Lumen Lounge

Address:	5020 Kirby Dr, Houston, TX 77098, USA
Phone:	+1 713-807-7567
Site:	lumenlounge.net
Rating:	3.5
Working:	Closed 10PM–2AM Closed Closed 10PM–2AM 10PM–2AM Closed

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Victoria Rogers

Went to Lumen with a couple people visiting from LA on a Saturday night. We had fun, largely due to DJ Mr. Rogers playing great music and knowing how to keep the crowd going. However, the layout of the "lounge" could be different. Its basically a bar with a dance floor. There are only like 3 couches which are reserved for people that pay for it. There are 2 tables with chairs near the bar but its so close to the bar that it gets really tight and hard to walk around when the place gets busy. It got so crowded that management came and made us get up from our table and chairs to make more room. *side eye* It looked like there was a small patio but I didnt go outside because it was raining. The DJ mentioned hookah but I never saw anyone smoking hookah and I also dont know where they would have sat the hookahs - there was literally only 2 tables inside plus a few low tables by the couches. Theres an adjacent lounge but it costs $40 to get in and $20 to get into Lumen only. Lumen also had free before 11 if you RSVP on eventbrite. The drinks were VERY pricey. The average price is about $15 even for simple things like a tequila sunrise. One thing that I did like about Lumen is the atmosphere. It was a professional, grown & sexy kind of crowd. There was also a good ratio of men & women. Try it out!

Nelson Alzate

Horrible! So we reserved a table / section for my girlfriends birthday and ordered 3 bottles and several a la carte drinks. The club itself is very small but well decorated and upscale but thats about all the positives about this place. We arrived and the table was ready so we went inside but then our friends started to arrive well dressed but were denied entrance even though they were part of our group. The sorry excuse of a bouncer told us that the club was full and no one could come in but yet he would continue to let people arriving in luxury vehicles in. He continued to tell us that we could cancel our table and leave if we didnt like it. To make the story short, only half our our group got in so we could not party with all our friends even though we spent hundreds of dollars there for bottles and drinks. I have to say, I never play the race card but they were racist, classist and overall degrading. If anyone was overweight or just not "pretty", they would be denied entrance. I personally will discourage anyone to go there as I dont support establishments that operate in that manner.

Maria S

Up until tonight, I loved Lumen Lounge. Tonight we came in for my birthday party with a group of friends and had a table reserved. All was well, until one of our friends, who was running late, was stopped at the door and prohibited to enter the establishment. He is a very well educated, successful, presentable African-american male who was willing to spend a considerable amount of money at Lumen tonight in celebration of my birthday. He was prohibited to get in by the head bouncer, who was very unprofessional with my friend and was extremely rude to her while she was trying to explain to him that the man at the door was part of the birthday party. It is unacceptable for such a trendy and popular establishment to treat the target clientele of successful young professionals disrespectfully based on race or sex. The music, drinks, interior, and customer service indoors is nice; however, the attitude at the door and the diversity levels have to improve. Please take my review into consideration. I like your establishments and would like to keep bringing my business here with all of my friends.

jose C

First to Review I really wish I could give this place ZERO stars because thats what it deserves. First off, they have the nerve to charge their patrons $20 for valet parking, when people can easily go park on the street (North Blvd. or Dincans). Talk about screwing over your customers before they even walk through the door. Oh, and mind you were talking about less than an hour before the bar closes, too. RIDICULOUS. The place on the inside, the music, the atmosphere reminded me of a bad 90s club scene in a raunchy movie. Overly pretentious, trying to hard, and just straight up WEIRD. Its uncomfortable. Ive been to a large number of clubs and bars in my day and this place was just awful. Ill never return and all I can say to people in the Houston area looking for a good club to go to, stay away from this place - dont waste your time. Try Washington if you want this sort of atmosphere. One more thing - I had friends who were trying to join us, we even had a VIP hook up and they werent letting people in, saying the place was full and that they were at capacity -- total BS

Eeriel Constantine

Went here for a birthday. Got in okay, but the place is dingy and kinda gross on the outside (Dirty water all over in holes in the lot, awkward entrance). The place on the inside was kinda nice. There are two rooms, one crowded where the music is more house, and its easier to get groped by the crappy guys And the other room, more hispanic music, and easier to dance without rubbing butts with someones crotch. The music was eargratingly loud and the mixers werent great. The place was horribly hot and there was hooka smoke and water vapor coming from the ceiling that made it even hotter. The only reason we didnt leave earlier was because a friend had left to another club with our car keys.

Pete Sandov

The place is quite nice physically, but the overall atmosphere isnt that great, the music is repetitive basically the same song every 12 mins or so. Also music is literally the same genre over and over again it becomes very boring, btw no house whatsoever maybe outside but inside its mostly spanish music. Now Im a fan of spanish music but the DJ overuses songs especially hit songs without any mixing involved, so the club is basically the radio of spanish music turned up really high with lights and a guy who charges 20$ at the entrance. Hope this helps and maybe lumen can try and switch things up, as for myself i wont return in a loooooong while. Its just boring!

unknown person

Very nice looking place about all I can say for it. I had two drinks on the table, my gf and mine. A Cleaner took both of them up even thou they were about 3/4 full. Before I could tell him not to take my drinks he threw trash in the cups and took them. I asked him about my drinks and he just looked at me an walked away. I can understand making a mistake but not to get us a replacement drink. It was clear this was part of their training or he was told to collect our drinks. The night was still very early this was our first drink. Dont waste your time with this bar. It wont be around long with this attitude.

Veronica Stamps

Went to their lounge so that I could compete in a Cowgirls for Cancer contest. After the manager met my friend and I who were wanting to be in it he went and told the girl running the contest not to let us compete because I had pink hair and because my friend had tattoos. After spending over $100 on my cowgirl costume to be in this contest where cowgirls are supposed to be supporting breast cancer she lies to us telling us we had to "pre-register" in order to compete. TOTAL BS! I do not recommend this club to anyone who is against prejudice people.