Fluid Ultra Lounge

So not surprised they closed. LOL

Came here for a friend’s birthday, and was surprised to see all the bad ratings on Unilocal up until I arrived at the venue. The club itself is in a pretty decent area, but the crowd and music… not really my scene. Sad to say it’s pretty much the worst club I’ve ever been to.

My god, what a difference a couple years makes.
Went here after not for the past 3 years recently… I’ll never come back here again.
The crowd is wack, the drinks are too expensive and the DJs SUCK, skip it.

NOT EVEN 1 STAR.
WHAT THE HELL? We got on the guest list before it closed online. We were so excited to go to Fluid for May 5^th (cinco de may) and it was not even OPEN. I thought this club was supposed to be poppin?!

Arrived here shortly before 11PM — the cutoff of the free online guest list. Be sure you pre-​register on the website to get in free before 11. The first thing our group witnessed was a fight between some guy and the team of bouncers. It turned into an attempted stabbing, actually, as the perp pulled out a Leatherman knife.
Inside, it was dead at the beginning, but as the night went on, it was getting more full. There was an okay ratio… Never had bottle service, but it was okay here. Ciroc vodka in a variety of flavors with pineapple and cranberry juices. The DJ was okay as well, he played a nice mix of dance music. The bathroom is dimly lit, but there is a guy in there to give you a towel, soap, and the counter is full of stuff, candy, pain killers, AXE bodyspray.
Parts of the floor is lit. The drinks are expensive and not that stiff. The pours aren’t very good. I would go here again if it was free, but not by choice.

I’d give this place a 1/​5, but they actually had pretty cheap drinks the last time I was here.
I typically choose clubs and lounges that friends recommend, but I was with a group of new acquaintances after an academic conference right in SOMA, and they all just wanted to go somewhere close. After a quick search, we stumbled into Fluid.
It was dead and boring the first 2 hours we were there (mind you we were there at 10p or so), but seeing as we were all liquored up, we had a decent enough time just dancing in our group and what-​have-​you.
Drinks were surprisingly cheap. I think I bought a round of 10 or so mixed drinks and had less than $ 80 damage after tip? The drinks I ordered (a couple of Tokyo Teas and a couple of Makers & Coke) were poured strong, so I had to give them an extra star.
When people finally started coming in, it was definitely the ‘wrong crowd’ that at least I wasn’t accustomed to. I’ll let you come on a Friday night to see what I’m talking about rather than me try to describe it to you.
TL;DR — Not my scene. Empty on a Friday night. +1 for cheap strong drinks, though.

I think this club is not the best, but it is ok. I like the white background with the neon lights. It makes me feel like I got transported back into the 80’s. There were plenty of places to sit, which I know is truly appreciated by women in 5 inch stilettos. Their dance floor is small but there are other areas where you and your crew can hang out and dance in your own little bubble.
We went on a Saturday night for my friend’s birthday and I thought they played decent music. We got in for free because we signed up online for their guestlist. You have to show up before 11PM for your entry to be free. There’s a $ 3 coat check fee. I thought that was pretty ridiculous but I decided to cough up some cash because I didn’t want to carry my coat around and I most certainly didn’t want drinks to be spilled on it (you know how amateurs like to waste this precious flammable liquid). The demographics on the night we went were predominantly Asian. So if you’re a dude that loves Asian ladies, this might be an ideal hunting ground for your next victim.
The bathroom doesn’t give you enough privacy hence the minus star. One of the the bathroom stalls had a door that didn’t fully close because of a gap so it opens freely. It really sucks when oblivious drunk ladies swing your stall open so everyone can see your bare bottom. The ass gaskets in the stalls were not stocked even though they had an attendant stationed inside the bathroom.
Another minus star for the weak alcohol pours. We ordered shots of whiskey and they came in these tiny little plastic shot glasses (the same size as the cup that comes on top of a Pepto Bismol bottle). It was barely enough to get our tongues wet. I suggest you and your friends prefade before you show up at this club. It will save you some hard earned cash.

YIKES!!! Came here for NYE last night. Worst decision of my life to listen to my buddy about going with the cheaper venue. I knew I should have went to Americano. The place was just too ghetto for my taste, plus there weren’t any cute chicks (no joke). The only somewhat of an upside was that we had unlimited free drinks, but all the free drinks in the world would not improve things. If you want quality, go to Americano, trust me, we walked by there on the way to the Ferry building to watch the fireworks at midnight, better music, tons of hot chicks. Lesson learned: $ 55 for ghetto or $ 125 for classy hotties, easy decision next time, you get what you pay for!

