Reviews of HQ2 Nightclub - Beachclub (Night Club)

lashanda langston

Very unprofessional i paid for V.I.P and Security was horrible staff with beverages was great. Also Scene view was horrible security let other guest in our V.I.P area never ever again wouldn’t recommend And They didn’t reimburse some of my money back when I complained. Just a Waist of Money.!!!!

The Sun List

This place brought in the Heavy Hitters of the Nightlife World to bring a one of a kind experience, Each week you can expect to see top entertainment here.

Marissa Gammer

forced me to coat check my jacket that wasn’t even a coat it was my apart of my outfit, NYC doesn’t even make you do that

Dr_Uncle_Louie_Angel

I hung out with my nephew and his friends (for his 'birthday' that has lasted 3 weeks already) last night and this place was INSANELY COOL. We got a VIP table above the dance floor and it was worth it. I've never seen a light show like this before. The way that everything just coordinated was mind blowing. DJ was incredible. Service was top notch. Staff dressed to really impress and waitresses were dressed to impress...the men ☺ All were friendly and professional. We just had a really great time. I definitely recommend going for the table.

T geronimo

Horrible over priced don't wait your money

Charlie Rusk

Extremely rude staff. My group was offered cover-free entry from the casino’s restaurant (American Cut) which was met with the response “yeah...that’s not going to work on a Saturday.” Our “Jr VIP Host” Chris gave us the option to pay $30 per person for cover or pay $350 for a bottle of Kettle One. We went with the bottle option. After getting to our table and settling in the waiter and manager told us the cheapest bottle is $375, so we were lied to in line. Finally when the check came (before the bottle was served), the bill was north of $450 from fees and without gratuity. We denied the service and left. They will trick you. Do not go here.

Stephanie Marte

Went to the beach club, Service is awesome! Music is LIT! The whole vibe is just simply amazing

John Brennan

Most of these bad reviews are outdated as the club just reopened under the new management of the Ocean Resort Casino. My personal experience at the beach venue was great. Free parking at the casino, got in rather quickly, and the staff was courteous. This is the only venue in the area that has world renown djs, Dubfire played today, at an outdoor pool venue on the beach. The crowd was big but not overbearing and everyone was respectful. Will be back again.

Kaila Adam

Throughly disappointed

Katherine Schmidt

We enjoyed the HQ2 Beach club during the day, during the week. (can't speak for it's huge events, etc.) We had the best time. The service was awesome and we enjoyed drinking and listening to the DJs. Highly recommend for a great daytime experience FREE FROM KIDS at the Ocean resort. Ask for Sienna - she's the best server.

Erin Bennett

Me and a few of my girlfriends went to HQ on Sunday to celebrate a birthday we had an an amazing time !!! Great environment, good dj , clean bathrooms and the staff was very professional and hospitable !!! We can't wait to go back !!!

Cody Broache

Extremely rude staff and intentionally tried to mislead our group on the pricing of table service and admission. I will provide more context below: We were in Atlantic City for my buddy's bachelor party and had just finished up a meal at the steakhouse American Cut located below the casino. After delivering the check, our waiter asked if we had any plans for the night, and we replied that we did not. He let us know that if we mentioned a specific staff member's name from American Cut to the HQ2 club staff that we would get in cover free. Cool. I guess we'll at least check it out because there is no cover. We go back to our hotel, have a few drinks, then head to HQ2. A host approaches us and states that it will be a $30 cover. I mention to him several times that we were told by the restaurant downstairs that we could get in cover free by stating the employee's name. He continually ignored my statements retorting that what I was trying may work another night but, it was a Saturday night, and we did not have any girls with us (no duh it's a bachelor party). The host then states that we can pay $350 and get a table and a bottle of kettle one and they will waive the cover fee. We talk it over and because we had already Ubered to the hotel and back to get to this place and we were going to have to pay a cover if we go anywhere else we'll do it. He leads us upstairs and sets us up at a table. He then hovers around clearly waiting for a tip or something, so my buddy throws him a 10 or 20, and he finally leaves. A few minutes later, my buddy has a back and forth with the bartender over the price of the kettle one bottle now being $375 instead of the agreed-upon $350 at the door. We tell him just to let it go as it's only another $25. He asks for the rest of the check so we can close out this table service portion of our tab, and when he gets it, there is another $100 worth of charges for the table itself as well as hostess fees. My friend asks to speak to the manager to sort out the situation because we have now gone from free cover at this place, to $350 for a bottle and a table, to just short of $500 for the same bottle and table. Also, to provide some further context, we have spent well over $1000 at the casino outside the club and $900 at dinner this night, so nobody is really trying to spend $500 to walk in a door of a club we had very little interest in initially anyways. The manager very rudely states that we can either pay the bill or leave, so we leave, and that's all there is to it. It was an extremely negative experience and prompted me to write the first negative review for any place I've been in probably the last five years.

