Nacional

06/04/09

Guest List Anywhere in Hollywood

by LouEhlersIsGarbage at Citysearch

Guestlist: derek@axessentertainment (dot) com

Nacional is one of the hottest venues in town. Weekend nights and weekend days alike at Nacional are absolutely not to miss.

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• Pros: Large venue
• Cons: Difficult getting in

01/16/09

BS

by 28andstillsexy at Citysearch

That club is getto with ugly but folks it stinks far as smell drinks high and watered down. they totally over charged us 30 bucks to get in i was only there 10 mins and we were out

08/04/08

I LUV FRIDAY NIGHTS HERE!

by MizWorld818 at Citysearch

I can't believe the bad reviews I've read about Nacional's! I've been going here since last summer and have never had a bad experience. I've never had to pay to get in (always put myself on a guestlist), always got tipsy off the drinks, bartenders have always been nice to me, I've always danced my butt off, and have just always had a good time here. The music's good, the crowd is good and mixed...and the guys here are pretty much good looking. ;-)

• Pros: Good Atmosphere, Good Music, Good-Looking People, Cheap Self Parking
• Cons: Small dancefloor downstairs can get packed and really hot.

10/26/07

Small, Cramped, Bad Sound System, Stingy Drink Policy, Not Recommend for group Parties

by bryanmeyer at Citysearch

Imagine your company or school decided to throw an event at a club. All of your friends are going and there's a limit of 300 people that can be on the list and the cost is $45 a head for an open bar. The event is at the club Nacional in Hollywood.

You show up at 10:15 and the party is already rockin' in that there are lots of people there already. Unfortunately, as you walk in you notice several things.

1. The place is crowded. Overcrowded. They definitely do NOT have capacity for 300 people to be comfortably hanging out.

2. The dance floor is on the first floor and it's small.

3. The music downstairs, with varying degrees of not good, is not loud enough. And they really don't have that many speakers to spread the sound throughout the dance floor.

4. Upstairs, they don't have speakers, so the music is barely heard -you can't dance there.

5. The bathroom - which consists of 3 stalls, is unisex.

6. The open bar for which you you paid $45-$50 only serves a small subset of drinks...rum and coke, kamikaze, house wine, foreign and domestic beer, some martinis. However, charging full price for good drinks like a midori sour ($12) or lemon drop.

7. The lighting is inconsistent and thus poor.

The only thing this place had going for it was that it does have an open roof porch and ample parking lots next to and across the street ($8 - $10 lots).

Avoid for large (300+) closed parties and if you are interested in dancing or listening to music.

• Pros: Nearby $8 to $10 Parking Lots
• Cons: No music broadcast upstairs, cramped rooms, 3 unisex stalls, bad lighting

07/26/07

THE WORST CLUB IN HOLLYWOOD!

by nacionalsucks at Citysearch

I signed up on this site just to express my feelings on how much I dislike this club. The staff is rude, crowd is beyond trash, and the music is mostly underground trash. I'd rather drink a 40 in back alley of the projects in watts than have a $12 mojito that tastes like assjuice in this garbage dump of a so-called "club". $20 entry + $10 parking + $12 for regergitation in a glass = the worst $42 I've ever spent in my LIFE! STAY AWAY FROM THIS PLACE! IT REALLY DOES BITE!

• Pros: If you're researching the slums of LA...this place would help you out.
• Cons: EVERY DAMN THING

07/22/07

BEWARE!!

by weekender2 at Citysearch

I went to this club/bar a few weeks ago and they over billed me!!!! The bartender charged me twice even though it was only once that I closed my tab. His drinks were NOT even really good or anything. He wouldn't put time into making them. It seemed like he just wanted to get people out of his way so he could go home. THIS IS JUST ISNT IT IF YOURE LOOKING FOR A GOOD TIME.

COME HERE IF YOU WANT TO GET OVERCHARGED!!!!!

