QBar Lounge

This bar is inside Hotel Albuquerque. To me, this is a classy bar..but just meh to me (depending on whether or not they have performances of the day). I found the inside of the bar wayyy too loud to enjoy any conversations and not really any offerings of food. But if you are going for a drink and to listen to the music/performances, then that's a decent place to do that!

I have reviewed QBar before and am compelled to review again. Please understand: I go on either Friday or Saturday to take in jazz. The crowds are surprisingly small. Those there consist of many loyal followers of the musicians. Drinks are reasonably priced, bartender is friendly. The wall have several large paintings and there is a sculpture display adjacent. Billiard table one room over. The quality of the music is exceptional and there is no cover charge! Plenty of parking available. This place seems to be committed to remaining a mystery....very few people know about it.

After a fun night of eating as a group at Nexus Brewery we decided to go dancing. We were told it was Salsa and Hip Hop night at this particular club. The 10 of us split ride shares and made the trek over to QBar located inside Hotel Albuquerque. Excited and ready to dance the night away we showed our IDs and made our way in. When we got there the DJ was playing salsa and we jumped right in. Loved seeing the older and younger generation dancing and having an good ole time! The locals invited us to dance being patient with teaching us the steps and getting us into the vibe. Heard some salsa, bachata and watched some fancy footwork with those dancing the casino. We danced, drank, and waited for any indication of hip hop music filling up the room. We even asked the DJ to come through with some hits but alas, nothing. Had a good time overall! Shoutout to the locals- especially the 56 year old Puerto Rican man who spun me around a million times!

Always a great time to be had a The QBar Lounge with FREE Salsa Dance Lessons every Thursday Night from 8:15-9:30pm! The best Latin night in town. The night features a rotation of Albuquerque's top Latin DJs from 8:00pm - 1:30am.

NOT IMPRESSED.. OVERALL: The ambiance was OK. They tried to hard to be an upscale club, but failed. The decor is OK. Dim lighting, but everything is so scrunched together, it looks more crowded than it really is. There were a few hoodboogers in the club, but I guess that's to be expected. The age range was good (old and young alike came out to have a good time)NOTE: To get into the lounge, it's best to get there BEFORE 10. Who goes clubbing BEFORE 10PM? Ah that's right.. I have to remember that I am no longer living in NYC where things don't start to jump off until 12AM. So, after waiting online for almost 2 hours, we finally got in.*** (Security has NO idea how to be dominant, and tell people NOT to cut the line. Grow some balls gentlemen, and do your job diligently) DRINKS:The website offers a list of drinks. As per the bartender, they dont have a drink menu anymore. In fact, I was told that the person who orders the liquor has NO clue as to what to order. TSK TSK TSK, they didn't have anything I wanted to drink. They ran out of Ciroc, didnt have grey goose ran out of Ginger ale, and were running low on Pineapple Juice. C'monMUSIC: Someone commented that the DJs were some of the best they've heard in the world.. WTF did you travel to buddy? The music was mediocre at best. The DJ was all over the place. hip hop one minute, techno the next. Selection was really outdated. I made a song request, and the DJ had never even heard of the song. *throwing rocks* BOOOOOO

We were staying here, so stopped in. It was ok, but service wasn't great, Music wasn't great. My cosmo was ok,but my husband ordered an Old Fashioned and said it tasted like 100% Fireball; don't think I'd return.

They think it is Vegas. Wouldn't let half our group in dress shirts and shorts in the club. If they didn't want our money, so be it. So don't bother w/ this place. Not worth it! Other half of our group stated place was dead at 11pm. I wonder why. We went somewhere else to have drinks.

Never again ever! I wish I could rate this a Zero!!!! Worst management and service I've ever experienced, especially towards males. Turned away our wedding party at the door claiming we were not dressed towards there standards and males can't wear shorts. Then they let multiple ladies in wearing running shorts, hands down awful! We live in Los Angeles and service is hit or miss, but this took the cake!!

We came tonight to celebrate my friends birthday. We decided to come to Q-Bar due to the fact that we frequent this place and it's a great environment. However in this particular occasion the security guards didn't let us into the club. They accused us of littering which we didn't. But in my opinion they were just looking for an excuse to not let us in. Negative experience because of the security.

The security here is terrible. We were assaulted by a security guard. Please do not be afraid to call the police after an issue with security invariably happens. The hotel staff will lie but perhaps when they receive more calls this place can finally close down. Please go anywhere else other than this place.