One of my bragging points on this city is that if you want to hang out in part of this city and have a pretty good time, you absolutely can.
And so with great expectations, for the first time, I decided to hit up Club Da Vinci's during a recent visit by my cousin.
About 4 deep we ventured off into this space that is literally right above Mellow Mushroom in an ackward complex off of Windy Hill Road.
THe music was blasting, and on a rainy night, we walked rapidly up the steps leading into the club.
Security was a tad bit tight, but for a relatively new hot spot, somethings you gotta be cool with. Â He actually made my cousin leave her solution at the front, not sure of why, but I am guessing maybe ppl are using those to put stuff in ppls drinks....thats the only explanation that I could create for that one.
At any rate, it was 11:56 and the door guy tried to charge us $20 off top. Â One of my cousin's friends quickly pointed out, "Sir, it's supposed to be free before 12"--
Club Guy: Â "Where did you see that at"
Friend: Â "on your website"
Club Guy: Â "Let me go check"
He pulls up the site only to see that she is absolutely right.
CLub Guy "Damn, they were supposed to take that down, go ahead..."
I sure was glad that she raised that point, because while this club had about a 100 ppl in the building, it was so damn massive that it looked extremely empty.
The best way to tell if a party is dead? Â If you are cold in the damn party. Â And I was cooooollldddd as a mf!
At any rate, we chilled here for a minute. Â I didnt even drink anything, b/c I knew we would be heading our azzes right back out the door. Â
The space is actually really, really beautiful. Â Very sheek, very cool, very sexy, and deceptively big. Â
Only thing missing is the ppl....
When I took the elevator up to this club...I has such high expectations... Â
When we went in there to decorate for my friend's party in VIP and HAPPY hour was in FULL THROTTLE AND THERE WAS A DOPE LIVE BAND GOING HARD AS A MUTHA...I had such high expectations...
When the owner spoke to us outside and he looked good enough to eat...well, that has nothing to do with nothing. Â He was just fine! Â lmao!
This place has soooooooooooooooo much potential. Â But, it is still brand new so I will give them a pass. Â It's so big and spacious. Â The dance floor is nice and roomy. Â There's DJ spinning outside on the balcony as well for a change of pace, if you aren't feeling the inside. Â This female bartender did me so dirty with THIS WAACCCCCCCCCCKKKK RED BULL AND VODKA SHE MADE. Â So, I went over to this LONG HAIRED BLONDE WHITE GUY...boy, did he redeem that selfish heffer. Â I went to him all night....after my 4th grey goose and pineapple, I'm sure I was trying to take him home and keep in all to myself but he must've said no. Â
We were up in VIP in the far back corner of the club. Â It has it's own bar and huge open space to dance, if you down want to go on the floor. Â I'd rather HAVE VIP and mingle with everyone else. Â (otherwise, I get bored)
Verdict: Â Da'Vinci's needs a good promoter to bring this relatively new club to life. Â It has everything a moderately upscale club needs except for a good crowd. Â I WILL CHECK IT OUT AGAIN NEXT TIME TO SEE WHAT'S GOOD.