Address: | 189 Chrystie St, New York, NY 10002, USA |
Phone: | +1 212-982-9301 |
Site: | theboxnyc.com |
Rating: | 3.7 |
Working: | 11AM–6PM 11AM–6PM 11AM–6PM 11AM–6PM 11AM–6PM 11PM–4AM Closed |
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A Private User
Usually, when you make reservations, you expect that the place you make them will honor them. I made reservations at The Box several weeks prior since I wanted to take out my friends for a good time on my birthday. I (who made the reservations) came with my wife first since our party (3 other ppl) were a little late. My wife and I came on time at 11:20pm and were asked if we had reservations and I told the guy with the hat that we did. He looks at the list which was hanging on a nail by the door and told us “I do not see your reservations & asked if it could have been on a different name”… I told him that it should be under my name. I personally saw my name on that list since it was hanging close to the velvet ropes. In any case…he told us that we had to wait until our entire party would arrive so that he could see if he would “like my friends”. He told me…”Im sorry for making you wait but you are not a regular customer and I need to see if your friends match our club”. When our party arrived at around 12ish..he told me “I like you, but I don’t like your friends”. I was like..WTF? is this guy kidding me? I told him it’s my bday and that I had made the reservations with Katherina. He told me…”ok..hold on..let me try to take care of you…but do me a favor and take care of me in return”.. Being the nice guy that I am.. I thought ok…ill slip him some $ for being such a “nice” guy. He went to talk to the lady (Katherina) whom I made the reservations and 3 min later, he returns and tells me..”ok..u can come to katherina and she will take care of you”…I thought to myself…”ok great..finally we can come inside, sit down and have a good time (When I made the reservations 2 weeks prior, the agreement was $1000 showcharge + 2 bottle minimum). When I came to Katherina hoping she would sit us down…she told me “it will be $1500 + 2 bottles + you will be sitting UPSTAIRS!. At that point, I was really upset. First the lowlife guy with the hat at the door outside insults my guests by telling me “he doesn’t like them” (and we were ALL dressed up according to The Box’s “Dress Code” (Jackets, & Outrageous) and now this Katharina lady whom I made the reservations is telling me it’s going to be $1500 which I would have agreed to if it was not for the “Upstairs seating” which is really bad because you don’t get to be part of the show and the view is inferior. I was really fed-up and decided to leave and tell the guy at the door a few choice words. In conclusion.. I would like to say that I would not trust the box with your reservations if you are planning to go there. The show is filled with a lot of stuff you wouldn’t see anywhere but watching a guy stick a Jack Daniels bottom up his rectum and then take it out & drink from it is not worth the aggravations of the staff outside and their “policies”. If you want to be treated like dirt & insulted when you shell our $2,000++ for a night out then u can go to the box but I’m would not spend a dime at a place like that. This review does not do justice to the experience which we went through that night. As you can see from the other reviews..this is not something new.. the box is “known” for such antics.
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Sarah Wainio
The Box... where do you begin? Similar to other reviews Ive read, The Box is the sort of place you have on your Life List. I knew I needed to go, I just dont know if I need to go back. I would never have been able to get in had I not known a promoter. With that being said, I got in past a line and a velvet rope with no problem; major confidence booster. As soon as we entered the club, we had to pass another check-point to get upstairs. We made our way to stage right and were dangling right over the performers. The first act wasnt announced by the MC, so he seemed to have some trouble clearing the stage from drunkards. Once the MC appeared I saw a handful of acts; a woman hanging in a Cirqu-du-soleil type hammock in her panties, a genetic male with implants spurting blood and liquor from his mouth (who later peed on the audience - fake urine I presume), a woman who removed something (a fetus?) from her lady-bits and then bit into it (yes, folks, full frontal), and an impressive magic duo. Honestly, at 25 years old, and someone who thinks of herself as very liberal, I was still shocked at some of the acts. The show doesnt move that quickly, but perhaps if you are drunker than I it does. The venue encourages drugs and drinks, so feel free to do what you wish, carefully. Overall it was a night to remember for sure. The space is small and unique. Go with no expectations and full pockets and youll have a good time.
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A Private User
The partner and I were escorted up to a private balcony box seat. A staff of beautiful and very nice 20something hosts/servers attended to our every need. First cocktail service - the flaming absinthe drink was fun, then dinner was served. It was delicious - peasant gourmet - and served on miss matched antique plates. Then on with the FUN - amazing talent - Raven O and The James Gang. Lots of humor and just a bit naughty but really R - not NC17 for the dinner show. Yummy dessert during intermission - then a great second half that had a Hammerstein Beauty in our box seat tossing conffetti out to the crowd. You can do cheaper reserved seating - that are sofas in the middle of the theater or even cheaper standing room only in the bars. Decent sight lines. Dont worry about dress code - it says Jackets - but the hipster all came with Jackets and JEANS. The Jackets came right off. We just wore nice pants and shirts - no jackets and it was not a problem. Hints for the late 10pm festivities. We were told to call and price a table - they start at $600 - just for the table - bottle service is extra. Table can cost up into the thousands of dollars. Dinner and cocktails was fine - we were out by 10pm in time for some clubbing and dancing - and already had a NYC experience we will never forget. * THE JAMES GANG * Great talent!
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Dave Gouveia
The place itself was very unique. Cabaret show was entertaining and a little racy. Found the place to be way to warm and was sweating towards the end. Unfortunately, the reason why I gave this place such a low rating is that they scam you big time for drinks. Ordered 2 vodka sodas for my friend and I from the bar upstairs. Was expecting speed rack liquor since that was what I asked for...wasnt paying attention and noticed she was pouring Belvedere vodka into the 2nd drink...probably the highest premium they sell. I said whatever, how much more could it be...ahhh how wrong I was...19$ per drink! Ok fine, its NYC and some places can charge these ridiculous amounts. problem was, when I gave my credit card and received the bill, it looked like every other standard check Ive ever gotten. Found out the next day, they AUTOMATICALLY add 20% to your drink tab!! And the normal line for tips says, "additional tip"!! Normally I would see this, but they keep this place so dark, you dont see it! So I ended up tipping an additional 2$ and ended up tipping her almost 10$ and spent 46$ for 2 vodka sodas...total scam!! My advice...buy beer...they were only 7$, and pay cash!!