Spin Nightclub — Restaurant in San Diego

Security creates a nightmare and demoralizing experience, and and oversold packed venue with one set of restrooms to wait at the least 30 min for, but likeky an hour wait.

I bought tickets for the homecoming event, and at the front of the line they directed me straight out of the line, and would only say i stumbled and was intoxicated without any opportunity to talk. I didnt have a single drink that night, since i was the designated driver for my friends. After being escorted to the street, I patiently waited for the line to die down (where obviously stumbling males amd females were allowed to enter) before asking to be reevaluated for intoxication. This time the bouncer said my eyes looked like i had bewn drinking too much and was a liability. After patiently waiting for the line again, I asked to speak with someone regarding refunding my tickets.

This bouncer, a heavyset hispanic male, said it wasnt their problem and needed to call ticket master for a refund (eventbright managed ticketing). This security personel was very rude as I was politely attempting to converse with him. I know that any disrespect would not help my cause, so I was as polite as ever. I asked for a formal writeup for the denial of entry that I would need for a refund from eventbright. He had no response and looked away from me, after repeating myself two more times. I asked if a manager could speak to me, and the same individual said he was the manager, owned the entire nightclub, and there was nobody else to talk to (obvious lie and really telling me to F off and leave after paying).

Realizing they were not going to alter the original decision to deny entry, after 30 minutes of coherant conversing (or attempts at least, with the heavyset male), i told them they had ruined my first night after the reopening of san diego, I left and enjoyed other nightclubs with far better staffing.

Future attempts to contact managment via phone and email were not responded too.

It worked out since the club was way over capacity and would be shut down if a fire marshall came (according to friends inside). They said it was horrible since walking anywhere took forever and dancing was impossible due to being squished between other people. Expect to pee in your pants, the few stalls in one set of bathrooms took 45 minutes of waiting. Drugs were apparently openly used and sold, even in front of security inside. Bartenders were over worked and under tipped because nobody could enjoy themselves. Not a single smile on a face, even with all the substance use.

On a slow night Spin is great, if security doesnt single you out, but dont hold...

Spin is my favorite venue in San Diego. Though there is a caveat: this venue primarily caters to electronic music, more specifically, deep/tech/disco house to name s few. However, definitely not the only type of events that are hosted here and as far as I am aware, they are open to hosting a variety of events if you're looking for a place to host your event. Another important note; to the best of my knowledge, Spin is the only venue in San Diego county that is legally allowed to operate past 2 a.m. without a specific permit to do so. You'll have to speak to them about the specifics on that. Now, some info about the actual venue: it is 3 floors when the rooftop is open which is not at every event. It usually is based on the specific event/capacity. Sometimes they have 'rooftop only' events as well including such activities like, yoga! The mezzanine floor is open in the middle with view of the the first floor main area. There's a total of up to 4 bars, again event specific. There's a stage area on the first floor that mainly only accomodates DJ's and entourages/special guests and there's a bar opposite the stage at the entrance with dancefloor in between. For larger events there's a satellite bar in the entranceway. Mezzanine has a bar in the corner and past the bar there's an open air small lounging area. Beyond the open air lounge is a small room with a DJ booth. The main bathroom is on the mezzanine level and then smaller bathroom accommodations in the mezzanine side room. I believe capacity is 1000 ppl. Staff is excellent, some of whom have worked at the venue for as long as I've been a regular guest there (9 years and counting...) Pretty much the only venue I really let loose in, unless my presence is requested elsewhere. So check out their website and if you see an event of interest, I definitely recommend checking it out. Hopefully you enjoy it as much as I do. High energy atmosphere generally demographic...

So this is my 2 cents and to the owner or whoever read this please don't take this the wrong way.

I've been to Spin for the Sabbat events and I love it, love the atmosphere, love that their 3 bars that way we don't have to walk back down to get a drink, the bartenders are very friendly and never got a bad vibe, I've had a lot of fun nights here.

The reason for the 3 stars is well the drinks, as someone mentioned here, 15 bucks for a cocktail and 11 bucks for a whiteclaw? I'm sorry if a drink cost more than a burrito that's bad, like I once got a shot of mezcal, keep in mind this was a single not a double, and cost me 17 bucks yet when I go to another venue it costs me like 10 bucks, honestly it's the drink prices that just kill it and add the fact you charge 5 bucks for a bottle of water when other venues give it for free, I'm sure your not gonna lose business if you gave out free water and in fact you'll make more buisness if you put the drink prices at a good price; 8 or 7 bucks for a whiteclaw, bottle beer, 11 bucks for cocktails, 10 bucks for shots, like seriously you'll make double the profit.

Whenever theres an event here I'll either pregame that way I don't spend a lot or I'll just have a shot or two...