This club needs to close. I have lived in the area for the past year and have witnessed at least 5 – 6 AWFUL fights break out on the streets. Last night was the worst fight I have ever seen in my life. 20 – 30 people brawl in the middle of the street, man down, not moving. cops, ambulance, fire engine… the club is disruptive to the residents, it makes the area feel unsafe at night and is attracting the wrong crowd since fights always break out.
Something needs to be done.

Came here for my best friend’s birthday. We really weren’t expecting much. We just wanted to find a great place to drink and shake our asses. We got bottle service and had a small table and were able to get our entire party in for free.
The venue itself seemed pretty small. I noticed a back area with more seating but that was closed off.
The women’s bathrooms were atrocious. Literally, not one single lock worked on any bathroom stall and you must have had to hit the papertowel lever 86 840 987 just to get an inch of paper. On the other hand, I hard the mens bathroom was something amazing. There was an attendant and you never had to reach for anything — pretty interesting.
We went on a Saturday night and the DJ was the shit! We were afraid there would be a bunch of mash ups and house music but there was none of that! I swear I didn’t feel any AC or Fans in there because i was sweating my ass off, but good times were had by all.
The staff were always on point picking up cups, getting more mixers adding more ice. We had a fun night!

By far the worst club I have ever been to and I’ve been to a lot of crappy clubs. First of all, THIS CLUB IS RUN BY CHEAP SHADY PEOPLE! I waited in line early just so I could get in for free because I signed up for the guest list. When I went in, my name wasn’t on the list. WTF… I even pulled out my iphone and showed them the e-​mail they sent me (and yes I clicked the conformation link). They still charged me cover. Whatever, only 10 dollars, I walk in with a few of my friends and the club is full of dudes. The girls I came in with were the only girls there. Moreover, as more of my friends came in, all of the guys (and none of the girls even tho they signed up at the same time) had to pay cover even though we all signed up for the guest list. Coincidence? I think not.
An hour later, more people showed up. More guys that is… The guy/​girl ratio was sad… It was literally 10:1. It was seriously time for more drinks. 10 dollars for AMF… We got about 10 and a few other drinks like vodka and tonic but for some reason my AMF was in a plastic cup. WTF! The AMF wasn’t even strong at all. It is 12:30am right now as I write this review (I left the club at 12am). I am 100% sober.
This place is called Fluid Lounge? How is it a Lounge where there is no place to actually sit. Moreover, dance floor is extremely small and the music sucked. At one point the music stopped playing and the DJ was panicking to get the music back on while everyone booed for a long awkward 5 minutes. Terrible club/​lounge or whatever this place is. My high school dances were more of a club than this sad place. 0 stars but Unilocal is nice enough to give you sympathy so 1 star.

STAY AWAY. Overcrowded, line holding, people cutting, ghetto crowd, smokers in line that are too ignorant and rude to step out of line to smoke.
Guest list. What guest list. You sign up for a guest list and you wait in line like everybody else. Which means, if you’re in line you’re a guest. So everybody is a guest. You got me? Ain’t no rush to get you in before 11 even if you get there and stand in line at 10 p.m. unless you’re VIP. The bouncers will tell you the place is packed. After getting in, I found out why. It was filled with people that will bump you hard because they wanna get their freak on and because they need their own dance floor, of which there was little left of. People standing in line smoking weed; no real dance floor; bar takes up the center of the club so the «dance floor» is every where else around it. Bathroom was musky and hot. Although I give kudos to the place for ensuring there was never a shortage of toilet paper.
$ 20 after 11 p.m. You wanna get in for free, get there at 9:30 to make the so called guest list. We got in line at 10:40 and didn’t get in until 12:15 a.m. Completely ridiculous. Oh yea, I heard they will still hold up the line even if it’s raining outside. However, there is coat check. Woopdeedoo.
Luckily for this place, Unilocal requires atleast 1 star in order to write a review. If it were up to me, Fluid is not well established enough to make it to a list of receiving stars, period. VIP? What VIP? I sure didn’t see any important persons in there… it’s a total scam. Yes, I know I state the obvious.
Other Unilocal reviews indicate that the place has potential. Yea, potential to close down! DO NOT COME HERE.

