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Pangaea

3 star rating
based on 26 reviews

Categories: Dance Clubs, American (New), Lounges  [Edit]

Neighborhood: Downtown
409 Colorado St
Austin, TX 78701
(512) 472-8882
  • Price Range: $$$$
  • Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
  • Parking: Street, Valet
  • Attire: Dressy
  • Good for Groups: Yes
  • Good for Kids: No
  • Takes Reservations: Yes
  • Delivers: No
  • Take-out: No
  • Waiter Service: Yes
  • Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
  • Outdoor Seating: No
  • Good for: Late Night
  • Music: DJ
  • Best Nights: Thu, Fri, Sat
  • Happy Hour: No
  • Alcohol: Full Bar
  • Smoking: No
  • Coat Check: Yes

26 Reviews for Pangaea

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isserializable ..

Austin, TX

1 star rating
10/11/2008

It is an upscale place, the interiors are beautiful, but I just cannot personally tolerate any place which doesn't have good customer service. The waitress was super mean that we couldn't even sit unless we ordered by the bottle. Probably, that's their strategy but if that's the case, put some way to notify people in a non rude manner or partition the place some way that people would get it (not that it makes any sense anyways). The place is way too ostentatious for me and  I expect common courtesy.

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Keri B.

Cedar Park, TX

4 star rating
10/09/2008

Yes, I know this place is cheezy and expensive, but if you can find a drunk idiot to buy bottle service all night and you love dancing on furniture it can be a great time.  I have been twice and have been knocked over on the table once and had drinks spilled  on me both times and in my book, that is a great time!!  If you don't get injured or dirty , you're not having fun, right?  Within 30 minutes of my first visit I was called on stage by the go-go dancer to dance with her and fulfilled alot of my stripper fantasies.  The music is great and the DJ is super hot, too.  The only bad side is watching all them drunk ass people trying to go down all those stairs at 2am.  Kinda scary thinking they are all gettin on the road.  Maybe next time I will try to get a 30 min head start.

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Kim B.

Austin, TX

2 star rating
09/17/2008

I went to Pangea for a special event, it's located in the original Alamo drafthouse. It's a clubby-club, not my scene, maybe if I was 22 I would be impressed. Pseudo-safari ambience, but pretty good DJ and our bartender was cool. I also despise a fake "line" with velvet ropes to create buzz. Seriously, it's Tuesday night and the place was not THAT crowded. Luckily we were on some sort of list but I think lines to get into clubs in Austin are kind of ridiculous in concept. Good people-watching though, that's for sure.

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Jason S.

Austin, TX

1 star rating
09/17/2008

Okay, I'm going to be brutally honest with this review. If that offends anyone, too bad. Let me start with the good. Pangaea is beautiful to look at, the crowd, the drinks, the staff - all beautiful. The music is great and the atmosphere is original and very upscale. The seating is comfortable and if you want to experience an ultralounge, this is it.

Now here's the bad. Let me tell you what goes on behind the scenes. First the club's owner (Steven) is a slimeball. He's a cokehead that takes advantage of his staff. For example the girls that work there are expected to give away blowjobs to the big spenders. He hires the prettiest girls he can find, waits a week or two for them to start enjoying earning $500 - $1000 a night, then he demands sexual favors. Many of the customers wanting some action are fat, greesy slimeballs that want to feel important. Steven gets the girls (customers) to come in by giving them free drinks and then overcharges the poor guys that follow. I understand the marketing behind why they do this but the owner only wants to get laid and he's a dick to any guy that doesn't spend over $100.

One night I came in with my brother and 5 pretty girls (2 are models). We spend about $400 before my brother and I went outside for a cigarette. When we tried to come back in the bouncer said we couldn't come in unless we had girls with us. We told him we had been inside and our girls were still in the club but he made us wait outside for 30 minutes before we were allowed back in. He must have a very short term memory I guess.  

