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How to Write Reviews About Clubs

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By C.J. Heller
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Reviewing clubs for a news outlet makes for a fun job. Who wouldn't like to party hard and get paid for it? But being a professional club reviewer should not be synonymous with being a club promoter -- your job is to write about the experience of visiting a club, not touting only the positive aspects. Here are some tips on how to write reviews about clubs.

Difficulty: Moderate
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • A computer
  • The Internet

    Be critical but keep it light

  1. Step 1

    Describe the club's location -- you want your readers to know precisely where it is located. Many clubs, especially the most popular ones, are hidden and do not have signs outside their doors. Describe how to get there by car or public transportation, if and where parking is available and how much it costs and where to find the entrance.

  2. Step 2

    Make note of the price of admission, if applicable, and the selectivity -- most clubs have an age limit, going both ways, and bouncers will often only allow entrance to people who meet a certain criteria. In most cases, attractive women dressed in flattering, but not overly promiscuous outfits, who also appear with other women and without male acquaintances, are allowed in the most popular night clubs in any given city and are also more likely to be admitted without a cover charge.

  3. Step 3

    Describe the theme of the club. Is it a salsa club? A gay club? A tapas bar? Does it have a Mexican cantina theme? Write about the music, the food, the drinks and the type of dancing to give readers a taste of what they would experience if they walked into the club themselves.

  4. Step 4

    Describe the crowd inside the club. Is the group comprised mainly of people in their twenties or thirties or older or is it mixed? Is there a lot of heavy dancing or are people more apt to sit in lounge areas, sipping cocktails? Is it too loud to have a conversation?

  5. Step 5

    Give examples of prices -- people want to know not only a club's cover charge but the cost of popular food dishes, drinks and ongoing specials. Readers are more inclined to visit a hot-spot if they know in advance the damage it may do to their wallets.

Tips & Warnings
  • Be critical. If the crowd seems uninterested in the music the DJ is playing, that's a sign that the patrons are not very interested in what the club has to offer, which may indicate that its theme does not fit its crowd.
  • Bear in mind that a negative review of a club, even if its unavoidable, will most likely not gain you an invite to return and owners may talk about you badly to other fellow night club owners.
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