Poetry Nightclub

Wow! I’m not surprised this place got shut down. When I went, I hated it. My friends and I wanted to know where we could find a club that catered to mostly hip-​hop and such and we were directed to this place. Yeah, Vegas, I thought your clubs would be on point? Poetry was more like blasphemy to night life. Obviously, this must have been the only club for my fellow black folk. The music was typical and the club was pretty small. I’m almost sure that they were in violation of capacity. Also what I hated the most was that you could only sit down if you were in the V.I.P. section. I was tired the whole night because I couldn’t sit anywhere to rest my feet. Yeah, this is one place that needed to go.

I loved loved loved this club! It was the only place that played all hip hip/​r&b and none of that top 40’s crap. I’m so over the Vegas Clubs with the cookie cutter people.
I miss you POETRY! Open back up! I will get a damn bottle if I have to just to be there grand opening night!

WHEN THE IN THE WORLD WILL YOU RE-​OPEN!!!
I’ve been waiting for TOOOOOOOOOOOOOO effin’ LONG!
I am not happy! :T
All the other clubs keep playing House music! BLEEEHHH!!! Please open up again!!!

I cannot even express how mad this makes me. Poetry will be closing until they can open a new spot!
POETRY WAS THE ONLY PLACE THAT PLAYED HIP HOP!!!
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Poetry nightclub at the Forum Shops to close
Poetry Nightclub inside the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace is closing.

Have been going here when it was called OPM. We come here all the time when we’re in LV. Staff is top notch, orderly, and polite. Drinks are mad stiff, and come fast. Music is ALL THAT. Being from Frisco, I love that Franzen basically runs this place, and mad love is always shown to those from the Yay Area. Oh, and not to mention the Ambassador of the Bay was celebrating Poetry’s 6^th Anniversary when we went, oh yee-​uh! 40 Wattuh had it goin’ on, please believe… He performs here often. If you’re reading this, are from Bay, and don’t know where to go in LV, GO TO POETRY!!! You will not be disappointed. Ladies are hot, guys are fly…
And when in town, listen to 97.5 FM, because they’re ALWAYS lettin’ people on the guestlist… ALWAYS! And LADIES, free champagne until midnight, helloooo? Hooked up all the way around.

So after our hell of a boring time at PURE we walked our drunk asses over to Poetry. The sound of hip hop was like a breath of fresh air. Our first appearance was Thursday night around 1:30 am (or should I say Friday morning?) No cover (worked some magic) I think ladies were $ 20? Anyways… we had sssooo much fun here… we danced all night… I had the best time here. Drinks came fast… everyone had a blast! If you like hip hop music this is the spot to be.
We actually came back for round two the next night and it was just as fun! I will mos def be stopping by every time I’m in Vegas…

Almost close to 4 stars like real close.
Okay a lot of people were saying this place was hood, ghetto, blah blah but it was actually nice. I did see how people said it was ghett…
For vegas. this club could be way better though and it’s in Caesars…
*They did serve ladies free champagne before 12!
Anyways we had a great time because they played music we liked all night long… Hip hop. R&B. all that good stuff. Swaggin n Surfin. lol
Good DJ! The security ppl working the VIP ropes were very nice and let us sit in the VIP seats that were mostly empty so we got to have our own space and dance in our own space!
We really appreciated that cause our little feet were hurtinnnn.
Oh yea i forgot to add the venue was a bit too small…
Good times to add to the Vegas book… ahhhh…
Song of the night: Lil Wayne: «Always Strapped» !!!

There is something to be said for GOOD hip hop music… all night long.
BUT, as far as Vegas goes — this is a bit weak. I don’t remember the bartenders. There was nothing «amazingly fun», and it was $ 30 to get in. There are many, many clubs where it’s $ 20 to get in and that includes at least 1 other club.
It is centrally located, so that was a plus, but I would not go back.
Talk about a meat market. Literally… the walls were lined with dudes hissing and grabbing.
Not cute.

When: Thursday night
Music: Hip hop, top 40s, and some rnb – def no complaints
Cover: $ 20
Size: Small dance club. VIP/​bottle service areas roped off a lot of the area.
Vibe: A great way to ease into the night – not huge and overwhelming like other big Vegas clubs. No waiting in lines that never move.
Perks: 1) Ladies drink free champagne before midnight (at least that night); 2) No line for the bathroom (and it was clean); 3) Quick and attentive bartenders
Verdict: If I was nearby and didn’t want to wait to dance I’d definitely return. Basic club. No bells and whistles. Just dancing. Good stuff.

