$20 ea in Monterey what a bad idea we tried to reason with the bouncer who was very unprofessional, certainly not trying to get people into the place to spend more money. Instead ended up spending appx $500 next door at turn 12 awesome place with way friendlier staff
Service: 1
sarah ultan
What a great place to dance! Kenny mixed amazing music tonight! Go early, plenty of room on the dance floor. Nice staff. So lucky to have this place and the people in town!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Henry Qi
This place is set up to be a club. The bar looks nice. There is no drink menu so you just ask for whatever cocktail you desire. My wife and I were looking for a nightcap on a Tuesday night. The drinks were good.
Atmosphere: 3
Service: 4
Chris Gonzalez
Not much of a disco if the dance floor is 25 sq ft; lots of room to improve. Hopefully the cover charges go towards renovations ! It could use some BIG CHANGES!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
james perdue
20 bucks and I can't even get a large water
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Jack J.
Honestly, Compact Disco’s cover charge is a perfect example of what’s wrong with some club scenes today. House and disco were built on the idea of accessibility—bringing people together to vibe out, celebrate, and create a community, especially for marginalized groups. Slapping a steep cover on that? It feels like a slap in the face to the culture.
The music at Compact Disco is mid at best, and meanwhile, venues with legit house and disco credibility don't charge covers at all. Why? Because they care about the community and the music, not squeezing every dollar out of people. House music has always been about pushing back against commercialization, and here you are, making it feel like just another cash grab.
Offering a “local discount” doesn’t fix this—it’s just another cheap marketing gimmick. It divides the community even more and makes the cover charge feel like an arbitrary way to squeeze tourists. It only reinforces the sense that this is more about profit than the music or the vibe. You feel this way in every interaction at Compact Disco: you are a dollar sign. If you’re charging $20 for entry, you're not building a scene—you’re building a barrier.
Prioritize the music, the people, and the experience, or you’ll keep losing business of nearby folks such as myself that would come in all the time. Drop the cover charge and stop pretending that discounts for locals make up for the fact that you’re exploiting the very culture you claim to celebrate.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Lukas Tabares
Nice place to enjoy electronic music and some drinks, very friendly staff. I really enjoyed this place!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
art bias
You can tell how much of a douche the owner is by the responses he leaves here.
Might be a cool venue but his vibe sucks.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 1
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I LOVE THIS PLACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Colby Smith
Randomly wandered in on a Wednesday and absolutely loved this place. Cocktails were spot on, music was delightful, and the staff was super welcoming so much so we changed plans to stay longer. Wish we were here for the Friday/Saturday DJ nights
Come here if you want to get robbed. Unprofessional and cant handle customers. Had to dispute a double charge with my bank because of their policy. They purposely ask for your card and leave an open tab and force you to pay cash at the door. Make up your mind. Get a receipt for your transactions. The bar staff does not have a way to determine who has paid their tab. Poor management/ customer service. I made attempts to contact staff to allow them to fix their mistake and got the runaround. Only a manager can give you a refund. Conveniently the manager is never around. Bad that they ask you to pay in cash at the entrance. Why force the credit card holding in the back when they forget who has paid. May as well be an all cash business to avoid issues like these. Read other one star reviews. They speak truth.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Aidan Curedale
Great DJ, good drinks, close knit atmosphere.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
ed lopez
Come here if you want to get robbed. Unprofessional and cant handle customers. Had to dispute a double charge with my bank because of their policy. They purposely ask for your card and leave an open tab and force you to pay cash at the door. Make up your mind. Get a receipt for your transactions. The bar staff does not have a way to determine who has paid their tab. Poor management/ customer service. I made attempts to contact staff to allow them to fix their mistake and got the runaround. Only a manager can give you a refund. Conveniently the manager is never around. Bad that they ask you to pay in cash at the entrance. Why force the credit card holding in the back when they forget who has paid. May as well be an all cash business to avoid issues like these. Read other one star reviews. They speak truth.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Alicia Silva
Not only do they make “mistakes” on credit charges, but they don’t own up to it. Then when you leave a review about it you get berated by the manager. Just read the responses left on one star reviews, speaks for itself how “award winning” these people are. THATS total BS.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Laura Garcia
Unprofessional thieves. Won’t own up to overcharging and won’t respond when you try to make it right.