The most dangerous element to this club is the cryogenic fog system steven had installed. The fog is fun, fast and chills the club by several degrees when it goes off however the gas used to make the fog is liquid CO2. In high concentrations it becomes toxic. The solution is to have a CO2 monitor on the dance floor. Steven said it would ruin the look of the club to have a small 3 inch by 3 inch air quality monitor. So in effect when the fog goes off and dancers become light headed they think it is the alcohol when actually they are being asphyxiated.

One last thought, if you want to show off your daddy's money go here.

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Brad D.

Wichita, KS

5 star rating
08/24/2008

Amazing environment and decor
Classy patrons

I can't explain in words how neat the layout and decorating is in this place. If you haven't been, its a must go, just to see it. I haven't been to Vegas yet, but I have been to big NYC, Chicago, San Fran and LA clubs.

As for the people in the bar, most of them are attractive and easy to talk to compared to most of the ostentatious bars I have visited. They have go-go dancers, if that is what you call them. In other words they have beautiful women dancing on podiums. The music is really good too. If I went to a party in the desert,  in the middle-east or Africa (non-Muslim of course), that a very wealthy individual put together, this is what I might expect to see.

If your looking for a piece of luxury and the drinks that go along with it, then you have found the place.

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Melody T.

Austin, TX

4 star rating
Updated - 08/11/2008

My favorite club!  Great dance music and the mgmt is pretty cool too.  Sat. night is the night.......................

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  • 2 star rating 06/12/2008

    Overpriced drinks and a very unfriendly staff.  Great music though!   They are very picky who they… Read more »

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Rob L.

Austin, TX

1 star rating
08/11/2008

STAY FAR AWAY FROM HERE unless you are into cheesy dance music, cheesy people, and paying too much for your drinks.

Bringing Las Vegas to Austin is a bad idea. People go to Vegas to get a certain kind of experience you can't get anywhere else.  That's what makes it what it is. Why would you want to make Austin cheesy like that?

Do 45 yr old women in mini skirts gross you out? Do like douchbag guys with greasy spiked hair, gold chains, and cheesy shoes?  What about when you see one of those 40 something cougars kissing a 20 something douchbag? Yeah see...it's a gross place!

For $250 you can buy a bottle of Crown Royal...I tell ya what; you can punch me in the face, kick me in the ass, and I will run down to the liquor store and bring you back a bottle of Crown for $250- sounds like a better deal doesn't it?

So if you are rich and stupid you should have a really good time there! Enjoy petting the fake Zebra skins and waiting outside in line when the place isn't even half full.

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Mr Doctor X.

Austin, TX

4 star rating
06/23/2008

Pangaea is the kind of exotic safari-themed ultra-lounge we all dreamed about as kids. (Except for those nerd children that dreamed about becoming astronauts and curing cancer and shit).

Basically: ultra-loud music, ultra-hotties, and the finest ultra-processed cheeses this side of the Atlantic.

Oooohhhh, it's loud and scary and a beer cost $35.  Boo fucking hoo, why don't you cry about it.

Me, I drive here in five Lamborghinis at once.  Yeah, I stack those bitches top to bottom.

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Angela M.

Atlanta, GA

4 star rating
06/26/2008

We left the Marq because one of our bachelorette party told us that she would buy bottles at Pangaea - ok, sounds good to us!  There were 13 of us, and maybe it was because of our matching tank tops or just the draw of a bachelorette party, but they took us right in.  Well, after the guy at the rope explained to me that it was Steve's, the owner, birthday, and that he would give us free drinks at our table.  We got upstairs, and I thought the decor was pretty nice - you could see the whole place at once, which I actually like so that I don't get claustrophobic.  

We headed up to Steve's table - which was at the elevated tables at the side.  There were indeed bottles and mixers, but they ran out fast, and by the time we actually got a taste, we were headed back to the table we got when one of ours bought a bottle of Grey Goose and a bottle of Kettle One.  The waitress brought them over with sparklers for the lids, so everyone knew... and that was pretty cool.  The tables were low with couches, and pretty soon we were up and dancing on them.  I honestly expected to be reprimanded by management, but I guess they don't care when you buy a bottle.

