Came here last night for a girls night out with my roommates and my roommate's older coworker (my friends and I are around 25 yrs old, her coworker and coworker's friend are ~50 yrs old. The night was lit). The lounge is inside Silver Legacy, so if you can park in the parking structure and walk up to the 3rd floor, that's where the walkway into the casino and Aura is! Find the place near all the dealers tables are and the lounge is off to the side. We came here around 10pm and stayed until a little past midnight (we've become grandmas, some of us had work the next day, applause to the older crowd that stayed hours after we left). There wasn't a cover tonight and the line wasn't very long around 10. Got a moscow mule at the bar which didn't taste half bad, and the bartending service was not bad (granted it's still pretty early so it wasn't crowded and there wasn't a wait). Layout of the place: the dance floor is in the middle (there's also a smoke machine that occasionally bellows out a smoke cloud every 5-10 mins), and then there's booths/couch seating around the edges. If you come early, it does kind of feel weird to be on the dance floor (especially if it's empty) while the rest of the people sitting around the edges just watch you (but hey if you're drunk, it doesn't really matter). I want to say that me and my roommates were easily the youngest people in this club. I think the average age of the clientele last night was around 30-40 years old. WHICH ISN'T A BAD THING - it was actually super fun. Super ethnically diverse clientele, and I appreciated that the DJ could recognize who and what age group was out that night because he mostly played hip-hop/rap from the 90s/early 2000s (aka my favorite era of hip hop, I don't think there was one song played that night that disappointed me - classic 50 Cent, Usher, Montell Jordan, etc.) The dance floor stays pretty empty until about 11pm (but literally if you're out with your girls, you know that your squad holds up the dance floor and gets people off their booties!) Around 11pm-midnight there's a big enough crowd on the dance floor but still space to move around and not be sweating on other people (aka the perfect critical mass for a dance floor) - it isn't a huge dance floor, but it's the right size for the number of people that walk through the doors. The vibes are pretty chill, even though based on other reviews I've read it seems like people have issues with security or don't like the service. I didn't receive any bad service that night but maybe this place really just depends on the night? It wasn't trashy nor was it too upscale, and although they say that dressy attire is required, they definitely let people in wearing jeans/ chucks/t-shirts (I would say that if you're a girl, going in with a sundress type/casual dress and booties shoots straight in the middle - Reno isn't a super formal city to begin with anyway). I know in other reviews it says they have a cover but maybe that depends on the night too. I honestly think that with clubs and lounges like these, your star-quality night depends on who you're with and how down you are to have fun. Worthy stop if you're checking out Reno! read more

Didn't get to eat food here but the drinks were great, service beyond too perfect, and ambience is what this place is ALL ABOUT! Love visiting every time I am in Reno! read more

Aura Ultra Lounge - Lounge VIP section with Ed K from LIVE (the greatest band and vocalist on earth :) - Lounges Near Me - Reno, Nevada

How in the hell do you ask for a drink and the bartender claims that she's to busy to make a drink. Then I ask for grey goose and they claim they don't have anymore because it's busy. Not a excuse when I'm paying 15 dollars a drink. How do you tell a paying customer I can't make a drink is beyond me. This is honestly the worst service I have ever received in my life. This place is trash and not worth paying money to go to. Weak bartenders who don't want to do their jobs. Overall this is horrible customer service...... I would rather pay more money at a liquor store than come to this place again. Totally not worth it. They clearly are overpriced and not worth the expertise experience..... I'll make it my duty to make sure nobody comes to your establishment. I feel like I need to call bar rescue ...... read more

Aura Ultra Lounge - Empty place that was busy........ but the so car bartender couldn't make my drink - Lounges Near Me - Reno, Nevada

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I was actually expecting a whole lot lore from this lounge and was really disappointed. I will say that I am not sure if the clubs' atmosphere is always like this but for a Saturday it was quite disappointing. I will start off by stating the good things about this lounge, it is in the lower level of Silver Legacy, right in front of the casinos, which makes it very convenient. There is security outside the door, checking IDs, women get in for free and men pay $5. Inside the club, there is a medium sized dance floor and a decent size bar, there is a spot for the DJ, seating all around the club & mini high stages for the pretty girl dancers that are often stared at while they are doing their job. For a Saturday night, the place was not full, so it was slightly disappointing. It was quick to get out drinks because of the lack of people. The music was meh, I have definitely heard better and people could agree with the same. This place has a lot of potential which they should live up to. read more

