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