If I could give this place no stars, that would be my rating.
AVOID this place at all cost.
This place used to be decent (years ago). What in the world happened?
We were at St. Regis lounge until they closed and decided to go to Fluid (across the street). I so wish we had just headed home. What a bad mistake…
Here is our experience at Fluid last night (03÷25÷11)
–We got harassed by men who simply refused to respect us… who were imposing their presence by attaching themselves to my friends and not taking no for an answer. (You get the picture)
–We tried talking to the bouncers, who did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about it.
We decided to leave after 10 minutes, before we could…
the same guys started to harass my friends even more aggressively, our guy friend tried to intermediate and a group of men soccer punched him and as a result got other people hurt. They then proceeded to STEAL my friend’s purse… the bouncers once again DID ABSOLUTELY nothing about it. In fact, we saw them hugging outside. TALK ABOUT A SHADY PLACE.
–It gets worse, they answered my friends incoming calls (from her family) and said some absolutely awful, scary and disgusting things to them… Seriously???
They then answer our call to ask for money. Seriously???
What a traumatic experience.
–In other words, if you want to be harassed, robbed, and punched in face, try this place.
Fluid, if this is the kind of crowd you want to have, move out of SF please…

Got bottle service here for my bachelorette party and had a blast (as far as I can remember!).
Our section was in the back of the club, but near the main bar area. Each VIP section seats 8 people, technically. But because we had one long booth, and most of us were up dancing or taking pictures, you can actuallly squeeze in a lot more girls. They’ll let as many people in to your VIP section as long as they pay a cover charge or put themselves on the guest list, although bottle service covers the first 8 with front-​of-​the-​line privileges. Anyone on the guestlist needs to enter the club before 11pm. I thought this was awesome because, all the other venues we researched required you to buy more bottles if you had more guests.
Bottle service (we choose Grey Goose) came with a dedicated server, who was sweet and attentive throughout the night. It also came with two mixers — we chose cranberry juice and pineapple juice. The tables have a built-​in ice bucket, so your bottles and mixers stay cold.
They played hip hop and top 40s. The lit-​up «Billy-​Jean» type dancefloor was actually really helpful later on in the night when everyone was drunk — you could actually SEE where you’re going! And I mean that in all seriousness — some things just don’t occur to you when you’re sober.
Downside: Bathroom. Long ass line, too few stalls and HELLA dirty.
Overall, I wouldn’t mind coming back. But it would have to be the right promoter — that makes all the difference.

Okay so I usually don’t give less than 3 stars unless it was pretty bad as you can see from my rating distribution.
I had to pay $ 15 to get in even though the party I was in had a bottle service. I was even on the guestlist too! Let me explain how it works according to what the bouncer told me.
The bottle service came with 5 tickets and any other people after the 5 tickets will have to pay the cover. If you’re on the guestlist, then you have to wait outside and still have to pay $ 5 to get in. I paid $ 15 because it was before 11:30 or whatever the time before you need to be in before they charge cover. It’s either 11pm or 11:30pm. I think the cover after that time would be $ 20. So whoever is the sixth or more person will have to pay a minimum of $ 5 (assuming they are on the guestlist).
I didn’t even know that I was supposed to talk to the promoter instead of the bouncer about the whole guestlist thing (not to mention I forgot to say I was on the guestlist). I came back to the bouncer and told him I was on the guestlist. He told me it was too late since I already paid. Yay what a way to waste $ 10 or even $ 15 for that matter… I was pissed off the whole night because of that which was probably why I didn’t do anything the whole time I was there but sit. I felt bad because it was my friend’s celebration thing and I hope she had lots of fun even though I was ehhh. It wasn’t about me though because it was her celebration. Nobody else in my party had to pay and I was the only one who did which sucked… a…lot…
The staff patrolled around to clean up the tables and gave samples of the vodka they were promoting. This place was pretty small and if you stood at the entrance, you could see the bar as well as the VIP area. There were tables along the walls on the left. The dance floor was pretty small but I noticed people were dancing everywhere so it didn’t matter. The bartenders seemed cool but the drinks were expensive. My friend bought a few Jäger Bombs for like $ 10 each. I don’t go to bars or clubs often to compare the price but I think that’s expensive.
The men’s restroom only has 1 stall and 1 urinal which will result in waiting. I’m pretty sure the women’s restroom also has a limited amount of stalls. The DJ was alright, in my opinion, on the night I went. The crowd here was mostly asians.
I definitely won’t be back and I’d rather spend $ 15 somewhere else than this place.