Went to Poetry on a Thursday night and the place was packed. $ 20 cover for Vegas is not too bad. The dance floor is is pretty small, but there is enough room to get your groove on. They played some good music, mostly top 40 hip-​hop and r&b.
When my friends and I arrived we had already been drinking so we did not have too many drinks, just a few shots which were reasonably priced. If I go back to Vegas I will definitely hit up Poetry, best club I been to out there by far!

Poetry is located inside the Forum shops at Ceasar’s Palace, and heres the lowdown:
Crowd: Mostly of Color
Dress code: Dress to impress, guys no Tennis shoes but jeans ok.
The Price: I got in for $ 15 or $ 20 from the guest list, i forget, but its discount price before 11 on guestlist (we got there at 11:07 but they still let us in).
The Drinky Drink: Expensive but good. The bartenders are friendly, they tend to show love when you show love. My girl even spilled a shot at the bar and they replaced it free of charge.
Music: Hip Hop and R&B
Seating: Buy a Table or chicken hawk the bench seating near the bar
Overall fun Factor: a definite stop for anyone who likes hip hop music, dancing, and having fun

I wish we went here during my recent visit to Sin City.
The last time I went here, it was tons of fun– ALL Hip-​hop club, BAY AREA music, cool folk. Some say its where all the ghetto people go, but for real. from what I remember they bring the F U in FUN. Poetry is sooo LIVE!

This is the spot on the strip where the Black hip-​hop crowd goes. Its got some beautiful/​cool women and some straight HOODRAT hoochies. I got a bad hangover my first night cuz I REFUSED to get shook down for 6 bucks for a water. In retrospect, the $ 6 was not worth the hangover I had the next day, but come on, you aren’t go lose much profit if you give away free glasses of water. I met some really nice women in here, but too bad I’m not down for the long distance thing.
If you wanna kick it, come here. If you wanna be seen, or like running around screaming your headoff while holding hands with your barely 21 year old girlfriends, then go somewhere else.
On a unrelated note… while walking here the first night, I saw a man wearing some girl Ugg boots. He was just a normal guy wearing girl Uggs… I had to do a WTF double take. After a quick google search, I learned that there are guy Ugg boots… but he was clearly wearing the girl ones. I hope he was from another country and just didn’t get it.

The music was great, I Heart Hip Hop, but the crowd killed my enthusiasm!
My girls and I showed up after 11:00pm and it was dead! But we still decided to give it a chance –we traded our free drink cards and headed on to the dance floor… only to realize we were the only ones dancing!!! As I looked up I realized that there were a lot of girls starring at us down giving us dirty looks! (WHOA) the last time I checked what you do on a dance floor is DANCE not stand around critizing others…
We felt completely out of place like if we weren’t cool enough to be there… I didn’t bring my sunglasses to sport them out in the dark (I didn’t know what was still cool) and also we felt a little too dressed up since I saw girls in leggings and flip flops! Could you please try a little harder… LOL…not our type of place!

The music was great, but the crowd sucked. It was about 11 p.m. and the club was dead. Short cut line and our free drink cards promised a great start to a fabulous night, right? WRONG.
My girls and I decided that we were going to get the party started by being the first ones on the dancefloor. Too bad there were too many haters that would just walk by and give us dirty looks.
Eww. I’m sorry, but the last time I checked, wearing sunglasses in a dark club at night was just plain stupid. Not my crowd. I’d rather go to Pure.

It’s OPM with a face lift. VIP was full of amateurs. All that being said, it’s a good place to go when you want to see brown people and dance. With the number of promotions they run, if you are a chick, you should NOT have to pay to get in here. I have had fun dancing here, but this is not the typical Vegas mega-​club or ultra-​lounge experience.
Depending on who you are, that is a good or bad thing.

After our horrible experience at Drai’s the night before, I frantically Unilocaled a hip hop club in Vegas. This is what I found.
I called the club around 7pm and I was suprised I was still able to get on the guestlist. I gave the lady my name and told her +1. I asked how much it would be because I was bringing my bf. She told me I’d be free and my bf would only be $ 15, but be there before 11pm. Since our hotel was across the street that’d be no problem. Sweeet!
We got there around 10:30pm and the guestlist line wasn’t long at all… only about 20 people. We got in with ease, paid the $ 15, and when I walked up the stairs to the club I was greeted by ladies with empty champagne glasses. She told me ladies got free champagne before 12am. You know I was going to take full advantage of that!
We were instructed to go to the balcony bar that overlooks the forum shops. Got my champagne and the bf got his dranky drank. The bartender was really cool and apparently it was even his first day on the job.
I liked that on the balcony there were a few spots where we could sit and enjoy our drinks without paying for bottle service. We chatted and sipped our drinks for a bit and went straight back to the bar for seconds. It seemed like every drink we got were only $ 11 each. It’s a couple bucks more than SJ, but for a Vegas club, you can’t beat that.
The music. The music was freakin’ awesome! STRAIGHT HIP HOP… my other love haha. They played everything from old school jams (like Onyx «Slam duh duh… let boys be boys!» LOL), hyphy, Tupac, and new cuts.
The bf and I literally danced our asses off hahaha. The dancefloor isn’t too big and got REALLY packed. But hey… it was CRACKIN’!!!
We got sooo faded, we called it an early night and walked back to our hotel. All in all we had a fun ass time!
If you’re tired of top 40 and mash-​up clubs (like MOST in Vegas) this is the spot for you. I’ll definitely return the next time I’m in town!