I was quite impressed by the DJ and the snare drummer.  The DJ was doing remixes of all these old school rock songs, even Journey.  It was awesome.  The drummer was amazing and added more than you'd think to the atmosphere.   The annoying part was these jets of compressed air/smoke.  They were so freakin noisy - they hurt my ears even more than the loud music!  

I was not impressed by the half naked go go dancer.  She moved around the club to various locations... and was only dancing about half the time... because the rest she was just kind of standing there or drinking water.  And she did not have that good of a body for what she was wearing.

I'm not sure I'd go back, because I'm pretty sure that I'd be stopped at the velvet rope without someone buying bottles and 11 other girls and a bachelorette, but it was definitely an awesome time.

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A G.

Austin, TX

1 star rating
05/17/2008

I call this place "The Douchery".  
Come on?
Yeah, that bad.
Granted, I went during an "event", so I didn't have to put up with any crap, like a rope, waiting list, etc.  But, what the heck do we need in ATX with a place that requires that stuff anyway.
I felt bad for the animals, that all that survived are their heads on the wall.
The decor.  Um, I read in the Statesman that it cost more than a million dollars.  Seriously, I could've taken care of that for about a grand or less.
Drinks are standard.  But, doubtful that I'm going to pay $300 for a bottle of Jack.  I get mine for $34 like everyone else, thank you very much.
And, the people who were there.  Yes, I say again, it was an "event".  But, I don't need a hook up, and especially not with WANNABE pretentious a-holes.
And, the stairs seem like a hazard, especially after buying and drinking that $400 bottle of booze.

BTW, where are you supposed to dance?  Or, am I just going to wait in line to be "let in" to sit around and mingle.  Ugh.

Just give me a mojito, or mexican martini and stick me outside on someone's deck, please.

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j c.

Austin, TX

1 star rating
07/02/2008

ok ok, I'll agree w/the past comments that the music in this place is pretty cool, kudos to the DJ, but that's where the Kudo's end.  I'm usually a loyal patron of Cuba Libre but decided to try this place out.  Upon entering, cool decor, great music & the people, whell.... just another pretty people place.  All in all it's a decent place... if you just want to stand around & people watch while drinking waayyy overpriced drinks.  When I closed out my tab i noticed a "mandatory 20% tip", now i don't mind tipping, heck i used to wait while living in New Orleans but "mandatory"?, now that's just wrong but it was no biggie as i tip anyways.  What did catch my attention was the rate, yeah again... people, when the economy has us paying $4+ for gas & cost of goceries are up by 20%, do i really want to get gouged at $6 for a bottle of Lite?  really?  I exited, went next door & got me a Pint .

where all th white women at!!!  oh, they're at Pangea's.........

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Shaun J.

Austin, TX

3 star rating
05/25/2008

Pangaea is nice club, but not one I would go to all the time.  The clientele is attractive, but not anymore than you might find at half the clubs in downtown Austin.  The drinks are comparable to what you pay in New York.  Of course this is Austin, so I don't really want want to pay New York prices unless I am in New York.  Because you can dress up your club as much as you want, but no matter what you do it is still just a club in AUSTIN.

The music played is good to fair and is enhanced when the go-go dancers are out.  That being said recently when my girlfriend and I went to Pangaea where we turned around right after entering b/c the music was deafening (not always like this).  Though this was the first time ever that I felt like an 87 year old man complaining that the TV is to loud.

Overall experience.  Drinks are overpriced, music is fair to good, patrons are fairly attractive, and the decor is nice.  It is worth going to every once in a while, just don't make this your only hang out in Austin.

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Sarah C.

Austin, TX

5 star rating
04/28/2008

This place is awesome!

