EVE Orlando

This is a downtown Orlando dance club that leans upscale-Vegas rather than dive-bar, with a 5,000-square-foot main room, three full-service bars, and LED walls doing the work under that chandelier. Go for it if you want to actually dress up and dance to top-40 and commercial house with a bottle-service crowd; skip it if you're after a quiet cocktail or anything that resembles a neighborhood bar. The real trick is that it's two moods stacked in one building — a loud, flashy main floor and a calmer downstairs lounge — so you can bail on the packed room without leaving.

Friday or Saturday around 11:30pm, once the main room fills and the DJ has committed to the commercial-dance set that closes at 2:30am. If you'd rather drink cheap than dance hard, Wednesday is the value night with $4 shots.

When the main floor turns into a sweatbox, go downstairs to the lounge — it runs more laid-back house music and gives you room to breathe and actually hear the person next to you, then head back up for the peak.

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