Allure Nightclub

I don’t even want to give this place one star. Never EVER again will i go here. The bouncers are looking for a fight and got inappropriately aggressive with one of my friends — who wasn’t even as intoxicated as they made him out to be. He was shoved to the floor and escorted out for doing nothing! We spent a good chunk of money at this place buying rounds for friends and such, so we’ll take our business elsewhere. Be careful here. Worst experience ever.

I was in Pioneer Square with my husband on a beautiful sunny early Wednesday evening and thought we would take advantage of the patio and happy hour. There is one other patron sitting at the bar eating food.
We sat on the patio. Super slow service, especially since we were the only ones in there to really attend to! I had to ask for menus. After lots of waiting we finally order 3 happy hour items 1. beef skewers with mashed potatoes, 2. chicken skewers with rice, 3. tempura prawns and veggies. We wait and wait and wait. Finally, the food arrives. The skewers come with potato wedges instead of mashed potatoes and rice. The tempura is sub par and consists of onions rings, carrots, and the same potato wedges that have been deep-​fried. The prawns were actually pretty good and the best part of the whole meal. Because I now feel like I am really eating bar food, I need ketchup. I go inside to request ketchup. Our guy is no where to be found. I wait, then finally go back outside and decide to try back later. Next time, I find him and he brings ketchup. While dining, I seriously had to do a lot of the work getting up from our table to chase him down that I should have deserved a tip!
While we had been there, another group showed up– clearly from out of town, who was also ordering off the happy hour menu. I finally heard them comment, «Well, here comes our food. I guess we can stuff our faces and rush out of here.» Sounds like their experience was pretty similar.
This place needs to really decide what it wants to be: a trendy club? a happy hour spot? able to cater to the tourist crowd? It does look awfully cool inside, but Lord knows I’ll never want to go back on a weekend and try it! Even when I tried to Unilocal about it, I couldn’t find it at first because it’s called Allure, not Ibiza! Please, whoever you are, if you don’t want to put the time and effort into being open for happy hour, then simply don’t! You are running people away from wanting to ever come back and go «clubbing» here because your initial impression is so poor! And from reading other Unilocal reviews of your nighttime program, it seems you could use all the help you can get in the area too!
These two stars are for neat décor, decent patio, and clean bathrooms.

Disappointment! Ack!
My friends and I got there before 11pm to avoid the cover fee and our names were missed on the guest list but the lady was nice enough to let us in. She should anyway because the place was pretty much empty for a club/​lounge on a Friday night. It was so empty that if I wanted to, I could count all the people there and the total would be under 30.
I was really disappointed. The layout of the place was great. Two bars. Great, roomy dance floor with flashy lights. Even the bathroom was nice with a huge mirror to check yourself out! My friends and I waited and waited for the place to get happening but it just wasn’t and the clock was ticking to midnight already. People were leaving instead of coming in. In the end, we gave up on the place and went elsewhere.
I have decided though, if I wanted a big birthday party, this place would do. So I am giving the place a star and then another star because there were TVs playing the Mariners game and I got two free cups of nice, cold water.
Boohoo :(

Wack.
See the review I posted of Trinity. Same story, different club, more asians.

Came here for a friend’s bday party, and I really enjoyed it! Despite the short time I was there. Loved the circular bar area, with seating all around, and best of all: UPSTAIRS! The VIP area was awesome, with couches, a mini bar, champagne, and can accommodate more than 2 different parties.
I came a little early to get my stamp for re-​entry, but the first 150 or so girls got free champagne. Score! The place was pretty DEAD though, past 11. It was not until 1145ish when it was popping.
I liked how the place wasn’t not overpacked. There was enough room to have a bit of space to actually dance (and not mush and grind against strangers) but it was kind of small. But the DJ was playing great tunes too.
The bathroom was surprisingly pretty clean. To wash your hands you share with the men outside. Drinks were decent. My AMF had the right amount of alcohol and started feeling it an hour later. Prices were average ($ 8ish). The VIP bar was limited, so mostly… shots, shots, shots!
I like how they have lots of seating available, and a cool, huge curtain/​beaded screen which projected pictures from previous club events.

