Ankali — Restaurant in Prague

NO MORE DONATIONS FOR ANKALI!

I came to your “safe space” with my wife to see my friends.

While walking in the club, I asked a guy who I know works there whether the garden would be open. Then I met him again and asked once more. The next time I saw him was near the fence of the yard, where I was talking with my friends. Suddenly, he pushed my face aside and moved to open the fence. Then he came back and nervously threatened to kick me out for no reason — just because he could.

He came back with a security man, told him that I was aggressive toward him, and they pushed me out through Planeta Za.

I came back through Ankali and continued my evening with friends in the yard of Planeta Za.

He came back again, they dragged me through the whole club and sprayed pepper in my face.

After that, I started calling the police, but it was hard to read the address on the phone because of the pepper spray, and they didn’t want to come to Ankali without an exact location. I came back to security to ask them to call the police, and that same guy was standing behind security, asking if a hug can help me. I accepted his offer, but he got scared and disappeared. The security wasn’t going to call the police, and I got mad because of that.

Eventually, I managed to call the police. Two minutes before they arrived, a group of four - security, face control guys, and that Takadummy attacked me, knocked me down face, and started strangling me. Security guard while sitting on me, stopped strangling and hit my head three times while saying nasty things about Ukrainians.

I understand that security and face control were doing their job — not in the best way, and with some xenophobic elements — but they were dealing with someone they thought was aggressive, based on misinformation.

The real hero is those sneaky, nervous Takadumm who just caused a lot of trouble for everyone because of his bad mood — and damaged your reputation as well.

I believe you should take a closer look at who is representing your establishment and how they are treating guests. This is not the behavior one expects from a space that claims to be safe.

I’m sorry I was loud, but that was because I got pepper-sprayed in the face...

I've been to Ankali in Prague a few times now (about six). But it's always the same rip-off, at least in my eyes. I simply don't understand this mentality. I'm just a tourist, so I shouldn't care, but this club is simply ridiculous. Recently, I wanted to go to the club with two female friends. At the entrance, I was told that I (as a man) wasn't allowed in. They said there was a party for lesbians called C**t. When we asked why that would be a problem, we didn't get an answer. Nowhere is it stated that men aren't allowed into Ankali. Then, after a long discussion, a woman told me that men (regardless of whether they are straight, gay, or bisexual) would ruin the atmosphere of the club. I then asked why this logic didn't apply to other parties, like dick parties. At every dick party I've been to so far, there are women milling around in all areas of the club. On the dance floor, in the darkroom, in the men's restroom. I think this club has a massive problem with men and masculinity in general; I almost feel sorry for them. They're dishonest; they claim to be a safe space, but women are held to different standards than men. In my opinion, they only want the money, but they're basically a mixture of lesbians and poor con artists who want to make money at any cost. I can't explain the logic of this club any other way. It's exploiting its monopoly in Prague, and the Ministry of Culture is happily watching. Sorry, my money, my pride—you're not...

This is a great club with talented DJs and interesting showcases of artists with a plethora of different styles (and this comes from someone who never liked techno in general). Drinks are quite cheap compared to the rest of clubs in Prague, which is very welcome as well as the providing of a student discount. The reasons I'm only giving it 3 stars are the following: first, I don't feel like the club and its security know how to handle clientele. Despite priding themselves on their website to be the safest place as they can be, some clients will have a really problematic behaviour especially towards females without any of the staff blinking an eye. I literally once had to push off a guy from my face first until security reacted, but it resulted with no consequence because apparently the guy used to work here....not very professional in my humble opinion. Finally, the bouncers are not nice at all and will judge you on your appearances. As someone who wears suits, I had to bear with jokes and remarks ("We don't accept people coming back from weddings", "do you think you're being funny or something" etc.). I shall bring that no mention of "appropriate clothing" for whatever that means can be found on their website, therefore I was in my full right to coke dressed as I want in this place.

Despite that, had a great moment, probably will come back once or...