Aura Ultra Lounge - Lounges Near Me - Reno, Nevada

This was my first time ever going to a club in Reno. It wasn't that bad. The bar got super busy that it took forever to get our drinks. We tried to go outside, still no luck so we came back inside. Wish they had more bartenders on the weekend. Hip-hop and top 40s music and security guys are so nice and make sure you're ok. read more

Aura Ultra Lounge - Lounges Near Me - Reno, Nevada

You have to be in a certain mood to come to Aura. The DJ can be super hit or miss, the bartenders can be on top of it or take forever, so come ready for whatever. We came here on New Years because it was close to the arch and even though I hate when bars/clubs that don't normally charge a cover, charge a cover on special events, it was worth it. The $20 cover charge kept the crowd a manageable size and allowed for you to enter and exit without much of an issue or wait. What I like about this place is it can feel very clubby but you don't have to dress up unless you want to. It's great because if you're not feeling it, you're so close to a number of other bars. Overall I think this is a fun spot if you're ready to dance read more

-Went here for my birthday & met some really chill people. The crowd is mixed, but more on the younger 20's side which is nice since most of the people in Reno are on the older side. Also, NO COVER!!! wooohoooo. -Music is ON POINT. Hip-hop, top 40 & some straight TWERK music. The Dj on the Friday AND Saturday night which I went was a white guy with glasses. If he's there, you should have an awesome time! -Club was small, but lots of tables and couches to lounge on, as long as there are no bottle service parties. -Bartenders & hostesses are super nice & friendly! -Recommend this place to all of my friends who wanna party in Reno! read more

2.5 stars. + Free. + EXCELLENT bartenders. + Staff was YAWNING and telling me they wanted to go to bed. WHAT?! - Uglies. I hate to be mean, but it's true. All over. - Boring people sitting on the couches. Go away. You're wasting space. - Small, crowded. - Music was okay. At one point we all just decided to walk out, though. It was unanimous. That's bad. I had to entertain myself, and everyone else. I had to go around and make people dance, and talk to them. That's what I do. But never in my life have I been around so many boring people in a lounge like that. My main problem with this place is the size. Maybe they realize Reno sucks for parties and if they made the place smaller it would look much more busy. I'm just glad security didn't tell me to get down when I was climbing on stuff. I hate that. I think they were as bored as I was before that. read more

***This review is for the night club*** The DJ was super rude when we asked him for one song. Literally, out of 50 people only 5 were dancing. The DJ really does not how to do his job. Nothing special, honestly. I'm only giving 2 stars because the drinks were delicious. Other than that, this night club should hire a good, real DJ. read more

Came here a few times during the labor day weekend. Bartender: friendly Drinks: stiff Specials: pretty good for well drinks and beer Environment: decent but not busy at the club side read more

Aura Ultra Lounge - Lounges Near Me - Reno, Nevada

Uh this place is alright. ZERO talent, but it's Reno, so I guess I shouldn't be too picky. Comfortable couches. I came here 2 nights in a row, and if you are rollin with a posse, and just lookin' to drink and not score, then its aight. read more

I did not like this place at all. The staff was rude and very disrespectful! Talk about snooty people! I'm glad that we only checked it out and left right away. Next time I'm in Reno, I know to avoid this place! read more

Aura was the grand finale stop to the 2017 Mystery Bus Tour. Lou and the rest of the Aura team were so much fun and so super supportive of our event! All of the staff even wore all of their Nevada gear to support! Go Wolf Pack! The music was great and we all danced the night away! Each song the DJ played got us even more pumped up than the one before it. The bartenders were fast and fun. My favorite bartender was Al, he was so adorable and had a great pour ;) Thanks for the great night Aura! read more

