Hiro Ballroom
(212) 242-4300
371 W 16th St
(at 9th Avenue)
New York,
NY
10011
40.7421
-74.0034
Neighborhoods: Chelsea, Midtown
What People Are Saying About Hiro Ballroom
The Editor
Contributor
Citysearch
More Kyoto than Tokyo, this Japanese-themed room fills up with edgy beauties and rockers. Paper lanterns of many sizes, shapes and colors cast a dim, sexy glow across the high and round-ceilinged room, with the aid of votive candles and red string lights. Embroidered satin banquettes line the perimeter, providing good stadium-style sightlines for stage shows, and VIPs congregate in the balcony lounge, where nooks are sanctioned off with rice paper screens.
User Reviews
bomb07
January 18, 2009
Went there for a bday celebration tonight. We did a table with bottle service. Went with 9 guys and 9 girls, but our group originally showed up with 9 guys and 4 girls (with a group of 5 girls coming later). We only got two bottles, but the doormen were cool enough to let our entire group skip the line, and just have the people not getting bottle service to pay the cover. No issue was given to our skewed guy to girl ratio either. We told the doormen that a group of 5 girls would be coming and gave their name, he told us to have them ask for him and he'd take care of them. All the negative reviews about the doormen may or may not be true, but I experienced real cool and polite doormen tonight. After the bottles were polished I went to the bar for a drink. $11 for a Crown Royal in a NYC nightclub is not overpriced IMO, so again the reviews about overpriced drinks I can't really understand either. The space is big and the tables are nice. My only complaint is the crowd wasn't that great....how much that matters can vary, but it certainly keeps this place from getting 5 stars.
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TracyFlick84
September 22, 2008
These bouncers unfortunately portray a negative lower-soc-economic stereotype placed on them by society down to a T. Angry. Wanting a fight. Wearing a doo rag to their place of employment. Wash your hair! They angrily and intimidatingly verbally assaulted my friend for simply waiting for me at the door for me, and started yelling at him 2 inches away from his face. When I asked them what they thought they were doing, they escorted me out of the club, pushing me (a 116 pound female) out. It is one thing for a bouncer to be firm, but it a completely different thing for him to be disrespectful and telling us "to come back so they can fight us." My friend was in the Navy, and because he was taught class there, he kept himself from an altercation with them after much of my convincing. Perhaps they think they are God's Gift because this is their job. Perhaps I should feel bad because they are probably not formally educated, and that they will never amount to anything but opening and closing a velvet rope for the rest of their lives for people making 30 times their salary. But in all honestly I am shocked Hiro would employ them, because I genuinely used to like Hiro.
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hiimdh
August 25, 2008
Nice place. overpriced drinks like any other place. crowded because they put tables everywhere, obviously to make more money. dance floor could be much bigger, but it wouldn't matter because the DJ's (all three) are horrible. I've been there several times and all three times, the DJ was disappointing. They couldn't transition songs to save their lives, which left people standing around the dance floor waiting for the next song. I'd recommend this place if the music wasn't so bad. My winamp playlist could do a better job.
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The Extras:
Start the night with sushi at the Maritime's Matsuri.
Know Before You Go:
To join the chic table set, call in advance to book a table.
On the Menu:
To deviate from the Grey Goose bottle standby, try a carafe of Sake instead.
Category:
Nightclubs, Bars & Clubs, Lounges, Bars & Pubs, Hotel Bars
Payment Methods:
American Express, Visa, MasterCard
Bar & Pub Special Features:
Bar & Club Type of Music:
DJ - Rock, DJ - 80s & New Wave
Bar & Club Special Features:
Smoking Permitted:
No
