Comments on: The Met Nightclub Fortitude Valley http://www.newbrisbane.com/87/the-met-nightclub-fortitude-valley/ Brisbane Nightlife Guide Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:01:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: BlackApple http://www.newbrisbane.com/87/the-met-nightclub-fortitude-valley/#comment-3411 BlackApple Mon, 05 Mar 2007 01:10:51 +0000 http://www.newbrisbane.com/87/the-met-nightclub-fortitude-valley/#comment-3411 I couldn't agree more. We were also out on Saturday night at the Met and we left much earlier than you as the music was making me feel ill. I think the Met has a lot of potential but who ever is in charge is an absolute f%#king retard. Specially the idiots that organized the Deep Dish event. Thankfully though we only paid $15 to get in, I would be really pi$$ed if I'd paid $40 like you! I couldn’t agree more. We were also out on Saturday night at the Met and we left much earlier than you as the music was making me feel ill.

I think the Met has a lot of potential but who ever is in charge is an absolute f%#king retard. Specially the idiots that organized the Deep Dish event.

Thankfully though we only paid $15 to get in, I would be really pi$$ed if I’d paid $40 like you!

]]> By: Alan http://www.newbrisbane.com/87/the-met-nightclub-fortitude-valley/#comment-3412 Alan Mon, 05 Mar 2007 01:19:56 +0000 http://www.newbrisbane.com/87/the-met-nightclub-fortitude-valley/#comment-3412 Haha! Great review, I was really peaved I missed Deep Dish on saturday, but by the sounds of it, I only saved some money and heartache! I've only been to the met once before and I thought the music was worse than a Christina Aguilera concert. Haha! Great review, I was really peaved I missed Deep Dish on saturday, but by the sounds of it, I only saved some money and heartache!

I’ve only been to the met once before and I thought the music was worse than a Christina Aguilera concert.

]]> By: amanda http://www.newbrisbane.com/87/the-met-nightclub-fortitude-valley/#comment-3413 amanda Mon, 05 Mar 2007 09:14:23 +0000 http://www.newbrisbane.com/87/the-met-nightclub-fortitude-valley/#comment-3413 You couldn't have said it better Alborz! It was my worst night out in the Valley too! (Watching Chicken Little at Eldorado was a blast compared to Saturday night) That 'girl' working at the door was so rude to me! It's full of Best'n'Less wankers, people who should be arrested for attempting to dance and have never heard of class or antiperspirant. Apart from that guy pushing me, there was another one who wanted to start a fight because he was in MY way. And I'm sure if I hadn't moved for him he would've hit me. Oh and the drink that fell on us from the balcony when we were on the dance floor was classy stuff! As for the music, they might as well play Nova, you could dance to it and it’s less repetitive. I also think an under 40 rule would be more efficient than the current over 20 rule. I will never be wasting my time at The Met again! Management is dodgy (who opens a club when it’s half built?), staff are disrespectful, music is repulsive and 99% of the patrons are scum. On a positive note, all the city morons now have somewhere to congregate and stay the hell away from the rest of us. The Met is the RE with a smoke machine and a fish tank. You couldn’t have said it better Alborz! It was my worst night out in the Valley too! (Watching Chicken Little at Eldorado was a blast compared to Saturday night) That ‘girl’ working at the door was so rude to me! It’s full of Best’n'Less wankers, people who should be arrested for attempting to dance and have never heard of class or antiperspirant. Apart from that guy pushing me, there was another one who wanted to start a fight because he was in MY way. And I’m sure if I hadn’t moved for him he would’ve hit me. Oh and the drink that fell on us from the balcony when we were on the dance floor was classy stuff! As for the music, they might as well play Nova, you could dance to it and it’s less repetitive. I also think an under 40 rule would be more efficient than the current over 20 rule. I will never be wasting my time at The Met again! Management is dodgy (who opens a club when it’s half built?), staff are disrespectful, music is repulsive and 99% of the patrons are scum. On a positive note, all the city morons now have somewhere to congregate and stay the hell away from the rest of us.

The Met is the RE with a smoke machine and a fish tank.