We had bottle service and what seemed to be our OWN bar back. The guy was on top of everything. As soon as an empty glass hit the table it was instantly gone and replaced with a new clean glass. When asked for another bottle or mixer it was provided in less than 5 minutes. The ice for the champagne bottles was constantly being changed out to prevent water being spilled on the table or on us. The beverage napkins with the Pangea logo were always promptly refilled and were always placed with the Pangea logo facing us. I noticed all of this while drunk (I'm a former pappasitos employee so i notice a lot of service details) and screaming at the top of my lungs because i was having such a blast. This type of service was done on a Saturday night at full capacity.

Without a doubt this place far exceeds any other night club in Austin. The downside is the price of everything there; however, you definitely pay more for stellar service and location.

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Isabelle K.

Austin, TX

4 star rating
03/14/2008

It's a very new lounge in Austin with safari theme. The marketing and PR of Pangaea is very successful. I don't know how they can always got hundreds of people waiting in line to get to their party. One time, one friend didn't RSVP, he had to pay $20 to get in.
It's at the second floor of Cuba Libre. Used to be the old Alamo drafthouse. The name is cool. Pangaea means the continents are one piece before they separated to the current configuration.
During SXSW, I went to facebook hosted party there. A lot of young people showed up. They offered free red bull drinks too.
Facebook brought several laptops for people surfing, no access to other sites, but facebook.
Later the band started the show. The singer is pretty young. I liked him, but the music is too loud. So I left early.
Sucks, this place doesn't offer food.

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L T.

Los Angeles, CA

1 star rating
04/21/2008

Drinks are mediocre and overpriced.  BEWARE - They automatically add 20% gratuity to the total, no matter how large or small the order.  Who actually checks the line by line?!  They cleverly still have a space for you to enter "tip" and "total"  - easily making 40% off everyone!  

Music is too loud.  Carnal/Caveman theme was pretty interesting, but not classy or upscale.

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matt S.

Austin, TX

3 star rating
03/15/2008

I don't go to bars very much at all, but stopped in to Pangaea for a Facebook event pre-SXSW and I liked the place. After a free Red Bull I roamed around looking at the dead animals on the wall (not sure I get that), but at least it was unique.. It has a bunch of couches to sit down in and I got lucky and got one right before the band started.. I think they make people wait on the street on purpose to create the illusion that it is very desirable to get in.. After waiting in line a while it was only about 50% full.. That is kinda lame, they should probably stop that.

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J B.

Austin, TX

1 star rating
01/14/2008

Expectation: World class sound system.
Reality: Yes

Expecation: World class DJs
Reality: Yes (but "safe" ones, not cutting edge)

Expectation: Cutting edge design
Reality: Yes. But I don't get the whole Safari thing. Why the fake pretend theme? It reminds me of Joe's Crab Shack with all the fake seaboat and fake pier stuff. Go for the real deal.

Expectation: Party like you're in Vegas or Manhattan
Reality: People party in Vegas, NYC, Cali, New Olreans where it doesn't close down at 2am.  If you really want to party you still need to leave Austin.  A party that ends at 2am is for amateurs.

Expectation: New style of Club
Reality: Chain bar Chain store.

Expectation: Superb service comes with bottle service
Reality: Your server got hired for her looks, not skills. A caraffe of cranberry got dropped and she didn't apologize. She just look annoyed and walked off. It was like she dropped it on purpose to cat with the girls at the table. Or maybe she was just clumsy. Or drunk. The automatic tip means they don't work for a tip. They just walk around half naked and disinterested and take your money.

Expectation: The price of the bottle is the price you pay
Reality: You pay more. There's a 20% automatic gratituty. Your $300 bottle is really $360 after $60 tip. With around 25 drinks in a bottle that's a $2.40 tip per drink. You are making the drinks yourself.

