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Only 4 tweekerz

Luke80 28/M

I must agree with a few of the prior reviews, SOBE has seen better days. Today, the crowd has dwindled and there are no men at this club. Usually these things go in cycles, so I stuck it out....but after enduring the endless messiness of all the nelly tweeked out 19 year olds, I decided to head to Rich's (used to be totally Gay). I did not know what I would find, but I found a packed dance club with loads of gays, str8s, lesbians and drag queens...love that Anita Bump chick! While I miss Rich's being totally gay, the party is just like you would find in any open-minded metropolitan city...a great mix.

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Hot Saturday Nights

HEYA 27/M

SoBe has seen better days, but it does have the best light show, music, and the craziest people in Houston. Overall, it gets pretty packed on Saturdays, but recently I've seen a decline in the crowd, especially on Fridays. Fridays now-a-days are somewhat dead. I guess the 21 & over crowd is getting tired of the young boys, their hags, and all those breeders that stop by. Suggestion: Saturdays should be 21 & over. About the breeders, well, you're never gonna get rid of them. Drinks are good if you know what bartender to go to. I usually end up in the back bar. SoBe is still the best dance club that I've been to (and I've been around) HEE!!. XOXO

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Good but getting old for Houston

Andy1978 29/M

South Beach is not how it used to be, first they started letting all these young people in (18+) who can get annoying when they for some reason end up drunk. Also alot of straight girls and their boyfriends invaded (some lesbos but thats ok). Me and some friends had a run in with some dumb drunk straight latin guy who was ther with his bitch. Just because my friend bumped by accident (while walking in the back area by the backbar when its really crowded) him he was wanting to start a fight. I mean this is a GAY bar bumping and pushing comes with the territory at South Beach and this dumb latino thug was wanting to fight.. Talk about stupid. This is why Im beginning to hate this place! Too many straight idiots who dont know how to act. If you ever go to a straight latin bar you cant ever bump into a drunk ranchero type cuz they all up in your face and this is what this moron was trying to do.. He didnt fit in at all and we just kept walking like if he didnt exist. The lesbian bar tender in the middle bar always ignores us, the big white guy at the front serves too slow. The drinks arent that great, the music is nothing but remixed top 40 and house which got old in 2003. The music still is great though, Ive been to all the West Hollywood clubs and theyre music is way outdated compared to South Beach. If your a newbee or from out of town I recommend it but Ive been out for a while so Im kind of bored of it. I really do miss Riches Houston! Now that was a REAL GAY BAR! Think of the Gay studio 54! PLEASE COME BACK!!! AAAAH :)

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Crowd to young and boyish

Oreo 31/M

I didn't like this place I guess because I like an older crowd. I wasn't impressed with the music all they played was house music. The drinks weren't that good either. Yeah this place has lights, fog machines, and all that to cater to a younger crowd but that's it. They will let you in if you 18 plus so there are alot of guys there that are young and not even old enough to buy you a drink because they're tagged with that bracelet thing. I think the only good thing about this place is that they valet park your car. I liked this place a lot more when it was Heaven.

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The Place to Dance !

JacenSpace 25/M

South Beach is a must see! The busiest gay dance bar in Houston and probably the nicest dance bar in Texas! Most people have not been to another club this nice and full of technology. If you are looking to dance, hear great music, see hot guys, and feel like you are the star...This is your place. Awesome!

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Cool place... hate the bouncers!

draco 24/M

A nice disco, superb special effects and lights, lots of attitude and strippers "wanna be's", a few "weird" people, but overall OK. HATE the bouncers; one of them took my beer from my hand around 2:30am, supposedly because they can't sell more alcohol after 2:00am. Let me tell you, that's this was the most horrible thing that has happened to me (I'm not a B*&TCH person, but I've been in discos in Paris, London, Beijing, Phili, NY, Miami, etc., and NEVER a situation like that have happened to me); the management should do something about that, because, if I already payed for the beer, I have the right to finish it; NOT some as*&%ole to take it from me, like if like if I were a delinquent.

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Dance Palace of Texas !!

Alec 36/M

If you are from out of town or not...This is the place to dance! It will probably be the most impressive light show and music you have experienced. Packed every weekend with the hotties! One of the best gay dance clubs in the country!

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Yes !!!!

EducatedMuscle77 28/M

This awesome club will "let you have it" !!! Best Dance Club in Texas!

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Snazzy dance club

kdogg36 32/M

South Beach is one of a trio of clubs, owned by one Charles Armstrong, on the 800 block of Pacific Street in Montrose. This one is a shiny, ultra-modern, high-tech dance club, and the perpetual long lines of folks waiting to get in is a testament to its success in giving the people what they want. Inside, South Beach almost seems like a theater in the round, with the crowded dance floor sunk slightly below the bars that surround it; this set-up allows one to easily participate in the fun as a spectator or as a dancer. South Beach has a high cover charge ($15 as of December 2005), but if you arrive between 10 and 10:30 you get in for free -- that's much too early, of course, but if you're on a budget it's a good deal. Laser/fog shows and refreshing water jets are among South Beach's cooler features.

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Texas should be PROUD !

JBH 29/M

I have traveled all over the world and love the nightlife. I have been to many, many, clubs. Vegas, Miami, NY, LA, London, etc...San Fran, the "Mother Land", has horrible clubs. Nothing even remotely close to what we have here in Texas. Many zip codes have great clubs but none have all the amenities of South Beach! You have a great sized venue, with overwhelming lighting, sound, special effects, full colored lasers, Kryogenifix cold fog system, and great DJ's / events. South Beach is defintely THE most high tech bar in Texas and surely one of the best in the country. Houston, be lucky that you have something so clean and fabulous! You could have some run downed hole in the wall or nothing at all. All of those things I listed cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. What club or club owner spends that much money on a club for his patrons? So, yes, it may cost a little more but you have to pay for your experience, it is not a charity event! People are in business to make money. If you have never been you are missing out on a grand experience. This is the dance palace of Texas and one of the greats of the US. No, I do not work there or am I affliated with them. I am loyal customer just because this club is awesome and I can see how my money is being re-invested!

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SOBE

hbomb 23/M

best nightclub i have ever been to, im there every weekend :P

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Not Like Heaven

Eddie 42/M

South Beach, or as the locals call it SoBe, would be a fantastic dance club. The music is HOT and the bar is phenomenal. With a huge dancefloor, complete with dance boxes, shirtless dancers, awesome light shows and a "fog machine" that is so intense, you can't see 10 inches in front of your face. Yellow warning lights announce the coming of the fog which lowers the temperature on the dance floor. Barbacks are there to prevent any late comers to the dancefloor, entrance and to maintain the safety of the crowd on the dance floor. It only lasts about 30 seconds, but well worth it. This reviewer, however, doesn't see much worth in the rest of the place. Over priced drinks and cover with a fair portion of the patrons being chemically friendly. If you like Twinks, dancing, drinking and pretentious attitudes this may just be your bar. I'm sorry to say, it's not mine.

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