Dallas' Best Dance Club

Downtown hangout offers beers on tap, lunch and dinner menus, and a place to play pool and watch TV.

Reviews:

• “You’ve got to check this place out”
• “We love this place!”
• “Check out live music”
• “The best ruben!”

Tips: Smoking is allowed only after 2pm.

City Tavern or email City Tavern

Smooth Oak Lawn club with VIP table service, private booths and slick tunes.

Reviews:

• “The ladies were everywhere!!!”
• “Don’t waste your time, or money!”
• “Fine, but…”
• “Great Place to Chill…….”
• “press quotes”

Tips: Special DJ acts spin on Tuesday nights while a regular rotation works the rest of the week.

LIFT Lounge or email LIFT Lounge

Nearly 100 years old, this place keeps roping people in with its vintage vibe, authentic atmosphere and outstanding live music acts.

Tips: It’s cash only here, so bring the ATM card—the machine is downstairs.

Sons of Hermann Hall

Northern Mexican-inspired dance club offers theme nights, cheap drinks for the city’s Latin community.

Reviews:

• “TotallyGhetto”
• “FUN for ALL!!”
• “dont know whats going on’’”
• “Great Saturday Nights”
• “Hip Hop Club”

Tips: The tiny kitchen in the back serves cheap, authentic Mexican food all night.

Club DMX

Quaint music club atmosphere showcases a different kind of Dallas talent in Deep Ellum.

Reviews:

• “Wild, Crazy, Girls, Great Dj’s, Guys, Whatever your lookin For ,it’s here!”
• “Not for drinks…”
• “Know your roots”
• “Love it”
• “Horrible”

Tips: This Deep Ellum staple’s sister bar, Curtain Club, is right around the corner. Take advantage of getting into two clubs for the price of one.

Lizard Lounge

Reviews:

• “Go here only if you want to end up with a minus sign on your checking account.”
• “21 AND UP TO GET IN MOST NIGHTS”
• “Good Club Scene”
• “WHACK Nightclub, Fat women, VERY slim pickings!”
• “Gone downhill”

Carson’s Live

Oak Lawn institution for dancing is among the largest bars in Dallas.

Tips: To reserve the Rose Room, call (214) 528-3316.

Station 4 & Rose Room

Located in the historical Fort Worth Stockyards district, this country-western bar and concert venue is a Texas original.

Reviews:

• “Real Texas Experience!!!!!”

Tips: This is a family-entertainment center, but because it serves alcohol, children under 18 must have a legal guardian who is at least 30 years old with them.

Billy Bob’s Texas

Club-going hedonists sample everything from hip-hop to ’80s pop scenes in this multi-story downtown nightlife venue.

Reviews:

• “fabulous”
• “Kick Azz Thursday !”
• “To many mexicans from ft worth”
• “Worse club”
• “ew”

Tips: Be a girl. Guys must pay a $20 cover. Also, drink specials happen every night and vary from $2 shots to deals on domestic beers.

Purgatory