Good place to do a birthday downtown saturday?

[gei]

Anyone have any suggestions for a place to do a birthday on saturday? Looking for a "lounge" type place...

My criteria is somewhere that plays top 40 ish music (hip hop/r&b), mid 20's crowd (mixed), and casual or strict dress code..

What I don't want is somewhere where there will be a lineup. Last year I ended up picking a place that was supposed to be hype on Saturdays but of course the lineup was huge, and I didn't want to wait in a line on my birthday, so we ended up going to some random place. I had to call everyone to change plans and it was a big mess....

So I was thinking somewhere like Up Lounge (adelaide & john) or Silk Lounge (duncan and richmond)... any suggestions/opinions?

[revert]

went to "Down One" on Front Street. on friday night, after a hard night of drinking for st.patty's day...mostly asian that friday, but it was good. they have pool tables, a lounge area and a smoking section

[noodlesalad]

try Wayne Gretzky's bar.. at the back of the bar, they have a lounge area that is sectioned off by curtains, it's free to book, but you just have to call to reserve it... its absolutely perfect for a group of 10-25 ppl.. they have club chairs, couches, 3 tvs, small tables, its really great.. and quite upscale decor. the great part about it is that you dont have to pay for booking it.. ur just paying for food/drinks

[ill_mango]

if you have a bunch of people, why not get on guestlist by calling ahead and saying it's your birthday? My friend once did that and we got into Joe by the backdoor

[BestSeller]

went to "Down One" on Front Street. on friday night, after a hard night of drinking for st.patty's day...mostly asian that friday, but it was good. they have pool tables, a lounge area and a smoking section

Down One is really nice, Ivan, the owner is really cool. He'll make it nice for you.They got drinks and snacks at a very reasonable price. I seen a lot of B.days and coporate parites being thrown there. It's a cosy place for such an event.
:)

[revert]

Down One is really nice, Ivan, the owner is really cool. He'll make it nice for you.They got drinks and snacks at a very reasonable price. I seen a lot of B.days and coporate parites being thrown there. It's a cosy place for such an event.
:)

yea, he's a great guy...we bought i make it my goal to buy drinks from him all the time when im there, after a while he'll start giving me free drinks lol...
fridays i believe is hip hop night, i dont know about saturday's tho...

[gei]

Hmm... thanks guys I was actually looking for a place to do dinner beforehand, and gretzky's seems like a good idea... but is it really a place you could hang out at all night long?

[funkyfr3sh_]

Went to Down One this Saturday. It was pretty nice, mixed crowd.

Music was not much hiphop, a bit of top 40 and reggae towards the end...and some old school stuff.