Paul Frlic

Had a table here last night...awful experience. no one has any idea of whats going on there and the staff tries to hustle you . Don't come here if you want to have fun, go somewhere else

Petrone Patrick

It was my 21st birthday, first time in the club, was in there for 5 minutes & security kicked me out for hitting a vape. There wasn’t any no smoking signs & nobody said anything, no warnings or reason either. Overall security had a target on my back for no reason besides there own insecurities. Harassed & terrible service.

Natasha Machado

Music and layout and amazing service

Lina B

TERRIBLE staff!!! Rude and obnoxious! I came to AC for the first time to celebrate my birthday. Me and my partner got to HQ about 11:00pm Friday, March 7th. I was waiting for 30minutes in the general admission line. During that time nobody went inside the club and the line was growing longer and longer... (we were the first one to be admitted) So I asked one of the bouncers if there is any technical problem (we were thinking that the delay is due to the DJ not being ready or so..) I was told/yelled at that I would be admitted when he tells me I can be admitted and continued some blurring and walked away. I have asked nicely, we had no drinks before, just a normal quiet couple. We decided to walk away and go someplace else. No doorman is going to yell at me. I did not deserve this kind of disrespectful behavior. Took a cab to Borgata and had a really good time, I wasn`t going to spend any money in that business and advised all my friends not to go there. EVER.

Steve Find Me

Such an AMAZING new spot! The acts that you are booking are so smart and refreshing. Who ever is doing the DJ and entertainment book is BRILLIANT. Gorgeous spot, great staff. Glad to have a new home, thank you!

Sandy Marmol

(Translated) Perfect (Original) Perfecto

Christopher Regan

Really revel? Can you do anything good? Sunday night at HQ was supposed to be good. Industry night. We prepaid for tickets, 9 of us, and disappointedly found out our bumping industry night was replaced with hits from the 80's...., not good. Not what I spent $350 on. After finding out the music wasn't changing we left, we were rudely told we couldn't get our money back. The door people and manager lacked all customer service. If your looking for a good party, stay clear of HQ, you'd be better in your moms basement with the radio on.

Mohamed Islam

Good vibes and great people!

Olesya Lapko

(Translated) There was a concert by Armin Van Buren. I liked it very much. (Original) Был концерт Армина Ван Бюрена.Очень понравилось.

Reena Gupta

One of the worst clubs I’ve ever been to. It was waste of money. Poor service!

Melissa Katherine

The Beachclub is HUGE and reminds me of Drais Beachclub in Vegas!!! Multiple bars to grab drinks. They serve 32oz sippy cups and you can get anything you want in them, which is better than grabbing normal sized drinks. Great sunlight throughout the day. Definitely the best summer spot in Atlantic City!!! Nightclub has a great dance floor and VIP table set up. There are 3 bars to grabs drinks from. I like how it is two levels. The mezzanine gives a really great view of the entire club. Great talent booked so far this summer. Love this place!!!