• Pros: Something to do
• Cons: OVERBILLED & TOO CROWDED

07/21/07

club dingy

by pjkp84 at Citysearch

this club was probably the worst club i been to this summer 07. the crowd was fairly mixed which was good. the dj sucked tremendously, and he tend to have no theme to his music. the dj was very poor at recognizing the moods of the crowd, and was too pig headed to listen to the paying customers. the gogo dancers were wack to me, i swear they were like 40, and there musical act made the club very inconsistent and weird. the parking is the worst, u b better off parking down the street. also the person who invited me, assured i will get in free, and because of there poor organization, me and my 2 buddies were forced to pay 15. we stayed as long as we could, to feel like we got our moneys worth, and left as fast as we can.

• Pros: mix crowd
• Cons: dj/ bartender we almost fought/ everything else

07/03/07

GOOD PLACE FOR AFRICANS!!!!

by iamnotblack42 at Citysearch

I CALL THE PLACE AND THE LADY IS VERY VERY NICE. HER NAME IS MECCA. SHOUT OUT TO MECCA. GO ON GIRL!!! SHE WAS VERY NICE TO ME SHE EVEN SAY I CAN HAVE FREE LIVE CHICKEN. I COME TO AMERICA TO HAVE FUN AND MECCA GIVE ME THAT FUN. HOPEFULLY AFTER MY BACHELOR PARTY ME AND MECCA COULD HAVE DRINKS WITH THE CHICKENS. I LOVE AMERICA!!!!!!! AND MY NAME IS BUNZHQUY

• Pros: THE LADY MECCA IS VERY NICE SHE MAKE ME FEEL GOOD OVER THE PHONE. I THINK I LOVE HER.
• Cons: BUT SINCE I HAVE BACHELOR PART Y ME AND MECCA CANNOT HAVE FUN LIKE I WANT TO. =( PS I AM FROM AFRICA

01/14/07

Another Credit card / ID nightmare...

by ii2ose12 at Citysearch

They lost my credit card and driver's license as well. On top of that they made it seem like I was drunk and lost my own stuff when I never even closed the tab. Apparently they checked and said I already signed out! Bar manager at the time was a complete b*tch! I will never ever go to this place again. Worst place ever....

• Cons: everything

01/08/07

Crazy, b*&ch of a bartender there who extorts higher tip from customers by refusing to give back credit card

by chuugle at Citysearch

Wow, it?s amazing that I have pretty much the same experience as the previous reviewer, except this happened at the upstairs bar. We were there for my friend?s birthday party and my fiance had been buying rounds all night long. Around midnight, he bought 3 alcoholic drinks and 2 bottles of water from a bartender wearing a baseball cap and a wife beater. She looked like she was dressed to run errands at the grocery store. He tipped her $3 for the alcohol. And she had the nerve to demand more tip! It?s standard to tip for alcohol but not water. It?s not like she did any work for the freaking water! Anyway, he explained to her that he tipped her for the alcoholic beverages. And she said, no, you need to give me $2 more. And she refuses to give him his ID and credit card back until he gives her more money. (Which is illegal, by the way.) At this point our friend comes along and he?s trying to convince her to be reasonable and finally he gives in and gives her $2 more, which he totally shouldn?t have. And she throws back my fiance?s ID and credit card and tells him not to come back to her! What a biatch!!! At this point I?m really angry, so I tell her if she wants more tip she should show more cleavage! So she asks the bouncer to throw us out. As if we would stay after being treated like that! It?s just so ridiculous. When did tip become expected and demanded rather than something you get for good service?! I must say that the other bartenders were nice and the bouncer was very nice and polite too. (He actually told us we could stay if we wanted to.) I don?t know why this crazy b*&%ch is allowed to drive away paying customers like this, except that she?s sleeping with the owner or something. I always imagined my first time being thrown out of a club to be for actually doing something bad like breaking a toilet, not for buying drinks and not tipping for water!!

• Pros: Paid parking lot
• Cons: Crazy bartenders who powertrip