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Crew Bar
30 Napier St, De Waterkant, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa
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Ba
Review №1

Great vibes, they are managing the tight walk rope of following COVID regulations while still being fully hedonistic. The place has lots of side rooms and little nooks so it can feel as intimate or as party as you want.

Ro
Review №2

Because my girls are always performing and the bar tenders are hot as hell!

Ry
Review №3

Venue is way more spacious than before and the decor was great! However, the place was emptier than I would have expected. Im no regular so perhaps I want on an off night! Not a bad place to go for a night out though!

Jo
Review №4

I had an amazing time at this bar. Yes, it was hot, but the incredibly attractive straight bartenders wear tight, short briefs and we all know the effects of cold on a mans package. I say, turn up the heat! Concerning the str8 bartenders, remember that this African nation is strongly hetero-normative and some need to protect their identities (and reputations of their families). Lighten up.Drinks always were the same price (I had only beer except for the body shot from Alex E). Yes, thank god, there is still a smoking section at a gay club. The place needs a deep cleaning, a few bugs ran across the bar (thus my desire to drink bottled beer). I had no issues or problems with the doorman, welcoming in general and helpful in finding me a taxi.The crowd is a mixture of internationals and locals mingling happily. A couple of solicitations for money from sex workers but they handled rejections without attitude. Drop the gay attitude and enjoy this environ.

Jo
Review №5

Hi hope the owners are reading our feedback. A nice place to be myself as a gay man, music not bad. My only issue is the amount of cigarette odour that clouds my breathing as the evening progresses- despite the no smoking signs on the dance floor people still get away with it. If this gets sorted an easy 5 stars from me. Thanks Crew Bar

Ri
Review №6

Just stay who and what you are. Great time. Great drinks. Great staff. Clean. Fresh. Helpfull. Safe. Was awesome.

Ki
Review №7

If youre looking for some good music and an alternative vibe... And everything else is closed... Good fun!!

M
Review №8

Place is dodgy as hell. People waiting outside to mug you. I got mugged Thursday - this guy literally pounced on me outside and stole my phone from inside my pocket. It was so quick.Avoid this place it’s not safe, security staff did nothing to help.

Pr
Review №9

Friendly staff. Quick service. Cool spot

Ad
Review №10

Has its moments, can either be an amazing night, or the complete opposite, oh and watch the bar staff, they get clever with the prices.

hi
Review №11

Amazing music amazing vibe awesome place to let your hair down!

Be
Review №12

The revamp is great. Barman however come across as trying to hustle everyone.

Vi
Review №13

Its pretty much the standard gay bar/night club. The music is appealing to the young crowd which is enjoyable. The dancers and bar men though, are hot but straight so thats basically an irritating tease close to insulting...

Ab
Review №14

Nice inisde to have some fun with ur friends 👍

Je
Review №15

Its always a pleasure to be at crew. Might have its ups and downs but if you know how to party. You will definitely enjoy yourself. A

Lo
Review №16

Music was pumping. Fellow revellers gorgeous. Amazing evening

Te
Review №17

Bar man completely ignored us when we arrived. We left after one drink. Rude. And the place needs a good clean.

Ju
Review №18

Just ok... Drinks seem to be cheap, but 90% of your glass is ice, so you can order 20 spirits and still feel sober. Barmen are nice and hot, they say they are straight... Not really sure about that.

g
Review №19

Fabulous. Open most nights, best barmen in the business. Safe and fun night out, can become crowded. All welcome, R.O.A.R though,

Ma
Review №20

Music and vibe was amazing! Barmen was on point, no need to stand in long queue

Ma
Review №21

Usually free before 10 but charged me because it was Gay Pride. Charging me to go in on a day that celebrates being gay, only to make a quick buck... A new low for this trash-heap. Drinks are overpriced (60 bucks for a vodka lemonade) , its crowded, some of the straight barman are pretty rude/homophobic.

Lo
Review №22

Indoor smoking is permitted and since theyve permanently closed the sliding doors to the outside area, youre stuck inside in a dungeon of smoke. Best watch out, I got short-changed on my last visit. The bathrooms become very crowded and theyre seriously disgusting. Theyll charge you cover even if the place is relatively empty inside (and it wont include a free drink).

Pi
Review №23

Crew Bar is a very nice club. The bar tenders and dancers are all very friendly attractive young men. But watch out for a blonde blue eyed bar tender named Tyler Reichardt. He is a liar and a thief. He stole R3500 from me in October of 2016.