Sam Selig

Non refundable deposits of 20% due 7 weeks before event. Yikes - this place must be hurting for quick cash. I’ve seen one busy day here all summer (Aoki). Guess people are finally catching on... new management better get their acts together quickly.

Captain John

Part of Ocean Casino but can't get there from here. Reservation required with hefty entrance fees as security captures your personal information, only to have access to small pool area. DJ when I visited should not quit his day job. Bad food and worse service. Only open on weekends Good idea, but poor execution.

Eric Jaw

It's pretty in here

Quantia Dhana

It’s an ugly club. Unorganized to get inside. A lot of kids. Ocean needs to step it up with their club venue being a highly rated and sophisticated resort.

Carla Acosta

Great club. They should have more staff during events that can cover the demands of the people. Food menu should be bigger too. There is little options for food. Drinks are awesome and price is good as well. The line in the bathroom can get pretty long as well. They offer lockers if you want to keep your stuff dry and safe.

Synk Tup

This was my first visit to this club. HQ2 could quite honestly be the nicest nightclub in the country. The staff was amazing, very hospitable and welcoming. From what I understand, it was the GM's birthday party, Manny, and he was spinning all night long. He was insane, his whole set was sick!!! I learned after that he is also a very well known international DJ, which was so obvious. Just awesome!! It was truly like being in Ibiza, such a cool vibe and gorgeous woman. I feel very fortunate that our group chose HQ2 for our party. Looking forward to our next trip back.

John Gardner

Best Daylife/Nightlife in Atlantic City, with a Vegas vibe and amazing staff! #DOAC

Nick Bohenko

Had a great time and will definitely go back

Matt Chirico

It’s LiT

Jenna Posselt

Went last night and the DJ was awful. I didn’t know any of the songs he was playing. Also charged $9 for a White Claw and I think this is the only club I’ve ever been to that had more women than men.

yordan jimenez

That Puerto Rican DJ bragging about being Puerto Rican at a Dominican event was trash. No Dominican music at all. DJ Adoni and Camilo luckily saved the day.

Megan Flynn

It was $25 to get in so I thought it would have to be a good time for that price, and from the pictures online it looked awesome. Well it was very misleading to say the least. They were suppose to open at 11am but didn’t until 12pm, so you think the place would have been stellar clean. But the pool had throw up in it from the previous night, and even if they had skimmed it it still would have been green. There were only about 20 people inside so we sat on the cabana chairs which had hair all of them and did not look to have been wiped down. Only to get kicked out of the section because it was a $1000 minimum (I mean this isn’t Vegas) and when asked where we could sit they said “oh well you can sit around the pool”. We ended up staying a half hour and we’re happy to get away from the lame house music playing and definitely will never go back. If your going to go anywhere go to the beach bar at the hard rock, you get in for free, or pay an extra $10 and go to Harrahs for their pool parties.

James Jameson

Justice (ticket line) pockets entrants cash and “holds” personal belongings but leaves and steals / sells them Christina (door staff?) Is unwilling to help with any issues outside of her “role” and antagonistic to patrons Kenny Johnson (head of security) backs away from situational responsibility and defers authority. lackluster at best when responding to issues. Christoph (checkout / bouncer) was drunk and / or exceptionally unqualified to handle entry and exit of a club…which is not complicated.

Duston Malone

Came here for a friends birthday. When arriving we just wanted to drink and have a good time but once the owner found out it was one of the girls birthdays he insisted on a ‘free’ bottle for her bday and told us all we had to worry about was tipping. Well after taking the bottle, and enjoying the night, it came to closing out....a 300 dollar tab...because they did in fact charge us for the bottle. When trying to work things out, the owner was nowhere to be found. Charge will be disputed.

Dashown Waller

Hands down the best night club in AC! Great venue! The staff there is very friendly and helpful! I have had an amazing time every time I go to HQ!! Love it !