Not really that much of a fan… upon entrance, I didn’t feel that it was very welcoming. What the heck is the point of being on the guestlist, getting your name checked at the entrance window, getting a ticket? and then handing it to the security dude standing in front of you only to throw it back into the entrance window?! So inefficient!
The lounge looks nice and modern, and the bar is nice, too. There’s not really a dance area though and I didn’t like the drinks. I asked for a recommendation and I said that I wanted something sweet, and I got some random blue drink that tasted like rum with sugar… I could just have gotten coke and rum at that point for half the price =P
I was on the guestlist but I noticed that cover is $ 15 if you’re not on the guestlist? Are you kidding me? Not really worth it imo…=/
I don’t think I’d make an effort to come here unless my friends were planning on it

I had no idea the actual guest list had to travel from its origin over to Fluid like it was the Olympic torch. We stood in line for a good 30 minutes… couldn’t get in because the guest list had not arrived. Apparently, they couldn’t find parking. Not sure why they couldn’t have just dropped the guest list off instead of making us freeze.
We had a VIP table and bottle service for $ 200. Table was an okay size and came with a bottle of Belvedere. The hostesses treated us very well… probably the best thing about the whole night.
Drinks were $ 10…pretty strong too. I ordered an LC that literally knocked me out… full of 151. That was 11pm. I spent the next three hours hanging out with the toilet… which doesn’t really flush.

Wow, I think not…
Altho I had a fun time for the most part, it wasn’t because of the venue. Friends = 5 stars … Fluid = 1 star … our personal bouncer in the VIP area (who was only 21!!!) — 1 star all to himself: P.
— First of all, this place opens at 10 but they had us wait outside for 30 minutes longer even thought we paid a butt load of money to reserve tables in the back. On top of that, they checked our ID’s 3 or 4 times because they were unorganized in the front… and I get there were alot of people so they were barking orders/​yelling at us BUT I’d like to be treated with a little more respect as a paying customer who is helping to support their business.
— Yes, the floor lights up like retro «Billie Jean» style … and the VIP area is pretty spacious (I think we had about 30~ people) … BUT there are a few things that are really really ridonkulous:
** Bathrooms should’ve had caution tape all around it. Toilets didn’t flush, girls were throwing up everywhere because of that (in the clogged sink, too), they ran out of toilet paper and paper towels, and door locks were broken. THEY HAD all freakin day to address these issues… disgusting.
** The two VIP areas being connected so the other party had to walk thru our party everytime someone had to use the restroom or go to the bar… or just leave the VIP area. Bizarre… and annoying. They did have a blowup doll… that was entertaining.
Drinks were $ 10… not very tasty but strong. meh.
I understand there are challenges to maintaining a club and you can’t please everyone but my complaints are general and not asking for much. CLEAN UR BATHROOMS and treat people with a little more respect … are my main ones … hm… the douchey crowd… (it is what it is, I guess)
I don’t think I’ll be back… you can find me at SOM.

Um… NO, the ridiculously loud music is not an excuse for you to pull me closer as you tell me that you can’t hear me. I can hear everything you’re saying, even though I don’t want to, so please move away.
I spent half the night running around the dance floor avoiding this douche, which turned into a game of DDR, as the floor tiles are illuminated with various colors. I stopped occasionally to examine my asian glow in the square mirrors, which were arranged in a odd checkered pattern that only allowed me to view my boobs and the top of my head, but not my cherry tomato red face.
The music theme of the night was house & trance, which added to the pulsating ache in my head induced by the drinks. I had a Long Island Iced Tea and a Vodka Tonic; both were surprisingly strong and refreshing, and prepared by a dashing young bartender. *swoon*
The $ 3 coat check service was nice enough to check my enormous purse, but the bathrooms were grotesque and flooded. The free cover charge before 11pm for guest-​listers is lame, since all the cool kids show up fashionably late.
There was no ventilation in the lounge, and when mixed with the horrid stench of sweaty old men, had me to dashing again in circles to generate my own air circulation system.
Ladies, come here if you want a good workout from running away from creepers.

Too loud = My ears are still ringing.
Too expensive = At least we got a discount thanks to a hook-​up.
Too small = Guys outnumberd the Girls by at least a 3 — 1 margin.
Too crowded = Feels like packed sardines.
It all adds up to me being «Too Old» for this sh*t.