Empire Lounge

This place is a complete VIBE!!! Down to the music, the food, the customer service, ambiance and price. If your not familiar it's a little strip club , raunchy type of place. I was so down for the vibe. It's a very youthful , fun and uplifting atmosphere. The music is GREAT! The food was good too. I came on a Sunday brunch. $30 per person for bottomless mimosas. Each entree is about $30. Comes with sides and dessert. First come first serve. They ran out of a few things fromThe earlier brunch parties. This is most definitely a vibe!!

Don't waste your time, money or energy. Went there to celebrate my daughter's 30th Birthday. Nice place, music ead overly loud. Service was very slow, we were the 3nd group to arrive. We ordered our food and got it 2-1/2 hours later. They advertise a brunch with bottomless mimosas which is on the menu but no longer exists. The chicken and waffles were horrible The chicken was undercooked and salty, the waffles were soggy. My girlfriend ordered shrimp and grits and they were plain grits with pieces of shrimp. The rest of our party cancelled their food orders. We try to patronize our own but we receive subpar service. Black businesses you have to do better.

How can I put this the nicest way possible: Empire is trash on all levels. Slow service, no real DJ, and the hookah service is trash. Also, the menu (which I had to go find) has food with "chef specialties" but this place does not serve food. I was told I can go to the establishment next door and order food and then bring it in.... ummm.... no. The manager is trash and gets very hostile if you ask for a refund. After waiting for 25mins to finally get anybody to come and address my refund (because after waiting an additional hour to enjoy hookah my party did not want to continue being here) I was approached by a manager who was very disrespectful and kept saying my reason for a refund didn't make sense. Then proceeds to say he watched my party the whole time and says I never asked for a manger. But, if he truly did that then he would know we were not happy for a long time because the hookah was not operable and our waiter barely returned to our table after I addressed the situation with her the first TWO times.Never returning. No stars if I could. Moral of the story -- everybody does not have the capacity or the range to do business and host a lounge. Leave it to the pros. MK Lounge is just a across the street -- will go there any day over EMPIRE.Oh and all this happened after I gave a tip which was before any service was even provided. Disappointed, disgusted, and a wasted night for sure!

DO NOT COME HERE! Just left with a party of 10. Food was terrible. Everyone had to send theirs back. Drinks are $26 each and the owner instead of fixing issues was sitting down smoking hookah. We were wondering why it was empty and now we know why! Again do not come here. $150 later and we are still hungry and not even slightly buzzed.

With all the establishments on the street I'd take my chance elsewhere. The manager (male) is dishonest having charged me triple the price of one of my friends (same order). A gratuity charge is also added to the bill without clear indication. Sketchy and avoidable, especially with so many credible spaces surrounding them. Disappointed on my second visit and will not be returning.

I must say that I have NEVER had a full lounge to myself before, but oh my gosh is it an experience. It's not because I bought it out for a private event... I decided to go right when it opened and it was a rainy day. We went up the stairs, and the smell of hookah was in the air and the music was blasting. It wasn't necessarily a bad thing, but it feels weird hearing a place blast music when it's only two staff members, me, and my two friends. So this place has something called $2 Tuesdays and Thursdays... and it's just that. Margaritas (and sometimes other things) are $2 like all night. So we just claimed one of the many lounge areas and went to town! We had a great time, and we were taking in the wonderful aesthetics of the place. The lights are on point, and the music was too. Would be curious to see what it's like when there are actually people there. I'll check it out one day.

Favorite place to go on 9th st. The hookah is good and so are the drinks! Plus the service we received when we came on a Saturday night was amazing being that it was the weekend. Def a lit spot that plays good music. Would def recommenced if you're looking for a good time.

The owners of the place, they owe me an amount of money it's been 2 months not that he wants to pay me for Latin I was working on him but he didn't pay me what they owe me, they owe me 4 weeks of my payment, and I want them to give me what they owe me

Came here with friends for a birthday. It was empty on arrival and didn't really change by the time we left. There is not a real DJ. They play music from someone's phone. We ordered wings and fries and it took over an hour for the food. They add 18% gratuity to the checks, but the service is terrible. If I could 0 stars, I would. I do NOT recommend.

This LOUNGE IS FOR THE YOUNGER GROUPS ! it's not for older adults really. Because, if the music they play and everything else. I've never had their food, nor have I ever been able to catch their food because I go there late. When I go I have fun because of the YOUNGER AGE GROUP around about 21-25 at the least really. So the drinks do cost too much ! They are $20 a cup ! It doesn't matter what drink it is ! I accidentally spent $20 on a drink and forgot that night they were only charging $8 for drinks all night ! Was highly upset !. Other than that it's a good place for the younger age group to get "lit" and have fun mostly on Thursday's & the weekends.