Expectation: Bottle service is a good value
Reality: $275 for the bottle plus 20% auto tip is $330. With 25 drinks in the bottle that's $13 per drink.  If your table doesn't finish the whole bottle you have still spent money on several $13 drinks. You can't take it home. At any other bar you can order by the drink and get hammered with 7-8 drinks for under $50
Reality: Get their early if you buy a bottle. If you open a bottle after midnight or 1 am, you will waste most of your bottle with closing time fast approaching.

Expectation: Bottle service is somehow more convenient
Reality:  No one at our table of 6 had what we wanted. With our differing likes of Scotch vs Makers vs Titos vs Ketel One, we compromised on a bottle of Grey Goose. We were stuck with this choice for the next 25 drinks.
Reality: Regular old table service waitresses are funner, you can order drinks of different liquor types, and have it made it for you and be served.  You pay per drink as you go.  Real waitresses act nice because they are working for tips unlike bottle service.

Expectation: Bottle service is funner
Reality: It is fun in a cook your own food restaurant kind of way. I think ordering different shots is funner than being stuck with one liquor. We usually do different types with each round to liven things up. Since our bottle had 20+ shots of liquor already, it doesn't make sense to buy even more shots. We were trying to finish our bottle before closing to get our "investment" money back.

Expectation: Bottle service is elegant or classy
Reality: You aren't served, not very classy. People get sloppy after serving themselves "triples" from the bottle. Most around us were fun, but some people were just getting ugly stupid. Please somehow weed out the frat boys from getting wasted. Nothing frat or wasted is classy. Someone puked in the bathroom. Outside going home this wasted chick (seen inside earlier) was behind her Ford Excursion sitting at 4th & Colorado talking on her cell phone. She thought she was pulled to the side out of traffic, but the rear of her SUV was blocking a whole lane.

Expectation: Hot Pangaea Dancers
Reality: If you want to pay to see women dance, just go to the Yellow Rose. It's kind of sad/weird to old men stare at a (barley) clothed Pangaea dancer. Plus drinks are cheaper at strip clubs (never thought that was possible)

Expectation: Party
Reality: Yes. But there's a vibe that it's amatuer night.  Lame people need to spend and pay for a party because they can't party on their own. Not saying everyone was like that, but a lot did give off that vibe.

Pangaea Austin is not their first rodeo, they have opened a well designed club. Even the outside door looks cool. It has good sound. But that's about it.
Someone else mentioned sneakers are allowed, but from what I see dress code is enforced. The first two people that reviewed this club gave it 5 stars WITHOUT ever going.  Before it even opened.  A lot of other people have also been "sold the dream" of Pangaea. But take off your star struck glasses and you will see much ado about nothing. It's not a good value, it's not good service, bottle service is an inconvenient concept, and I'm scared of liquor wasted amatuers.

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Jon S.

New York, NY

3 star rating
01/21/2008

This place is so authentically Africa!

1. It's just the place I'd hang out after a hard day on safari-- except they wouldn't let me in, since I was dressed like I was on safari.

2. They don't serve Shiner Bock. Slly, what do you think this is, Texas? (Apparently, Dos Equis is the preferred beer of the dark continent.)

3. You will probably see live cougars lurking about. (The kind that walk on two legs and wear chanel no 5)

oh yes pangaea i mock you. mock, mock, mock.

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Brad F.

Emeryville, CA

4 star rating
03/15/2008

I'm not a fan of bars or clubs, so this is a review from a different perspective. I was here a couple times during SXSW and thought it was pretty nice. The couches are very comfy and much nicer than most other clubs that make you stand the entire time. The sound system is obviously high quality (saw BT perform live), but a bit too loud for my taste.

The interior is very neat and otherworldly compared to the rest of the clubs in the area. It's warm, wood-filled, African. There were lots of other interior touches like the screens draped from the ceiling, the beach island style bar and the particularly nice bathrooms.

I should disclose that I know the investors, so not waiting in any lines or paying any covers probably lends a lot to my perception. I wouldn't ever pay or wait in line to get into a place like this but that's only because I don't like the whole bar/club scene, nothing about this specific venue.