Allure or Ibiza or Allure? I liked Ibiza but now it’s Allure. Would you know that? Probably not b/​c they never bothered to change out the sign! The lines was disorganized and bouncers take the small amount of power they are given and amp it up by 1000. Annoying.
Went there for a friend’s birthday party and he forewarned them that they would need to staff it with more bartenders but they didn’t. I felt bad for them b/​c they were nice. 4 bartenders at 2 bars for 100+ people = no alcohol.

So Ibiza went out of business. And now it became Allure.
Same owner, just remodeled interior. It’s a lot nicer actually, but everything else seems pretty much the same. Trendy people come, but there isn’t much to pack the place out. I don’t know why though — it’s kind of a phenomena.
Bartenders are nice and ambiance is hip (for Seattle). Owner is also cool and welcomes all of his guests accordingly… though for some reason, people just aren’t packing in this place. I think Ibiza/​Allure has become synonymous with always being empty. Quite unfortunate ~ people always prefer the louder, bigger Trinity around the corner.

I’m giving this a 4 because I’m doing a double rating of the food (3 stars) and the atmosphere/​ambiance (5 stars).
The location is pretty nice… deep in the heart of Pioneer Square on a busy avenue. It gets great light on a nice, sunny day, which you can take advantage of in the outside eating area. The inside is awesome looking. They have a ton of big comfy sofas surrounded by large see-​through curtains. It’s kind of like an ultra-​lounge inside.
The food, on the other hand, wasn’t as interesting. The prices are nice during happy hour, but the taste wasn’t all there. We got a few appetizers like the shrimp scampi and the veggie tempura. Both sort of lacked taste.
I really liked the setting of the place and want to go back to try it out late at night. Maybe the non happy hour food is a little tastier. We’ll see.

I simply dig the set-​up at this glitzy nightspot. The beats are funk and peeps — well — quite lovely and mature. I particularly enjoy the Friday happy hours — with DJ Forrest Gump (run Forrest) alongside DJ Miss Broadway — talk about classics and fusion — hey — they get down? The food menu is scrumptious and the flavors eclectic — for a lounge/​nightclub establishment. I walked in last Friday at about 5 and was happy to see Damon Yang there as manager — formerly of Contour — and was always an excellent host — go there for a good time minus the drama!
KA – aka — wil

Trendy and elegant… not too snotty. :)
Food items are good too. There’s this chicken quesadilla for 3 bucks or something. :)

This review is for the food this time. HORRIBLE is all I can say. I went here a few weeks back for some sort of fundraising event. The cheese on the nachos we ordered was already hardened by the time they were delivered to our table. The fries were soggy and lukewarm. Their buffalo wings were ok… but it felt like they were just popped in the microwave. I was surprised that this place even served food but after trying it, I don’t understand how they manage to stay open.

My friends and I showed up at 10:30 at Ibiza for my friends birthday on friday. We were suppose to have free cover since we were on the list but they made us wait outside till 11:05.
When we got inside it was EMPTY. They just wanted to make us pay cover. That wasn’t even the worse part, the drinks are EXPENSIVE.
Summary: If you’re willing to shell out the cash and deal with the douches at the door, this place isin’t THAT bad. The music was nice and the crowd was pretty diverse.

I’ve been here a few times and so far they have all been sucky crappy experiences, nuthing great!
Music was lame!

I went here on a Friday night… and WTF, it was SO empty!!! What’s going on? I was so surprised how empty the place was… and kind of pissed. I mean, girls didn’t have to pay for cover but our guy friends had to pay $ 10. Their drinks are also REALLY weak… I kept asking the bartender to pour a little bit more alcohol in my drink (it was a friggin midori sour but then again, I probably should’ve ordered something stronger anyway) BUT he was like «I can’t, the liquor board’s watching.» And since I was kind of buzzed already, I was like «where are they?!» And then he walked away… sad.
Anyway, I don’t know what went wrong on Friday but this place is usually a lot more crowded and more fun. But I enjoyed the music too, my favorite song of the moment «Cookie Jar» by Gym Class Heroes played and I went crazy!

