Wah Wah Lounge

What to Expect @ Wah Wah Lounge

By Michelle Smart

Down a tiny, tiny alleyway lies a tiny, tiny place: the Wah Wah lounge. You know, there is a secret to tell if a place is any good or not... the lines. If a place has a snail trail the size of King Kong's, it's bound to be a good place. Now with the Wah Wah lounge, it's like looking in a mirror. It's upside down and reversed. So without any line it can't be a good place, right? Wrong.

The Wah Wah lounge is the best place to go for a function. Birthday, wedding, bucks party, hens party, or anything ending with party, the Wah Wah lounge is a great place to hire out; hence the absence of lines. Wah Wah lounge hosts their own parties as well. So being the blunt nail that I am, don't head to the Wah Wah lounge unless you know you can crash someone's party or make your own.

The Wah Wah lounge is nothing on size, but it isn't always size that matters. The atmosphere can be the best you'll ever have (figuratively speaking), and there is nothing like bringing along a group of mates to a birthday or like me, heading out to an official O-week party. If you're on the list it's relatively cheap - anywhere from free to $10, depending on the organiser. The first level sets you up in an apartment sized place called the Lounge Bar. Its rounded mirrors on the brick wall look like oversized water drops while along other walls hang brailed edged mirrors. The large amount of mirrors demonstrates just how intimate Wah Wah lounge really is... after all, aren't mirrors supposed to make a place look bigger?

You will find the Lounge Bar makes you think 'rustic and slightly sexy'. The small downstairs dance floor will have you pumping away to some RnB, electro and Pop, with a DJ who can mix it up until he gets bored. The Bubble Bar is slightly different: modern and sleek. If you think it's like the younger sister to the Lounge Bar, you would be right. The Bubble Bar is like its name: bubbly, upbeat and pumping. However, it is very selective; it's your lucky night if this area gets opened. It only opens when the downstairs Lounge Bar is overrun. You can dance over and on a trippy series of wall features. The Bubble Wall is a series of round lights that deck the roof of the dance floor - yes like bubbles. It's like a ride inside with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory weirdness with that epic sense of quirky that will have clubbers tripping out or tripping up.

Thursday night specials are the cream of promo standards; $2.50 pots of your choice, but unfortunately only two types of beer on tap. There are also $5 basic spirit drinks and $5 shot specials. Don't let that fool you though - tricky little Wah Wah Lounge will have other drinks outrageously priced. Shouting outside the drinks specials almost has you wishing you could vomit it all back up. My friend shouted us three Jager bombs, and let's just say the $40 mark was a giant rocket launcher with missile targeting on our wallets. I also must admit it must have been an amateur bar hand because you will find the bar tenders mix the Jager for you much rather than providing you with the professional way of a separate shot glass and standard glass. It's all about making as much money with very little. All up the Wah Wah lounge serves up an interesting mix, sacrificing quality for quantity and a strange obsession with size.