Came here for NYE this year with a few friends - we had seen it advertised online and it looked pretty cool (it was advertised as being "Vegas" like, with "Cirque du Soleil inspired" performers, gambling tables and sushi, giftcard giveaways, flat screen tv giveaway and a champagne toast for the countdown). NOT! To start, there were only two bartenders working, which blew my mind. Service was INSANELY slow. Then my disappointment when there was only one aerial dancer outside, who was mildy interesting to watch for a few minutes, but definitely didn't meet the hype of what was advertised. There were only 2 tiny gambling tables, which were so crowded you couldn't really use them. And there was one TINY sushi bar with a line, and expensive sushi. No champagne at midnight, no giftcard giveaways and certainly no flat screen tv give away. The small scope didn't surprise me much though after getting inside and seeing how small the rooms were to begin with. We ended up joining parties with some people we met that night who had a tiny bench reserved and were nice enough to let us join (which was the only reason we had anywhere to sit). Some time after the countdown (which, again, we got NO champagne for), my boyfriend was escorted outside with the security guard claiming he had thrown up and needed fresh air (I was with him the entire time and he did not throw up). When I tried to follow them outside the security guard told me to go back and that he would bring my boyfriend back after he got some air. I went back to where I was sitting, and after my boyfriend never came back I went to check on him. The security guard had kicked him out and my boyfriend couldn't find a way back in (no in and out privileges). When I went outside there was a firetruck and a lot of commotion with some girl laying on the ground. I instantly begin to freak out, thinking of all the awful reasons I couldn't find my boyfriend, when he came up and found me. After trying to talk to the security guard about how irresponsible and rude they had been, they continued to brush us off and ignore us. Overall, the bar was small, over-hyped, service was AWFUL, and security was rude and disrespectful. I will NEVER go back to this place, and suggest anyone thinking about going here to find somewhere else. Not to mention, I lost my purse in there and in order to call the number it seems you need a special "code" (I found a number on their Facebook page that is different than the one listed when you look the bar up and I'm hoping that one works, although nobody has answered yet). I have tried emailing them and gotten no response. (Update on 1/4/16...still no answer on the phone, call back or email back). Disclaimer: I suppose any gift giveaways may have been in another room, but it was never announced and there never any raffle tickets or any sort of "giveaway process" started and no winners announced, so it didn't seem like it ever happened. If interested, this is the link to the way it was advertised. http://www.eventbrite.com/e/limited-tickets-avail-door-wonderland-nye-2016-a-casino-cirque-spectacular-san-francisco-tickets-19461305288?aff=saralee read more

i wish i could summon the appropriate words to express my hatred of this rat hole. well, i guess i'll just tell the damn story. so my friends and i were enjoying our drinks around 1:40 a.m., when a bouncer walked by to tell us to finish up. we continued drinking. five minutes later, he walked by and yanked my friend's beer out of his hands and threw it away. this friend -- let's call him "L," as in "loudmouth" -- said to the bouncer, "why don't you give me my five dollars back, then?" and it was on. the meathead piece of garbage bouncer wheeled around and, without a word, began choking the living crap out of L (who stands all of 5'8", 150 lbs). i tried to pry the bouncer's hands off L's throat, but they wouldn't budge, so i figured, hey, why not choke this guy, since he's so fond of the technique? so that's how i found myself choking a bouncer at a nightclub. just a typical weekend for yours truly. okay, that's a total lie. i haven't been in a fight since the sixth grade, and that one got broken up by the recess teacher before anyone threw a punch. on that particular evening i was the token gentile rolling with three jews comin' at ya straight outta la jolla, yo. a rough crowd, to be sure. anywho, so i was choking this bouncer and some random dude yelled "hey man, that's a BOUNCER!" as if bouncer = police officer or any other occupation deserving of respect. the next thing i knew, some dude tackled me and i knocked over one of those trees they have in planters out on the patio. a melee ensued (in which L's big brother pulled off this sweet juke move takedown combo. total ninja move) but somehow everyone escaped mostly unscathed. we called sfpd to report the incident and press charges against Chokey McBouncer, and they took their sweet time reporting to the scene. while we waited, Chokey sent one of his dopey friends out on the street to punch another friend in the back of the head, but we weren't stupid enough to get into a street fight in front of their club. when the police finally got there, the cop lectured us on the record of the fine people who work security at the endup. that sounded mighty corrupt to us, and we said so, at which point the cop did a lot of backtracking and suddenly became interested in hearing our story. at the end of the evening, however, nothing happened to Chokey & Co. that's lame and all, but at least i can badmouth them on this here internet. read more

