Went to dB lounge and 2 separate occasions and I think its a fun place to go with friends or your boylfriend. It gives you the Las Vegas club vibe with in Downey which is pretty cool. The only downside was the drink prices are a little up there for the area, but hey I guess since it a club. They have 2 separate rooms one hip hop and the other Spanish which is cool so you can choose depending on your preference. Another con for this place is the Spanish music side get ridiculously jammed packed and makes it very hard to walk theu but the vibe and decor are really nice.

Ive been coming here for years its one of the best venues in the state. The staff is very professional and friendly. The bottle girls are beautiful and so down to earth. They have great drink prices and some of the best hookah Ive ever smoked

Bad experience didn’t get my table that was reserved for three weeks and kicked out. Promoter didn’t give me right time to be there. The security was overly aggressive and punched me in the face. I have tons of bruises. Security also punched two of my friends in the face. Also tried to fight my brother when he was out the club.

Overpriced, dirty and smelly. Nasty place. There are better clubs in Phoenix.

The DJ places the best music here in phoenix! I love the club

Its a nice club but just too small. Ive never seen a club have high top tables reserved as V.I.P. The bouncers are really on the watch and kind of pushy for no reason.

By all means go here if you like to be surrounded by greedy/overweight girls in black thongs trying to hustle money out of you. And dont you dare take a seat without having to pay upwards of $180+ for it. You cant even go 2 the restroom in this trashy club w/out someone trying to get a few dollars out of you. Security is also a joke, typical meat-head mentality, simply hired for their physical size as opposed to their ability to have an intelligent/complex thought process. Thus, If you like feeling targeted like a business mark instead of an appreciated business patron, then by all means go to Monarch Theatre lol!!!!

Over priced. Too many people. UPDATE: just like the owners response. This place is trashy. Cost $30 for my girlfriend and I to get in. Weird thing is they charged my friend and his girlfriend $27?

I love performing here. Lights, fog, Badass DJ and crew. Come out!

Had a great time at the Slushii show. Security was well organized, venue was cozy, but adequate.

It ghetto just how people like it. If you are bougee go to snottsdale. Thats it. It is what it is. Bass is banging!

For the event I went to here, I got VIP, that section was not monitored and anyone could go in that section. Its like I paid the VIP price just to have the GA expirience.... so would not recommend getting that again. The venue is really hot inside compared to other similar ones so ended up in the very back section behind the sound booth just to be able to breathe. Other than that the sound was good.

*edit to owner*People were crowded in isles that were ear marked for extra pay customers and pushing forward and when dancer Mike even attempted to get those contesting and not in a LINE to move, NOTHING was done. Security was asked by many and dis nothing.If youre not a theater, it shouldnt be in your title, night club should.Just had to leave a show titled 50 shades but said on stage to be magic Mike. But what would I know since security didnt do their job! Several of us attempted to say something and security actually ignored us! I realize what kind of show we were attending, BUT security are there for a reason and when the dancers are actually complaining and security STILL does NOTHING, they need to go. Will NEVER come here again and will tell EVERYONE how bad it is and NOT to go there if theyre looking for an actual theater experience.

Great place to spend your night out in Phoenix,. Great vibes good music and rarely an uncomfortable crowd size.

Every year I hit different states because I believe there’s a lot to do and see in USA. I flew to Arizona to combine the great nature with a Halloween party in Phoenix (let me clarify it was my first Halloween in the States) and I was damn excited about it.I landed, dressed up and I went to the Monarch Theatre for their “great party”. Only not to make it through the door. Waisted my time on the line not to be let inside the club because I didn’t bring my passport. Let me just say I did have a government issued ID which I have used in Australia, Europe, Asia and plenty other North and South states in US. The only other place I had similar issue was Las Vegas and guess what my purse was stolen. So never again I’d bring my passport to a club. I spoke to a policeman on the street in Phoenix that said the law enforcement would accept my European ID as an identification (name, DOB and so on are all written in English) but a bouncer in a Midwest club won’t. Highly disappointed.

To keep in mind, I was there on Sunday night, this place was on point. As you walk in, there short line that gets you in fast. As you walk in, you will see a big nice space that will fit everyone needs. On your left, you will see the bar with two bartenders. Drinks are fairly cheap, however, if you wanna do it VIP, you will get free entry with nice both on a hight leave look down on the dance floor. And quit Franklin, I rather pay for the VIP both if Im a company with more than two people. The music is quite unique, they mixed Africas pop, reggae, and sometimes hip-hop. For a Sunday night, this place is as best as you can get to hang out.

