Fun Crowd, could lighten up on the drag shows that happen every night and sometimes twice a night. If you're gonna label yourself the #1 dance club in NH you should provide less shows and more dancing.
Friendly staff, reasonable prices on drinks. I do how ever hope the renovate soon. Smells a little and kind of outdated.
After my initial review I am giving Club 313 1 more star. Not because I like the club but because the owner Shawn is trying to make amends for what happened to one of my friends the night we were there. I understand it is difficult sometimes running a business but he is at least making the effort to help. Also big shout out to the Berwick Maine PD. They are earning their tax payer salaries! Unlike the Manchester PD who have been less than helpful...
Review Source:I can't understand why others before me left such negative reviews, because for me, the experience was positive every single time I've ever been there, which accounts for somewhere around 15 times. Â There is no cover charge if you arrive before 9pm, and besides, it's a small charge of only $5 to get in and that's only on Friday's and Saturday's because there's a DJ in the dance room, and a drag queen show in the other room. Â Besides these two rooms, there is a small game room with a couple pool tables and a video game or two. Â Â As for seating, well, there's seating at the bar, there's tables, and then there's large, lush, plush and big comfy sofas.
It's a nice place, the staff are fantastic. Â Never once had a problem with any staff. Â They're nice friendly people just doing their jobs, and if you're not acting like a drunk moron and not doing things you shouldn't be doing in a club that serves alcohol, then you won't have any problems. Â The bar staff is great too, but the highlight of the place, in my opinion, is when Lady Sabrina and Monique are performing at any of the regular drag queen shows... Â OH, and there's Karaoke too. Â I forgot her name, but the Karaoke lady is just so wonderful.
A great place to hang out with friends, and you don't even have to drink alcohol. Â I just buy sodas and some food to hang out with friends and watch the show.
The crowd is always a mixed crowd of people from all walks of life and I've met a lot of great and wonderful people there.
One word. Trashy. I am gay and I hate this place. First of all, I only ever go here in a great while because it's the only strictly gay club around Manchester. The place is ridiculous. A cover charge for what? A crappy bar that smells like fish and sweat? They only serve you a drink or two before they tell you that you're too drunk to function and if you even act a bit drunk, forget it, because you get kicked out. This place (like someone put it so perfectly already) is full of itself. They might have remodeled, but they're not fooling anyone. Go to a regular club if you're looking to have a good time. Most of us local gays hang around other Manchester clubs besides this one because it's nasty. The people are rude, half the people that come here are like 18-22, and it's more like a high school dance than an adult club. Get over yourself 313...
Review Source:This was certainly an interesting place, to put it lightly. Having experienced clubs in Boston and Providence, I was curious to know what it would be like in Manchester. The reviews that I had read were definitely giving mixed opinions. My outing was yesterday on Saturday, September 10.
I was with two friends who had arrived a bit earlier. All was going pretty well. The bartenders were kind and delightful. The rest of the staff? Not so much. One friend, in his drunken stupor, went outside for a bit, then wasn't allowed back in. The other friend eventually went to look for him and left her purse with me. She also wasn't allowed back in. She had to be escorted by a staff member just to reach me and her belongings again. Upon leaving, I learned that her bottle of Aleve had been taken for the duration of her stay in the club. And what's the point of the wristbands if one can't get back in? Seems like a waste of resources then. Perhaps the rule should be posted somewhere and made clear upon entering.
Prior to leaving, the music was pretty good. I was surprised to hear hip hop, but it worked well, I feel. Most of the patrons were pretty nice and didn't seem arrogant, unlike what I've often experienced in Boston and Providence, although my sample size was admittedly limited.
All in all, I doubt that I'll be going back ever. At least the drinks were good.
I have to agree with some of the other comments here. The 313 management and bouncer staff take great pains to enforce the rules, rules, and more rules. And to anyone planning to go or that didn't already know, they have no signage making their customers aware that they are video taping you in the bathrooms. Yeah, that's kind of creepy.
I went with a group of women, some who had traveled from a long way, for a "girls night out" get together. Purses and bags are searched at the door. We were all leaving within 30 minutes. Within the first 15 minutes, 3 of us seperately were pulled aside by guys with coily earpieces for breaking some kind of unposted rule. It seems as though someone on the staff is sitting in a room watching cctv cameras located throughout the club and bathrooms scrutinizing everyone's every move. Which, as a private establishment, they have every right to do. I won't get into the details of what transpired, but *this* kind of observation of their clientele borders on paranoid. And frankly, we weren't having a good time at this point and decided to take our business elsewhere. Heck, we didn't even have time to get loud and obnoxious, much less get through our first cocktail.