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Will Z.

Austin, TX

3 star rating
01/04/2008

Pangaea's a global chain that has now invaded Austin. If there is any indication that Austin is now on the map as a booming metropolis, this is it. (New York, London, Spain, Miami, and .... Austin?!?!) If you made an effort to come here, you probably won't be disappointed... if you're more of a emo's/red-eyed fly person, then you probably can't wait to leave unless you were piss drunk.

I didn't get to experience Pangaea for too long, my buddy hurled while climbing up the stairs on the way in, so I only had about 30 minutes to chug 3 beers. In that time span I can tell you that it'd be a great place to end the night, there aren't too many non-gay places in the warehouse district where there's a dedicated dancefloor. The DJ plays all kinds of dance/techno/trance, not really my cup of tea but at least it wasn't a bunch of generic crap which is always good.

Drinks were surprisingly cheap (or I was surprisingly drunk), especially compared to Qua, the other ballerama establishment opened recently. And the thing I dig most... alotta places to sit. Not sure if I buy the whole safari theme though, having been to some safari lodges but then again it IS a nightclub.

Negatives I guess would be the absence of a patio or outdoor place for smokers and the scantily-clad creepy dancer marauding along the wall. She looked either coked-up or genuinely disinterested. I didn't even notice her for the first 15 minutes i was there, it was like attack of the ninja stripper...

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Anna R.

Austin, TX

1 star rating
07/06/2008

Please choose to spend your precious time and money in another locations downtown.  Not only will you pay high prices for drinks at this bar, but the management will chose to ignore your complaints about multiple drinks being spilled on you.  In summary, you will pay around $150.00 to leave the club soaked in vodka.  Not my idea of a good time.

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Tara H.

Austin, TX

5 star rating
10/03/2007

1. I hope Larry C. doesn't get a "digi pic" from his "deep throat" contact at Muse Architects as it would be nice for this to be revealed to the public at opening. I am sure the owners and investors would appreciate it.

2. The opening date has not been revealed, and will not be revealed until design/construction is further along.

3. Insert link to site I created about a book I wrote about FICO scores.

4. Insert link to site I created about women who cheat.

5. This now concludes my non-review.

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Natasha R.

Austin, TX

2 star rating
11/16/2007

I had to update this & change my rating to 2 because of below:

Just a warning to anyone planning on going to check this place out. DON'T USE A DEBIT CARD TO BUY DRINKS! They put a $300 hold on credit & debit cards.  Also, our tab was only for $20 & they automatically added a gratuity of 20%.  

This is the swanky new lounge that opened in the old Alamo Drafthouse Downtown location.  After a nearly $3 million re-do, the place has been transformed into a safari-themed lounge complete with supposedly antique African art and artifacts.  

The bar was interesting. They had very scantily clad dancers standing on platforms dancing very provocatively & a very loud DJ with a live saxophone & bongo player mingling about. All the waitresses wore red skimpy dresses & the decor was very earthy with bambo, grass cloth, draping cloth overhead & dim lighting.

Prices were expensive. For the 1st 2 hours or so the drinks were free (this was a media preview day), afterwards the drinks were pricey! $7 for wells & $6 for a Heineken. Everytime someone got bottle service, their waitress would bring it out with this sort of sparkler-like firework thing on top to get everyone's attention.

I am interested in visiting after they get in the swing of things with their regular crowd.  They feature bottle-service which really isn't my thing especially with a bottle of Tito's for over $200 plus 20% gratuity.  I am not sure if this concept will jive with Austin scene.  We'll just have to wait & see.

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p d.

Austin, TX

5 star rating
11/18/2007

Several friends in our party went to choderville Qua, which rejected our sneaker-clad friends.  I hope choderville Qua keeps rejecting people wearing sneakers, so we can spend our money in far superior clubs like Pangaea.  

