Bottle Service is Over
Mark this day in your calendars, because September 16, 2008 is officially the day that bottle service died in Manhattan. At least thats what JE Engelbert thinks, and he is putting his club where his mouth is. In another sizzling press release, JE says that his renovated club Prime will no longer cater to bottle service patrons, saying:
With the new Prime comes a new attitude and a new goal creating pleasure for the customer and making the party a fun party. Admission will no longer be driven by bottle sales. If someone looks good enough to get in and comes with the right attitude, they will get in without bottles.
That's nice to hear, but won't these just be the same people that were coming to Prime to buy bottles? And what if a customer wants to buy a bottle to impress someone? JE has an answer for that:
Of course we will still sell bottles and offer bottles to anyone who wants them but the business model will not be based solely on the idea of extorting bottles at the door.
Fabulous. And what about customer service? Will your customers be treated any differently now that the bottle service era is finished?
the goal is to create an environment where the customers can go out to a fun place on Saturday nights without getting raped or abused at the door . . . In an era where NYC clubs treat customers like enemies and adversaries we feel this is a new and novel approach that will work extremely well.
There you have it. The era of bottle service is officially over, unless you want a bottle, and customers will no longer be raped or abused at the door on Saturday nights. The other nights of the week may be full of abuse, but we will wait for another press release for clarification.
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I bet the clubs start hurting, because the markets are hurting. This could be a smart move. 450 for a bottle is just getting a little ridiculous.
JE Dinglebert is a fucking nut job. Lucky NY is big enough that I never ever have to set foot in one of his meathead fest shithole club/zoos....
OVer? It never started at any of his shit clubs. Quo? LOL. Retox? LAUGHABLE! Prime? Suzy Wongs? Thing is for something to end, you have to start.
Go to Pink Elephant. Someone bought 200,000$ worth of bottles last week.
Mansion, was sold out sat night( 60 + tables)
Home KILLED it last weekend.( well stabbed it !! lol)
Marquee is on fire.
The only thing that is over is JE Englebart. Time to start making fagitas my friend ,. You have lost all credibility in this business and obviously can not start a trend if you wanted to.
So, basically, ATTENTION ALL BROKE ASS MOTHERFUCKERS!!! GO TO PRIME!
And, wasnt prime just shut down for 15 days??? FOR SERVING BOTTLES TO UNDERAGE GIRLS!!!
LAUGHABLE.
this guy has seriously fallen off the cocaine bandwagon.
so basically, he is abmitting that he has been trying to EXTORT the same people he wants to come back to see him for the last three years!! nice choice of words. DOUCHEBAG.
FUCK bottle Service.I remember when New York City had REAL clubs and was all about the Music.NO BULLSHIT
I remember that too.Clubs use to pack up with real crowds and the staff was friendly and admission went from $10-20.Some clubs packed with 3,000 or more.A-list World class DJs crowd was really into it.You didnt have to be some fake-ass money flaunting snobby douche-bag.Like Now.And you didnt have to worry about being shot up by a bouncer like at the bottle service clubs now.
hahahha can I just respond the third poster who makes the claim that someone spent 200k at PE? How can you possibly do this in one night, and also the claim the Marquee is on fire. Worst place in New York City, it's like being jammed into a cattle car. And that Home is killing it, did i miss something was there a stabbing here? Because Home, and Marquee have never been cool, and PE is marginally ok. I'm glad the Guido B&T crowd are still buying bottles here.
haha even better I forgot to mention his mentioning of Mansion being sold out to New Jersey B&T losers who are ruining nyc nightlife. They are the reason that the doors are so tough, because no one wants them in any club unless they are a bad establishment just trying to make money
He doesent want Bottle service because they CANT sell any Bottles!!!
snooze...the end of bottle service theme if you will was already reported yesterday here:
http://guestofaguest.com/nyc-nightlife/bears-and-bulls-make-money-clubs-get-slaughtered/
lets get up from behind the curve shall we DBTH?
oops forgot to link:
Bears And Bulls Make Money, Clubs Get Slaughtered?
You're Stupid......You are Stupid. Someone did spend 200K + last week at Pink Elephant. The bill was on the cover of the london sun. You can spend that much by buying 200+ bottles of champagne and sending it to the entire club.
Bottle service will always be around at the high end venues but, as people have less money you will start seeing a trend back to the big nightclub. JE might be right but, it ain't gonna happen at prime.
its true i was there and the guy was chairman of a uk soccer club and he did spend 234k to be exact..hey noone said he drank it ...he sprayed it on people ...and so did others arond him ..pink ran out of cristol ...yes it was in the uk paper the sun with the check..bottle service is not over ..but the idea that bottle service is cool and exclusive has been over for years ....you can't buy culture ..and spending a couple k does not make u a class act or mean u will be sitting in a club with a classy crowd ....it more likely means in nyc that u will probaly hear the radio a lot and not be very forward thinking place...unless u call counting tables and bottles as most important thing about a club ...and sitting with girls who say there models but dont even have a agent ..or book .
hey stanley you asshat, dbth has talked about a shift in club culture away from that since the site started. glad you dipshits over there caught on YESTERDAY. go back to the eldridge with the rest of your fake, b-list social set and stop polluting the comment section here.
im just go to these clubs for the gangbang
Hahahaha word on the street is that the dude from London is protesting his charge at Pink Elephant and they may be out the entire sum, especially since they are in bankruptcy proceedings. If they do get to keep the money (and I doubt they will) they don't get it anyway! The trustees will see to that.
Oh and btw, JE is a moron.
"FUCK bottle Service.I remember when New York City had REAL clubs and was all about the Music.NO BULLSHIT"
just go to santos, dude. i think that's what you want..
if you spend 200k on bottles each with a cost of 300 this is what you get 200,000/300 = 666 i don't think 600 people can drink 666 bottles smartass... Pink Elephant is just full of EuroTrash, Marquee is overrated. The nightlife industry is just garbage, A bunch of socially Handicapped "RETARDS" trying to LOOK COOL!! I call them Saturday night celebrities -WANNABE'S-.. 27TH ST IS DEAD!!
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