Rednofive

I have to say I really liked it here. I had my birthday party here and had lots of fun. The bouncers and bartenders were awesome. Music was great. No drama which is a plus.

I dont do well with ladies having to pay to get in a club especially before a certain time but hey, I was visiting Chi– town. There as a line at the door, thank goodness my friend knew someone who was having their b day there so we didnt have to wait. I really cant believe this place let people stand in the cold and it seemed that it wasnt packed atleast in the A, they do that mess 30 minutes before the cut off time to get in free… not before especially if I have to pay 20 bucks. Ok the inside, I hate clubs where I cant sit down unless I pay to be in VIP… again, thank goodness for the b day ppl including my friend. She, meaning me was having a hard time dealing with paying to get in and then to sit, no mam! Mandatory coat check, where they di that at? They made a killing off of that. It was colder than a polar bears toe nails outside. No wonder some people didnt have on coats. The drinks were good
because we made them, you have to buy bottles in VIP. Every song I heard was down south music, which was cool but I was hoping for some variety. At the enf of the night, they went old school, no problem. I will not be coming back when I go to visit the Chi. They can have this one! The bathrooms were clean and the attendant was nice

Before John Curley and his crew over at Pure got arrested for skimming money from DJ contracts, this was my SPOT! Oh I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been there sweaty, jacking to the beat of my favorite techno DJs. Carl Cox, Misstress Barbara, you name it, they’ve been there. I only went on John Curley’s techno night so I can’t rate anything else.

There’s a reason nobody reviewed this place in the past four years. Holy $h!+! It’s the worst joint in Chicago. Seriously feels like every gang in Chicago sent its lowest dogs here for a meeting, along with their ever-​so-​chubby lady friends dressed in their tightest spandex mini-​beyond-​mini skirts. If I didn’t see it for myself, I would not even believe that a place like this existed. Wow!@ Color me gone!

This club is just OK – its not what you’d call fancy or upscale, but its also not Adrianna’s, extra hood status. The few times I’ve been the DJ has been ok, though there were some songs I wish he’d left off the playlist. Its also free before 12 with the text, which is good because I probably wouldn’t waste my time if I had to pay.

I went here on a Friday and had a blast! Good looking crowd! awesome music! I will go back on a Friday!

Went here for a party and first, the speaker system here is absolutely terrible. The sound around the DJ box is better, but still without bass. The sound towards the entrance and on all other areas is much worse.
The layout makes it difficult to move around and overall the club is so bare bones that nothing exciting about coming out all the way to this area.

I’ve always passed Rednofive when going to the Funky Buddha Lounge. The lines would always be out the door and super long. So I finally got around to checking the place out.
I went this past Friday and was disappointed. It was a nice establishment, but it was empty. I was surprised because it was a Friday night. The only reason this spot is getting two stars, is for the drink specials and because the guy at the front door gave us a discount to get in.
THE DJ SUCKED ASS! HORRIBLE! HE COULDN’T MIX WORTH A DAMN!
However, I was quite entertained by the bouncers. They kept my cousins and I laughing all night. One of the bouncers informed me that Saturdays were better than Fridays, because the new promoter for Friday sucked. (He wasn’t lying.) So, maybe I’ll check the spot out again on a Saturday to see if he was telling the truth. I won’t give up on Rednofive just yet.

This place could be a joke. The only reason I went here was because Jamie Foxx was going to be here and I knew a bouncer who got us in here for free.
After the bouncer told us we couldn’t get in for free since no one was on the list, we argued and he finally let us in when he found the not mysteriously «found list.» The DJ was ok.
Crowd was pretty terrible and cheap. My friend gave us free drink tickets, but we were not in a drinking mood so we didn’t drink that much. After we finally saw Jamie Foxx we left. The place is pretty nice, but it needs for seating area which is not only for the VIP.
I was not all that impressed with this place. I don’t think I would ever return here for any reason. I don’t see anything fancy or interesting about this place. Plus, who wants to pay a $ 20 cover. Me thinks not!

