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Velvet - Speakeasy
Categories: Nightlife Bars Nightlife Dance Clubs Bars, Dance Clubs [Edit]
Rue St-GabrielUnit 426
Montréal, QC H2Y 2Z9
(514) 245-5570
- Hours:
Thu-Sun 10 pm - 3 am
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Price Range:
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$$$
- Music:
- DJ
- Best Nights:
- Sat
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- No
8 reviews for Velvet - Speakeasy
8 reviews in English
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Review from Marie F.
6/28/2010 1 Check-in Here
HIDDEN GEM ALERT!
OMG this place was amazing but a little challenging to find! To find this place, you have to first understand what a Speakeasy is. A Speakeasy is an establishment that illegally sells alcohol (sit down Lot 332, I am talking about during prohibition time in the 20's and 30's).
By design this place should be underground but we didn't realize that that would include the entrance. My friend and I showed up to 420 Rue St-Gabriel and the door was locked... are they closed on a Saturday? My friend really had to go to the washroom and since we were already in the Vieux Port we decided to go to the bar next door called L'Auberge.
We arrived at 11:30pm and begrudgingly paid $15 at the door. Once in, my friend noticed some bouncers hanging by a staircase and beats coming from that general direction. Went down and saw the cobblestone tunnel seen in the Yelp photos... were we in the right place after all?!
Yup, and let me tell you this place was gorgeous! What else was gorgeous? The staff! My bartender and busboy were HAWT and the super cute bar service girls were super nice and danced around with the patrons all night.
The music was an awesome blend of House, minimal techno and electronica. I loved all the art used in the space and small details like the poetry on the walls. The drinks were pretty strong and about $8 each and $6 for shots. I will definitely come back when I am in town again.Listed in: It's not always what on the…
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Review from Brittany D.
5/29/2011
The main attraction of the night was Velvet Speak Easy. They should just leave the Speak Easy out. Nothing was easy except the girls there. Getting a drink was a 20 minute task. And they only had two bathroom stalls for girls and boys. But while in line, there's at least a photo op with sparkly "Be Fabulous" (The text wasn't only for me, but it sure seemed like they had me in mind.).
The crowd was probably one of the worst I had seen in awhile (pretty much equal to last night but that post will come later). Think young bleach-blonds with fake tans who wanted to wear their gaudy, bejeweled, short Prom dresses until they burst the seams, and bros who were subsequently separated from the girls as if they were at a junior high formal. The DJ started playing better music later in the evening, but we belonged to the small minority who were actually dancing.
I definitely won't go back to this place. -
Review from Lisa Q.
3/30/2010
Velvet in Vieux Port is what you get if a bunch of dangerously good-looking people commandeered the Parisian catacombs and moved out all the pesky bones to make more room for their writhing and gyrating hips.
Once you get beyond the bouncer/guest list, pass through the lounge-y ski lodge atmosphere of the first floor and descend into the depths below, it's literally like walking into Nosferatu's lair....dank, ancient, terrible, seductive, wickedly alluring. The music here is bumping techno that courses through your veins and beats uncomfortably at your sternum. Personally, I wished that they would instead play a low key trip-hop, a smoky melody of exhilaration and dread (It'd be too much to ask for some Bartok night music, I tried to come up with a compromise).
But hey, the kids wanna dance. And after one of their drinks, that's just what I did.
(Useful information: 10 dollar cover, 2 dollar mandatory coat check in the winter. Or at least these were the terms when I went at 11pm on a Saturday night)Listed in: Out & About in QUEBEC, Dipsomania
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Review from Ashley B.
2/4/2010 3 photos
I went to Velvet for the after party for Friendly Fires & The XX. It's a nice place, but kind of small. It's just one long room, with two bars at each end. It has a cool fireplace in the middle, located next to the dance floor and some small couches lining the back walls.
The music was great and the drinks were strong. The crowd that usually goes is more of the hipster and young urban variety. I think there might be some type of dress code, there definitely is a line in front that you have to pass through with the bouncers approval.
As at any place, be kind to the bouncers and they will be good to you. They definitely have a big influence on who gets in or who doesn't. I've watched pretty girls being carried out kicking + screaming for pissing off the door guy. On the other hand, I think they're super nice, and will definitely hook you up if they like you.
A good place to go if you want to drink with young and attractive hipsters that dress well, a bad place to go if you're not one of the above. -
Review from Jon F.
2/6/2010
Velvet is certainly a hip joint filled with an attractive clientele. But while you're there don't expect to have any real conversation with anyone as the music volume is set to 11. I think I lost my voice more than my hearing after a few hours of trying to chat up my friend.
Definitely a cool vibe but you'll pay to be there as the drinks aren't cheap and they force you to check your coat for a fee at the door. The door guys were all really nice and one even chatted us up about our hometown. It was a decent night out. All and all, not a bad place to be seen in, but that's about it. -
Review from Patti V.
10/19/2010 1 photo
Apparently, the basement is where it's all "happening". Once we finally got down there it was hard to tell why anyone would want to be there; it's humid and doesn't have proper ventilation, the DJ is no one you've ever heard of (this was a Sat. night) and check out the picture of the bathroom. It's disgusting - actually nauseating. Pretentious; and I live in LA where we practically gave birth to pretention.
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Review from Marisa T.
9/7/2010
Wandered into this place early on a Sunday night and was invited back by the manager for that night. After hearing how "intense" the club gets, we decided to check it out.
"Intense" in Montreal clearly means a ton of 17 - 18 year olds drinking heavily. While the vibe upstairs is great, once you get downstairs and through the tunnel, it's not really anything special. Drinks were good, though not spectacular.
Oh, and this is not a speakeasy. Hard to find club is more like it. -
Review from Rob D.
3/14/2010 1 photo
OK ... so last night was the second time I've wondered into this dark and wicked underground club in the old port. An unsuspecting entrance in an old stone building, you go downstairs ... almost as if you're entering a dungeon ... and down a very dark tight tunnel made completely of natural rock and only lit with candles. You enter into a small but hoppin club. Everyone is quite friendly and happy ... dancin' drinkin' and enjoying the night. Another plus - free pouring :) I'm a fan!