Stas k

Don’t come here unless you want to be treated like a second grade person

Sophia Tully

Poor customer service unhygienic no social distancing

Bryan Parylak

Hi, my name is Bryan and I frequent many nightclubs in the area. I have to say that the service and hospitality I received from the two VIP Host's Jose & Chris is what every host team should strive to be. These two men go out of their way to make sure I am 100% satisfied every time I come. If there is an issue or discrepancy, they are there to remedy the situation. If you plan on visiting HQ2. Be sure to ask for either of them.

Brian B

Nice club setup, but they realllllly gotta do something about the re-entry. Once you go in you can’t come back out, which every other club in AC you get stamped because you’re allowed to leave and re-enter. Other than that it was good, but they really should change that

Richard Ranieri

Completely amazing complex, and there's also a pool party for 2k-3k during the summer! We were blown away by the service, the spot and the music. This place is incredible! Fun night.

Antoaneta Karabelova

Horrible and rude people at the door!

Melck Gehan

Great place

William Huynh

My friends and I went to see Malaa at this venue. The show was AMAZING but the venue and service were awful. See below for the full situation: Like other reviews for this venue, a VIP host Chris offered us a “deal” on table and drink service. He gave us a listed price of $500 for a table and drink service and promised us a good location at the venue. The table we received was in the back corner of the venue away from the show. On top of this, staff only waited or supervised on our table twice for the entire six hours. Random people were allowed to sit at our “VIP” table by the staff, and I personally saw at least three different groups of people use our table. Finally, like the other reviews for this venue, we received a bill the next day with an additional $400 up-charge with no explanation. The lack of service or supervision was made worse when my friend and I both were extremely ill the night of the show and the following day (beyond the level of a hangover), making me suspect that our drinks were potentially laced. Even if they were not, considering that anyone near our table or that was allowed to sit at it by the staff could have had access to our drinks the entire show, I cannot trust this venue whatsoever. Stay AWAY from this venue unless you absolutely must see a feature here!

tony gonzalez

boring to many cliques not enough open minded people.. employees were baboons

dan horal

Recently awarded 2019 Nightclub of the Year along with Best girls night out, best Daylife scene , and best bottle service by AC Weekly! Come check out the hottest new spot in Atlantic City!

Mircea Cernat

The music on 1 July sucks at the nightclub

Ace

I wish i read the reviews before going into the HQ2 Beach Club. This place is really nasty. Manny 'the manager' and Keisha at the front desk were super unprofessional and unwelcoming...i do not understand why you would have someone with no soft skills at the door. The pool is nasty. The drinks are overpriced. I guess I just expected more from Ocean. Do your self a favor and go somewhere else...unless u want to be treated like second class and swim with someone else's throw up...

Scott Heath

Worst nightclub ever they kick people out for wearing shorts in the summer. Never coming back here.

Adrian Simon

Best spot in Atlantic city! Looking forward to Loud Luxury on the 28th of July!

Andrii Melnyk

It was the worst day ever. We have bought tickets for Tiesto, the event supposed to start at 11 am, but Tiesto was from 3 pm to 5 pm. It’s not fault of Tiesto, it’s poor business of the club. Plus stuff was not friendly at all. I would say they don’t treat people equally. There are people who didn’t pay for VIP are and jumped into it, and were allowed to do so, and security wouldn’t even listen about that fact. Thank you for your resound. This wasn’t the case, girl that jumped into VIP sections had no one she knew. And also security had treated people so differently. Many of them was allowed to stand on rock fence, and others no.

Kayla Mauro

Question?! About how much do drinks run?

Anon

The beachclub is phenomenal. Unlike anything the city has ever seen. Cabanas with private pools, daybeds and staffed with the best looking girls in AC.

