While the glacial, pretentious service from aspiring actors can be annoying, the gorgeous room makes up for it with its narrow communal tables, vaulted ceilings and a slim bar....

This colossus of a club boasts a $1.5-million light system, VIP area and eight bars (one for each drink!). The lavish visuals alone are worth the trip: the dancefloor is...

The elegant, snaking post-and-beam room of Bar None, Yaletown's most enduring It-spot, was converted from a warehouse in 1992. Ever since then the place has been luring...

The best mixed dance club in town, often featuring stellar DJs. Newly renovated, it has a large dancefloor, and state-of-the-art lighting and sound. Tuesday nights have been...

Dimly lit, sleek and sophisticated, Crush Champagne Lounge is your open door to the rarefied world of the socially evolved - perfect for the day when you realise you're done...

Audiophiles will appreciate the sound system in this two-room Gastown institution (the former Sonar), where some of the city's finest spinners play different flavours nightly...

The name is a homage to famous Gingers (Rogers, Fred Astaire's dancing partner, and Grant, actress Tina Louise from Gilligan's Island), while the bar attracts cool men in black...

Venture upstairs at Lick to meet, dance and play with Vancouver's hottest dykes at the city's only lesbian nightclub, featuring a roster of talented female DJs. Downstairs,...

On Fridays, this subterranean club fills with young creatives sweating the week's worries away in a dark but friendly environment. Lotus is known for progressive house and...

This cruisy multi-level club is especially popular with the 30-and-up set and the unpretentious vibe allows for casual hook-ups or friendly chats. Numbers has pool tables,...

The Odyssey attracts all ages but is best known for its lithe youths bussed in from campus and their attendant chicken hawks. There is often a wait to get into the large...

Rascal's BDSM/Fetish Play Party usually takes place on the third weekend of the month. Fetish wear is encouraged, and blue jeans, street clothes and athletic wear aren't...

This gorgeous, warm and modern club has an upscale casualness, a place where cocktails are 'crafted', where people dance whether the dancefloor is populated or not, and where...

Another venue that offers nightly genre specials (the pinnacle of which is Saturday's Big Sexy Funk), Shine attracts plenty of talented DJs. The vibe is more flirt party to...