REDNOFIVE IS A FIRE HAZARD WAITING TO HAPPEN! The way this club is made I would be terrified if someone yelled fire! The entrance to the rest room is a velvet curtain coming from the ceiling down. And the way the bar and v.i.p area is placed they’d be the first to go. Beyond that the place is gorgeous. The crowd is mixed and music is ok. Of course you can count on the douche bags and the attention whores (including me (^_​^) to be there. I was extremely tipsy when i went but had a good time.

Add me to the list of Unilocalers lamenting the cost and atmosphere. The crowd itself wasn’t bad, but the atmosphere was… weird, for lack of a better term. I’ve hit up redno (usually under duress) a few times and have never made it more than an hour. In addition to being overpriced and just odd, it is, in a word, boring. It’s attempt-​at-​scene-​but-​pretending-​not-​to-​attempt-​at-​scene. Just… meh. Truly.
Definitely better places to go. Skip it!

I’m only publicly admitting that I went here for the purpose of warning others NOT to come here. This place stinks. Literally and figuratively.
To start, the bouncer was so unnecessarily rude! He was a nark about making sure we didn’t sit in the reserved seats, which we weren’t going to sit in anyway. But he didn’t even want us on the platform where the reserved seats were. So to make his point clear, he put his hand on my back to shoo us along! Totally insulted, I said, «We’re moving, you don’t have to touch me.» He replied back, «Well move faster or I’ll push you.» (Not exaggerating.)
Overall, this place is dirty, stuffy, small, crowded, and there’s a weird cloud of smoke in the air.

I’ve only been here once and I didn’t find it particularly enjoyable. it was a little empty and they had a cover. the drinks weren’t that great and neither was the music. the few people that were there were just standing around and talking. it was def a less than memorable experience as far as night time goes

I usually hate on this place, but I’m giving it four stars due to the amount of amusement we had on Saturday night!
But, please, come here wasted or (at a minimum) slightly buzzed due to the following:
1. $ 10 cover at 1am (for an empty ass club)
2. $ 3 coat check (I think my friends have once gotten their coats stolen from here).
3. Men going from girl to girl in a group to try to get them to dance with them
4. Men purchasing the girliest shots ever (soco lime) to try to get you to dance (Can I get some tequila?)
5. Men playing the popular ‘Guess My Ethnicity’ (Are you from Laos?)
Pure amusement for all of us. The music/​dj was awesome, playing all the hip-​hop hits we love (ie, Swagger Like Us, Heartless, Diva). $ 7 jack shots is pretty reasonable for a 5am bar, too! Best place to end our mini «Happy Single Awareness» barcrawl. ;)

Never go clubbing after Thanksgiving Dinner.
Okay so this is the first time I had been to the joint, supposedly like free before 11 but come to find out it was a 10.00 and 20.00 charge for him and I = 30.00 (I MEAN SHYT) –Star
The stairs leading into the «club» are made funny and I kept tripping as I walked up each step. At first I thought it was just the pointy toed boots I had on causing it but wearing a size 6.5 and seeing other women climb those stairs with the same type of shoe on is validation enough for the comment… their stairs are jacked. –Star
Totally fukking dead as a corpse in there even with the late time we got there… should have been clue one to a crazy evening. So I actually like the lay out of the place and the DJ was on point FOR A MOMENT.
I drank those 8.00 weak Jack/Coke’s as fast as I could cause I was goin gto get OUR 30.00 worth one way or another (including them cleaning if necessary). Eventually people began coming in and along with them also came Bubble Guts, nASTY… These mf’ers come in there busting their butt and it stank! Then the DJ began becoming an echo… just playing the same freaking songs… the bartender was half ass naked and wearing a tshirt as a shirt.
I don’t know I just didn’t like it. Sometimes you love it and sometimes you don’t *shrugs*

