Pulse Night Club

Pulse has a nice VIP lounge (with a bar) overlooking the downstairs bar and dance floor. Can get crowded, and if DJ Wikked is spinning, you're in for a fun night! This spot is usually open past 2 am and the price for shots is expensive ($10/shot). Never had any problems with the bartenders or staff.Calling this place a night club is a little stretch, as it's smaller than my car.

3 shots for $36 AND an automatic 20% gratuity added for $44? No wonder it's empty at 1 am. Never returning and no one should step foot into this stupid place. #ripoff

I had reserved the VIP area a month previous to arriving at Pulse. I spoke with the club manager Tito on the phone who took my name and number. When we arrived I located Tito who claimed to have never taken a call and had no idea what I was talking about and asked us to leave because there was a private party in the club that night. Although we were just a small party of 20 people I feel that the Club could have given me a call and explained this before my arrival, giving me time to find another venue. I would never return to this club or recommend it to anyone else for this reason.

Thump, thump, thump, thump.The skinny: Pulse is an after hours club that stays open until around 3. This is prime real estate in Philly, because there aren't many clubs of this variety.The space is relatively nice for what it is - it doesn't evoke the basement dungeonesque feeling that Club 27 does, while at the same time has a much more diverse crowd than, say, Plough.Dance floor is tiny, and gets packed. Keep your elbows in, and dance away. They usually stick to top 40 type stuff, but the DJ is always open to requests as long as it fits the mood of whatever he's been playing. I was actually just here last night, but they were spinning mostly house. So I had lots of requests (play "not house" please), but didn't bother making them.My only real issue with it is the astronomical prices for drinks, and the 30 dollar minimum for cards.Overall, worth checking out.Pro-tip: Bring cash.Also beware, people are allowed to smoke in here. You might not like that, pansy.

Went to pulse on a saturday night. It was empty as hell!! There were literally two drunk girls there. Drink prices were on the high side. The DJ played hip hop and took requests. The lighting was kinda cool but the vibe wasn't. They say it's an after hours club but looking at all the reviews here, it's a pretty wack club. Not sure why there was a security guard with an earpiece looking like CIA here, when there was barely no one here. Smh

We were in Philadelphia for the New Year's Eve and were looking for a night club, not too far from our hotel and this one showed up. We called them and checked it they were opened and the entry charge. Finding this place was easy but finding a place to park was difficult because most of the paid parking lots were full. We arrived at about 10:30 pm and the place was pretty crowded. They were charging $20 per person as the entry fee at the door. We quickly grabbed our drinks and hit the dance floor. I was surprised when a friend of mine told me that the drinks were costing more if paid by card instead of cash. Thankfully, another friend had cash with him.Within another 30 minutes or so, the place was totally packed and there was hardly any space to move. The crowd was good and it felt like a "dive night club". The DJ was playing popular tracks and kept everyone dancing.They also have an additional floor which is their VIP lounge I guess where I did see people smoking.Overall, it was a pretty good. Maybe the experience would be different on other days as I read in the other reviews. If I'm in Philadelphia again, I will definitely try Pulse once again.Cheers.. happy new year

This place is awful. Drinks were crap and the prices were steep. Automatic tip? No thanks. Go elsewhere.

A bunch of crooks. Went in on a Friday night and ordered 2 Red Bull Vodkas. The bartender looked super suspect and almost screamed at me asking if I wanted doubles. I told her no, because obviously the late night club spot charges astronomical prices for a late night mix drink. I asked her to close my tab. Get the tab back and it was $70. I just looked at her and said ummm you just charged me $70 for 2 Red Bull Vodkas. She then started to freak out at me about how I ordered doubles and the charge was correct, etc. WOW. It was a lot to handle. I decided to hold onto the receipt and I'd talk to management in the morning. Something had to be done about this bartender. So I call in the morning and leave a message. Receive a call back from the Manager, Tito, who I told the story to. Apparently the girl was over charging customers all night. He told me to come by on a Friday or Saturday night and ask for him and he'd give me $70 cash. So I go by Pulse to get my money the next Friday, ask the bouncers for Tito. They say he'll be right with me. I wait, wait, wait, eventually get told he can't get to me tonight. OK whatever I'll come back the next week. Come back the next Friday, ask for Tito. Same thing happens. I then deal with a back and forth of texting Tito, asking him if he was going to be around to give me my money. After literally the 5th time this happened, I texted Tito and say dude wtf I keep coming by and you're not there. He says come by Friday, I'm working from 10pm - 3am, and ask for me. So I show up that Friday night, 2:53am, and ask the bouncers for Tito. They say he'll be right with me. Nothing, nothing, nothing. So I text him - Yo dude I am outside. No answer. *sigh*. Then I wake up in the morning to a text from Tito saying "WTF you doing YO DUDING ME at 3am?!?!?!?" I said yeah bro just following directions provided by you. Dude is a complete joke and thief. Then I tried to file a claim with my credit card company and apparently my time to dispute it was already up. Whatever. $70 down the drain - not a big deal but just a PSA to the public on how they do business at Pulse!!!!

Five stars for PhillyRain! What a bumpin DJ! I loved his music, vibe, and jams! I went on a Friday night and his music was so classy and his transitions were so smooth and seamless. The ambiance was good when we arrived around 1am. It wasn't too crowded which is good. There was plenty of room and space to dance and have a good time. It's all about the music in my opinion. So, five stars! There is a forced gratuity of 18.5% on drink purchases. We ordered two beers, one jack and coke, and one club soda and it was $28. Then there was a forced gratuity that made it $33. No complaints about my drink tho.Some of the bouncers are sweethearts and obvi PhillyRain is the bombdotcom. The door girl is a bit prickly and unhappy. She's about 5'9, 140lbs, and has a cute blonde bob. This is one of the only places in Philly that stays open until 3am, so that's fun! There's a door cover of $10. If it's empty, they let you in without cover.

I was walking by the entrance of the Pulse Night Club and Bar tonight, not even intending to enter, and the bouncer, an older gentleman, looked me up and down and rudely told me: "Yeah, you can't come in". This is almost certainly because I am visibly queer, and the bouncer felt the need to deny me access that I didn't even ask for solely because of the way that I look. I am disgusted by the behavior of the bouncer at this club, and I see that I am not the only one who has left a review complaining about his behavior. I will not return to this business and I will encourage all of my friends to do the same, until they start showing their customers basic respect.