Jose Santos

Easily the best day party on the East Coast

Dustin oberly

Huge wait, 30 dollar cover and staff was decent in service at best. Dj was good but other that , I say spend your money eslewhere

Bill Kosturko

DMV is extremely slow during these times, just renewed my license waiting on the dmv to send to my address. Provided 3 legal documents proving my identity the poor girl in the front would not let me in. Did not bring a manager out to try and help the situation just shooed me away. Would never recommend any of my friends to go there. Horrible work ethic.

Joel Coman

Last Saturday was amazing!

Dominic Fiedler

We were with a party of 15 people/family and Jim the doorman only let 13 of us in. We tried to explain that you are cutting off my family. It wasn’t a capacity issue because he let 40 people in right after cutting us off. It honestly just ruined our night. His attitude was extremely disrespectful. I used to love this club under Revel but after this, no thanks. There are plenty of beautiful clubs in AC. Also do not prepurchase a ticket. It doesn’t guarantee admission.

Michelle M.

Don’t waste your money. Overpriced weak drinks. Front desk was rude and unprofessional - thanks Keisha for giving a reason to leave this review. Also no showers to top it off. You need to pay $20 to get in and wasn’t happy after finding out that you had to pay additional $50 to get a table or you can get free chairs in the back by the bathrooms???? Talked to the manager Manny and he said that there are no refunds unless I was escorted out. Whatever that means. Never again - read the reviews before you consider going here

Michael G

Great club, had a great time here. Cover wasn't bad since its the off season. Drinks are a bit pricey but thats expected as well. Great layout inside and great music. Laser and fog equipment was highend and really cool. Overall was a really fun experience.

Oz

Horrible experience... place is extremely small and management does not know what they are doing there ask manny!! I don't even understand how he is a manager. This venue isnt worth it if you dont get a vip. They literally designed it for vip tables only. Waste of time and money. Also would give them a f for customer service.

Antara Bhattacharya

This is a horrible place. They sold tickets for 80 bucks and did not let me and my husband in because my husband was wearing Bermuda shorts.They also let some people in who were wearing shorts but realized the club was full and started making random excuses and discriminating against people. The people who bought these tickets were also standing in line and those who didnt were also Standing in line. It was so badly managed and the bouncers were arrogant and rude. Really pathetic place.please dont waste your money.

Jeff Slater

Went for a reunion trip with some friends to Atlantic City and went to HQ2AC both nights. Wasn't planning on doing tables but I'm glad we did. Jose was our host and was very accomadating, even upgrading us to a better table once people started going home for the night. If I come back I'm definitely keeping in touch.

Matt Briglia

My all time favorite club

Liz H

Do not waste your time or money at HQ Beachclub. I have been to similar establishments in Vegas and around the world and there is no comparison. I experienced several safety/security concerns. In addition, the number of bartenders working compared to the ratio of customers waiting for drinks is terrible. I ordered two rounds of drinks and knew immediately there was an issue with my second bill. Earlier in the day, I purchased a very similar round of drinks that were $100 cheaper. The second round of drinks took over 20 minutes to order (so did the first round) and I could not get an itemized receipt. After calling the establishment to confirm drink prices, I learned that I was overcharged by $104. After filing a dispute with my credit card (HQ Beachclub said there were no problem), I could finally see the itemized receipts and was beyond angry. I was charged for 11 drinks when I only ordered 4. HQ Beachclub maliciously overcharges patrons and gets away with it. I am truly upset and have never had a bill inflated like this in my life. Stay away to avoid being fraudulently charged. Sorry, I have never written a review before not sure how to reply. When I called, I spoke with Christian to confirm the prices of drinks. I gave this information to my credit card company who then filed the dispute twice.

Jillian Addonizio

Went to the beach club to see Tiesto and we got a table with bottle service... Everything was amazing from our VIP host Christian, our sever Sierra and the security guard for our section on the upper deck.. I didn’t get her name but she was great, they all made the experience even better! Worth the money 100%

Nicolas Dallorso

Horrible service, bottles are definitely refilled. We ordered a bottle of Clase Azul that had what looked like toilet paper flakes floating inside. Sounds fishy to me. They sent us a new bottle and i'm pretty sure it was watered down tequila; Will never return here.