I went there with my family for my birthday and bought a table for us. We were enjoying our time hanging out. This bottle boy kept shoving me out of his way because there was a little sliver between the tables that he was getting through instead of going through the actual walk way. Idk why he was only picking the way that I was at since there were a few other, but oh well. After the 4th time of him shoving me out of the way, I legit politely asked him if he could choose another way instead of shoving me out of the way. Instantly, he cursed me out and started poking my chest while cursing me out. I pushed his hand out of the way and he shoved me very hard since I didn’t want him poking me and cursing me out. I decided that arguing him wasn’t the best idea so I turned my back to him. Next thing I see is him literally running to the security guards and telling them something. So I decided to be a grown up and speak with the security guard like a man and let him know that the bottle boy literally assaulted for nothing. The security guard said,” nah my boy didn’t touch you! I seen you push him and you were also talking down on him” instead of arguing with him, I decided to walk away because I didn’t feel like being more disrespected or belittled by getting tossed out of the club in front of all my friends and family and lose money. I talked to the manager and let her know how uncomfortable I was and she understood and gave us a refund. I appreciate her a lot for that and she offered a free bottle for my troubles. I declined due to my comfort level there was insanely low there and my night was just ruined. She was nice, respectful and understanding. I will never come back due to how terrible and attacked I felt by just wanting to enjoy my birthday.

Great place to hang out had lots of fun! I highly recommend checking it out.

Couldnt believe that they booked one of my favorite producers for a late night show. I had never been here, not much of a night club person. Ended up having a nice time, not a huge variety at the bar. Had a pretty young crowd which can have its downsides. The staff out front were incredibly nice!

Wack!!! Unorganized af!!! Came to the x raided show and they dont know what theyre doing here.... get it together tho fr fr

Would give 0 stars if possible. Phoenix’s most disgusting venue, overbooked, and security with absolutely no professionalism. Needs to be shut down for good. Unbelievably awful.

This club is nice, the sound is great, but it is not always very practical for massive turnouts. The security is usually reasonable, but due to some floor space constraints; you may find yourself being pushed up and down the isle if you cannot find a place inside the pit to stand. There are many other local clubs that have better arrangements for large events and concerts that will likely sell out ex. Pressroom / Marquee. Ill still make appearances to this venue if there is a performer Im dying to see, but other that that, there is much room for improvement at the Monarch.

This place is trash! Avoid it. I also get a text that says to rsvp. I call the number many times and left messages. Nobody ever answered or returned my call. Your security guards need some training.Monarch is it your responsability as an owner to handle your business right with the promoters and whoever you rent the venue to. You keep on blaming promoters but if you dont want negative feedback make sure your renters dont fo a crappy job and giving your place a bad name.

Horrible place. Terrible service. Watch out for your wallet ... you will get pickpocketed there!!! Ladies be sure you dont leave your purse unattended. It happened to us. And 4 phone calls to the club and still no return phone call. Their voicemail even has an extension for anyone who has lost a wallet cell phone or ID… Why would they have an extension just for that? Well it must happen an awful lot there. We wont go back. We gave it two visits and got nothing but trouble.

This is the worst place Ive ever been. Marijuana smoke all night, waitress serving contuously (I mean, not even half of our cups and she was serving again! Let us enjoy the night!) And the worst part was the safety staff, not only rude, they were aggressive for no reason! I will never be back, and of course not recomended! Really bad experience with that people/place.

As a frequent concert goer I tend to pride myself on the amount venues I have been to state to state and I have to say the Monarch is by far the worst. I will focus on the positives first as to not give a one sided review. The sound is and the atmosphere is amazing. Now on the negative side, the visuals are on par with installing a projector at your friends house, but I’ll let that slide do to how expensive it must be to set up professional equipment. The “security” represents more of group of power hungery inmates that have witnessed first hand assualting attendees for resting aginst railings or standing too close to a door. Such reports involve a security guard chokig a man while reating on a railing only to later tase him for asking what he did wrong, a man being kicked in the head uptil he was gushing blood for standed next to the door while waitig for a friend, and a girl being tossed and thrown over railings for god knows whats reason. I could go on for hours about how horrible this venue is for those who are new to the clubbing/concert scene but for the sake of a long review I will end it here. One would have to be mentally unstable to enjoy going here.

Pretty good spot to perform at I liked it

Ive been here 4 times, and its always overcrowded, the security are extremely aggressive. i hate going here but if its a really great dj then ill go. but the venue always disappoints, ALWAYS!

Great place to party on a fri or sat night

The venue is nice but the stench of marijuana ruined the whole concert 4 me. Yuck!