I reserved bottle service 2 months prior to my boyfriends birthday. It wasn't going to be cheap- told $387 total, including gratuities, and we would get the center booth... I called the manager - Lou - a week prior, to offer to prepay so that our booth wouldn't be given away because we wouldn't be there until 10ish, and was assured everything would be fine. It wasn't We arrived shortly after 10pm and waited around for probably 20-30 minutes before the door guys could find Lou (apparently the only one able to verify and accept payment for bottle service). Once Lou got there, we were taken back to... an area way off to the side, away from the dance floor, where the people to the right of us had to walk through our area to go anywhere. Ok. Whatever. No big deal. Then the waitress comes with the credit card receipt for $40 more than what our cost was supposed to be. Fine. As long as that $40 went straight to our waitress... but it wasn't, so we had to text Lou to get him to make sure she would get it. Then the club got busy. Instead of giving VIP/bottle service guests wristbands and not counting them on the door guys "in/out" capacity clicker, we were left waiting back in line for 45 minutes any time we had to go out of the club to use the restroom. Even after explaining to the door guys that we paid a base rate of $420 to be there, we were still told we had to wait in line. UNACCEPTABLE. We ended up taking our party elsewhere. Total waste of our time and money. Do not waste yours here! read more

Came here because there's a club named Aura back home. Decided to check it out and see what the "hype" was all about. It is downstairs in silver legacy and to my surprise, it is very small. Everyone can see one another and the "tables" for bottle service weren't that extravagant. I came for st. Patty's day and drink specials were not even that great. Sure, the green beer was cool. read more

Walk in walk out,Walter P your right! wanna have the dance floor all to yourself? come here on a snowstorm alert. We came here on a monday night so place was capital D dead. comfy couches were small but fits a group of a clusterd 7-10 probably. perfect for just bar-hopping and chill. music okay. crowd: 0. review this on a summer night and it would definitely be a different place. Cocktail mixing is alright. a 3, yes. read more

I can't believe I haven't reviewed on Aura yet. The last few times I came here every week night is ladies night ( ladies get free well drinks from 5p-7p). Which I can never pass up, In my opinion Aura makes some of the best bloody mary's. The nights that Ive been here it's always crowded with people drinking and dancing. The interior is real clubby with a ghetto fabulous feel to it. Everytime i've came here, I always have the same waitress.( very nice blonde chick). I will be returning soon, and this bar will be one on my first stops/ read more

Tiny lounge. All hyped up. This was one of those walk in and WALK IT OUT! You'll be curious by all the marketing banners and displays around Reno to go check out Aura. I was enticed to visit Aura because of all the sexy posters advertised it like it was the Maxim Club of Reno. In reality it's a revamped cocktail lounge alongside the Silver Legacy casino. Large silky curtains separate the two venues. The dance floor was about 64 square feet. Couches were small, but I'll give an extra star for the interior sophistication and exquisite nature of this lounge. I can dig that. Admission: There might be a cost, but on this night it wasn't jumping. The bouncer allowed us to check it out and didn't stop us to stay. Deserves a Revisit: I'll give it another try. It has potential. read more

Its free to get in, do i really need to say anything else? This is a really small night club, but it gets poppin, the atmosphere is nice and as i said before, it is free. The bar is great, best cocktails in the SIlver Legacy by far. I suggest instead of buying a $10 drink inside the club, that you walk out of the club, sit at a video machine on the casino side of the bar, insert your $10 and get a comped drink, then cash out, or win some money and then go back into the club with your drink, it works flawlessly. Overall a cool place to go. read more

Had an amazing time the music was on hit there was plenty of dancing room it was not to big and it wasn't too small it was literally has the perfect amount of dance space seatings and drink space every one was friendly the The bouncers were awesome we danced all night literally dance till they shut the doors down..... Friday night slaps coming back tonight just to see if it's a two hitter quitter 18 - over just slapin catch you there read more

Aura Ultra Lounge - Turn down for what - Lounges Near Me - Reno, Nevada

I'm glad to see that Reno is finally getting some upscale spots- that dingy 1970's western feel is getting pretty tired. Aura is the Silver Legacy's newest addition- not a club, but a smaller "ultra lounge". Its decorated pretty nicely, with a blue theme and lots of pretty lights. They also offer bottle service, another new addition to Reno. I'd be interested to see how this place is on a weekend. Its nice to see a new upscale spot in this city filled with dirty, tired old bars that cater to 50+ gamblers. read more