Went to Ibiza last weekend for a birthday party. The atmosphere is pretty good for a club — good lighting (dark but not too dark), big dance floor, good décor (although with the name I’d like to see a bit more Spanish flare), a couple of large bars, and swanky couches. The private party room is pretty good (good view of entire club) and minimums for table reservations are reasonable.
The DJ (90% of how I rate clubs) was fun and encouraged the crowd. I would have preferred the tracks sped up a bit more and also more mash ups.

Save yourself from a miserable night of chaos, lousy food, and pretentious service.
Our waitress came very seldom and provided a very poor level of service to begin with, but that was just the beginning of the catastrophe. After one lousy course, two forgotten orders, and an hour of waiting, we finally asked for a check and planned on getting more food somewhere else. The waitress forgot that we had already given her our credit cards (!), so we gave her our names and hoped she’d figure it out.
After waiting at the table for ages, I approached a manager and explained. As it turned out, the waitress totally jumbled the whole thing and ended up giving my card to a stranger’s table, who then paid their tab with my card!
The manager tried to make it right, but after everything that had already transpired (and that our waitress was rude from the start), forgiveness just wasn’t possible.
Food: 2 out of 10
Drinks: 4 out of 10
Ambiance: 3 out of 10
Décor: 6 out of 10
Service: –1,000,000 out of 10

My friends and I arrived a bit on later side, nearly midnight. The door was roped off and we asked the door guys if we were able to walk over it — no response. Awesome.
We meet up with my friend and she gives us VIP bracelets which gives you access to the upstairs section. There is a bar up there, but drinks were pretty expensive in my opinion.
Sure, the décor is nice and all, but that’s about it. Service and staff seemed snooty and unfriendly.
I won’t be back.

So, after a plethora of drinks at Joey’s, the Asian crowd that I was with decided to go to…*drum roll*…an Asian club! Or at least, that was my first impression of Ibiza.
The place is a two story nightmare of loud music, gyrating people who look entirely too much like they’re trying hard to be a few socioeconomic classes below where they truly are, and high priced drinks.
The dance floor was ill-​placed — I walked through many couples attempting to dance and got a few annoyed stares. I absolutely stood out being one of maybe a handful of guys among a hundred in a button up shirt and tried to blend in as best as I could. However, there’s just something to be said about the Beast vs. Breast Coasts and their differences.
There was a VIP area upstairs that didn’t seem well utilized — I mean, honestly, I don’t gather that Ibiza is where you’ll see any popular celebrities or Seattle Socialites — but it was replete with a bouncer and velvet ropes… very pedestrian.
Won’t be back to this one if I can help it.

Alright. Someone has to say it — Ibiza is totally an Asian club. Believe you me, I’m no stranger to or hater of the Asian social scene, but a whitey needs a little warning!
Yes whiteys you will have bigger (albeit natural) boobies, a bigger ass and you’ll be generally larger than all the other girls there. Be prepared to get a few «hey sexy white girl» come-​ons too.
But otherwise, sleazeballs are sleazeballs, skanks are skanks and this club is like any other. The drinks are overpriced, after 11 the cover is like $ 20, it is over crowded and sweaty. Ladies — dress skanky, everyone does. Low cut tops and short ass skirts are prevalent.
So why’d I give it 3 stars? What is Ibiza’s saving grace?
The music.
Possibly the best DJ in town, my friends and I haven’t had so much fun dancing in a long time.
Oh and the bathrooms weren’t bad either. There’s a nice and big, full length mirror for the ladies– always a must when boobs and crotches are so dangerously close to full exposure.
Now I have all the Asian-​fetish horn-​dogs of Seattle flocking to Ibiza’s. Forgive me Ibiza, hopefully you’ll let me in next time I want to get my groove on!

Microsoft Prime 2008 – 2009
Ambience: 4
Food: 3
Value: 3
The place is a club during the late nights. I don’t understand why they even pretend to be a restaurant. They also didn’t want to accept the Prime Card; think the final price came out wrong. The inside is nice and interesting. The night we went there were two bachelorette parties. The food was very mediocre; the steak was chewy, the sandwiches were adequate but overpriced. It’s a good place to go to dance/​hang out, but for eating, look elsewhere.