$20 ea in Monterey what a bad idea we tried to reason with the bouncer who was very unprofessional, certainly not trying to get people into the place to spend more money. Instead ended up spending appx $500 next door at turn 12 awesome place with way friendlier staff
Service: 1
What a great place to dance! Kenny mixed amazing music tonight! Go early, plenty of room on the dance floor. Nice staff. So lucky to have this place and the people in town!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
This place is set up to be a club. The bar looks nice. There is no drink menu so you just ask for whatever cocktail you desire. My wife and I were looking for a nightcap on a Tuesday night. The drinks were good.
Atmosphere: 3
Service: 4
Not much of a disco if the dance floor is 25 sq ft; lots of room to improve. Hopefully the cover charges go towards renovations ! It could use some BIG CHANGES!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
20 bucks and I can't even get a large water
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Honestly, Compact Disco’s cover charge is a perfect example of what’s wrong with some club scenes today. House and disco were built on the idea of accessibility—bringing people together to vibe out, celebrate, and create a community, especially for marginalized groups. Slapping a steep cover on that? It feels like a slap in the face to the culture.
The music at Compact Disco is mid at best, and meanwhile, venues with legit house and disco credibility don't charge covers at all. Why? Because they care about the community and the music, not squeezing every dollar out of people. House music has always been about pushing back against commercialization, and here you are, making it feel like just another cash grab.
Offering a “local discount” doesn’t fix this—it’s just another cheap marketing gimmick. It divides the community even more and makes the cover charge feel like an arbitrary way to squeeze tourists. It only reinforces the sense that this is more about profit than the music or the vibe. You feel this way in every interaction at Compact Disco: you are a dollar sign. If you’re charging $20 for entry, you're not building a scene—you’re building a barrier.
Prioritize the music, the people, and the experience, or you’ll keep losing business of nearby folks such as myself that would come in all the time. Drop the cover charge and stop pretending that discounts for locals make up for the fact that you’re exploiting the very culture you claim to celebrate.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Nice place to enjoy electronic music and some drinks, very friendly staff. I really enjoyed this place!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
You can tell how much of a douche the owner is by the responses he leaves here.
Might be a cool venue but his vibe sucks.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 1
I LOVE THIS PLACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Randomly wandered in on a Wednesday and absolutely loved this place. Cocktails were spot on, music was delightful, and the staff was super welcoming so much so we changed plans to stay longer. Wish we were here for the Friday/Saturday DJ nights
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Come here if you want to get robbed. Unprofessional and cant handle customers. Had to dispute a double charge with my bank because of their policy. They purposely ask for your card and leave an open tab and force you to pay cash at the door. Make up your mind. Get a receipt for your transactions. The bar staff does not have a way to determine who has paid their tab. Poor management/ customer service. I made attempts to contact staff to allow them to fix their mistake and got the runaround. Only a manager can give you a refund. Conveniently the manager is never around. Bad that they ask you to pay in cash at the entrance. Why force the credit card holding in the back when they forget who has paid. May as well be an all cash business to avoid issues like these. Read other one star reviews. They speak truth.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Great DJ, good drinks, close knit atmosphere.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Come here if you want to get robbed. Unprofessional and cant handle customers. Had to dispute a double charge with my bank because of their policy. They purposely ask for your card and leave an open tab and force you to pay cash at the door. Make up your mind. Get a receipt for your transactions. The bar staff does not have a way to determine who has paid their tab. Poor management/ customer service. I made attempts to contact staff to allow them to fix their mistake and got the runaround. Only a manager can give you a refund. Conveniently the manager is never around. Bad that they ask you to pay in cash at the entrance. Why force the credit card holding in the back when they forget who has paid. May as well be an all cash business to avoid issues like these. Read other one star reviews. They speak truth.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Not only do they make “mistakes” on credit charges, but they don’t own up to it. Then when you leave a review about it you get berated by the manager. Just read the responses left on one star reviews, speaks for itself how “award winning” these people are. THATS total BS.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Unprofessional thieves. Won’t own up to overcharging and won’t respond when you try to make it right.
Service: 1
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