It jumps off Fridays very good place. If you want to have a good night stop by on Fridays the place gets lit

Great concert last weekend, but I left my card there- called multiple times and always went to voicemail. In over a week, no one ever called me back to tell me if I did or did not leave it there. Driving all the way down there (over 30minutes) to maybe find it there is a major inconvenience. Return peoples voicemails, please.

Everytime I go to Monarch Theatre its a Great time and staff is full of some pretty cool dudes! They keep it fun without problems! Even take care of their designated drivers too. Thank for the Sprite and my Blue BRAIN FREEZE too!

Not gay friendly. Tried to get drinks and the bartender wouldnt even pay us any attention. Rude. Disrespectful. Never going back.

Honestly, this place baffled me beyond words. I went there last night for “Respect Fest” and it was such a disappointment. From the bouncers being overly aggressive and brutally incompetent to the sound quality literally sounding like you put earplugs in and then headphones on to listen to music... this place is just a joke.However, the upstairs was decent and the sound was actually set up right so you could hear what people were saying. The security upstairs last night was also really nice and helpful so idk what all the bouncers/security guy’s problem was that were working the front door... that’s a whole different thing.We came to see a buddy go on and then left to get food and one of the bouncers said we could come back in so we could see Joyner. Too bad that was a flat out lie. Got rejected by the same bouncer and then we’re told we needed to get more tickets if we wanted to come back in..... We should’ve just cut it there but my friends really wanted to see Joyner so we got more tickets just to wait in a line that didn’t move for over 45 min.Also, the owner is super nice and he seemed like a really good dude so I am honestly so taken back as to how this place is being ran so badly. This being said, I did just read his reply to someone about it not being Monarch’s fault when tickets get oversold... it may not be your entirely their fault but it’s definitely Monarch’s problem. That’s a terrible way to show that you care about the people coming to your establishment and a really easy way to get bad publicity and lose business.One last thing! When I asked the bartender upstairs how much it would be for two shots he said $9 and so I got one for me and my friend and handed him a $20 and we took the shots. The bartender then handed me back $2 and I asked where the rest of my money was and he then told me it was $9 PER shot. That’s beyond crazy.Overall, I’d say this place just needs to replace their bouncers and reconsider their business practices when it comes to hosting events. If you’re reading this before you get wrapped up in anything with Monarch... reconsider.**EDIT TO REPLY FROM OWNER**Maybe if you keep getting the same critiques on the same things OVER AND OVER again then maybe you should take that into account instead of making loose excuses.I’m also completely fine calling the bouncers incompetent when they LIE and say one thing and then your guests are the ones who suffer.Just from the unprofessionalism of your response I will definitely not be coming back Monarch.Learn from your mistakes and don’t just get defensive when you get critiques.

Banda night is not Latin night kick out of table if u dont consume

I was on vacation from out of state and I handed the bouncer my real ID (Im over 21). For some reason he was skeptical of its authenticity and started handing it around to other bouncers until they decided to steal it. The guy who put it in his pocket was extremely rude and refused to humor the idea that it was actually real, and also refused to give it back. At that point I didnt even want to enter the establishment anymore, I just wanted my ID back. Finally I had to call the cops and they showed up and gave me my ID. Worst experince Ive ever had entering a bar. Ruined my night. Bottom line: the bouncers are very uneducated and rude.

Sound is amazing, staff is amazing, place needs a lot of work though. Floor is permanently sticky, all rooms are dirty and falling a part

Smh very disappointed with this place. I would recommend ppl to go here and all because I work at a hotel Renaissance Hotel to go here and I come here 1 night and someone throws up on me, I was trying to ask the bar tender for a rag so I can clean myself and they kick me outs. Like seriously??? I got stuck outside and all I wanted was to enjoy my night with nothing to drink but someone throw up on me... it’s cool though I know other places to recommend ppl instead of monarch. #copperblues #luxx

Since when did venues start charging an additional fee for entrance into a concert? Well, I dont know of any except for Monarch. A group of us had tickets in advance but prior to being let in we were told by some A-hole it would be an additional $5 to get in, what a scam!!!!!!!!!!!!!I have never heard of anything like this before I dont know if this guy was running a scam or if this is the Companys policy. Either way, I wont be going back and I hope that others will take notice to the and do the same. If this this in fact supported by the company then the place should be SHUTDOWN!!!

Deep techno/house! Saw some amazing Djs here

Security are rude. Club is oversold for popular performers. You cant drink in VIP because its on the underage side. Never again for me.

Not popping like it used to.. still good spot to drink relax and see beautiful women

Well they had good music. But the managment are the trashiesr ever. The sound system is way to much for the tiny venue

This place is Awesome to hear Live music and also get your dance on, They have different nights all week ranging from EDM, HipHop, Latin, and Banda! You definitely gotta check this place out. Also checkout the Art in the alley!

