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Last updated 1.13.12

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Featured Review

Katie Heffernan

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In Short – This intimate, intoxicating theater is a two-story collage of lush fabrics, fringes, chandeliers, feathers and curtains, and the colorful stage production recalls the Folies Bergere of 1920s Paris. Marveling the modern-day audiences are forgotten turn-of-the-century virtuoso acts--fire-eaters, knife-throwers, contortionists--accompanied, of course, by lovely little helpers in pasties. Those seated on the main floor become the playthings of performers and beloved drag queen host Raven O. Dinner is equally sensory--beets with goat cheese, veal cheeks and gorgonzola-stuffed…

Editor's Tips

Know Before You Go:
Tables run an astonishing $600 to $2,000, they don't include dinner, and they're tough to come by.
Where to Sit:
Do what you can to sit downstairs, though views from the balcony are decent--its beautiful bannister is cushioned for unabashed hanging over.
Save Money:
Wait in line for standing room at one of the late shows and pay only $25. Or, book a table for the one weekly early show, Saturdays at 7pm, when tickets are $125 and include a prix-fixe dinner. The drawback? The show's less rowdy and risque.
When to Go:
Late shows begin around 12:30am. Doors open at 11pm on Saturdays and 10pm all other nights.
ambiance
100.0% positive
  1. great atmosphere!
service
50.0% positive
  1. The staff is extremely nice and hospitable(they even pass out popcorn!)
  2. Once inside, it's always cramped, the bartenders are slow and there is soooo much smoke in the air, you should get tested for emphysema afterwards.
  3. My service was horrible to say the least and it was just poorly run from the moment we walked through the door.
  4. good service.
wait time
0.0% positive
  1. Once inside, it's always cramped, the bartenders are slow and there is soooo much smoke in the air, you should get tested for emphysema afterwards.
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

03/13/12

NYC Nightlife

by Ariel Amir

If you are looking for good parties in NYC,with a local NYC crowd

Places like: KISS&FLY, TENJUNE, 1OAK, LAVO, Riff Raff's, Gansevoort Park, SL and many more

places in the Meatpacking district

I promote few different spots every night and always have a VIP table or a table on the dance floor.

I meet my guests outside the club and personally walk them in.

Table reservation? Bottle service? I can make a table reservations in almost every spot in the city, getting the best tables in the club and best prices.

Celebrate birthday, bachelorette party? i can get you the best deals

TEXT ME: 347.822.2175

And I will get you on the GUEST LIST

you can also add me on Facebook:

Ariel P Amir

Twitter: @ArielPAmir

-Ariel-

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

12/09/11

NYC Nightlife

by arielamir

NYC NIGHT LIFE

If you are looking for good parties in NYC,with a LOCAL NYC CROWD

Places like: KISS&FLY,TENJUNE,1OAK,JULIET,GREENHOUSE,LAVO and more

places in the MEAT PACKING

DISTRICT

I promote at every club, I have table with FREE DRINKS FOR MY GUESTS and I PERSONALLY will walk you in

If you are looking to reserve a table I can get you great deals

TEXT ME:347 822 2175

and I will get you on the GUEST LIST

you can also ADD ME ON FACEBOOK:

Ariel P Amir

Ariel

1 Star Rating: Poor

10/01/11

Please DO NOT waste your time or money!

by femmedeluxe

I had heard nothing but bad things about The Box, but a couple of my friends were throwing a new Glam-Rock-N-Roll-Gay-straight-Tranny-indifferent Glitterfest this past Thursday night. Sounds fab, right?! Well, it was anything but. The venue lived up to, and far exceeded every horrid thing I had heard about it.

First of all, the venue is absolutely stunning inside, but the staff is downright ugly. A cocktail waitress was dancing in the aisle (instead of actually cocktailing) and bumped into me, spilling half of my $17 drink all over me. Yes, that's right - $17. She went to bump into me again and I held out my hand to keep her from knocking me over. She promptly spun around and physically grabbed me and screamed in my face, "Don't you put your f*cking hands on me!", then the other cocktail waitress jumps in and tells me, "You don't f*cking touch my waitress, I'm having you thrown out!". I then demanded to speak with a manager ASAP. He was OK, and said to forget about it and I was more than welcome to stay. Looking back, I should have slugged the witch, or called the cops.

Second, after that incident, a bouncer had roped off the walkway to the tables and was not going to let my friend and me go back to the table that we had been previously sitting at the entire night. We had to "prove" to him that we had actually been sitting there. I'm sorry, but I don't have to prove sh*t to you when we've purchased 5 drinks that cost a total of $86 dollars. That's before the generous tip we left. Nice.

Lastly, we were beyond fed up with the horrible treatment we received at this glorified whorehouse (they allow men in the Ladies Room and have benches over the toilets and foot rests to brace yourself against so you can have sex in the stalls. Classy & hygienic), so we decided to leave posthaste. We went upstairs to the VIP lounge that was set up for my friends who were hosting the party. Mind you, I was INVITED. I was stopped at the entrance by yet another bouncer with a power-tripping ego problem who told me "You can't come in here.". I told him my friends are throwing this party, I was invited, and I was on the list he was holding. Not to mention the fact that my friend was standing about 10 feet away. He then told me my friends were not allowed to have anymore guests come in. Um, yeah. I told the

bouncer I just wanted to tell my friends that I was leaving and say thank you to them for inviting me, that's all. His response to me was, "Then you can call or text him from outside to let him know you left." After asking him if he was naturally this rude or if he took a class in Assholery, he finally let me in.

Needless to say, my friends were extremely unhappy with this whole situation, as their friends and guests received terrible treatment, and they were treated like garbage as well. They packed the club to the rafters, brought an obscene amount of money into the club because they have a huge following, and were still treated like sh*t. They WILL NOT be doing their party at The Box ever again. And that makes me smile from ear to ear, because The Box just lost what would have been a huge cash cow for them. Haha!

All I can say is, 'Eff this joint.

1 Star Rating: Poor

06/03/11

Avoid!

by happynyer

...Or you will be up for some miserable experience that begins with a rude doorman and continues with mediocre service and not so original show.

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

04/23/11

Fantabulous Venue for chillax

by ElvisNewman

The Box was super cool from the moment you step in. There was not a dull moment for the whole duration.

To top your enjoyment, the box must have hired models

as their waitresses. The drop dead gorgeous Lauren was charming, perky, friendly and hospitable all at the same time. If you have a top 10 list of things you must do in your life time, experience at the Box is one of them.

The Details on The Box

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  • great sight lines
  • unique place
  • awesome sound
  • extremely nice staff
  • good service
  • great atmosphere
  • awesome quality space
  • terrific spot
  • amusing spectacle
  • slow bartenders
  • beautiful interiors
  • great show
  • entertaining repulsing
  • famous bands
  • beautiful theater
  • full stomach
  • loved box
  • fail big
  • great crowd
  • brilliant design
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