New York City Nightlife, Nightclubs, Restaurants and Bars: Our Guide to New York City Entertainment
Even though the city got bigger and built its nightlife more for tourists, New York is still teeming with nightlife for locals and travelers. NYC is known as the HUB of the jazz world as all the greats got famous here and newcomers know this is the place to do it. New York also has some of the most popular and exclusive dance clubs in the world. There are many lounges, so there are many places in New York for you to find a nice and comfortable place to sit, drink, and listen to music. NYC caters to partygoers of all ages, hosts the widest range of great concerts by world-renowned musicians, and is world famous for the comedy clubs that the world’s most famous comedians call home.
We went on a Friday night looking for a nightclub with a cool atmosphere and someone recommended Ace of Clubs Nightclub to us so we jumped in a taxi and $ 40 later we arrived at Ace of Clubs. When we walked in the door, things didn’t seem like our style. It was a bit noisy and the drinks were a bit expensive. So we went back to our hotel in search of something better.
On the way to the hotel we asked the receptionist to recommend a nightclub for us and she told us to check out which I guess is a new nightlife directory which was a breeze. We wrote in New York City, picked a nightclub, and it showed a bunch on the map. So we chose the closest one that said it had drink specials, since we had spent so much on taxis, we went down and took a taxi there. When we got there it was EXACTLY as shown on that ploose site (we had seen a couple of video tours so we knew what to expect). We went in and got a table and bought a bottle of gray goose and had a great time. It was called “The Pink Elephant” (name of the nightclub). We had a great time and went back to our hotel to pass out.
We spent the next day doing touristy stuff, visiting Fifth Avenue, walking through Manhattan, stopping at a random couple of restaurants for lunch, and by the time night came we were exhausted. We decided we needed something a bit more low-key so we checked ploose again and found a great little lounge nearby and decided to check it out. It was called the Sapphire Lounge. It had a very classic decoration, like a party in your living room. The red curtains looked great! There was a modern DJ playing house music and the prices were very reasonable. We highly recommend it.
Sunday came and we wanted to watch the soccer game so we went to a nearby sports bar. We found Proof NYC and let me tell you I was VERY glad I went there. I had a HUGE TV and I’m talking about 8 feet long – this TV was no joke. The bar had wooden floors and scarlet walls. They had great beer specials that day too, so we got lucky. We ordered some food and had our drinks enjoying the last day in New York City.
Before leaving the city for good, we had time to stop by a jazz bar called “Blue Note”. It was one of the best jazz bars I’ve been to in the world and for any jazz fan I highly recommend it. It was at half or more capacity but not too crowded, beautifully decorated and the featured musicians blew us away!
In short, New York City has a VERY wide selection of entertainment options to offer. Next time we go, we will review the Opera and Broadway and give you our recommendations there.
Work hard, party more, and get home safe and sound.