Decent venue, but definitely bring earplugs if its an electronic music event. They notoriously crank the speakers a bit too loud

It is a ok venue, no special lighting or effects unlike every other venue here, the only exceptional part being Pete Tong playing till 4am, but dont open a tab, cash out on every transaction. I had 2 single transactions that were added on to my tab at the end of the night, despite showing the person closing out my tab my receipts. I would rather go to Smashboxx, Maya, INTL, or even Bar smith next door to the monarch, its unfortunate promotion companies choose this venue.

Cool venue in the middle of downtown. Accessible by lightrail.

Amazing place, thanks for helping the local talents in our community.

Wow, where do I start.... I read thru must of these reviews... so Ill say that the owners of Monarch agent usually the ones throwing the events. Those Promoters have to rent it plus pay bartenders and such. Drinks are pricey, I mean they own Barsmith next door... like a blacksmith, but alcohol... & outs downtown. When its packed, waiting for drinks sucks, but Ive never had anyone be rude to me. Organization, again depends who is doing the event. Ive seen VIP with furniture roped off with security done several different ways. Ours the best systems in Phoenix. Upstairs redroom hits harder on hardwood floors, and the layout is great. Downstairs the system has been tuned to the room! I will admit that I have somewhat of a spoiled rotten type of privilege at both venues as I have been into this music scene with co-owners & the sound engineer. Most local talent I know personally, and I usually happen into meeting/talking to any of the big guns. I just keep it 100. Granted, thats not the music they always have, and its not for everyone. As for people leaving stuff, and complaint about no answer or call backs... you do realize that they just went in the late afternoon to prep four, someones 5 separate events. Then after they all begin, they have to make sure alcohol is being stocked, bartenders are getting paid from promoters, any equipment malfunctions are handled & replaced seamlessly, not to mention performing their own sets... and then close down... I dont mean when we are kicked out and leave, they still have to do accounting, inventory, and cleaning, so at least another hour, just to go home to sleep and get up to do it again on Saturday night!! Thats if they dont have an after hours gig, too, or their familys soccer game, anniversary, birthdays, etc. During that day, so, thats their hours, late night. My advice... dont be dumb drunk and leave or forget your things, cards, etc. Literally, cards be frozen instantly, probably an app for that. New one gets sent to you, or do the pre-paid. Dispute any charges that you disagree with, it usually goes your way. Done peoples parents!!I ALWAYS HAVE A GREAT TIME!!

Right show, right crowd, always a smashing good time.

DRINK PRICES CONTINUOUSLY WENT UP FOR THE SAME DRINK THROUGOUT THE NIGHT TO THE SAME BAR TENDER!!!!!Ordered a jack & coke. First round $7, second, $9, third $11. Receipt? Nope.I asked for a water TWICE and both times the same bar tender ignored me.REFUSING WATER IN A LIQUOR ESTABLISHMENT IS UNLAWFUL!!!!This place has potential but needs to GET NEW STAFF!!!!

It was fantastic even though downtown is totally dead!!!

Luniz show ready

Friend made a deal. By two bottles of hard liquor and let us in early. We got in with bands, but when we got in, every one denied that we paid over $300 for the drinks and had us kicked out.

Bad

Great place for music and dancing

Been attending events here for over ten years and consistently there are long waits for drinks, overpriced drinks for the wait, rude security staff, dirty bathrooms, and allow promoters to uncomfortably pack this venue to the point of getting to know your neighbor a bit too well.

THE best music Venue in Pheonix. Second only to Bar Smith next door.

Watching hip hop performers

Great sound and plenty of dancing room!

Enjoyed the bar and dark club atmosphere.

Horrible experience, save your time and money .

Great venue, always have fun here

Banda night was garbage banda never showed up.

Banda night, the worst! bad service, rude employees, rude security. Overall the worst experience ever, never coming to this place again!

Is there a dress code at bar smith???

Wasnt the best experience

Great Place!!!

Stage and bar set up are weird

Gotta see it

Nice club

Never returns voicmails...

My boy 2-d ripped the mic

Dark, dirty and overpriced

This place is garbage

Only been here a couple times, not my style generally, but nothing wrong with it

Awesome

Okay venue. Depends om whos throwing the party and whos headlining.

Average place

Had my wallet stolen there.

Love partying here.

.. So dirty...

Boring

Great place.

Sucks .. old ass music

Awesome sound system, meh layout, sucky patio.

Ilove it

RUDE staff, no one was helpful, and everything was very unorganized. Staff is ridiculously rude we cant get over it. The venue in general was very poorly set up and confusing. Pick another venue If youre thinking about this one!