Shhhh, don't tell anyone - the most exclusive nightclub and bar in New York is in the basement of a new hotel, just off its loading dock and garbage area.
If you look for the Electric Room from outside the Dream Downtown hotel near the trendy Meatpacking District, the only way you'll find to it is if you see a series of small, blue-neon lightning streak signs and gritty walls covered with funky art.
And if you arrive before the clock strikes midnight, you won't find anything because the Electric Room only opens at 1 a.m.
The small, ultra-exclusive Electric Room only fits about 110 people. You can sit at the bar or on Chesterfield couches or - if you're truly a VIP - sit behind at the hidden table behind the DJ booth. Expect to pay almost $22 for a cocktail, a price that includes a 20% gratuity added to your tab.
The club's operator does make an effort to dress up the garbage with dramatic, 20-foot-tall black velvet curtains but the drapery also can't disguise the stench that will likely be worse on hot summer days. Still, it's all part of the club's mystique, right?
Despite its high-voltage name, the Electric Room doesn't look like an over-the-top designed nightclub. Besides a bar and an elevated DJ booth, the room is decorated in a simple yet edgy, British punk kind of way.
Reclaimed wood covers the club's walls and floors. You'll see an array of inviting Chesterfield couches - some in caramel leather, including one with a giant Union Jack flag painted on it, and one done in a peacock-blue velvet. In terms of art, you'll see painted mirrors, including one featuring a Sid Vicious portrait.
While the Electric Room may be an extreme example of a super-exclusive room, expect to see more high-end hotels open venues that cater to an elite few in the future.
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