It’s been a while, man. It’s WAY nicer on the inside than when I used to go there.
Back then, I always woke up in the alley around the corner early in the morning… usually with half-​eaten food in my hand and something/​someone else in the other. Scary, I know, but it was way grimier, and crowded back then. But it looks way nicer now on the inside. Even the awnings are cooler.
Must’ve been a bad night, because no one was there. The DJ wasn’t great — top 40. Eh. As sweet a dancer as I am, I can only pump up the dance floor so much. The rest has got to come from you Mr. DJ.
$ 20 to get in is whack… still whack.
And now that I think about it, this place must not be as good because security used to be tight. This night, one dude beats the crap out of another guy on the dance floor (no, I was not cutting it up at this point) for a good 2 minutes… while the bartender at one end is rolling on E… staring…and dancing like an idiot.
After seeing this one dude get punched too many times, I leave and say something to the door guy. And like 2 minutes later, it finally rolls out on to the street, as I’m walking away. 2 MINUTES LATER. That’s forever in «punch you in the face on the dance floor» time.
I have no idea what all 3 bouncer dudes where doing, what X’d out bartender was doing, or anyone working there else was doing, but that shouldn’t have happened.
Or the DJ just needs to play some better tunes.

I have to say that I haven’t been to this place in a couple months and I’m a bit concerned about what I have read below. However, I have had a GREAT time here, so I’m going to try and redeem the place.
I will always have a soft spot in my heart for Rednofive, as this is the first CLUB club I was ever let into underage. The stuck up Russian woman at the door came to know and even smile knowingly at my friends as we waltzed in w/​our fakes. Anyway, I’ve been coming here over the years and the music is always good, the martinis are always strong, and there is usually some sexy eye candy there… usually.
The décor is really posh… always clean, with plush couches, booths, chandeliers and red velvet curtains. Several times me and my girls have been invited into VIP by a host, and given our own table and bottle of champagne. If you are cute, they will hook you up (like the bartender who I made friends with who gave me free shots all night every time I showed up). There’s dancing on both floors, and they used to have a guy playing percussion along w/​hip hop songs upstairs — don’t know if they still have this but it’s tight as hell!!!
I won’t give this place 5 stars because yes, they can be on bullshit at the door sometimes. It usually depends on who is promoting there. Also, I saw male strippers here one time and UGHHHHHH!!! One had pimples on his butt and the other looked like a woman. Scarred for life!

After a night that included Trixie’s who wanted to ‘experiment’ with one of my ‘exotic’ female friends, meathead Chads, sketchy goings on in the rest room, a bar tender who wouldn’t serve African-​Americans (and a manager who feebly dealt with the situation), old music that reminded me of good times in 1998, my friend threw up in a champagne bucket and passed out on the couch. Then, she was BANNED from Rednofive. Forever.
And that? Is awesome.

This past NYE was my first time at Rednofive since probably 2004 or so. I was somewhat skeptic going there for NYE as the ticket prices were $ 50 at first and leading to NYE the prices went up to $ 125 and sold out a few days before the event.
The venue was superb. They redesigned the interior and definitely had a more upscale atmosphese. The place was very clean. There were tables of hor doeuvres scattered around the place, much better than the Palmer house I went to on 2 years ago. They had wraps, cookies, shrimp, and other finger foods. The bars were fairly quick and staff was still friendly even when pumping out drink after drink. My only problem was a group of people milking the bar. In other words, they would get a drink and stay at the bar until they finish that drink and get another one. I had to nudge him a bit to make him realize what he was doing was unnecessary.
Between 9:30−12am I must have gotten 6 – 7 diet coke and rum. They also had champaign for everyone. Most of the patrons were friendly except the milkers. I met a lot of fun nice people that night and would not mind going back there again. I was worried the ratio would be 5:1 guys: girls but it was more like 1:1.5. It was an amazing night!

What happened to Rednofive? I used to frequent here back circa 2000 – 2001. Always loved coming here back then. Fast forward to last weekend, and the place now has picky door people, and a whole bunch of Entourage wannabe’s hanging around. Some guy actually hit on a female friend in my group by licking his lips in a circular windmill fashion… who does that?
It looks like they spent a lot of money to remodel this place to, and I think it sucks. What happened to the uni-​sex bathrooms? Not that I’m some weird pervert that likes to poop next to the opposite sex, but it just seemed like a more progressive-​thinking club back when I used to go here, and now it’s just another overpriced, over-​remodeled, over-​asian-​décor-​trendy club full of people with obvious self-​esteem and overcompensation issues… I want the old Rednofive back…