New Dodge Lounge — Restaurant in Hamtramck

Nice venue, but very unprofessional to host shows at. The bartender was great, but the rest of the staff were rude and unaccommodating. Claimed they didn't have sound equipment that they had confirmed they had a month ago and the sound guy spoke down to us continually, yet couldn't do his job and make adjustments to the sound even when asked politely. They also claimed we wouldn't need to have anyone to work the door and they had it covered, but they didn't bother to collect from the majority of people who came in and didn't bother to watch the door until well after the show had begun. They then proceeded to complain at the end of the night that they hardly made any money off the door. They also refused to let us use the wifi for our one laptop that we needed for the show, saying that it would crash their wifi for the whole building. When we had to scramble to get a cable that they suddenly didn't have, I overheard the sound guy ask multiple times about canceling the show to the other staff. All around, a very uncomfortable and unprofessional place to try to host a show at. Seems like an okay place to just grab a drink, but awful to work with. The whole experience was off-putting, which is disappointing since the place has so much potential. I hope they try to do better...

UPDATE 2022 I changed the 2 star review to a 5 because this place has totally turned around. There are new owners who seem to care about the place. It was so clean in the bar area and bathroom and updated where necessary (no more tube tvs!) also, people were no longer smoking cigarettes in there like in 2020 when I was last there. The entire staff was very friendly and helpful as well.

(2020) Went to see a live band a few days ago here. They were absolutely not following state Coronavirus health protocols! Almost the entire audience wasn’t wearing a mask and there was no social distancing enforced. Also, I’m a fan of dive bars but this place is just downright dirty inside, like they don’t clean or dust anything it seemed. The only good thing here was the...

My boyfriend and I were here last night for our first time!!! He is an artist and goes by N3ON TIGER. He played this venue with Brain Rack for his tour stop. The dance floor although not huge is rather roomy and the venue size gives an intimate boiler room vibe yet the phenomenal lasers sound and visual wall set the festival tone!!! Everyone that worked there has great vibes and were super friendly!!! We had a few slices of cheese pizza which were unfortunately not hot and tough but that did not take away from the overall experience!!! There is also a game room so you have many things to do while enjoying a show....