Tommy Bell

Waited in line for over 45 minutes to meet some friends who were guest listed and already inside, only to be told that the night was sold out and they were only taking pre-paid tickets. There were no signs anywhere saying it was sold out and no employees telling people it was sold out so the people didn’t have to wait in that ridiculously long and slow moving line. (I wasn’t the only person this happened to). I have never been to a club where they sell tickets and don’t have some sort of sign to let people know it’s already sold out. Thanks for ruining my night.

Anna T

It's a shame that my experience at this venue was so disappointing because it is a great setup for a nightclub. In my option, HQ2 (open 2018) needs to do a complete revamp of their internal staff. The promoters and management need to be replaced or trained better by nightlife professionals with more customer service experience. The best asset this club had was a security guard who was working outside the entrance during our visit.

Jackie Marcinczyk

This review is regarding the HQ Beach Club (not night club, see below), specifically Tiesto’s event: Tickets and Getting in: Received an email from the ticket vendor 6 days prior to the event stating the doors would open at 10:30. We arrived and were informed the doors would open at 11:00. We waited and the doors did open promptly at 11. Getting through security was quick and easy as we were one of the first few people on line. (Getting drinks at the bar was also quick because we were very early-only one main bar for the whole venue) The price of the tickets for this venue is very fair considering the caliber of the entertainers they book. Lockers: There were lockers for rent at the venue but it looked like most were out of service. You had to use a website and QR code to unlock the lockers. They were $35 for the day and included a phone charger (at Steve Aoki’s 4th of July event they were only $20). Pool: It looked like a lot of preparation was put into every aspect of the event besides the actual pool. There was a lot of debris in the pool (before the event actually began, not just from a lot of people being in the pool) it looked as though someone forgot to take a skimmer to the pool before the event started. Music: the volume of the music fluctuated a lot throughout the 6 hours we were there. When we first arrived it was very loud, but at times we could barely hear it throughout the day. When tiesto came on (he played for two hours, as we expected) we were fairly close to the speakers and the stage but could barely hear it (this could be due to the rain but it would’ve been much better if it were louder) Overall the event was very fun and we were looking forward to seeing Tiesto. Anyone coming to an event here should arrive early to avoid long waits at security. The only aspects that could’ve used some improvement was the cleanliness of the pool and adjusting the volume of the music. We will continue to come back as HQ does book great talent in the industry and there is no other experience like this anywhere in Atlantic City. HQ Nightclub Review: We had purchased tickets for Gattuso on July 3rd. The ticket stated the event started at 10. We arrived to the club around 11:20 and found an extremely long line wrapping around the upper level of the Ocean Casino and there were people everywhere (the club is also located on the upper level). We decided to stick it out and wait in line. We waited in line for over an hour and did not move at all. No one had any reason for the cause of delay, it was speculated that the doors did not actually open yet (which would be unacceptable for the doors to not open an hour and a half after the event was supposed to start). If the line did move and we were somehow able to make it in, it most likely would’ve been right when the event was ending. We did not end up making it inside to the event. This was very disappointing, because I was really looking forward to experiencing a nightclub again post-COVID, and we had purchased tickets ahead of time. This experience seemed like unorganized chaos. We ended up going to Pool After Dark at Harrahs where we were able to walk in right away without a wait or any issues (we did not buy tickets ahead of time either). Overall, I would return to the BeachClub but most likely not the nightclub again, unless there was a big name performing. It seems like (at least in the summer) all of the big name DJs perform at the pool and not inside at the nightclub anyways.

Robert Sheehan

Keep a hold of your belongings closely. For those who are using the safes provided in the table sections, do not put anything valuable there. Extremely overpriced alcohol.