Gw
Review №24

My favorite club.... The best gay club by far in gay village of cpt.

Ge
Review №25

This club does not deserve the 1 star. My worst clubbing experience ever. The type of music is so very different to that of Pretoria and Johannesburg. It was as if the DJ just played the hit parade in a sequence from the top 20 and some commercial music from years gone bye. Not even well mixed. The locals seemed ok with it some of the time. Every now and again the floor was just about vacated. Even the DJ vacated the box for a number of songs in a row. Save yourself the time and effort, it is not worth a visit.

Th
Review №26

Usually a really good time, even for straight men as well. Cheap drinks and good music.

Gi
Review №27

The music in crew bar has never been the best but the ample space and scantily clad bartenders made up for it. Now both of those characteristics are gone. The establishment itself LOOKS quite nice but the atmosphere is very stifled. Its the first club I have ever been to where people on the dance floor are stock still, and those that are on the peripherals are on their iPhones or look like there waiting for something to happen that never ever will. Despite the lack of gogo boys which was Crews main attraction, and a smaller dance floor more aptly called a stand floor, the drinks remain overpriced, the entrance fee remains is still the same grimace inducing 50 rand. The lounge, the lighting and use of space makes it seem like a haughty imitation of Yours Truly, but slightly LGBTQ themed (achieved entirely by reputation because one wouldnt say so when walked in), and also just worse than Yours Truly because actually speak to each other at Yours Truly. Im giving it a star solely because after innumerable complaints, the owners have finally FINALLY installed adequate aeration. Well done on that part. We have learned from that mistake. Now how are we going to fix this new mess?

Ca
Review №28

Hot barmen! Drinks quite expensive. Music amazing.

An
Review №29

Embarrassingly bad experience. Took international guests and i was ashamed by the inappropriate music and miserable atmosphere. DJ put on a gangsta rap mixtape and disappeared. No decent cocktails. Dirty. Will never be back.

La
Review №30

Huge thanks to the Crew staff who are not only amazing people but contacted me when they found my purse id lost. Unbelievable result and service. Also a great place to have a boogie!! #faithinhumanityrestored

Qu
Review №31

What a Jol with a difference. Cape Town at its best, enjoy the company.

Ju
Review №32

Much better than the last time I was there, DJ played good music and the vibe was in general better

jh
Review №33

Litrally just grose. Everyone doing drugs on dansfloor Ppl having sex in bathrooms.. Really just bad in my opinion.

Tr
Review №34

Great revamp, looks so much better

Ma
Review №35

Had a good night out there, people were friendly, music was good.

An
Review №36

The real place to party and have a fab time.Great music and sexy barmen

Ru
Review №37

When a business had more 1* ratings than 5* ratings you must know that things cant be good. I realise yet again why I only go to this place once a year on the insistence of a foreign friend visiting.Literally had to wait 20min at the bar to get drinks. Somehow the 3 bar men standing there cant work their way from one side to the other to assume that customers waiting dont get overlooked.They definitely add water to their Whiskey and probably other spirits as well. The Jagermeister we bought at the downstairs bar was literally 50% water. So its safer to drink beer or other drinks that are sealed and I tampered with. Highly overpriced as well and the same drinks all night kept changing prices. Total ripoff!Music is ok and the majority of the place is kept smoke free.Cant wait for this new Pink Panther club to open up this week! Cant say that Ill miss Crew at all!

Li
Review №38

Beautiful and relaxing environment with nice eye candy..

sa
Review №39

They dont accept card payments upon entering, In a bad area surrounded by foreigners offering you drugs outside, Not clean, down market, bartenders have bad self entitled attitudes(i had to wave money in front of their face to get service) and very empty these days. Do yourself a favour and go to the Pink Panther Gay club. It is a lot more upmarket, better music and better atmosphere.

H.
Review №40

Nice

Da
Review №41

Great night out in the Pink City

Cy
Review №42

Very nice younger pop music and disco music .....

Fu
Review №43

Terrible place. Bar tenders flirt and play a trick on you to charge USD 30 a shot. Unfriendly to tourists and worst experience across South Africa

Co
Review №44

Everybody welcome here great atmosphere!

