Illusion And Lounge - Washington DC

Wow, great place to enjoy your heart's content, thank you

I went there it was empty didn't stay long. Talked to the manager she was nice

Loved it but way over price was told it was 6 dollars a shot then the bill ended up being 420 dollars. Didn’t drink that much work

Dope vibez and a great time especially after hours!

Showed up as a performing artist for their promoted open mic After about a week of promotion with my face on the flyer and additional promo on my end, they didn 't even try to mention they charge artists a pay to play fee of $10 PER SONG until we were physically at the venueMy manager and I only discovered this fact the day of the event as we arrived at the venue.Both the promoter and venue seem to utilize lack of communication in order to further benefit themselves by putting artists and showgoers on the spot once they arrive to charge as much as they canWhen my manager attempted to resolve the situation by explaining that clearly I would be providing income for both the venue and promoters business via my own fanbase, the promoter tried to tell me he had 100 artists lined up and refused to waive the pay to play fee.This entire experience made me aware of the fact that they intentionally withhold event information, do all they can to take advantage of, and make as much profit off of the artists/customers with little to no consideration for professionalism or running an honest establishment.I do not enjoy leaving this review. My manager and I did everything we could to get all of the info and communicate with the venue and DJ/Promoter ahead of time. My crowd of nearly thirty would have provided considerable profit for the business, however they refused to not charge artists their ridiculous rate to perform. We wanted to create a positive, profitable, and memorable experience for all organizations involved to no avail.Very obvious they use these sort of events as a cash cow and dont care about the actual art, artists or atmosphereInstead I took my crowd of 26 people to pizza in GeorgetownDon 't waste your time here