Bellied up to the outside small counter bar area on a Saturday afternoon for a quick drink and break from casino mayhem (although admittedly I couldn't help shoving a couple bucks into the little slot machine in front of me at my barstool - damn you Reno!). Our bartender was a cute and friendly young guy who served us up quickly, along with a tip that putting $10 into the mini slot machine scores you your drink for free. My Midori Sour was tasty! I imagine this place is a lot more rockin' once the sun goes down, but they are a good stop for quick libations throughout your day. Thanks Aura! read more

This is a prettty cool & chill lounge inside the Silver Legacy Hotel! Reno isn't really known to have a crackin' night life but Aura definitely has potential especially on Sat. nights! We were staying in Silver Legacy for the weekend and saw this lounge near the tables! Friday night they were playing really good music (you can hear them blasting top 40 & 90's hip hop from the pai-gow tables)! We weren't in clubbing attire so we peeked inside and the place was pretty dead for a Friday night! Since we were staying in Silver Legacy, we decided to check this place out on Saturday night and it's supposedly their "GO-GO night"! Because it was more packed than the previous night we decided to come here! The music was on point on Saturday! Same top 40 hits with some mash-ups! The crowd is little bit older than what I'm used to, but it was pretty diverse and chill! The security guys and the bartenders were also nice! And if you're a girl take advantage of their 2 for 1 drink coupons! You'll probably need it because their drinks are water downed. But I think it just really depends on which bartender helps you. Cause after going to the same bartender twice, he definitely hooked it up with the drinks! Over all a good night here! Good music all night! read more

It was great to experience an exquisite nightclub inside Reno casinos, where everything was connected like El Dorado, Silver Legacy, Circus Circus. Loved the 2 for 1 happy hour drinks. Although the only waitress on-duty was quite slow...it was quicker to get your drinks at the bar, then sit back & relax. DJ was awesome spinning great tunes. I didn't enjoy the smokers, but it's the Silver State, not the Golden State. Bouncers/bartenders were extremely friendly, courteous, & welcoming. We danced until closing, and the best part was that we didn't have to drive afterwards, just headed upstairs to our hotel room. read more

Lol I came here and some guy offered me the rest of his bottle for only $5. Now that's a steal, there was like 4 shots worth of liquor left in there. Don't worry, I didn't die after or wake up missing organs/dignity (I think). I went on a sunday night, which probably explains why there was literally only 4 - 5 people inside. But on the plus side, I've never had cheaper bottle service! read more

This can be a fun place. Guys, they won't let you in if you are in flip flops and/or shorts. They're a "classy" place, alright. Hahahaha Well, they have a lot of "ladies drink free" evenings which I have never been too and usually the crowd is lacking on enthusiasm. It's right off of the casino floor, I'm not sure if it's considered the El Derado or Silver Legacy, but anyhow, that's where it's located. Can be fun to dance at and they have lots of lounge seating which is nice. read more

Super sexy lounge! Heard a funk band briefly play. Smallish dance floor but attentive staff and good tunes. Ladies be prepared to be hit on. read more

Aura is well-decorated and appointed, but not very happenin'. We were here late on a Thursday night. The music was okay, just not a hopping nightclub. Drink service is friendly, though. If you're looking for a semi-tame club to dip your toe into nighttime entertainment in downtown Reno, give it a try! read more

Man the DJ SUCKED!!!!! he started putting on 2pac and west coast, and all of a sudden switched to some remix by maroon5 and ice-t. ...... .... wat the hell. So I went there last night and it looked really upscale. The lounge itself is not to big. There's plenty of seating around the lounge including a VIP area where I sat. Some guy said if you order drinks from the VIP lounge and act all drunk the waitress will put it on some person's tab from that area. Sounds shady... Major ass grabbin and guys gettin dissed left to right. All in all... fun night. read more

I came to this lounge 7 min before they closed, it was nice and quite. Best part was that we got our drinks for free. I will come again for a free Hendricks martini. Cesar the bartender was very Nice and helpful. read more