An
Review №45

It was a different experience. In general

Dt
Review №46

Crew is unfortunately the worst gay bar I have ever been to in my life. It does not have any redeeming qualities.Service: A majority of the bartenders are friendly guys. However, the biggest problem with Crew, is that it exclusively hires a straight male staff of fit and good looking bartenders. This does two negative things. 1. Places the straight male on a high podium for the gay guys to worship further. Most of them flirt back with customers which is ridiculous and demeaning to the customer, whether or not they realize it. Essentially, teasing for tips and taking our money. If Crew bar was friendly to LBGTQ people, it would hire a majority of gay bartenders (like any good gay bar in the world.) Gay bars are one of the few places LGBTQ people can go to meet other gay people, if I wanted to ogle straight men, I would just go anywhere, the gym, my college campus, a straight club... 2. Unfortunately, Ive had two negative experiences of bartenders sexually harassing a lesbian couple, who I am friends with. Crew should be the one place girls can go to avoid sexual harassment while clubbing, but unfortunately some of their bartenders are unprofessional and immature and beg the girls to make out in front of them.Venue: Grungy, out-dated, tacky decorations, disgusting and unsanitary bathrooms (and too few of them), no air conditioning, over priced drinks, and a 40R cover.Music: Top 40 and big room house (mostly bad remixes). Mixing is poor and the DJ sequences many of the same songs throughout the evening. Even EDM fans are disappointed because sets are arranged so poorly and music is a few months behind the online community of good EDM music.

Ch
Review №47

Bit quiet for saturday night

Ar
Review №48

Its hot inside. Always.

Ar
Review №49

Friendly staff however drinks are pricier than else where

Ca
Review №50

Cool place just a bit small

Da
Review №51

Music sucks, little atmosphere. They issue drinks vouchers that come with fastidious requirements.

De
Review №52

Great work done.

Ga
Review №53

Paid the bartender for my drink and he didn’t give me change when I asked for my change from him he said it’s his tip and wouldn’t give me my change. Bar is full of Self entitled bartenders who treat customers anyway they want to. After leaving the bar I felt violated and robbed by the bar tenders - not a good experience. Wouldn’t recommend.

Wi
Review №54

New look but same bad music. There need to be looked at the toilets. Not very hygienic.

Lu
Review №55

International people and good music

Go
Review №56

Experience drinks and bad music!

Si
Review №57

Gayz nite club

Co
Review №58

Fun dance bar

Ru
Review №59

Mostly had only good experience there. Found the staff to be rather friendly.

Ry
Review №60

Anyone want to come fetch me so i can find out lol

Mi
Review №61

Cool place to let loose, drinks can get pricey also I never saw any management anywhere

Ia
Review №62

Fantastic place, hot barmen, fun fun fun

Ol
Review №63

The bartender on Tuesday completely ignored us and chatted rather with his BF in the back..Venue was empty.

Ia
Review №64

Its bad when the ocean is colder that the beer served here

Me
Review №65

OK if that is your scene, but nothing extraordinary.

Ri
Review №66

TOO MUCH FUN!!! 😅 😅

ga
Review №67

Filthy bathrooms ...unfriendly staff

Ja
Review №68

Terribly overpriced and hard to get served at the bar.

ce
Review №69

Just love it

Mi
Review №70

Friendly bar with mostly good looking staff which I like to look at. Most of them even smile when you tip a bit :)

Tr
Review №71

Awful. What city does it think its in?

Co
Review №72

Fun bar!

Cr
Review №73

The worst experience ever

Th
Review №74

Run down!

Le
Review №75

Its ok.

Ad
Review №76

Nice barmen

ch
Review №77

Nice

Ch
Review №78

Awful staff

Sp
Review №79

Ooo

Ra
Review №80

.............................................hmmmmmm....................get it?

Fr
Review №81

Cool bar with great music and a large dance floor. Favorable prices for drinks. Entry costs 100 ZAR but is negotiable

Er
Review №82

A nice nice club, great music during the week not very crowded but more than anywhere else, beware, if you want to go to the Prison or Versatile Bar, thieves will do tricks on your phone and money.

Ca
Review №83

Gay

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  • Address:30 Napier St, De Waterkant, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa
  • Site:https://crewbar.business.site/
  • Phone:+27 78 954 8764
Categories
  • Gay night club
Service options
  • Delivery:No
Offerings
  • Beer:Yes
  • Wine:Yes
Atmosphere
  • Casual:Yes
Crowd
  • Groups:Yes
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