This place sucks giant dicks. I mean, few things sound more horrible to me than paying $20 to watch a bunch of burn outs tripped out on drugs relive burning man, but if I am going to end up at the Endup, I'd hope that at least the staff would be kind. I showed up at 1:30 on a Sunday night after getting off work. The montage of furry hats and 30-year-old women dressed like 13-year-olds outside was almost enough for me to leave. I had asked a friend who is a booking agent at another club if he could call over and try to list me. I knew it was unlikely, but many clubs in the city are cool about treating people in the industry with respect. I'm a doorgirl and had just gotten off work, so I know more than anyone how much the whole list thing can suck. The security woman was a bitch. Grabbed my purse, was pissed that it was full of work clothes and books. Sorry sweetheart, unlike the rest of your clientele I'm not a twacked out meth head smuggling in K and cocaine. Chill the fuck out. The asian woman inside was screaming at two confused foreigners who wanted to use the ATM. When she got done with them she glared at me and pointed to the "$20" sign. I asked if they would be willing to give an industry discount, she proceeded to chew me out for even asking. "Who the fuck do you know? Well I'm the owner. Why are you fucking wasting my time." She was a raging bitch. I would probably be one too if I owned such a god awful shit-hole. I regret giving her sorry ass $20, but I was meeting a friend who I hadn't seen in ages. Several girls in the bathroom were talking about how they paid off someone to get in without IDs. Which is super fucked up. Later my friend and I were dancing and put our jackets on the floor between us. Some horrifying leather-faced woman with feathered hair came up and said we needed to check our jackets. She insisted we were "getting in the way of the flow of the dancefloor." The dacefloor was nowhere near crowded. We just kind of stared at her in confusion as she glared at us until she blurted "this is the last time this will ever happen" and stormed off. Uhhh? I spent most of the night fending off shirtless creepers and cracked out freaks who looked like they had wandered in off the street. FUCK THAT SHIT. Save your money and go ANYWHERE else in the city. The only reason this place is even in business is because it's open past 2am. read more

This club is so unprofessional!!!!! The guards outside make up all kinds of stuff from the top of their heads. Making us wait 2 hours to get into a empty club. Talking about it's a sold out event, sold out to who? Casper the friendly ghost!?!?!? They're sexist and possibly racist. All of the guards are Samoan's or Tongan. Idk which. But they make you wait hella long and they talk about a ratio from girls to guys. Which is bull shit. They don't want to make money they just want to control everything. And when you get in they make up ridiculous prices!!!! 20-40 bucks It's always more for guys.. I finally make it to the front and they said something about my all black shirt which isn't a t shirt it's a long black shirt and another shirt sown into it. And dude said something about a skirt when I showed him the shirt and they all started talking shit on they walkie talkies "'No skirts allows unless it's on a girl" (laughing) my bad some of yall can't fit into a shirt like this, but if I wore your all black shirt it would look like a dress on me. Don't play they are just there to procrastinate and harass people. I seen some of them smoking fuckin weed on the clock! How you at a job smoking and drinking your damn self that don't make no sense. My fiancé was wearing a Long black shirt with zippers on the side and they still said no. But I seen a guy with a all white shirt (nothing on it) looks like mine but white, and some one with all black shirt with a couple buttons on the top wtf is the difference??? They think just cuz they think they "poppin" they can do whatever they want.. fuck that! I used to love going there but they just fucked it all up. I don't know where they can get off being so damn cocky. But that shit needs to change, I hope they sued get shut down. My friends and i will never come back. And I will help with making a complaint to the city.. I hope they can never do business again. Bye read more

I DO NOT understand why the owners of the End Up allow such an evil, negative person to be in their booth. Besides the security, she is the person greeting them before entering the club. If this club wants the business that they used to have and are famous for they need to think about a NEW cashier. I have come there for many years with a group of friends (10+) looking forward to our usual fun time at the End Up until recently when we had once again another horrific experience with the cashier. We all had a talk with eachother and came to an agreement that if she treated us like trash again that we would just turn around and not take her NEGATIVE treatment towards us anymore. Some of us want to keep coming there, but most of us are tired of being treated like we are scum of the earth, especially after coming there for so many years and having the time of our lives. Even if we're being a certain way, hoping it would make her smile, we can't be ourselves, excited about dancing and having a good time at the End Up. As sad as it is, our weekly ritual has come to an end, we just don't go to the End UP as a group any more because my friends and myself are tired of be treated like TRASH. The sad thing is, the woman doesn't even know us. We love to go see our favorite bartenders in S.F. , let alone dance to the best d.js. any club in the bay area has to offer. I can go on and on, but i'll stop there. So a final word to the owner of the world famous End Up, what have we (all the new and old patrons) done to deserve this horrific customer service? Unless, you're trying to be the worst dance in S.F., why the new booth person? In case you havn't heard yet, this was a bad move and in my opinion, as long as you keep this woman at the front booth, your business will continue to deteriorate. I'm pretty sure I speak for many patrons that have had the same experience. read more

