ZO Lounge

Not a very happening place for a night club. Bad location and almost impossible to get to.
Big giant dance floor and about 10 people in the place. Looks like it has potential but where it is located on US 19 and also being in Pinellas County it will never be as good as if the same lounge was located in downtown St. Pete or South Tampa.

It’s a Saturday night and I’m walking out of this place now. The music is great, old school jams to current hits. That is the only reason I gave it 2 stars. We walked in to the 65 and over crowd. We waited for a bit to see if the ALF bus was going to pick them up, but no luck. We were the youngest group of people in there. If you are looking to be entertained, this is a great place to people watch. Lots of interesting birds!

Latin night on Friday, no cover and ladies drink free until midnight. Very good drink specials on other items. $ 5 Bacardi, $ 3 Corona, $ 4 house margaritas.
Old school night on Saturday and it gets busy. People are extremely friendly, great staff and an entertaining crowd. Nice to have a dance spot in Clearwater without a bunch of electronic music and kids with glow sticks running around.

Very disappointed. I read online that every Wednesday was girls night and it was $ 1 drinks for ladies all night. I get there, pay the cover, order a drink and find out that drinks are full price !!! I paid $ 7 for a horrible drink with barely any alcohol in it. And paid $ 5 to get in. Such a rip off. 12 $ for a drink that had way too much cranberry and a disgusting amount of lime in it. This was my first time there and I won’t be back. There aren’t many places in the area but I’d rather go to the dives than this place now. Went over to freaki tiki for $ 5 all I can drink. No cover either.

I’ve tried to go to Zo on 2 separate occasions, but never finally had the chance to check it out until this weekend. The 1^st time I tried to go, it didn’t work out because the parking lot was literally so full I could not even find one single spot left, which seemed like a good sign for the future. The 2^nd time I tried, I arrived around 9:00 and there was a sign on the door that says «We are closed, will be back at 9:30», which seemed kind of weird and I wasn’t in the mood to wait around.
So finally last night I went, there was a $ 5 cover charge at the door for everybody which was fine. Inside, there is a pretty decent size dance floor along with high top tables and booths lining the walls and the bar is in the middle. We arrived around 10:30 or 11 and it got busier and busier by the minute. The bartender was friendly and served us quickly, drink prices were pretty reasonable (and this was made even better by the fact that I had a $ 15 for $ 30 living social deal). The music was a mix of old school throw back as well as current top 40 songs.
There was truly a wide age range of people here, seemed to me like there were many people ranging from 30s all the way up to people in their 60s and 70s on the dance floor. My friends and I, who are in our mid 20s, felt a little bit out of place but it wasn’t a big deal at all. We stayed for 2 drinks and did some «people watching» before heading to another spot.
Overall it was fun, good music and nicely decorated, but certainly caters to more of a «middle aged» crowd than the average nightclub would.

This place is worth a visit, especially if you are wanting to dance and not just hang out at a bar for the night. Some friends and I were here on a Saturday night and the music seemed to be old school, which was fun. There is a small outside patio for smoking and staff was really friendly. It wasn’t very busy when we were there but the atmosphere was nice and you had the typical club crowd. The have a couple of different bars in separate areas and several high top tables and a dance floor. There was a modest cover charge and drink prices were fine.
FYI: When we showed up around 12:30, there were cops towing cars that had parked in the grass and not on the gravel. (The bouncer asked us when we got there where we parked and filled us in.) When we left around 2am, cops had people pulled over in the parking lot doing sobriety tests. I’m not sure if this is typical of this place, but do yourself a favor and have a true DD, or just take a cab.

I am so glad we have a place to go without having to drive to Tampa! ZO is just what we’ve been waiting for in pinellas county. my group of single, 30-​something, professional ladies have been driving over that bridge for way too long to socialize with civilized professionals and not just party kids. Nice going guys. We loved the atmosphere and the service staff were extremely accommodating and friendly! Mb