]]> By: darkbhudda http://www.newbrisbane.com/87/the-met-nightclub-fortitude-valley/#comment-3420 darkbhudda Mon, 19 Mar 2007 13:00:38 +0000 http://www.newbrisbane.com/87/the-met-nightclub-fortitude-valley/#comment-3420 Haven't been to The Met, but had similar experiences elsewhere. The main act was one and a half hours late. We had to wait in the lobby. No announcement from the staff at all. When the main act turned up, then the backup act started their 45 minute set. Why they couldn't have done their set while we waited is beyond me. Once they finished, they announced a half hour break before the main act was to begin. I gave up and left. I'm sure they would have stretched that half hour out in order to sell more drinks. Haven’t been to The Met, but had similar experiences elsewhere. The main act was one and a half hours late. We had to wait in the lobby. No announcement from the staff at all. When the main act turned up, then the backup act started their 45 minute set. Why they couldn’t have done their set while we waited is beyond me. Once they finished, they announced a half hour break before the main act was to begin. I gave up and left. I’m sure they would have stretched that half hour out in order to sell more drinks.

]]> By: Chris http://www.newbrisbane.com/87/the-met-nightclub-fortitude-valley/#comment-3444 Chris Sun, 22 Apr 2007 23:47:09 +0000 http://www.newbrisbane.com/87/the-met-nightclub-fortitude-valley/#comment-3444 "The Met is the RE with a smoke machine and a fish tank." Hahahaha - I looove that quote... classic... Yeah, I finally went to checkout The Met the other night. Rubbish. I don't know what game others play but when it comes to a night out its all about the music... I don't think The Met played anything I would really consider music the entire 4 hours that I was there for. All I saw was a bunch of dirty old men and tossers, leering over anything with a skirt and a pulse to the pumpin' beats of 105.3 ... “The Met is the RE with a smoke machine and a fish tank.”

Hahahaha - I looove that quote… classic…

Yeah, I finally went to checkout The Met the other night. Rubbish. I don’t know what game others play but when it comes to a night out its all about the music… I don’t think The Met played anything I would really consider music the entire 4 hours that I was there for. All I saw was a bunch of dirty old men and tossers, leering over anything with a skirt and a pulse to the pumpin’ beats of 105.3 …

]]> By: Alice http://www.newbrisbane.com/87/the-met-nightclub-fortitude-valley/#comment-3445 Alice Mon, 23 Apr 2007 07:14:11 +0000 http://www.newbrisbane.com/87/the-met-nightclub-fortitude-valley/#comment-3445 Ok ok. hands up someone who can say something NICE. I challenge you to find one NICE thing about the place. c'mon. u can do it. tell me one good thing about The Met. Ok ok. hands up someone who can say something NICE.
I challenge you to find one NICE thing about the place. c’mon. u can do it. tell me one good thing about The Met.

