Story

Once upon a time there was a beautiful nightclub in Miami Beach named Story.  She had an evil sister named LIV, who (strictly by association) tarnished Story's reputation at first.  Story and LIV looked a lot alike, but there was just something magical about Story that made people fall in love.

Ok, ok... I'll stop with the ridiculous pun.  Here's the low down:

Story is, in fact, a big, extravagant, pretentious looking typical Miami nightclub, with a lot of lights, and half naked dancers, and all the razzle dazzle... upon first glance, it's easy to compare to LIV, however, as someone who avidly campaigns for LIV to be swallowed into the fiery pits of hell, I can give you my word that Story and LIV are 2 totally different experiences.

Yes, you are going to wait in line to get in (unless of course you know a promoter, in which case... you'll still stand in line...), but that's pretty much in the fine print when you sign up to go to one of these clubs.

What I like about Story that I hate about LIV.... the crowd.  Of course, you'll always have your super pretentious hoochie mama's and papi chulos... it's Miami, you'll find those just about anywhere in town, but it's just a different vibe.

Drinks are expensive, but again... Miami Beach. It's expected.

If you get lucky, you can find street parking nearby.  We usually park in the lot down the block for $10.

The sound system is fabulous, and all the best DJs are lined up almost back to back to play at Story these days.  In the last month, I've seen 3 very popular DJs with absolutely no hassle to get in on any occasion.

You definitely want to dress to impress, and wear your comfiest pair of stilettos, because it's almost impossible not to want to walk around the club to check out all it's nooks and hang out spaces.  I prefer the upstairs area, but that's just me (the dance floor in front of the stage is just a little much... I like to watch from a distance... it paid off at Aoki... no cake on me)

If you like big pretentious clubs, you'll like Story... If you like big pretentious clubs, but dislike snobby pretentious crowds... you'll like Story.

9 out of 10, only because the bathroom lines get a little outta hand.  Fine print problems.

...and they all live Happily Ever After.

Fin.

Very disatisfied all over

Had a lot of high hopes heading to Story we heard this was the place to go. Myself and four girlfriends are from out of state and on a budget so we each had several nips in our purses for the night, not knowing where we would end up. I was irritated with the $20 cover charge but when they started confiscating our nips and mocking us, calling people over to make fun of us, taking pictures, I was offended. As the night continued we wanted to make the best of things...oh wait, $19 drinks. We enjoyed the dj but for the size of the establishment the dance floor was not proportional. Later I had two conversations with separate bouncers about what happened with our nips and each one was confident we would get them back after we decided to leave, things were looking optimistic. My friends and I smelt weed being smoked by people at the center VIP booth which was addressed to the manager and he allowed the smoking and the people to continue. What a contradiction! When we left we did not receive our confiscated nips. The bouncers outside had a completely different story.  They said everything was thrown away, yeah right that's BS it wasn't throw away in front of me so there for what they say is questionable. I wish we had never walked threw the door we should have seen the red flags and moved on. Lesson learned. I work in the service industry and the manner in which they handled the situation was unprofessional and rude.