Aura Ultra Lounge - Free drinks with our yelp check in coupon! - Lounges Near Me - Reno, Nevada

This place is very nicely decorated and had great drinks at great happy hour prices. My date had free cocktails and I ordered a beer. I then drank some of her free drinks. They had only one waitress for the entire place so service was painfully slow. This cost one star. The decor was modern and they played nothing but country. This cost another star. So, if they had decent music and another waitress, I would have given four stars. read more

Came here on a Friday night. There weren't too many people. I could actually count how many was in there. The bartender we had was very nice though. He made small conversations which distracted us from counting the people inside. The set up was interesting. You could actually see everything before you walked inside the rope. The DJ area is very dark and hidden. The seating is nice. They had a lot of lounge chairs. The people in there with us were a bit on the creepy side though. :( Old men who liked to touch and talk. Eeeewwww. Fortunately, we had enough guys of our own to back us up. ;D read more

Nice since there was no cover for a snowy Saturday, good drinks and atmosphere, lotta seating considering size of the place but the dance floor was small and DJ sucked!! Good music but ruined EVERY song since it was either a remix or techno version, even the hip hop songs! Plus his mixes just didn't flow smooth from song to song, really choppy to the point where the dance floor just cleared out! Tried giving him a chance, maybe he had to warm up? Nope, lil over an hour, we killed our drinks and left. Someone needs to get him an Apple gift card so he can buy more music for his Mac! read more

Had a great time at Aura. The DJ was great and drinks were perfect. Too many people then it got hot. Need another bartender bc who wants to wait 20 mins for a drink. Not ok at all. Other than that it was great read more

Change of Pace spot for Reno but if you are looking for a cool place to hang out all night, this is probably not it. It's a place to check out, grab a drink and listen to some beats. We went here thinking there would be house music since it seemed like that is what they were advertising in some places but there was absolutely none of that. Mainly some R&B, some Hip Hop, Old and New School. We actually came here on a Friday night and the Drinks were 2 for 1 which was a bonus. What actually was not good though was that we could not figure that out until after we heard some other people ordering drinks and then we heard the bartender saying something. Put it this way, we ordered two bears and it costed $6.50 for the two beers. Does that mean that one Draft Beer is usually $6.50??? UltraLounge I guess always mean EXPENSIVE Lounge. So my advice is that if you do want to check it out, come at the Happy Hours below. 10p - 2a Happy Hour is definitely cool though. Isn't that when people go out anyways? Aura hooked it up. No Saturdays for this deal. Keep that in mind..... HAPPY HOUR DEETS: Sun-Fri 4p-8p & 10p-2a read more

first time I went, I went with kallie, who reviewed below. so you can read that. I agree with her totally. I recently went again and had fun, but I was also completely trashed. it wasn't packed, the music was a lot better then it was the first time, and our waitress hooked it up. people were chill, staff was cool, etc. weird thing, I was there on a Wednesday, when the first time was a Saturday. so I guess to have a good experience, you need to go in the middle of the week. haha. I'd go again. just to at least see how it goes. read more

Came here last night, good crowd. Great music. Dj played Back that Ass Up, and King Kunta for me, so I appreciate that. The person I was with got his phone swiped, it happens. read more

Too bad Aura has changed their tunes.. They used to play good hip hop tunes. Fun. Now they started playing crappy electronic music. Blah.

Great bartenders and a great Dj, Teddy P is one of the dopest dj's I've seen at this spot in a while. The ambience is very Vegas like in essance and they have flair bartenders. Drinks are moderate nothing special. And a lot of working girls hang there....but if you look past that and the cover charge, it's a pretty decent spot. read more

Hit up Aura Ultra after being drawn in by the free drinks for Ladies. We thought surely there had to be some kind of catch--NOPE! Free mixed drinks. I had the lemon drop and it was good. My friend has a sex on the beach that was ok by her standards. The cosmo left something to be desired but hey--it was FREE! We stayed around for 3 drinks each and our waitress was awesome and very nice. When we asked what the catch was with the free drinks she just said "well the maximum is 3-4 an hour but if I don't have to wheelbarrel you out of here we shouldn't have any issues with that". HA! Great place to get a buzz going if you are in Reno M-F. read more