Monkey Loft

Hmmm $20 bucks for a cover?? I dunno about that... The place seemed empty inside and not many people were dancing. (Was playing house music all night) This place had 3 different floors, but most people will chill in the patio/roof top floor. Drinks were okay and reasonably priced ($11-$16). Located in SODO, so there are plenty of street parkings available.

Went here with a group of friends on Friday night, techno house night. I'm reading reviews and I'm like huh, only $20 for cover? Everyone including us were paying $35 and some even $40 and line took an hour to get in. But then I guess there were some top DJs playing. Inside was fairly spacious but also enough people to have the hype and energy flowing, and we were still able to enjoy the experience. We ended up staying around 3 hours, as while I enjoy the house music (which is almost always what Monkey Loft offers), it can get somewhat repetitive as you listen to hours of house music - especially when the music is not melodic at all.There's a "downstairs" bar with apparently a sushi area - according to my friend, 5 courses and a roll for $40 and apparently delicious. The middle floor (1 floor above street) features an indoor house DJ. The top floor (2 floors above street) is the outdoors area with plenty of space to dance. Arguably I would say the music inside is slightly better than that outside, but the people honestly really make or break the vibe. 3 stars because while the music is very good, I hate how time inefficient things are here - always a line everywhere, from going into the club to the single stall restrooms that can take 15-30 min to use, to the bar where, according to friends, waited over 30 min and end up not being able to get alcohol as last call is over, and there were still at least 20 people behind them. I think of the 3 hours we stayed, at least 45 min was spent waiting in various lines before we were able to get situated in and enjoy the club itself.

Love coming here to see my friend dj! She's done a variety of sets on different nights and it's always a good time. The crowd that comes here is typically very into the tunes and just here to have a good time which always make for a positive and energetic night!

This is a very affordable place to go get drinks in Seattle - that is if your first name is Jefferson and your last name is Bezos. For us common-folk you might find that paying $20 per drink on top of the exorbitant cover is a little bit pricy but if the tech bros have their way we'll all be replaced by robots soon anyway.The music is pretty good if you like house music. (I don't). Unfortunately the DJ on the night that I went their either had never heard of Papa Roach or just wasn't to keen on taking requests. Either way, I was left unsatisfied.

Popped in once with some friends one night. Overall had a fun experience. House isn't my first choice in music but vibed pretty well with everyone there. Easy to meet new people and make new friends. Welcoming to all. The environment and ambiance marches the energy given: vibrant, fun and loud. The only downside is the long line at the bar and restrooms. Fortunately there are two areas with restrooms. One inside and one outside in the loft area. I can proudly say this place is on my list of a fun night out!

Everything is good, but despite being expensive the reusable candles don't work. I'd get flamed for my candles at home not working. I think here, they should work.

Not a great experience. While standing in line to get in, I watched security only pat/wand the males entering the loft. Expensive entrance fee and poor ambiance. No security by the bathrooms, small bar, and almost no seating. Left after 20 minutes. Not worth it.

Definitely not worth the overcharge at the door. No separate bathrooms, you're in a line for a good 30 minutes at least.

$30 cover charge to get in. Stop serving drinks at 1:30. Can't even step outside for a smoke without the security guard from the club next door harassing and threatening us with violence. Music is terrible and their reasoning for the crazy cover charge at the door is because they have an international DJ funniest thing I ever heard. Vibe is wack and barely any parking. Did I mention the insane cover charge to enter a empty club with weak music and hardly any one dancing let alone the poor women to men ratio? Yeah. Never coming here again. Save your money and go to xtadium or even lucky strike in Bellevue. Way more fun and less of a hassle. I feel like I wasted my money and my night. This place is trash.

I'm highly disappointed in how my friends and I were treated at monkey loft on 10/29/22. I was verbally insulted and screamed at by these two people. The male is a bouncer and the woman is a "ticket" person. They were so disorganized within them own selves that they took their own frustrations out on innocent people just trying to attend Monkey loft. They seemed to be extremely high strung like on some type of substance that caused them to be aggressive. I have a video of how I was mistreated by these two individuals who work at Monkey Loft and would truly appreciate some type of action to be taken place.