]]> By: Sarah http://www.newbrisbane.com/87/the-met-nightclub-fortitude-valley/#comment-3454 Sarah Sat, 28 Apr 2007 09:57:25 +0000 http://www.newbrisbane.com/87/the-met-nightclub-fortitude-valley/#comment-3454 Okay, I can say something nice about The Met. One day I was shopping in the valley and came across a 5 inch thick stack of postcards sitting on a shelf in a clothing store. I asked one of the staff what they were (all the same print) and what this 'The Met' thing was. She tells me it's a nightclub opening soon but they've been building it for bloody ages and they were given the stack of postcards (thousands of them) about 5 months ago. Okay. I took my postcard home and looked up the URL on the card. Hrm, nightclub thing. Dodgy spot for it, but okay. I joined the mailing list. It seemed shiny, and regular emails came. 2 weeks til opening! One week! Then they started a countdown timer on the website that told us it would be opening at 8pm on the first night. Excellent, new club with 24carat gold wall tiles (the emails laid it on thick) and telling us that it is better than Family? Okay, I'll have a look. I organised a friend we turned up at about 10pm opening night. All spunktacular, gorgeous and pockets full of money they turned us away at the door and were quite rude about it. 'INVITATION ONLY TIL MIDNIGHT!' the security barked. What? The emails had been telling us it was open to the public from 8? Having been a valley-dweller for several years I knew there was no reason to shaft us at the door, but they were having an ego trip. So where's the good bit in this story? Because we'd been turned away we decided to spend a few hours somewhere else and head back after midnight. We wandered up the Valley Mall and found ourself at what used to be Manfreds but is now Bar Burlesque. Six hours later we stumbled out of Bar Burlesque after one of the best nights we'd ever had, having forgotten all about the Met. I have a new favorite bar, complete with pretty non-nude girls and energetic rockabilly bands. HURRAH! Okay, I can say something nice about The Met.
One day I was shopping in the valley and came across a 5 inch thick stack of postcards sitting on a shelf in a clothing store. I asked one of the staff what they were (all the same print) and what this ‘The Met’ thing was. She tells me it’s a nightclub opening soon but they’ve been building it for bloody ages and they were given the stack of postcards (thousands of them) about 5 months ago. Okay. I took my postcard home and looked up the URL on the card. Hrm, nightclub thing. Dodgy spot for it, but okay. I joined the mailing list. It seemed shiny, and regular emails came. 2 weeks til opening! One week! Then they started a countdown timer on the website that told us it would be opening at 8pm on the first night. Excellent, new club with 24carat gold wall tiles (the emails laid it on thick) and telling us that it is better than Family? Okay, I’ll have a look.
I organised a friend we turned up at about 10pm opening night. All spunktacular, gorgeous and pockets full of money they turned us away at the door and were quite rude about it. ‘INVITATION ONLY TIL MIDNIGHT!’ the security barked. What? The emails had been telling us it was open to the public from 8? Having been a valley-dweller for several years I knew there was no reason to shaft us at the door, but they were having an ego trip.
So where’s the good bit in this story? Because we’d been turned away we decided to spend a few hours somewhere else and head back after midnight.
We wandered up the Valley Mall and found ourself at what used to be Manfreds but is now Bar Burlesque. Six hours later we stumbled out of Bar Burlesque after one of the best nights we’d ever had, having forgotten all about the Met. I have a new favorite bar, complete with pretty non-nude girls and energetic rockabilly bands. HURRAH!

]]> By: gem http://www.newbrisbane.com/87/the-met-nightclub-fortitude-valley/#comment-3455 gem Sat, 28 Apr 2007 12:18:56 +0000 http://www.newbrisbane.com/87/the-met-nightclub-fortitude-valley/#comment-3455 something nice about the met?? I went there a couple of weeks ago for a friend's birthday, and because we got there quite early it was not too busy, and scored a nice booth with curtains and cushions etc... that was nice! As the night progressed though, too many agro patrons arrived and drank far too many jager-bombs etc, the music was terrible, and I saw a guy power-spew on the stairs coming down from the dance floor to the booth area, so I decided to go home. The only line bigger than the cab line was the line waiting to get into the met - I'm not quite sure why its so popular? something nice about the met?? I went there a couple of weeks ago for a friend’s birthday, and because we got there quite early it was not too busy, and scored a nice booth with curtains and cushions etc… that was nice! As the night progressed though, too many agro patrons arrived and drank far too many jager-bombs etc, the music was terrible, and I saw a guy power-spew on the stairs coming down from the dance floor to the booth area, so I decided to go home. The only line bigger than the cab line was the line waiting to get into the met - I’m not quite sure why its so popular?

]]> By: Alice http://www.newbrisbane.com/87/the-met-nightclub-fortitude-valley/#comment-3456 Alice Sat, 28 Apr 2007 14:57:46 +0000 http://www.newbrisbane.com/87/the-met-nightclub-fortitude-valley/#comment-3456 hahaha!! Sarah - that was the most awesome story! Gold star goes to u! haha... hahaha!!
Sarah - that was the most awesome story!
Gold star goes to u!
haha…