However, in the 313's defense, this behavior is the natural, logical result of the 313's (and other alcohol-serving establishment's) outright FEAR of Manchester's liquor law enforcement who uses covert infiltration with underage decoys trying to entrap any business owner serving booze. Manchester's liquor LE is infamous for this and makes the 313's behavior look ridiculous.
If you like following a stringent set of rules, then this is the place for you. If you like busybodies watching your every move, you'll be right at home here. Not so long ago, bars were places you could go to relax, enjoy the company of friends and have a good time... this place - not so much. The atmosphere is very rigid and uptight. If I wanted to be treated in this manner, especially when I'm paying my good money for it, I can just go to the airport and deal with the TSA.
Otherwise, lovely decor.
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New Hampshire really needs a new gay bar. This place is outdated and full of itself. They have more rules than nazi germany. There is apparently a rule that you can't drink and dance at the same time. The staff is arrogant and walks around and checks on you like it's summer camp. They literally refused to serve me after 2 drinks. How do they make money? They also lose points for blaming their inferiority on the state govt which is definitely not true. Half the "laws" they cited are made up.
For NH, there isn't much better, but hopefully someone will address that soon and start a bar that doesn't totally suck.
Fun place, nicely done for a club north of Boston. But the store next to them is a Asian fish market  and the smell is in the club but you get used to it. If you looking to dance and have a great time it's an great place, once you get in see bartender Barbra she is worth the visit she is awesome!!
Review Source:I will preface this by saying I never actually got in the door of 313. There have been times I have not been allowed in bars for various reasons that will remain off the world wide web, and I typically go quietly. However, the bouncer was so rude, I felt this warranted a review.
We arrive at 313 and the bouncer searches our bags. I was with a friend from New York who had one of those huge purses that secretly serve as overnight bags and she had a bottle of vodka from a party several nights ago. It was way in the bottom and she had completely forgotten it was there. She shows it to the bouncer and volunteers to throw it out. He very rudely explains that since she had the vodka, she would not be allowed in. Fine, perhaps that is a law, a rule, whatever. But then he kicked out the rest of us who were not toting booze. Rudely. This also seemed a little harsh, but hey they have an establishment to run. We get ready to leave and call our friend who was already in the club to let him know the situation. He comes out to say goodbye and upon realizing he knew us, the bouncer kicked him out as well. Now that is just absurd. I am certain there is no rule against fraternizing with people who carry liquor in their purses.
I feel for bouncers, I do. I recognize it is their job to keep the peace and that is not easy. If he really felt that a closed bottle of forgotten vodka was going to disrupt the club, then he should not let us in. However, there is no excuse for rudeness. Just cause you get cool headphones is no need for a power trip.
I also frown upon their cover charge. It seems to me they are only able to have one because they are one of the only gay bars for miles around. This seems to sort of be preying on your customers.
This club has so much potential. Great space.
Sorry to say I did not care for it. Bad music, and not so much friendly peoples.
They play hip hop music. Sounds gay to me ! NOT!
Quite a diverse crowd of men, women, drags, closet cases, white, black, and latino all come here. Very different from Boston.
Has a entire room for karaoke.
No coat check. The big dyke bouncer doesn't let you go back outside to the parking lot, to put  your coat back in the car without paying TWICE!
The Boston gay scene is, shall I say, a little lacking - yeah, it sucks. Â I was in Manchester, NH for a wedding over the week-end and me and my friend decided to drag our aged carcasses out on the town. Â We went to Club 313 around 11:00 on a Saturday night and we really had a fabulous time! Â The club is divided into 3 rooms (pool room - they still allow smoking - yuck!); show lounge; and dance club (non-smoking).
What I noticed first about this club was the diversity within - white, black, Hispanic, Asian, gay, straight, men, women, drag queens, young (18+), 20's, 30's, 40'5 and older. Â One my biggest gripes with the Boston gay club scene is the lack of diversity.
The groove in the dance club was excellent - a mix of hip hop, rap, techno and contemp dance tunes from the 90's to present. Â
If you are tired of the same old, take a 45 minute drive North to Manchester. Â Get a room and make it a mini-vacation!
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