Full Disclaimer - I do not live in the Southampton area so my views may be slightly skewed as I am an American and was here visiting family.
With the lack of information available on Yelp for fun things to do at night in Southampton, I let the outdated and very positive posts sway me to taking a visit to the Buddha Lounge.
The Good:
This bar/lounge sits within an area with a cluster of other very similar bars/lounges. Security is very tight. You will need a valid ID and it will be scanned in a machine prior to your entrance. Security does a great job in not allowing too many people in at once. I found it to be crowded but not overwhelmingly so- there was room to walk around and as a New Yorker who has my personal space invaded every day on the subway, this place felt roomy AF. There was also a massive line to get in after midnight.
The DJ here was playing fantastic music. It was a nice variety of popular songs like Bodak Yellow with classic hip hop mixed in. Couldn't help but dance.
The Bad:
The drinks were very WEAK. I ordered a cranberry vodka and the bartender measured an ounce of vodka into a plastic cup with lots of cranberry juice - I didn't taste a thing and I am not a seasoned drinker. I think a safe bet is to order shots or beer; or both. I'm assuming that the regular patrons know this since outside the bar people were staggeringly drunk.
The Ugly:
The crowd. This was by far the worst experience I have ever had at a lounge. Perhaps it is English culture but in a not so crowded bar, my small posse and I were elbowed, shoved, and bumped into all freaking night as if the place was as packed as the downtown 6 train at rush hour on a Monday; spoiler alert- it wasn't. I recall a few instances after being shoved, the jerk would wait for my reaction - possibly to start a bar fight. There is some very serious LDE among the males patronizing this bar.
So, Not For me. read more