Florentine Gardens LA — Restaurant in Los Angeles

In the DJ business world we refer to this type of club as a starter club. It is an 18 years old and over club. If you are over 21 they will give you a wrist band at the door and you can purchase and drink alcohol but don't even think about trying to share it with your underage friends. Since this is an 18+ club, the crowd is very much on the young side. There are all sorts of inherent problems with 18+ clubs. One of the most obvious problems when you look around this club is that the club itself doesn't need to try. There are very few 18+ clubs in the area and if you are between the ages of 18 & 21 your options of where to go to dance with friends on the weekend is severely limited (unless you are hip to the underground rave seen). The owners know this and they know that they really don't have to put forth much of an effort to keep their young clientele coming back. After all, where else are they going to go? Minimal effort and minimal dollars invested in the club over the years has taken a huge toll. There are probably clientele coming to this club that were not yet born the last time this place had a makeover and it looks it. 80's trash comes to mind when you look around this place. A slightly more immature crowd just adds to the trashy feel and fights are a frequent occurrence. Once most people turn 21 they gladly ditch this place for a real night club which tends to keep the age and maturity level pretty young. Since this is a starter club that exists only to line the pocket of its owners, don't expect skilled and experienced employees as well. That is not to say that there are not good bartenders or DJ's working here but just like for the underage crowd, this club is really just a stepping stone for those that have talent and as they establish themselves and start to get a good reputation, they move on to bigger and much better clubs. This in turn leaves employee's that are not as skilled or who just don't care anymore to continue to do a half ass job. In short, if you are over 21 and have no reason to come here (your friends are all over 21 as well), go elsewhere for your weekend dance club fix. Anywhere else will be a vast...

I was disappointed.

We came for New Year's Eve, and expected it to be packed. Instead, I'd guess it was at about half capacity. The drinks were overpriced, and the bar was poorly stocked (they didn't even have any grapefruit juice as a mixer). The decor was "empty warehouse", with a few tables around the edges.

The music was schizophrenic; it was like they didn't know whether they wanted to be a top forty dance club or a Latin club, so they decided to do both, poorly.

Prior to midnight, the music in the large main room was actually pretty good, with current dance and pop mixed with occasional eighties hits. The smaller dance floor in the other room was all in Spanish, however, so it wasn't my cup of tea.

The hostess for the countdown was evidently a latina star of some sort, but she didn't speak much English at all, so it was rather jarring when the American pop music was stopped to introduce a (quite lovely) young lady who then proceeded to yammer at us in Spanish for the next twenty minutes or so. Then, she counted down to "midnight" three minutes early. At "midnight" (11:57), a quarter of the balloons that were supposed to drop on the dance floor didn't, and the net they were suspended in (one of four that were over the main dance floor) had to be pulled down manually and torn apart.

Also, I expected to at least be given a glass of cheap champagne to toast the new year as part of the $25 ($35 at the door) event price, not to mention the $10 parking. But no, there was no champagne, or anything else for that matter, included in the admission price.

After midnight, the rooms basically swapped, with the largest dance floor being all Spanish-language music, and the smaller room having the English-language hits.

TL;DR: Poorly-attended, mediocre decor, overpriced drinks, schizophrenic musical genres, technical glitches, and a hostess speaking a language only half of those in attendance understood. I had fun because I was with friends, but we could have had a better time for less...

I used to go to Florentine garden one year ago. First time I saw promoters nice to their guest. Security aren't strict compare to another clubs or bars. As a yelper member and google review , I will tell some facts being coming to this club because I have a promoter with me but I realized right now, a lot promoter who works there became rude and mistreated gonna let their guest to have fun. moreover, there are a promoter took advantage me and told me to not tell anyone. Then later this afternoon one promoter complains that they were harassed but no ones harm them or bullying. This they fault as well, they let other promoter took pictures and take advantage rather guest or promoter can be rude. In my opposite opinion, the bartenders and the two manager are nice to me. But promoters and photographer must educated little bit and train hospitality them as well how treat and respect their guest a lot. If don't want to know other guest message me and give their opinions to tell. Not promoter make complaints act like they are harassed or stalk. online such as Instagram and makes stories to make one guest. down. Promoter gonna lose their guest if they continue act weirds and, mistreated and disrespect. I'm not here to give make complains, I'm here to make own opinions for one year gone there. I would not comeby if the promoters are disrespectful. But securities and bartenders are will continuing to be kind to their guest. Thanks and...