Crackin, straight up! Even at 2am! The walk their is so scenic, hah, even though it’s inside.
Drinks: I was celebrating my just-​turned-​alcoholic birthday, so of course I did things big. Perhaps too big. Pukey big. But nonetheless, drinks were good and the bartender was nice. I got an AMF, then a screwdriver, then a tequila sunrise. Whoop! I was gone by then. Seeing stars!
Music: Such good song picks and transitions! They played all my jams that night. I was looking forward to DJ Jazzy Jeff or Biz Markie spinning, but they had this other DJ spinning on Sundays. The only bad thing about the DJ was that he would shout stuff over the tracks sometimes. «Detroit in the house?!» No one’s from Detroit, homie! Just shut up and let the songs play!
Crowd: What a welcoming crowd. Soon as I walked in, this beezy grabbed my arm and used me as an anchor to back her booty into a guy in a wheelchair! Classic! There’s some straight up business-​lookin ppl with their bluetooths who are amusing. I mostly like this place because it’s people of color getting their party on, and NOT some pale-​skin folks gettin super drunk and causing drama. Ppl were getting doowwwnn!
Location: Place is kinda small, but it’s better than those huge clubs that fit 1,000+ ppl. NICE LOCATION PLACEMENT, though. It’s located waaay back in the forum shops, so you have to walk all the way back there to get to it. Pretty slick of them to put the club there, just so that only who ppl know about it can find it, and it wouldn’t attract ppl who are just searching for a party. AND before you can get into the forum shops you have to get past a security guard and bouncer who ask you where you’re going. It’s good they’re keeping this lil gem hard to find.
Go to Poetry. Get your drink on. Dance to chill hip hop. Scope out the crowd. S’all good, baby baby.

I was here on Thursday night, 11/​15, for E-​40s Birthday party; my birthday was on Saturday so I thought what a better way to spend it than with my homie E-​40 Fonzarelli, Harry Bellafonte.
Prior to my trip, I was scouring Unilocal for a good Las Vegas club. I’m not a house music or a mashup person, so it was pretty hard to for me to find a club that I liked. I came across the Poetry website (which is the old OPM) and saw that E-​40 was having a bday party. I was determined to get on a guestlist or at least get in. To do that, I found an e-​mail for a representative from Poetry (you’re not going to find it on the website, you have to google Poetry Night Club), e-​mailed her and she called me back the next day!
My guy and I still had to wait about an hour to get in. We waited in a special guestlist line. I was worried about my guy not getting in because you hear about all these LV club horror stories, asshole bouncers, etc. The guy was really nice. He didn’t even check names for the list, I think just the fact that folks even knew about a guestlist line was enough. I was free, due to the nice guy who flagged down taxis at the Monte Carlo, because he gave us passes, my guy was half off, $ 15.
The club itself isn’t that big. There’s one main dance floor, a VIP area which looked big from the outside. It was hyphy bay music the whole night which I loved; however if I were at a club at home and that’s all they played, I wouldn’t enjoy it. Just the fact that I was in LV and in a place that felt like home, I enjoyed.
There were of course celeb appearances, Too-​Short, Suga-​T, Luenell (from Borat, the hooker that he calls up and then goes to the country bar with), Snoop Dogg, and the Bday boy E-​40. I’ll post pix soon. He performed a few songs on stage, rolling 50 heads deep!
Also there was the hottest go-​go dancer I’ve ever seen in my life. She had an amazing body, great skin, and pretty but a bit Amazonian, not like Xena. It’s worth visiting the club just to see her.

So they close the place for a month, rearrange the couches, put up some new photos on the wall and NOW they’re able to justify hiking up the cover charge since they’ve «added a fantastically new lush, sexy setting». It’s basically the same place as it was before.
It’s not a bad place though. I hate most of the LV DJ Mashup crap so many of the big clubs play here. The whole «Don’t Stop Believin» segway into Nirvana into Sweet Home Alabama etc just gets old. How do people listen to this every weekend and still get excited? So as the only place on the strip to hear hip/​hop and R&B, you got to respect it at least a little. Corona’s were $ 6 and appletini’s were $ 11. I think the drink prices are still the same.