inside playhouse or Kress.
Clubbing is only worthwhile if you have hookups. Any effort you make into clubbing should be directed to establishing connections at EXCLUSIVE venues. Drai's is fine now, but Drai's in the first 3 months of business was a whole other animal. You need to jump on clubs while they're still white hot and very exclusive. Otherwise it's not worth the effort.
If you can get into a club in its early days, it's instant DHV, because only someone who's "somebody" can get in. Pulling girls can be like shooting fish in a barrel.
Contrast that with the bullshit experience it turns into 6 months or a year later and it's not even the same thing. Clubs typically don't make money by being exclusive, so at some point when finances turn south they open the doors to every wannabe clubber piece of shit in a 20 square mile radius.
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05-04-2012, 04:37 PM
True that. And I don't really think pulling up in an M3 or Porsche will get you in either. Shit's a dime a dozen. I've seen groups of HOT girls outside Greystone and they couldn't get in. Exclusive clubs are an entirely different animal than "common clubs" or "international clubs". Exclusive clubs aren't about letting loose and having a great time, it's about status and posturing, and for guys like us, pulling some hot ass.
Just like there's something gratifying about pulling a hot girl while spending the least amount of money and effort possible, such is the way with clubs. Don't spend money on these places or buy a table. If I took the hottest girl out of Greystone, guarantee you I've seen a girl EQUALLY hot walking around on the street, at my local Coffee Bean, at a farmer's market, or at a more casual venue. The ONLY difference at Greystone is you will see these girls in much, much higher concentrations.
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05-04-2012, 04:39 PM
If you don't buy a drink in a sleazy strip club they will kick you out. Mike cf is spot on. These high end venues if you will, don't waste their time with cheap dudes. You gotta play. And that is $. Try suiting up, but the dude 3737 is right about restaurants. All these place are somehow intertwined and connected.
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05-05-2012, 03:03 AM
Basilransom makes some good points. Myself, being Of eastern European descent love all kinds of women, from all backgrounds. In Toronto, I am sure elsewhere, when a club becomes overbearing with one ethnicity you have to see what your poison is. I think some east Indian women are hot, but they are notorious for sticking to their own kind. Why should I even bother if the odds are stacked. Waste my time, and she may be downright bitchy. Ruin my time. Forget that. So, when I see them in a club I am cautious. Same with italian or portugese women. When she says she is Italian, it's a let down. No offense to Italians, but Italian women in clubs can be bitchy. Then you see her dancing with a busted up dude. They just ain't my fave. For me it's not a white thing, it's a background thing of all the positive and negative stereotypes nd from my ptprevious interactions with them. However, if I see west indians ( trini) Ethiopian, latinas in a club I love it.
Well, you can always go the day game route and some cool lounge. It's too much of a headache to even bother with this place.
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05-05-2012, 03:11 AM
Basilransom makes some good points. Myself, being Of eastern European descent love all kinds of women, from all backgrounds. In Toronto, I am sure elsewhere, when a club becomes overbearing with one ethnicity you have to see what your poison is. I think some east Indian women are hot, but they are notorious for sticking to their own kind. Why should I even bother if the odds are stacked. Waste my time, and she may be downright bitchy. Ruin my time. Forget that. So, when I see them in a club I am cautious. Same with italian or portugese women. They just ain't my fave. For me it's not a white thing, it's a background thing of all the positive and negative stereotypes nd from my ptprevious interactions with them. However, if I see west indians ( trini) Ethiopian, latinas in a club I love it.
Well, you can always go the day game route and some cool lounge. It's too much of a headache to even bother with this place.
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05-05-2012, 11:58 AM
Good point Basil. L.A. is racist as fuck. In fact, I'd go so far as to say there's a club "phase out" that you can monitor just by the ethnic demographic. Once a club hits the month mark, they start letting in tons of rich Persians. Then it's huge groups of asians. Then the real decline starts when they start letting in huge groups of black people. It's bullshit, but anyone wanting to know how to navigate the L.A. club scene should know this.
At some point wanna post the data sheet? For dudes here wanting to club in Hwood they should go to King King or Avalon, where the emphasis is more on just having fun and dancing rather than posturing.
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