Duvet Lounge

11/23/09

Beware of your Credit Card Charges

by NY Gal at Citysearch

I was at Duvet on Saturday, 11/22/09 and today I checked my bank statement and realized they posted two charges. My drinks came to a total of $28.00 and I see two charges, one for $50 and another for $100. I called and they were closed but they have not heard the last of me! I know the economy is bad but geez! The $30 bucks or so they charge a head to get into the joint is not enough? They gotta rob you blind by adding extra charges onto your bill? This is clearly fraud.

• Pros: Music was good
• Cons: Bouncers are rude to the guys for NO reason

10/16/09

Great venue, great music & great times

by Lotus at Citysearch

I'm not sure if I should trust all these negative comments that I see for Duvet because ppl who are having a good time don't usually take the time to write reviews. I mean if the club disses you because you don't adhere to the dresscode, is that not your fault? These same ppl who got "dissed" and will stop at nothing to write complaints about the venue.

I went with 3 of my girls and the line was really long -at first. But it moved rather quickly and we got inside for free before 12am and the party was already rockin! Drinks were around $12 which is the norm and we partied til the break of dawn! There were ppl on the beds, on the dance floor, around the huge bar and on the stage dancing like there was no tomorrow. I had a great time and enjoyed the vibes!

I'm not quite sure what these negative comments are coming from but if you're not having a good time then don't deflamate the club...blame yourselves!

• Pros: Huge venue with lots to do!

09/08/09

Frankly, it sucked

by tyrone t at Citysearch

Damn it, this place was all bad.

The story:

I'm visiting nyc from san fran, this place sounded like it had a unique idea, so we gave it a shot. We had 4 guys and 3 girls. If you have no girls then you have to buy bottles. We arrived at 10:15, we got in by 11, that's okay. The bed idea is cool but duvet really dropped the ball, their sheets are dirty and ripped, not cool. i opened a tab and had a good time drinking, the drinks were okay. At the end of the night they billed me for items i did not buy, they wouldn't listen to me and threated to call the police, which was okay with me, but i had to fly back to sf in the morning and they wouldn't return my ID without me signing the bill, so i signed. Plus they added an extra 20% gratuity charge. My $150 worth of drinks turned into $250, fail. Now for the pro/con breakdown...

Pros:

- The door guy was nice. oddly he let the guys in before the girls, hah, never had that happen before but i'll take it.

Cons:

- outside in line: Semi-long wait

- Music: the dj was simply bad. there was no rhythm, the genres bounced around at random from dance to hiphop to dance back to reggae. At some points people stopped dancing because we had all lost our groove.

- Decor: No jellyfish in their tank like they say they have. Bed sheets are definitely not white, it's a little gross.

- Service: the wait time for drinks was okay, 5 minutes. At the end of the night i saw that they charged me for drinks that i did not order, plus added a 20% gratuity tax at the end of the night. BEWARE: if you open a tab they will add a gratuity tax and possibly add drinks to your bill; i have talked to several people now that have had this happen. On top of this my bank statement now shows that they are trying to charge double what the bill says. 2 major fails! Unforntunately i'm forced to file complaints with the credit card company and B B B.

Overall:

- This place is nothing, it's below average in every catagory, it's litterally a waste of time plus a little risky because of their billing shadiness.

If anyone else has had them add bogus drinks or falsify your bill, please contact me.