I was curious as hell to see how the old Alamo had been transformed and wow, they did a phenomenal job.  The lighting...brilliant, soundsystem...brilliant, DJ...brilliant, interior decor...brilliant, bongo drummers...brilliant, dancers...brilliant...freaking vibe...you guessed it,  BRILLIANT!!!!!  

It felt like I was back in a club in Europe..it most definitely did not feel like Austin.  Hell ya I'll be back and bringing friends.  I have nothing else to add except thank you Qua.

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Catherine Y.

Austin, TX

5 star rating
11/11/2007

Came here on Friday night and it was DA BOMB!  It's a lounge with a wild crowd and insanely good mix of music. I love it, it's better than Qua for sure.

Bottle price is pretty standard. Just get a group of good friends and drink/dance your butts off here! Talked to a manager there, the grand opening is this Friday, Nov 16.

Tips: Go with bunch of girls so that you can avoid any unnecessary line.

Update:
* Grand Opening *
How the hell did I sneak into Pangaea on the Grand Opening night?! I have no clue!! I wasn't even thinking to go to downtown last night! Anyway, it was another fantastic night at Pangaea and it was unbelievably crowded. A friend told me it doesn't feel like we are living in Austin being inside Pangaea. It is expensive to buy a bottle of Greygoose at $275 but if you split up the bills with 5 or 6 friends who can averagely drink at least 5 drinks a night, it's worth it. A small glass of long island ice tea costs $9, Rum & coke = $7. You do the math.
I am so coming here for my birthday bash now.

Note: my tips still hold true. The chances to get in is higher if you are with a bunch of hot looking girls or tell them you are going to open a bottle. It's worth it.

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Larry C.

San Francisco, CA

5 star rating
09/16/2007

** Update **
Pangaea in Austin American Statesman http://www.austin360.c...

** Update **
I just channeled a great idea off natural DMT from sleep deprivation followed by massive amounts of Yogurt.  Yes I read 2012 http://www.amazon.com/..., no I didn't take DMT. Yes, its the Fraiche at Emerson

http://www.yelp.com/bi...
www.UCMS.com/pangaea
1) I am tired of helping retail.  One at a time doesn't work as fast
2) I should improve entire portfolios of credit card debt http://www.experian.co...
pangaea is about going home to one big continent

Pangaea is about greedy banks making money by improving the avg FICO score of their portfolio before they sell it
*** UPDATE OVER ***

effen HOT.  

Got the d.l. on this through a hair salon stylist at Gruv.  We were talking about how I need a haircut and that she could hook me up with a sub $12 cut (i.e. FREE).  Hair then transitioned to social clubs and Pangaea.

This went on my Austin "Best of List" minute I got wind of this.  P.S. Am working on getting my deep throat contact at Muse Architects to take a digi pic of the drawing set to finish build out in Q4.  Grand open in November??  It's getting 5stars based on promise and will do full due diligence on this venue.

Q from Yelper: "Larry how did you find out about Pangaea"
A: I was at Swig.  I was getting hit on by a crew of hawties, some were girls.  Yes my man charm works on Texas dudes.
Cocktail wairtress then told me of Pangaea opening across the street.  She said that it'd be good money (I guess I'd be a _____________).  I talked to my buddie who hands out liquor contracts and wallah!: this Yelp review

Q:  Hey Larry, would you ever bartend?  HeckYa!  Its like method acting for Cocktail the remake when Tom C takes the old guy role.

Q: what does the Yelp machine say about Pangeae (aka Pangina)??  effen HOT.  Just like Austin rips the best restaurant/club concepts from all over the USA,  Pangaea is just that good.

Pangaea FL even has a casino.  Look for Pangaea TX to be hottest cuz of Austin hawties.

Q: what is due diligence.  It's like when women check out men at www.thedatingreport.com.  It's to catch men cheating cuz men leave a paper and credit card stub trail that you can see with the right lens.

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