Hydrate Nightclub Formerly: The Manhole
Considered to be one of the safest & most welcoming nightclubs in the city, Hydrate is perfect if you are looking for a wild night with wonderful people. Make sure to check out one of their many drag shows featuring incredibly talented queens!
Nominee for Best of GayCities '23
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Manhole nights... wow.
All I can say is you have to experience it, to believe it.
Tsk Tsk
i love going to this club but everytime i go there, the lady is always mean and rude to the customers. And it was not the first time i have experience her rudeness. I probably would not going back to hydrate and recommend to all my friend to not go back there again so they would not experience her rudeness to customers.
very circuit
drinks were expensive, but well made, 2 cute go go dancers, had to wait a lil to get in at 2, about 20 min, was 10 bucks, so not bad at all, but most of the crowd inside was built 30-40 year olds, and people were passing out x all over, I liked the staff, they were friendly, even though it was really busy, but the crowd kills the bar, I'm not into tweaked out guys, and the place was packed with them. idk, but thats my 2 am saturday experience
Need to Hydrate
The drinks were a little expensive. They have drag queens on Wednesday which I love. I would say visit here if you can.
Typical club on Halsted.
I was visiting Chicago as a tourist looking for a good club on Halsted. This club is more of a neighborhood bar with lots of locals rather than for tourists. Moderate crowd for a Friday & Saturday night; not huge but not empty either. Mix of gay & straight. Decent drink prices. I had a good time there although I've been to better clubs in my life.