The Endup used to be the best place to go to hear great DJs. I WAS a fan up until about 2 years ago when the venue changed ownership. The new owners are clueless as to what the patrons want when it comes to entertainment. When they first took the place over, they were into putting money into the club and the employee moral was great. I have watched as the owners are slowly driving the club into its grave. You can tell that the employees are over the way the club is being run. You don't really see smiles on their faces like you used to. Who ever is doing the bookings for the DJ lineup has no knowledge of booking DJs and it shows. I just found out yesterday that David Harness is no longer working for the club and is fed up with the way the club is being maintained. The lack of good soulful house at the Endup means that I, as well as my whole group of friends will be following David Harness and Super Soul Sundays to the new location of TEMPLE. The Endup has turned into a Tech house club (which in my opinion is boring and dark....not something that should be played at a daytime weekend party. DJ Cuervo SUCKS big time. Why this DJ keeps getting booked there more and more is a mystery. This door man turned fresh out of the bedroom DJ does not know how to properly program music and the fact that he plays hip-hop at the club is just obnoxious. THE ENDUP IS NOT A TOP 40 CLUB! The guy loves to talk over the mic to hype himself up and boost his ego.....something that a lot of people find very annoying. When ever I find out that he is playing, I make other arrangements for my entertainment. I have had many great experiences when the club was owned by the previous owners. Those days are gone and so am I and my group of friends. If you like paying high admission fees to hear shitty music, this club is for you! Goodbye Endup! read more

Sundaze use to be a coo event. The dj always spins good music but it's not worth the horrible service from fucked up cocky ,ignorant, homophobic security guards (sean); not to mention their $20 cover on top of that. If you aren't on the guest list or even if you are.. expect a wait. The security will let people in as they please. You can be the first people in line and be the last one in the club still. This event is all about who you know to get you in or how much dough you're willing to bribe the security with. My friends and I waited in line 2 hours because sean kept letting people bribe him to get in. When we finally got to the door security wouldn't let my two friends in because they had on solid black shirts. Security paced up and down the line several times and didn't say a word until we were almost in. Then sean made a comment about my openly gay friend because his shirt was long. "You can only wear a dress if you're a girl here" like really you ignorant fuck this club is in sf.. gay central.. did you expect an all hetero crowd? I'm sorry you're so insecure about who the fuck you are that you feel the need to belittle someone else just to make your ego big. We're paying customers so technically we cut your check but again he's too stupid to even realize it. While my friends went back to the car to change their shirts we asked jorge whats the big deal with the solid shirts and he said anthony( whos in charge of the whole sundaze event) likes to stick to a certain dress code and standard for his club. Well anthony i suggest you lead by example and hire competent associates that know how to be professional since those people are a pure reflection of you. Anyway don't waste you're time or money. This clubs a joke. read more

This was waaaaaay over due. However I WILL tell my story. This is where crack heads go to keep drinking when everything else closes. This place is a dirty infested hole. I had a horrible experience. If I knew how horrible this place was before I would have avoided it like plague! (chances are you could catch a disease here) My friend drank a little too much and we got promptly kicked out even though I still had my purse in coat check. It was hung on the same hanger w/my friend's stuff and he only got his stuff back. I was the most sober so I was busy trying to watch out for my friends and did not think the incompetent staff was going to lose my purse and NEVER admit it. I came back twice and the first time the staff thought i was making up some story to sneak in. I was in my street clothes! I did not want to party, I wanted my purse back! I had to wait in line 45min just to talk to someone and I swear someone was smoking crack in line. Next time I talk w/some guy w/infected eyes and he says things like this has "never happened" OH COME ON! People are high and drunk here, all kind of crazy things happen here but some how my lost purse "has never happened"??!! Oh I'm sorry to tarnish their spotless reputation with my lost purse. With all that B.S.ing and wasting of my time and I was never allowed in. I hope they get the drug bust that they deserve. read more

Currently at the MDW PARTY and I'm pissed! I understand that Sundaze is a business and you're trying to make a profit, but don't treat your loyal customers like shit! I got a free before 3pm ticket 2 weeks before MDW. I arrived at the venue at 2:10pm!!! TWO-TEN-PEE-EM!!! I got in at 4:10pm!! FOUR-TEN-PEE-EM! I've been to this club three times before and have never had to wait this long maybe 30 mins max! They usually come out and check tix then stamp those who have had a free ticket. This time no one came put to stamp on us and the long faced asian bitch and overweight white bitch with unblended makeup said they stopped giving stamps at 3, (obviously lying) bc i was in line at 2:10pm ... TWO-TEN-PEE-EM!!!! have a Baccalaureate Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting, so I understand how this business is trying to make a profit, but they just lost a customer! I'm not going to even get into the racial prejudice I've experienced while there, that's for another post... but if you're black, I suggest going to the day parties at Parliament in Oakland! Way more lit hope this helps! read more