]]> By: daz http://www.newbrisbane.com/87/the-met-nightclub-fortitude-valley/#comment-3457 daz Sun, 29 Apr 2007 00:03:54 +0000 http://www.newbrisbane.com/87/the-met-nightclub-fortitude-valley/#comment-3457 Well, there is a school of thought as to whether Deep Dish can be classified as music at all, but, hey I won't bring that up! :) Your review is well written. Not that I was ever going to go there anyway, but you get that. Personally, I can only stand going to Rics Cafe and the Troubadour, and there seems to be a dire lack of venues that have live original acts and a friendly atmosphere. Eh, the Valley is going to hell. Well, there is a school of thought as to whether Deep Dish can be classified as music at all, but, hey I won’t bring that up! :)

Your review is well written. Not that I was ever going to go there anyway, but you get that. Personally, I can only stand going to Rics Cafe and the Troubadour, and there seems to be a dire lack of venues that have live original acts and a friendly atmosphere.

Eh, the Valley is going to hell.

]]> By: Nic http://www.newbrisbane.com/87/the-met-nightclub-fortitude-valley/#comment-3458 Nic Sun, 29 Apr 2007 07:45:36 +0000 http://www.newbrisbane.com/87/the-met-nightclub-fortitude-valley/#comment-3458 Somehow I think the rough crowd from Future Music Festival who went there for the FMF after-party now have a new home! Somehow I think the rough crowd from Future Music Festival who went there for the FMF after-party now have a new home!

]]> By: henry http://www.newbrisbane.com/87/the-met-nightclub-fortitude-valley/#comment-3494 henry Mon, 18 Jun 2007 06:49:40 +0000 http://www.newbrisbane.com/87/the-met-nightclub-fortitude-valley/#comment-3494 Hi Guys great blog here! I've come up from Sydney, wide eyed and out of my element! I went to the Met on Saturday and didnt really find fault. Maybe they've lifted their game the past 3 or so months since opening. The crowd were generally well behaved, didnt witness any 'power pukes', and was mighty impressed with the venue. Very big, and had these hidden nooks and crannies which made it 'mysterious' I suppose. Although if I were to make a neg obs, i'd say that the guys there gave off strong pongs of desperation. ie was a meat market, kinda what you'd expect in an rnb club Can't wait till the weekend where I will def try "the family". Hi Guys
great blog here! I’ve come up from Sydney, wide eyed and out of my element!
I went to the Met on Saturday and didnt really find fault. Maybe they’ve lifted their game the past 3 or so months since opening. The crowd were generally well behaved, didnt witness any ‘power pukes’, and was mighty impressed with the venue. Very big, and had these hidden nooks and crannies which made it ‘mysterious’ I suppose.
Although if I were to make a neg obs, i’d say that the guys there gave off strong pongs of desperation. ie was a meat market, kinda what you’d expect in an rnb club
Can’t wait till the weekend where I will def try “the family”.

]]> By: Alice http://www.newbrisbane.com/87/the-met-nightclub-fortitude-valley/#comment-3495 Alice Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:48:36 +0000 http://www.newbrisbane.com/87/the-met-nightclub-fortitude-valley/#comment-3495 HI Henry, Welcome to Bris. That was a very diplomatic assessment of the Met - nice to know. Hope you're enjoying Bris and if you ever want to make any observations at length - let us know - we'll post it up. HI Henry,
Welcome to Bris. That was a very diplomatic assessment of the Met - nice to know. Hope you’re enjoying Bris and if you ever want to make any observations at length - let us know - we’ll post it up.

]]> By: don http://www.newbrisbane.com/87/the-met-nightclub-fortitude-valley/#comment-3510 don Fri, 06 Jul 2007 10:49:45 +0000 http://www.newbrisbane.com/87/the-met-nightclub-fortitude-valley/#comment-3510 The price thing does suck, but I think you need to qualify why you think the sound system sucks. I heard Sneaky along with a studio engineer from ABC and both agreed it was the best we'd heard, better that MOS in London. Are sure the DJ just was just crap with crappy cd, mp3's etc. I think the price has affected your ears The price thing does suck, but I think you need to qualify why you think the sound system sucks. I heard Sneaky along with a studio engineer from ABC and both agreed it was the best we’d heard, better that MOS in London. Are sure the DJ just was just crap with crappy cd, mp3’s etc.

I think the price has affected your ears

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